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ADC O N TELEMETR Y addIT A720/A723 Series User Guide SMART WIRELESS SOLUTIONS.
ADC O N TELEMETR Y ADCON TELEMETRY GMBH INKUSTRASSE 24 A-3400 KLOSTERNEUBURG AUSTRIA TEL: +43 (2243) 38 280-0 F AX: +43 (2243) 38 280-6 http://www.adcon.
3 Contents Contents ______________________________________________ 3 Chapter 1. Introduction _________________________________ 5 What are addIT devices? _________________________________ 5 Installation issues _______________________________________ 6 Conventions ____________________________________________ 7 Chapter 2.
Contents 4 Installing the RTU _____________________________________ 14 More about the LED tool ____________________________ 16 Configuring an addIT RTU in the addV ANT AGE software 17 Maintaining and.
5 Chapter 1. Intr oduction This manual explains the hardwar e aspects of Adcon’ s addIT™ A72xx series, including installation issues and certain parameter configurations. The manual is divided into these chapters: • "Introduction," which gives some general information and document conventions.
CHAPTER 1 Introduction 6 The addIT A720/A723 RTU can be used in one of the following ways: • Installed in the vicinity of an Adcon remote measuring station (A730MD), the addIT RTU can use the A730MD station to relay its data to a base station (A730SD or A840).
CHAPTER 1 Conventions 7 A730MD remote station, but they cannot communicate with each other . • All addIT devices accept the standard Adcon sensors; however , the connectors ar e dif ferent. W aterproof connectors are used to pr ovide IP65 class pr otection.
CHAPTER 1 Introduction 8.
9 Chapter 2. Using the Base Station Y our addIT base station consists of the r eceiver (A720B), the power supply (A720PS), and addV ANT AGE Lite software. Note: If you ar e using the addIT RTU as part of an A730 system, this chapter does not apply to you.
CHAPTER 2 Using the Base Station 10 Make sure you’ve r eceived all the equipment and r ead through the instructions that follow . When you’re sure you understand them, you’re r eady to install your base station.
CHAPTER 2 Installing the base station 11 Follow these steps to install the receiver part of the base station. 1. Locate the best site for the receiver and mount a r od on the spot. The best site is usually on top of a roof or a mast. 2. Using the provided ring clamps, attach the r eceiver to the rod.
CHAPTER 2 Using the Base Station 12 Note: The serial cable ends are identical, so it doesn’ t matter which you use in each location. 3. Plug the appropriate ends of the power cor d into the power supply and the power source (outlet). Figure 3 shows the base station configuration.
13 Chapter 3. Using the R TU Remember that the addIT A720/A723 remote telemetry units (RTUs) can be used either with the A730 system or as standalone systems with the A720B base station. The base station is discussed in “Using the Base Station” on page 9.
CHAPTER 3 Using the RTU 14 Figure 4 shows an addIT RTU. Figure 4. addIT R TU Installing the R TU Installing addIT RTUs in the field is a fairly simple process. Y ou’ll perform a connectivity check with an LED tool (addIT devices don’t have a built-in LED like the A730MD stations do).
CHAPTER 3 Installing the RTU 15 on your application. Put a plastic cap on top of the rod to protect it. 4. Using a ring clamp, fasten the solar panel onto the aluminum rod. Ensur e that the panel is facing south (north if you are located in the southern hemisphere) and out of the way of the addIT RTU.
CHAPTER 3 Using the RTU 16 This completes the installation of your addIT RTU. If one of the I/O connectors is left unused, use the cap specially provided to pr otect it against moisture and dust.
CHAPTER 3 Maintaining and servicing the RTU 17 be fully charged after two consecutive sunny days, but you should get an LED light-up after several minutes of charging in the sunlight.
CHAPTER 3 Using the RTU 18 T able 1 shows the addIT devices’ expected operation time on a fully charged battery with 50 mA total consumption for the sensors, as described above.
