METER APOGEE SQ-521, Manual

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INSTALLATION
2.2 CONNECT TO METER ZENTRA SERIES LOGGER
The Apogee Quantum sensor is preconfigured by METER and works seamlessly with METER
ZENTRA series data loggers. The sensor comes with a 3.5-mm stereo plug connector
(
Figure 3 ) to facilitate easy connection with the data loggers. Apogee sensors come standard
with a 5-m cable.
Ground
Digital
communication (orange)
Power (brown)
Figure 3 3.5-mm stereo plug connector wiring
Check the METER download webpage for the most recent data logger firmware. Logger
configuration may be done using either ZENTRA Utility (desktop and mobile application) or
ZENTRA Cloud (web-based application for cell-enabled ZENTRA data loggers).
1. Plug the stereo plug connector into one of the sensor ports on the logger (
Figure 4 ).
Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 Port 4 Port 5 Port 6
TEST
OK
ERROR
(-)
(-) (-) (-)
(-) (+) (-) (+) (+)
(+) (+) (+)
Conduit
Figure 4 Logger connection
2. Connect to the data logger via ZENTRA Utility with a laptop and USB cable or ZENTRA
Utility Mobile app with a mobile device supporting Bluetooth
®
communication.
3. Use ZENTRA Utility to scan the ports and make sure the sensors were properly identified
by the logger and are reading properly.
METER data loggers should automatically recognize the Apogee sensor.
4. Use ZENTRA Utility to set the measurement interval.
5. Use ZENTRA Utility to configure communication settings for data transfer to ZENTRA Cloud.
Sensor data can be downloaded from METER data loggers using either ZENTRA Utility or
ZENTRA Cloud. Refer to the logger user manual for more information.