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Instruction Manual

VLB-67 LED Beacon

© Vega Industries Ltd, July 2014

VLB-67 LED Beacon

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VLB-67 V1.0.17

APPENDIX F

ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS TO VLB-67 BEACON

Connections will vary with VLB-67 Model and Options ordered

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Summary of Contents for VLB-67-SA

Page 1: ...ery LS1 Large Solar 16W with 12Ah Battery LS2 Large Solar 16W with 24Ah Battery Vertical divergence 7 Marine Beacon and Obstacle Light Options Internal GPS for synchronising RS232 Data port RS485 opti...

Page 2: ...rom this release onwards Prog01 V1 2 or later for IrDA configuration is required for compatibility 7 03 67 8000 to 67 8076 1 0 9 18 Jan 2012 x Update to software version 7 04 67 8076 to 67 8407 1 0 10...

Page 3: ...erial defects and will repair or replace at its option the whole or any part of the products found to be faulty The standard warranty is valid for 12 months from the date of dispatch Vega is not to be...

Page 4: ...SECTION 2 SETTING UP AND USING THE VLB 67 BEACON 9 1 0 Getting Started 9 2 0 Solar Calculations 10 3 0 Shipping of the VLB 67 10 3 1 From the Factory 10 4 0 Infra red Programming 10 5 0 The Initial Po...

Page 5: ...ght 20 5 4 Intensity Settings 20 5 5 Synchronising Options 21 5 5 1 Additional Sync Options 21 5 6 Operation Mode 22 5 6 1 Auto Leave Storage 22 5 6 2 Auto Storage 22 5 7 Programming Mode 23 5 8 Batte...

Page 6: ...raft hazard lights for ICAO Type A and Type B and for use as bridge marking lights The VLB 67 Marine Beacon can be programmed for an operating range at x 2 to 5NM at 0 74T visibility and x 2 25 to 6NM...

Page 7: ...0 Range and Power 2 1 Effective Intensity Settings The VLB 67 beacon supports a number of effective Candela settings Appendix B of the manual provides the following information x The Effective Intensi...

Page 8: ...plastic body and base of the VLB 67 beacon is made from Nylon and has a 30 percent glass fill The coloured top of the Beacon is made from ASA plastic The lens is moulded from optical grade acrylic Th...

Page 9: ...ed units Details of the electrical connections are provided in Appendix F 5 0 Battery Charging on VLB 67 SS and LS Beacons The solar charger in the VLB 67 Beacon monitors the temperature and the volta...

Page 10: ...s first connected the beacon will remain inactive for about 30 seconds then start in night mode with the beacon flashing with the programmed flash character x After a further 16 to 20 seconds the beac...

Page 11: ...ealed unit If shortening the power cable the user must tin each cable core and reseal both external sheath and internal cores with heat shrink and marine sealant 7 2 1 VLB 67 Base Compartment The base...

Page 12: ...acon can be visible to the intended user This includes the sway on a fixed structure and the roll of a buoy The vertical divergence of the VLB 67 beacon is 7 degrees At 3 5 the intensity is at 50 and...

Page 13: ...to battery positive For additional details refer to the specification section 8 4 Data Port The RS232 RS485 data port can operate continuously or on demand The on demand mode uses less power than the...

Page 14: ...the cables inside the solar body and under the foam packing so that the cables cannot interfere with the sealing ring x Carefully replace the lantern head onto the Solar Body keeping the lantern head...

Page 15: ...Computer programming please refer to the PROG 01 Instruction Manual The programming described in the rest of this manual relates to the infrared TVIR programmer only Computer programming of the VLB 67...

Page 16: ...1sec off If the VLB 67 has been programmed for Calendar or auto storage mode the flash response will be different Numeric key when programming 1 flash for each key pressed When programming code recog...

Page 17: ...n order for the VLB 67 to see the TVIR Programmer Once in programming mode the Operating or Calendar settings can be checked or reprogrammed Refer Clause 5 6 for the Operating Modes and Clause 5 11 fo...

Page 18: ...daytime and the light is set to operate at night only the light will turn off Create a programming error by attempting to enter an invalid Operation Mode code 003 Determine the programming Syntax fro...

Page 19: ...ogram settings of the VLB 67 As the VLB 67 is delivered from the factory with default settings and it is only necessary to program the settings that need to be changed The Read Settings feature can be...

