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DATALOGGER

NI2400 

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DATALOGGER

NI2400 

NI2400

B2 - 
B3

MSB-LSB Input B DIGITAL 1

DIG1

B4 - 
B5

MSB-LSB Temperature DIGITAL 1

DIG1

B6 - 
B14

Timestamp acquisition DIGITAL 1

DIG1

B15

Flags DIGITAL 1

DIG1

B4048 - B4049

MSB-LSB Input A DIGITAL 254

DIG254

B4050 - B4051

MSB-LSB Input B DIGITAL 254

DIG254

B4052 - B4053

MSB-LSB Temperature DIGITAL 254

DIG254

B4054 - B4062

Timestamp acquisition DIGITAL 254

DIG254

B4063

Flags DIGITAL 254

DIG254

B0 - 
B1

MSB-LSB Input A MUX 1- CH1

MUX1 - CH1

B2 - 
B3

MSB-LSB Input B MUX 1- CH1

MUX1 - CH1

B4 - 
B5

MSB-LSB Temperature MUX 1- CH1

MUX1 - CH1

B6 - 
B14

Timestamp acquisition MUX 1- CH1

MUX1 - CH1

B15

Flags MUX 1- CH1

MUX1 - CH1

B496 - 
B497

MSB-LSB Input A MUX 1- CH32

MUX1 - CH32

B498 - 
B499

MSB-LSB Input B MUX 1- CH32

MUX1 - CH32

B500 - 
B501

MSB-LSB Temperature MUX 1- CH32

MUX1 - CH32

B502 - 
B510

Timestamp acquisition MUX 1- CH32

MUX1 - CH32

B511

Flags MUX 1- CH32

MUX1 - CH32

B512 - 
B513

MSB-LSB Input A MUX 2- CH1

MUX2 - CH1

B514 - 
B515

MSB-LSB Input B MUX 2- CH1

MUX2 - CH1

B516 - 
B517

MSB-LSB Temperature MUX 2- CH1

MUX2 - CH1

B518 - 
B526

Timestamp acquisition MUX 2- CH1

MUX2 - CH1

B527

Flags MUX 2- CH1

MUX2 - CH1

MUX3

MUX3

MUX4

MUX4

Multiplexers Sensors Locations

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Summary of Contents for NI2400

Page 1: ...NI2400 NI2400 DATALOGGER 24 CHANNEL ETHERNET DATA LOGGER with Embedded Web Server USER MANUAL Rev 02 del 03 08 2017 Redatto da R D Approvato da MKT...

Page 2: ...product powering source must be divided from dangerous voltage parts with double insulation and must guarantee an insulation of at least 3000 Vrms Be sure to have in the plant a suitable protection fr...

Page 3: ...y and Keyboard Functionality 29 Keyboard Overview 29 Display Overview 30 Firmware and Web Updates Vibrating Wire Firmware Update 32 Data Download 32 Datalogger Stop and Switch Off 35 Display Language...

Page 4: ...nternal Web Server can be browsed to configure and download acquired data It can be used for Internet con nection Cloud FTP and EMAIL connections USB Host it allows the user to download measures event...

Page 5: ...5 SmartModbus Sensors are powered from NI2400 a more powerful PSU should be used Warning ALL V OUT connections on the front panel in the upper terminal block expose the same V IN applied If you apply...

Page 6: ...connected to channel 4 A and B terminals Wiring schemes are available from web server or in the APPENDIX of this manual Example 2 4 wires sensors User connects 3 sensors all of them are 4 wires First...

Page 7: ...ENSOR1 will be connected to channel 1 A and B terminals channel 2 A and B terminals and channel 3 A and B terminals SENSOR2 will be connected to channel 4 A and B terminals channel 5 A and B terminals...

Page 8: ...ted to channel 5 A and B terminals SENSOR4 will be connected to channel 6 A and B terminals Wiring schemes are available from web server or in APPENDIX of this manual Figure 11 Example 5 6 wires and 2...

Page 9: ...be connected to channel 4 A and B terminals and channel 5 A and B terminals SENSOR3 will be connected to channel 6 A and B terminals and channel 7 A and B terminals Wiring schemes are available from w...

Page 10: ...eter input frequency will be measured and logged in measure log Readable signal specifications Min 5V 2mA max Max 24V 10mA max Max Frequency 1KHz Accuracy 0 1Hz Inputs are optoisolated Example In orde...

