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GE 

Oil & Gas

Masoneilan

VECTOR*

 V1100 

Wireless 

Adapter

Instruction Manual

Product description

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Wireless 

HART 

protocol

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Provides 24/7 monitoring

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One Port wireless adapter

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Local/Direct power option

Summary of Contents for Masoneilan VECTOR V1100

Page 1: ...GE Oil Gas Masoneilan VECTOR V1100 Wireless Adapter Instruction Manual Product description t Wireless HART protocol t Provides 24 7 monitoring t One Port wireless adapter t Local Direct power option ...

Page 2: ...f this manual unless such changes affect the function and performance of the instrument Trade Mark VECTOR V1100 is a registered trademark of GE Oil Gas Other company names and product names used in this manual are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners Copyright All software is the intellectual property of GE Oil Gas The complete design and manufacture are the intellect...

Page 3: ... network join status 19 3 Detailed Settings 20 HART Dynamic Variables 20 Configure Power Mode method 20 Adapter Power 20 Field Device Power Control 21 Field Device Power Control Switching Mode 22 Power Status 23 Battery Life Remaining 23 Battery Capacity 23 Battery Low Voltage 24 Battery Critical Voltage 24 Join Device to Network method 24 Network ID 24 Join Key 24 Radio Output Power 24 HART Polli...

Page 4: ...ded 33 ALERT HART Sub Device Lost 33 ALERT Burst Packets are Being Dropped 33 ALERT Field Device Power Control 34 ALERT Wireless Capacity Denied 34 ALERT Burst Message Configuration Issue 34 ALERT Wired Device in Burst Mode 35 ALERT V1100 Failed to Join the Network 35 ALERT Radio Malfunction 35 ALERT Variable Simulation 36 ALERT Field Device Cutoff Occurred 36 ALERT Low Battery 36 HART DD Menu Tre...

Page 5: ...connections 51 Hard Reset 52 Certificates and Approvals 53 Telecommunication Compliance 53 FCC and IC 53 European Union Directives 53 Telecommunication Compliance 53 Certifications 54 Ordinary Locations Certifications 54 RADIO EMC 54 Electro Magnetic Compatibility Directive EMC 54 Rohs 2002 95 EC 54 Housing 54 Technical Specifications 55 Technical Specifications 55 Mechanical Dimensional Drawing 5...

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Page 7: ...ortant information Read the instructions carefully before installing and maintaining your instrument Total compliance with all WARNING and CAUTION notices is required for safe operation Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which if not avoided could result in serious injury Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which if not avoided could result in property or data damage Indicates imp...

Page 8: ...work practices Use appropriate safety equipment and practices to prevent the dropping of tools or equipment during installation This product is not intended as a lifting or climbing point and shall not be used to support the weight of personnel During installation additional consideration may be necessary to ensure the device is not relied on for lifting climbing or supporting weight of personnel ...

Page 9: ...when loop powered saves on long term cost of battery maintenance replacement and disposal programs The VECTOR V1100 Local Direct power option can be used when the field device is powered either by a DC power supply or an external battery solar system In the case of external battery power the VECTOR V1100 provides battery power management by cycling the field device power and taking periodic readin...

Page 10: ...odic readings to save power Internal 250 Ohm loop current sense resistor provided configurable by wireless HART command Multidrop support for up to eight devices maximum number depends on installation 235 meters open air range nominal Rugged internal antenna design Basic Operation The VECTOR V1100 wireless HART Adapter allows new and existing wired HART devices to be integrated into a wireless HAR...

Page 11: ...er specified triggered event such as a process variable alarm When the VECTOR V1100 is configured in burst mode it supports all of these advanced modes on behalf of any connected wired HART sub devices Burst mode is also very useful to publish device status data such as malfunctions or alarms to the gateway on a periodic basis or immediately when a critical event occurs Typical Usage In most typic...

Page 12: ...ireless HART adapter is being able to operate under low current conditions since very little power is available for use by the adapter The VECTOR V1100 is designed to operate at the worst case operating conditions at all power settings and responds to Wired or wireless HART commands The VECTOR V1100 operates as specified with reliable communications even under the following conditions Loop current...

Page 13: ...evices in a wireless HART network are battery powered and all wireless transmissions performed by these devices impact battery life The more wireless HART devices that a battery powered node has to route messages for the shorter its overall battery life The VECTOR V1100 is different Since it is loop powered it can support wireless messages indefinitely without any concerns of battery life By placi...

