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1. WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Appendix BIT 1 BIT 0 48 50 PIN IO bits 56 63 BIT 7 BIT 6 BIT 5 BIT 4 BIT 3 BIT 2 BIT 1 BIT 0 Status 3 LED 49 PGA Gain 0 7 50 Primary Gas Concentration 51 Secondary Gas Concentration 52 Calculated Gas Concentration 53 Primary Gas Average 54 Secondary Gas Average 55 Calculated Gas Average 56 Instrument Gain 57 Main Gas ID 58 Aux Gas ID 59 Decimal Places 60 Noise 61 Gas I Offset 62 Gas 3 Offset 63 Flow Temperature 64 Lamp Current 65 Digital Supply 66 Concentration Voltage 67 High Voltage 68 Ozonator 0 Off 1 On 69 Control Loop 70 Diagnostic Mode 71 Gas Flow 72 Gas Pressure 73 Ambient Pressure 74 Analog Supply 75 Cell Temperature 76 Converter Temperature TT Chassis Temperature 78 Manifold Temperature 79 Cooler Temperature 80 Mirror Temperature 81 Lamp Temperature 82 03 Lamp Temperature 83 Instrument Status 84 Reference Voltage 85 Calibration State 0 MEASURE 1 CYCLE 2 ZERO TT Appendix WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 3 SPAN 86 Primary Raw Concentration before 984X background and gain 87 Secondary Raw Concentration before 984X background and gain 88 984X Background Concentration before gain 89 Calibration Pressure 90 Converter Efficiency 91 Multi
2. Show High Alarm Level vw High Alarm Level Colour a Change High Alarm Data Colour V High Alarm Data Colour Show Low Alarm Level J Low Alarm Level Colour O Change Low Alarm Data Colour J Low Alarm Data Colour O Show Magnitude Markers J Magnitude Marker Colour Show Sector Markers J Sector Marker Colour Magnitude Marker Interval ls x Sector Marker Interval fo y Display Scheme Default OK Cancel Figure 60 Wind speed and direction Settings 51 Edit Menu WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Wind speed and direction settings Display Type Line Width Max WS Data Count Data Colour Text Type Text Colour Data History Fade Background Colour Show High Alarm Level High Alarm Level Colour Change High Alarm Data Colour High Alarm Data Colour Show Low Alarm Level Low Alarm Level Colour Change Low Alarm Data Colour Low Alarm Data Colour Show Magnitude Markers Magnitude Marker 52 The readings can be shown as a dot cross line with an arrow head or a line The data can be shown as towards the source of the reading or away from the source of the reading Example Instead of an arrow pointing into the wind it can be set to point in the direction of the wind The line dot or cross can be made larger using the Line Width parameter The maximum wind speed parameter is the radius of the wind rose Shows how many readings will be shown on the wind rose Thi
3. 29 08 2005 3 59 00 2 Paint 2 Span 2 29 08 2005 4 00 00 2 Paint 3 Zero 29 08 2005 4 03 00 2 Paint 4 Stabilisation 29 08 2005 4 06 00 Figure 49 Calibration status window The Channel list window provides a streamlined view of the channels and the instruments associated with them The first column lists the channel number and name in column two the analyser from which data is being acquired for that channel is listed and the third column has the communication port that WinAQMS Mini DAS is receiving the data through As shown below in Figure 50 multiple channels can be serviced by the same instrument running through the same communications port The list can be ordered by channel analyser or port number by clicking on the heading of the respective column This list can be exported to a comma delimited text file by pressing the Export to text button or to a H T M L formatted file by pressing the Export to HTML button 45 Edit Menu WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 46 1 Serial R5232 3 Serial A5232 1 Serial R5232 1 Serial R5232 TTIP 1 Serial A5232 Vector Average N A Vector Average N A Calculated N A 3 9841 USB 3 3841 USB 3 9841 USB Export to text Figure 50 Channel list screen EC zox Start Ei 20031 0 22 10 00 End ark 2003 10 23 12 00 ii J Find T 2003 10 22 10 00 00 24 69 22 166 39 049 39 304 1001 3 751 46 1001 2
4. 31 Analogue input 6 32 Analogue input 7 33 Analogue input 8 34 Analogue input 9 35 Analogue input 10 36 Analogue input 11 37 Analogue input 12 75 Appendix WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 38 Analogue input 13 39 Analogue input 14 40 Analogue input 15 41 50 PIN IO bits 0 7 BIT 7 BIT 6 BIT 5 BIT 4 BIT 3 BIT 2 BIT 1 BIT 0 Span Out of Range Span On Copper Fail Zero On Lamp Fail Out Of Service Flow Fail Span Cycle 42 50 PIN IO bits 8 15 BIT 7 BIT 6 BIT 5 BIT 4 BIT 3 BIT 2 BIT 1 BIT 0 Pump On Range 1 Startup Heater Fail Range 0 IZS On Spare 1 ZeroCycle 43 50 PIN IO bits 16 23 BIT 7 BIT 6 BIT 5 BIT 4 BIT 3 BIT 2 BIT 1 BIT 0 Power On Sys Fail High Voltage Fail Power Supply Fail Electric Test Optical Test Range 2 PPm Metric 44 50 PIN IO bits 24 31 Really User ID 45 50 PIN IO bits 32 39 BIT 7 BIT 6 BIT 5 BIT 4 BIT 3 BIT 2 BIT 1 BIT 0 P4 P3 P2 Pl Spare Driver I Reference Fail 46 50 PIN IO bits 40 47 BIT 7 BIT 6 BIT 5 BIT 4 BIT 3 BIT 2 BIT 1 BIT 0 P6 P5 47 50 PIN IO bits 48 55 BIT 7 BIT 6 BIT 5 BIT 4 BIT 3 BIT 2 Status 2 LED Status I LED Sys Fail LED HeartBeat LED 76
5. Hecotech environmental monitoring solutions WinAQMS Mini Data Acquisition System User Manual Version 1 0 www ecotech com WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Front Matter Manufacturers statement The WinAQMS Mini DAS package is a state of the art Data logging package that should give many years of trouble free service if installed used and maintained correctly By following the guidelines contained in this manual and with the implementation of a good quality assurance program the user can obtain accurate and reliable data Please ensure that you read the safety and warranty detail as they contain important information for the user If after reading this manual you have any questions or you are still unsure or unclear on any part of WinAQMS Mini DAS then please do not hesitate to contact Ecotech Notice The information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice Ecotech reserves the right to make changes to equipment construction design specifications and or procedures without notice Copyright O 2010 All rights reserved Reproduction of this manual in any form is prohibited without the written consent of Ecotech Pty Ltd Introduction WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 SOFTWARE LICENCE AGREEMENT This is a Legal Agreement between you the end user and Ecotech Pty Ltd of 1492 Ferntree Gully Road Knoxfield Victoria 3180 Australia By opening the sealed disk package you are bound by this agreeme
6. If RS Para I is not equal to the ASCII code of the selected station number then set the cursor against RS Para and press Edit 3 Key in the selected ASCII number ASCII 52 for address 4 and press Enter 4 Press Main to exit setup The program register codes are listed in Appendix A in the TEOM 1400a manual DANI TNMH Hydrocarbons Analyser The AQMS software supports RS232 communications with the DANI TNMH 451 amp 452 Hydrocarbon analysers The only parameters available from the DANI are MET CH4 or Methane NMHC Non Methane Hydrocarbons and THC Total Hydrocarbons All readings are in ppm The default baud rate is 9600 baud There is no address or physical input number If there is a flame fail condition or other alarm condition there will be data but it will be marked as having an instrument fault status When the DANI switches from MR to LINE measure and back again every 3 minutes AQMS will not read data for a short time approx 30 seconds to allow for the reading to stabilise When the DANI switches from MR to LINE measure a back again every 3 minutes WinAQMS Mini DAS will not be able to read a new data value for a short time but instead will use the last data value before the DANI switched to the LINE measure When configuring WinAQMS Mini DAS you should set the Samples for valid report to no more than 70 in the System Parameters 74 WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Appendix APPENDI
7. the channel number O channel data in standard numerical format with the number of decimal places specified in WinAQMS Mini DAS status data status see section 8 Appendix D for more information on the WinAQMS Mini DAS status CR carriage return character A S C LI 13 LF linefeed character A S C LI 10 Mantacom The Mantacom format is a 3 party format used by specific customers The entire message is 85 characters long including the carriage return CR and linefeed LF characters and is space filled if required lt HH MM SS gt lt sp gt lt 0 gt lt sp gt lt 0 HH gt lt sp gt lt sp gt lt CR gt lt LF gt HH MM SS time of the data reading sp space character A S C LI 32 O channel data is standard numerical format with the number of decimal places specified in WinAQMS Mini DAS CR carriage return character A S C LI 13 LF linefeed character A S C LI 10 84 WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Appendix Appendix H WinAQMS Mini DAS status information WinAQMS Mini DAS stores status information for data readings as a byte X s indicate that the bit of the byte can be either a 0 or a 1 BIT 7 GOOD BAD 0 BAD 1 GOOD x X X xXxxXx ol o s 4 BIT 6 CALIBRATION O NOT IN CAL 1 INCAL Xi KI KH 0 0 0 0 0 0 BIT 5 FAULT N A N A 0 NO FAULT 1 FAULT 4 4 m41 0 0 0 o lo o o o Table 16 Bite table BIT 4 BIT 3 BIT 2
8. 19 4 2 2 COMMUNICATION SETTINGS roria sennie an a n e a a a aa 21 4 2 3 CHANNEL INFORMATION oieee rerik erkk CEEE AEE AEEA RENEE AEON A SAEC EESK 23 42 4 CALIBRATION CONTROL agree a a ee 26 4 2 5 DIGITAL INPUT AND OUTPUT SETTINGS iiien a 27 43 CALCULATED CHANNELS sesesisiscsecossassocdssderetesssoeeetclecteccecsebecdesdevecescvevveleisebscessesbcdeuseuse 28 431 CALCULATED CHANNELS 1 cccedsciyocncavsdcbedecuslehvbediwsteveddussorducelecddvlatavsasdeticddbduravsddiescets 28 4 3 2 VECTOR AVERAGED CHANNELS cccccccccssssccccssssccccsessececussececussececsussececsusseceeuseeeesaas 30 4332 ROLLING AVERAGES Dinside ias 30 AI REPORT SETTINGS AA 31 4 41 ALARM Sa Se EG 33 GS D OLEE E EE OO 35 4 6 DISPLAY SCHEMES suessrosviagessrrassgveneeegdvssesesdvsdenndessesassevevenngevsvenasdvedenadespesessdvbveaegsvsseseseped 36 47 AAA O 37 4 8 A AA csvceccucetsncnt Gvseveccessodzetevesecctstasduutesseveccesssdvecsseeecuctessecs 39 49 DATA PUSHER deis iii 39 410 DATA SERVER SETTINGS sccsssssssecisisssescssesussettessecedeosseciesessevesensvecettestesecensecebetssecectenses 41 4 11 STACK SEQUENCING iresten neiseina ti eaa i OAE AN AEO E 43 A A T DAAE E A UREE E ER 45 Sl CALTBRATION STATUS ccs cscsecccesssvecdesstecbecssesccoevsteccoossebecsesst vedecssevessevetveccosuuecsevsseeseossees 45 5 2 CHANNEL A nob enssvesdanssosevesseseetessed EUR nas su sete sssvbeeesdavedesssbod 45 5 3 HISTORICAL AA colsoveutesonsst sesecacessosbstcausedectssosbevestseuto
9. BIT 1 BIT 0 XIX X X XxX XxX X X X X x mK XK XK KK X X X X X Xx 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 ol IC0 lo 0o o o0o 0 0o Status Description O DATA GOOD ALL OK 1 SUFFICIENT DATA 0 GOOD HIGH ALARM 1 GOOD LOW ALARM ONO DATA 1 NOT ENOUGH DATA O CALIBRATION ALL OK 1 CALIBRATION SUF DATA 1 INSTRUMENT FAULT 0 POWER FAILURE 0 OUT OF SERVICE ASCII Code 128 129 130 131 64 65 33 34 36 85
10. In seconds 126 Span Measure Time In seconds 127 Span Purge Time In seconds 128 Background Pause Time In seconds 129 Background Interleave Factor In seconds 130 Calibration Pressure 2 131 AUX Instrument Gain 132 Background voltage 133 AUX Background Voltage 79 Appendix WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Appendix E Ecotech Termination Panel Connections Table 15 Termination Panel connections 9400TP Termination Panel Rev C Lightning Input Baud Markings Description Protection Number rate 1 y Ground Yes 2 CH1 Channel 1 Yes 1 4800 3 CH2 Channel 2 Yes 4800 4 y Ground Yes 5 CH3 Channel 3 Yes 3 4800 6 CH4 Channel 4 Yes 4 4800 7 Du Ground Yes 8 CH5 Channel 5 Yes 5 4800 9 CH6 Channel 6 Yes 6 4800 10 Y Ground Yes 11 CH7 Channel 7 Yes 7 4800 12 CH8 Channel 8 Yes 8 4800 13 4B Ground Yes 14 CH9 Channel 9 Yes 9 4800 15 CHIO Channel 10 Yes 10 4800 16 Y Ground Yes 17 cHI1 Channel 11 Yes 11 4800 18 CH12 Channel 12 Yes 12 4800 19 Y Ground Yes 20 CHI3 Channel 13 Frequency 1 Yes 13 4800 21 CHI4 Channel 14 Frequency 2 Yes 14 4800 22 db Ground Yes 23 CH15 Channel 15 Frequency 3 Yes 15 4800 24 CHI6 Channel 16 Frequency 4 amp Yes 4800 Temperature 25 EARTH 26 12V 12 volt supply Yes 27 OV 0 volt Yes 28 5V 5 volt reference 29 OV Common 30 F5 Frequency input Frequency 4800 5 or 12V supply 31 COM Common 0
11. Other commands that aren t normally required AT CBST 7 0 0 set the protocol to V32 9600 Baud Transparent mode Not Recommended as this is not error corrected UR WUNHTO Reset th uired sequence is modem to the default settings Enter desired settings Reset th Save the settings AT amp W modem by taking out the power and putting it back in Display the current configuration to ensure changes have been saved 81 Appendix 6 Test the GSM reception strength WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 In general any value for the first number above 10 is good reception and any value other than 99 is good for the second value 7 Reboot the logger If you are having trouble getting the modem to recognise the dial tone then use the initialisation string x3 which will tell the modem to not wait for a valid dial tone before dialling Setting up the Siemens M20 modem driver in Windows 2000 XP Open the Control Panel gt Phone and Modem Options go to the modems tab gt Add Don t detect the modem Select it from the list gt Next Choose the Siemens M20 GSM gt Next Select COM X where X is the serial po rt the modem is connected to gt Finish Setting up the Falcom A2D modem driver in Windows 2000 Open the Control Panel gt Phone and Modem Options go to the modems tab gt Add Don t detect th gt Next modem Select it from the
12. Parameters nene 27 Figure 28 Digital Output Settings in Analyser Parameters 28 Figure 29 Calculated Channels rrnnnnrnnnnronnnnvnnnnvrnnnrrnnn uvaner nnnnenrennnrnennnnnnennenrnrresnnnnnsnnnnnennenn 28 Figure 30 Vector Averaged Channels in Calculated Channels 30 Figure 31 Rolling Average Channels in Calculated Channels 31 Figure 32 R portSettings huisndedi mdr caches vada gens ae ddbvessaceyestde Gann airaa padarai skaon iiiaio na 32 Figure 33 ALANIS car iia 33 Figure 34 Alarm Email Details erre aeee aaa near anna 34 Figure 35 Wincollect Alarmo esearon nara e ETET EAE EEA TEATER 34 Figure 36 Log entry window oesi an E ER T EEA EREE AE EEAO R 35 Figure 37 Logs main Screg uo aeaea O ATE EOR 36 Figure 38 Saving settings to a Display Scheme rara 36 Figure 39 Adding a new Display Scheme rannrnnnnvvnnnrrnnnnvnnnnnnnnerrnnnnrrennnrnnennenrrrresnnrnnsnnnnrennen 37 Figure 40 Remote Logger Window arrrvnnnnnnvrnnnnnnvannnnnnrrnnnennrrnnsnnnrrnnsennrnensennrrennsnnrrensennrnnnsennn 37 Figure 41 RS232 Connection Settings enter aaea nara 38 Figure 42 TCP IP Connection Settings sentar aaraa nn 39 Figure 43 Data Pusher screen rnnnanvonnnnnnvonnnnnnvnnnnnsnnnnnnnnnnnnnnsnnnnnnnsannnnnnsannnnnnsannnnnnsnnnnnnnee 39 Figure 44 Serial RS232 tab ir rereenaera near aanaaaaaaraa aaa aaa nnnaans 41 Figur
13. Scheme to copy delete Defa e Delete Copy selected scheme IV Figure 39 Adding a new Display Scheme 4 7 Remote Logger The Remote Logger window shows a list of the remote data DAS connections Connections can be added by clicking on the Add button Connections can be deleted by highlighting the connection s and clicking on the delete button A deletion confirmation box will appear when deletions are made A connection to a remote DAS can be established by highlighting the required connection and clicking the connect button Once a connection is established the Connect button will become inactive and a new connection cannot be made unless the current connection is dropped The Connection Settings column shows the basic information about the connection It shows the connection type TCP IP or RS232 and basic settings related to the connection For TCP IP connections it shows the IP address and port number For RS232 connections it shows the phone number RS232 port number and baud rate Clicking on the Connection Settings button will open a second window which will show the full details of the connection as shown in Figure 41 and Figure 42 Remote Logger ip Connection Settings 3 3 gt Melbourne Modem R5232 12345678 1 9600 Melbourne Stack TCPAP 192 168 0 1 32684 Delete Disconnect Cancel Figure 40 Remote Logger Window 37 Edit Menu WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 RS232 connection has the follow
14. The Dialup Connection dropdown list is a list of all the dialup connections on the DAS If the DAS is not connected to the 34 WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Edit Menu Wincollect workstation through a network then a dialup connection needs to be used e The Username and Password fields are for the username and password required by the dialup connection Note If there is no Dialup Connection selected from the dropdown list the Username and Password fields will be hidden e The Wincollect IP address field is the Wincollect workstations TCP IP address on the network LAN or dialup connection e The Domain field is used if the Wincollect Workstation is part of a domain but otherwise can be left blank WinAQMS Mini DAS has a Log feature which allows users to Log in all activity that has been performed on or with the WinAQMS Mini DAS program to keep track of work and changes performed 1 Under the Edit menu select the Log menu item 2 On the main Log screen click the Add new log entry a new window will appear Figure 36 Log lel x Operator Kim y 2005 05 25 10 07 34 Manual Calibration of CO analyser performed Cancel Figure 36 Log entry window 3 Within this new window choose the operator name if not already present then enter a new name 4 In the blank white space type in the task being performed the press ok if you wish not to save enter the log then press cancel The main Log screen contains a su