Page 11: ...same power source applied to NI2400 VIN Be careful to choose the right supply to power both datalogger and sensor GND same as V is the negative connection of power supply RS 485 allows daisy chain con...

Page 12: ...er the proper con figuration of PC network card connect the PC to the NI2400 through an Ethernet crossover cable supplied Once connected through the supplied cable open any internet browser and put in...

Page 13: ...4 Select Use this IP and write data you see in the picture below WEB CONNECTION AND OPENING Overview Here you will learn how to connect the NI2400 to the network and how to access the WEB Description...

Page 14: ...he search bar select Advanced from left menu and then Connections 1 Flag DHCP Enable and then start NI2400 reboot 2 After Rebooting IP address has to be setted up look at chapter Computer IP settings...

Page 15: ...rform some simple operations without using a computer connected to NI2400 NOTE Some operations data download on USB key FW update network card en abling etc can require the NI2400 to automatically res...

Page 16: ...nu press Enter key Icons Date and Time IP address Powering Humidity on early models Temperature DL It shows NI2400 current status To return to main menu press ACQUISITION It is possible to see in real...

Page 17: ...log alarms files in two ways PC through web interface USB through USB pen drive To download data through a PC connected to the NI2400 first configure the PC network card with the NI2400 s same class b...

Page 18: ...s quantity the copy could take a few minutes During the copy will be displayed the following screen ATTENTION Do not disconnect the USB pen drive or cut off the NI2400 pow ering during the copy since...

Page 19: ...the following screen Using Up and Down keys select System shutdown and press Enter You will see the following screen Now is possible to cut off the NI2400 power eg Extract the V IN clamp NOTE This swi...

Page 20: ...onfiguration parameters channel configurations acquisition time etc delete and download logs Config mode is expected only for Admin user Stop NI2400 is stopped No acquisitions are in progress In this...

Page 21: ...browser will keep the old language is necessary to completely delete internet browser cache Configuration of local analog channels In this manual is explained how to set up the local analog channels...

Page 22: ...r requires six wires for example a ratiometric sensor Add 6 wires sensor For example if you push on button add 4 wires sensor in the underlying table a 4 wires sen sors is added and it is possible to...

Page 23: ...se refer to manual Linear and Poly nomial Conversion Quick Start p olynomialcoe fficie nta b c d This field is enabled if the polynomial conversion has been se lected For further information please re...

Page 24: ...ield editable from the user It indicates the numerical value to assign to the derived threshold The value has to be inserted taking into account the unit of measure of the reading vc alarm w ith logic...

Page 25: ...ble to use them to connect a sensor after you saved the configuration select from left menu the entry channels configuration multiplexers the page multiplexers opens Here you could select mux 24ch thu...

Page 26: ...ssary to check that their positions are the same If the positions changed it is necessary to re wire the sensors to the multiplexer MODBUS SENSORS What s Modbus Modbus is a serial communication protoc...

Page 27: ...and a SmartModbus element Fig 3 SmartModbus is selected if the User has a generic modbus sensor Modbus Address is sensor s modbus address usually settable from the sensor Pre Measure Actions Some sen...

Page 28: ...standby or reset Settings are quite similar to Pre Measure Ac tions Send Command which can be enabled or not and actions are Force Multiple Reg Write Coil Register Address is specified in Reg Address...

Page 29: ...t if a sensor has more than 2 channels The NI2400 allows to create another sensor with the same Modbus address Fig 9 10 11 so user can select 4 or more creating other sensors registers to read data fr...

Page 30: ...ay time between relay activation and acquisition process ADC Average Number Number of average computed by Analog to Digital Converter Simultaneous Relay Number number of simultaneously activated relay...

Page 31: ...ter for more info WARNING BEWARE OF ENABLING THIS FIELD BEFORE ENABLING THIS FIELD BE SURE TO DELETE ALL MEASURE LOG PRESENT IN MEMORY IF MEMORY IS NOT CLEAR AT THE FIRST ACQUISITION THE DATALOGGER WI...

Page 32: ...of events after which the datalogger will cease to trigger NEVER is the option to disable this feature and let the datalogger trigger EVERY set alarm After configuration click Save to proceed If you s...

Page 33: ...ress Folder it allows to specify subfolder to be used The directory MUST exist Username and Password credentials used to connect to the server Port port used to connect to the server Tries number of a...

