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1. 699 marks Examples UNITS1 mA UNITS2 DegreesC 5 6 Prefix text for each data record The Prefix text for populating field P in each data record may be defined using command PREFIX This may be useful in labelling results from different test sets The Prefix text may consist of up to 10 characters and must be enclosed in marks Example PREFIX Test 1 5 7 Logging mode The SpaceLogger A10 may be run in one of three modes controlled by command MODE MODE NORMAL Normal Mode where logging conditions are defined by commands TRIGGER and RATE MODE SINGLE Single Sample Mode where a single reading is logged in response to an event defined by command TRIGGER A delay from the time that the trigger conditions become true to the reading that will be logged can be specified by command DELAY MODE SLAVE Slave Mode where each time a serial data sample is received as defined by STX and ETX commands on RS232 Input 1 this string is logged and the data fields defined by command FORMAT appended to the data record Section 4 5 describes the connection of the RS232 Input 1 used in Slave Mode The serial data may be either the RS232 output from another SpaceLogger A10 or the serial output from another sensor or device The serial data sample recorded is defined by commands STX and ETX Refer to section 5 8 for set up details Switching to Slave Mode disables both the command TRIGGER and command RATE
2. Alternatively power may be supplied via terminals 1 black and 2 red on the screwless terminal connector strip as per Table 1 Note that if power is supplied via the supply socket then terminal 2 red is automatically disconnected Warning All GNDs are common and so damage to the logger may result if they are connected to different voltages 2012 Richard Paul Russell Limited New Harbour Building Bath Road Lymington S041 3SE United Kingdom Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk ee 017SL165 2 27 04 12 SpaceLogger A10 Dual Channel 4 20mA Analogue Data Logger A User Manual www r p r co uk 5 SETUP FEATURES The SpaceLogger A10 settings are customisable using a configuration file named SETUP TXT written to the SD card The following parameters may be modified using defined commands e Time amp date See section 5 1 e Format of the recorded fields in each stored data record See section 5 2 e Calculation of recorded values for each analogue channel See section 5 3 e Number of decimal places for each channel See section 5 4 e Units text for each channel See section 5 5 e Prefix text for each data record See section 5 6 e Logging Mode Slave Mode enables RS232 logging See section 5 7 e Definition of the RS232 data sample to be recorded See section 5 8 e Trigger conditions for enabling disabling logging See section 5 9 e Rate of logging See section 5 10 e File name
3. A2 ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange Value Hex Character Value Hex Character Value Hex Character Value Hex Character 0 00H NUL 16 10H DLE 32 20H SP 48 30H 0 1 01H SOH 17 11H DC1 33 21H 49 31H 1 2 02H STX 18 12H DC2 34 22H 50 32H 2 3 03H ETX 19 13H DC3 35 23H 51 33H 3 4 04H EOT 20 14H DC4 36 24H 52 34H 4 5 05H ENQ 21 15H NAK 37 25H 53 35H 5 6 06H ACK 22 16H SYN 38 26H amp 54 36H 6 7 07H BEL 23 17H ETB 39 27H 55 37H 7 8 08H BS 24 18H CAN 40 28H 56 38H 8 9 09H HT 25 19H EM 41 29H 57 39H 9 10 OAH LF 26 1AH SUB 42 2AH 58 3AH 11 OBH VT 27 1BH ESC 43 2BH 59 3BH 12 OCH FF 28 1CH FS 44 2CH 60 3CH lt 13 ODH CR 29 1DH GS 45 2DH 61 3DH 7 14 OEH SO 30 1EH RS 46 2EH 62 3EH gt 15 OFH Sl 31 1FH US 47 2FH 63 3FH Value Hex Character Value Hex Character Value Hex Character Value Hex Character 64 40H 80 50H P 96 60H 112 70H p 65 41H A 81 51H Q 97 61H a 113 71H q 66 42H B 82 52H R 98 62H b 114 72H r 67 43H C 83 53H S 99 63H c 115 73H s 68 44H D 84 54H T 100 64H d 116 74H t 69 45H E 85 55H U 101 65H e 117 75H u 70 46H F 86 56H V 102 66H f 118 76H V 71 47H G 87 57H W 103 67H g 119 77H w 72 48H H 88 58H X 104 68H h 120 78H X 73 49H 89 59H Y 105 69H i 121 79H y 74 4AH J 90 5AH Z 106 6AH j 122 7AH Z 75 4BH K
4. WWW I p r co uk SpaceLogger A10 Dual Channel 4 20mA Analogue Data Logger User Manual For the latest information and support please go to our website www spacelogger com 2012 Richard Paul Russell Limited New Harbour Building Bath Road Lymington S041 3SE United Kingdom Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 017SL165 2 27 04 12 SpaceLogger A10 Dual Channel 4 20mA Analogue Data Logger A User Manual www r p r co uk 1 INTRODUCTION cssscssscssscsssessocsssecseconsvasassesvdsessasesvesescssecssbvasasassavecoaseasesiascdsecascesesbbsedvosvanessesiosessessoseovesoosdevesoasesse 2 2 QUICK START EASY STEPS TO DATA LOGGING esesesesesesesesesesesesesesesscessoessoesscessosssosssososososesososssoessesssossseesse 3 3 EXAMPLE APPLICATIONS cssssasoassssassccossaseassdsassosossasnassdvassacescesoaasseessasassesenssdeassaseesesesscdsossessdsosesess asscssesosasasbeassass 3 4 CONNECTING isisscsssscssssssssisesecncssessessiscsessessosessssassecnessosessesasseenessesesscsesssensssassencsassssnssnscssastasseensssesscnssasesenssssasdsssneess 4 4 1 Terminal Step Arrangement seceeecsdesseeessysccesess sdeecacedteesccestvevedudequsezsdse ce cucees sage SEEKER E EEE EEEE NE Ee EKER EEES 4 4 2 Generic Terminal Allocations sccccssissee sceheescstieecdiedidoanslanesso0vlonseevveneanbbacvbadeutbehens EEEE EE E E E sont 4 4 3 Tatera e nenni ren O EE E EE EEEE EEE EE EEEE EE E S 5 4 4 AD
5. amp date not set Real Time Clock Accuracy Backup battery 40 ppm at 25 C CR2032 Power Power requirement Current at 12Vdc Supply input protection Connection 7 to 30 Vdc 10 mA typical Polarity reversal protected and internal re settable fuse 140 mA 1 3 mm centre pin DC connector or 2012 Richard Paul Russell Limited New Harbour Building Bath Road Lymington S041 3SE United Kingdom Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 22 017SL165 2 27 04 12 SpaceLogger A10 Dual Channel 4 20mA Analogue Data Logger A User Manual www r p r co uk Screwless terminals 0 32 to 0 64 mm AWG 28 to 22 diameter conductors Operating Temperature 25 C to 70 C Environmental Range Storage Temperature Range 40 C to 70 C Enclosure protection IP203 Guarantee Period 1 year refer to Appendix 2012 Richard Paul Russell Limited New Harbour Building Bath Road Lymington S041 3SE United Kingdom Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 23 017SL165 2 27 04 12 SpaceLogger A10 Dual Channel 4 20mA Analogue Data Logger User Manual aa www r p r co uk APPENDICES Al SETUP TXT Commands Command Description Valid command Default value inputs WAIT Puts SpaceLogger in wait mode