15. a calculation WinAQMS Mini DAS evaluates NULL to a numerical value 1 79769313486231E 308 that it recognises as a NULL data reading Example if you want a channel to have a result of 10 if channel 22 is under 800 units or over 900 units and a value of 5 if channel 22 is between 800 and 900 units then you would use a calculation like the following 10 C22 lt 800 OR C22 gt 900 5 C22 gt 800 AND C22 lt 900 29 Edit Menu WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 4 3 2 Vector Averaged Channels The second tab on the Calculated Channels window allows you to find the vector average or the sigma theta of vector data which is often used for wind data Since each channel however can only record scalar non vector data to calculate a vector average two channels must be set up one to find the magnitude and the other the direction of the vector average Calculated Channels xj Calculated Channels Rolling Averages System Label dere Source ee Source Magnitude Direction Sigma Theta Channel Channel hannel Channel Channel Channel WS Average 113 WD Average 113 Sigma Theta 13 OK Add New Channel Delete Channel Cancel Figure 30 Vector Averaged Channels in Calculated Channels Figure 30 shows an example of this The wind speed and direction channels are numbers 13 and 14 respectively Having Magnitude Channel ticked means that channel 100 will store the
16. analysers that use ID s other than the ones listed 19 Edit Menu WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Below are the suggested Device ID and Max Response Time settings for various analysers Table 1 Suggested Device ID s and Maximum Response Times for analysers Environnement ICP DAS LN Industries Met One Monitor Labs Opsis Rupprecht and Patashnick Synspec Teledyne Thermo Environmental Vaisala Verewa 20 Maximum Response Time seconds Request Delay millisecond None Required 10 11 20 30 41 42 50 depending on ser anal O unless multidropping None Required 0 corresponds to an ID of A 1 AMX Series TNMH 462 98XX series Serinus series M9003 GasCal 1000 Termination Panel AC31M AF21M CO11M 0341M WindObserverll WindSonic 1 7024 Sonimix 3080 E BAM BAM 1020 9841 9842 98XX A o ti PER TEE ee Me None 1 required 41 42 10 11 20 2 30 50 depending on analyser Required a O None required 170 171 176 177 or other None Required AR600 AR650 LD500 Teom 1400a GCx55 M700 42C 43C 48C 49C and others PTB220 WS425 F 701 s GERE ERES pet a AN E posso A WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Edit Menu 4 2 2 Communication Settings The Communication Settings tab shows the settings WinAQMS Mini DAS is using to communicate with the selected analyser o Connection Type list box shows whether the connection to the analy
17. automatic calibrations will be enabled once again To reset or update the timeout type a new numeric value within the timeout box and click on the Reset Timeout button The timer will now count down from this new number Note If the start time for an automatic calibration passes while calibrations have been disabled the calibration time will move on to its next scheduled start time 6 2 Communicate with Serial Port The Communicate with Serial Port option on the Manual menu allows you to communicate directly with the desired communications port using the settings shown on the window It allows you to select the communications port you want to communicate with the baud rate the parity data bits stop bits and handshaking you want to use 10 Serial Fort Send Text Send Baud Rate o y Parity None Data Bits fe y Receive Text Stop Bits h y Handshaking None y Conwert non printing characters Iv Clear Receive Text Figure 64 Communicate with Serial Port e Once all the communication settings have been entered click on the Connect button The logger will suspend logging on the selected communication port and attempt to open it with the given settings If the connection request succeeds then a message will appear in the status bar of WinAQMS Mini DAS saying Talking directly to serial port e To send data to the port type the message into the Send Text box and then hit the Send button The m
18. infrared port lt Back Cancel Figure 6 Adding a modem dialup support to Windows 2000 You will then see a window similar to Figure 7 below asking you to choose the device to accept the incoming connection Choose the modem you have installed and click on Next WINAQMS MINI DAS User manual 1 0 Installation and Setup Network Connection Wizard Devices for Incoming Connections You can choose the devices your computer uses to accept incoming connections Select the check box next to each device you want to use for incoming connections Connection devices Actiontec MD560RD 492 MDC Modem Direct Parallel LPT 1 Properties lt Back Cancel Figure 7 Selecting the incoming connection modem The next window will ask about Virtual Private Connections Do not allow virtual private connections to the DAS and click on Next Select the WinAQMS user account and any others you want to be allowed to log in using a dialup connection by placing a tick in their selection box as shown in Figure 8 below Network Connection Wizard Allowed Users You can specify which users can connect to this computer Select the check box next to the name of each user you want to allow to connect to this computer Note that other factors such as a disabled user account may affect a user s ability to connect Users allowed to connect D Guest O IUSR_KIMLAPTOP Internet Guest Account Og WAM KIMLAPTOP L
19. less than 0 or greater than 70 is entered then the user security level will not be changed A level 70 user can add new users delete existing users change the user levels and change the password of other users without needing to know their passwords WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 General Information The table below shows the user levels in WinAQMS Mini DAS and what operations the level is permitted to perform This lowest level is 0 and each higher level is permitted to do everything the previous level could in addition to what is listed in the table User Security level description Level 0 No access to menu structure or buttons except the Security and Remote Logger menu Can view windows that open on startup but not move them or change settings 10 Can access any item in the View menu and move the windows around No settings can be changed 20 Can open View menu windows and change the setting of the windows 30 Can access the Edit menu items for viewing but cannot change any settings 40 Can Add Edit logs set precision values and set a channel out of service Can also access and use all Manual menu items 50 Can change settings in the Edit menu but not add or remove channels analysers 60 Can add or remove channels analysers 70 Can add remove other users and their passwords Can also enable disable security The default user access level is 70 and the username and password for Win
20. list Choose the Standard 9600 bps modem gt Next Select COM X where X is the serial po rt the modem is connected to gt Finish Set up Windows 2000 to Accept Incoming Connections Open the Control Panel gt Network and Dialup Connections gt Make new connection gt Next gt Accept Incoming Connections gt Next gt Chose Standard 9600 bps Modem gt Next Do not allow virtual private connections Select the administrator and the WinAQMS Mini DAS user to be given access to dialup remotely gt Next Highlight Internet Protocol TCP IP gt Properties Allow callers to access my Local Area Network Specify IP addresses from 192 168 0 1 Set up Windows XP to Accept Open the Control Panel gt Network Connec to 192 168 0 10 gt 0K gt Next gt Finish Incoming Connections tions gt Create a new connection gt Next gt Accept Incoming Connections gt Next gt Chose Standard 9600 bps Modem gt Next Do not allow virtual private connections Select the administrator and the WinAQMS Mini DAS user to be given access to dialup remotely gt Next Highlight Internet Protocol TCP IP gt Properties Allow callers to access my Local Area Network Specify IP addresses from 192 168 0 1 to 192 168 0 10 gt 0K gt Next gt Finish Note Incoming connections in windows will not re establish its connection with a modem that has been switched off unless the logger is rebooted or the modem was d
21. magnitude markers to be selected This will split the wind rose into sectors like a pie graph This field allows the colour of the sector markers to be selected This is the spacing between successive magnitude markers This is the spacing of the sector markers in degrees This field will load the settings of a particular scheme the user has defined previously 5 8 Sizeable Font Data Value The sizeable font data value displays a single channels data value with user specified Sizeable Font Data Value SEE Temp font settings 27 5 C Figure 61 Sizeable Font Data Value Window Double clicking on the window will open the settings window Sizeable Font Data Value Se SEE Channel Use Status Colours Show Label Show Units Font Arial 72 Bold OK Cancel Display Scheme Default Figure 62 Font size Settings Window 53 Edit Menu WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 The settings window has the following settings Channel Use Status Colours Back Colour Show Label Show Units Font button Display Scheme 54 allows you to specify which channel to display allows you to specify if the colours used by the window will match those specified in Historical Data allows you to specify a background colour to use if you do not want to use the system status colour scheme allows you to control if the channel label is shown in the window allows you to control if the channel units a
22. multidrop RS232 communications ports on the rear In fact there are two in parallel Each analyser can have an individual address Main Gas I D All EC9800 analysers can be connected in a daisy chain configuration to one RS232 port on the WinAQMS Mini DAS i e If you have four 9800 analysers you only need to use one RS232 port on the rear of the logger Ecotech EC9800 Setup Before connecting to the analysers you must first set the address of each analyser The preferred addressing convention is to use the analyser type as the address e g for 9841A use 041 for 9850 use 050 for 9830 use 030 etc There are two ways to set the address In the 9800 main menu select Instrument Menu Then in the field for MAIN GAS ID enter the address This method is the easiest For analysers with older versions of software and do not have the Main Gas ID in their menu you will have to use the following procedure 1 Set the 9800 analyser s Multidrop Baud Rate in the Interface Menu Also make sure that it is in COMMAND mode not TERMINAL made The default setting is usually 38400 baud for Ecotech 9800 s and 2400 for Monitor Labs 9800 s Connect the RS232 cable from the analyser to the WinAQMS Mini DAS Only connect one analyser at a time From the WinAQMS Mini DAS Manual menu select Communicate with RS232 Set the port number as well as the baud rate and connect to the port By typing DCONC lt enter gt will cause the analyser to re
23. on the cells to change their values Instruments Instruments that are being used for calibrations can appear in this section 9830 9841 etc these fields should have the function being performed to them at this specific point 4 2 5 Digital Input and Output settings The Digital Input Settings Figure 27 and Digital Output Settings Figure 28 Tabs show the digital input and output points and their settings for the currently selected analyser The High Value and Low Value fields show the value that is recorded into the database for the digital input and output channels when they are high or low all other fields have the same function as described in Channel Information The Add Digital Input Output buttons and the Delete Digital Input Output buttons also function identically to the Add Channel and Delete Channel buttons in Channel Information x Analyser 23830 Infcemation Communication Settings Channel Information Calibration Control Digtal Input Settings Digtal Output Settings Low Alarm Alarm High Low Decimal Description Number Value Value Places Carbon Dioxide Delete Digtal Input Add New Analyser Delete Analyser Cancel Figure 27 Digital Input Settings in Analyser Parameters The Default Output field in Digital Output Settings is the value that the digital output is set to when WinAQMS Mini DAS is started 27 Edit Menu WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Analyser Parameters x Analy
24. sections USING WINAQMS MINI DAS Several parts of the WinAQMS Mini DAS interface do not change in appearance This section details these parts and how they work Like most Windows based software WinAQMS Mini DAS has a menu system File Edit View Manual Help that allows you to activate the desired part unner System Parameters pur of the program from a set of options Use A EEEE E h b t i b Calculated Channels the mouse to access a menu bar item by Repat Sa left clicking on the required menu heading Alarms then on the required menu bar item Menu Bera Display 5 bar items can also be accessed by using the NA Remote Logger keyboard Figure 12 Menu shortcuts When the ALT key is hit you will notice that the shortcut key for each menu item is underscored As you navigate further into the menu structure the shortcut key for each menu item is also underscored as shown in Figure 12 For example instead of using the mouse to open the Edit menu you can hit the ALT key and then press the E key Hit the A key and the Analyser Parameters window will load in the same way as if you had used the mouse There is a set of Buttons just under the menu bar These allow quick access to commonly used parts of WinAQMS Mini DAS Figure 13 Instantaneous Data Instantaneous Graph Wind Rose Historical Data Historical Graph Analyser Parameters Calculated Channels Figure 13 Menu Buttons For example if you click on
25. selected in the Instantaneous Data and Instantaneous Wind Speed and Direction windows the colours you have selected for the channels plotted in the Instantaneous and Historical Graphs and all other settings you have chosen When you make a change to any of the settings for these windows and close the xl window a dialog box will appear as shown in Do you want to save the settings to Default display scheme Figure 38 If you want to save the changes ves No Cancel made to the window then choose Yes If you Se me may do not want to save the changes to the Figure 38 Saving settings to a Display window then choose No If you do not want Scheme to save the changes to the window and want the window to remain open so you can make more changes then choose Cancel 36 WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Edit Menu When a window that uses a display scheme is closed or the WinAQMS Mini DAS program exited WinAQMS Mini DAS will remember the settings and display scheme of the windows and will restore them exactly the same way they were before To add a display scheme enter the name of the new scheme into the text box to the right of New scheme name as shown in Figure 39 If you want to copy the settings from the display scheme shown in the dropdown box then put a tick in the Copy selected scheme checkbox and click Add To delete an existing scheme select it from the dropdown list and click on Delete x New scheme name New Scheme o Add
26. tabs will not appear WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Edit Menu Clicking on the Add New Analyser button will add a new analyser to the system which will default to an Ecotech Termination Panel TP with no channels configured and default communication settings The Delete Analyser button will delete the currently selected analyser from the system including any channel configurations it has The OK and Cancel buttons function as described earlier except that clicking the OK button will also restart the server to reflect any changes 4 2 1 Information When opened the Analyser Parameters window will display the Information tab for the first analyser in the system Figure 24 shows a typical opening screen for an Ecotech Termination Panel Entries can be made in the following fields e The Label text box allows you to enter a label that will help you to identify the analyser e The Manufacturer list box shows the names of manufacturers of analysers which WinAQMS Mini DAS supports e The Model list box shows the analyser models corresponding to the Manufacturer list box that WinAQMS Mini DAS supports The image to the right changes to match the selected model e The Device ID is used by WinAQMS Mini DAS when communicating with the analyser It also identifies an individual analyser when several analysers are multi dropped that is communicating on the same serial port e Data Request Period sec is the time in seconds between reques
27. the appropriate field Once this is done select the administrator button and press the Create Account button lol File Edit View Favorites Tools Help id Q Back y 3 Jo Search Folders gt yy x ig EE Address E Control Panel e P A rer 6 SE w G gt KW Accessibility Add Hardware Add or Administrative Automatic Date and Time Display Folder Options Options Remov Tools Updates de Do b Fonts Game Internet Keyboard Network Network Setup Phone and Controllers Options Connections Wizard Modem oS See TOO Power Options Printersand Regional and Scanners and Scheduled Security Sound Effect Sounds and Faxes Language Cameras Tasks Center Manager Audio Devices es P 4 GS Speech System Taskbar and MARA Windows Wireless Start Menu Firewall Network Set Figure 5 The Control panel 2 1 2 Giving the WinAQMS Mini DAS user permission to log on as a service 1 In Control Panel open Performance and Maintenance 2 Click on Administrative tools and open Local Security Policy Installation and Setup WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 3 Inthe Local Polices section double click on User Rights Assignment Find Log on as a service and double click on it Click on Add User or Group click on Advanced click on Find Now 6 Select the WinAQMS user from the group then click on OK click on OK and click on OK again a 2 2 Setting Windows XP to accept d