Page 34: ...could be used with a seismic station and it is used to start one or more acquisitions extemporaneous NOTE in case of a rain gauge or anemometer no elaboration of reading is considered ex average spee...

Page 35: ...e This field enables only for RAIN GAUGE and WIND GAUGE It indicates the unit of measure of the read value num b e r of re adings trigge r Editable field Numerical value This field enables only for TR...

Page 36: ...he majority of Seismic Stations has the possibility in case of a seismic event to activated a digital output an output voltage If this signal is connected directly to the digi tal input IN1 of the NI2...

Page 37: ...talogger and how to configure them 1 Why are Virtual Channels implemented in OM Family This paragraph shows benefits of Virtual Channels 2 Scripts Scripts are a fundamental section of Virtual Channels...

Page 38: ...ts an analog channel prompts a dialog box to input channel number dig selects a digital channel prompts a dialog box to input channel number mux selects multiplexer position prompts two dialog boxes t...

Page 39: ...config in the Virtual Channel row Figure 23 the user can edit Identification channel name and alarm properties Figure 69 Alarm configuration is the same for all channel types with High Low and Derivat...

Page 40: ...TION Overview Advanced parameters are explained in this section Connection configuration for Ethernet and 3G modem parameters Measure log transfer for FTP server configuration Account management to ch...

Page 41: ...sually provided by telephone opera tor WARNING Remember to set DNS also on RS 232 2G 3G modem Measure log data transfer This page contains data transfer settings Sending Measure block allows to choose...

Page 42: ...uggedaq com DATALOGGER NI2400 NI2400 Account Management Here it is possible to change the passwords for User and Admin accounts and to change web language Date and Time In this screen it s possible to...

Page 43: ...to generate Charts It s available on request and need to be activated with a Purchased Key Contact your dealer for more information It s possible to export data and save charts as pdf png or vector fi...

Page 44: ...selection create up to 3 vertical axis related to that channel If different scales are presents this solves readability troubles Figure 83 Color window let the user select the color of that channels A...

Page 45: ...ure 87 From this screen it s possible to print or download the chart Figure 88 You can now select the new chart from Saved charts selection and Plot every time you need It can be autoupdated after eve...

Page 46: ...xers and virtual channels 16 registers will be exported Input A s last acquired measure Offset 0 1 input b Offset 2 3 sensor s tem perature Offset 4 5 Acquisition s timestamp Offset 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1...

Page 47: ...nput X Valid It indicates if matching Inputs are valid or not If sensor is configured as Volt 1CH registers status will be Input A Valid 1 Input B Valid 0 Input temp Valid 0 For a digital single chann...

Page 48: ...X 2 BASE_MUX 3 MSB LSB Input B MUX 1 CH1 MUX1 CH1 BASE_MUX 4 BASE_MUX 5 MSB LSB Temperature MUX 1 CH1 MUX1 CH1 BASE_MUX 6 BASE_MUX 14 Timestamp acquisition MUX 1 CH1 MUX1 CH1 BASE_MUX 15 Flags MUX 1 C...

Page 49: ...n2 DigIn2 BASE_DIN 20 BASE_DIN 21 MSB LSB Temperature DigIn2 DigIn2 BASE_DIN 22 BASE_DIN 30 Timestamp acquisition DigIn2 DigIn2 BASE_DIN 31 Flags DigIn2 DigIn2 BASE_VIRT 0 BASE_VIRT 1 MSB LSB Input A...

Page 50: ...el 1 16 BASE_MUX Address 1 16 Channel 1 24 Digital Inputs 8 CH 24 CH BASE_DIN 12416 12672 Channel_ADDRESS Channel 1 16 BASE_DIN Channel 1 2 Virtual Channels 8 CH 24 CH BASE_VIRT 12448 12704 Channel_AD...

Page 51: ...7 16408 Device name 8 16409 External digital input status LSB External digital output status MSB Datalogger Status This register contains datalogger status REGISTER VALUE DESCRIPTION 1 Ready 2 Run 3 S...

Page 52: ...ple of Device name register s chaining Device name Bridge_1 Device name 1 MSB Device name 1 LSB Device name 2 MSB Device name 2 LSB Device name 3 MSB Device name 3 LSB Device name 4 MSB Device name 4...

Page 53: ...e link at the top right of the page and you will be guided through a step by step procedure to configure the device At the end of procedure you should get the following screen In this example a device...

