Horstermeer logger User Manual
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1. sse 5 4 GOnfIOUratlODi tiec ciini e ete cce ante ce i oce a P Heus tetur isa edes pees E Inu eade 7 4 1 Initial dialog Logger Conf tie Pte eoa ee c ide te d en 7 4 2 Ma SOtUING Ss en 7 4 3 Modem setings s eee the oen nde er t e vi cr o ru ER e 8 4 4 SI EE 8 4 5 EcGale settings 5 oett enti e D conet cr eese inu ou band 9 4 6 EcCale header Settings i e dtt ie estaria tint aaa oa 9 4 7 SAVING ANS confIguratiOn cede de ert ete n mette rte es DR ou 10 5 SPECIICATIONS ss a aeaa Brefeetun apaa aa ar aaraa aae aa at tue e re ertet cate id 11 6 SI X 12 7 Appendix comimarid Sat et co pentru ED eR UR pe ERE REB 13 Elektronica B ta VU Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam FEW FALW Horstlog doc ii 1 Precautions Safety check has been done following the NEN EN 50110 1 and NEN 3140 Hazardous voltages exist in this apparatus Besides the regular safety precautions the following should be observed when working with this unit 1 When power is required the unit should be plugged into an outlet with a properly grounded receptacle The use of two prong plug adapters is not recommended 2 The use of extension cords may compromise the safety of the operator and is not recommended 3 Ensure that the fuses installed in the unit are of the correct rating 4 A damaged power cord or plug may constitute a shock or fire hazard Do not allow continued operation of the unit until2. Eddy S TR Emm ioa A SDcard a Storage A Y Report ee Engine ae User control In the picture internal setup of the logger you can see the dataflow between the sections The data path flows from the logger section to the SDcard or from the logger section through the Eddy covariance and then to the GSM modem The control path is from the user control section to the logger modem and sdcard storage The rest is the report data to inform the user Internal setup of the logger Elektronica B ta VU Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam FEW FALW Horstlog doc 3 3 Description of Controls Controlling the basis functions is quite simple by buttons Controlling the advances functions can be done by a console or by a pre configured configuration file 3 1 Setting up the logger Setting up the logger is quite simple Just insert a preconfigured SDcard into the SDcard entry Connect the 23X to the SERIAL A port Connect the power supply at the supply connector Plug in the power supply into a wall outlet At first the Power Status Led is off The Horstlog will now start to boot Frontview of the logger the SDcard entry and the topview of the logger the key controls If the user wants some information on what the logger does in this post idle phase a console can be connected to the Horstlog 115200 baud none First the logger tries to mount the SDcard When the logger isn t capable to do so a beep w
3. In this mode the Power Status Led blinks e Logger mode In this mode the logger rejects almost all console commands This is done to guarantee to be logging in the given log frequency e Admin mode In this mode all console commands are accepted but the logger doesn t guaranteed to be logging in the given log frequency it could skip some measurements This mode is for debugging purpose only What does the logger do when its logging The logger stores the data which is measured on SDcard in the directory data Besides storing the measure data a eddy covariance is made of this data The calculated data is send to a server See for the server setting configuration 3 1 2 Start the logger Be sure before starting the logger the logger is in the IDLE mode The logger can be started in 2 ways The first way is by pressing the Start Stop key Hold it for a while The second way of starting the logger is by issuing the command start in the console When the logger starts to log a sound can be heard and the System status led starts to flash This flash frequency is derived from the log frequency but much lower to make the led visible 3 1 3 Stopping the logger Stopping the logger is just a easy to start it Just press the button Start Stop and hold it for a while Or issue the command stop in the console A beep sound can be heard and the System status led stops with flashing 3 1 4 Replacing the SDcard Before removin
