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ATTACHING AND DETACHING THE FRONT COVER

When detaching the front cover, pull the lever at the right side of the

FieldLogger

up to the end.

When attaching it, insert the cover (left side first) and press its right side gently. After that, press the lever back into the
chassis.

Fig. 08

– Attaching and detaching

FieldLogger

front cover

Fig. 09

– Attaching and detaching

FieldLogger

front cover (side view)

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Page 1: ...ONFIGURATION 25 ETHERNET INTERFACE CONFIGURATION 26 ETHERNET INTERFACE CONFIGURATION TCP IP 27 ETHERNET INTERFACE CONFIGURATION FTP 28 ETHERNET INTERFACE CONFIGURATION SMTP 30 ETHERNET INTERFACE CONFI...

Page 2: ...DEBUGGING 78 WEB PAGES HTTP 79 UNCHANGEABLE PAGES 79 CUSTOM PAGES 81 FILE TRANSFER FTP 84 NETWORK MANAGEMENT SNMP 84 CLOUD 85 PREREQUISITES 85 OPERATION 86 DEBUGGING 86 DATA LOGGING AND DOWNLOAD 86 AL...

Page 3: ...n The analog input channels are configurable for reading voltage current thermocouples Pt100 and Pt1000 signals These inputs count on the precision of a 24 bit A D converter with high acquisition spee...

Page 4: ...the installation on the rail you must pull out the two clamps located right below the connections of the channels taking care not to remove them as per Fig 01 Note If necessary the connector may be r...

Page 5: ...NOVUS AUTOMATION www fieldlogger net 5 104 And finally push the two clamps until you hear a double click for the complete installation as per Fig 03 Fig 03 DIN rail installation...

Page 6: ...NOVUS AUTOMATION www fieldlogger net 6 104 Dimensions Without HMI module Fig 04 Dimensions of the FieldLogger without HMI module Fig 05 Dimensions of FieldLogger side without HMI module...

Page 7: ...NOVUS AUTOMATION www fieldlogger net 7 104 With HMI module Optional Fig 06 Dimensions of the FieldLogger with HMI module Fig 07 Dimensions of FieldLogger side with HMI module...

Page 8: ...ll the lever at the right side of the FieldLogger up to the end When attaching it insert the cover left side first and press its right side gently After that press the lever back into the chassis Fig...

Page 9: ...s document to draw the user s attention to important operational and safety information CAUTION or WARNING Read complete instructions prior to installation and operation of the unit CAUTION or WARNING...

Page 10: ...must be wired near to the FieldLogger 2 A switch or circuit breaker placed near to the FieldLogger shall be used as the disconnecting device Fig 14 Lower side connections RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INSTALLAT...

Page 11: ...When configured as outputs they can activate limited power loads please check the Specifications section Fig 18 Connection of a load RL to a digital output The digital inputs outputs terminals are not...

Page 12: ...dc power supply available in the FieldLogger for powering transmitters in the field This auxiliary power supply is electrically isolated from the other FieldLogger terminals Below is the correct way t...

Page 13: ...accordance with the figure at the left Please observe the correct connection polarity Cables used for connecting thermocouples must have the same thermoelectric characteristics of the used thermocoup...

Page 14: ...the exportation for the most diverse data formats Ethernet Interface used for Ethernet 10 100 communication It is recommended to use a category 5 or better cable in a RJ45 connector The Ethernet conne...

Page 15: ...d If it is OK try rebooting the machine by turning off its power supply and restarting it after 10 seconds If the LED continues to indicate an error there may be something wrong with your FieldLogger...

Page 16: ...ed 1 During the boot you should press the F8 key to enter the Start up Configurations 2 Pressing the F7 key you can disable the Imposition of the Driver Signature 3 Windows 8 will now allow you to ins...

Page 17: ...NOVUS AUTOMATION www fieldlogger net 17 104 3 Locate the FieldLogger probably with an icon with an exclamation mark next to it and double click on it 4 Click on the button Update Driver...

Page 18: ...t 18 104 5 Ask to Browse my computer for driver software 6 Enter the path of the folder where the drivers are located the product CD or folder where you saved them when downloaded from the site 7 Wait...

Page 19: ...indicate that it cannot verify the editor of this driver Confirm to install anyway 9 A message indicating successful installation will display 10 Returning to the Device Manager screen you can check...

Page 20: ...Select Port Settings guide and click on Advanced In the COM Port Number select the serial port to be associated with FieldLogger Some serial ports can be checked while being used In Use Just select on...

Page 21: ...its features will be detailed in the chapter FieldLogger Operation On the main screen you should choose the function that you want to run as it is shown below Configuration Allows you to change the Fi...

Page 22: ...on saved to a file If the chosen option was to create a new configuration you must specify a file where this configuration will be saved Besides that from software version 1 40 on you must select whic...

