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User manual

FLOW METER

SPI-N118

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Firmware: up to v. 5.

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Input type: pulse

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Batching and totalizer function

Read the user's manual carefully before starting to use the unit or software.

Producer reserves the right to implement changes without prior notice.

2013.08.14

SPI-N118_INSSXEN_v.2.04.001

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Page 1: ...R SPI N118 Firmware up to v 5 Input type pulse Batching and totalizer function Read the user s manual carefully before starting to use the unit or software Producer reserves the right to implement changes without prior notice 2013 08 14 SPI N118_INSSXEN_v 2 04 001 11 ...

Page 2: ...MING 22 7 1 PROGRAMMING MENU 22 7 2 PARAMETERS EDITION 23 7 2 1 Numeric parameters digit change mode 23 7 2 2 Numeric parameters slide change mode 23 7 2 3 Switch parameters LIST type 23 7 3 MENU DESCRIPTION 24 7 3 1 rELAy1 menu 24 7 3 2 inPUt menu 27 7 3 3 FLouu menu 28 7 3 4 bAtCH menu 29 7 3 5 totAL menu 30 7 3 6 bL inP parameter 31 7 3 7 Init d parameter 32 7 3 8 FiLtEr menu 32 7 3 9 briGHt pa...

Page 3: ...ulations GND input of device should be connected to PE wire The unit must be properly set up according to the application Incorrect configuration can cause defective operation which can lead to unit damage or an accident If in the case of a unit malfunction there is a risk of a serious threat to the safety of people or property additional independent systems and solutions to prevent such a threat ...

Page 4: ...er litre with resolution 0 01 pulses litre additionally these flow sensors can be equipped with either electronic open collector or contact output Sensors can be powered from sensor supply output stabilized 24VDC 5 10 100mA The device can be equipped with two relay or OC type outputs which can be driven due to instantaneous flow total flow or batcher counter value Optionally SPI N118 with two rela...

Page 5: ... pulses settable from 0 1 to 39 9 sec Outputs relay or OC type sensor power supply UO 0 or 2 NO 1A 250V AC cos ϕ 1 0 or 2 30mA 30VDC 100mW not stabilized not separated from measuring inputs in 230V AC and 110V AC and 24V AC version UO 24V DC 3V max 25 mA in 24V DC version UO US max 100 mA RO 30 Ω where US device power supply RO internal resistance for sensor power supply output Instantaneous flow ...

Page 6: ... degree 2 voltage in relation to ground 300V AC insulation resistance 20MΩ insulation strength between power supply and input output terminal 1min 2300V insulation strength between relays terminal 1min 1350V EMC according to PN EN 61326 1 This is a class A unit In housing or a similar area it can cause radio frequency interference In such cases the user can be requested to use appropriate preventi...

Page 7: ...er Also write down the unit serial number on the housing and report the damage to the manufacturer Attached with the unit please find user s manual warranty assembly brackets 2 pieces 4 2 ASSEMBLY Disconnect the power supply prior to starting assembly Check the connections are wired correctly prior to switching the unit on To install device on the wall a pinholes should be made Figure 4 1 presents...

Page 8: ...r tightening can lead to damaging the connections inside the units and breaking the thread In the case of the unit being fitted with separable clamps they should be inserted into appropriate connectors in the unit even if they are not used for any connections Unused clamps marked as n c must not be used for connecting any connecting cables e g as bridges because this can cause damage to the equipm...

Page 9: ...r and the unit should be as short as possible and the metal housing of the filter must be connected to the earthing with largest possible surface The cables connected to the filter output must not run in parallel with cables with interference e g circuits controlling relays or contactors Connections of power supply voltage and measurement signals are executed using the screw connections on the bac...

Page 10: ...circuit typically capacitor 47nF min 250VAC in series with 100R 5W resistor connected in parallel to relay terminals or better directly on the load In consequence of using the suppression circuit the level of generated electromagnetic disturbances is lower and the life of relay contacts rises 10 Uo 13 14 15 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 1 2 N L GND DATA DATA RS 485 COM common input Power supply depending...

Page 11: ...on circuit connection a to relay terminals b to the inductive load Figure 4 7 Example of connection between flow counter and flow sensor with contactron output 11 N 5 4 5 4 L L N Uo COM balance counter clearing batching counter clearing counting inhibition 7 6 12 10 8 11 9 ...