4. serial A data serial B data Elektronica B ta VU idle logging admin 13 function starts logging stops the logger if logging shuts doen the logger gives a list of all availble commands clears console screen displays directory of SDcard mounts SDcard unmounts SDcard display current report get logger in admin mode logs of from admin mode displays the time displays the date displays some logger info displays the current configuration displays if debugmode is on or off displays the location displays the user displays logger version displays current status displays if disk is mounted sets time of logger sets date of logger set serial nr of logger set logger in debug mode All debug data is written to console sets location of logger sets user of logger sets sample rate in hz reloads configuration saves current configuration to the SDcard prints a sample of all analog en digital inputs if on prints continues samples of all analog en digital inputs and stops when off dumps debug messages of the eccalc routine to the console if on the serials data is directed to the console pushes data to serial A pushes data to serial B Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam FEW FALW Horstlog doc serouttest on off spi modem status modem sms phonenr text modem getpin modem setpin modem ftptest filename data modem emailtest to subject data modem sics modem sigquality modem o
5. By pressing exit the window gets closed and no data is altered Elektronica B ta VU Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam FEW FALW Horstlog doc 11 5 Specifications W Power consumption is 3 watt when GSM modem is idle When the GSM modem is sending an additional 4W of bursts can be added The additional 4W is not continuous W Max log frequency 20Hz The logger should go faster but this is not tested in combination with the Gsm modem and calculation of the eddy Covariance E 8 analogue channels 12 bit 10vtt W 5digital channels 5V TTL W Serial channel 115200 Baud max m GSM modem class 12 E SDcard in FAT32 2GB max Elektronica B ta VU Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam FEW FALW Horstlog doc 12 6 Service When the logger has problems just bring it back to Electronica Beta VU There is one 1 fuse which can be replaced Elektronica B ta VU Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam FEW FALW Horstlog doc 7 Appendix command set command start stop shutdown help cls dir mount unmount report admin exit get time get date get info get preferences get debugmode get location get user get version get status get disk status set time hh mm ss set date dd mm yyyy set serialnr serialnr set debugmode on off set location location set user user set samplerate rate load preferences save preferences get printsample samples on off eddydebug on off sercon on off
6. To get the singnal at the right level we have to multiply the signal with momy soena n 0 833 The multiplication is done after the substraction EcCalc settings tab The tv value can be delivered in two flavours One in degrees and the other in m s The eccalc routine expects degrees If the checkbox is set a pre calculation is done to convert the m s to degrees 4 6 EcCalc header settings By pressing the last tab on de window the eccalc header Main Modem Seria EcCale EcCaiciieader settings can be altered You can here fill in how the eccalc TEA send data header looks like Column Miva mis went 2 Column 3 Column 4 MW m s wm12 Tiare Eea E inii Column 4 Sv ms wmt S UM ee ger Dem Mane gie Mie nem POF CET EI Osu eae te BAST OTUA ASA om 0 Column 7 S Column 8 MTv C wm12 Column 9 Column 10 MT C wernt j ore An EcCalc data file with the colums names of the serial header Column 14 Column 15 Column 16 Column 17 Column 18 Column 19 Owl Wim2 went 2 Li701 Column 20 Column 71 Column 22 Ob wnt Modify SDcard ba To dditing the configuration fi ila Default LEICKUrOniCd Beta VU Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam FEW FALW Horstlog doc 10 EcCalc header settings tab 4 7 Saving the configuration At the bottom of the window you can choose modify SDcard When this button is pressed the configuration is saved
7. the logger dumps the analogue and digital data in an interval of 1 second to the console If you use the command sercon on the logger will direct all serial input directly to the console Note that this command is overridden while logging Elektronica B ta VU Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam FEW FALW Horstlog doc 6 The command modem ftptest filename data setsup a ftpconnection The command modem emailtest email vu nl subject data tries to send an email See for a complete command set appendix commands Elektronica B ta VU Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam FEW FALW Horstlog doc 4 Configuration When the loggers boots its reads a configuration file stored on the SDcard In this configuration file conf sys all user configurable settings are stored If the logger can t find the configuration file a default configuration is used All setting can be altered in admin mode But 1 wrong typo and the logger could fail Because some of those settings are a little cryptically a utility Logger conf is written to make life easier Just start Logger conf 4 1 Initial dialog Logger conf When starting Logger conf a requester will popup Here you have to choose what you want Logger conf Please choose E x A What do you want to do Modify excisting configuration file Create a new configuration file from a default template Initial dialog After the selection a new dialog appears On the top of the windo