6. 2 gt STARTLEVEL2 or Channel 2 lt STOPLEVEL2 SC log when switch closed SO log when switch open RS232 start when STX is received stop when ETX is received amp log only when all selected conditions are true Examples 2012 Richard Paul Russell Limited New Harbour Building Bath Road Lymington S041 3SE United Kingdom Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 13 017SL165 2 27 04 12 SpaceLogger A10 Dual Channel 4 20mA Analogue Data Logger A User Manual www r p r co uk TRIGGER C1SC Enables the SpaceLogger A10 to only log when either condition C1 is true or the switch is closed TRIGGER amp C1 C2 Enables the SpaceLogger A10 to only log when conditions C1 and C2 are both true The threshold levels for conditions C1 C1 C2 and C2 may be set with the following commands STARTLEVEL1 Channel 1 logging start value in mA x 100 as per measured value STOPLEVEL1 Channel 1 logging stop value in mA x 100 as per measured value STARTLEVEL2 Channel 2 logging start value in mA x 100 as per measured value STOPLEVEL2 Channel 2 logging stop value in mA x 100 as per measured value The default setting for TRIGGER is TRIGGER SO By default the SpaceLogger A10 will log for all values of Channel 1 and Channel 2 inputs whenever the switch on the digital I O terminals is open as supplied For details on how to set up commands STX and ETX see section 5 8 Note tha
7. BAUD Sets baud rate for RS232 data input and 115200 9600 output 57600 38400 19200 9600 4800 2400 1200 300 110 MODE Logging mode normal mode single NORMAL NORMAL sample mode or slave mode SINGLE SLAVE DELAY In single sample mode defines the delay 0 to 255 0 from the trigger event to the reading that integer value will be logged STX In normal mode defines the character s CC CC 2 used to start logging via TRIGGER Up to 15 characters commana enclosed in In slave mode defines the start Or character s of the data sample to be The decimal value of a logged single ASCII character ETX In normal mode defines the character s CC CC 3 used to stop logging via TRIGGER Up to 15 characters commana enclosed in In slave mode defines the end Or character s of the data sample to be The decimal value of a logged single ASCII character SETTINGS Defines if the logger s settings F F configuration is output to a L SETTINGS TXT file Settings will not be output if no value is specified RESET Returns logger to default settings N A N A 2012 Richard Paul Russell Limited New Harbour Building Bath Road Lymington S041 3SE United Kingdom Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 25 017SL165 2 27 04 12 SpaceLogger A10 Dual Channel 4 20mA Analogue Data Logger User Manual a www r p r co uk
8. Road Lymington S041 3SE United Kingdom Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 4 017SL165 2 27 04 12 SpaceLogger A10 Dual Channel 4 20mA Analogue Data Logger A User Manual www r p r co uk 4 3 Interface Connection should be made as per Table 1 This table should be read in conjunction with Figure 3 Wires should be prepared as per section 4 8 4 4 Analogue Inputs SpaceLogger A10 may record data from two analogue 0 to 20mA channels The wiring connections are as described in Section 4 2 Analogue input 1 to terminal 4 pink 0 20mA and terminal 3 blue GND Analogue input 2 to terminal 6 pink 0 20mA and terminal 5 blue GND Please note that GND connections are common Figure 3 shows the input circuit for the analogue inputs 4 to 20mA Sensor 4 to 20mA Sensor SpaceLogger A10 Figure 4 4 5 RS232 Input Output RS232 Input RS232 data input to RS232 Input 1 may be logged by the SpaceLogger A10 with the analogue data when the unit is operated in slave mode This enables loggers to be daisy chained to extend the number of channels by recording the RS232 output from one unit to another or for recording the serial output from an additional sensor Refer to section 5 7 for set up details The RS232 data input may alternatively be used as one of the trigger conditions for enabling data logging Refer to section 5 9 for set up details 2012 Rich
9. for N A N A clock synchronisation TIME Time at which clock will be synchronised hh mm ss none DATE Date at which clock will be synchronised DD MM YYYY none DD MM YY FORMAT Defines which fields are included in each P P T C1 U1 C2 U2 SW data record T There will be no logged data if no field is C1 specified U1 C2 U2 SW any combination of above OFFSET1 Channel 1 correction offset in mA x100 32767 to 32767 integer 0 value OFFSET2 Channel 2 correction offset in mA x100 32767 to 32767 integer 0 value SCALE1 Channel 1 scaling factor 32767 to 32767 integer 1 value SCALE2 Channel 2 scaling factor 32767 to 32767 integer 1 value POWER1 Channel 1 exponent for power of 10 10 to 10 2 multiplier integer value POWER2 Channel 2 exponent for power of 10 10 to 10 2 multiplier integer value DP1 Channel 1 maximum number of places 0 to 10 2 required after the decimal point DP2 Channel 2 maximum number of places 0 to 10 2 required after the decimal point PREFIX Prefix text that may be used to populate Up to 10 characters A10 field P in a data record to provide a test enclosed in label UNITS1 Channel 1 units text that may be used to Up to 10 characters mA populate field U1 in a data record enclosed in UNITS2 Channel 2 units text that may be used to Up to 10 characters mA populate field U2 in a data record enclosed in TRIGGERS Defines the conditions
10. required to drive a switch input directly from the user s circuit the input signal must not exceed 3 volts 2012 Richard Paul Russell Limited New Harbour Building Bath Road Lymington S041 3SE United Kingdom Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 6 017SL165 2 27 04 12 SpaceLogger A10 Dual Channel 4 20mA Analogue Data Logger A User Manual www r p r co uk 4 8 Cable Preparation The logger uses screwless terminals and to ease connection wires should be prepared as per Figure 6 Itis important that the stripped ends be accurately 9 to 10mm long to ensure good connections in the terminals 9 to 10mm Tinned end Figure 6 Either solid or stranded cable is acceptable in the range 0 32 to 0 65 mm diameter AWG 28 to 22 with gauge 24 being ideal Using a small flat headed screw driver fully depress the grey plunger for the required terminal and insert the wire as far as it will go into the hole below the plunger Release the grey plunger and the wire is held captive by the connector A gentle tug on the wire will confirm that it is held firmly If the wire in question is multi strand ensure that all strands are inserted in the terminal hole Please note that interconnection of all components should be completed prior to applying power 4 9 Power Supply When the logger is powered using a 7 to 30 V DC supply the central pin on the power socket should be to GND