Page 54: ...on Navigate to the page Advanced Connections In this page you should configure all parameters that allow the datalogger to access the Internet These settings depend on your network configuration Acqui...

Page 55: ...red on the physical device in the first paragraph in this chapter In this example the data source will be added AN_1_A AN_1_B and AN_2_A By clicking on Add Data you get the followingpage WARNING Only...

Page 56: ...e dashboard thumbnail you finally have access to the dashboard Here you can add widgets needed to monitor the data sources by clicking on ADD WIDGET button By clicking on this button you can select a...

Page 57: ...ata points at the same time line and column chart no sense for graph that shows only last value like gauge and image overlay Refresh rate the refreshing period of the graph In this example a line char...

Page 58: ...NFIG clamp 3 control that the power supply system works is correctly sized and respects the character istic declared on datasheet 4 make sure you hadn t set the NI2400 in Timed mode using the webpage...

Page 59: ...lamp for 10 seconds and try to reconnect 2 reboot the PC and try to connect 3 make sure you configured appropriately the network card of the PC that is it is part of the same subnet mask of the NI2400...

Page 60: ...twork SECONDLY INSURE WITH YOUR ESP THAT 1 there are no momentary breakdowns on ESP server 2 the username and password of your e mail account are valid and accepted 3 that the e mail account you want...

Page 61: ...SEND ANY DATA ON FTP SERVER ALSO IF CONFIGURED Follow this step testing after each 1 verify the events log and refer to manual Codes Alarms Events to understand the pos sible logs 2 if you use a HSPA...

Page 62: ...instruments on the NI2400 screw clamps 4 verify that the configured parameters are coherent and correct according to the type of connected instrument power supply warm up time etc 5 consult the refere...

Page 63: ...24 www ruggedaq com DATALOGGER NI2400 NI2400 0125 www ruggedaq com DATALOGGER NI2400 NI2400 Thermistor Thermocouple Figure 119 Figure 120 Vibrating Wire Voltage External Supply Figure 121 Figure 122 7...

Page 64: ...0127 www ruggedaq com DATALOGGER NI2400 NI2400 4 WIRES SENSORS 4 20 Transmitter 4 20 Transmitter 2 channel External Supply Figure 123 Current Loop 2 Channels Internal and External Supply Potenziomete...

Page 65: ...TALOGGER NI2400 NI2400 0129 www ruggedaq com DATALOGGER NI2400 NI2400 Potenziometer 2 Channel PT100 PT200 PT500 PT1000 Figure 127 Figure 128 Ratiometric External Supply Servo BiAxial External Supply F...

Page 66: ...NI2400 NI2400 0131 www ruggedaq com DATALOGGER NI2400 NI2400 Vibrating Wire with Thermistor NTC Voltage Figure 131 Figure 132 Voltage 2 channels External supply 6 WIRES SENSORS 2 40mA Transmitter 2 ch...

Page 67: ...uggedaq com DATALOGGER NI2400 NI2400 0133 www ruggedaq com DATALOGGER NI2400 NI2400 Ratiometric Servo Biaxial Figure 136 Figure 135 Figure 136 Servo UniAxial 5 Wires Voltage 2 channel Figure 137 Figur...

Page 68: ...e ruggedaq com 8 Webserver on board 24 Differential Analog Input Channels Measures Thermocouples PT100 RTD NTC Thermistor mV mA mV V View Data in real Time or Store to 2 GB Internal Memory GPRS Modem...

Page 69: ...ock It shows relative position so if you start connecting sensors from the first you will not have to leave unused positions except for the ground connection of every block if not used Multiplexers ar...

Page 70: ...FS for Pt100 and NTC with Standard Measure ment 0 13 mV mA FS with Max Speed Measurement Temperature Drift 10 ppm C range 30 to 70 C Input Noise Voltage 5 42 V pp Input Limits 12V DC Common Mode Rejec...

Page 71: ...OUT Switched on and off under program control V OUT is the unregulated input power supply V IN 1 A Power supply management Always on or energy safe RS485 2 Opto Isolated Connection 5 screw clamp port...

Page 72: ...xternal Power Supply Sleep Mode MAX 315 A ON 62 mA ON with ethernet connected 87 mA ON with display ON 115 mA ON with display ON and ethernet connected 142 mA Analog Initialization 115 mA Measurement...

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