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High Performance 6 GHz

Pulse Burst Radar

Level Transmitter

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2014/68/EU

Installation and Operating

Manual for Pulsar

®

Model R96

with HART

®

output

Software Version 1.x

Summary of Contents for Pulsar R96

Page 1: ...High Performance 6 GHz Pulse Burst Radar Level Transmitter SAFETY I N T E G R I T Y L E V E L 2014 68 EU Installation and Operating Manual for Pulsar Model R96 with HART output Software Version 1 x...

Page 2: ...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...

Page 3: ...1 2 6 2 Menu Traversal and Data Entry 22 2 6 2 1 Navigating the Menu 22 2 6 2 2 Data Selection 22 2 6 2 3 Entering Numeric Data Using Digit Entry 23 2 6 2 4 Entering Numeric Data Using Increment Decre...

Page 4: ...nvironmental 54 3 7 2 1 Safe Operating Area 55 3 7 2 2 Supply Voltage 55 3 7 3 O ring seal Selection Chart 55 3 7 4 Functional Antenna 56 3 7 5 PULSAR Model R96 Antenna Pressure Temperature Rings 56 3...

Page 5: ...ction 2 0 for detailed installa tion instructions 1 1 Getting Started Before beginning the QuickStart Installation procedures have the right equipment tools and information available 1 1 1 Equipment a...

Page 6: ...ent will be Units used _____________ Tank What is the tank height _____________ Height Antenna What type of antenna is being used Model Select first 7 digits of Model number See nameplate on side of a...

Page 7: ...O ring 1 2 2 Transmitter 1 Remove the protective plastic cap from the top of the antenna and store for future use Make sure the bottom of the Universal connector Teflon and inside of the antenna are...

Page 8: ...e PULSAR Model R96 transmitter is shipped fully pre configured for the application and can be installed immediately Otherwise it is shipped configured with default values from the factory and can be e...

Page 9: ...een to access the Main Menu 5 Press ENTER with the DEVICE SETUP menu item highlighted 6 Press ENTER with the QUICKSTART menu item highlighted The QuickStart shows the basic parameters with the present...

Page 10: ...type of Antenna Mounting to the vessel refer to antenna nameplate NPT National Pipe Thread BSP British Standard Pipe Flange ASME or EN Dielectric Range Enter the Dielectric Range for the material to b...

Page 11: ...a digit If the cursor is already at the leftmost position then the screen is exited without changing the previously saved value ENTER Moves the cursor to the right If the cursor is located at a blank...

Page 12: ...l replaced with a cable gland Record the model and serial numbers for future reference when ordering parts 2 2 Electrostatic Discharge ESD Handling Procedure MAGNETROL electronic instruments are manuf...

Page 13: ...ransmitter antenna connection 1 3 4 44 mm wrench Transmitter adjustment 1 1 8 28 mm wrench 3 32 Hex wrench Torque wrench highly desirable Flat blade screwdriver Digital multimeter or volt ammeter Opti...

Page 14: ...which can deterio rate performance Foam can either absorb or reflect the microwave energy depending upon the depth dielectric density and wall thickness of the bubbles Due to typical variations in the...

Page 15: ...edia buildup drastically decrease reliable measurement Liquid should not be allowed closer than 50 mm 2 from the bottom of the antenna 2 4 1 1 Location Ideally the Radar transmitter should be mounted...

Page 16: ...o work reliably in nozzles with L dimensions of 25 mm 1 100 mm 4 200 mm 8 or 300 mm 12 Standard antennas no extension are shown below for refer ence See Section 3 7 6 for dimensional drawings of all a...

Page 17: ...the top of antenna Store the cap in a safe place in case the transmitter has to be removed later Carefully place the transmitter on the antenna Rotate the transmitter to face the most convenient dire...

Page 18: ...in Echo Margin signal quality may be attained by rotating the launcher to 90 degrees Echo Loss If the Level signal is lost repeatedly at a specific point in the vessel it is usually a symptom that mu...

Page 19: ...ion hazard Do not disconnect equipment unless power has been switched off or the area is known to be non hazardous To avoid moisture ingress in the housing covers should be fully tightened at all time...

Page 20: ...e a liquid tight connection 3 Install a conduit fitting and pull the supply wires 4 Connect shield to an earth ground at power supply 5 Connect an earth ground wire to the nearest green ground screw n...

Page 21: ...des a convenient and efficient way to set up the transmitter before going to the tank site to complete the installation Before configuring any transmitter collect all operating parameters information...

Page 22: ...or parameter names Menu labels are presented in all capital letters Parameters are capital words 2 6 2 1 Navigating the Menu UP moves to the previous item in the menu branch DOWN moves to the next it...

Page 23: ...est digit 0 1 2 3 9 or decimal point If held down the digits scroll until the push button is released Back Moves the cursor to the left and deletes a digit If the cursor is already at the leftmost pos...

Page 24: ...With a password of 0 the transmitter is no longer password protected and any value in the basic user menus can be adjusted without entering a confirming password NOTE If a User Password is not known...

