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Page 2: ...eployment 15 6 1 PIPEMINDER S Site Selection Pressure Transients 15 6 2 PIPEMINDER S Site Selection Burst Monitoring 15 6 3 Cellular Signal in Chambers 15 6 4 Hydraulic Connection 15 6 5 Flow Meter Co...
Page 3: ...S Manual GPS Time Synchronisation 29 8 3 Source Identification 30 9 Common Problems 32 9 1 CSQ Reported as 99 99 at Start Up 32 9 2 CSQ Reported OK but Communications Fail above ground 32 9 3 CSQ Repo...
Page 4: ...t attempt to use the instrument and contact Syrinix for guidance 6 Use only electrical attachments and accessories supplied by Syrinix Syrinix cannot be responsible for the performance of the instrume...
Page 5: ...er Date Changes 100592 16th November 2014 First Release 100593 16th November 2014 Added antenna options 100789 26th July 2016 Update for PIPEMINDER S 100953 22nd February 2018 Notes on frost protectio...
Page 6: ...m mean maximum and S3 score computed from the 128 S s history Each of these outputs can be see figure 1 stored internally to 2GB of Flash storage and or sent to Syrinix s servers using the GPRS modem...
Page 7: ...sing an internal GPS receiver and antenna Upon deployment it is important to consider the intended use of the PIPEMINDER S device For applications that require a high degree of time accuracy Syrinix h...
Page 8: ...p Pulses or Forward Pulses Pulse Input 2 Internal pull up Direction or Reverse Pulses Alarm Input Internal pull up Alarm Signal Flow Meter Input Voltage Inputs internally pulled up to 3 3V compatible...
Page 9: ...sducer The following precautions should be taken when deploying in a climate where temperatures below 0 C will be experienced Install below ground as close as possible to the pipeline Install insulati...
Page 10: ...Page 10 of 32 4 System Components...
Page 11: ...Page 11 of 32 Figure 2 Device overview 101667...
Page 12: ...i USB lead supplied 5 1 To install the SIM card 1 Remove the SIM cover on the rear of PIPEMINDER S 2 Slide the metal cover to open the hinge type SIM holder 3 Pull SIM holder upwards 4 Insert the SIM...
Page 13: ...s the top of the page 6 Enter the APN settings APN Address Username and Password and click Save Configuration 7 Click Download Config File at the top of the page and save the file to your desktop 8 St...
Page 14: ...Page 14 of 32 Figure 4 Configuration editor on RADAR...
Page 15: ...may be possible by following the procedure in section 8 Event Source Identification 6 3 Cellular Signal in Chambers Chamber selection can have an impact on the cellular signal strength Chambers with c...
Page 16: ...r Function Green Signal Ground and Battery Negative Red Battery Positive Blue Pulse Input 2 Direction or Reverse Pulses internal pull up White RS232 Tx Yellow Do not connect Grey Alarm Input Alarm Sig...
Page 17: ...2 minutes for 20 minutes The signal strength is also reported to and visible on the RADAR each time a connection is made Use of a GSM GPRS signal tester to survey sites before deployment is recommend...
Page 18: ...ient Antenna once the PIPEMINDER S is ready for connection to the pipeline 6 Connect the flow meter cable to the flow meter if one is being used 7 Connect the pressure port to the pipeline taking care...
Page 19: ...s copied from PIPEMINDER S may be uploaded to the RADAR via Upload Device Data on the Manage menu of RADAR The files themselves contain all of the device information for import by the RADAR Multiple f...
Page 20: ...6 Select firmware version and update via Remote Network from the dropdown box 7 Click update 8 A new device configuration file will be generated 9 Set configuration file to required parameters 10 Cli...
Page 21: ...eated a new mission file for the device to make it work with the new software You should now download this from the Manage Device page by clicking the Download Config File button This is also the oppo...
Page 22: ...r to 100648 the device will re initialise the file system on start up This process takes around 20 minutes and the device will display progress This only happens on the first start up following a soft...
Page 23: ...of poor signal strength a CSQ score of below 8 or if the unit is left powered on with a damaged or disconnected antenna Battery life will also be impacted if the device is subjected to extreme ambien...
Page 24: ...ata for that site Conversely several sites may be visited by one PIPEMINDER S in this case the data would be split across sites Each site must be a member of a group which makes plotting and other fun...
Page 25: ...inimal unless regular retries due to congestion Resend Hour UTC hour to retry failed comms 17 Minimal unless regular retries due to congestion Save Event Data Save all transient events to the internal...
Page 26: ...meters 7 4 Transient Sensitivity Adjustment When initially manufactured the devices are configured with an S3 Sensitivity of 130 This setting is deliberately conservative to avoid the situation where...
Page 27: ...e entered 3 the Group to be plotted Providing data is available a plot will appear Zooming Clicking and dragging in the plot area will zoom into the data very small selections are ignored A zoom histo...
Page 28: ...dex php tip converting_unix_timestamps The CSV files can be loaded into excel and the epoch time converted into an excel format From the above link and assuming that the epoch time is in cell A2 1 In...
Page 29: ...ed 1 Remove PIPEMINDER S from its installed location without disconnecting the battery 2 Lay PIPEMINDER S on the ground with a clear view of the sky 3 Activate magnetic switch 2 using the supplied Fig...
Page 30: ...then the following analysis may be applied Figure 6 Example Deployment Figure 7 Captured Transient Events 1 1 2 2 Equation 1 Transient Source Identification Where Xt Total distance between a pair of...
Page 31: ...the wave speed The second is to use a look up table Table 2 shows how wave velocities vary with both pipe material and diameter the reason for the range in each case Pipe Material Pressure Wave Veloc...
Page 32: ...ations from Chamber Ensure that a suitable antenna has been selected If signal strength is borderline above ground then the wavelength whip antenna is unlikely to work Consider installing a sub manhol...