8. written earlier the logger can be controlled by a console The console is default an RS232 port at 115200 baud no parity no handshaking As read before the logger has three status levels IDLE LOGGING and ADMIN In the ADMIN mode the logger accepts all commands But this mode doesn t guarantee that the logger keeps its log frequency It s even possible to create strange behaviour by issuing some commands While logging you can change the time If the time set is earlier than the time before the new log data would be from an earlier date so new log data is faulty On other example is turning the modem off while a send transfer is in progress It s all up to the user to keep that in mind The ADMIN mode is intended for debugging purposes and not for normal use When the logger is first booted the logger comes in the status IDLE In this mode some parameters can be changed needed for the logging process such as time or the sample frequency When the logger is logging the status becomes LOGGING In this mode most commands can t be executed to prevent errors in the logging process In every status the command help can be issued so see which commands are possible in the current status The logger has some commands which makes installation in the field a much easier To reach some of those commands you have to be in admin mode Just give the command admin with password admin By using the command samples on
9. 7 7 870 12 93 29 29 6999 6999 2 END gt Is e Read Ovr Block Sync Re z A serial data file with the colums names of the serial header Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam FEW FALW Horstlog doc 9 The last entry is the serial send time interval This time interval is in mS So 180000 mSec is an half hour When no data is available no data is send to the server Serial settings tab 4 5 EcCalc settings 1 In this section the EcCalc settings can be altered Main Modem Seria EcCalc EcCalcHeader edis E The first field is the averaging of the samples Note that this has RM eho x a relationship with the sample frequency mme ut When logger has a sample frequency of 10Hz its sample kso sso emm interval is 100mS When taking an average of 180000 points w im of s jos an average of an half hour is made S M BERE The section field is the nr of loglines Aka the nr of averages va we bh je made so 1 is an half hour 2 is send the data in an hour um SEM The other field is the pressure on site and the mean temperature of the site The next entries is to make a relation betweens the measured data and how this data is fed to the eccalc routine In the first row you can set the hardware channel regarding the measured unit So in this example vu is expexted at hardware channel 0 Necos the windmasterpro is single ended and the routine is calculated in real values we have to subtract 2 5V
10. Horstermeer logger User Manual f vrije Universiteit amsterdam Loggersoftware v1 01i 081110 Hardware 1 0 Loggerconf v1 0d Arnoud Denker July 7 2010 Project ID 2008 2926 02 Elektronica B ta VU Filename Hortslog doc FEW FALW Pages 18 Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam the Netherlands Lastsave August 25 2011 Phone 431 20 5987825 Email a denker beta vu nl Fax 31 20 5987899 Web http ele beta vu nl Warning This equipment uses voltages which are dangerous to life It should be serviced only by qualified personnel Horstlog doc i Table of contents 1 Precautions misia M ji 2 General Description sii udici eaii nee ate idee an aea EE Aaaa 1 2 1 Internal setup of the logger ssessssssssssseseseeeeeeenn nennen nnne nnns nnne nene 1 3 Description of Controls i cepe eade ted seco uud eco d dae deed dev sien 3 3 1 Setting up the logger acit drei de eig Pe ea de deg avo adig ce dg eeu deve idus 3 3 1 1 MOES iiaeie E EEEN etag ete Decret cette Gavia Ped ieee ba eed ep dtp eee re un dena 4 3 1 2 Start the logger 4er Te ag eee a edo cu dg ed deer ax e dg Peau ex dual 4 3 1 3 Stopping the lOGG Sl esse sees iioii waves duet akide aiig redde Ro duda 4 3 1 4 Replacing the SDcard essssssssssssssss esent nnne enters 4 3 1 5 Shutting down the logget 2 2 t te reet er eite ka ee in aout 5 3 1 6 Additional console commands