28. the Analyser Parameters button the Analyser Parameters window will load just as if you had used the menu bar or the keyboard shortcuts To close a window click on the small button with the cross in the top right hand comer of the window or on the OK or Cancel buttons that appear on the window Clicking the OK button on any window in WinAQMS Mini DAS it will save any changes that you have made and close the window Clicking Cancel will discard any changes then close the window Clicking the close button in the top right hand corner of a window will give the same result as clicking the cancel button Not all windows in WinAQMS Mini DAS have OK and Cancel buttons but all windows have the close button in the Em top right hand corner Figure 14 Minimise and Maximise buttons Many windows also have minimise and maximise 48 Instantaneo Ela Ed EJES buttons as shown in Figure 14 The Minimise button Figure 15 Minimised form 11 General Information WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 will reduce the window to become like Figure 15 To restore the window to its original size hit the Restore Up Down button the left button in Figure 15 and the window will return to its original size The Maximise buttons in Figures 25 and 26 will increase the size of the window to fill the whole WinAQMS Mini DAS screen except for the toolbar and the menu buttons Figure 16 shows a maximised Instantaneous Graph window It occupies the entire WinAQMS M
29. the two buttons near the bottom of the tab the information sent from WinAQMS Mini DAS can be transformed using the multiplier and offset fields and the data sent is specified to a certain report period Note Leaving Multiplier as 1 and Offset as 0 will not perform any transformation to data 42 WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Edit Menu 4 11 Stack sequencing Stack sequencing allows WinAQMS Mini DAS to set digital outputs in a repeating cycle The cycle is made up of a series of points which will run through sequentially and repeat continuously The stack sequencing will be suspended when a calibration is in progress Stack State Time min Stabilisation Emission Stabilisation Emission Stack Sequencing Channels v 30 C0 E3 YI 40 NO E E E v 41 N02 v 42 NOx vi 50 502 101 Stack 1 102 Stack 2 103 Stack 3 OK Add Delete Cancel Figure 48 Stack sequencing window Channels the channels that are selected here will be marked with a calibration state for the points which have a Stabilisation state State dropdown list which allows the stack point to be set to Stabilisation or Emission In Stabilisation state channels will be marked with a calibration status In Emission state channels will not be marked with a calibration status Time min duration that the stack point will last before moving on to the next point Digital Outputs
30. time passes the line and plots will move towards the left edge of the screen as new data values arrive When the line goes off the left edge of the screen the data values displayed at the bottom of the screen will return to being the most recently logged values 49 Edit Menu WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Instantaneous Graph Settings Access this through the Graph Settings button on the Instantaneous Data Graph window Settings for the Instantaneous Graph are the same as for the Historical Graph except that the Report list box is replaced with a Graph Time Frame and a Graph Redraw Period Refer to Section 2 10 1 Historical Graph Settings for explanation of the other options Inst amt ane us Data Graph Settings Plot Number Patra Charel Nomes Cola High Aam Cobu Low sen Cobu DP fo dB a a CI fo dl a B a F foto 30 o O 4 R nm Je o o s pf Jm O O 6 d anme 0 O Bragh Background Coku Dinplap Scheme Grech Tare Frame Gisph edem Pasod Dead al fie un fo Seconds ia Show Aus Sating Cancel Figure 57 Instantaneous Graph Settings with Plot Settings e Graph Time Frame sets the length of time that the graph will retain data for If the Graph Time Frame is set to 10 minutes then all displayed plots will show data for the last ten minutes e Graph Redraw Period sets the interval at which the graph redraws The data from the analysers will continue to be stored by the graph but will not be displayed until the graph red
31. value boxes and a Start and End Date Time boxes When the Load Data button is pressed all data with a time stamp equal to or greater than the Start Date Time box and less than or equal to the End Date Time box will be loaded from the database Historical Graph E 10 x 110 0 15 0 900 107 0 135 890 104 0 12 0 880 101 0 10 5 870 98 0 860 95 0 850 92 0 840 89 0 830 86 0 820 83 0 1 5 810 80 0 x ___ UEC eee 800 2001 06 15 2001 0615 2001 06 15 2001 06 15 2001 06 15 2001 0615 2001 06 15 2001 06 15 00 00 00 01 12 51 02 25 43 03 38 34 04 51 26 06 04 17 07 17 09 08 30 00 Channel Data Channel Data Channel Data Start Date Time 2001 26 15 00 00 00 Graph Settings NOx Eee Ess i ERR MM envase fioiTemp GE Quico Eee Jeso Current Date Time 2001 06 15 03 15 00 Load Data Figure 52 Historical Graph To view the graph data at a particular point click on the graph and a vertical black or white line will appear on the Graph The data boxes at the bottom of the window will display the data value for each plot from that time The Current Date Time box shows the date and time of the data point under the black white line The left and right arrow keys move the line to an earlier or later data point Historical Graph Settings Access this through the Graph Settings button on the Historical Graph window Each of the six plots of channel data can be configured individually to suit the needs of the channel it is plotting 47 Edit Menu WinA
32. well as sending data to the Client Data Server The Data Server is the part of the WinAQMS Mini DAS that listens for data requests from collection software and responds to the command with the appropriate data Data Pusher The Data Pusher is used to upload data to an FTP site without the need for a request The Data Pusher requests data from the Data Server for a defined time period and automatically uploads the data file to the selected FTP site Service WinAQMS Mini DAS service is used to monitor the Server Data Server Client and Data Pusher to ensure they are all running If there is a problem with one of these applications then the Service module will restart it WINAQMS MINI DAS User manual 1 0 Installation and Setup 2 Installation and Setup Only user accounts that have been granted the required permissions can run WinAQMS Mini DAS Users can be added from the local domain the domain local to the WinAQMS Mini DAS or from an external domain administered by a domain controller server WinAQMS Mini DASs come with two users set up the Administrator and WinAQMS Mini DAS users on the DAS and WinAQMS Mini DAS installed and operational 2 1 1 Adding local users to the WinAQMS Mini DAS Log in to the DAS as administrator or someone with administrator privileges Go to the Control Panel and double click on User Accounts as shown in Figure 5 Within this new window select the New Account link and create a name for the account in
33. 1 Nitrous Oxide analyser OOO EcotechEC9841 INFORMATION Request Delay O ____ COMMUNICATION SETTINGS Data Bits J8 Note Remember to set the baud rate on the Ecotech EC9800 analyser to 9600 and the Main Gas ID to 041 to match the settings in WinAQMS Mini DAS 67 Appendix WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Add 3 channels with settings shown in table 9 to the new analyser and then hit OK Table 9 Settings for the NO NOx and NO channels 019841 NO Chamel 9841 NOx Channel 9841 NO Channel NO 1 4 0 1 NO System Channel 8 19 Label NO NOx Multiplier lo qo Offset tO Decimal Places 4 qa High Alarm 101 104 Low Alam JO JO Alarm Number____ 8 19 Valid Data High 10 10 Valid DataLow 0 10 Channel Type NO NOX 68 WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Appendix Add another new analyser to be the 9850 and changes its settings to match table 10 and a new channel to the analyser to match table 11 Table 10 Settings for the Monitor Labs 9850 Sulfur Dioxide analyser EcotechBC9850 INFORMATION Request Delay JO COMMUNICATION SETTINGS DataBits J8 Table 11 Settings for the Sulfur Dioxide channel 9850 SO Channel System Channelt Ju Multiplier qi Offset 10 Decimal Places 3 High Alarm oi Low Alam 10 Alarm Number TE E o Average 11 1 3 0 1 11 Average Serial Port Output Set ticked Alternat
34. 44 314 2003 10 22 10 01 00 24 992 22 144 36 889 39 125 10019 751 47 1001 2 44 149 2003 10 22 10 02 00 24 953 22 151 38 996 38 918 39059 1001 9 751 46 1001 3 43 725 2003 10 22 10 03 00 24 906 22 143 38 985 38 899 39091 10019 751 47 1001 2 44 541 2003 10 22 10 04 00 24 984 22 133 38 844 38 748 38 927 10019 751 49 1001 3 44 275 2003 10 22 10 05 00 24 976 22 166 38803 38673 39002 1002 751 52 10014 44 212 2003 10 22 10 06 00 24 874 22 143 38 739 38 664 38 795 1002 751 52 1001 3 43 976 2003 10 22 10 07 00 24 906 22 168 38 601 38 428 38 786 1002 751 56 1001 3 44 698 2003 10 22 10 08 00 24 922 22 132 38 417 38 288 38626 1002 75158 1001 4 43 984 Print Export to HTML Export to Test Display Scheme Defaut 2 n Figure 51 Historical Data It has a Start Date Time field that indicates the time of the first data value you want to look at The Start Date Time has a default value of the current date with no time specified If no time is specified it is taken as being 12 00 midnight or 00 00 in 24 hour time for the date entered The End Date Time field shows the date and time of the last data reading you want to look at The End Date Time has a default value of the day after the current day at 12 00 midnight or 00 00 in 24 hour time It is not recommended that you view more than 1 wee
35. AQMS Mini DAS is Username WinAQMS Mini DAS Password ecotech 15 WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Edit Menu lit Menu The Edit menu allows the user to enter the specifications for running the program These specifications include the parameters for the DAS and analysers calculated channels for transformation of data alarm generation and more 4 1 System Parameters The System Parameters window contains the basic DAS information and some of the system wide settings Basic DAS information includes e ID a text field for identifying the system e Company Name a text field for recording the name of the company using the system e Contact Person a text field for recording the name of the person to contact regarding the system e Site Name a text field for recording the name of the system site e Notification Number a text field for recording the telephone number to call if faults occur System Parameters ID Smogger 1 Company Name Bob s Smoggers tt tststi S S S Contact Person KeepemDity ss s Site Name Chadstone Notification Number 98765431 Language English Australian SMTP Server FE Data File Prefix Smo Secure Telnet Connection Certificate Name vin MS Server Figure 22 System Parameters System wide settings include e Language The language listbox offers you the choice of what language you want WinAQMS Mini DAS s text to be displayed in English Chinese Spani
36. Menu WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 GasCal 1100 calibrator To use the G U I interface an Ecotech GasCal 1100 must be selected from the list and the GUI checkbox must be selected set of four tabs containing settings will be shown after the Connect button is pressed as shown in Figures 65 66 67 and 68 These settings cover points gases alarms and factory settings Note To use the G U I interface for the Ecotech GasCal 1100 the calibrator must be running firmware version 2 0 6 or later Factory Settings should only be changed by qualified personnel as they will affect the calibration of the GasCal Communicate with Analyser pe px pep pe x lb fx fx pe pe pepepepe fox ep ao loja f Wo a E sa o E s 89 cd 2 aaa PI hi a ole Pee RE RRREE px ps pede poe e 3 px pe poe pac e pe pe pes epp a pe ps poe pe e pe Pepe pep px poe fox fx gt pe ppc foc xc foe pe x acc ac pel Poe foc gt lt ppp pe pepe fee Pe es epp px Pe oc oc 3 e xe pe epee foe pe fx 3 ppa poe 3 3 3 ON 3 p fc be 3 pac 3 NE pepe ps ep peje peje pe pejpej e gt pepepepe n D peppe peepee eeej o pm lajs Figure 66 Ecotech GasCal 100 o point settings Alarms Factory Settings Zero Correction Factor air y fo 998 E ee 99 14 Nitrogen N2 1 000 ess fpem Niroge 502 94 98 Nitrogen N2 GAS4 0 ppm Nitrogen N2 GASS 0 Nitrogen
37. N2 i GAS6 O GAS 0 Nitrogen N2 i Gass 10 gt GASI 0 Nitrogen N2 i GASTI 100 ppm Nitrogen N2 1 000 Figure 67 Ecotech GasCal 1000 gas settings 58 WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Manual Menu E ERA Mass Flow Controler Generator Coefficients Coefficent 1 Coefficent 2 Coefficent 3 2 16 18 918 SpanGas2MFC 0 0 qm 13 775 10 642 1 661 03 Maximum Voltage as 03 Minimum Voltage ha Purge Time sec fo 2nd MFC Flag p Figure 69 Ecotech GasCal 1000 factory settings 59 Manual Menu WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Digital Outputs is an aid which can be used to help check calibration sequences as well as the functionality of digital outputs When this option is selected a window similar to Figure 74 will be displayed If you choose to disable scheduled calibrations then any automatic calibration that had already started will be aborted and any calibration that is set to start while this window is open will not do so The reason this option is given is to stop automatic calibrations which may change digital outputs from interfering with the manual changing of digital outputs After a choice is made to enable or disable scheduled calibrations is made a window similar to the one in Figure 75 is shown It lists all digital output channels and their current digital state To change an outputs state click on the State button to the right of the Channel and it will toggle between H
38. Protocol Implicit Secure Explicit Secure Standard Not Secure Polling Transfer Increment mins Last Transfer Next Transfer Last Result Write data Enabled 40 WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 URL or IP address of FTP server Username needed to logon to FTP server Password needed to logon to FTP server If data is to be located in subdirectories on FTP server eg Data Attaches character to the start of the filename to differentiate data from different stations Choose between Active and Passive Active work by WinAQMS Mini DAS initialising a connection to the FTP Server the server then connects to WinAQMS Mini DAS Passive works by WinAQMS Mini DAS initialising a connection to the FTP Server which informs WinAQMS Mini DAS of which port to connect to WinAQMS Mini DAS will then connect to the FTP Server on the specified port The FTP server defines a specific port for the client 990 to be used for secure connections Uses the default ftp port port 21 Standard port 21 with no security Number of mins between data transfers The date of last transfer this does not need to be set in initial setup The date of the next transfer this can be set in initial setup or can be left A number indicating the status of the last result i e O for success Choose either Append or New File Append will create a single file for each day and all uploads from that da
39. QMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 ENE 0300002 i a an 5 f J 7 F E f i Figure 53 Historical Graph Settings with Plot Settings o The Plot Drawn option will set whether a plot is drawn If this option is not selected the data will still be present but the plot will not be drawn o Channel determines which channel the graph will be plotting o Normal Data Colour is the colour that the plot will use when the data for the channel is equal to or below the high alarm value and equal to or above the low alarm value To change the Normal Data Colour click on the box with the plot colour and a colour selection window will appear which will give you the option of selecting one of several predetermined colours or making your own colour o The High Alarm Colour and Low Alarm Colour can be changed in the same way as the Normal Data Colour The Show Axis Settings Show Plot Settings button allows you to toggle between the settings for the plots and the settings for the axes ca Pit Number Plot Doe Charest Some Colas foer Shown Mame Aste Valus Min Aar Vaka Ma 1 fr F 2 p iv 3 p Oo o Vv 4 p F 5 p VF 6 F zz Vv Figure 54 Historical Graph Settings with Axis Settings e Axis Colour is the colour of the axis for the plot o To remove the axis for a specific channel remove the tick from the Axis Shown box e AutoScale will scale the axis based on the data that has been plotted since the plot w
40. Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION a coctsescssisstssccctscasovcssacecscbotesssibsnscsecsscaceisuss esesbibutestetvivcses soussisssosscestos 1 1 1 USERS AND PASSWORDS wes sdceseessecascosssceseassect secs osseseessvcescedousescteeestcees ossoouesectseesoesessteesteus 1 1 2 SOFTWARE PROTECTION DEVICE ssccssssccsssccessccesscccescccesscccessccesscccssccsesaccecssecesseccsces 2 1 3 ABOUT THIS MANUAL isccsccccessscnncitesodssvsssotesseedecesssbnceoestesedecvebuotecteubecousbuseess sescdesvedeceessveus 2 1 4 WINAQMS MINI DAS ARCHITECTURE sccccssssssccesssscccssssscccssssccccssssscesesssccccssssscesees 3 1 5 WINAQMS MINI DAS AGENT esessssvesessnsensessnsvneessnsensensnseneessnsensersnsensersasenversnsensessasensenen 3 2 INSTALLATION AND SETUP iiinn o i 5 2 1 SETTING UP USERS AND PERMISSIONS IN WINDOWS 2000 XP eesevevsvesvevevessvsvsvenesnnee 5 2 1 1 ADDING LOCAL USERS TO THE WINAQMS MINI DAS ervrvrsrvrnrenvvnsevrnrssrrssssrnssnvenssvveernr 5 2 1 2 GIVING THE WINAQMS MINI DAS USER PERMISSION TO LOG ON AS A SERVICE 5 2 2 SETTING WINDOWS XP TO ACCEPT DIALUP CONNECTIONS seessssssssvevnvsvesesessnnennensesee 6 2 3 CONNECTING A REMOTE CLIENT TO A WINAQMS MINI DAG cssssssccssssccceseees 9 3 GENERAL INFORMATION sra 11 A EDIT MENU cur OS 17 O ES CAI IN tartis r eit ini KNEE ENEEK 17 4 2 ANALYSER PARAMETERS scccsessscecdisidsvossiassvctetiesvesesescecedsscsveseseusveceseestecesescucobetesveseseusees 18 42 1 INFORMATION aan ESA