Page 12: ...o not clean with solvents For cleaning use warm water with small amount of detergent or in the case of more significant contamination ethyl or isopropyl alcohol Using any other agents can cause permanent damage to the housing Product marked with this symbol should not be placed in municipal waste Please check local regulations for disposal and electronic products 5 FRONT PANEL DESCRIPTION 12 7 6 U...

Page 13: ...ton 6 PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION After turning the power supply on device ID and software version are showed on the display next the controller goes to the measurement mode 6 1 MEASUREMENT MODE In the measure mode device displays instantaneous measurement flow value or time per one unit of flow depending on F or P parameter value equivalent to quantity of input pulses total flow or batcher counter val...

Page 14: ...x 3 digits after decimal point If total flow counter overflows warning tot ov is displayed alternatively with maximum counter value Total flow counter can be zeroed using Clrtot option of totAL submenu using Σ button press and hold by at least 2 sec electrically via total flow clearing input or via RS 485 interface by writing of value 0000h to any of total flow counter result registers Zeroing by ...

Page 15: ...batcher counter zeroing If batcher counter value is displayed Σ LED is pulsing and counter value exceeds 6 digits then decimal point of the most left digit is pulsing To view most significant digits it is required to decrease resolution or and change unit to m3 If total flow counter value is displayed LED marked Σ is on and its length exceeds 6 digits buttons and v enable switching between more an...

Page 16: ...n are placed in HOLd menu see description of HOLd menu The detection of the peak can be done if the measured signal raises and drops of value at least equal to parameter PEA Detected peaks are displayed during the time defined by parameter timE If a new peak will be detected while one is displayed this new peak will be displayed and display time counter will be cleared Figure 6 2 If no peaks are d...

Page 17: ...esholds and hysteresis of selected relay If relay is controlled due to batcher counter value SourCE bAt in addition b PrEC and b unit parameters are available in menu but parameters SEt P2 HYSt modE t on t oFF unit are unavailable Parameters b PrEC and b unit define the unit and resolution of displayed thresholds and hysteresis of selected relay Depend on modE parameter relays can be not used or c...

Page 18: ...put value exceeds over or under border value and tA tB tC tD times Figure 6 5 are bigger than the time defined by parameters t on t oFF and unit Border values means values equal threshold hysteresis and threshold hysteresis respectively If t on and t oFF parameters are set to 0 then the relay state will be changed as soon as input value exceeds any of the border values see points A and C Figure 6 ...

Page 19: ...ect that the relays will be turned on turned off or not changed in critical situations All parameters connected with relay outputs are described in paragraph rELAy1 menu 6 3 2 Two thresholds mode Description A B C D E points where measured signal exceeds border values expected value allowed deviation BON BOFF CON COFF EON EOFF relays state changes moments for t on 0 t oFF 0 tA tB tC tD tE time per...

Page 20: ... device is in batcher mode causes start of batching and set of relay R1 Successive pressings of ENTER button cause pause restart of batching and switching R1 relay off on When batcher counter reaches value equal to SEt P then relay R1 is switched off If batcher counter is overloaded then its maximal value is displayed alternatively with bAt ov message Overload of this counter do not change state o...

Page 21: ...it is necessary to set parameters A rES autoreset function A dLy and Atunit desired delay and unit of time of bAtCH menu 6 3 4 Use of the batcher counter as a marker This feature allows to use the batcher counter for cyclic control of relays except R1 by volume of flowing medium e g switching relay on after counter reaches 9 litres and switch it off after counter reaches 10 litres in other words g...

Page 22: ...nfirmed changes may be checked or user can switch viewed parameter pressing or v button 7 1 PROGRAMMING MENU To enter main menu being in the measurement mode operator must to press and hold at least 2 sec ESC MENU button If the user password is defined see parameter SEtcod menu SECU operator have to enter correct one before proceeding to menu options Entering of the passwords is similar to the edi...

Page 23: ...e increasing button v can be used If v is pressed shortly and button is still pressed increasing slow down for a moment only if v is pressed and held while button is still pressed the increasing slow down and will be kept on lower speed To decrease edited value press or press and hold v button only The decreasing became quickest as long as button v is pressed To slow down the decreasing button can...

Page 24: ...rect then first menu position will be displayed else warning Error and unit returns to measurement mode Due to problem with direct displaying of m letter it is exchanged with special sign Independently in user manual letter m is used to make it more readable example modE 7 3 1 rELAy1 menu This menu allows to configure the operation mode of relays and LEDs marked R e g R1 If there are few relay out...