11. 2012 Richard Paul Russell Limited New Harbour Building Bath Road Lymington S041 3SE United Kingdom Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 11 017SL165 2 27 04 12 SpaceLogger A10 Dual Channel 4 20mA Analogue Data Logger A User Manual www r p r co uk 5 8 To define the RS232 data sample to be recorded When operated in Slave Mode the SpaceLogger A10 is capable of recording ASCII sentences from a single RS232 input The format of the data must be 8 bits and no parity It is also a requirement that each data record has identifying start STX and end ETX characters to define the data sequence to be sampled When operated in Normal or Single Sample Modes the STX and ETX identifiers may be used to control logging via the TRIGGER command see section 5 9 The start and end characters may be defined in one of two ways a Single Unique Start and End Characters This method requires a single unique identifying start character and a different identifying end character The SpaceLogger A10 only records the ASCII characters between these start and end characters The SpaceLogger A10 may be set to recognise any start and end characters using the following SETUP TXT command lines STX s ETX e Where s is the decimal value 0 255 of the ASCII character that indicates the start of the data string that is to be stored Default value is 2 lt STX gt And e is decimal val
12. 32 input and a single switch input These inputs may be logged and added to the analogue data record Data logging may be set to be continuous or enabled only when the switch is set open or closed defined threshold trigger conditions are met on either analogue channel or when a command is received on the RS232 input The SpaceLogger A10 will also act as an analogue to digital converter outputting RS232 data to another device Please refer to section 5 12 for details This enables a series of SpaceLogger A10 units to be daisy chained to extend the number of analogue channels logged data is appended to the incoming serial data string There is a single alarm output this may be activated when the value of the analogue signal on input channel and or 2 meets set conditions or when data logging is taking place Data is stored onto an SD card SD or MMC cards with up to 2 GByte capacity are compatible with SpaceLogger Higher capacity cards are not compatible The SD card can be removed from the logger and inserted into a card reader connected to a PC Stored data files are accessed in the same way as files on the computer s other disk drives The text files may be read and manipulated in any standard Office applications e g Notepad or MS Excel The logger requires a 7 30 volt DC supply which can be provided by an AC DC mains adaptor or suitable battery Document revision summary Issue Date Description 1 Feb 2012 Ori
13. 7SL165 2 27 04 12 SpaceLogger A10 Dual Channel 4 20mA Analogue Data Logger A User Manual www r p r co uk A4 Electromagnetic Conformity EC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY ACCORDING TO COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2004 108 EC We Richard Paul Russell Limited of New Harbour Building Bath Road Lymington Hampshire S041 3SE United Kingdom Declare under our sole responsibility that the product SpaceLogger RS Manufactured by Richard Paul Russell Limited to which this declaration relates is in conformity with the protection requirements of Council Directive 2004 108 EC on the approximation of the laws relating to electromagnetic compatibility This Declaration of Conformity is based upon compliance of the product with the following harmonised standards Emissions EN 61326 2006 Immunity EN 61326 2006 Signed by gt PRussell Richard Paul Russell Director Date of Issue 3 August 2009 Place of Issue Richard Paul Russell Limited New Harbour Building Bath Road Lymington SO41 3SE UK 2012 Richard Paul Russell Limited New Harbour Building Bath Road Lymington S041 3SE United Kingdom Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 28 017SL165 2 27 04 12 SpaceLogger A10 Dual Channel 4 20mA Analogue Data Logger A User Manual www r p r co uk SpaceLogger has been tested for compliance with FCC standards FCC CFR 47 C Part 15 2004 This device complies with Par
14. 91 5BH 107 6BH k 123 7BH 76 4CH L 92 5CH 108 6CH l 124 7CH 77 4DH M 93 5DH 109 6DH m 125 7DH 78 4EH N 94 5EH i 110 6EH n 126 7EH 79 4FH O 95 5FH _ 111 6FH o 127 7FH DEL 2012 Richard Paul Russell Limited New Harbour Building Bath Road Lymington S041 3SE United Kingdom Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 26 017SL165 2 27 04 12 SpaceLogger A10 Dual Channel 4 20mA Analogue Data Logger A User Manual www r p r co uk A3 Guarantee System components are warranted for a period of twelve 12 months from the original date of purchase against defective materials and workmanship In the event that warranty service is required please contact Richard Paul Russell Ltd This warranty is only valid if when warranty service is required a full description of the fault is provided and presented with the original invoice and the serial number s on the component has not been defaced Richard Paul Russell Ltd s liability is limited to items of its own manufacture and it does not accept liability for any loss resulting from the operation or interpretation of the results from this equipment This warranty covers none of the following e Periodic check ups maintenance and repair or replacement of parts due to normal wear and tear e Cost relating to transport removal or installation of the c
15. ALO BUC IMPUS ercer rinnen E EE EE TE E E EEEE TEE E 5 4 5 RS232 Input Output sennen hee REG hes E E AE E E Aces E ee AN 5 4 6 Alarm Outpt eesin ies isc Sil panel SEEE Asm outa Gal ee ani heehee Sas 6 4 7 SWITCH PUL ax5ic3acssieesvastiiesatsyeecorastassheabsbessenscavedesbebaonyastess EEE EEEE EEE OET EA E EE ENEN EEE EE EE EEES 6 4 8 Cable Preparations seiis oieri es erore arao a aE EEE E EEE EE EEE EE EEA EEEE EEEE EEE ES EE EEEE STOE t 7 4 9 Power SUpply scoscese iri eir t ae e AEE E r EE EEEE A EEEE EN EE A EE E EEE EEEE 7 5 SETUP FEATURES nnan E 8 5 1 setting the time amp date nenene E E acl ei eed E EE E E RUGS E E E 8 52 Format of the lopped data Tecotd siscccccecscc ccessdecseesetsesensndsaseesdesosascedscevecnduonsns ani EEEE E EE EEESC EENE EPE EEEE Eo 9 5 3 Calculation of recorded values for each Analogue Channel ssesessesesererrsresssrerresrrresrrsrreresrerrnsenreereerreesre 10 5 4 Number of decimal places for each Channel ee ee eceecseecesecesecssecesecsaecaeecaeecseeeeeseeeeseeeeeeseeeseseasenaeesaeenaes 10 5 5 Units textfof Gach Channel sisii oriri ia R ER EAR EEI A ERER E 11 5 6 Prefix text fot ach data TECOTd ss sccsiesseccsasessscessecce seceusessatescesvocedegsscsssces vecsusetonage E E E EEEN E EEE EEEa 11 5 7 POSSI GE MOS x28 ces coeseesicGs shia lived ales Wlalvenss Shsues lolucodk EE E sduvadesub plea peblvdatesibGecsSietubeds Minoan dee Ms 11 5 8 To define the RS232 data sample to be recorded 000 0 eee cee
