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User Guide

Levelogger Series

September 1, 2020

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Page 1: ...User Guide Levelogger Series September 1 2020...

Page 2: ...t Canada Ltd All rights reserved Printed in Canada Solinst and Levelogger are registered trademarks of Solinst Canada Ltd All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respe...

Page 3: ...2 3 System Requirements and Software Installation 23 3 1 System Requirements 23 3 2 Software Installation 23 4 Startup Configurations and Settings 24 4 1 Startup 24 4 1 1 Software Firmware Update Chec...

Page 4: ...tion 68 10 1 1 3 Model 3001 Well Cap Assembly 71 10 1 2 Fixed Installations 72 10 1 2 1 Flowing Artesian Monitoring 72 10 1 2 2 Vacuum Monitoring 72 10 1 3 Barologger Installation 73 10 1 3 1 Barometr...

Page 5: ...time readings download data manage data files perform data compensations and save and export data files Solinst dataloggers can also be used with the Solinst Levelogger App which shares most of the fe...

Page 6: ...Platinum Resistance Temperature Detector RTD Temp Sensor Accuracy 0 05 C Temp Sensor Resolution 0 003 C Battery Life 10 years based on 1 reading minute Clock Accuracy typical 1 minute year 40 C to 80...

Page 7: ...latinum Resistance Temperature Detector RTD Temp Sensor Accuracy 0 05 C Temp Sensor Resolution 0 003 C Battery Life 10 years based on 1 reading minute Clock Accuracy typical 1 minute year 20 C to 80 C...

Page 8: ...Com Interface Optical high speed USB SDI 12 Communication Speed 9600 bps 57 600 bps with USB Size 22 mm x 160 mm 7 8 x 6 3 Weight 166 grams 5 9 oz Wetted Materials Delrin Viton 316L Stainless Steel Ha...

Page 9: ...Com Interface Optical high speed USB SDI 12 Size 22 mm x 208 mm 7 8 x 8 2 Weight 6 9 oz 197 g Corrosion Resistance Baked on coating using polymerization technology inside and out and superior corrosio...

Page 10: ...ftware version See Section 2 3 Rainlogger 5 Technical Specifications Battery Life 10 years logging 2 parameters 10 minutes Clock Accuracy typical 1 minute year Operating Temperature 20 C to 80 C Maxim...

Page 11: ...sistant Hastelloy sensor Other Wetted Materials Delrin Viton 316L Stainless Steel Sampling Modes Linear Event User Selectable Schedule with Repeat Mode Future Start Future Stop Real Time View Measurem...

Page 12: ...232 SDI 12 Size 22 mm x 159 mm 7 8 x 6 25 Weight 129 grams 4 5 oz Corrosion Resistance Titanium based PVD coated body and superior corrosion resistant Hastelloy sensor Other Wetted Materials Delrin Vi...

Page 13: ...ngs Com Interface Optical Infra red USB RS 232 SDI 12 Communication Speed 9600 bps Size 22 mm x 142 mm 7 8 x 5 6 Weight 119 grams 4 2 oz Wetted Materials Delrin Viton 316L Stainless Steel Hastelloy Sa...

Page 14: ...c Conductance normalized to 25 C for full range User Calibration Points 1413 5000 12 880 80 000 S Battery Life 8 years based on 1 reading every 5 minutes Clock Accuracy typical 1 minute year Operating...

Page 15: ...th the latest Levelogger Software version See Section 2 3 Rainlogger Edge Technical Specifications Battery Life 10 years logging 2 parameters 10 minutes Clock Accuracy typical 1 minute year Operating...

Page 16: ...unt of pressure i e Levelogger 5 data will appear to be reading 950 cm 31 17 ft higher than a Levelogger Gold Barometric Compensation using the Data Wizard automatically considers this zero point offs...

Page 17: ...al properties of seawater to convert Conductivity readings to Salinity For more information see Fofonoff N P and R C Millard Jr Algorithms for computation of fundamental properties of seawater UNESCO...