Page 25: ...er The menu layout is similar between the local Keypad LCD interface the DD and the DTM Use these tables as a step by step guide to configure the transmitter based on the desired measurement type from...

Page 26: ...highlighted over a parameter or menu will provide additional information about that item DEVICE SETUP Choosing DEVICE SETUP from the MAIN MENU will result in an LCD presentation as shown at left The s...

Page 27: ...el R96 Radar Transmitter R96 Level Model Sensor Reference Point Top Blocking Distance Sensor Level Distance Tank Height Distance Level Trim Level Tank Height Distance Bottom Blocking Distance Measurem...

Page 28: ...o 40 m 20 inches to 130 feet Stillwell I D 80 to 200 mm 3 to 8 inches Antenna Mount NPT BSP Flange Dielectric Range 1 7 to 3 0 3 0 to 10 Above 10 4 mA Set Point LRV 0 to 40 meters 3 0 to 10 0 to 130 f...

Page 29: ...lliptical Horizontal Spherical Spherical Vertical Flat Vertical Elliptical Vertical Spherical Vertical Conical Custom Table VESSEL DIMENSIONS not used with Custom Table Width Length Sensor Offset Stil...

Page 30: ...eet 0 to 9999999 gals Volume 20 mA Set Pt URV 0 to 130 feet 0 to 30 meters 0 to 9999999 cf Volume PV Alarm Selection High Low Hold Last Output Value Damping 0 to 10 seconds Language English French Ger...

Page 31: ...tch 3 6 mA or Latch 22 mA ECHO LOSS SETTINGS Echo Loss Alarm High Low Hold Last Value Output Echo Loss Delay 1 to 1000 seconds Failure Alarm Delay 0 to 5 seconds Level Trim 25 to 25 cm 10 to 10 inches...

Page 32: ...up Quick Start Identity Basic Config I O Config Display Config Advanced Config Factory Config NAP Factory Reset FIDUCIAL ADJUSTMENT Fiducial Gain 0 to 255 read only Fiducial Stength TVG Start Location...

Page 33: ...necting it directly to the terminal block in the electronics housing of the PULSAR Model R96 transmitter HART uses the Bell 202 frequency shift key technique of high frequency digital signals It opera...

Page 34: ...Points 1 Manufacturer 2 Model 3 Magnetrol S N 4 Hardware Rev 5 Firmware Rev 6 Cfg chng count 7 Dev id 8 Universal Rev 9 Fld Dev Rev 10 Software Rev 11 Num Req Preams 1 Enter Password 2 Vessel Type 3...

Page 35: ...mbol 4 Long Tag 5 PV Bar Graph 6 Measured Values 1 Enter Password 2 Sensitivity 3 Top Blocking Distance 4 Bottom Blocking Distance 5 Safety Zone Settings 6 Echo Loss Settings 7 Failure Alarm Delay 8 A...

Page 36: ...a a watertight feed through 3 2 Theory of Operation 3 2 1 Pulse Burst Radar PULSAR Model R96 is a top mounted downward looking pulse burst radar operating at 6 GHz Unlike true pulse devices GWR for ex...

Page 37: ...re than 50 000 samples 3 3 Configuration Information This section is intended to offer additional configuration related details with respect to some of the parameters shown in the Menu in Section 2 6...

Page 38: ...ess connec tion The measuring range then becomes the center to cen ter dimension Example 3 Application calls for a Model RA3 flanged antenna meas uring water in a 8 cm ID The user wants the 4 mA point...

Page 39: ...tion of each of the System Configuration parameters required for volume applications that use one of the nine Vessel Types Configuration Parameter Explanation System Units A selection of Gallons Barre...

Page 40: ...ERICAL Vessel Types VERTICAL FLAT VERTICAL CONICAL HORIzONTAL FLAT RECTANGULAR HORIzONTAL ELLIPTICAL VERTICAL ELLIPTICAL VERTICAL SPHERICAL Radius Radius Radius Radius Radius Radius Conical Height Rad...

Page 41: ...chosen in the Level Units screen and the associated volume for that level point The values must be monotonic i e each pair of values must be greater than the previous level volume pair The last pair o...

Page 42: ...ooting tool that can aid in the resolution of any diag nostic indicators that may appear Refer to Section 4 0 Advanced Configuration Troubleshooting Techniques for additional information 3 4 1 Diagnos...

Page 43: ...gnal categories Failure Function Check Out of Specification and Maintenance Required In the FOUNDATION Fieldbus version of the relay diagnos tic indicators can be mapped to multiple categories e g as...

Page 44: ...e highest MAGNETROL priority active diagnostic indicator numer ically lowest in Table 3 4 is displayed on the bottom LCD line Pressing the ENTER key moves the active diagnostic indicator to the top li...

Page 45: ...TICS This menu displays parameters related to some of the advanced diagnostics available within the Model R96 INTERNAL VALUES Displays read only internal parameters ELEC TEMPERATURES Displays temperat...