16. CATION sesesesesesesesesesesesesesesscesscesscessceseceosoesscesscsososososssosososssosssososososososessseesses 22 APPENDICE Sorn NR 24 Al SETUP TXT Commands esnie a E E E Ga an E E eee re ee 24 A2 ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange sseessseseeseesssreeresrerrersreeresreereserrreresreeresre 26 A3 Guarantee cananea E ET E A E E E E A E E E E N E 27 A4 Flectromap netic Conformity ssriressereosei riri see rere ea nCen roe Eres EE EREE APEE SEKER ER A EEEE OKENE SEEE ESEE EE EEE 28 AS WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Statement cece ceeeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeceseenseenaeenaes 29 A6 ROEES Statement asinsi onnee aaee aeeie a o REE EE E EE E EEE E EEE EE SAE E 29 2012 Richard Paul Russell Limited New Harbour Building Bath Road Lymington S041 3SE United Kingdom Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 1 017SL165 2 27 04 12 SpaceLogger A10 Dual Channel 4 20mA Analogue Data Logger A User Manual www r p r co uk 1 INTRODUCTION SpaceLogger A10 is a dual channel 4 20mA analogue data logger designed as a stand alone solution for simple analogue data logging applications Analogue data is sampled at 75Hz and averaged over one second with 10 bit resolution Each data record is date amp time stamped A new file default format is CSV is generated for each day s worth of data The SpaceLogger A10 will also accept a single RS2
17. MODE Channel 1 4 20mA Channel 2 4 20mA of SD card to i I i Manual transfer i i PC card reader I SLAVE MODE Figure 2 Example of 4 analogue channels logged to one SpaceLogger A10 2012 Richard Paul Russell Limited New Harbour Building Bath Road Lymington S041 3SE United Kingdom Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk ite WWW I p r co uk 017SL165 2 27 04 12 SpaceLogger A10 Dual Channel 4 20mA Analogue Data Logger User Manual 4 CONNECTING 4 1 Terminal Strip Arrangement cv3a TI o3 c3 ae pmo S m a ome i co 3 8 7 Ue Gr Ue L aa www r p r co uk Figure 3 4 2 Generic Terminal Allocations SpaceLogger Terminal Signal description Use Power GND Supply V 7 to 30V dc Power Analogue GND 1 iss Analogue input 1 0 to 20mA Input Channel 1 Analogue GND 2 Analogue input 2 0 to 20mA Taput Channela Alarm GND Alarm Output Alarm output see section 5 13 Switch GND Logging control switch Switch input see section 5 9 GND RS232 signal output ground see section 5 12 RS232 output 1 RS232 signal output see section 5 12 RS232 input 16 RS232 GND 1 RS232 signal input see section 5 7 Table 1 2012 Richard Paul Russell Limited New Harbour Building Bath
18. _OFF1 ALARM_OFF2 RATE FILE OUTPUT BAUD MODE DELAY STX ETX SETTINGS 2012 Richard Paul Russell Limited New Harbour Building Bath Road Lymington S041 3SE United Kingdom Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 18 017SL165 2 27 04 12 SpaceLogger A10 Dual Channel 4 20mA Analogue Data Logger A User Manual www r p r co uk 5 Comments may be added to the SETUP TXT file using The SpaceLogger will not read any text following until the end of the line 6 Save this text file as SETUP TXT on the SD card in the root folder Note if folder DATA already exists on the card ensure the file SETUP TXT is not in this folder but at the top level in the root directory If using Vista or higher versions of Windows please also refer to section 5 17 7 Remove card from card reader and insert the card into the SpaceLogger A10 8 The command lines will now be effective The configuration is saved to the SpaceLogger A10 and the file SETUP TXT automatically renamed to SETUP_OLD TXT 9 To intentionally return to the default settings a new SETUP TXT file must be created containing the command RESET 5 17 Notes on saving file SETUP TXT File SETUP TXT must have its name and file extension in capitals e g not SETUP txt To ensure saving correctly from Notepad or similar text editor select Save As When the Save As box appears select All Files
19. ard Paul Russell Limited New Harbour Building Bath Road Lymington S041 3SE United Kingdom Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 5 017SL165 2 27 04 12 SpaceLogger A10 Dual Channel 4 20mA Analogue Data Logger A User Manual www r p r co uk The wiring connections for RS232 input are as described in Section 4 2 to terminal 15 white RS232 Input 1 and terminal 16 blue GND RS232 Output RS232 data may be output from the SpaceLogger A10 in various formats Refer to section 5 12 for options and set up details The wiring connections for RS232 output are as described in Section 4 2 to terminal 14 green RS232 Output 1 and terminal 11 blue GND 4 6 Alarm Output An alarm output may be activated by the value of the analogue signal on input channel 1 and or 2 The wiring connections for the alarm output are as described in Section 4 2 to terminal 8 yellow Alarm Output and terminal 7 blue GND Refer to section 5 13 for options and set up details 4 7 Switch Input The status of a switch connected between terminals 9 and 10 may be used to determine whether logging is enabled See section 5 9 for details The status of the switch may also be recorded as a field with each data record if required See section 5 2 for details Figure 4 shows the input circuit for the switch input PROCESSOR SWITCH SpaceLogger A10 Figure 5 N Note If it is
20. ble to output serial RS232 data from the SpaceLogger A10 This output is controlled by command OUTPUT The conditions for output from the RS232 Output 1 are defined as follows OUTPUT A output on ALARM condition being true OUTPUT C output continuously OUTPUT T output when the TRIGGER condition is true OUTPUT L output all values as logged to the memory card OUTPUT no output The SpaceLogger A10 will output data in the selected format to the RS232 Output terminal The wiring connections for RS232 output are as described in Section 4 2 to terminal 11 blue GND and terminal 14 green RS232 Output 1 The baud rate of the output serial data may be selected using command BAUD The default baud rate is 9600 baud BAUD b Where b is the baud rate Valid baud rates are 115200 57600 38400 19200 9600 4800 2400 1200 300 and 110 bits per second Data will always be output at 8 bits and no parity Note that command BAUD controls both RS232 input and output baud rates 2012 Richard Paul Russell Limited New Harbour Building Bath Road Lymington S041 3SE United Kingdom Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 15 017SL165 2 27 04 12 SpaceLogger A10 Dual Channel 4 20mA Analogue Data Logger A User Manual www r p r co uk 5 13 Alarm Conditions The SpaceLogger A10 alarm signal is output on terminal 8 yellow Wiring instructions are as per section 4 6 The alarm
