Ranch Systems RS210, Reference Manual

Page 1: ...RS210 Wireless Networking Node Reference Manual April 2011 Rev 1 7...

Page 2: ...ERNAL CONNECTIONS 11 CONFIGURING THE RS210 13 Sensor Configuration 13 Mesh Node Configuration 13 COMMAND LINE CONTROL 14 Command Line Instances 14 Using the Command Line 15 Command Reference 15 FIRMWA...

Page 3: ...ain warranty service Customer must deliver the product to the nearest wholly owned Ranch Systems facility at Customer s expense Ranch Systems will return repaired product at Ranch Systems expense by c...

Page 4: ...og New RS210 model year 03 24 10 1 5 Updates for new IP65 enclosure 02 01 11 1 6 Revised firmware update instructions using RanchMgr 04 19 11 1 7 Revised relay command multi relay syntax and RL200 sup...

Page 5: ...system including RS210 nodes Ranch Systems Internet Software Getting Started Guide This documents covers the basics of using the Ranch Systems Internet software and is the natural complement to the I...

Page 6: ...re 10 types of people in the World Those who understand binary and those who don t Anonymous Ranch Systems LLC 2005 2008 All Rights Reserved Reproduction without permission from Ranch Systems is prohi...

Page 7: ...eless Node A two way communications node RS200 4 Analog Sensor Ports 1 Digital BUS Port 1 RS485 Serial Port 3 Relay Ports Optional RS210 5 Analog Sensor Ports 2 of which are digital capable 2 Serial P...

Page 8: ...a wide variety of sensors for measure like temperature RH wind rain soil water flow and pressure and many others 2 It can communicate with advanced sensor equipment such as multi level soil probes vi...

Page 9: ...a computer terminal anywhere 7 Its built in firmware is fully upgradeable in the field via RS 232 or via the base station from the central server 8 It provides for its own power via an integrated sol...

Page 10: ...a short piece of 3 4 conduit can then easily be attached at the top with metal bands and support the RS210 node A detailed explanation of RS210 installation can be found in the RanchMaster Installati...

Page 11: ...boot In this case make sure that the node is placed outside with the solar panel facing South within reasonable time The node can run several days possibly weeks without sun If you are a reseller or O...

Page 12: ...alog digital 2 Sensor port 2 analog digital 3 Sensor port 3 analog digital 4 Sensor port 4 analog digital 5 Sensor port 5 digital XBUS RG 6 Dual serial port RS 232 and RS 485 7 Relay 1 RS210 PRO nodes...

Page 13: ...re Conxall 16282 2SG 315 RS485 Serial only available on RS210 as adapter cable into 8 pin dual serial port V 9 0 VDC Conxall 6282 4PG 3DC RS232 Serial only available on RS210 as adapter cable into 8 p...

Page 14: ...mmand line section For example if an RS210 node is deployed with a temperature sensor in port 1 and RH sensor in port 2 these two commands will suffice configset port 1 25 configset port 2 91 Where 25...

Page 15: ...ses the RS 485 port in port 6 and the terminal setting must be 4800 N 8 1 A special USB cable and adapter is available from Ranch System to make the connection MESH NETWORKING A command line instance...

Page 16: ...the RM210 command prompt via the terminal server you can use the CONNECT command described above to talk to individual nodes This option provides a very powerful tool for remote management of a Ranch...

Page 17: ...0V 0000 Port 12 ADC ch00 0 00V 0000 ASYNC Syntax async portno Description The async command applies voltage to specified port and prints the resulting data on signal line interpreted as 1200 baud TTL...

Page 18: ...Used without parameter the current charger state is displayed Note that solar charging is also controlled automatically via the config settings chrgon and chrgoff If manual control is preferred be sur...

Page 19: ...hours meshid PAN id of 802 15 Normally 3332 hex Must match same setting on base station meshch Radio channel used for communication Must match same setting on base station meshsm Mesh sleep mode Norma...

Page 20: ...alue configset port portno type samplerate options excitationtime NOTE configset may be abbreviated as cs Description Changes configuration settings The configset syntax without ports is used for basi...

Page 21: ...type See list below 23 Air temperature 1 wire bus interface Deprecated RS200 only 24 Soil temperature 1 wire bus interface Deprecated RS200 only 25 Air temperature NTC type analog interface 26 Soil te...

Page 22: ...ve humidity sensors HIH40xx series 95 Decagon leaf wetness sensor LWS 100 Internal battery sensor for RM200 base stations 103 Internal battery sensor for RS200 and RS210 nodes 104 Internal battery sen...

Page 23: ...cally turn back off Used to make the corresponding relay act as a momentary push button Example 1984 configset port 1 25 900 Configuration updated COUNT Syntax count Description Show the current statu...

Page 24: ...time updated Time is 939557869 secs after 1 1 1980 Time is 2009 10 09 12 17 49 Notice how the last command moves clock forward 60 seconds relative to the previous date command DELETE Syntax delete De...

Page 25: ...ys relayno must be a single relay number where 1 is always the first relay on a unit relays can be a single relay number e g 1 or a range e g 1 3 on can be the text on or the number 1 off can be the t...

Page 26: ...10 09 18 18 44 1984 relay 1 0 Relay 1 0 50 ms 1984 relay 1 1 60 Relay 1 1 50 ms 1984 relay 1 Relay 1 1 Turn off in 3597 secs 2009 10 09 13 19 02 SENSE Syntax sense sense portno Description Causes an i...

Page 27: ...ata file 15 of 224 recs 6 Sensors 13 onboard 0 remote Last sync 2039 10 15 08 01 41 Dev serial A200 546B Pan ID Chan 3332 000C HW SW rev 1842 10CD Own Id MY 07C0 Dest DH DL 0000 0061 Asc code stat 000...

Page 28: ...parameters are always 8 data bits 1 stop bit and no parity bit VDATA Syntax vdata Description Displays data records currently stored on the device i e data records not yet forwarded to base station du...

Page 29: ...9V overload protected generator capable of 0 25A 1A loads depending on duty cycle The vp6 syntax displays current state of generator on or off The vp6 on off syntax turns the generator on or off resp...

Page 30: ...S followed by version number and have a HEX extension If loading a new firmware file you will need to restart RanchMgr 4 Now in RanchMgr software select the correct COM port and baud rate of 9600 and...

Page 31: ...ct Ranch Systems support for further help Phone support 415 884 2770 Ranch Systems email support support ranchsystems com 30 Ranch Systems LLC 2005 2011 All Rights Reserved Reproduction without permis...

Page 32: ...elp 4 Installation Guide 4 Internet Software 4 MESH NETWORKING 14 Mesh Node Configuration 13 NTC 6 ONLINE TERMINAL SERVER 15 Power Up 10 QUIT 24 Rain Gauge 6 REBOOT 24 Relative Humidity Sensor 6 Relay...

Page 33: ...x Illustration 1 RS210 monitoring a pump 9 Illustration 2 Fleet of RS210 nodes on 10 foot conduit attached to line posts 9 Illustration 3 RS200 monitoring a filter station 9 Illustration 4 RS200 node...