TILT1.0 User Manual - Symmetron Electronic Applications
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1. Screw 9 BAT 12V BAT Screw 1 AZIMUTH ANALOG CHANNEL ANY ANALOG IN ANY ANALOG IN Screw 2 ELEVATION ANALOG CHANNEL ANY ANALOGIN ANY ANALOGIN Screw 3 AN GND ANALOG GROUND GROUND GROUND 6 2 SETTINGS These settings deliver recorded values from 0 to 360 degrees for azimuth and from 90 to 90 degrees for elevation Data loggers with a 0 to 5V input range AZIMUTH ELEVATION SLOPE 72 0 36 0 OFFSET 0 0 90 0 Data loggers with a 0 to 2 5V input range AZIMUTH ELEVATION SLOPE 144 0 72 0 OFFSET 0 0 90 0 NOTES 1 On Stylitis 101 connect the AN inputs to the GND on the screw terminal Set the input range to O 5V Unipolar 2 For data loggers with input range equal to 0 2 5V use the RS232 port to set the Tiltometer s output range to half Issue the command RANGE HALF See 3 2 3 S UME TILT_1_0 004 132. been subject to misuse neglect accident improper installation or direct lightning strikes THE WARRANTY AND REMEDIES SET FORTH ABOVE ARE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED ORAL OR WRITTEN EITHER IN FACT OR BY OPERATION OF LAW THE SYMMETRON COMPANY SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF THE SALE INSTALLATION OR USE OF ITS PRODUCTS RETURN OUTSIDE GREECE Contact Symmetron for authorization and shipping instructions SYMMETRON ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS TEL 30 210 603 4002 FAX 30 210 603 4003 e mail symmet symmetron gr Internet http www symmetron gr Made in Greece 2 S UME TILT 1 0 004 N Hadzidakis T Katsabakou QU 54 Leontariou St 15351 Pallini Greece SYMMETRON ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS MANUFACTURER S DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY I the undersigned hereby declare that the equipment specified conforms to the below Directives and Standards Standards to which Conformity is Declared EMC Emmisions EN61326 1998 EMC Immunity EN61326 1998 Protection EN60529 1992 Description of Equipment Angle sensor Model Tiltometer Batch of product covered Serial numbers from 0 to 2000 Date and Place Pallini Attica Greece December 1 2006 Authorized signatory on behalf of the manufacturer N Hadzidakis Name N E Hadzidakis Title Director N Hadzidakis T Katsabakou S UME TILT 1 0 004 TA
3. with old Serial Number which does not begin with OOOL RS422 or RS485 or 000K RS232 have a built in RS232 serial port Otherwise connect the pins of a serial port according to figure 3 of the previous chapter It allows local set up with a PC or data transfer Pin assignment Pin 2 gt Receive Data Line RXD the pin 4 of terminal input Pin 3 gt Transmit Data Line TXD the pin 5 of terminal output Pin 5 gt Ground the pins 3 8 10 of terminal Pin 7 gt Request To Send RTS the pin 6 of terminal output Pin 8 gt Clear To Send CTS the pin 7 of terminal input Communication speed is fixed at 9600 baud with 8 data bits 1 stop bit no parity bit For communication between Tiltometer and PC connect a suitable cable and use the HyperTerminal software S UME TILT_1_0 004 3 2 SETTINGS i IALARMANGLE Sets an alarm angle The value is compared to the Elevation angle If the Elevation angle becomes smaller than the ALARMANGLE then an SMS message with tilt information will be transmitted The information may be exploited to prevent damage to an installation Allowed values are from 0 to 89 For example ALARMANGLE 80 etc The value of 90 disables this feature See also paragraph 3 4 ii ALARMPHONE This sets the phone number to send the SMS message The phone number may be in local or international form with country prefix and up to 20 digits long If both are registered and located in the same country e
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5. Connect the serial port pins for connection to a PC or GSM modem according to it e The outputs update with frequency 2Hz i e every 500ms e Power Supply 6 to 15 VDC e tis calibrated and re calibrated via software S UME TILT 1 0 004 5 STORED PROGRAM SERIAL I O FIRMWARE START UP gt VOLTAGE CIRCUIT OUTPUT POWER SUPPLY Figure 1 General diagram 1 gt OUT AZIM AZIMUTH OUTPUT for connection to data logger 2 gt OUT ELEV ELEVATION OUTPUT for connection to data logger 3 gt AN GND OUTPUT GROUND 4 Standard model RS 232 RXD Receive Data Option RS 422 RDA 5 gt Standard model RS 232 TXD Transmit Data Option RS 422 RDB 6 gt Standard model RS 232 RTS Request To Send Option RS 422 TDA 7 gt Standard model RS 232 CTS Clear To Send Option RS 422 TDB 82 S GND SERIAL GROUND 92 BAT 12V input supply 10 gt BAT SUPPLY GROUND Fiqure 2 Description of the screw terminal 6 S UME TILT 1 0 004 BLUE ANALOG OUT AZIMUTH YELLOW AN_GND RED 12V BLACK GND GREY TX RS422 RX TX RS485 TXD RS232 BROWN TX RS422 RX TX RS485 RXD RS232 WHITE RX RS422 RX TX RS485 CTS RS232 PINK RX RS422 RX TX RS485 RTS RS232 GREEN GND Figure 3 Pin assignment with cable color 3 COMMUNICATION WITH THE USER 3 1 SERIAL PORT Tiltometers