21. can be activated by the level on one or both analogue channels and or if logging High low with hysteresis or in out of band conditions can be specified using the ALARM command and an ALARM_ON and ALARM_OFF value for each channel The conditions that may be specified for command ALARM are Al start when Channel 1 gt ALARM_ONI1 stop when Channel 1 lt ALARM_OFF1 Al start when Channel 1 lt ALARM_ONI1 stop when Channel 1 gt ALARM_OFF1 A2 start when Channel 2 gt ALARM_ON2 stop when Channel 2 lt ALARM_OFF2 A2 start when Channel 2 lt ALARM_ON2 stop when Channel 2 gt ALARM_OFF2 A1 Al if ALARM ONI1 lt ALARM OFFI Alarm if Channel 1 gt ALARM_ON1 and Channel 1 lt ALARM _OFF1 if ALARM_ON1 gt ALARM_OFF1 Alarm if Channel 1 gt ALARM_ONI1 or Channel 1 lt ALARM_OFFI1 A2 A2 if ALARM ON2 lt ALARM _ OFF2 Alarm if Channel 2 gt ALARM_ON2 and Channel 2 lt ALARM OFF2 if ALARM_ON2 gt ALARM_OFF2 Alarm if Channel 2 gt ALARM_ON2 or Channel 2 lt ALARM_OFF2 L alarm when logging and when in Normal or Single Sample Mode that the TRIGGER condition is true amp alarm only when all selected conditions are true Examples ALARM A1 A2 The SpaceLogger A10 will enable the alarm output when either condition A1 or A2 is true ALARM amp A1L The SpaceLogger A10 will only enable the alarm output when both condition A1 is true and data is being recorded ALARM_ON and ALARM_OFF values may be set with the
22. ceeecesecesecesecsecacecaeesaeeeseeeeeeeeeeeseseseseseaeesaeenaeenaes 12 5 9 Trigger Conditions for enabling logging Of data ee ee eee eecesecesecssecseecaeecaeecaeeeeeseeeeeeeeeseaeseseseasenasenaeenaes 13 5 10 Logging rate for recording datas sciccccissessesebek eiecs sah cheeses e E E EE ues cpsoiees EEE E E A E E S 14 5 11 To Customise File Names sericsson op e aae E E E ES EE Ee R eines 14 5 12 To Output RS232 Data from the SpaceLogger AlO oo eee eecesecssecssecssecseecaeesseeeeeseeseeeeeeseeeeseeeasesaeesaeenaes 15 5 13 Alarm ConditonS csie a E a EE R E E EE EEEE E EE A EEEE SE ERE REE EEE EEE EEEE EE EEEE EES 16 5 14 To Output a File containing the current SpaceLogger A10 Settings sssesseseessereesesrerresrsreereseeereserrrereerreresre 17 5 15 Resetting the SpaceLogger A10 to Default Settings 0 0 cesecesecssecseecaeeceeeeseseaeeseeseeeeeeesessaeesaeenaeenaes 17 5 16 SETUP IXE flere e e ia EA EE E A EE E E E R E 18 5 17 Not s on saving fle SETUP TXT cicscccssesssesccidetesocssitesdcouneesscdureesecsdvsssestcusetecusvens etevenseeiavensesteeathseneanveuevbassets 19 6 LOGGING E E EA scandens scandsnesesbssosedsndonsseandenssasvassasasbssssocondensseshdsnssessdswasesbasessdsudesssasndsessasvassaseshsssssdsva 20 6 1 DD Cand MEE E E E E E E taugengsca dues EE EE sceasceaueemarpueees 20 6 2 Data Transiter ee REEE E E L REE TEA E R EE E EE ES 21 6 3 Data Stora E aisi ieseana eaa a Ea E O E EEE EEO EEO EER E R E E S 21 7 SPACELOGGER A10 SPECIFI
23. following commands ALARM_ONI1 Channel 1 alarm on value in mA x 100 as per measured value ALARM_OFF1 Channel 1 alarm off value in mA x 100 as per measured value ALARM_ON2 Channel 2 alarm on value in mA x 100 as per measured value ALARM_OFF2 Channel 2 alarm off value in mA x 100 as per measured value Example ALARM_ON1 450 Will set the ALARM_ON value for channel 1 at 4 50mA 2012 Richard Paul Russell Limited New Harbour Building Bath Road Lymington S041 3SE United Kingdom Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 16 017SL165 2 27 04 12 SpaceLogger A10 Dual Channel 4 20mA Analogue Data Logger A User Manual www r p r co uk 5 14 To Output a File containing the current SpaceLogger A10 Settings To obtain information about how the SpaceLogger A10 is currently configured each time the memory card is initialised either on power on or when the card is inserted a file named SETTINGS TXT may be output to the memory card This SETTINGS TXT file contains a list of all the logger settings To control the output of this file the command SETTINGS is used SETTINGS F The settings are written to file SETTINGS TXT overwriting the contents of the file if it already exists SETTINGS L A log of the settings is maintained in file SETTINGS TXT current settings are appended to the file each time the memory card is initialised SETTINGS File SETTINGS TXT is not generated F
24. from the pull down list next to Save as type and type SETUP TXT in the File name box With Vista and higher version of Windows it is beneficial to have File Extensions visible when viewing documents in Explorer 2012 Richard Paul Russell Limited New Harbour Building Bath Road Lymington S041 3SE United Kingdom Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 19 017SL165 2 27 04 12 SpaceLogger A10 Dual Channel 4 20mA Analogue Data Logger User Manual WWW I p r co uk 6 LOGGING Red LED r p r Power on and Sad Ll cel nnn Writing data to card Green LED ON Ready to Clock st Record Data synchronisation Stop Recording amp Buffer Purge Card Slot for Button SD card insertion Figure 7 6 1 SD Card Once the time and date have been set on the SpaceLogger when the SD card is inserted correctly into the SpaceLogger with power supplied the unit should Beep once and the red LED blink as the card initialises At this stage the SpaceLogger s internal buffer is cleared and is ready to start receiving new data from the connected equipment The green LED will then switch on indicating that the unit is Ready to Record Data The green LED will remain on while the unit is in this state The SD card is designed to fit easily into the card slot one way only Do not bend the card or force it into the slot 2012 Richard Paul Russell Limited New Harb
25. generated each day The file name takes the default format 20YYMMDD CSV where YYMMDD is that day s date As default data is stored in comma separated variable format files CSV which may be opened in MS Excel and other spreadsheet programs These files are also readable in notepad or a similar text editor To change the file name including the file extension refer to section 5 11 2012 Richard Paul Russell Limited New Harbour Building Bath Road Lymington S041 3SE United Kingdom Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 21 017SL165 2 27 04 12 SpaceLogger A10 Dual Channel 4 20mA Analogue Data Logger User Manual aa www r p r co uk 7 SPACELOGGER A10 SPECIFICATION Physical Dimensions Weight Enclosure material Width 67 mm Depth 67 mm Height 28 mm excluding optional rubber feet 75g GP ABS UL94 HB plastic and acrylic Connections Type Screwless terminals capable of accepting wire 0 32 to 0 65mm diameter AWG 28 to 22 Analogue Input Number of channels Range Sampling Maximum logging rate Input impedance Accuracy Drift with temperature Analogue to digital converter 2 4 to 20 mA 0 to 23 mA maximum Readings are sampled at 75 Hz and averaged over 1 sec 1 Hz 177 ohms 1 or 0 1 mA at 20 C over range 4 to 20 mA 100 ppm C over range 40 C to 40 C 10 bit resolution Digital channel Input fo