11. ection Use here the settings of the GSM provider or use a server which is accessible from the outside The last entry is a SMS phone number When the logger fails but has still modem reception it will send a SMS to inform the user that the logger has a critical error There will be only 1 SMS send per day 4 4 Serial settings CE nu Leggerconf info Main Modem Serial EcCalc EcCalcHeader Serial A configuration 9600 at Serial A header Column 1 EPOCH Column 2 Serial send interval ms Modify SOcard Exit Editing the configuration file Default Elektronica B ta VU On this tab the serial settings can be configured at this moment only 9600 baud is supported On the Serial A header fields the column names can be given These are the columns which are send to the server TextPad D 8 7 A1 zIBi xi 2181 xi Fie Edit Search View Tools Macros Configure Window Help asuBg m 22 emw 2d OY 4 R SrB oie gt r LOGID VU Amsterdam Beta Vu tt raw 1 EPOCH 2 rawdata 1278522002764 30 2009 308 1426 6999 6999 6999 2 309 4 864 0 12 93 29 12 30 2009 308 1427 6999 6999 6999 2 309 3 864 0 12 93 29 13 30 2009 308 428 6999 6999 6999 2 309 3 865 0 12 93 29 15 6999 6999 2 30 2009 308 1454 6999 6939 6999 2 307 8 870 12 93 29 29 6999 6999 2 10 6009 308 1455 6999 6939 6299 2 30
12. g the SDcard press the Mount Unmount button and hold it for 10 secs This tells the logger to flush all its data in memory to the SDcard The logger will sound a beep and the Disk status led will go off It now possible to remove the card Just insert a new preconfigured SDcard Press the Mount Unmount button The logger will sound a beep and the Disk status led will go on The SDcard is now complete The replacing of the SDcard can be done while the logger is logging The time to change the cards is about 5 minutes depending on the log frequency Elektronica B ta VU Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam FEW FALW Horstlog doc 5 3 1 5 Shutting down the logger It is important to shutdown the logger properly not just by removing the power Otherwise the GSM modem has some problems to start the next time the logger is turned on When the modem doesn t start just use the shutdown procedure to get the GSM modem in the normal shutdown status To shutdown the logger just press shutdown and hold it for about 20 seconds The shutdown command can also be issued in ADMIN mode on the console The logger will beep and after a while all status LEDs will go off When all LEDs are off the logger is truly off so the power can be removed When the power is removed while the shutdown sequence is running no prediction can be done in which status the modem will be while turning the logger on again 3 1 6 Additional console commands So as
13. ill be sound and the logger stops When a valid SDcard is found the logger tries to read its configuration conf sy When this configuration file is not present it will be using a default configuration After some hardware initialisation the logger looks if the GSM modem is present When the GSM modem isn t found the logger goes into IDLE mode ready to start logging The logger is full functional but not capable of sending data to a server When the modem is found the logger tries to initialize GSM modem This will take a while A couple of minutes When all goes OK the logger gives a beep and goes into IDLE mode Ready to start logging The logger can be controlled in 2 ways The first way of controlling the logger is by a console connected at the console port The second way is by pressing the control keys at the top of the logger Note that the keys are deliberate not sensitive The Start Stop and the Mount Unmount keys have to be hold for about 10 seconds to function The Shutdown key has to be hold for about 20 seconds The LEDs and the key controls and a dump of the console while the logger runs through is initial start up sequence Elektronica B ta VU Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam FEW FALW Horstlog doc 4 3 1 1 Modes The logger has 3 modes e dle mode In this mode the logger is waiting for the commands Either given by a set of buttons or by the console In this time and date can be set See console commands
14. n off reboot modemdebug on off Elektronica B ta VU 14 dumps random data out of serial A and seral B This to test the serial port toggles all chipselects of the spi bus gives current modm status sends sms gives current pincode of modem set pincode of modem command to test a ftp connection command to send an email for test purposes gives coinnection status with provider gives signal quality Higher beter but 99 is connection fail turns modem on or off or reboots modem dumps debug messages from the modem to the console direct console direct to modem ATZ resets modem Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam FEW FALW
15. og doc set location location set user user set samplerate rate 4 3 Modem settings A loggercont va Loggercont Info Anal Main Modem Serial EcCalc EcCalcHeader Send summary by none I Pincode Apn server Apn user Apn password DNS server Ftp server Ftp directory Fip user horsllog Ftp password horst tog Mail incomming server pop3 Mail outgoing server Mail user name Mail password Own email address Send to addess How many tries before sms 1 Error sms address Modify SDcard Exit Editing the configuration file Default Modem settings tab This section is the modem section In the first scrolldown menu you can select which protocol it has to use to send or to disable to send sequence ftp email or none The second section of this dialog are the provider settings Without these settings the modem can t establish a GSM connection Refer to the gsm provider for the correct settings Mostly the DNS server has to be blank On the third section are the settings of the ftp server Refer to your administrator for the correct values Be sure that the FTP server can be reached from outside of the domain where its hosted When you want to use a other port then the default 21 port you can use a to specify a other port These settings should be correct and not blank when FTP is used The fourth section is the mail SMTP settings s
