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A D V A N C E D R E M O T E S I T E M O N I T O R I N G
Page 1: ...U S E R G U I D E F l e x s Q 5 Q 5 P r o R e v 3 2 L a s t U p d a t e d 2 0 1 9 0 1 2 1 A D V A N C E D R E M O T E S I T E M O N I T O R I N G...
Page 2: ...ted with a single bit Byte 8 bits CH Channel CT Current Transformer DC or VDC Direct Current DFU Define Firmware Updater DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DNS NS Domain Name Service server that...
Page 3: ...hardware jumper change Max Voltage 60 VDC Max Current 8 A Max Cont 100 A Surge 1 ms 50 derating above 50 C Switch Type Isolated solid state N Channel FET w fly back protection Fusing ATO blade style f...
Page 4: ...the following addresses http 192 168 1 20 OR with IPv6 http fe80 744 Connect using the IP assigned by your network This IP can be found on the Q5 display highlighted in red above This section provide...
Page 5: ...Configured Analog Inputs see sec 2 0 Adopted 1 Wire Temp Sensors see sec 2 1 Computed Power Metrics see sec 2 5 Visualization Menu see sec 1 5 Load Control see sec 3 0 Registers set from custom script...
Page 6: ...ors Page see sec 2 3 Networking Page see sec 1 10 Expert Mode enabled Expert Mode disabled Logout Save and apply settings without confirm option Safely Apply Settings user must confirm after saving Pi...
Page 7: ...ol is used to view short term trends such as current or voltage readings The Update Interval range can be configured from 100ms to 1 minute Dashboard Page see sec 1 3 Input Graphing Page see sec 1 6 I...
Page 8: ...scilloscope tool provides a close up look at how clean your power source is When the refresh button is clicked 2 000 simultaneous readings are taken across all 8 channels and then displayed in the web...
Page 9: ...lso used for avg min and max values on the dashboard Sync configuration data with cloud at this interval Default address change this only when running customer hosted cloud software EDIT CONFIG FILE a...
Page 10: ...a DHCP server on the network Should the Q5 fail to get an IP it will fall back to the IP configuration entered here The same applies to IPv6 The FlexesQ5 supports both IPv4 and IPv6 at the same time...
Page 11: ...t to Alarm Contact For min max and average time period see Section 1 8 Measurement Interval See section 2 4 for more details on measurement types The Q5 hardware has been designed to accept a wide ran...
Page 12: ...lue box Set the sensor range using the specs found on the side of the sensor or in the provided data sheet In the above example 0V corresponds to 0 PSI and 10V corresponds to 100 PSI Enter the voltage...
Page 13: ...nge the load wire can be looped through the sensor a second time In the above example the new max range is 50 A Input Scaling with two loops The load wire can be looped through the sensor as many time...
Page 14: ...figured as shown below The configuration example below shows a 4 20 mA sensor with a range of 0 150 PSI The sensor range for the specific sensor must be entered as shown in the red boxes Hardware conf...
Page 15: ...ensor wire shown right The below example shows a newly added temp sensor along with the options to name the sensor and choose which metrics to log or add to the dashboard The display units can be modi...
Page 16: ...er Threshold Frequency is the number of valid pulses per second or hertz Hz Alternately Power Metrics can be used to find the frequency of an input see section 2 5 for more information Pulse Counter i...
Page 17: ...rt options for AC metrics Instantaneous Average Minimum and Maximum can be selected for graphing or logging of each available metric For min max and average time period see Section 1 8 Measurement Int...
Page 18: ...after Q5 is rebooted Digital Fusing PRO ONLY Eg Battery voltage powering this device required for Low High Voltage Disconnect Load Current PRO ONLY Load Voltage is required to calculate wattage PRO O...
Page 19: ...Channel to Channel or Channel to Q5 Ground Max Surge Rating 250 A transient pulsed tp 10 s Max Current Sensing 5 A PRO ONLY Contains fly back suppression for switching inductive loads such as relays...
Page 20: ...on how to write to the custom feeds Custom Feed Label Delete this custom feed Warning Deleting a feed will increment all other feeds requiring change to the scripting Add a new custom feed Logic menu...
Page 21: ...requests must be authenticated using the BASIC AUTH headers with the password hashed using SHA256 This PHP example requests all the metrics from the FlexsQ5 The response shown left includes all enable...
Page 22: ...sing this same API endpoint it is also possible to reset the soft fuse toggle the relay and toggle the relay for a timed 10 seconds The example shown left can be downloaded here https pastebin com fsv...
Page 23: ...Only 3 HVD Trip Alarm 4 LVD Trip Alarm 5 Fuse Trip Alarm Pro Only Temp Sensor 0 Instantaneous Value Power Metrics 0 Real Power W 1 Voltage V or Vrms 2 Min Voltage V or Vrms 3 Max Voltage V or Vrms 4...
Page 24: ...dates may affect script operation The UPDATE FIRMWARE button allows you to manually update the firmware of the Q5 using the DFU mode After refreshing the page you should be in DFU mode shown at right...
Page 25: ...ws current IP Gateway Netmask Name Server and MAC Address Analog Input Page See Section 2 0 There will be one page for each enabled analog input Press the knob to switch between views Load Relay Page...
Page 26: ...ations where extensive long term data logging is required the Q5 may be outfitted with an external memory card for additional capacity For more info on how to use this feature please contact FlexSCADA...