26. ginal document 2 April 2012 Changes for software 2vOc added Single Sample Mode and DELAY command Additional logging and alarm conditions added Our products are in continuous development and therefore specifications may be subject to change and design improvements may be implemented without prior notice Please visit our web site www r p r co uk for the most up to date information on our products 2012 Richard Paul Russell Limited New Harbour Building Bath Road Lymington S041 3SE United Kingdom Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 2 017SL165 2 27 04 12 SpaceLogger A10 Dual Channel 4 20mA Analogue Data Logger User Manual 2 QUICK START EASY STEPS TO DATA LOGGING Oo Connect analogue inputs see section 4 4 O ow Connect switch if required see section 4 7 iscicsarens Set up logging preferences with SETUP TXT file see section 5 DD citivavness Power on see section 4 9 pecs Set time and date see section 5 1 Osni Insert SD card see section 6 1 Ose Start recording data see section 6 2 E O Stop recording data press purge button see section 6 2 O Remove card and transfer to PC to view and analyse data see section 6 2 3 EXAMPLE APPLICATIONS SD card Logging control switch optional Channel 1 i i I Manual transfer of SD card to PC card reader SpaceLogger A10 Figure 1 Channel 1 NORMAL
27. h data record may be defined using command FORMAT The fields that may be specified for command FORMAT are P Prefix T Time and date C1 Channel 1 see section 5 3 for calculation of C1 U1 Units text for Channel 1 C2 Channel 2 see section 5 3 for calculation of C2 U2 Units text for Channel 2 SW Switch state 0 if open 1 if closed Example FORMAT P T C1 U1 SW Where the recorded log string would consist of the following fields Prefix Date Time Channel 1 Units for Channel 1 Switch state The record will end with lt CR gt lt LF gt carriage return and line feed 2012 Richard Paul Russell Limited New Harbour Building Bath Road Lymington S041 3SE United Kingdom Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 9 017SL165 2 27 04 12 SpaceLogger A10 Dual Channel 4 20mA Analogue Data Logger A User Manual www r p r co uk 5 3 Calculation of recorded values for each Analogue Channel For each analogue Channel the measured value in mA may be converted to a calculated value in the correct units for logging purposes The calculated values for channel 1 and 2 are used to populate fields C1 and C2 in each data record The required calculated values may be achieved by using commands OFFSET1 OFFSET2 SCALE1 SCALE2 POWERI and POWER2 For each channel C1 Al OFFSET1 x SCALE1 x 10 POWER1 C2 A2 OFFSET2 x SCALE2 x 10 POWER2 Where for Channel 1 Al Mea
28. ile SETTINGS TXT is saved to the memory card in the root directory 5 15 Resetting the SpaceLogger A10 to Default Settings To intentionally return to the default settings create a new SETUP TXT file containing the command line RESET For the default values for all commands please refer to Appendix Al 2012 Richard Paul Russell Limited New Harbour Building Bath Road Lymington S041 3SE United Kingdom Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 17 017SL165 2 27 04 12 SpaceLogger A10 Dual Channel 4 20mA Analogue Data Logger A User Manual www r p r co uk 5 16 SETUP TXT file The SETUP TXT file is created as follows 1 Insert SD card into card reader attached to USB port of PC or use integrated card reader if the PC has one 2 Open notepad or similar text editor and type the required command line or lines Refer to sections above for explanation of commands 3 Commands may be typed in upper or lower case but they will be converted to upper case before execution 4 The SETUP TXT file may contain a list of commands For example to set up all available parameters the file SETUP TXT should contain the following lines WAIT TIME DATE FORMAT OFFSET1 SCALE1 POWERI OFFSET2 SCALE2 POWER2 DP1 DP2 PREFIX UNITS1 gt UNITS2 gt TRIGGER STARTLEVEL1 STOPLEVEL1 STARTLEVEL2 STOPLEVEL2 ALARM ALARM_ON1 ALARM_ON2 ALARM
29. n the root folder Note if folder DATA already exists on the card ensure the file SETUP TXT is not in this folder but at the top level in the root directory If using Vista or higher version of Windows please refer to section 5 17 4 Remove card from card reader and with the power on insert the card into the SpaceLogger Both the red and green LEDs will come on 5 At the time saved in the SETUP TXT file press the button to the left of the card slot The SpaceLogger will Beep once and both LED s switch off Release the button The red LED may flicker on and off after this and once the card has completed its initialisation the green LED will come back on and remain on Note that when waiting for the button to be pressed output from the logger will be interrupted 6 After updating the time and date the SpaceLogger renames the file SETUP TXT to SETUPOLD TXT to avoid unintentionally repeating the commands next time the unit is switched on or the card re inserted The SpaceLogger has an internal battery to maintain the time and date when the power to the unit is switched off When it is necessary to reset the time and date please repeat the steps outlined above If no time and date is set up on the SpaceLogger the unit will emit a warning Beep four times a minute as a reminder 5 2 Format of the logged data record The recorded log string for a data record consists of comma separated fields The fields required in eac
30. of the recorded data See section 5 11 e RS232 data output See section 5 12 e Alarm Conditions See section 5 13 e Settings file output See section 5 14 Refer to the sections below for command details and section 5 16 for how to create the SETUP TXT file Please refer to Appendix A1 for full list of commands and the valid inputs for their values and the default settings 5 1 Setting the time amp date To set the time and date for correct stamping of the data records a file named SETUP TXT must be created on the SD card This file is read by the SpaceLogger when the card is inserted into the logger and the clock synchronised to the given time when the button to the left of the card slot is pressed Steps to set the time and date 1 Insert SD card into card reader attached to USB port of PC or use integrated card reader if the PC has one 2 Open notepad or similar text editor and type the following three lines WAIT TIME hh mm ss DATE DD MM YYYY or DD MM YY 2012 Richard Paul Russell Limited New Harbour Building Bath Road Lymington S041 3SE United Kingdom Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 8 017SL165 2 27 04 12 SpaceLogger A10 Dual Channel 4 20mA Analogue Data Logger A User Manual www r p r co uk Where hh mm ss is the time in say a couple of minutes and DD MM YYYY or DD MM YY is today s date 3 Save this text file as SETUP TXT on the SD card i