41. V 32 OPO Output 0 0 4800 33 OPI Output I 1 4800 34 OP2 Output 2 2 4800 35 OP3 Output 3 3 4800 36 OP4 Output 4 4 4800 37 OPS Output 5 5 4800 38 OP6 Output 6 6 4800 39 OP7 Output 7 7 40 COM Common 0V 41 IPO Input 0 0 4800 42 IPI Input 1 1 4800 43 IP2 Input 2 2 4800 44 IP3 Input 3 3 4800 45 IP4 Input 4 4 4800 46 IP5 Input 5 5 4800 47 IP6 Input 6 6 4800 48 IP7 Input 7 7 4800 80 WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Appendix Appendix F Setting up Drivers and Modems Using Hyperterminal Start gt Programs gt Accessories gt Communications gt Hyperterminal Name the session Direct to Com X where x is the number of the serial port you are connecting to Connect using COM X where is the serial port the modem is connected to gt OK Bits per second 19200 or 9600 depending on defaults Data bits Parity None Stop Bits Flow Control gt OK You can now enter the AT commands required to set up the modem correctly The modem and sim card must be set up to be in NON TRANSPARENT ie error corrected Hardware or None depending on defaults mode Telstra 1800636785 for sim card services 1300131816 wireless and data services If you receive a telstra message saying that the equipment you are calling is not compatible then the modem and sim card are not set to the same transparency settings The sim card must be set up to not expect a pin code to be entered AT
42. X D USB Protocol parameter list Table 14 USB Protocol Parameter list Description Notes 0 Internal Valve 1 0 Closed 1 Open 1 Internal Valve 2 0 Closed 1 Open 2 Internal Valve 3 0 Closed 1 Open 3 External Measure Valve 0 Closed 1 Open 4 External Zero Valve 0 Closed 1 Open 5 External Span Valve 0 Closed 1 Open 6 Aux Valve I 0 Closed 1 Open 7 Aux Valve 2 0 Closed 1 Open 8 Aux Valve 3 0 Closed 1 Open 9 Valve Sequencing 0 Off 1 On 10 LCD Contrast POT O Lightest 99 Darkest 11 PRE POT 1 Measure coarse pot for all analysers except 9841A which is chassis fan speed 12 PRE POT 2 Measure Fine 981X 9820 9830 9841 9842 Bench Fan Speed 9841A Reference_zero 9850 13 PRE POT 3 Input for all except 9850 which is measure gain 14 PRE POT 4 981X 984X Test Measure 9820 9830 test_reference 9850 reference gain 15 PRE POT 5 981X Lamp Adjust 9820 9830 9850 test measure 984X high voltage adjust 16 PRE POT 6 9850 high voltage adjust 17 PREPOT7 9850 lamp adjust 18 VREG POT I Flow control zero 19 VREG POT 2 20 VREG POT 3 21 VREG POT 4 22 VREG POT 5 Fan speed control 23 VREG POT 6 Pump speed fine 24 VREG POT 7 Pump speed coarse 25 Analogue input 0 26 Analogue input I 27 Analogue input 2 28 Analogue input 3 29 Analogue input 4 30 Analogue input 5
43. as started Autoscaling will give the axis a maximum value just above that of the largest value received and a minimum of just below that of the smallest value received o If you do not want the plot to use the autoscaled axis then remove the tick in the AutoScale box which will then enable the Max and Min Axis Value boxes Entering values in these two boxes will set the maximum and minimum values for the axis and scale the plot using those values Available in both Plot Settings and Axis Settings modes are o Graph Background Colour which sets the colour that will appear as the background colour for the graph It can be changed like the other colour selections 48 WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Edit Menu o Display Scheme which will load the settings of a particular scheme e Report which shows which report will be displayed on the graph 5 5 Instantaneous Data The Instantaneous Data window shows up to ten DI xi channels with their most recent data and the units of the channel Clicking on a dropdown box allows you change the channel for which the data is displayed Channel Data Units 25 2 E Tenis Mi 1 8 The window is updated at the speed of the fastest china m channel in the system If the Instantaneous Data menu ee E option or button is selected when there is already an 68 Pressure h00060 mbar Instantaneous Data window visible then a second 70 77 v fsse window will be displayed Each of the Data box
44. ata readings may not occur This process takes about 10 seconds 6 7 Suspend Resume Logging This option available from the Manual menu will stop all logging being done by WinAQMS Mini DAS until the option is again selected Once Suspend Logging has been chosen its text will become Resume Logging Communication ports will not be Manual Menu WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 released by the activation of this option and will remain open but unused by WinAQMS Mini DAS 6 8 Stop Server This option will bring up a confirmation window as shown below in Figure 73 Selecting OK will terminate WinAQMS Mini DAS including the server part of the program and will stop all logging Stop Server EG Stopping the server will stop ALL logging Do you want to stop the server co Figure 73 Stop Server confirmation box 62 WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Appendix Appendix A Configuring WinAQMS Mini DAS Example In the example in this manual you will be shown how to configure WinAQMS Mini DAS using the basic database which is included on the WinAQMS Mini DAS CD and then to add analysers and channels to build up a more complex system It is recommended that you read section 3 6 of this manual to become familiar with the layout and capabilities of WinAQMS Mini DAS before going through this example Start WinAQMS Mini DAS by going to the Start menu and clicking on the Start button Ecotech select Programs All Programs for Microsof
45. aunch IIS Process Account O VUSR KIMLAPTOP VSA Server Account O 6 VUSR_KIMLAPTOP1 VSA Server Account winagms wnaqms Add Delete Properties Figure 8 Selecting the incoming connection users Note Only the users on this list will be able to establish a dialup connection to this DAS By default WinAQMS Mini DASs are set to allow dialup connections These users must also be able to access the shared Database directory In the Networking Components list make sure that Internet Protocol TCP IP is selected then highlight it and click on properties Figure 9 Installation and Setup Network Connection Wizard Networking Components Networking components enable this computer to accept connections from other kinds of computers WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Select the check box next to the name of each networking component you want to enable for incoming connections Networking components Y Internet Protocol TCP IP File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks El Client for Microsoft Networks xl Description Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol The default wide area network protocol that provides communication across diverse interconnected networks Install Uninstall Properties lt Back Nest gt Cancel Figure 9 Setting the incoming connection properties In the TCP IP properties window select the specific TCP IP addresses a
46. bration 64 WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Appendix We will now add a barometric pressure wind speed and wind direction channel to the channels on the TP Switch to analyser number 1 on the Analyser Parameters dropdown list and choose the information tab Click on the Add Channel button three times Three new channels will be added to the list and they will have default values entered into most of their columns Make sure the settings match those of table 6 below Table 6 Settings for the pressure wind speed and wind direction channels TP Pressure TRWS TPWD Multiplier JO Offset 800 Decimal Places OE Low Alarm 90 Jo f 00 Valid Data High OO Valid Data Low___ 0 10 10 Now press the OK button on the Analyser Parameters window This will save the settings to the database You may notice that the Restart Server button is not enabled at this time This allows WinAQMS Mini DAS to have sufficient time to write the settings to the database before you restart the server again with the updated settings The wind speed and direction sensor that is being used is an analogue output MetOne 034 sensor 65 Appendix WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 We have now added three channels to the TP which record barometric pressure and wind speed and direction To vector average the wind speed and direction channels two calculated channels are needed On the menu bar select Edit and then select Calculated Channels The calculated chann
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48. commands to set up the modem IAT amp F Reset the modem to factory default settings IATSO 0 Windows will do the answering for you It looks for two RING strings to come from the modem and will then issue an ATA command to the modem AT IPR 9600 Set the port baud rate to 9600 note if you change this setting you will have to set the baud rate in hyperterminal to match AT IFC 2 2 Set the handshaking to RTS CTS Hardware Handshaking Use 0 0 for no flow control and 1 1 for Xon Xoff AT CBST 7 0 1 Set the protocol to V32 9600 Baud Non Transparent mode AT DS 0 Turns off V42bis data compression IAT CS5Q Test the GSM reception strength IAT amp YO Loads configuration 0 at modem startup IAT CLIP 0 FALCOM A2D3 ONLY Call Line Identification Presentation Set this to 0 or the modem will not work with windows IAT CRC 0 FALCOM A2D3 ONLY Cellular Result Code command Set this to 0 or the modem will not work with windows amp CNF GSM ATZ CSCS PCCP437 FALCOM A2D3 ONLY Loads configuration profile and correct SMS character codes at startup Firmware bug workaround amp CNF MODE V FALCOM A2D3 ONLY Set the mode to Voice Mode IAT amp V Display the current configuration Falcom A2D3 also use amp REQ CNF IAT amp WO SIEMENS ONLY Save current configuration in position 0 0 or 1 IAAT amp W FALCOM ONLY Save the current configuration
49. data is assigned a value of 9999 CR carriage return character A S C II 13 LF linefeed character A S C LI 10 WinAQMS Mini DAS sci lt PPP gt lt RRR gt lt Y Y Y Y MM DD HH NN SS gt lt CH gt lt M MMMME XX gt lt status gt lt CH gt lt M MMMME XX gt lt status gt lt lt CR gt lt LF gt PPP is the data file prefix 1 to 3 character length comma character A S C LI 44 RRR is the report number 1 to 3 character length where 1 report 1 2 report 2 3 report 3 4 report 4 128 span report 144 zero report 160 precision report YYYY MM DD HH NN SS is the date and time CH the channel number M MMMME XX channel data in scientific format status data status see section 8 Appendix D for more information on the WinAQMS Mini DAS status CR carriage return character A S C LI 13 LF linefeed character A S C LI 10 83 Appendix WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 WinAQMS Mini DAS std lt PPP gt lt RRR gt lt Y Y Y Y MM DD HH NN SS gt lt CH gt lt 0 gt lt status gt lt CH gt lt 0 gt lt status gt lt CR gt lt LF gt PPP is the data file prefix 1 to 3 character length comma character A S C LI 44 RRR is the report number 1 to 3 character length where 1 report 1 2 report 2 3 report 3 4 report 4 128 span report 144 zero report 160 precision report YYYY MM DD HH NN SS is the date and time CHF
50. drop Baud Rate 92 Analog Range Gas 1 93 Analog Range Gas 2 94 Analog Range Gas 3 95 Output Type Gas 1 0 Voltage 1 Current 96 Output Type Gas 2 0 Voltage 1 Current 97 Output Type Gas 3 0 Voltage 1 Current 98 Voltage Offset Current Range Gasl 0 0 or 0 20mA 1 5 or 2 20mA 2 10 or 4 20mA 99 Voltage Offset Current Range Gas2 0 0 or 0 20mA 1 5 or 2 20mA 2 10 or 4 20mA 100 Voltage Offset Current Range Gas3 0 0 or 0 20mA 1 5 or 2 20mA 2 10 or 4 20mA 101 Full Scale Gas 1 102 Full Scale Gas 2 103 Full Scale Gas 3 104 Zero Adjust Gas I 105 Zero Adjust Gas 2 106 Zero Adjust Gas 3 107 Negative 10V Supply 108 50 Pin IO ANINI 20mV resolution analog input 0 5V 109 50 Pin IO ANIN2 20mV resolution analog input 0 5V 110 Instrument State 111 CO Linearisation Factor A 112 CO Linearisation Factor B 113 CO Linearisation Factor C 114 CO Linearisation Factor D 115 CO Linearisation Factor E 116 Instrument Units 0 PPM 1 PPB 2 PPT 3 mG M 4 uG M 5 nG M 117 Background Measure Time In seconds 118 Sample Fill Time In seconds 119 Sample Measure Time In seconds 78 WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Appendix 120 Aux Measure Time In seconds 121 Aux Sample Fill Time In seconds 122 Background Fill Time In seconds 123 Zero Fill Time In seconds 124 Zero Measure Time In seconds 125 Span Fill Time
51. e 45 Protocol settings tab e ENEE TE EAEE ETERA E 41 Figure 46 Telnet Settings nam nvnnnnvonnnrrnnnnrnnnnnnnnenrennnrnnsnnnnnennenenrresnnrnsenneenensen 42 Figure 47 Modbus Settings asrrnannvnnnnvnnnnrrnnnnvnnnnvnnnr renn narran cnc 42 Figure 48 Stack sequencing WINdOW ococccnnonnnnccccnccccconnnn nora nano corran 43 Figure 49 Calibration status window cnn ncc nr 45 Figure 50 Channel list SCreen rassnnnannnnnnrrnnnnrnnnnnnnnrnvennnrnnannnnnnnnennnn renn nrnnannnenenresnsrneennrnsennene 46 Figure 51 Historical Data eenaa aiaa rN EE NE AEE EEEE 46 Figure 52 Historical Graphis niisiis eeaeee cc 47 Figure 53 Historical Graph Settings with Plot Settings 48 Figure 54 Historical Graph Settings with Axis Settings 48 Figure 55 Instantaneous Data ronnnnnnvonnnnnnvrnnnnnnvrnnnrnnvrnnnnnnrrnnsensrrnnsensrrnnnensrrnnssrsrrnnsensrrnnsennn 49 Figure 56 Instantaneous Graph cccccceccecseeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeceaeseeneeseeeeesaaeeeeaaeseeeeeseaeeesaeeseaeesnaees 49 Figure 57 Instantaneous Graph Settings with Plot Settings earrrnannrnnnnrnnnnrrnnnnrnnnnnnnnrnrnnn 50 vi WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Front Matter Figure 58 Instantaneous Graph Settings with Axis Settings rrrrrnrrnnnnvnnnnrrnrnrrrnnnrnnnnnnnnnnrenn 50 Figure 59 Wind Speed and Direction rurnrvnannvennnvvnrnrrvnnnrnnnnnnnnerrennnrrennnrnnrnrenrrrresnnrnnennnnnennen 51 Figure 60 Wind speed and direct
52. e Add Channel button To remove a channel highlight it by clicking on the grey block at the left end of the channel row and click on the Delete Channel button Multiple channels can be highlighted and deleted at the one time The fields present in the Channel Information tab includes those listed below System Channel the unique number that WinAQMS Mini DAS uses to identify the channel This number can be changed but must be unique Label allows you to enter a label to easily identify the channels in other parts of WinAQMS Mini DAS Analogue Input the physical channel number on the analyser For a Teom analyser the Analogue Input field is replaced by a PRC field which allows you to specify certain register numbers in the Teom analyser Analogue Output Choose from four channels where voltage output signals will be sent from ICP DAS only Multiplier and Offset Every time a reading is taken the value is multiplied by the value in Multiplier and has Offset added to it in that order Units is an editable list which shows the units of the channel data If you do not find the appropriate unit in the dropdown list then you can edit the Units box and enter the unit you require Superscript and subscript characters can be entered using the Windows Character Map utility which can be found in Start Programs Accessories System Tools Character Map Decimal Places When the data is displayed the number digits to the right of the decimal
53. e File Output Set ticked We have eleven channels on the system each of which will log the appropriate analyser on the appropriate communications port Now we will add two digital output channels that can be used to switch solenoids when the SO analyser goes into calibration 69 Appendix WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Again open the Analyser Parameters window and go to the Digital Output Settings tab for analyser 1 Add two digital output channels to the analyser and make their settings like table 12 Table 12 Settings for the two digital output channels TP Pressure JTPWS System Channel 12 B Output TS A Default Output Lo e High Value JT Low Vale JO High Alam JO a AO AM Digital Output I Digital Output 2 12 Lo 1 Digital Output 1 Now we have to put in the settings for the digital outputs for the SO2 analyser Change the Analyser to be 4 and save any settings to the current analyser Select the Calibration Control tab Add a new sequence to the list by clicking on the Add Sequence button A new sequence will be added to the list and default values will be set Set the sequence label to be SO2 Cal Click on the Add Point button 3 times to add 3 points to the sequence and set the settings as shown in table Table 13 below Table 13 Settings for the three new sequences Point I Point 2 Point 3 Point 1 2 3 Label SO2 Span Zero Stabilise Poin
54. e Text box 6 3 Communicate with Analyser WinAQMS Mini DAS can ERA iix communicate with analysers which NE have ANSI terminal modes To Meire Estes Mie lisi 3 9841 Ecotech 9841 41 4 y communicate with an analyser choose the Communicate with Conne Disconnect ald Analyser option on the Manual NO 232 menu and select the analyser from one the dropdown box The dropdown op Rea box contains information which o will uniquely identify the analyser 394 such as analyser number label NOX SAMPLE MEASURE manufacturer model ID and the ETNE RR communication port the analyser 13 23 21 MAY 64 uses Once a selection has been made click on the Connect button and the terminal screen for the analyser will come up in the black screen on the window When you have finished using the analyser in terminal mode click on the Disconnect button and WinA QMS Mini DAS will release the communications port so that normal logging can be resumed Figure 65 Communicate with Analyser Note When using a communication port to communicate with an analyser in terminal mode WinAQMS Mini DAS will suspend all logging on that port There is no timeout on this operation The Ecotech and Monitor Labs 98XX series analysers Serinus series Ecotech Aurora Nephelometers and Ecotech Gascal 1100 have terminal modes WinAQMS Mini DAS can display a Graphical User Interface G U I for the settings of an Ecotech 57 Manual
55. e communication between the DAS and the analysers recording of data and starting stopping of calibrations The client is concerned with giving the user access to settings and data On its own the server has no user interface and there is no way you can interact with it using the mouse or keyboard The client is the visual interface of WinAQMS and communicates with the server by requesting information or receiving information that it has asked for at a prior time This arrangement means that the WinAQMS server must always be turned on before the WinAQMS client program can connect to it The WinAQMS agent allows the user to activate or deactivate individual components of WinAQMS Mini DAS The current status of each component is shown across the top underneath each component heading The agent works on a simple start stop method where pushing the button underneath the status will either turn on green arrow or turn off red square that program Introduction WINAQMS MINI DAS User manual 1 0 WinAQMS Agent Client Server Data Server Data Pusher Service b gt gt E E Running Running Running Stopped Stopped gt am gt im gt amt gt amt gt Figure 4 WinAQMS Mini DAS Agent interface Client The Client is the user interface that is used to view data and alter the setup of the DAS components Server WinAQMS Server is the engine of the WinAQMS Mini DAS program it requests logs and stores data from the external instruments as