16. the damaged cord or plug has been replaced 5 Ensure that none of the ventilation openings in the apparatus are blocked Excessive heat build up in the unit may cause failures 6 Do not exceed maximum allowable mains input voltage 7 The apparatus is designed for horizontal use only 8 The apparatus should not be opened by the user in case of a malfunction it should be offered for service by the Electronics group Elektronica B ta VU Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam FEW FALW Horstlog doc 1 2 General Description The Horstermeer logger is a logger specially build for a site called Horstermeer This logger has some special features which makes it different to other loggers The Horstermeer logger On the fly SDcard change So no need to stop logging while changing of the storage media Does an Eddy covariance over the measured analogue data and sends the result by GSM Captures serial data from a 23X and sends the stored serial data by a time interval The logger keeps a report file with errors and or other system messages ands sends a summary by GSM Can be configured by a console or can be preconfigured by a file stored on the SDcard The configuration file is generated by a utility called logger conf The logger has 8 analogue channels 12 bit 10vtt and 1 serial channel 5 digital channels is hardware ready but are not enables in the software 2 1 Internal setup of the logger The logger can be di
17. ved into different sections Report engine Every important action the logger does a log entry is generated and fed into a report file stored onto the SDcard Creating of a data file sample frequency even errors are logged A summary of those entries are send by ftp or email The is written in standard ascii and can be read by an editor to see the behaviour of the Horstlog Logger section This section performs the actual data logging It reads data from the hardware and prepares it to store to disk and prepares it for the eddy covariance routine The collected serial data fed to disk section and to the modem section Eddy covariance section The modem is capable to calculate an eddy covariance over the measured data The result of these calculations are send by a gsm modem to the VU SDcard storage section Elektronica B ta VU Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam FEW FALW Horstlog doc 2 This section performs the storage to SDcard It also monitors the buffer handling and the mount and unmount actions e GSM modem section This section controls the modem The data is buffered and send by modem When the modem fails the data is lost The modem is restarted and ready to try it again with a new dataset The time to setup a connection is relatively long That s why data is thrown away instead of to retry to send it again e User control This section handles all the commands given by the user It also controls the LEDS and the switches
18. w different tabs can be chosen By pressing a tab main modem serial eccalc eccalcheader other setting can be filled in 4 2 Main settings aax This is the Main section of the window Longercont Info Main Modem Serial EcCakc EcCalcHeader Name of user Bets Vu Here we can enter some global settings The first is the name of the user The second is the location of the site In the files send to the server these settings are include So is the user capable to see from which site and which logger the data is send TextPad D 8 7 A1 15 x amp Bile Ed Search view Tools Macros Configure Window Help Ta Lus EZET OF UR SLR ose gt 1278522002764 30 2009 308 1426 6999 6999 6999 2 309 4 864 0 12 93 29 12 30 2009 308 1427 6999 6999 6999 2 309 3 864 0 12 93 29 13 30 2002 208 428 62 dO dar Odd 2 309 306S 0 12 93 29 15 Hus PEE 2 E Se Mr 2 5 rr iot 5 me E un ins E E D ER h P n1 ER a P D ER net w 5 x xe b EI Er m N w ioc hr D M Ds h pi 1 ER ES 1o oS rr Ne END A serial data file with the name of user and the location of the logger Modify SDcard Exit Editing the configuration file Default Main settings tab Note that the following commands can be used in the console to override the settings set in this dialog section Elektronica B ta VU Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam FEW FALW Horstl
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