31. omponent e Misuse including failure to use the component for its normal purpose or incorrect installation e Damage caused by Lightning Water Fire Acts of God War Public Disturbances incorrect supply voltage or any other cause beyond the control of Richard Paul Russell Ltd e Units which have been repaired or units altered by a party other than Richard Paul Russell Ltd s employees or agents without prior written consent from Richard Paul Russell Ltd In no event shall Richard Paul Russell Ltd be liable under any circumstances for any direct indirect or consequential damages any financial loss or any lost data contained in any product including any returned product regardless of the cause of loss Richard Paul Russell Ltd products are not warranted to operate without failure Richard Paul Russell Ltd s products must not be used in life support systems or other application where failure could threaten injury or life The Customers statutory rights are not affected by this warranty Unless there is national legislation to the contrary the rights under this warranty are the customer s sole rights and Richard Paul Russell Ltd shall not be liable for indirect or consequential loss or damage to any other related equipment or material 2012 Richard Paul Russell Limited New Harbour Building Bath Road Lymington S041 3SE United Kingdom Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 27 01
32. our Building Bath Road Lymington S041 3SE United Kingdom Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 20 017SL165 2 27 04 12 SpaceLogger A10 Dual Channel 4 20mA Analogue Data Logger A User Manual www r p r co uk 6 2 Data Transfer When the logging conditions are met logging is enabled and the SpaceLogger A10 will start recording data The red LED blinks each time data is written to the card The SD card should not be removed while data is being written to it To stop recording data the small button to the left of the card slot on the front of the SpaceLogger should be depressed There will be an audio signal to indicate that the button has been pressed This action will also purge any data in the buffer to the SD card so the card is ready to be removed from the SpaceLogger The green LED will automatically switch off to indicate that the unit is no longer enabled to record further data and it is safe to remove the card To recommence data logging the power must be cycled or a card re inserted in order to re initialise the card The green LED will again indicate the unit as Ready to Record Data To avoid losing data or corrupting the card never remove the card or disconnect the power supply when the red LED is flashing or blinking 6 3 Data Storage SpaceLogger A10 creates a folder DATA on the SD card root folder Data files are written to this folder A new file is
33. r logging control switch Switch Input Max input voltage Must not exceed 3V Current out 7A max Number of channels 1 Transmission standard RS232 compatible 8 bits and no parity RS232 Input Transmission speed 9600 Baud default or selectable from 115200 57600 Data Sample 38400 19200 4800 2400 1200 300 or 110 Baud Records only the data between specified start STX and end ETX characters RS232 Output Transmission standard Transmission speed Output rate RS232 compatible 8 bits and no parity 9600 Baud default or selectable from 115200 57600 38400 19200 4800 2400 1200 300 or 110 Baud Normal Mode 1 data record per 1 to 60 seconds selectable Slave Mode rate determined by input of RS232 data sample defined by STX and ETX Alarm Output Min output voltage Vou 1 7V Typ 1mA output current Data Storage Data Storage Card Data Capacity File System Data logging interval Removable SD MMC or MMC mobile card 2 GByte max FAT16 or FAT32 with 8 3 file names Sector size 512 Bytes Normal Mode 1 data record per 1 to 60 seconds selectable Slave Mode rate determined by input of RS232 data sample defined by STX and ETX Audible Visual Indicators LED Indicators Audio Bleeper Green Ready to record data Red Power on Writing data to SD card Two tone signal on correct card insertion Single tone when data purge button depressed Four bleeps per minute when time
34. site www r p r co uk A6 RoHS Statement The Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2006 SpaceLogger has been designed to comply with EU Directive 2002 95 EC on RoHS RoHS regulations that came into force on 1 July 2006 The unit is assembled from compliant components y RoHS is often referred to as the lead free directive but it restricts the use of the iv following six substances Lead Pb Mercury Hg Cadmium Cd Hexavalent chromium Cr6 Polybrominated biphenyls PBB Polybrominated diphenyl ether PBDE PBB and PBDE are flame retardants used in some plastics 2012 Richard Paul Russell Limited New Harbour Building Bath Road Lymington S041 3SE United Kingdom Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 29 017SL165 2 27 04 12
35. sured value in mA x 100 OFFSET1 Offset in mA x 100 SCALE1 Scaling factor POWERI Exponent for power of 10 multiplier And for Channel 2 A2 Measured value in mA x 100 OFFSET2 Offset in mA x 100 SCALE2 Scaling factor POWER2 Exponent for power of 10 multiplier Example Measured value of Channel 1 15 01mA Commands OFFSET1 1 SCALE1 2 POWER 2 Therefore C1 1501 1 x 2 x 10 2 30 00 5 4 Number of decimal places for each Channel For each channel it is possible to define the number of places required after the decimal point by using commands DP1 and DP2 For each channel DP1 x DP2 x Where x is the maximum number of places required after the decimal point This command will only remove not add decimal places to the calculated values of C1 and C2 Please note that the result is not rounded up or down only that the least significant digits are truncated 2012 Richard Paul Russell Limited New Harbour Building Bath Road Lymington S041 3SE United Kingdom Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 10 017SL165 2 27 04 12 SpaceLogger A10 Dual Channel 4 20mA Analogue Data Logger A User Manual www r p r co uk 5 5 Units text for each Channel For each Channel the units text for populating fields U1 and U2 in each data record may be defined by commands UNITS1 and UNITS2 The Units text may consist of up to 10 characters and must be enclosed in