6. TILTOMETER V1 0 USER S MANUAL c Ba SYMMETRON ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS Copyright 2012 the Symmetron Company Fourth Edition in English May 2012 No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means without the prior written permission of Symmetron Company Information furnished by Symmetron is believed to be accurate and reliable however no responsibility is assumed for its use No license is granted by implication or otherwise Symmetron is a registered trademark Stylitis and Tiltometer are trademarks of the Symmetron Company All other trademarks belong to their respective owners WARRANTY The Symmetron Company warrants its products shall be free from defects on materials and workmanship under normal use for the period of 1 year Symmetron s obligation under this warranty shall not arise until buyer returns the defective product freight prepaid to Symmetron s facility or another specified location The only responsibility of Symmetron under this warranty is at its option to replace or repair free of charge any defective component of such products THE WARRANTY DOES NOT EXTEND TO AND SHALL NOT APPLY TO 1 Products which have been repaired or altered by other than Symmetron s personnel unless Buyer has properly altered or repaired the products in accordance with procedures previously approved in writing by Symmetron 2 Products which have
7. evation angle and is between 90 and 90 degrees and A is the value of the azimuth angle which is between 0 and 360 degrees i ISTART This command starts sending a stream of angle pairs in the form E A The Tiltometer sends a new angle pair every 500 milliseconds If this command is executed no other commands will be interpreted with the exception of the ISTOP command iii ISTOP It is used to stop the execution of the START command iv IALARMANGLE This command returns ALARMANGLE y where y is the angle which has been defined by the ALARMANGLE command see 3 2 Settings i v ALARMPHONE Returns ALARMPHONE N where N is the number which we have defined by the command ALARMPHONE 3 2 Settings ii vi IRANGE This command returns RANGE HALF or RANGE FULL according to its definition by the command RANGE see 3 2 Settings iii vii HANDSHAKE This command returns the handshake options setting HANDSHAKE NONE or HANDSHAKE HARDWARE depending on the command HANDSHAKE see 3 2 Settings iv viii ISTATUS This command returns TILTOMETER Vx x FIRMWARE Vx x UPTIME k ANGLE ALARMS I LAST ANGLE ALARM n The first line shows the hardware version number the second is the firmware version number the third is the time k in seconds which has passed since the system is power up the fourth is the number of angle alarms 1 generated since power up and the fifth is a number n represe
8. nter the local form for example IALARMPHONE 9876543210 otherwise enter the international form for example IALARMPHONE 309876543210 where the country s international prefix is 30 iii IRANGE This command sets the output voltage range at 072 5 Volts IRANGE HALF or 0 5 Volts RANGE FULL Output voltages represent angle output 0 provides the elevation and output 1 provides the azimuth The following figures show what you get with these settings Half Range Full Range g P 5 E z 5 D o 5 D 5 S Z E amp 5 O 5 0 i i Elevation Angle Degrees 50 0 50 100 Elevation Angle Degrees Figure 3 Figure 5 Half Range Full Range 3 a o E 5 65 z 2 Hm S 15 5 gt 2 n 8 05 51 6 0 T T T 1 e 0 T T T 1 0 100 200 300 400 0 100 200 300 400 Azimuth Angle Degrees Azimuth Angle Degrees Figure 4 Figure 6 iv IHANDSHAKE This command sets the serial communication handshake options The Tiltometer uses hardware control RTS and CTS signals when HANDSHAKE HARDWARE The Tiltometer uses no handshake when you set HANDSHAKE NONE You may want to use hardware handshake when for instance you want to inform a connected modem that the Tiltometer is about to transmit a message 8 S UME TILT 1 0 004 3 3 QUERIES i ANGLE This command returns ANGLE E A Where E is the value of the el
9. nting the time the last angle alarm was generated in seconds since power up o All settings and queries return OK or ERROR o All settings and queries must be terminated by the characters CR ASCII 13 decimal and LF ASCII 10 decimal If using HyperTerminal make sure that you have checked the option Send Carriage Return characters along with Line Feeds o Tiltometer does not echo back the characters it is receiving This means that in order to see the commands you are typing in HyperTerminal you must check the option Loca echo of typed characters S UME TILT 1 0 004 9 3 4 CONNECTION OF THE SERIAL PORT WITH GSM MODEM Optionally the Tiltometer may be connected to a GSM Modem via the serial port You can use the serial connection through the modem for configuration or data acguisition Setting the ALARMANGLE parameter to a value less than 90 the alarm mechanism is activated When the Elevation angle becomes smaller than the ALARMANGLE then an SMS message to a preset number ALARMPHONE will be automatically send Messages will be sent every 24 hours until the Elevation angle increases above the ALARMANGLE value If the alarm condition is removed before completion of the 24 hour interval then an SMS will still be sent The first SMS will not be sent until the power up time is 24 hours The SMS contains the following message Elevation Angle is X degrees Alarm Angle is Y degrees Dangerous Tilt where X is
