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Instruction Manual

Valid from version xxx.012

Manfred Weber

Metra Mess- und Frequenztechnik in Radebeul e.K.

Meißner Str. 58 - D-01445 Radebeul

Tel. +49-351 836 2191  Fax +49-351 836 2940

Email

[email protected]

   Internet: 

www.MMF.de

IoT Connection

with the Triaxial

Vibration Monitor

VM40C

Summary of Contents for VM40C

Page 1: ...n xxx 012 Manfred Weber Metra Mess und Frequenztechnik in Radebeul e K Meißner Str 58 D 01445 Radebeul Tel 49 351 836 2191 Fax 49 351 836 2940 Email Info MMF de Internet www MMF de IoT Connection with the Triaxial Vibration Monitor VM40C ...

Page 2: ...191 Fax 49 351 836 2940 Email Info MMF de Internet www MMF de Note The latest version of this manual can be found at http www mmf de product_literature htm Specification subject to change 2022 Manfred Weber Metra Mess und Frequenztechnik in Radebeul e K Full or partial reproduction subject to prior written approval Sep 22 ...

Page 3: ...hannel 2 2 3 Entering Measuring Channels 3 2 4 Dashboard 4 2 5 Data Export 7 2 6 Email Alerts 7 2 7 Settings at the VM40C 8 3 ThingSpeak 10 3 1 General 10 3 2 Setting up ThingSpeak 10 3 3 ThingSpeak Settings at the VM40C 11 3 4 Channel Settings in ThingSpeak 12 4 Troubleshooting 18 ...

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Page 5: ...ernet data visualization platform ThingSpeak an Internet data interface for collecting visualizing and analyzing measurement data that is part of MathWorks MATLAB software Both platforms offer a comparable range of functions in terms of visualization While ThingSpeak should mainly be interesting for users of the MATLAB software AskSensors is significantly less expensive The data usage in IoT mode ...

Page 6: ...from which data is to be received This is done under Sensor devices Figure 2 Click New Sensor The menu for entering the device data opens Figure 3 Under Name enter a designation for the VM40C 2 Figure 2 Devices example with two VM40C units Figure 3 Setting up a device channel ...

Page 7: ...arm Click Add Module Add six modules and name them as shown in Figure 4 Further down you can enter the longitude and latitude of the measuring point This will then be displayed on an interactive map With Save sensor you save your entries By clicking on the device channel Figure 2 you can check the settings of device and measuring channels Here you will also find the key API Key In which must be en...

Page 8: ...isualization are made A dashboard is an arrangement of dia grams or other visualization elements here called widget Clicking on the device channel opens the dashboard Click Add new widget to add a visualization element Figure 7 4 Figure 6 Dashboards Figure 7 Adding visualization elements Figure 5 API Key In ...

Page 9: ...es of X Y Z over time as a line chart Under Sensor you select the device and under Module the channel Under Results you specify how many measured values are displayed in the dia gram The maximum value is 50 Figure 9 shows an example of a dashboard for displaying amplitudes X Y Z warn ing alarm status main frequency and battery status Note A battery charge value of 110 indicates that the battery is...

Page 10: ...essages already sent and possible connection errors can be checked up in measurement mode by pressing F2 The AskSensors connection is deactivated by switching off the VM40C 6 Figure 9 Example of a configured dashboard ...

Page 11: ...lick Devices in the AskSensors menu then on the name of the device select the tab Modules and Add alert for the desired module Figure 12 Useful is for example module6 with the warning alarm status If you enter 1 under Max value a message will be sent in the event of an alarm Figure 11 Select Min Max threshold as criterion and enter the email address Check in terval determines how often emails are ...

Page 12: ...ower case letters and digits Figure 14 Press OK to switch to the next line or save the entry after the fourth line Press F3 to skip the entry Next specify the API Key In of AskSensors This code is used to assign the mea surement data sent to AskSensors to a specific AskSensors channel In AskSensors you will find the API Key under Devices after clicking on the relevant device channel cf page 3 Pres...

Page 13: ...tched off Now select AskSensors connection in the AskSensors menu with the modem con nected Switching on the modem and establishing a connection to the mobile net work takes a few seconds Meanwhile the type and version of the modem the net work operator and the network are displayed After the display Ready for AskSensors AskSensors receives data from the VM40C in case of warnings and alarms as wel...

Page 14: ...e a channel for the VM40C Figures 18 and 19 A ThingSpeak channel consists of a maximum of eight data fields of which the VM40C uses six in the following manner Field 1 Current status OK Warning Alarm 0 1 2 Field 2 Measured value X in mm s or m s for SN 640312a the vector sum Field 3 Measured value Y in mm s or m s for SN 640312a zero Field 4 Measured value Z in mm s or m s for SN 640312a zero Fiel...

Page 15: ... keys to enter it Press F1 to switch between upper and lower case letters and digits Figure 20 Press OK to switch to the next line or save the entry after the fourth line Press F3 to skip the en try Next specify the Write API Key from ThingSpeak This code is used to assign the measurement data sent to ThingSpeak to a specific data channel You will find the Write API Key under API Keys in the newly...

Page 16: ...menu Figure 23 Switching on the modem and establishing a connection to the mobile network will take a few seconds Meanwhile the type and version of the modem the network operator and the network are displayed After the display Ready for ThingSpeak the platform receives data from the VM40C in case of warnings and alarms as well as in the heartbeat intervals You can recognize the active ThingSpeak f...

Page 17: ...13 Figure 25 Channel settings ...

Page 18: ...ayed above the time histories Further down you can activate Show Channel Location and enter the longitude and latitude of the measuring point The position will then be displayed on an inter active map With Show Status a text window will be shown in which the last events are listed Click Save Channel to finish the settings The entered channel can be found in the menu My Channels Private Figure 26 s...

Page 19: ...15 Figure 26 Example of a measuring channel view in ThingSpeak ...

Page 20: ...urpose After selecting the template you can create the desired visualization in the MAT LAB scripting language The following script example generates a diagram with the curves of the amplitudes X Y Z and the frequency according to the example in Fig ure 26 on the basis of the template 2 D line plots with y axes on both left and right side To connect the script with the data of your measuring chann...

Page 21: ...d fieldID4 NumPoints 600 ReadKey readAPIKey plot time x Color 0 1 0 LineWidth 2 hold on plot time y Color 0 0 1 LineWidth 2 hold on plot time z Color 1 0 5 0 LineWidth 2 hold on yyaxis right plot time f Color 1 0 0 5 yyaxis left ylim 0 inf ylabel mm s yyaxis right ylim 0 inf ylabel Hz title Vibration X Y Z Main Frequency Under Data Import Export you can download the measurement data stored in the ...

Page 22: ...ss can take up to three minutes Error pattern Error display Possible cause elimination No connection to modem ERROR 2 Modem cable interrupted SIM card error ERROR 3 No SIM card in modem Searching network dis played for three minutes then No network found ERROR 3 Invalid or expired SIM card No reception place the mo dem in a suited position No internet connection ERROR 6 Wrong APN contact the mobil...

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