CHAPTER 3 Maintaining and servicing the RTU 19 If you have verified that the battery needs to be replaced, follow these steps to do so: 1. Open the lid by unscrewing the four scr ews in the corner of the addIT RTU. 2. Gently remove the lid (the battery is fixed on the lid and is connected to the electronics boar d by means of a connector).
CHAPTER 3 Using the RTU 20.
21 Chapter 4. Performing Advanced Functions With the appropriate knowledge, you can configure the addIT devices in the field by using a hyperterminal window . T o configure the RTU, you will need a special serial cable adapter (not supplied, available from Adcon).
CHAPTER 4 Performing Advanced Functions 22 Device series Currently , two A720 device versions are in use: Series 1 and Series 2. in addition, since begin of 2001, Adcon introduced also the Series 3 model (A723). Y ou can determine which series a device is in any of these ways: • The VER command (see pages 29 and 52).
CHAPTER 4 Understanding connectors 23 The RTU connectors The addIT RTU uses standard 7-pin sensor I/O A and I/O B con- nectors (model Binder 702 and 712 series or equivalent) that are identical.
CHAPTER 4 Performing Advanced Functions 24 The RTU also has a POWER connector . Figure 8 illustrates the con- nections available at the POWER connector . Figure 8. addIT R TU POWER Connector (T op View) WARNING The RxD and TxD connections are not RS-232 compatible.
CHAPTER 4 Serial communication protocol 25 Serial communication pr otocol This protocol is based on a master sending commands and a node answering; the whole communication is conducted in plain ASCII, as strings. When exchanging numbers, they are r epresented in decimal format.
CHAPTER 4 Performing Advanced Functions 26 • Command is the string repr esenting the original command. It is supplied so that a master can distinguish between the answers it is waiting for , and out-of-band notifications (which may come, for example, over the radio port of a node).
CHAPTER 4 Using terminal commands 27 E XAMPLE SET OWNID 2003 C OMMAND SET PMP bl bh D ESCRIPTION Sets the power management parameters. P ARAMETERS bl is the lower battery level (the threshold wher e the charging of the battery is switched on) and bh is the higher battery level (the charging is switched of f).
CHAPTER 4 Performing Advanced Functions 28 WARNING Changing the above parameters may adversely affect the ability of the device to operate for extended periods under low solar radiation conditions when used with addV ANT AGE 3.
CHAPTER 4 Using terminal commands 29 E XAMPLE To set the RSSI threshold to 58: SET RSSI 58 Querying the actual configuration parameters Y ou can query an addIT to find out its actual configuration parame- ters ( GET the parameter).
CHAPTER 4 Performing Advanced Functions 30 • B – sends a broadcast frame and displays all the answers. Series 2 and 3 devices Note: W ith Series 2 and 3 devices, typing the command by itself is a GET command, while typing the command with parame- ters or variables is a SET command.
CHAPTER 4 Using terminal commands 31 C OMMAND FREQ CAUTION Do not change the fr equency of your device without reason. Apart fr om the fact that it may not communicate with the network anymore, you may also violate the applicable radio- communications laws in your country .
CHAPTER 4 Performing Advanced Functions 32 REMOTE No. E XAMPLE RSSI 58 193 RSSI 0 # RSSI 193 RSSI 44 58 0 # C OMMAND ID APPLIES TO A720, A720B, A723 D ESCRIPTION Sets/returns the node’ s ID. P ARAMETERS The node ID. R ETURNS The node ID. REMARKS GET/SET .
CHAPTER 4 Using terminal commands 33 APPLIES TO A720, A720B, A723 D ESCRIPTION Sets/returns the input storing and sampling intervals. P ARAMETERS storage repr esents the time (in seconds) elapsed between two slots stored in the internal memory , while samples repr esents the numbers of samples used to build the average that will be stored.