Page 14: ... power source such as battery solar panel or the DC power supply used to power the field device The DIRECT POWER voltage range is 7 VDC to 32 VDC The DIRECT POWER connections are 1 DIRECT POWER black lead wire to the positive potential and 2 RETURN white lead wire to the negative terminal of the external DC source ...

Page 15: ...riptor DD or Device Type Manager DTM for the VECTOR V1100 over the wired HART connection Once connected to the wireless HART network make configuration changes using the DD DTM over either the wired HART interface or the wireless HART interface Configuration consists of 1 Bench Top Configuration 2 Quick Setup on page 17 3 Detailed Settings on page 20 if required ...

Page 16: ... or HART modem to the VECTOR V1100 by connecting one lead of the HART modem to the VECTOR V1100 Return wire and the other lead of the HART modem to the VECTOR V1100 HART wire The VECTOR V1100 s HART signal connections are polarity independent 4 Ensure the Loop Power lead wire RED is not connected to any terminal of the power supply and or an earth grounding connection Electrically isolate this lea...

Page 17: ... using the DD A Set the HART Tags for the VECTOR V1100 1 From the main DD screen select Configure In Simatic PDM select Configure from the Device menu at the top of the screen 2 Select Manual Setup V1100 Information 3 Enter in the HART Tag 4 Enter in the HART Long Tag 5 Transfer the updated information to the VECTOR V1100 by clicking on the Send or Transfer button Table 2 Bench Top Configuration W...

Page 18: ...e to the desired update rate recommended or set this to disabled If not using the Automatic Burst Mode manually set the burst mode configuration for each Burst Message NOTE Sub devices must be detected before configuring the manual Burst Mode configuration 4 Transfer the updated information to the VECTOR V1100 by clicking on the Send or Transfer button D Configure Wireless HART network settings 1 ...

Page 19: ...2 Select Communications Wireless Status 3 Monitor the progress of the wireless HART join If Join Failed under Join Status becomes set check the Network ID and Join Key that were used to see that they are correct At this point the VECTOR V1100 is ready to be installed and commissioned in the field For installation information and wiring drawings proceed to Installation on page 39 ...

Page 20: ...n with a 1 0 V insertion voltage drop Through the DD the power setting can be changed Table 4 to set the insertion voltage drop to 1 0 V 1 5 V 2 0 V or 2 5 V The power mode setting can also be set to several different direct power modes Table 3 HART Dynamic Variables HART Variable Wireless HART Packets per Second Primary Variable PV Loop Current mA Secondary Variable SV Direct Power Voltage V Tert...

Page 21: ...ed the wireless HART network If this power setting is set different than how the VECTOR V1100 is actually powered such as a Direct Powered setting is selected but the unit is actually loop powered the system operation is not guaranteed and it is possible that the VECTOR V1100 resets due to insufficient power once connected to the wireless HART network The unit can be both Direct Powered and wired ...

Page 22: ...combination with Burst mode the VECTOR V1100 schedules measurements from the connected HART devices and turns on the loop when a scheduled measurement is needed After all the measurements have been read from the connected HART devices the VECTOR V1100 removes power from the devices by turning off the Field Device Power Control switch For this mode to work properly you need to determine and configu...

Page 23: ...erefore the VECTOR V1100 bat tery measurement circuitry is very flexible and configurable There are two major variables measured to determine the remain ing battery life the battery voltage and the battery coulomb dis charge rate Both of these measurements are continuously being performed by the VECTOR V1100 on the battery and both of these measurements are used to determine the remaining battery ...

Page 24: ...wireless HART network to join Join Key This is a 32 character hexadecimal password broken into four eight character blocks which is used to get access to the wireless HART network Radio Output Power The transmit power of the VECTOR V1100 s radio can be set to either 0 dBm or 10 dBm HART Polling Address This is the HART polling address used to communicate to the VECTOR V1100 on the wired HART inter...

Page 25: ...is detected and it supports a real time clock the VECTOR V1100 can synchronize the sub device time with the wireless HART network time if this setting is enabled If the sub device does not support a real time clock this setting has no effect This synchronization is performed when the VECTOR V1100 joins the wireless HART network and then once per day Sub Device Scan on Power up When this is enabled...

Page 26: ... the existing sub device list to be either retained or erased prior to the new scan 4 20 mA Settings The VECTOR V1100 has the ability to measure the loop current from field devices when wired in a loop powered mode The VECTOR V1100 can be connected to analog only 4 20 mA field devices with no HART capability and report this loop current value to the wireless HART network The VECTOR V1100 can conve...