Page 18: ...ger 5 App Interface see separate User Guides 2 1 Optical Readers If you are programming 5 Series dataloggers in the office the Optical Reader most commonly used for communication with a PC is a Deskto...

Page 19: ...5 Edge DRC Adaptor Older Style Optical Reader If you are programming an Edge or Gold Series datalogger you will require an Edge L5 DRC Adaptor to connect to a Desktop Reader 5 or Field Reader 5 or you...

Page 20: ...Style Optical Reader Figure 2 6 Levelogger Edge Connected to a PC Using an Older Style Optical Reader Field Reader 5 and Adaptor Figure 2 5 Levelogger Edge Connected to a PC Using an Edge L5 DRC Adap...

Page 21: ...Read Cable Down Well Note See Section 10 1 1 2 for more information on installations using Direct Read Cables 2 2 PC Interface Cable If a datalogger is deployed in the field using a L5 Direct Read Ca...

Page 22: ...and up The Rainlogger Edge is only compatible with Software Version 4 1 0 and up The LTC Levelogger Edge is only compatible with 4 3 0 and up The Levelogger Gold Barologger Gold Levelogger Junior LTC...

Page 23: ...are Installation Wizard The communication port setting for Levelogger communications is automatically set up when the Levelogger Software is installed 3 2 Software Installation Web Download 1 Download...

Page 24: ...t There are two types of Solinst USB devices that you can use to communicate with Levelogger Software 1 Older style Optical Readers received before February 2018 and PC Interface Cables received befor...

Page 25: ...gnation after the device is installed Note to check the Com Port assigned to these USB devices after installation open the Device Manager Expand Ports COM LPT to show the Com Port that has been assign...

Page 26: ...an set what information will be included in your default file names of downloaded data see Figure 4 1 You can include Start Date Stop Date Date Created Serial Number and Location Check off the informa...

Page 27: ...evel m default cm ft kPa bar and psi Baro kPa default mbar and psi Temp C F 40 000 sets of readings in Slate or Continuous Mode 10 years based on 1 reading per minute Levelogger Junior Edge Linear 0 5...

Page 28: ...Firmware Version shows the firmware version of the attached datalogger Project ID input your own identification system The Project ID is limited to 32 characters Location input specific site location...

Page 29: ...er The reference range is 300 m to 5000 m or 1000 to 16 400 ft Note There is no Offset input option for the Barologger Note Readings can be corrected or offset with respect to a specific reference ele...

Page 30: ...ers to the channel s unit of measurement There are two units of measure available for the user to select mS cm or S cm when monitoring water conductivity Note For every degree change in temperature th...

Page 31: ...ll be the channel heading data column heading and graph line name when viewing the data Identification is limited to 32 characters Units refers to the channel s unit of measurement There are two units...

Page 32: ...the clock and the time difference between the datalogger and the PC is more than 3 seconds the software will give you a message asking Do you want to synchronize the logger time to system time Click...

Page 33: ...hanged by the selected Change from the last recorded reading For the Levelogger 5 LEVEL or TEMPERATURE is the selected parameter where change is monitored You can also select CONDUCTIVITY for the Leve...

Page 34: ...e Levelogger will continue to run through the schedule until its memory is full or it is stopped Figure 5 10 Schedule Sampling Setup 5 6 Datalogger Memory Mode Datalogger Memory Mode selection will on...

Page 35: ...d in Levelogger Software Version 3 or earlier lls or sci files can not be opened by Software Version 4 5 These settings files will need to be re created and saved in Levelogger Software Version 4 5 To...

Page 36: ...from previous recording sessions will be erased After selecting Yes any changed settings will automatically be applied to the datalogger and it will start logging Datalogger Status will change from S...

Page 37: ...o program a Future Stop time after you have started the datalogger by checking Future Stop At and filling in the desired stop time Select to apply the Future Stop time it should say Future Stop below...

Page 38: ...r Junior has an 80 000 S cm conductivity range and a calibrated range from 500 to 50 000 S cm It can be calibrated to 3 calibration standard points 1 413 S cm 5 000 S cm 12 880 S cm If you know the ap...