Page 20: ...seconds 001 y The termination code when the programming of the custom character is finished 000 Appendix C provides a work sheet and an example for programming a Custom Character If an error occurs wh...

Page 21: ...will still generate a sync pulse when operating In slave mode the VLB 67 will operate on the basis of the sync pulses received and will stop operating after a programmed number of flash cycles after t...

Page 22: ...eacon to be reset to the factory default settings The calendar on off dates are not altered during the reset To change the mode from Storage to Normal the red standby key on the TVIR programmer must b...

Page 23: ...ure Operation Mode 6 Value 000 has both IRDA and RS232 port disabled See Appendix A for other settings 5 8 Battery Thresholds The VLB 67 has programmable battery threshold settings designed to protect...

Page 24: ...your PIN number please contact Vega for further instruction 5 11 Calendar The VLB 67 allows the programming of 5 pairs of calendar dates where the beacon will turn off at the first date hibernate and...

Page 25: ...to 31 HH is hour 00 to 23 MM is minute 00 to 59 30 Set 1st OFF date MMDD 0000 Disables MM is month 01 to 12 DD is day 01 to 31 Daylight saving is not supported by the Calendar Feature All dates must...

Page 26: ...Instruction Manual VLB 67 LED Beacon Vega Industries Ltd July 2014 VLB 67 LED Beacon Page 26 of 52 VLB 67 V1 0 17 User Notes...

Page 27: ...andela effective Four Digit Value Enter value as a number 0000 to 9999 0000 Sets minimum allowed value 9999 sets maximum allowed value 3 Synchronisation Default 000 Master sync no delay 999 Disable Sy...

Page 28: ...placed in dark for at least 1 minute to activate the Auto Leave function 2N0 Auto Storage Mode on dark Auto Leave Storage on day 24 hours of darkness will force beacon into storage mode N is proporti...

Page 29: ...ash character segments Default ISO 1 sec Up to 9 On Off pairs Comma Separated 50 millisecond units Numbers 002 to 255 are permitted in the On Off pairs 001 is a special case indicating continuation co...

Page 30: ...of the year 01 12 DD is day of the month 01 31 If month is zero in either OFF date time or corresponding ON date time OFF date time pair is ignored MMDD where MM is month of the year 1 12 DD is day of...

Page 31: ...15 20 30 85 2 0 5 0 0005 10 10 10 15 60 1 5 2 4 0002 10 1 0 1 0 0001 10 Max Candela cd 140 129 150 94 45 Max Current mA 330 265 310 265 315 Night current mA 2 5 Night current with GPS mA 4 5 Day off c...

Page 32: ...1 5 2 4 0003 10 10 10 15 60 1 0 1 0 0001 5 5 5 10 30 Measured Estimated mm yyyy 07 2013 07 2013 07 2013 Est Est Max Candela cd 60 60 60 60 18 Max Current mA 300 265 260 275 290 Night current mA 2 5 Ni...

Page 33: ...mple the maximum output for the Red marine beacon is 140 Candela at a current of 330mA 5 The beacon is unable to output more than the maximum candela The user should check that the beacon is able to r...

Page 34: ...0 5 sec 010 Enter OFF time If greater than 12 75 seconds use ADD code 001 Value is multiple of 0 05 seconds max value 255 Off time of 2 sec 040 Enter ON time If greater than 12 75 seconds use ADD code...

Page 35: ...ctive Intensity 91 Day Effective Intensity 92 Synchronisation 93 Day Night Control 94 Operation mode 95 Programming mode 96 Slave Mode Flash count on loss of sync 97 Battery Low Threshold 98 Battery H...

Page 36: ...e The peak intensity is the intensity required to see a flashing light at the same distance The peak intensity increases the shorter the flash The VLB 67 is programmed in effective intensity and perfo...

Page 37: ...racter has a multiple flash repeat this calculation for each flash N1 N2 N3 etc Determine energy need of light Average current in Character period N1 N2 etc 6 95mA O Night Off current with GPS Appendi...

Page 38: ...day LS 2 16 Ah day Energy per day 12 Allow for efficiency factors Panel fouling 10 Charge efficiency 20 Overall efficiency 70 Amp hour available per day After efficiency SS 0 756 Ah day LS 1 51 Ah day...

