ERT-A2 ALERT2 Configuration Manual
Revision 1.0
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Model: 5ELPROTECH##0000011.0001
MV0
MV1
MV2
MV3
MV4
MV5
MV6
MV7
ID
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Format
F-4
F-4
F-4
F-4
F-4
F-4
F-4
F-4
Offset
Sens
Value
#1.11# #22.78# #3.33# #4.44# #5.56# #6.67# #7.78# #8.89#
SDI SENSOR 5ELPROTECH##0000011.0001 Menu:
a) MV0
b) MV1
c) MV2
d) MV3
e) MV4
f) MV5
g) MV6
h) MV7
Selection:
For the above example sensor you can see that there was 8 variables reported by the SDI-12 sensor
and can be mapped as an input to transmit in the ERTA2 unit. By default each of these variables is
disabled indicated by
–
in the ID row.
You can now configure the ERTA2 sensor ID to a value other than 255 to enable transmitting of data
and 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 to the measurement variable that you need to configure and the
menu below will be displayed to allow the setup of each individual sent ALERT2 sensor IDs.
MV1
ID 30
Value #22.7778#
Format F-4
Offset 0
Sens 0.1
Current configuration values
MV2 Menu:
a) ALERT2 Sensor ID (255 to disable)
Configure the transmitted sensor ID.
b) Report Format
For SDI-12 this is fixed as F-4 which is a float
single precision value.
c) Zero / Offset
Zero or offset adjustment value if required.
d) Display Units
Engineering units to display, eg mm, ft, PSI,
degC
e) Report Sensitivity
Value of change before a event will be triggered
and value is sent.