CHAPTER 4 Performing Advanced Functions 34 PMP 193 PMP 65 72 0 # C OMMAND CM APPLIES TO A723 D ESCRIPTION Sets/returns the A720 compatibility mode. P ARAMETERS 0 means A723 native mode while 1 switches the unit in A720 com- patible mode.
CHAPTER 4 Using terminal commands 35 R ETURNS The actual sensor settling time (default is 2 seconds). REMARKS GET/SET . REMOTE No. E XAMPLE SST 2 193 sst 0 # SST 193 sst 2 0 # C OMMAND DEV APPLIES TO A720B D ESCRIPTION Inserts/reads the devices in the local devices list.
CHAPTER 4 Performing Advanced Functions 36 P ARAMETERS The old ID and the new ID. R ETURNS Nothing. REMARKS SET only . REMOTE No. E XAMPLE REPL 5667 5666 193 REPL 0 # REPL 193 REPL 5 # Note: The second example shows a REPL command without parameter: error 5 is r eturned (missing or false parameter).
CHAPTER 4 Using terminal commands 37 D ESCRIPTION Returns data stored for a certain device. P ARAMETER The ID of the device for which the data is requested and the date/ time (in the standard format) the data was stored. If missing, then it refers to the data of the local device.
CHAPTER 4 Performing Advanced Functions 38 between the frames 38 and 39 is that the later accomodates for 12 bit analog values for the sensor sampling inputs and 16 bit counters for the pulse counter inputs. In addition, the correspon- dence between input analog and digital ports and their position in the frame differs.
CHAPTER 4 Using terminal commands 39 Figure 10. Frame 39 description Figure 11. The Digibyte for an A720 device Figure 12. The Digibyte for an A723 device The remote version is limited to a single frame.
CHAPTER 4 Performing Advanced Functions 40 30 4 1999 14 54 55 14 38 255 255 77 0 0 89 156 126 20 0 0 0 0 3185 0 # Notice that if you need to get data that is not the last (newest) slot r emotely fr om a device, the ID must be supplied twice.
CHAPTER 4 Using terminal commands 41 P ARAMETERS The destination node and the intermediate nodes, on the order starting from the issuing node to the traget (r emote) node.
CHAPTER 4 Performing Advanced Functions 42 ID INFO rf_in rf_out date time ver clk stack cop batt temp days_uptime min:sec_uptime rssi pmp_low pmp_high type slot samples po err_level # The formats for the above parameters are as follows: • rf_in and rf_out as a decimal • date as dd/mm/yyyy • time as hh:mm:ss • ver as x.
CHAPTER 4 Using terminal commands 43 — 4 for A733 — 5 for A723 — 6 for A440 • slot and samples are the actual values pr ogrammed by means of the SLOT command • po (A723 only) is the relative output power • err_level is the error value; 0 means no err or R EMARKS GET only .
CHAPTER 4 Performing Advanced Functions 44 • The Command Code specifies the operation that will be applied to the selected channel. They are described in the table below: T able 3. Command Code Definitions for the Analog Command Code Description Parameters Returns 0000 RSM – Read Sampling Method.
CHAPTER 4 Using terminal commands 45 Sampling methods are defined by thr ee bits, as follows: 1100 ENOPTR – Enable Notify On Positive Threshold Reached. The channel number and the threshold (16 bit value). Result (OK or ERROR). 1101 ENONTR – Enable Notify On Negative Threshold Reached.
CHAPTER 4 Performing Advanced Functions 46 Following notification types can be returned when issuing the RNTTL command: R ETURNS The return result depends on the contr ol byte (see table). However , whatever the return result is, it includes the contr ol byte.
CHAPTER 4 Using terminal commands 47 APPLIES TO A720B and A723, but see also the comments in “Remote” on page 49. D ESCRIPTION A complex command acting upon the I/O ports of a device.
CHAPTER 4 Performing Advanced Functions 48 0100 RBV – Read the specified bit. The port number . Bit value and the result (OK or ERROR). 0101 RNS – Read the notification a status. If no notifi- cation was pending, this command should return an error .