56. e server WinAQMS Mini DAS will start up and display a window similar to Figure 11 below Remote Logger x fo Logger Name IP_ Dialup Connection Dial on startup_ Usemame P Local 127 001 O Ooze Lake 192 168 0 1 Hong Kong Smokey Hollow 10 001 Perth VPN Add Connect Delete lisconner Cancel Figure 11 Connecting to a Remote WinAQMS Mini DAS Figure 11 shows that the WinAQMS Mini DAS client can be set to connect to multiple WinAQMS Mini DASs o The ID field is used by WinAQMS Mini DAS to uniquely identify loggers o Logger Name IP is the logger s network name or IP address Installation and Setup WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 o Dial up Connection is a dropdown list which allows the user to specify which dial up connection to use to make a connection to the DAS o Dial on start up allows the user to tell WinAQMS Mini DAS whether it should try to establish the dial up connection automatically If the Connect button is used then the WinAQMS Mini DAS client will attempt to connect to the currently selected server using the specified Dial up connection even if the Dial on start up checkbox is not set In Figure 11 there is Local Ooze Lake and Smokey Hollow servers listed The Local DAS uses the loop back address 127 0 0 1 and will be located on the same computer as the client software The Ooze Lake logger has an IP address of 192 168 0 1 and the WinAQMS Mini DAS client software will establ
57. each digital output in the system will be shown to the right of the Time column Each output in each point can be set with a value Hi Lo or no change which will be activated when the system is running the point 43 WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Edit Menu 5 View Menu The View menu allows users to access information and data from the instruments This data can be in real time Instantaneous data or Historical data This data can be accessed either in the form of data readings or in a graphical format such as a line graph The Calibration Status window shows the current calibration state of the WinAQMS Mini DAS All sequences and points are listed on a separate row in the Calibration Status table which also shows the Label Point Type Starting Date Time Duration min and Average Duration min When a sequence and point is active they will be displayed with a yellow background The text colour will be black if an automatic sequence point is running and red if a manual sequence point is running Any points in an active sequence that are not currently running will not show up with a yellow background When a point is running the Average Duration min column will show as being active only when the Span or Zero report for the point is being calculated Calibration Status Ea lx Sequence Label Point Type Start Date Time Duration Average min Duration min en mi 1 a aS E 2 1 Point 1 29 08 2005 3 55 00 Stabilisation
58. els window will load and show an empty table Click on the Vector Averaged Channels tab and then add two new channels Enter the channel settings as shown in table 7 below Table 7 Settings for the vector averaged wind speed and wind direction channels VeetorWS Vector WD System Channel 16 17 Magnitude Source 4 4 Fe OO A Direction Source 5 5 lene OOOO IO Offset JO o Decimal Places Jl 10 Alarm Number 16 7 Valid Data High JO 10 Valid DataLow 10 10 Click on the OK button at the bottom left corner of the window to save the changes you have just made and to restart the WinAQMS Mini DAS Server process with the changes The vector averaged wind speed and direction channels are now set up and will begin logging Now we will add a Ecotech 9841 oxides of Nitrogen analyser and a 9850 Sulfur Dioxide analyser These two analysers will be multi dropped together with the Ecotech 9830 carbon monoxide analyser that is already set up on the system Open the Analyser Parameters window and click on the Add New Analyser button This will add a new analyser to WinAQMS Mini DAS which will be an Ecotech 66 WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Appendix Termination Panel by default and have all of its parameters set to default values Change the Model of the analyser to be 9841 The picture in the top right hand corner should change to show an Ecotech analyser Enter settings for the analyser as shown in table 8 Table 8 Settings for the Ecotech 984
59. ent AC31M AF21M E e pe SA CO11M 0341M Gill WindObserverll Wind ICP DAS 7024 Met One E BAM 9600 8 None BAM 1020 9600 8 None Monitor Labs ML 98XX Series Opsis AR600 AR650 9600 LD500 Rupprecht and Teom 1400a 9600 Pertashnick Teledyne M700 9600 Thermo 42C 43C 48C 9600 Environmental 49C and others Vaisala PTB220 WS425 9600 Wherever possible WinAQMS Mini DAS handles the special communication requirements of analysers in software For example the TEOM 1400a Particulate Monitor normally requires a special cable but this is handled in software with special communication settings so that a standard serial cable can be used Note The Monitor Labs 98XX Series of analysers have a default baud rate setting of 2400 baud If you set WinAQMS Mini DAS to communicate with a Monitor Labs 98XX analyser at 9600 baud then you must ensure that the Multidrop baud in the Interface menu of the analyser is set to 9600 baud 22 WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Edit Menu 4 2 3 Channel Information Analyser Parameters x Analyser 1 TPIM v Decimal Significant Units Channel Places Digits Type 5 c Voltage Average Add Channel Delete Channel OK Add New Analyser Delete Analyser Cancel Figure 25 Channel Information in Analyser Parameters The Channel Information tab allows configuration of the input data channels for the analyser To add a channel to the system click on th
60. es is 430 43 NO Fo 00030 ppm shown in a colour indicating its status An extra field 431 43 NO2 y 00030 ppm at the bottom is Display Scheme which will load the f42243nox y 43 NOX 1 0 00001 ppm settings of a particular scheme foorws JE m 1001 WD v 215 j Display Scheme Default E Figure 55 Instantaneous Data 5 6 Instantaneous Graph The Instantaneous Graph gives a visual plot of data as WinAQMS Mini DAS receives it The graph can show up to six plots simultaneously each using different axes plot colours and axis colours For each channel plotted the vertical scale can be shown as an axis in any colour The axes can be set to have a fixed range aos 240 140 6000 o 11 065 MA 102 500 043 toca Za 174 4600 035 cea GE 2300 029 0062 mei 158 NOG 022 0061 2604 150 2500 015 ROI 44 182 1800 454 1144 1100 M3 1 26 400 zal tta 300 013 0 so pol 00 o 0 120504 1251 04 133504 147104 15 06 04 008 BOEN am 0055 om or 00 Dala NP ao so a came om EE es Figure 56 Instantaneous Graph or to auto scale to match the data that is being plotted Each plot can be enabled or disabled and can be shown in a unique colour To change the settings for the Instantaneous Graph select the Graph Settings button which will load the Graph Settings window Graph data from a particular time can be viewed in the same way as for the Historical Graph with the black white line As
61. essage will be sent to the port you are connected to Any response from the port will be shown in the Receive Text box e Ifthe Receive Text box is becoming too cluttered with text then clicking the Clear Receive Text button will remove all text from the Receive box e Once you have finished communicating with the port click on the Disconnect button and WinAQMS Mini DAS will release the port and display the message Communication port released If WinAQMS Mini DAS was using the port previously to log data then it will resume doing so If there is a check in the Convert non printing characters checkbox then ASCII characters can be sent to the serial port or printed when they are received by enclosing the ASCII character code in square brackets For example to send a data request to a R amp P Teom instrument with a PRC of 8 you need to send the string 56 WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Manual Menu lt STX gt 4AREG KO 8 lt ETX gt There is no key on the keyboard to send an STX character ASCII code 2 or an ETX character ASCII code 3 but when the Convert non printing characters option is set you could send the string 2 4AREG KO 8 3 If the Convert non printing characters checkbox is set then WinAQMS Mini DAS knows to replace the 2 with an STX and the 3 with an ETX Any non printing characters in the responses from the analysers will also be converted to their ASCII codes and put into square brackets when shown in the Receiv
62. f WinAQMS Mini DAS the user must first contact Ecotech and arrange its setup and receive a digital certificate Securing connections should only be used when necessary The Analyser Parameters window contains all the settings for each analyser as well as for any analogue or digital channels that are provided by those analysers Any communication settings calibration settings and digital input or output settings can be altered in the Analysers Parameters window Analyser Parameters Anaiyset 1 TAM intomaton Conpurication Sating vene informadas Calbution Control Digtal input Settings Digtal Oupat Settings Label TRIM Marudachaet fE coch Model Tessenanon Parel Device ID fo Data Request Pesod soc Ro n Maimun Responses Tmel ns Request Delay imSec eme Analyser Description JandogueandDigtslintedaceDevcs mem Figure 23 Analyser Parameters The Analyser list box at the top of the window contains a list of all the analysers currently in the WinAQMS Mini DAS system Changing between different analysers in the system using this list box will alter the information in the tabs to match the chosen analyser The options available in the tabs and the number of tabs will change depending on the analyser E g for an Ecotech Termination Panel the Digital Input Settings and Digital Output Settings tabs will appear but a R amp P Teom 1400a analyser has no digital inputs or outputs so the corresponding
63. f the user has a WinCollect dongle it can be used to run WinAQMS Mini DAS Client software Figure 2 WinAQMS Mini DAS USB dongle This manual is intended to serve as a guide to the most used features of WinAQMS Mini DAS We strongly recommend that you read this manual before using WinAQMS Mini DAS to gain an understanding of its capabilities and operation As we are always trying to improve our products we welcome any feedback that you might have with respect to this software If you find any omissions or any errors in this manual or with the software please email us at WinAQMS Mini DAS Feedback ecotech com au Throughout this manual there will be words printed in italicized text These words refer to parts of the WinAQMS Mini DAS software such as menu items and field names WINAQMS MINI DAS User manual 1 0 Introduction Display Kevbourd Mowie SMTP Emad Server O RSZ Mullen Analyser CO RN Analyser N x Analyser SO Analyser Lone Termemation Panel 16 Analog ipun Degital Inpem VOR Digit Qutpuia h Analyser Sme y pronn Remote WinCollect Computer Data Pusher FTP Server Wind spand Wind direction Alarm Temperature Seen Relative humidity Span Raromotric pressure Zeto Rainfall Figure 3 The WinAQMS Mini DAS architecture WinAQMS Mini DAS has been designed as a client server program This means that WinAQMS Mini DAS has two parts the client and the server The server handles all th
64. i and Lo The timeout value defaults to 120 minutes decrements every minute When the timeout value reaches 0 the Manual Digital Outputs window will close When the window closes all automatic calibrations will be enabled once again To reset or update the timeout change the numeric value in the timeout box and click on the Reset Timeout button Note If the start time for an automatic calibration passes while calibrations have been disabled the calibration time will move on to its next scheduled start time 60 Manual Digital Outputs x Disable scheduled calibrations This will set digital outputs to their initial state Yes No Timeout fo Minutes Reset Timeout Figure 70 Disabling scheduled calibrations Manual Digital Outputs x Timeout eo Minutes Figure 71 Manually setting digital outputs WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Manual Menu 6 5 Channel State Channel state allows the Out of Service status to be set for each channel The channel can be set to be out of service for a specified duration of time or indefinitely Current State Is the current state of the channel Normal or Out of Service Set New State This checkbox tells WinAQMS Mini DAS to update the channel with a new state specified in the New State field when the OK button is pressed New State This list shows the new state Normal or Out of Service to which a channel will be changed Duration and Un
65. ialup connections Windows XP can be set to automatically answer a dialup connection request through a modem but a modem must be installed on the WinAQMS Mini DAS to allow this to occur To accept incoming connections click on Start Settings Control Panel This will open the control panel window Double click on the Network and Dial up Connections Network Connections in Windows XP and then on Make New Connection New Connection Wizard in Windows XP The Network Connection Wizard will start Click on Next to proceed with making a new connection In the Network Connection Type window choose Accept Incoming Connections or Set up an advanced connection hit next then choose Accept Incoming Connections in Windows XP as shown in Figure 6 below and click on Next Network Connection Wizard k Network Connection Type You can choose the type of network connection you want to create based on your network configuration and your networking needs Dial up to private network Connect using my phone line modem or ISDN Dial up to the Internet Connect to the Internet using my phone line modem or ISDN C Connect to a private network through the Internet Create a Virtual Private Network VPN connection or tunnel through the Internet Accept incoming connections Let other computers connect to mine by phone line the Internet or direct cable C Connect directly to another computer Connect using my serial parallel or
66. ido dio software at the same time and the Ecotech Identification number for the software Figure 19 Figure 19 Registered User Details 13 General Information WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Security WinAQMS Mini DAS can be set to require a username and password to be entered before access to the system is enabled Users in WinAQMS Mini DAS have a username password and a security level Usernames and Passwords can be up to 32 characters in length and are case sensitive Figure 20 below shows the User List options when a user with the highest security level 70 has logged into the system User List BK ID Usemame cai winagms 70 Kim Elliott William Daniel Andres Grant Anonymous Figure 20 User List Window The Enable Security checkbox will enable or disable security Once enabled WinAQMS Mini DAS will require users to enter a username and password into the login box as shown below in Figure 21 Username Password Figure 21 Login Window Each user is able to change their own password except for those with a security level of 0 To change a password double click on the user in the list or select the users record and press the Change Password button You will be prompted to enter the old password the new password and to confirm the new password To change a users security level highlight the user in the list and click the Change Security Level button If a user level
67. ing fields Phone Modem Init String RS232 Port Baud Rate Parity Data Bits Stop Bits Handshaking The phone number that will be dialed by WinAQMS Mini DAS If this field is empty then no phone number will be dialed This string command will be sent to the RS232 port prior to the Phone ft being dialed The port that will be used to make the connection The speed at which the RS232 port will be set to operate at 110 256000 9600 default Space Odd None default Mark or Even 4 to 8 default 1 default 1 5 or 2 None default XOn XOff RTS CTS or XOn XOff RTS CTS Connection Settings Melb Modem TCP R5232 Phone 12345678 Modem Init String R5232 Port Baud Rate Parity Data Bits Stop Bits Handshaking OK Cancel Figure 41 RS232 Connection Settings TCP IP connection has the following fields Logger Name IP Dialup Connection The IP address or name of the DAS 192 168 0 1 default This is a dropdown list of the dialup connections that are set up on the DAS The default is not to use a connection Username and Password The username and password required to authenticate Domain Telnet Port Secure Telnet 38 onto the remote DAS The name of the Microsoft Windows domain that a DAS is connected to If there is no domain then leave this value as a The port that the client will use to connect to the DAS 32684 default This checkbox allows you use a
