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Other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. 

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Use, duplication or disclosure by the Government is subject to restrictions set forth in subparagraph (a) through (d) 

of the Commercial Computer Restricted Rights clause at FAR 52.227-19 when applicable, or subparagraph (c) (1) (ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and 
Computer Software clause at DFARS 252.227-7013, and in similar clauses in the NASA FAR Supplement.

Limited Warranty

OBVIUS IS PROVIDING THIS WARRANTY IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY 
OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THIS WARRANTY IS BUYER'S EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ALL 
CLAIMS AGAINST OBVIUS. OBVIUS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES. OBVIUS'S TOTAL 
LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE PRICE PAID FOR ITS PRODUCT.

Obvius promises buyer that any standard product manufactured by Obvius shall be free from all material defects in design, material, or manufacturing for 
a period of 2 years from the manufacture date; provided, however, that the warranty shall not extend to ordinary wear and tear or to normally replaceable 
components (e.g., batteries). During the warranty period, Obvius may repair or replace (in its sole discretion) any product suffering from a warranty defect 
and returned freight prepaid by buyer, with no charge to buyer for any warranty repair or replacement. The warranty shall remain in full force and effect 
for such 2 year period, provided that the product: (1) was installed, operated, and maintained properly; (2) has not been abused or misused; (3) has not 
been repaired, altered, or modified outside of Obvius's authorized facilities; (4) has not been sold subject to other warranty terms specified at the time of 
sale; and (5) is still owned by the original purchaser. This warranty provides specific legal rights that may be varied by state law. Obvius's products are not 
designed for life or safety applications.

Product Application Limitation

Obvius products are not intended for use in critical applications such as nuclear facilities, human implantable devices or life support. Obvius is not liable, 
in whole or in part, for any claims or damages arising from such uses.

Obvius strongly believes in continuous improvement, therefore we must reserve the right to change specifications and product offerings without notice. 
Where possible, we will substitute products with equivalent functionality when necessary.

NOTICE

This product is not intended for life safety applications. 

Do not install this product in hazardous or classified locations.

The installer is responsible for conformance to all applicable codes.

FCC Part 15 Information

Note: This equipment has been tested by the manufacturer and found to comply with the limits of a class A digital device, pursuant to part 
15 of the FCC rules.  These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against interference when the equipment is operated in a 
commercial environment.  This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in 
accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.  Operation of this equipment in a 
residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.  
Modifications of this product without the express authorization of Obvius nullify this statement.

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Page 1: ...quisition Server Obvius LLC Installation and Operation Manual Model A8810 Date Jan 15 2013 Page 1 A8810 AcquiSuite Data Acquisition Server www GlobalTestSupply com Find Quality Products Online at sale...

Page 2: ...repaired altered or modified outside of Obvius s authorized facilities 4 has not been sold subject to other warranty terms specified at the time of sale and 5 is still owned by the original purchaser...

Page 3: ...Troubleshooting Ethernet Problems 19 System Options 20 Status 20 Processes 20 Date and Time 20 Universal Time Is Your Friend 20 System logs 21 Firmware Update 21 Diagnostics 22 Host Lookup 22 Connecti...

Page 4: ...long RS485 runs over 200ft LAN information Ethernet 10 100Mbit connection point hub or switch IP address and Netmask check with system administrator Gateway address check with system administrator DN...

Page 5: ...The RJ45 Ethernet is isolated to 1500VDC from the main board RS485 port is isolated to 1500VDC from the main board Power input and USB port and are non isolated Environmental Pollution Degree 2 Altit...

Page 6: ...e a minimum insulation rating that exceeds the voltage inside the panel In addition other regulations may apply consult the building codes in your area prior to installation The RS485 port on the A881...

Page 7: ...f when not connected Blinks when Lan traffic is being sent or received RS485 RX TX The 485TX led should blink slowly once per second during normal operation The RX led will blink when external Modbus...

Page 8: ...computer such as a laptop primary connection will be dialin or dialout by modem You will need the following information from your network administrator The addresses will be in the form of where refer...

Page 9: ...t to allow the AcquiSuite to reboot Once the AcquiSuite has rebooted the new IP address will be displayed on the console If DHCP addressing was specified the server assigned address will be displayed...

Page 10: ...tton B In the network setup dialog there should be a list of items including adapters clients and protocols Locate the item labeled Internet Protocol TCP IP Note If you have multiple ethernet cards yo...

Page 11: ...These include the 4 20mA device scale multipliers and engineering units Each 4 20mA or 0 10Vsensor should be supplied with technical information including the low and high range values that can be use...

Page 12: ...number and firmware version when available for all devices in the Modbus device list Show stats show packet counters for all devices in the device list These include Sent Total number of packets sent...

Page 13: ...Alarm Specify a threshold for the alarm If the data point is recorded below the Low Alarm or above the High Alarm levels at the time a log entry is taken the point will be considered in an alarm stat...

Page 14: ...he log period is not calculated based on 15 minutes after the last reading When the AcquiSuite is first started it will take an initial reading of all the Modbus devices immediately Following that the...

Page 15: ...for Modbus RS485 Devices This option allows the AcquiSuite to search for Modbus devices attached on the RS 485 port This feature may be disabled to reduce queries on the RS 485 port Default is enabled...

Page 16: ...sensor s serial number Each sensor may be given a name and some have additional options to configure such as input value scaling ModHopper Map The AcquiSuite has additional diagnostic features that a...

Page 17: ...server provided by your dialup isp If you only use the AcquiSuite on a crossover cable and or dialin mode you should leave these blank DHCP enable disable If you LAN has a DHCP server you may enable...

Page 18: ...synchronization will align the clock to within 1 second of the internet time source or atomic clock You may need to verify if your firewall will allow NTP or Rdate packets to pass through Generally i...

Page 19: ...ion log This log shows a list of files transferred by FTP on the AcquiSuite Last Data Upload log This log file contains a report from the last data upload attempt to remote database webservers such as...

Page 20: ...s will be printed in Green failure messages will be printed in Red A sample upload test follows Ping localhost 127 0 0 1 Success Ethernet IP address 192 168 10 50 mask 255 255 255 0 Local subnet 192 1...

Page 21: ...e cursor to the right one space If you press the select button multiple times the cursor will move right a similar number of spaces allowing you to skip over characters that may be correct based on th...

Page 22: ...rds that have been configured and will return the AcquiSuite to the factory default settings This is mainly useful when reconfiguring an AcquiSuite that has been used previously on a different job or...

Page 23: ...he log file but may be several seconds after the initial log cycle The log date time is in Universal time UTC This means that the data is logged with no shift for daylight savings time and must be con...

Page 24: ...lid data point Log Storage Capacity The AcquiSuite uses approximately 8 Mbytes of flash disk for log file storage As data from the modbus meters is collected it is appended to log files on this flash...

Page 25: ...on as needed Note if configuration changes are made to the AcquiSuite those changes will be uploaded to the BMO site If configuration changes are made at both the AcquiSuite and the BMO website the mo...

Page 26: ...on your computer as well as provide configuration information about the AcquiSuite Enertrax DL can also be configured to make LAN or Dilaup calls to one or more AcquiSuite or AcquiLite data acquisiti...

Page 27: ...ify a command prompt prior to using mdel that will prevent the FTP client software from asking if you are sure you wish to delete each file Linking to AcquiSuite Device Status Pages It may be helpful...

Page 28: ...y 4 x 4 25 x 2 deep The AcquiSuite has 4 mounting holes for use with a 6 screw The drawing above shows the relative position of the mounting holes Page 30 A8810 AcquiSuite Data Acquisition Server www...

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