CHAPTER 4 Using terminal commands 49 R ETURNS The return result depends on the contr ol byte. However , whatever the return result is, it includes the contr ol byte. R EMARKS The general behavior is that a PORT command issued on a certain port bit will override any previous PORT commands.
CHAPTER 4 Performing Advanced Functions 50 For RNS : 6789 PORT 80 6789 PORT 7/5/1999 18:34:22 0 # C OMMAND RX APPLIES TO A720, A720B, A723 D ESCRIPTION Switches the unit to permanent receive mode (for tuning pur - poses). P ARAMETERS None. R ETURNS Nothing.
CHAPTER 4 Using terminal commands 51 TX 1 193 TX 0 # TX 5 193 TX 0 # C OMMAND B APPLIES TO A720, A723 D ESCRIPTION Sends a broadcast frame. P ARAMETERS None. R ETURNS A data block. R EMARKS After the device sends the broadcast frame, it will listen for answers.
CHAPTER 4 Performing Advanced Functions 52 REMOTE Y es (the remote must support this function). E XAMPLE BLST 6789 BLST 30/8/2001 16:03:41 4 15190 255 255 2419 255 201 10836 247 187 10805 255 187 0 # .
CHAPTER 4 Notifications 53 unit it is communicating with. After detecting that the device supports this protocol, the INFO command must be used for further details. Notifications Notifications are frames sent asynchr onously by devices that are otherwise slaves.
CHAPTER 4 Performing Advanced Functions 54 Retur ned err ors list Following are err or messages you might get. Command line interpreter •1 — nonexistent command •2 — command line buffer over.
CHAPTER 4 Returned errors list 55 • 36 — receiver busy (for example, just making the r equest round) Notifications • 40 — request to r ead a notification when no notification is pending.
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57 Appendix. Specifications The A720 series was intended to fulfill the specification of the ETSI 300 220, Class I, Subclasses a and b, but other national norms are similar to this (for example, the CFR 47, Part 90, Subpart J). T able 6 shows the main operational parameters of the A720 series.
58 Receiver Sensitivity (10 db S/N) -93 (A720) -105(A723) dBm Image Frequency Attenuation (1st IF = 45 MHz) 35 dB Local Oscillator Leakage 2 nW Adjacent Channel Attenuation (both versions) 55 dB RSSI Dynamic 90 dB Operating Current (incl.
CHAPTER 59 a. Data rate is content dependent. b. This parameter represents the tuning range; the switching range may be limited in the software to a narr ower space (even to the extent of a single channel). c. Continuous duty . d. Electrical levels are the same as for the Digital Inputs.
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61 Index A A720 description, 5 A720B description, 5 about the LED, 16 ANLG, 43 answer format, 25 B B series 1, 30 series 2, 51 base station composition, 9 graphic, 12 installation issues, 10 packaging.
INDEX 62 INFO, 41 OWNID, 26 PMP series 1, 27 series 2, 33 PORT, 46 query parameters, 29 REPL, 35 ROUTE, 40 RSSI series 1, 28 series 2, 31 RX series 1, 29 series 2, 50 SLOT series 1, 27 series 2, 32 SS.
INDEX 63 M maintaining the RTU, 17 N NOPC, 53 notification definition, 53 NOPC, 53 O overview, 5 OWNID, 26 P packaging base station, 9 RTU, 13 performing a connectivity check, 14 placing a base statio.
INDEX 64 W what a base station contains, 9 X XMIT, 29.
65 Cr edits and Colophon Cr edits Development Günther Leber , Lix N. Paulian, Florin W acykiewcz, Matthias W allner . Documentation and artwork Dimi Everette, Stefan Hasegan, Lix N. Paulian. Quality control and testing Steve Grove, Martin Hackl, Bernd Hartmann, Günther Leber , Lix N.
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