68. ini DAS screen except for the top menu bar and buttons and the status bar at the bottom Only one window can be maximised at a time and is displayed in front of the other windows This means 101x 18 x Es Henra owe Piinia Graph Ardro Parseeters Catts Chyreh nax uam uam 144120 az 144335 144420 Bih Satiro 14 4525 144620 Marx Dus Chame Daa Kan Dari Court 1 20045119 1647 Figure 16 Maximised form that when a window is maximised it is the only visible window In Figure 16 clicking on the Graph Settings button will open the Graph Settings window and reduce the Instantaneous Graph window to the size it was before it was maximised The Instantaneous Graph Historical Graph Historical Data and Wind Speed and Direction windows all resize their visual aspect to match their size For example resizing the wind speed and direction window will cause the compass to resize itself to match the size of the window WinAQMS Mini DAS has a comprehensive online help menu which can be accessed by hitting the F1 button on the keyboard when the relevant screen is being displayed For example if you want to know more about the system parameters options then open that window up and hit the Fl key A help screen will appear which has information about the system parameters The three main menus used in WinAQMS Mini DAS are the Edit View and Manual menus which will now be outlined in greater detail FILE MENU The file me
69. ion Settings reatar 51 Figure 61 Sizeable Font Data Value Window rear 53 Figure 62 Font size Settings Window urnrvnannvnnenvvnrnrrennnrnnnnnnnnenrennnrrnsnnrnnenrenrrrresnnrnnsnnnnsennen 53 Figure 63 Start Manual Calibrations ooonocnnnnicinncnnnncconnccnnnccann narrar nc 55 Figure 64 Communicate with Serial Port ienes 56 Figure 65 Communicate with AnalySer cccccceeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeceeeeesaeeeeaaeseeeeeseaeeesaeeseneeenaees 57 Figure 66 Ecotech GasCal 1000 point settings 58 Figure 67 Ecotech GasCal 1000 gas settings ooooccccnniconnconnnccnocccnnornnanan cnc rana 58 Figure 68 Ecotech GasCal 1000 Alarm settings rrenan 59 Figure 69 Ecotech GasCal 1000 factory settings 59 Figure 70 Disabling scheduled calibrations rear 60 Figure 71 Manually setting digital outputs oooooonnccccnonoccccnonoccccnanancnnnnnanccnnanon cnc canon cnccnnnnccnnns 60 Figure 72 Channel State ccccccccccesceceeeeceeeeesaeeeeneeceaeeesaaeseeneeceaeeeseaeseeaaesseeeseaesseaesseneessaees 61 Figure 73 Stop Server confirmation box rrnannvnnrnvrnrnr rn nrnnnnnnnnrnrennnrnnnnnnnnrnrenrnrrennnrnnnnnnnrnnnenn 62 Figure 74 WinAQMS Mini DAS LoadiNQ coconccinncinnccnnnninnnccnnnncccnorccn conan 63 Vil WINAQMS MINI DAS User manual 1 0 Introduction 1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing WinAQMS Mini DAS Mini Data Acquisition System WinAQMS Mini DAS is the result of over 15 yea
70. is marked as being Out of Service then the channel s data will still appear in the database but its status will indicate that the channel is out of service Serial Port Output specifies whether data for the channel will be included in the string of data averages which is sent to the serial port specified by Report Settings Alternate File Output specifies whether data for the channel will be included in the data averages stored in alternative data files Different Analyser types will have different fields available in the Channel Information tab The differences are listed below Ecotech EC ML 98XX 9841 9842 API Dani Environment SA and Teco analysers do not show the Analogue Input field The Digital Input Settings and Digital Output Settings tabs will only appear for the Ecotech Termination Panel TP and Ecotech EC ML analysers Opsis analysers have a Gas and a Path field instead of an Analogue Input field 25 Edit Menu WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 4 2 4 Calibration Control The Calibration Control tab shows the signals that the digital output channels and calibrators are set to when the channels of the selected analyser enter the span zero and stabilisation periods of their calibration sequence Each row point of the grid matches a part of a sequence occurring within the analyser Measurements are only taken during the Span and Zero cycles the stabilisation point is a recovery cycle Analyser Parameter
71. isassociated with incoming connections before it was turned off IE if the modem loses power and the logger does not then the loaaer will no lonaer listen for incomina connections to the modem 82 WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Appendix Appendix G Serial output report formats The current list of serial output report formats is as follows AQMS text is the same format as that used by the older Ecotech 9400DAS lt PP gt lt sp gt lt RRRR gt lt sp gt gt lt yy mm dd hh mm ss gt lt sp gt lt 0 H HH gt lt S T gt lt HHHO HHAOE lt ST gt lt CR gt lt LF gt PP 2 letter space filled data file prefix sp the space character A S C LI 32 RRRR report type One of RPT1 RPT2 RPT3 RPT4 SPAN ZERO or PREC yy mm dd hh mm ss Year month day hour 24 hour minute second HHHHO AHHH 10 digit numerical value space filled on the left hand side If the value uses more than 10 digits then the format changes to a scientific format of the form M MME XX where M MM is the mantissa of the number and XX is the exponent For example the number 123 456 in scientific format will be changed to 1 23E 02 and the number 0 023456 will be changed to 2 35E 02 ST is a status character for the data reading where is out of service p is analyser power failure fis instrument fault L data good low alarm gt data good high alarm a space is good data lt data bad not enough data data bad no data Null
72. ish the Hong Kong dialup connection using the entered Username Password and Domain before attempting to connect to the logger when the Connect button is pressed The Smokey Hollow logger with IP address of 10 0 0 1 will use the Perth VPN dialup connection when connect is pressed The Dial on Startup checkbox is used by WinAQMS Mini DAS to determine if a dialup connection should be established if it is started and the ask command line option is not used If the Smokey Hollow logger was the last logger connected and WinAQMS Mini DAS was started without the ask command line option then the WinAQMS Mini DAS client would try to connect to the Smokey Hollow logger at IP address 10 0 0 1 using its currently active dialup LAN connections If the Ooze Lake logger was the last logger connected to and WinAQMS Mini DAS was started without the ask command line option then the WinAQMS Mini DAS client would try to connect to the Ooze Lake logger at IP address 192 168 0 1 by first establishing the Hong Kong dialup connection WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 General Information 3 General Information The Main screen of WinAQMS Mini DAS contains a plain background with 5 menus on the top toolbar as seen in Figure 12 The file menu and Help menu are accessories for use of WinAQMS Mini DAS and are briefly described here the File View and Manual menus are most comprehensively used within WinAQMS Mini DAS and will be individually discussed in the following three
73. it These two fields show the time that a channel will be set to be out of service Timeout Date Time This field shows when a channel with a Current State of Out of Service will return to Normal state It also will set the timeout time for a channel All Out of Service This button will set the Set New State checkbox to checked and the New State listbox to Out of Service for all channels The All Normal button will set the Set New State checkbox to checked and the New State listbox to Normal for all channels In this diagram channel 30 CO has been set to the Out of Service state until 2007 3 9 17 06 23 channel 50 SOz has been set to the Out of Service state indefinitely and all other channels are running normally Channel State DAR Channel Current State Set New New State Unit Timeout Date Time No State Timeout Out of Service Mir 2007 03 09 17 06 23 Normal Normal Normal Dut of Service Normal Normal Normal Out of Service Out of Service Out of Service Normal Out of Service Out of Service Out of Service CIC SO Oo to to Or YT AY TA oe AA Cancel Figure 72 Channel State 6 6 Restart Server When the Restart Server option is selected all logging is suspended and all settings will be loaded from the database Once the settings have finished loading WinAQMS Mini DAS will begin logging with those settings During this restart a small number of d
74. k s data as the time required to retrieve this data may become excessive over slower communications links The Report Name field indicates the report you are looking at and can be one of RPT1 Report 1 RPT2 RPT3 RPT4 Span Zero Precision or All RPT1 to RPT4 show the data for the four reports which WinAQMS Mini DAS supports Span Zero and Precision show the report data from when the channels went into calibration The Span and Precision reports show all 16 Span or Precision reports WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Edit Menu The All option shows the data for all reports in the database for the selected time period e The Find button will use the values in the Start Date Time End Date Time and Report Name fields to load the data into the grid in the centre of the window At the bottom of the window are nine boxes These show the possible data status and the colour that the data will be shown in if it has that particular status The status colours can be changed by clicking on the coloured box and then selecting the colour for the status from the colour selection window Any data that has the status will then show up in the grid in the appropriate colour 5 4 Historical Graph The Historical Graph is used to display report data from the database as a graph It allows up to six plots of channel data to be drawn with options for each plot as for the Instantaneous Graph The Historical Graph window shows the graph channel number and channel
75. le Frequency field has 2 options Daily and Report Daily This will make a data file for each day in the C data directory with a name in the format lt PPP gt lt RRR gt lt Y Y Y YMMDD gt txt where PPP is the data file prefix 1 to 3 character length RRR is the report number 3 character 0 filled 001 report 1 002 report 2 003 report 3 004 report 4 128 143 span report 1 16 144 zero report 160 175 precision report 1 16 YYYYMMDD date of the data readings Report This will make a new data file every time report data is ready in the C data directory with a name in the format lt PPP gt lt RRR gt lt Y Y Y YMMDDHHNNSS gt txt where PPP is the data file prefix 1 to 3 character length RRR is the report number 3 character 0 filled 001 report I 002 report 2 003 report 3 004 report 4 128 143 span report 1 16 144 zero report 160 175 precision report 1 16 YYYYMMDDHHNNSS date and time of the data reading 32 WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Edit Menu 4 4 1 Alarms The Alarms window sets any digital outputs emails and WinCollect alarms that get sent when a channel in WinAQMS Mini DAS triggers an alarm A channel triggers an alarm by either going above the High Alarm Value or below the Low Alarm Value Report alarms are triggered by the values of reports Instantaneous alarms are triggered by the instantaneous data values received from analysers Both wi
76. lick on Create and then close the box Open the Control Panel again and double click on Users Accounts shown in Figure 5 Click on the Users tab select the WinAQMS Mini DAS user and then click on properties Select the Group Membership properties and give the WinAQMS Mini DAS account Standard User access Click on the Apply button and close the Users and Passwords box 2 3 Connecting a Remote Client to a WinAQMS Mini DAS A remote WinAQMS Mini DAS client is able to connect to different WinAQMS Mini DAS servers a compatible server client version is required In this way a single computer with the WinAQMS Mini DAS Client software installed can oversee the operation of multiple mini DAS If WinAQMS Mini DAS is started using the start menu or a standard shortcut it will attempt to connect to a running WinAQMS Mini DAS Server process on the local computer If you want to connect to a DAS using a dialup connection or if you want to connect to different WinAQMS Mini DAS you need to enter a special command line when starting WinAQMS Mini DAS so that it gives you a choice of DAS to choose from To do this click on Start then Run Delete any text in the box and replace it with the following line including quotes C Program Files WinAQMS Client WinAQMSClient exe ask Then click on OK This will tell the WinAQMS Mini DAS Client software to start in a mode where it waits for a connection request from the user before it tries to connect to a remot
77. magnitude of the vector average Channel 101 meanwhile with Direction Channel ticked will record the direction of the vector average and channel 102 with Sigma Theta Channel ticked will record the standard deviation of wind direction for channel 14 4 3 3 Rolling Averages Rolling average channels can be made by specifying an existing channel as the Source Channel and an existing report as the Source Report The Rolling Count indicates how many times the channel will roll the specified report For example if report I was averaged every 5 minutes and report 2 was averaged every hour and an 8 hour rolling average of 1 hour data was required then the Source Report value would be set to 2 report 2 the Rolling Count would be set to 8 8 hours 30 WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Edit Menu Calculated Channels i x Calculated Channels Vector Averaged Channels Rolling Averages System Label Source Channel Source ca Decimal Alarm H sind ie Count md OK Add New Channel Delete Channel Cancel Figure 31 Rolling Average Channels in Calculated Channels 4 4 Report Settings The Report Settings menu allows you to change the reporting period of any of the four reports which WinAQMS Mini DAS supports as well as setting whether reports are written out to a serial port or to an alternative data file o Period can be altered with the up and down arrows used to increase or decrease the report period value o Uni
78. mmary of Log entries By default the Log screen will record the last 10 log entries more can be accessed by changing the Start Date time 35 Edit Menu WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 mg id I pb 2005 05 25 10 33 30 Change filter on Hivol y Manual claibration of CO analyser 2005 05 25 09 35 55 E Kim Manual calibration of NOx analyser E 2005 05 25 09 35 40 Kim Manual calibration of 03 analyser 2005 05 25 09 32 43 Kim Checked Teom filter Start Date Time 2005 05 25 09 32 43 End 2005 05 26 Load Logs OK Add View Cancel Figure 37 Logs main screen Start date time Time from which logs are to be collected from Default is start of the 10 latest logs this can be altered to include more older logs by changing the start date time End date time Date up to which logs will be included Default is the following day to ensure most recent logs are included Ok Confirm log entries must be pressed for any entries to be confirmed and saved Load Log Loads all logs from within the time specified in the start and end date time Cancel Leave the window without saving changes Display schemes in WinAQMS Mini DAS save settings for the Instantaneous Data Instantaneous Graph Instantaneous Wind Speed and Direction Historical Data and Historical Graph windows A display scheme will remember your settings for each of these windows For example the Default scheme will remember which channels you have
79. nd set the range from 192 168 0 1 to 192 168 0 10 as shown in Figure 10 Click OK and then Next All that remains is for the Incoming connections to be named and then the process is finished Incoming TCP IP Properties x m Network access IV Allow callers to access my local area network From To Total E TCP IP address assignment C Assign TCP IP addresses automatically using DHCP Specify TCP IP addresses I Allow calling computer to specify its own IP address 192 168 0 1 192 168 0 10 10 Cancel Figure 10 Setting the incoming connection IP addresses Note The TCP IP range 192 168 X X also 10 X X X will not appear on the internet and can be safely used for local area networks When dialing in to a WinAQMS Mini DAS it will always assign itself the IP address shown in the From field of Figure 10 Go to the Control Panel and double click on Users Accounts as shown in Figure 5 Click on the Advanced tab click Advanced in the Advanced User Management In WINAQMS MINI DAS User manual 1 0 Installation and Setup the Local Users and Groups window click on Users and go up to Action and select New User Set the User Name to be WinAQMS Mini DAS or another account name that you want to use to run WinAQMS Mini DAS type in a password and remember it Remove the tick in the User Must Change Password at Next Logon and add a tick to the Password Never Expires option C
80. ndows are presented in the same format being made up of at least 7 fields and is shown in Figure 33 Garn x Report Instantaneous Digital Output Wincollect Alarm Alarm 7 10 Send Reoccuring Min Time Between Email Send Alarm Email Emails Emails Details Alarm Details 1 Hi fed LT 00 i i OK Add Delete Cancel Figure 33 Alarms o Alarm This field is used to identify the alarm o Digital Outputs The four Digital Output fields specify which digital output gets set to either Hi Lo or not changed blank o Send Email sets whether WinAQMS Mini DAS sends an email when the alarm is triggered o Reoccurring Emails sets whether WinAQMS Mini DAS will continue to send new emails if a channel stays in the alarm state Note If a channel enters its alarm state and the Send Email field is set a single email will be sent If a channel stays in the alarm state at the time of the next report or the next instantaneous data reading a new email will not be sent unless the Reoccurring Emails field is set o Min Time Between Emails is the minimum time in hours minutes and seconds between an email being sent for that alarm Note If a channel enters an alarm state and the Send Email and Reoccurring Email fields are set then a new email will be sent only if the time in Min Time Between Emails has passed since the time the last email was sent o The Email Details View Set b
