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User Manual   

  Condor 415U-1-Cx Battery Powered Wireless IO 

Version 1.4 

  

General Notices  

ELPRO products are designed to be used in industrial environments by experienced industrial engineering personnel with adequate 
knowledge of safety design considerations. 

ELPRO products use communications channels that are subject to noise and interference. The products are designed to operate in the 
presence of noise and interference, but in an extreme case noise and interference can cause product operation delays or operation failure. 
Like all industrial electronic products, ELPRO products can fail in a variety of modes due to misuse, age, or malfunction. We recommend that 
users and designers design systems using design techniques intended to prevent personal injury or damage during product operation and 
provide failure tolerant systems to prevent personal injury or damage in the event of product failure. Designers must warn users of the 
equipment or systems if adequate protection against failure has not been included in the system design. Designers must include this 
Important Notice in operating procedures and system manuals.  

These products should not be used in non-industrial applications, or life-support systems, without first consulting ELPRO.  

To avoid accidents during maintenance or adjustment of remotely controlled equipment, all equipment should be first disconnected from 
the 415U module during these adjustments. Equipment should carry clear markings to indicate remote or automatic operation. For example: 

“This equipment is remotely controlled and may start without warning. Isolate at the switchboard before attempting adjustments.” 

 

The 415U modules are not suitable for use in explosive environments without additional protection.  

The 415U modules operate proprietary protocols to communicate. Nevertheless, if your system is not adequately secured, third parties may 
be able to gain access to your data or gain control of your equipment via the radio link. Before deploying a system, make sure that you have 
carefully considered the security aspects of your installation.  

Follow instructions - Read this entire manual and all other publications pertaining to the work to be performed before installing, operating, 
or servicing this equipment. Practice all plant and safety instructions and precautions. Failure to follow the instructions can cause personal 
injury and/or property damage.  

Proper use  

Any unauthorized modifications to or use of this equipment outside its specified mechanical, electrical, or other operating limits may cause 
personal injury and/or property damage, including damage to the equipment. Any such unauthorized modifications: (1) constitut

e “misuse” 

and/or “negligence” within the me

aning of the product warranty, thereby excluding warranty coverage for any resulting damage; and (2) 

invalidate product certifications or listings. 

Product disposal  

When your product reaches the end of its useful life, it is important to take care in the disposal of the product to minimize the impact on the 
environment.  

General instructions  

The product housing is made of die-cast aluminium and may be recycled through regular metal reclamation operators in your 
area.  

The product circuit board should be 

disposed according to your country’s regulations for disposing electronics equipment. 

 

Europe  

In Europe, you can return the product to the place of purchase to have the product disposed in accordance with EU WEEE 
legislation. 

Deployment of ELPRO products in customer environment  

There is increasing concern regarding cybersecurity across industries, where companies are steadily integrating field devices into enterprise-
wide information systems. This is why ELPRO has incorporated secure development life cycle in their product development to ensure that 
cybersecurity is addressed at all levels of development and commissioning of our products.  

There is no protection method that is completely secure. Industrial Control Systems continue to be the target for attacks. The complexities of 
these attacks make it very difficult to have a complete secure system. A defence mechanism that is effective today may not be effective 
tomorrow as the ways and means of cyber-attacks constantly change. Therefore, 

it’s critical that our customers remain aware of changes in 

cybersecurity and continue to work to prevent any potential vulnerability of their products and systems in their environment.  

At ELPRO we are focusing on helping our customers deploy and maintain our solutions in a secure environment. We continue to evaluate 
cybersecurity updates that we become aware of and provide the necessary communication on our website as soon as possible.  

Product Notices  

ATTENTION

 

INCORRECT TERMINATION OF SUPPLY WIRES MAY CAUSE INTERNAL DAMAGE AND WILL VOID THE 
WARRANTY. TO ENSURE THAT YOUR 415U-2-Cx WIRELESS I/O AND GATEWAY ENJOYS A LONG LIFE, 

Summary of Contents for CONDOR 415U-1 Series

Page 1: ...Version 1 4 ELPRO 415U 1 Cx Condor Series Battery Powered Wireless IO Configuration Manual...