Page 23: ...he icon bar at the bottom of the window has icons for the following functions as they are described below Back It allows coming back to the previous configuration screen Save Saves the current configu...

Page 24: ...nels and status of the FieldLogger o Overall configuration and reading HMI can be used to configure parameters its own and some of FieldLogger in addition to viewing the channels and status of the Fie...

Page 25: ...ed at all It is recommended to disable the interface if it is not used When it is used as a slave you must configure your Modbus address the baud rate parity and number of stop bits When it is used as...

Page 26: ...T INTERFACE CONFIGURATION The configuration of the Ethernet interface should be carried through on the next screen If it is desired not to use this interface it is recommended to disable it as shown i...

Page 27: ...n of using fixed IP or DHCP and in the case of fixed IP to choose the parameters relating to it such as FieldLogger IP the subnet mask and default gateway Moreover we must choose whether or not to use...

Page 28: ...ect to an FTP server to send data from its logging memory internal or SD card This can either be done once a day at a set time or many times a day from firmware version 1 50 on in a configurable time...

Page 29: ...NOVUS AUTOMATION www fieldlogger net 29 104 Ethernet Interface FTP Configuration Example 2...

Page 30: ...subject maximum of 32 characters and has a part of the message body that is user defined up to 64 characters and that is the same for all alarms or events The e mail of the sender maximum of 50 chara...

Page 31: ...ured by clicking on the SNMP button SNMP in the FieldLogger is read only Thus you should set up the community for access maximum of 16 characters and connection port For using traps you must enable th...

Page 32: ...ge with some data from the equipment This page has an auto refresh parameter indicating to the navigator software browser that the page should be reloaded with updated data from time to time For this...

Page 33: ...tood as being targeted to a RS485 slave in the RS485 network reached through the gateway function On this case if this functionality is enabled the data packet will be forwarded to the RS485 bus When...

Page 34: ...ore sending the configuration to the FieldLogger From firmware version 1 61 on it is also possible to write to FieldLogger digital outputs and to its alarm setpoints from NOVUS Cloud Writing to the di...

Page 35: ...more filtered is the indication of the channel making the response more immune to noises on the input signal but also slower to respond to variations maximum filter value is 20 There is the option of...

Page 36: ...NOVUS AUTOMATION www fieldlogger net 36 104 Analog Channels Configuration of a linear channel...

Page 37: ...e standard value and write down the value indicated by the equipment 3 Afterwards insert the pairs of Custom Calibration points source value and indicted value and apply the configuration Analog Chann...

Page 38: ...ayed when in 0 level low voltage level or contact closed at the input and another value to be indicated when in 1 level high voltage level or contact open at the input These values will be shown in th...

Page 39: ...puts to be activated from NOVUS Cloud The state ON OFF is not held permanently which means it will lose its state after a reset Sending a new configuration will not change the state of the outputs as...

Page 40: ...made on the next screen is only available when the RS485 interface has been configured as a Modbus master In the case of the RS485 interface having been configured as a slave or disabled the remote c...

Page 41: ...o be configured This value is shown on the channel when there is a problem for example a communication error with the slave The number of decimal places of the channel value must be inserted in the De...

Page 42: ...each channel if the communication fails in all attempts it will display the error value set up for the channel The maximum response time valid range 2 to 10 000 ms indicates how long after sending the...

Page 43: ...en Constant Value there should be placed the numeric value of the channel Finally one should choose a unit optional maximum of 10 characters for the channel plus an error value and the number of decim...

Page 44: ...resis shall not be used must be configured with 0 Each alarm can have one or more associated actions You should then choose what actions should be performed on the occurrence of an alarm or event diff...

Page 45: ...NOVUS AUTOMATION www fieldlogger net 45 104 Alarms Configuration Digital outputs selection Alarms Configuration Logs control configuration...

Page 46: ...NOVUS AUTOMATION www fieldlogger net 46 104 Alarms Configuration E mail receivers selection Alarms Configuration Enabling SNMP traps...

Page 47: ...NOVUS AUTOMATION www fieldlogger net 47 104 Alarms Configuration Selection the internal variables Alarms Configuration Alarm added to the list...

Page 48: ...esired log rate The channels can be selected for logging moving them from the left side column available channels to the right side column channels to be logged A maximum of 100 channels can be logged...

Page 49: ...ading will be used for writing In any other case we must choose which interface to use for sending the configuration At the end of the transmission a message shall appear indicating the success or not...

Page 50: ...eries of configuration parameters of the RS485 interface For the Ethernet interface the current status connected or not is indicated as well as the IP and MAC numbers Shows the current status of the c...