81. nt 1 Grant of Licence Ecotech grants you the right to use the one copy of the enclosed Ecotech Software program on a single computer 2 Copyright The Software is owned by Ecotech Pty Ltd or its suppliers and is protected by Australian Copyright Laws International Treaty Provisions and all other applicable National Laws If the Software is not copy protected you may either a make one copy of the Software solely for backup or archival purposes or b transfer the Software to a single hard disk provided you keep the original solely for backup or archival purposes You may not copy the Product Manual s or written material accompanying the software 3 Other Restrictions You may not rent or lease the Software but you may transfer your rights under this Ecotech Pty Ltd Software License Agreement on a permanent basis provided you transfer all copies of the Software and all written materials and the recipient agrees to the terms of this Agreement You must not decompile or disassemble the Software Any transfer must include the most recent update and all prior versions LIMITED WARRANTY Ecotech Pty Ltd warrants that the software will perform substantially in accordance with the accompanying Product Manual s for a period of 12 months from the date of receipt Ecotech s entire liability and your exclusive remedy shall be at Ecotech Pty Ltd s option either a repair of Software or b replacement of the Software This Limited Warrant
82. nu contains menu objects that are concerned with the settings of the overall program These include changing the grey background to a customised picture saving or loading the configuration of WinAQMS Mini DAS or exiting the program WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 HELP MENU The Help menu contains three help menu items Contents Index and Introduction to WinAQMS Mini DAS all access the online help file Figure 17 Contents can be used to get help on topics Index can search the help file for specific words and Introduction to WinAQMS Mini DAS goes through an online version of the example in this manual The Help About WinAQMS Mini DAS window shows important legal information concerning the licence agreement and warranty of WinAQMS Mini DAS and also shows the version number of WinAQMS Mini DAS that is running Figure 18 General Information Contre me free Tg So a sa po bg a e j iih bo min ot ee mt q br nt E Lose gt qui Figure 17 Help index Wert MG is a data sour pogam witten te E cota Piy Lod 40 cofect deta hom polion ond patici monsone WWADNS is Copengh 19982005 ty Ecotec Ply Lic View Licence Agreerert and Lested Warrenty Figure 18 About WinAQMS Mini DAS Registered Users shows information about who WinAQMS Mini DAS is me is registered to Winagms Test User Kim 4 1 Produced on 28 September 2000 registered to the date of production how fet many users are allowed to use the Bed so
83. place will match the number in the Decimal Places column High Alarm and Low Alarm show the values at which WinAQMS Mini DAS will label the status of the data as being in high or low Alarm Setting both high and low alarm values to 0 will disable the alarms for that channel Data must first qualify as Good that is the percentage of readings that were valid exceeds the value in the System Parameters window before it can be marked as in high or low alarm 23 Edit Menu WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 24 Alarm Number refers to the alarm that is triggered when the channel enters a high or low alarm condition One alarm number can be used for many channels Valid Data High and Valid Data Low show the values at which WinAQMS Mini DAS will label the status of the data as being bad Setting both values to 0 will disable the valid data limits Data that is labelled as bad will not be included with other valid readings in a data average labelled as Good Channel Type Each channel has a Channel Type which can change depending on the type of analyser For example the Ecotech EC ML 9841 nitrous oxide analysers respond with data for NO NOx and NO when a data request is made but the channel can only store one of the three values passed to it Specifying one of NO NOx or NO tells WinAQMS Mini DAS which part of the data returned that you want The Voltage type is the default value and is used if there is no need to signal to the analyser
84. rar 7 Figure 8 Selecting the incoming connection users teares 7 Figure 9 Setting the incoming connection properties arara 8 Figure 10 Setting the incoming connection IP addresses 8 Figure 11 Connecting to a Remote WinAQMS Mini DAS eter eeeaeeeeeeeeeeeees 9 Figure 12 Menu ShortCculS mitral dio lite 11 Figur e 13 Menu Buttons stato dd 11 Figure 14 Minimise and Maximise buttons ursnnronnronnrrnnronnrrnnnrnnrrnnrennrrnnrennrrnnnennrrnnrennrnnnrennn 11 Figure 15 Minimised O Meira trotar 11 Figure 16 Maximised iO Ministra ariel cetesvenevbaniedteteayennedy 12 Figure 17 Help index urraca tdt 13 Figure 18 About WinAQMS Mini DAS rrrernrrvnnnvnnenvvnrrrrrnnnrnnnnnrnnerrennnrrennnnnnenrenrrrresnnrnnsnnnnrennen 13 Figure 19 Registered User Details rrnnrnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnrnnvnnnnnnnnnnnntnnennnnenneenentnnennenenne 13 Figure 20 User List WIN Westerns tits 14 FIGure 2 MES aAA AE E TAE EEA oter ltd tds 14 Figure 22 System Parameters iia latina dde 17 Figure 23 Analyser ParameterS ooooooccccnoccccconoccccnononcncnnnonnnnnnnonnnn canon nc c nano n nn cnn nn nc anna nn enana nncninns 18 Figure 24 Communication Settings in Analyser Parameters rmursrvnannvnnnnvrnnnrrnnnnrnnnnnnnnrnrenn 21 Figure 25 Channel Information in Analyser Parameters nens 23 Figure 26 Calibration Control in Analyser Parameters nene 26 Figure 27 Digital Input Settings in Analyser
85. raw period is up Clicking on the graph or using the keyboard to display the white line will also cause the graph to redraw itself 1 F Eno pr po a 2 a ko a o oc EN a 3 F oime 2 F Eo po r p nm E pe fm a r 5 F pw JH F n 5 r fare i od jo E rn Graph Back gourd Coina Display Setene Graph Tire Farm Eset Fad ans Pasce E ens fic fun ho Seconds ee Figure 58 Instantaneous Graph Settings with Axis Settings The Wind Speed and Direction window displays the wind speed and direction data in graphical form The data points can be positioned either towards or away from the wind source and will be positioned according to the magnitude of data If the data value goes over the high alarm value or under the low alarm value for the channel the data points can be set to change colour when this occurs Data is displayed as a dot cross plain line or one with an arrow head These data points along with the rest of the graph can be customised within the settings menu see below 50 WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Edit Menu i Wind Speed and Direction Channel Data Wind Speed 100 WS y 11 78 m s Wind Direction 101 WD y 37 deg Figure 59 Wind Speed and Direction i Wind Speed and Direction Settings Display Type 4 Cross towards source y Line Width 1 v Max WS f2d Data Count jo y Data Colour Hi Text Type Dits y Text Colour W Data History Fade J Background Colour
86. re shown in the window allows selection of font settings such as style and size is the display scheme used by this window WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Manual Menu 6 Manual Menu The Manual menu is designed to allow the user to manually perform Calibrations communicate with software and alter other software aspects 6 1 Start Calibration The Start Calibration option on the Manual menu will manually start the calibration for the selected channel When the Start Calibration menu item is chosen you will be asked if you want to disable scheduled calibrations This will disable the automatic calibrations for all channels If you want the scheduled automatic calibrations to be disabled then select the Yes button If you do not want scheduled calibrations to be disabled while you are running manual calibrations then select No If you choose to disable scheduled calibrations then any automatic calibration that had already started will be aborted and any calibration that is set to start while this window is open will not do so The reason this option is given is to stop automatic calibrations which may change digital outputs from interfering with the running of manual calibrations This option is used to stop automatic calibration which may change digital outputs instrument states and calibration settings causing conflicts with the manual calibration x Sequence 1 Sequence1 y Point 1 Poit1 y fio Minutes Timeout 120 Minu
87. rs of development Beginning with the 9200 DASs then the DOS based PEMS the 9400 based AQMS software the fourth generation Windows XP based version e and now the Mini DAS We hope that you find this software both powerful and easy to use Please ensure that you read the licence and warranty details as they contain important information for the user Figure 1 WinAQMS Mini DAS logger WINDOWS WinAQMS Mini DAS comes preinstalled with a licensed version of Windows XP Home Windows XP Home requires a password to be entered for a user to be able to login There are 2 user accounts set up on a WinAQMS Mini DAS the Administrator account and the WinAQMS Mini DAS account The passwords for these accounts are case sensitive and are as follows Username administrator Password ecotech Username winaqms Password ecotech Introduction WINAQMS MINI DAS User manual 1 0 Win AQMS Mini DAS SECURITY WinAQMS Mini DAS can be used to restrict access of certain users by setting usernames and passwords see Security in section 4 8 The default user access level is 70 full access and the username and password for WinAQMS Mini DAS is Username WinAQMS Mini DAS Password ecotech WinAQMS Mini DAS also comes with a software protection device or dongle which plugs into a USB port or a parallel port on older loggers on the DAS The dongle must be plugged in to the USB or parallel port for the software to function correctly I
88. s xj Analyser 29930 y Information Communication Settings Channel Information Calbration Control Digital Input Settings Digital Output Settings Sequence gt y Date Time 2005 05 24 01 00 Add Sequence Label Sequence 2 Period 1 Day Delete Sequence Sequence Settings a Precision Velues stabilise TR Em OK Add New Analyser Delete Analyser Cancel Figure 26 Calibration Control in Analyser Parameters Point This is one part of a sequence of events that are performed during a calibration Label This is the name you give a specific point so that it is instantly recognisable and unique Point type The drop down field contains the name of the process that the point will perform span zero stabilise Duration This is the length of time that each point will perform there function minutes Average duration min This is the length of time that the measurement will take place and is displayed as a average over that time i e if set to 2 as in Figure 26 then readings will be taken over minutes 18 to 20 and the average measurement over this time will be recorded Extra fields Digital Outputs 26 WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Edit Menu DO These fields are used when sending digital signals to the instrument The digital signals can be set to either high low or empty and should match up to the requirements of the instrument see section 6 3 Communicate with Analyser Click repeatedly
89. s field allows the colour of the data point to be chosen The type of labels shown on the edge of the wind rose This field allows the colour of the text shown on the edge of the wind rose to be selected This will fade data as it gets older Each time new data is shown the older data will change more in colour to that of the Background Colour This field allows the colour of the background of the wind rose to be selected If the Wind Speed channel has a high alarm value set then a dashed circle will be shown on the wind rose at this level This field allows the colour of the high alarm dashed line to be selected If set this will change the colour of any data readings which are above the high alarm level This field allows the colour of the high alarm data readings to be selected If the Wind Speed channel has a low alarm value set then a dashed circle will be shown on the wind rose at this level This field allows the colour of the low alarm dashed line to be selected If set this will change the colour of any data readings which are below the low alarm level This field allows the colour of the low alarm data readings to be selected This will enable markers to indicate the numeric value of the data reading WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Edit Menu Colour Show Sector Markers Sector Marker Colour Magnitude Marker Interval Sector Marker Interval Display Scheme This field allows the colour of the
90. secure telnet connection between the WinAQMS Mini DAS Client WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Edit Menu and Server This option requires digital certificates that have been issued by Ecotech Pty Ltd Connection Settings M elbourne Stack e TCP Logger Name IP Dialup Connection Username Password Domain Telnet Port Secure Telnet r R5232 192 1 68 0 1 GSM v winaqms 32684 r OK Cancel Figure 42 TCP IP Connection Settings 4 8 Security The Security menu item is used to login change passwords add users and change security levels see the section Security on page 14 4 9 Data Pusher The Data Pusher is used to upload data to an FTP site without the need for a request The Data Pusher requests data from the Data Server for a defined time period and automatically uploads the data file to the selected FTP site Data Pusher Setup General FTP Address sft bhpbilliton com dustph FTP Username FTP Password FTP Remote Directory File Prefix da Connect Mode C Active e Passive Protocol Implicit Secure Explicit E Secure Polling Transfer Increment mins Last Transfer Next Transfer Last Result Write Data Enabled Figure 43 Data Pusher screen General Append Standard Not Secure New File Cancel 39 Edit Menu FTP Address FTP Username FTP Password FTP Remote Directory File Prefix Connect mode
91. ser 1 TPIM v Information Communication Settings Channel Information Calibration Control Digital Input Settings Digital Output Settings System Label Default Decimal High Alarm Low Alarm Alarm High Low Percenta Channel Output Places Number Value Value OK DE C3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 i Delete Digital Output OK Add New Analyser Delete Analyser Cancel Figure 28 Digital Output Settings in Analyser Parameters 4 3 1 Calculated Channels The Calculated Channels tab AAA on the Calculated Channels Coalo Charen Vectis Averaged Channa Fey Armazes window allows you to create new channels that perform scalar calculations on the data in existing channels All the fields in the Calculated Channels tab EEE awe er have the same function as in ava the Channel Information tab J of the Analyser Parameters ar d den arret Dette trama Camel window except for the Figure 29 Calculated Channels E Calculation field This field is where you enter the calculation you want the channel to perform The calculation refers to system channels with the text CX where X is the system channel number In Figure 29 for example a calculated channel determines the temperature in Kelvin using the calculation lt C1 273 gt where channel 1 contains the temperature data in degrees Celsius The Process field works on the data after the calculation has finished Note If a source channel is u
92. ser is Serial RS232 or U S B Universal Serial Bus o Serial Port list box shows all serial ports which WinAQMS Mini DAS finds on the system o Baud Rate shows a list of communication speeds ranging from 110 to 256000 baud o Data Bits can be from 4 to 8 o Parity can be even mark none odd or space o Stop Bits can be 1 1 5 or 2 Most analysers have 8 data bits no parity and I stop bit Whenever possible an analyser should be set up with the maximum possible baud rate to ensure the fastest possible communication between the DAS and the analyser WinAQMS Mini DAS can communicate with Ecotech EC98XX Serinus series analysers via a U S B type A or type B cable If a U S B connection is selected a dropdown list of U S B analysers connected to the DAS will be displayed Analyser Parameters Analyser fi TPIM y prengennssnnnnnnnnennnngnnnnnnennnnnnennvnennnsunnsnnnneneneg Information Communication Settings Channel Information Connection Type Serial S232 y Serial Port hy Baud Rate f4200 vi Data Bits 8 Parity None y Stop Bits py Figure 24 Communication Settings in Analyser Parameters 21 Edit Menu WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Table 2 Suggested Communication Settings for analysers Manufacturer Model__ Baud Rate Data Bits Stop Bits API Teledyne AMX Series 9600 8 None Dani TNMH 462 9600 8 None and Aurora series Termination Panel 4800 None GasCal 1000 Gas Calibrator Environnem
93. ser to choose if they want to enable Indic or Zeno logger emulation for the request of data from the Data server 41 Edit Menu WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Telnet Settings lolxi Serial AS232 Settings Protocol Settings Modbus Settings Telnet Port 32683 Alternate Port 32682 Figure 46 Telnet Settings The Telnet Settings tab sets the Port number which the data server will listen to for an incoming connection The First Telnet port is set to the default of 32683 where it listens for valid data requests The alternative port is set to a port number that the data server will also listen to for valid data requests Modbus Settings ioj x Serial R5232 Settings Protocol Settings Telnet Settings i Modbus Set Y Modbus Enabled Modbus Slave Address fi _ Modbus Channel eos e Source Channel 1000 1 Temp 2 C0 RPT1 3 Pressure APT1 Add Channel Delete Channel OK Cancel Figure 47 Modbus Settings The Modbus settings tab allows the Modbus protocol to be enabled The Modbus protocol is an alternative protocol for the request and transfer of data WinAQMS Mini DAS acts as a slave to the requesting program and must have a unique slave number to respond to appropriate requests for data Modbus channels are different to those in WinAQMS Mini DAS and within this window the Modbus channels can be linked to their equivalent WinAQMS Mini DAS channels Channels can be created and deleted by using