Page 25: ...in or out the hysteresis for both thresholds must not cover each other in other case relay can t change its state b PrEc decimal point position displaying precision of the relay thresholds when relay is controlled due to batcher counter result It can be set to 0 0 0 0 00 0 000 Decimal point position is changed by v buttons b unit the unit of relay thresholds when relay is controlled due to batcher...

Page 26: ... is turned off back when the input signal became lower than SEt P HYSt oFF one threshold mode the relay is turned OFF when input signal exceeds SEt P HYSt value and is turned on back when the input signal became lower than SEt P HYSt in two threshold mode the relay is turned ON when the input signal is bigger than lower threshold HYSt and lower than bigger threshold HYSt and turned off when the in...

Page 27: ...values min minutes SEC seconds ALArmS this parameter defines the relay reaction when some critical situations occurs noCHAn relay do not change its state on relay will be turned on oFF relay will be turned off If parameter modE is set to on oFF in or Out the critical situation means that permissible input frequency is exceeded If parameter modE is set to modbuS the critical situation means communi...

Page 28: ...s defined with 0 1 second precision in range 0 39 9 If time between two following pulses exceeds this parameter than device displays zero no flow If parameter ZEro t is set to value lower than parameter mEAS t the mEAS t value is used as maximum time between two following pulses mEAS t minimum measurement window width The measurement window means the time period after which counted pulses are reca...

Page 29: ...n minutes or hour hours The unit used to displaying the flow rate depend on parameters F unit and Ftunit simultaneously for example L min or m3 h etc F or P type of value displayed on the display FL vAL flow value PEriod time per one unit of flow 7 3 4 bAtCH menu This menu allows to configure total flow counter displaying mode b PrEc decimal point position precision of batcher counter It can be se...

Page 30: ... while high low level the selected level must be longer than 5ms m CLr this parameter allows to activate manual zeroing of batcher counter using Σ button oFF manual zeroing disabled on manual zeroing enabled A rES this parameter allows to activate autoreset function automatic batcher counter zeroing and start next batching oFF autoreset disabled on autoreset enabled Atunit time unit of autoreset d...

Page 31: ...E Clr this parameter allows selection of active level edge of total flow zeroing input see Figure 4 7 It can be set to one of following oFF input disabled HI zeroing while high level on the input LO zeroing while low level on the input LO HI zeroing while rising edge on the input HI LO zeroing while falling edge on the input For settings zeroing while high low level the selected level must be long...

Page 32: ...ues from 0 no filtration to 5 strongest filtration time window about 3 5 sec droP this parameter defines minimum percentage change of measured value which turns off temporally data filtration Value of this parameter can be changed in range 0 199 9 Main purpose of this parameter is acceleration of displaying data changes when sudden changes of instantaneous measurements value occur while parameter ...

Page 33: ... use password can be used only one time after that it is destroyed Entering this password causes in clearing of user password it means sets the user password to 0000 The one use password can be used ONE TIME ONLY it is impossible to use it again The one use password can be restored by Service Division only Acc r1 Acc r4 this option permits user on or prohibits oFF to modify the thresholds of the r...

Page 34: ...l delay 10c 20c 50c 100c 200c answer delayed of 10 20 50 100 of 200 chars respectively where one character time depends on selected baud rate In the most cases parameter rESP should be set to Std no additional delay Unfortunately for some third party RS converters rESP should be adjusted experimentally Table 7 2 contains most frequently used values bAud parameter 38 4 57 6 115 2 rESP parameter 10c...

Page 35: ...LArmS Parameter edition See next page ENTER MENU ESC ENTER ENTER MENU ESC F PrEc F unit CLEAr E CLr F or P Parameter edition MENU ESC FLouu Options similar to rELAy1 menu t PrEc t unit Balance counter clearing MENU ESC totAL t oFF unit SEt P MENU ESC CLrtot ENTER ENTER Visible only if SourCE tot ENTER MENU ESC ENTER Parameter edition b PrEc b unit Visible only if SourCE bAt Ftunit MENU ESC bAtCH M...

Page 36: ...arameter edition ENTER MENU ESC ENTER ENTER MENU ESC SEtcod Acc r1 Acc r2 ENTER MENU ESC ENTER ENTER MENU ESC modE PEA timE H dis H r1 H r2 Parameter edition See previous page MENU ESC SEt 4 digit special password entering 0 _ _ _ ENTER ENTER Default settings restoring ENTER MENU ESC ENTER ENTER MENU ESC vALUE droP Parameter edition MENU ESC FiLtEr MENU ESC briGHt ENTER MENU ESC ENTER Parameter ed...