Page 27: ...alue in engineering units that corresponds to the loop current at 20 mA PV Lower Range Value 4 mA When the Linearization Mode is set to Linear this is the value in engineering units that corresponds to the loop current at 4 mA Upper Fault Current This is the value of the loop current in milliamps that above which sets a HART loop current alarm Upper Limit of Proportional Range This is the value of...

Page 28: ...configuration of the burst mode settings If any manual burst mode settings are configured Automatic Burst Mode is automatically turned off Factory Reset Executing the factory reset resets the following VECTOR V1100 parameters and causes the VECTOR V1100 to reset Table 5 The software controlled factory reset can be initiated by means of the HART Device Description DD Table 5 HART Dynamic Variables ...

Page 29: ...Response Preambles 5 Write Protect Off HART Lock State Cleared Electronics Temperature Units degC PV Linearization Mode Linear PV Units mA PV Damping Value 0 0 secs PV Upper Range Value 20mA 20 0 mA PV Lower Range Value 4 mA 4 0 mA PV Upper Limit of Prop Range 20 5 mA PV Lower Limit of Prop Range 3 8 mA Upper Fault Current 21 0 mA Lower Fault Current 3 6 mA Table 5 HART Dynamic Variables Defaults ...

Page 30: ...t History The condition that caused the alert is no longer present or the alert is a onetime event The start timestamp indicates when this alert first occurred and the stop timestamp indicates when the alert stopped or the last time the alert was detected Clear Alert method This clears the current alert Clear All Alerts method This clears the entire VECTOR V1100 alert history ALERT Direct Power Ou...

Page 31: ...s outside of the allowable VECTOR V1100 operating range Corrective Action Ensure that the VECTOR V1100 is installed in an environment within its environmental operating range Timestamps Start Set when the alert is first detected Stop Set when the alert state goes away ALERT Power Mode Misconfigured Description The power mode detected on the inputs for the VECTOR V1100 currently does not match the ...

Page 32: ...the alert is first detected Stop Not Used ALERT Duplicate HART Master Detected Description A HART Master has been detected that is configured as the same Master type as the VECTOR V1100 This prevents the VECTOR V1100 from communicating with connected sub devices while the other HART master is present Corrective Action If there is another HART Master present ensure that it and the VECTOR V1100 are ...

Page 33: ...e Action If the sub device was removed intentionally clear the alert Else check the connection power to the sub device and verify communications with a wired HART handheld or PC Timestamps Start Set when the sub device was lost Stop Same as the start time ALERT Burst Packets are Being Dropped Description One or more burst packets have been dropped from the VECTOR V1100 to the wireless HART network...

Page 34: ... on for This alert is set whenever this value is 100 and the Field Device Power Control mode is set to Switching Timestamps Start Set when the Field Device Power Control issue is first detected Stop Set when the Field Device Power Control issue is corrected ALERT Wireless Capacity Denied Description The wireless HART network has denied a request for wireless bandwidth Corrective Action Check the b...

Page 35: ...e last wired burst mode message was detected ALERT V1100 Failed to Join the Network Description The VECTOR V1100 has failed to join the wireless HART network Corrective Action Check the Network ID and Join key set on both the VECTOR V1100 and the wireless HART network Timestamps Start Set when the wireless HART network Join procedure failed Stop Set when the wireless HART network Join procedure su...

Page 36: ...e cutoff Corrective Action Ensure the direct power voltage is a high enough voltage Timestamps Start Set when the field device cutoff occurs Stop Set when the field device cutoff ends by having a direct power voltage high enough ALERT Low Battery Description The VECTOR V1100 is configured to use an external battery and the battery voltage has dropped below the Battery Low Voltage parameter or the ...

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Page 39: ...dard commercially available hardware as required by the installation requirements and area classification VECTOR V1100 Installation to Field Device Figure 3 Typical VECTOR V1100 Field Device installation Installations for ordinary locations must be preformed only by qualified personnel trained in the required national regional local codes and practices Operating temperature range is 85 C Caution i...

Page 40: ... lead wire The VECTOR V1100 HART connections are polarity independent WARNING Terminate unused lead wires as required by national regional and local electrical codes and practices Conduit Entry The VECTOR V1100 male NPT port allows direct connection into a spare field device enclosure port or a junction box The VECTOR V1100 NPT accepts adapters to interface into other entry thread types such as M2...

Page 41: ...ertically and approximately one meter from any metal or conductive material which could impact the wireless HART communications The VECTOR V1100 can placed anywhere on the current loop and does not need to be positioned directly next to the field device This allows positioning the VECTOR V1100 in an optimal location for RF coverage The operating range can be reduced by interference from other near...