94. sesesustesesveccssossee 46 54 HISTORICAL GRAPH oani ctscesecstiscsedeteensstcsissosectieovecsetseseteleessecstussoucctsesvecvelseseteSeeseds 47 WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Front Matter 5 5 INSTANTANEOUS DATA AA Senado saci so gado odes cesceousease beossesecdsossssos 49 5 6 INSTANTANEOUS GRAPH sisi scsscscsccsevscdsccsecesccsesscsscensscbcasesscscccancescoscsssdecensstecosesscsoecnsceses 49 5 7 INSTANTANEOUS WIND SPEED DIRECTION ccccssssssccsssssssccsccccccssssssssceccccecsssscsecscoees 50 5 8 SIZEABLE FONT DATA VALU 3Bissccssesesssseesssossccvessesaccoovseosesvedecsocsessenesvoscacesocdsosesvedenscoees 53 6 MANUAL MENU mnnn e a rS E s e OE os oss eE TE LS S ESE E iiaei 55 6 1 START CALIBRATION lt issecussssSseseasecee sess sseesescecsdoesyoeseecascceesesveseesesoeesdbssveccasssocesesssreseeseosee 55 6 2 COMMUNICATE WITH SERIAL PORT sesesssooesssooesssooesssoossssooeessoosessooesssoosessooesssoosseso 56 6 3 COMMUNICATE WITH ANALYSER ssssooesseesosooeoeoseesosooooeesessosoocoseseesooooeoeeesesooooeosessesooo 57 6 4 DIGITAL OUTPUTS oe iccsscssscccessssedsscsccccscosessecsscsstescosessecacdaseesvossasesseeeeeesvosasecsccascesvosessesece 60 6 5 CHANNEL STATE iescsscccccssssvececssscsocsscdvecoosesescossccvecoosescsececsevevacsesesbeessseecoesoecsoeessevevossosceees 61 6 6 gt YO NAAA os eseis oas s eeoa r oasen e ianei s i Sossar Eceo s ie esotas 61 6 7 SUSPEND RESUME LOGGING ccecscacccassacecsscecsesssacadescececsesctsvaees
95. sh If there is only one language displayed Australian English then that is the only language available to you If a different language from the current language is chosen and the OK button is pressed then WinAQMS Mini DAS s menu structure and buttons will be changed immediately to the new language with the exception of windows which are already open If a window is open prior to a language change then it should be closed and then reopened to allow it to properly update its text and buttons e SMTP Server the server name or IP address WinAQMS Mini DAS will use to send emails if there is an alarm condition 17 Edit Menu WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 e Data File Prefix The data that WinAQMS Mini DAS records is stored in ASCII text files in C Data lt year gt lt month gt and are named with the data file prefix then with a numeric lt year gt lt month gt lt day gt waq A new data file is made at the start of each day so any change made to the Data File Prefix field will take affect at the start of the next day of logging e Secure Telnet Connection Specifies whether a secure encrypted telnet connection will be established between the WinAQMS Mini DAS client and server e Certificate Name Within this field place the Certificate Name to allow the secure connection to proceed The Certificate name is taken from the digital certificate which can be obtained by contacting Ecotech Note To use the secure connection component o
96. sing a maximum minimum standard deviation or total process the calculated channel will use the instantaneous data values for those channels not the maximum minimum standard deviation or total for the average period Below the table of calculated channels is a dropdown list box and a button The dropdown list will show all the calculated channels and clicking on the Auto Test Channel button will run the calculation for the channel in the dropdown list box with the channel value entered in the Test Value box Each occurrence of a channel CX 28 WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Edit Menu will be replaced with the number in Test Value The results of the calculations are reported in the text box at the right If there was an error produced when a calculation was performed then the result text box will include a line similar to lt Problem found with calculation for channel value of X gt The following operators and functions can be used Arithmetic operators and brackets Logical operators lt less than gt greater than lt gt not equal gt greater than or equal lt less than or equal NOT AND and OR which all evaluate to 1 if true or 0 if false Trigonometric operators SIN COS TAN and ATN which have radian operands and results Mathematical operators SQR square root EXP natural exponent LOG natural log and power The constant for NULL can be included in
97. spond as long as its main gas ID is not 000 If there is no response then check your communications setup and RS232 cable Send the command PInnn lt enter gt where nnn is the 3 digit address for the analyser E g for 9850 use PI050 lt enter gt You can test the analysers operation by typing DCONC nnn lt enter gt eg DCONC 050 The analyser should respond with the instantaneous concentration and a status word 73 Appendix WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 TEOM Continuous Particulate Monitor The 1400A and 1400AB TEOMs can be directly connected to the WinAQMS Mini DAS via RS232 The TEOM also has the added feature of monitoring all its internal parameters For example you can record the filter loading of the TEOM and hence remotely determine if the filter needs to be changed TEOM Setup For RS232 communication between the TEOM and the WinAQMS Mini DAS the TEOM has to be in AK Protocol mode If it is in AK Protocol mode the top line of the TEOM display should read AU next to the filter loading If not on the TEOM front panel press the RS232 button If the Mode is not AK Protocol then press the down arrow until the cursor is pointing to AK Protocol then press Enter The TEOM has a station number or address The factory default address used by TEOM is 4 ASCII 52 There is no need to change this However if you need to change the address proceed as follows 1 Press Step Screen until the COM 2 Way Settings screen is displayed 2
98. t Windows XP move to the WinAQMS Mini WinAQMS DAS Client icon and select WinAQMS Mini Windows 2000 XP DAS Client WinAQMS Mini DAS will Client Version 220 load and display the screen shown below ee then goes to the main WinAQMS Mini DAS screen Figure 74 WinAQMS Mini DAS Loading The basic database that comes with WinAQMS Mini DAS has two channels They are a temperature channel and a Carbon Monoxide channel The temperature sensor is a basic device connected to an Ecotech Termination Panel TP The Carbon Monoxide channel data is supplied by a Ecotech EC9830 analyser On the menu bar select Edit and then Analyser Parameters The two analysers should have settings matching those in Table 4 Table 4 Initial Analyser Settings Ecotech TP Ecotech EC9830 INFORMATION DevicclD O38 Request Delay 10 JO __ COMMUNICATION SETTINGS DataBits J8 18 E l 63 Appendix WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 The two channels in the system should have the channel information settings matching those in table 5 below Table 5 Initial database channel settings TP Temperature Channel 9830 CO Channel Offset 12 Jo E LowAlam TO O Ek Valid Data High Jo To Valid Data Low 1010 OE Select the Calibration control tab and an almost empty table will appear While there is nothing in there yet this option allows you to set which digital channels go high H low L no change when the analogue channels on the analyser go into cali
99. t type Span Zero Stabilise Duration 20 20 20 Ave duration 2 2 2 SEQUENCE SETTINGS 12 C12 Hi Lo Lo 13 C13 Lo Hi Lo 2 9850 Span Zero Measure PRECISION 11 SO2 50 0 0 Select channel 11 from the channel list and click on the precision Values tab Enter the precision value for the SO2 channel for point 1 70 WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Appendix Click on Restart Server when the button is enabled and display the instantaneous data window When the time reaches the time you entered for the calibration to begin the digital output channels should change from a value of 0 to the sequence that was entered into the Calibration Settings for the SO2 channel and the Ecotech 9850 analyser should change its calibration state This concludes the example of setting up channels on WinAQMS Mini DAS 71 Appendix WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 APPENDIX B Compatible Modems The following Modems are compatible with the WinAQMS Mini DAS system Siemens M1 GSM Siemens M20 GSM Siemens TC35i Dual Band GSM Falcom A2D1 GSM Falcom A2D3 GSM with SMS Netcomm Mymodem 56 external landline ETM 9500i Dual Band GSM with SMS 72 WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Appendix APPENDIX G How to set up the Analysers Ecotech EC9800 Series Analysers Features The WinAQMS Mini DAS supports both A and B series EC9800 analysers as well as all versions of software The Ecotech EC9800 series analysers all have
100. tes Stop Sequences Reset Timeout Figure 63 Start Manual Calibrations Once a selection is made a window like that shown in Figure 63 will open The sequence point will begin calibrating using the same digital inputs and outputs and the same span zero and precision times as was set for the automatic calibration If the channel was already in the middle of a calibration then it will drop out of the current calibration complete the requested manual calibration and then set its next calibration time to occur as if the manual calibration did not occur This means a manual calibration will not mess up the timing of scheduled calibrations in the future The Sequence and Points options allow the user to choose which sequence or which point from the sequence they wish to run manually these sequences and points were created in section 4 2 4 Calibration control The duration is automatically updated to the normal time taken for that point but can be altered when an individual point is manually calibrated Press the Run Sequence or Run Point button to run the selected sequence or specific point The Stop button will stop any manual calibration in progress for that sequence Run Sequence The timeout value defaults to 120 minutes decrements every minute When the timeout value reaches 0 the Manual Calibration window will close When the 55 Manual Menu WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 window closes all manual calibrations will end and all
101. that WinAQMS Mini DAS wants data specific to a particular channel type register etc Table 3 Channel types and the analysers that use them API Environnement SA Series API Environnement SA Series Ecotech Monitor Labs 9841 9842 AC31M API Environnement SA AMX Series Opsi AR600 AR650 LD500 AMX Series AMX Series S02 WindSonic WS425 WindSonic WS425 WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Edit Menu Process The Process field determines what mathematical property of the data received over the average period will be stored Options include Average default Max maximum value Min minimum value Total the sum of all the readings received on that channel and Std Dev standard deviation Description is a fifty character text field This field is used to more fully describe a channel if the Label is insufficient Percentage Ok the percentage of data that must be valid before WinAQMS Mini DAS will mark a report as being OK If a value of 60 is entered here then if there is a problem with over 40 of the data readings the report will have a bad status Log Report 1 2 3 4 determines whether the channel data will be recorded in the database for the selected report If not ticked the channel will still request data but there will be Null data recorded in the database If all four of the Log Report options are not ticked for a channel then that channel will have no entry at all in the database Out of Service If a channel
102. ts for data made by WinAQMS Mini DAS to the analyser e Maximum Response Time sec is the time in seconds that WinAQMS Mini DAS will wait for the analyser to respond If this time passes with no response WinAQMS Mini DAS will set its data value for the reading to NULL If Maximum Response Time is set too low then the analyser will not have sufficient time to respond in time so WinAQMS Mini DAS will report NULL s even if the analyser is functioning normally e Request Delay mSec is the time in milliseconds that WinAQMS Mini DAS will wait before issuing the data request to the serial port This parameter is useful when several analysers are being multidropped and analysers have a delay in transmitting and receiving information e Analyser Description is a brief description of the function of the analyser model selected For Opsis analysers there is no Device ID but there are Station and Data Update Timeout fields The Station field should be set according to what is set on the Opsis analyser As the Opsis often will not update its data value the Data Update Timeout is used as the length of time in MM SS format to keep using the last valid data value before setting the current data to a null value For Thermo Environmental analysers the Device ID field becomes a dropdown list for the common Thermo Environmental analyser types of 42C ID 170 43C UD 171 48C ID 176 and 49C ID 177 as well as an Other list item for Thermo Environmental
103. ts this field indicates the units of time associated with the period filled in above The time unit can be minutes hours or days o File this check box determines whether the averages for all channels are written out to the data files o The Port check box indicates whether the report is to be sent to a serial port A report is output to the listed serial port immediately after the report is written to the data file Note If the port option is not checked then all of the fields Port Format Baud Rate Data Bits Parity Stop Bits and Handshaking will be hidden All of the previously listed fields except for Format are settings for the serial port and should be set as appropriate to communicate with the receiving system o The Alternate File check box indicates whether a secondary data file will be produced in the specified format The Format field indicates the type of text or other formatting that the serial output report will take for more detail see APPENDIX D 31 Edit Menu WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 x Report Period Units File Port Alternate Format Port BaudRate Data Parity Stop Handshaking Alternate File File Bits Bits Frequency if Min y iv MT winaaMs sei 1 3500 MIE None yh None y afi Sm I FO AQMS Text 7 Daily y 32 An He r Win QMS sci A Win amp QMS std afo Hr viv E E AQMS Text oo SFF Zero MT E Precision dm g OK Cancel Figure 32 Report Settings The Alternate Fi
104. utton will open up a window as shown below in Figure 34 33 Edit Menu WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 lord Report Instantaneous Email To Send For Alarm To fiotsaCO 2 ire com au From winagms Subject c02 alarm Attached Aalarm doc Too much C02 z dl Cancel Figure 34 Alarm Email Details e The To field is the email address that the alarm email should be sent to From is where the email will say it is from e Subject is the subject of the email message e Attached is the path and name of any files that are to be attached to the alarm email message This should be a comma delimited list of valid paths and filenames on the logger e The large open text box is for the text of the email message o Send Alarm When an alarm condition is met and the Send Email option is set WinAQMS Mini DAS will send an email using the SMTP server that has been set in the SMTP Server field in System Parameters Section 4 1 The email will automatically include an additional short text message describing what alarm has been triggered and when it happened in addition to the text in the box which will follow the message o The Alarm Details View Set button will open up a window similar to the one shown below ET o Report Instantaneous Dialup Connection Hong Kong y Usemame winagms Wincollect IP address 192 168 0 1 Password p Domain Alarm Message Hello I am an alarm Figure 35 Wincollect Alarm e
105. y is void if failure of the Software has resulted from accident abuse or misapplication Any replacement Software will be warranted for the remainder of the original warranty period or 3 months whichever is longer Ecotech Pty Ltd offers no other warranties other than the Limited Warranty contained herein which gives you specific legal rights Ecotech Pty Ltd has no liability for consequential damages In any case Ecotech s entire liability under any provision of this Agreement shall be limited to the amount actually paid by you for the software This Agreement is governed by the laws of Australia Should you have any questions concerning this Agreement write to Ecotech Pty Ltd 1492 Ferntree Gully Road Knoxfield Victoria 3180 Australia Email ecotechOecotech com au Attention By opening the sealed packet you signify that you have read the Ecotech Pty Ltd Software License Agreement and accept its terms WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Front Matter Manual Revision History Ecotech Manual ID MAN0042 Manual PN ECO 5000MAN Current Revision 1 0 Date released February 2010 Description User Manual for the WinAQMS Mini DAS Air Quality Monitoring Software This manual is a newly created document for use of the WinAQMS Mini DAS Air Quality Monitoring Software Edition Date Summary Affected Pages 1 0 Feb 2010 Initial release all 111 Introduction WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0
106. y will be stored in this file New File will create a new file for every upload including the time in the filename as defined by the transfer increment value above This enables disables the service to start the Data Pusher WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1 0 Edit Menu Note WinCollect can import from the files that WinAQMS Mini DAS pushes to This eliminates the need for a static IP or a DNS service The data server settings window is used to specify the settings of the WinAQMS Mini DAS Data Server Programs such as Ecotech s WinCollect communicate with the WinAQMS Mini DAS Data server to retrieve data This window contains four tabs labelled Serial RS232 Settings Protocol Settings Telnet Settings and Modbus Settings Serial RS232 Settings 8 Data Server Settings i ox Protocol Settings Telnet Settings Modbus Settings Port Port Baud Rate Parity Data Stop Handshaking Enabled Bits Bits Iv fi 9600 y None y 8 y 1 y None y DK Cancel Figure 44 Serial RS232 tab This tab allows the user to enable a serial port that the WinAQMS Mini DAS Data Server can communicate through it also allows the user to specify the parameters of this communication Protocol Settings Data Server Settings o x S Telnet Settings Modbus Settings I Indic Enabled ly Zeno Enabled OK Cancel Figure 45 Protocol settings tab This Tab allows the u

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