Page 2: ...follow the instructions can cause personal injury and or property damage Proper use Any unauthorized modifications to or use of this equipment outside its specified mechanical electrical or other oper...

Page 3: ...t generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no gua...

Page 4: ...erview 6 Introduction 6 System Design 6 Network Design 7 Simple System Network Diagram Example 8 Large system Network Diagram Example 8 System Design Considerations 8 Ordering Guide 9 Model Overview 9...

Page 5: ...Configuration 27 Saving and loading of Unit Configuration 29 Diagnostics 31 Diagnostic menu options 31 LED Functionality 34 OK LED Red Status Internal register bits decoder 35 Restore factory default...

Page 6: ...from the 415U 1 Cx units in internal registers which can then be distributed to other units in the system or read by SCADA or DCS The 415U E Cx or 415U 2 Cx units can be configured as either base rep...

Page 7: ...riod Check for association Sensor inputs Send any input values that might have changed since first send Outputs Update if configured Read each output value discrete output or analog setpoint value Fin...

Page 8: ...ay the IO to other units in network or a SCADA DCS Commissioning considerations Check and record radio signal strength and background noise at each 415U 1 Cx unit and the AP to confirm that there is a...

Page 9: ...Select Radio Type from Table Below BATS ERTA2 LFP Lithium iron phosphate LFP rechargeable long life 3 0AHr battery for 415U 1 Cx 905U K2 with cable and connector BATS ERTA2 LiP Lithium thionyl Chlori...

Page 10: ...Rail horizontal or vertical mounted using an aluminium mounting plate and either Standard U clamps or s s cable ties Grounding To provide maximum surge and lightning protection for antenna connection...

Page 11: ...y inspected when troubleshooting because the vulcanizing seal can be easily removed To obtain the maximum range collinear and dipole antennas should be mounted vertically preferably at least one wavel...

Page 12: ...rrent loops To get the best battery life performance the ALS should be configured in the 415U 1 Cx unit to only turn on during the sample period and can also provide a sensor warmup time before sampli...

Page 13: ...30W solar panel 12V Panel only to power or charge the internal or external Lithium battery as well as connections for the battery and Heater control External supply or Solar Connection should be conne...

Page 14: ...ices such as printers scanners and is available from ELPRO part number CBLUSB ATOB To access the text based configuration menu through USB or RS 232 you will need a serial terminal emulator You can us...

Page 15: ...ations Quick Start Guide Below is a QuickStart guide for connecting a 415U 1 Cx Lower Power I O radio to a 415U 2 Cx C Condor Radio Connect to the 415U 1 Cx Terminal menu and navigating to the Unit co...

Page 16: ...ugh the Network and Radio config selections and match the parameters shown below between the 415U 2 Cx AP and the 415U 1 Cx Low Power I O Below shows the relevant Network parameters that need to be co...

Page 17: ...store the value in at the AP A value of 0 will disable the sensor so that it does not generate update or change of state events to trigger messages to be sent over the communications network It is re...

Page 18: ...one for multiple units using multipliers This can be used a basis for most applications and then the sensor inputs and discrete output can be tailored to fit with the application Selecting I O Quick S...

Page 19: ...where it is not used so that no data is transmitted Below is a listing of REG address ranges that are recommended for use in a 415U E Cx or 415U 2 Cx units when used as the AP for the 415U 1 Cx unit...

Page 20: ...tion options for each of the inputs Digital Input ON OFF Pulsed 1 Y Y 2 Y Y 3 Y Y 4 Y N Discrete input configuration Menu For each discrete digital the menu below is displayed to allow the configurati...

Page 21: ...point value e Display Units Engineering units used for display of values inside configuration menus f Display Scaling Additional scaling for displayed engineering units g Report Sensitivity Number of...