10. or of any other form old form support RS232 serial communication The Tiltometer is designed to watch the condition of mast or the tracker movement by measuring its angle As such it allows you to e Communicate via its serial port with a computer and obtain data as needed You can change settings as you wish e Connect the Tiltometer with a data logger and record the measurements which are provided as analog voltage outputs e Incase of a met mast connect the serial port of the Tiltometer to a GSM Modem and have it send an SMS message to a preset number if tilt angle exceeds a preset angle This way a possible and expensive mast fall may be prevented The above operations are performed simultaneously with the sampling of measured data and without affecting their integrity 2 GENERAL DESCRIPTION According to the block diagram shown in Figure 1 the Tiltometer has the following characteristics e Two voltage outputs one for elevation angle and one for azimuth with output range 072 5 volts or 0 5 volts They can be connected as inputs to a data logger PLC etc e A built in RS232 port connected to a screw terminal for old Serial Numbers for local or remote via GSM Modem communication Analytic description of terminals is given in Figure 2 e For Serial Numbers beginning from 000K RS232 or OOOL RS485 RS422 there is not a built in serial port but pins are assigned to specific cable colors as seen in figure 3
11. r than 4 degrees e Output update rate 2 Hz OUT ELEV Output Elevation Range 0 2 5 volts or 0 5 volts representing 90 to 90 degrees Resolution 0 7 degrees Accuracy better than 2 degrees Output Update Rate 2 Hz Communication connection 9600 baud 8 bits no parity PIN Standard RS 232 Option RS 422 TXD Output Transmit output RDB Input RXD Input Receive input RDA Input RTS Output eA yxou pong handshake TDA Output CTS Input A yyou handshake TDB Output S GND Serial Ground Serial Ground Step response any value to final value 8 seconds Power Supply 6 to 15 VDC supply 8 mA typical 5 2 MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS e Connections of input and output All user I O connections are on internal 10 position screw terminal Cable passes through IP65 PG7 gland e Cast aluminium IP65 e Dimensions 115 x 65 x 30 mm e Mounting directly on wind masts with diameters between 70 and 150mm using clamp This is possible if the 8 mm high dome nuts included are used as shown in Figure 8 box s smallest side shown AZIMUTH 0 Figure 8 65mm 5 3 ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS 12 Operating Temperature 25 to 75 C Protection IP65 S UME TILT 1 0 004 6 CONNECTING TO A DATA LOGGER 6 1 CONNECTIONS TILTOMETER GENERIC DATA STYLITIS 41 STYLITIS 101 BATTERY LOGGER Screw 10 BAT BAT
12. the current elevation angle and Y is the preset ALARMANGLE GSM modems from Siemens and Wavecom have been tested and perform well with this function 4 PLACEMENT POSITIONS amp CORRESPONDING OUTPUTS A general idea of the space in which the tiltometer can move and typical values of the elevation and azimuth angle are given in figure 7 E elevation A azimuth Please notice that when Elevation is at 90 degrees then the Azimuth cannot be determined this is because the projection of the Z axis on the horizontal plane becomes zero Positive Z axis E 90 A indeterminate Positive Y axis E ax X axis E 90 A indeterminate Figure 7 10 S UME TILT 1 0 004 The following table summarizes the outputs versus basic positions Absolute vertical position Elevation 90 Azimuth indeterminate Elevation 0 Azimuth 90 Elevation 0 Azimuth 0 or 360 Elevation 0 Azimuth 270 Elevation 0 Azimuth 180 Elevation 90 Azimuth indeterminate LEGEND The symbol indicates the screw terminal s position The hatch indicates the horizontal level The symbol indicates the bottom side of the Tiltometer S UME TILT 1 0 004 11 5 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 5 1 ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS Please refer to Figure 2 OUT AZIM Output Azimuth Range 0 2 5 volts or 0 5 volts representing 0 to 360 degrees Resolution 1 4 degrees e Accuracy bette
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