Page 37: ... one of them device controls result of their 32 bit value and if it is necessary corrects value of second register automatically If appropriate modification is impossible both registers stay unaffected and device responds with error code 03h see TRANSMISSION ERRORS DESCRIPTION Register Write Range Register description 01h1 02h1 No 0 999999 Measurement value no decimal point 03h No 0 FFh The status...

Page 38: ...r in inPUt menu expressed in tenth of seconds 1Ah Yes 0 199 vALUE parameter in FiLtEr menu measurement filtering rate 1Bh Yes 0 1999 droP parameter in FiLtEr menu expressed in tenth of percent 1Ch Yes 0 1 t unit parameter in totAL menu the unit of volume while total flow counter result displaying 0 lit 1 m3 1Dh Yes 0 3 t PrEc parameter in totAL precision of of total flow counter result displaying ...

Page 39: ...tenth of seconds or tenth of minutes depend on unit parameter 36h Yes 0 999 t oFF parameter in rELAy1 menu expressed in tenth of seconds or tenth of minutes depend on unit parameter 37h Yes 0 1 unit parameter in rELAy1 menu 0 seconds 1 minutes 38h Yes 0 2 ALArmS parameter in rELAy1 menu 0 no changes 1 on 2 off 39h 3Ah Yes Yes 0 999999 SEt P2 parameter in rELAy1 menu no decimal point included 3Bh Y...

Page 40: ...bAt 2 tot 4Ch Yes 0 3 t PrEc parameter in rELAy2 menu precision of thresholds and hysteresis while relay is controlled due to total flow counter value 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 00 3 0 000 4Dh Yes 0 1 t unit parameter in rELAy2 menu the unit of thresholds and hysteresis while relay is controlled due to total flow counter value 0 lit 1 m3 70h Yes 0 1 modE parameter in HOLd menu type of detected changes 0 peaks ...

Page 41: ...parameter active level edge of blockade input 0 oFF 1 HI 2 LO 3 LO HI 4 HI LO 1 it is recommended to read these registers simultaneously 1 2 and 7 8 D3h D4h in 2 registers frames and registers 9h Ah Bh Ch in 4 registers frames If single registers are read data errors are possible because of changes of read value between successive registers readings Zeroing of total flow counter is possible by pre...

Page 42: ...s of first register to read write Hi and Lo byte COUNT H L No of registers to read write Hi and Lo byte BYTE C Data byte count in answer frame DATA H L Data byte Hi and Lo byte CRC L H CRC error check Hi and Lo byte 1 Read of the displayed value measurement and status the device address 01h ADDR FUNC REG H L COUNT H L CRC L H 01 03 00 01 00 03 54 0B The answer ADDR FUNC BYTE C DATA H1 L1 DATA H2 L...

Page 43: ... C1 DATA H 0 DATA L new device address 2 The answer the same as the message ADDR FUNC REG H L DATA H L CRC L H 01 06 00 20 00 02 09 C1 4 Change of baud rate of all devices connected to the net BROADCAST message ADDR FUNC REG H L COUNT H L CRC L H 00 06 00 22 00 04 29 D2 DATA H 0 DATA L 4 new baud rate 19200 baud Device do not reply to BROADCAST type messages 5 Try to write improper data to registe...

Page 44: ...to batcher counter value 0 25 b unit The unit of thresholds displaying while relay is controlled due to batcher counter value lit 25 t PrEc Precision of thresholds and hysteresis displaying while relay is controlled due to total flow counter value 0 25 t unit The unit of thresholds and hysteresis displaying while relay is controlled due to total flow counter value lit 26 modE Operation mode of rel...

Page 45: ...28 Configuration of current flow display FLouu menu F PrEc Decimal point position precision of flow rate displaying 0 0 29 F unit The unit of volume Cubic measure for flow rate displaying lit 29 Ftunit The unit of time for flow rate displaying min 29 F or P Kind of value visible on the display FLvAL 29 Configuration of Batcher Counter reset and displaying mode bAtCH menu b PrEc Decimal point posit...

Page 46: ...um detected change 0 0 32 timE Maximum time of peak displaying 0 0 sec 33 HdiS The type of displayed value rEAL 33 H r1 Source of relay R1 and LED R1 control rEAL 33 H r2 Source of relay R2 and LED R2 control rEAL 33 Settings of access to the configuration parameters SECU menu Acc r1 Permission to changes of relay R1 threshold without of the user password knowledge on 33 Acc r2 Permission to chang...

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