Page 42: ...age range is 7 VDC to 32 VDC For direct powered operation connect the DC power source positive terminal DIRECT POWER Black lead wire and the DC power source negative terminal to the VECTOR V1100 s RETURN white leadwire NOTE In loop powered mode the VECTOR V1100 cannot control the loop current You must ensure that the loop current is limited to within the operating specifications CAUTION The VECTOR...

Page 43: ... loop between the power source positive terminal and the field device positive current loop terminal L1 Figure 6 has the VECTOR V1100 inserted into the current loop between the field device negative current loop terminal L2 and the power source negative terminal Figure 5 Loop Powered Configuration HART Communication on Positive Current Leg ...

Page 44: ...VECTOR V1100 Wireless Adapter 44 GE Oil Gas Figure 6 Loop Powered Configuration HART Communication on Negative Current Leg ...

Page 45: ... field devices These can be any combination of either input or output wired HART enabled field devices The maximum number of wired HART field devices that any loop can support is installation dependent The actual number of allowed field devices on any loop is restricted by the insertion voltage drop of all field devices wire losses and minimum Loop Power Source voltage Two modes selectable continu...

Page 46: ...default setting Figure 8 Loop Power Multi Drop Configuration Figure 8 is a simplified representation of this LOOP POWER multi drop configuration The DIRECT POWER black lead wire is not required for this configuration and is not shown The EARTH Grounding connection is not shown VECTOR V1100 with HART Field Devices in DIRECT POWER Multi Drop Mode When configured for DIRECT POWER the HART terminating...

Page 47: ...he power to the field device which results in optimum energy management for battery operation To manage the battery power the VECTOR V1100 must be configured to use the FIELD DEVICE POWER CONTROL feature which allows you to specify the battery powered on and off time This software controlled function is enabled by means of the HART Device Description DD You configure the FIELD DEVICE POWER on time...

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Page 49: ...T sub device s have been detected by the VECTOR V1100 Also verify that the VECTOR V1100 is attempting to join or has joined the wireless HART network With the wireless HART gateway verify that the VECTOR V1100 has been detected and that all of the connected wired HART sub devices have been detected Install the VECTOR V1100 after the wireless HART gateway has been installed and is verified to be wo...

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Page 51: ...cate with the sub device Cannot Connect to the Wireless HART Network Check the wireless HART gateway for the correct Network ID and Network Join Keys Using the VECTOR V1100 HART DD both of these settings are entered in with a decimal format It is possible that either of these settings are shown in a hexadecimal format on the wireless HART gateway If so convert these values into a decimal format be...

Page 52: ...Since the VECTOR V1100 has a large internal energy store to perform a true Hard Reset complete power loss 1 Disconnect all power sources to the VECTOR V1100 for five minutes 2 Reapply power to the VECTOR V1100 VECTOR V1100 resets to factory default setting ...

Page 53: ...allowed European Union Directives The EC declaration of conformity statement for all applicable directive s for this device can be requested from the factory This device conforms to the requirements of the following directives Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment R TTE 1999 95 EC Telecommunication Compliance All wireless devices require certifications of compliance to ensure that they m...

Page 54: ... Hazardous Location approval process this product has been examined and tested to meet basic electrical mechanical and fire protection requirements of EN61010 1 and ANSI UL 61010 1 RADIO EMC FCC Part 15 IC R TTE Electro Magnetic Compatibility Directive EMC 2004 108 RC Rohs 2002 95 EC Restricted materials not used Housing NEMA 6P IP68 ...

Page 55: ...meters open air nominal Operating Frequency 2 4 GHz RF Output Power 10 dBm Electrical Series Loop Voltage Drop 1 0 V 2 5 V user settable in 0 5 V steps Series Loop Operating Cur rent 3 2 to 25 mA operating Protected against overvoltage over current and reverse connections Ext Power Operating Volt age 7 V to 32 V Reverse voltage protection Ext Power Operating Cur rent Typical 1mA Max 20 mA HART Out...

Page 56: ...00 Storage Temperature 40 º to 85 ºC Physical Dimensions Dimensions Height 100 mm 3 9 Diameter 60 8 mm 2 4 Weight 0 46 kg 1lbs Enclosure Housing Aluminum alloy RoHS complaint corrosion coating polyurethane enamel paint Dome propriety resin Connection One Male NPT Field Termination 5 lead wires x 600 mm 24 long extend from male NPT opening 5 leads 4 signal and 1 internal earth grounding connection ...

Page 57: ...57 Mechanical Dimensional Drawing Dimensions are in inches millimeters Figure 10 VECTOR Dimensions ...

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