36. t 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation The user is cautioned that changes or modifications not approved by the responsible party could void the user s authority to operate the equipment in line with the FCC guidelines A5 WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Statement The WEEE directive places an obligation on all EU based manufacturers and importers to take back electronic products at the end of their useful life Richard Paul Russell Ltd accepts its responsibility to finance the cost of treatment and recovery of redundant WEEE in accordance with the specific WEEE recycling requirements This symbol on the product or on its packaging indicates that the product must NOT be disposed of with normal household waste Instead it is the end user s responsibility to dispose of their waste equipment by arranging to return it to a designated collection point for the recycling of WEEE By separating and recycling waste equipment at the time of disposal natural resources will be conserved and it will be ensured that the equipment is recycled in a manner that protects human health and the environment For more information about where you can send your waste equipment for recycling please contact your local council office or visit our web
37. t command TRIGGER is disabled when operating in slave mode MODE SLA VE 5 10 Logging rate for recording data The frequency of the logging of data may be set with command RATE RATE r Where r is integer value for logging rate in seconds from 1 to 60 Example RATE 5 Data will log every 5 seconds The analogue values are measured 75 times a second and averaged over each second Setting RATE to longer than one second does not increase the averaging time period 5 11 To Customise File Names The default file name for each day s data is 20YYMMDD CSV where YYMMDD is that day s date This may be customised to the format ffYYMMDD nnn by using the following SETUP TXT command line FILE ff nnn 2012 Richard Paul Russell Limited New Harbour Building Bath Road Lymington S041 3SE United Kingdom Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 14 017SL165 2 27 04 12 SpaceLogger A10 Dual Channel 4 20mA Analogue Data Logger A User Manual www r p r co uk Where ff is a pair of ASCII characters that set the start of the file name Default characters are 20 And nnn are the ASCII character that set the file extension Default characters are CSV Note e Lower case characters are converted to upper case characters so will not be differentiated The stored file name will now take the format ffY YMMDD nnn 5 12 To Output RS232 Data from the SpaceLogger A10 It is possi
38. ud BAUD b Where b is the baud rate Valid baud rates are 115200 57600 38400 19200 9600 4800 2400 1200 300 and 110 bits per second Data will always be output at 8 bits and no parity Note that command BAUD controls both RS232 input and output baud rates 5 9 Trigger Conditions for enabling logging of data When operated in Normal Mode or Single Sample Mode logging of data by the SpaceLogger A10 may be restricted to the time when certain conditions are true The conditions may be selected from the level of inputs on either Channel 1 or Channel 2 and or the position of a switch across the Digital I O terminals and or commands received on the RS232 input The conditions to enable data logging are controlled by command TRIGGER The conditions that may be specified for command TRIGGER are C1 start when Channel 1 gt STARTLEVELI stop when Channel 1 lt STOPLEVEL1 C1 start when Channel 1 lt STARTLEVELI stop when Channel 1 gt STOPLEVEL1 C2 start when Channel 2 gt STARTLEVEL2 stop when Channel 2 lt STOPLEVEL2 C2 start when Channel 2 lt STARTLEVEL2 stop when Channel 2 gt STOPLEVEL2 C1 C1 if STARTLEVEL1 lt STOPLEVEL1 log if Channel 1 gt STARTLEVEL1 and Channel 1 lt STOPLEVEL1 if STARTLEVEL1 gt STOPLEVEL1 log if Channel 1 gt STARTLEVEL1 or Channel 1 lt STOPLEVEL1 C2 C2 if STARTLEVEL2 lt STOPLEVEL2 log if Channel 2 gt STARTLEVEL2 and Channel 2 lt STOPLEVEL2 if STARTLEVEL2 gt STOPLEVEL2 log if Channel
39. ue 0 255 of the ASCII character that indicates the end of the data string that is to be stored Default value 3 lt ETX gt For table of ASCII characters and their decimal values refer to the Appendix A2 b Start String and Single End Character Alternatively a string of up to 15 characters may be specified for identifying the start of the data to be recorded The procedure to set up the SpaceLogger S10 to recognise the start and end identifiers is as described above but in this case STX aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Where aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa is a string of up to 15 ASCII characters Note 66 66 e The string must be enclosed in marks e The string is case sensitive e Question marks may be used to denote any character i e as wildcards 2012 Richard Paul Russell Limited New Harbour Building Bath Road Lymington S041 3SE United Kingdom Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 12 017SL165 2 27 04 12 SpaceLogger A10 Dual Channel 4 20mA Analogue Data Logger A User Manual www r p r co uk Example If the logger was required to record the position from a GPS every 10 seconds the following could be specified to record every 10 RMC sentence of an NMEA data stream A table of ASCII characters and their decimal values is included in the Appendix A2 The baud rate of the RS232 input may be selected using command BAUD The default baud rate is 9600 ba
40. when data logging C1 SO is enabled C1 C2 C2 C1 C1 C2 C2 SC SO RS232 amp STARTLEVEL1 Channel 1 logging start value in mA x100 0 to 2300 0 integer value STOPLEVEL1 Channel 1 logging stop value in mA x100 0 to 2300 0 integer value STARTLEVEL2 Channel 2 logging start value in mA x100 0 to 2300 0 integer value 2012 Richard Paul Russell Limited New Harbour Building Bath Road Lymington S041 3SE United Kingdom Tel 44 0 1590 679755 Fax 44 0 1590 688577 e mail sales r p r co uk web www r p r co uk 24 017SL165 2 27 04 12 SpaceLogger A10 Dual Channel 4 20mA Analogue Data Logger User Manual a www r p r co uk STOPLEVEL2 Channel 2 logging stop value in mA x100 0 to 2300 0 integer value ALARM Defines the conditions when alarm is A1 activated A1 A2 A2 A1 A1 A2 A2 L amp ALARM_ON1 Channel 1 alarm on value in mA x100 0 to 2300 0 integer value ALARM_ON2 Channel 2 alarm on value in mA x100 0 to 2300 0 integer value ALARM_OFF1 Channel 1 alarm off value in mA x100 0 to 2300 0 integer value ALARM_OFF2 Channel 2 alarm off value in mA x100 0 to 2300 0 integer value RATE Frequency of data logging in seconds 1 to 60 1 integer value FILE File name and extension format ff nnn 20 CSV OUTPUTE Controls RS232 output of data A C There will be no output if no value is C specified L T

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