Page 51: ...elect the channel to be displayed and its associated color on the chart When all desired channels are selected you must click on the Start button and the channel values will be read every 2 seconds ap...

Page 52: ...time status of all configured alarms or events At the top there is an indication of how many alarms are enabled and how many are in a state of alarm In the list below the settings for each alarm are s...

Page 53: ...ate a folder on their computer or their network where a logging database will be created This database may have data from one or more FieldLogger s and will be the destination of all data downloaded f...

Page 54: ...m a SD card The card must have been used in FieldLogger as the logging memory target Recommended when the card has too much logging data because it is the fastest way of moving data to the computer Do...

Page 55: ...CP or RS485 Modbus RTU and there are many FieldLogger s in the network Then the FieldLogger memory where logged data is internal flash or SD card must be chosen In case you selected to download data f...

Page 56: ...will start and a progress bar will be displayed in order to indicate the download progress Once it is ready a new screen will be opened for data visualization export the same described in the Downloa...

Page 57: ...he way data will be processed The available ways include viewing in table format viewing in chart format export data to a well known file type and creation of a report with the desired data In the nex...

Page 58: ...MATION www fieldlogger net 58 104 In the next screen user must select which FieldLogger data would like to be viewed Selection is done by their serial number After that the desired time period must be...

Page 59: ...aylight saving time By leaving it unchecked original timestamps will be shown This option does not change the downloaded data but only the way they are visualized Table format view This kind of view s...

Page 60: ...in chart format Passing the mouse over the chart shows the instantaneous values of each viewed channel at the bottom part of the screen In order to view data in this format no more than 16 channels ca...

Page 61: ...r net 61 104 Data export To export the selected data you must click on the Export button After a prior processing a window will appear where you must select the destination folder the file name and th...

Page 62: ...u can choose the most appropriate file format RTF HTML XML PDF CSV SQL XLSX and DOCX For exporting in SuperView or FieldChart format there is a top limit of 16 channels For exporting in PDF or RTF for...

Page 63: ...be filled like report author name company name and report title An image can also be selected to be presented in the report When clicking on the OK button data is processed a progress bar is showed at...

Page 64: ...NOVUS AUTOMATION www fieldlogger net 64 104 At the end clicking on the OK button will generate and show the report This report can be printed or saved to a file for later access...

Page 65: ...sons The proper procedure is to select the source folder of the logged data logging database In the available downloads field will be displayed all devices that have downloaded data available You must...

Page 66: ...OVUS AUTOMATION www fieldlogger net 66 104 Then select which channels among those available are of interest Finally the chosen channels can be viewed in several ways Viewing logged data in table forma...

Page 67: ...re is a button on the upper left corner that allows users to print the chart To export the selected data you must click on the Export button After a prior processing a window will appear where you mus...

Page 68: ...more control over the fields and formats of the exportation The basic window with the format choice became different Whenever choosing the Other formats options a second window pops up allowing the ch...

Page 69: ...is no last file the software will indicate the error and display the initial screen Download Logging Data It will open the screen where you can choose what type of download will be performed Open Dia...

Page 70: ...Export parameters All parameters are separated by semicolons ACTION TYPE The following actions are allowed 1 to download and export data 2 to export data from the data base 3 to download data without...

Page 71: ...d data from the last X days Example 11097831 3 For Action 3 we need the following additional parameters their order should be respected 1 Data source It can be 0 when downloading data from device inte...

Page 72: ...of input signal has a valid range of measurement detailed in the Specifications section of this manual However the equipment usually can measure signals that exceed the limits of this range How far be...

Page 73: ...olved you must choose between Centigrade C and Fahrenheit degrees F when linear sensors voltage or current are involved you can type the desired unit In the case of linear input types you should choos...

Page 74: ...simply made available via another interface Ethernet for example Please see the Remote Channel section for details of how to implement a Modbus RTU network with FieldLogger in the master role From fi...

Page 75: ...ts value by 10 restoring the original temperature value This virtual channel could then be used to replace the remote channel for logging alarms or simple indication VIRTUAL CHANNELS There are up to 1...

Page 76: ...te 1 Available from firmware version 1 10 on 2 Note 2 Available from firmware version 1 20 on 3 Note 3 Available from firmware version 1 40 on When an error occurs on any channel for example disconnec...

Page 77: ...USB flash drive all logging data found from the last four days that actually have some logged data Remarks Use a USB flash drive with enough space for all data that must be downloaded preferably an em...

Page 78: ...smaller than that value a timeout must occur instead of an exception code 0Bh Gateway Target Device Failed to Respond in a missing slave situation SENDING E MAILS SMTP FieldLogger can be configured to...

Page 79: ...s are available in the product CD which allows the external usage of this data increasing application flexibility a typical application is the generation of a customized HTML page with data read from...