Page 39: ...Manual VLB 67 LED Beacon Vega Industries Ltd July 2014 VLB 67 LED Beacon Page 39 of 52 VLB 67 V1 0 17 APPENDIX F ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS TO VLB 67 BEACON Connections will vary with VLB 67 Model and Opt...

Page 40: ...Instruction Manual VLB 67 LED Beacon Vega Industries Ltd July 2014 VLB 67 LED Beacon Page 40 of 52 VLB 67 V1 0 17...

Page 41: ...oring devices The data is also suitable for monitoring beacon status through third party applications Description The VLB 67 Monitoring protocol transmits status data from the VLB 67 beacon via the RS...

Page 42: ...cter during the data transmit wake period every ten seconds Sending a every second during the day will guarantee this Data is transmitted every second while the beacon is operating and every ten secon...

Page 43: ...64453 milliamps CUR Internal diagnostic variable GUD 1 Beacon is Good no alarm DAY 1 Day is indicated Example Data BAT 424 LIT 0 TMP 376 SLR 0 BCI 1299 SLI 0 LDI 437 LOI 437 CUR 500 GUD 1 DAY 0 END BA...

Page 44: ...Instruction Manual VLB 67 LED Beacon Vega Industries Ltd July 2014 VLB 67 LED Beacon Page 44 of 52 VLB 67 V1 0 17 Large Self Contained Beacon VPP 67 SS VPP 67 LS...

Page 45: ...Instruction Manual VLB 67 LED Beacon Vega Industries Ltd July 2014 VLB 67 LED Beacon Page 45 of 52 VLB 67 V1 0 17 APPENDIX I 7 MARINE LIGHT VERTICAL DIVERGENCE PROFILES...

Page 46: ...ronisation Factory option internal GPS module Operates only when VLB 67 Beacon is running Synchronising Delay Synch pulse delay settable from 0 to 9 9 seconds Electrical Voltage 9 to 18 VDC nominal 12...

Page 47: ...Vibration MIL STD 202G Method 204D Cond B peak value of 5g in all directions Electromagnetic Interference EN55015 2006 radiated and conducted emissions EN61000 4 2 2001 Electrostatic Discharge Immunit...

Page 48: ...Replacement on TVIR Programmer Place the remote face down and push the latch on the battery holder towards the centre of the programmer case while at the same time levering the slot on the battery hol...

Page 49: ...1 FL 1 5s 0 3 0 3s 1 2s 302 FL 1 5s 0 4 0 4s 1 1s 303 FL 1 5s 0 5 0 5s 1s 304 FL 2s 0 2 0 2s 1 8s 305 FL 2s 0 3 0 3s 1 7s FLASH DETAIL 306 FL 2s 0 4 0 4s 1 6s 307 FL 2s 0 5 0 5s 1 5s 308 FL 2s 0 7 0 7...

Page 50: ...9 Fl 3 6 1s 0 4 0 4s 1s 0 4s 1s 0 4s 2 9s 440 Fl 3 8s 0 5 0 5s 1s 0 5s 1s 0 5s 4 5s 441 Fl 3 9s 0 3 0 3s 1s 0 3s 1s 0 3s 6 1s 442 Fl 3 9s 0 8 0 8s 1 2s 0 8s 1 2s 0 8s 4 2s 443 Fl 3 10s 0 5 0 5s 1 5s 0...

Page 51: ...4s 0 6s 0 4s 0 6s 0 4s 2 6s 623 Q 4 10s 0 3 0 3s 0 7s 0 3s 0 7s 0 3s 0 7s 0 3s 6 7s 624 Q 4 12s 0 3 0 3s 0 7s 0 3s 0 7s 0 3s 0 7s 0 3s 8 7s 625 Q 4 15s 0 35 0 35s 0 7s 0 35s 0 7s 0 35s 0 7s 0 35s 11...

Page 52: ...5s 1s 19s 920 OC 3 5s 3 2s 0 3s 921 OC 4s 2 4s 1 6s 922 OC 4s 3 5s 0 5s 923 MO F 4 2s 2 x 0 3s 0 3s 0 5s 0 3s 0 3s 1 9s 924 MO U 20s 2 x 0 5s 3s 5s 8s 925 Q 15s 0 5s 14 5s 926 OC 15s 9s 6s 927 LF1 2...

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