Page 22: ...0 Analog Set Point Menu a AN1 Set Point Configure analog input 1 setpoint registers high low default and register values b AN2 Set Point Configure analog input 1 setpoint registers high low default an...

Page 23: ...ield values A Modbus mapping in required to be configured for each sensor input value This mapping defines the Modbus ID register address value format and the AP register address that the value will b...

Page 24: ...as in menu below f Slave ID 2 REG 10001 FC 2 00000 AP REG 15513 Example mapping reading from slave ID 2 Modbus register 10001 discrete input 1 which is sent to AP register 15513 Selecting this menu i...

Page 25: ...sensor diagnostic d Send manual command Send manual command to add sensor Use this option if more than one sensor connected to bus e SDI Sampling Time Configure the SDI sensor system sample time in mi...

Page 26: ...then configure the sensitivity zero offset display units as required for the application Note that all SDI 12 measurement variables are sent as floating point values Select the letter corresponding t...

Page 27: ...ail Time can be configured from the Unit menu If there is a communications failure the Outputs Timeout value can be configured from the Unit menu to reset outputs to default state to allow plant or eq...

Page 28: ...atch for pulsed output b Sensor REG Register used for input or output c Latching pulse duration For Latched or pulsed outputs configuration of time that output is ON or active d Save Config e Return t...

Page 29: ...eeded to de encrypt the file The file name used when saved includes the units serial number and Station name which allows multiple files to be saved onto USB and then recovered very quickly to load in...

Page 30: ...o be done manually Successfully saved config file to USB Drive Press any key to continue Write to USB memory device has been completed When menu option to read configuration file Save to filename 0123...

Page 31: ...s it all off c SDI 12 value Test Test functions for SDI 12 sensor to allow reading changing of sensor address info commands etc to allow fault diagnosis d Modbus Testing Test the Modbus functionality...

Page 32: ...onfigured before this menu can be accessed Will scan the Modbus and then display the I O menu below a Read Coil b Read Discrete c Read Registers d Read Inputs e Write Coils f Write Registers g Write C...

Page 33: ...Enable disable Console option Function stays enabled disabled until menu is reselected Enable monitoring radio communication Enable disable Monitor Radio Comms logging This feature gives you a detail...

Page 34: ...o 802 11 protocol Some common values are shown here 8000 Beacon frame from AP D400 ACK message acknowledge 0000 Association Request 1000 Association Response 4000 Probe Request 5000 Probe Response 080...

Page 35: ...chnician time to take action if required Restore factory default configuration Factory defaults can be reset either through Unit Config Restore Default configuration menu option or through button push...

Page 36: ...es Topology Remote Unit type Input and Output Discrete Inputs Outputs Input 4 x digital I O configurable as on off or DI1 3 pulse inputs On state voltage 2 Vdc Off state voltage 3 Vdc Wetting current...

Page 37: ...utton Sequence Reported Diagnostics Radio Diagnostics Monitoring communications RSSI measurements Antenna fail Background noise low battery voltage Modbus communications fail External internal inputs...

Page 38: ...FePO Internal LiP non rechargeable Lithium Thionyl Chloride LiSOCI2 External 12Vdc Lead acid or Lithium Iron Phosphate LiFePO charge current max 2A Solar Regulator or Battery Charger External power su...

Page 39: ...Input registers words 30001 30004 Local AI1 AI4 analog inputs current mode AI1 and AI2 4 20 mA differential AI3 and AI4 4 20 mA sink 30005 Local supply voltage 0 40 V scales to 0 20mA 30006 Local 24...

Page 40: ...mary connection data rate Upstream data rate 30426 30490 Spare General purpose word storage used for Staging area for data concentrator Fieldbus mappings storage 30491 Logic Engine Execution State 0 S...

Page 41: ...ched 115s expansion I O modules Twenty registers per module address maximum number of modules is 19 40401 46000 General purpose word storage area used for Staging area for data concentrator Fieldbus m...

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