Page 46: ...erence signal too weak to detect Torque HF nut Check settings Fiducial Gain Window Increase Fid Gain Contact MAGNETROLTechnical Support 12 Too Many Echoes Failure Excessive number of possible echoes d...

Page 47: ...ho Rejection inoperative May report erroneous Level readings Upr Echo may be lost near top of probe Save a fresh Echo Rejection Curve 27 Spare Indicator 7 OK Reserved for future use 28 Inferred Level...

Page 48: ...ation Descriptive information relevant to the highlighted parameter in the menu will be accessible via the local display and remote host interfaces This will most often be a parameter related screen b...

Page 49: ...2 2 No 213 2012 C22 2 No 1010 1 2009 CAN CSA 60079 0 2011 CAN CSA 60079 1 2011 CAN CSA 60079 11 2014 CAN CSA 60079 15 2012 C22 2 No 60529 2005 EN60079 0 2012 A11 2013 EN60079 1 2014 EN60079 11 2012 EN...

Page 50: ...S NR L LIS E S I SEALS S E SE EN RANS I ER IS INS ALLE IN CLASS II III EN IRON EN S NO RE ISIONS O IS RA IN I O CSA AN F RC A RO AL FOR CSA E IA IN RINSICALL SAFE SEC RI E IN RINSE E FOR CSA ARNIN E L...

Page 51: ...nce per unit length C 80 200nF km C C line line 0 5 C line screen if both lines are floating or C C line line C line screen if screen is connected to one line Length of splice 1m T box must only conta...

Page 52: ...36 4413 005 3 B C 036 4413 001 all 2 036 4413 002 7 Housing cover Digit 9 Replacement part 1 004 9225 002 2 004 9225 003 6 7 5 2 4 1 3 J1 CURRENT LOOP TB1 R 1 3 6 Parts 3 6 1 Replacement Parts R 5 9 6...

Page 53: ...tal Communication HART Version 7 with Field Communicator FOUNDATION Fieldbus AMS or FDT DTM PACTware EDDL Menu Languages Transmitter LCD English French German Spanish Russian HART DD English French Ge...

Page 54: ...height whichever is greater Response Time 2 seconds configuration dependent Initialization Time 30 seconds Ambient Temperature Effect Digital Horn Antenna Average 3 mm 0 12 10 K max of 10 mm 0 4 over...

Page 55: ...ethylene Ketones MEK acetone skydrol fluids amines anhydrous ammonia low molecular weight esters and ethers hot hydrofluoric or chlorosulfuric acids sour HCs EPDM 1 120 C 14 bar 250 F 200 psig 51 7 ba...

Page 56: ...ylene 4 and 6 Horn Materials 316 SS Hastelloy C opt Viton O rings 316 SS Polypropylene Viton O rings 316 SS Hastelloy C opt Viton O rings Process Connection 1 1 2 NPT and BSP ASME or EN flanges 1 1 2...

Page 57: ...Extension maximum L dimension All All BSP 8th Digit Dim A Dim B Dim C 0 25 1 58 2 3 282 11 1 76 3 0 1 100 4 160 6 3 389 15 3 185 7 3 2 200 8 267 10 5 493 19 4 287 11 3 3 300 12 368 14 5 594 23 4 389...

Page 58: ...4 20 mA with HART 2 FOUNDATION Fieldbus R 9 6 5 R96 Through Air Radar Level Transmitter 6 GHz Pulse Radar 1 BASIC MODEL NUMBER 5 SIGNAL OUTPUT 7 ACCESSORIES 5 24 V DC Two wire 4 POWER 9 HOUSING 6 SAF...

Page 59: ...2 1 Type A 74 6 300 ASME raised face flange GB DN 150 PN 25 40 EN 1092 1 Type A 75 6 600 ASME raised face flange GD DN 150 PN 63 EN 1092 1 Type B2 R A 0 0 0 R A PULSAR radar antennas 6 GHz 1 2 TECHNOL...

Page 60: ...Viton GFLT 7 O RINGS 63 4 150 ASME raised face flange FA DN 100 PN 16 EN 1092 1 Type A 64 4 300 ASME rased face flange FB DN 100 PN 25 40 EN 1092 1 Type A 65 4 600 ASME raised face flange FD DN 100 P...

Page 61: ...options are best suited for use with PACTware and the Model R96 DTM and should be implemented only after contacting Magnetrol Technical Support 4 1 Echo Rejection In addition to proper mounting locati...

Page 62: ...the next screen enter the actual location of the level to be measured and then click on NEXT A password window will then appear unless the password was previously entered or is inactive Enter the pass...

Page 63: ...the loop can be returned to automatic control At this point the echo rejection curve can be viewed by selecting Rejection Curve as Curve 2 in the lower left corner of the Echo Curve screen The Reject...

Page 64: ...direct or consequential damage will be allowed RETURNED MATERIAL PROCEDURE So that we may ef ciently process any materials that are returned it is essential that a Return Material Authorisation RMA f...

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