Page 80: ...et 80 104 The configuration and status information page has the current status of some parameters as well as serial number firmware version and other information from the equipment Fig 23 Configuratio...

Page 81: ...rv folder in the SD card FieldLogger works in the 8 3 file name format so no file should have more than 8 characters plus the 3 of the extension Files with markers that should be replaced by FieldLogg...

Page 82: ...Analog channel 8 diagnostics information value Bit 0 open sensor Bit 1 shorted Pt100 Pt1000 Bit 2 out of limits Bit 3 Pt100 Pt1000 open cable DIGITAL__001 T Digital channel 1 tag DIGITAL__001 V Digita...

Page 83: ...ou Via Modbus Only INFO IN STOP__ Stop logging mode selected Full Memory Circular Memory Date Time ou Alarm INFO IN FDRVIN USB flash drive connection status Yes connected or No disconnected INFO IN SD...

Page 84: ...haracters or 0Dh and 0Ah in hexadecimal Server To use FTP server on FieldLogger simply enable this feature in the Configurator application and set up a username and password In this way the user will...

Page 85: ...the index of the occurred alarm o Type OCTET STRING o Value String indicating the occurred alarm in the format TAG CONDITION VALUE Example Channel_1 129 43 CLOUD From firmware version 1 60 the FieldL...

Page 86: ...which must be inserted into the proper compartment behind the cover or HMI as shown in Fig 20 The internal memory capacity is up to 532 480 loggings while SD card logging capability will depend on its...

Page 87: ...he date time set for loggings start has arrived loggings will start FieldLogger goes on logging until the arriving of the date and time set In the case of a power failure logging is interrupted return...

Page 88: ...mestamps are used as time reference to identify the moment in which the channels were logged Periodic timestamps serve to ensure the integrity of the loggings in time even under power failure or fault...

Page 89: ...red to activation by alarm in the Configuration software Loggings start when reaching the alarm condition starts loggings if they are not already logging Loggings stops when reaching the alarm conditi...

Page 90: ...ll the configuration of the equipment as well as the reading of the data of the inputs are done via Modbus protocol In the document FieldLogger Modbus pdf in the product CD is found all the informatio...

Page 91: ...cation between IHM and FieldLogger is done through RS485 using a baud rate of 115200 bps what puts a limit to the HMI operation distance is the power what means that the voltage drop in the power cabl...

Page 92: ...ge indication of the download already done If downloading data from FieldLogger internal flash memory it shows the percentage of the whole memory already downloaded If downloading from the SD card it...

Page 93: ...r the chart Pressing the ENTER key one more time will lead you back to the Chart screen The red color is reserved to inform that one or more channels have values over the configured high limit or unde...

Page 94: ...stopped Logging Mode Logging mode information Start Indicates how logging is supposed to start Stop Indicates how logging is supposed to stop SD Free Memory Shows the available memory for logging in t...

Page 95: ...munication baud rate Parity Communication parity HMI HMI configuration Backlight Timeout Time to turn the backlight off 0 always on Chart Chart screen configuration Color Background Background color b...

Page 96: ...the software Before performing the update proceed with the data download and if desired also the reading of the equipment s configuration and saving it to a file Both the configuration and the logged...

Page 97: ...emoved 6 If during the copy writing of the firmware of FieldLogger there is some kind of error this will be indicated by the status led that is to stop flashing periodically and repeatedly showing a p...

Page 98: ...ve from the USB host of the FieldLogger FieldLogger should reset itself automatically and may be used normally now with the new updated firmware We recommend deleting from the USB flash drive the firm...

Page 99: ...d times may not represent real values FieldLogger whenever detecting such a situation informs it by continuously flashing the Status led three times in a row check the Flags LEDs section Replace batte...

Page 100: ...our screws located under the enclosure Remove the back cover taking care not to remove the circuit board After removing the back cover remove the battery Avoid touching the circuit board Insert the ne...

Page 101: ...e N 130 to 1300 C 202 F to 2372 F 0 2 F R 1 C Thermocouple R 20 to 1768 C 68 F to 3214 4 F 0 2 F R 3 C Thermocouple S 20 to 1768 C 68 F to 3214 4 F 0 2 F R 3 C Thermocouple B 100 to 1820 C 212 F to 33...

Page 102: ...he option of circular logging where after filling up the memory the oldest data will be overwritten by more recent data Allows data to be downloaded during logging IMPORTANT The effective logging rate...

Page 103: ...NOVUS AUTOMATION www fieldlogger net 103 104 SMTP e mail Supported authentication mode AUTH LOGIN Certifications CE and UL...

Page 104: ...AINTENANCE This product contains no serviceable parts inside Contact our local distributor in case you need authorized service For troubleshooting visit our FAQ at www novusautomation com LIMITED WARR...

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