Page 39: ...oduction The Solinst LTC Levelogger must be connected to the computer with an Optical Reader Desktop Reader 5 or Field Reader 5 during the calibration and must be in the stopped mode Ensure you use fr...

Page 40: ...to select the calibration solutions You can choose up to four three for the LTC Levelogger Junior solutions for a multipoint calibration of the LTC Levelogger Ensure the solutions are ready in the cal...

Page 41: ...re the current temperature and conductivity readings against the temperature corrected standard solution 3 LTC Levelogger Rinsing Process Use DI water to rinse the LTC Levelogger first and then rinse...

Page 42: ...asking you to clean and check your probe then start the calibration process over for that current solution by selecting Yes Figure 6 7 If performing a multipoint calibration any previous successful ca...

Page 43: ...imply click the Restore Factory LTC Calibration button with the LTC Levelogger connected to the PC If you select Yes to accept the larger tolerance the calibration process will start over for that cur...

Page 44: ...e channel information effective during data collection are shown on the top left of the window The bottom left sections of the window are used to display information after a data compensation has been...

Page 45: ...ult file type for Levelogger Software Version 4 and up is xle unless changed to lev in the Application Settings see Section 4 2 4 Previous Levelogger Software used lev files as the default The xle fil...

Page 46: ...you select All Data the program will download all the data from the current logging session of a datalogger into a xle file The default directory for saved data is in the Data folder C Program Files...

Page 47: ...re will try to recover the data from the previous logging session and download the data to a xle file Once the data is downloaded from a Levelogger it is automatically saved in a temporary file 7 1 3...

Page 48: ...sed for data selections in the graph Note Right click and drag the mouse to scan the data graph Click to open the Graph Option Dialog The Graph Dialog is shown in Figure 7 6 Note As there is only one...

Page 49: ...le If the Best Fit box is not checked the user has to enter a maximum and minimum value of the selected channel The X axis is logging time There is the option to show Combined Plot graphs or Separated...

Page 50: ...re is also the option to view more than one graph at a time Click and drag a File Name Tab and drop it when you see a shaded area on the window to open a separate graph of that data file You can view...

Page 51: ...d csv files See Section 4 2 4 Also the data graph can be exported to a bmp file or a png file by clicking File Export Graph The Datalogger Settings data table and data graph can be printed Click File...

Page 52: ...st step is to select your Data Compensation Path The choices for Leveloggers are Basic or Advanced Choosing Basic allows you to do a simple Barometric Compensation of Levelogger data only The Advanced...

Page 53: ...nderstanding pressure sensor accuracy precision resolution drift Note If you set your Levelogger to record in pressure units kPa bar psi you can not change the offset or enter an elevation value in th...

Page 54: ...nsation Use the directory on the left of the window or click to open any other Levelogger data files you would like to compensate Ensure the files you want to compensate are highlighted in the list Bo...

Page 55: ...ection displays information from the Barologger Figure 8 3 Barometric Compensation Results Figure 8 4 Viewing Compensated Files in the Data Control Tab The next window will show the results of the com...

Page 56: ...evation of Water Level adjusts water level data to represent elevation of water level readings above sea level or other reference point by entering a measuring point elevation and a field zero such as...

Page 57: ...the file name To de select a file click again Select Next to continue Note See Section 8 1 1 for more information on selecting files for Barometric compensation Figure 8 6 Selecting Files for Compens...

Page 58: ...mple 8 1 If the static water level is above your Field Zero the Field Zero is input as a negative value such as in an artesian condition The Time the Field Zero measurement was taken must replace an a...

Page 59: ...ta file your readings will increase in value as the water level decreases This is because the depth to static water level from the top of the well casing is increasing The adjusted readings will decre...

Page 60: ...ings after this Time will be adjusted to this second measurement You can add as many adjustments to one Levelogger data file as you would like as long as it doesn t exceed the total number of readings...

Page 61: ...r4_5 Data Note The default directory for saved files can be changed by clicking the Configuration menu at the top of the program window selecting Application Settings and inputting or navigating to a...

Page 62: ...port the data see Section 7 All the original Levelogger settings and the channel information effective during data collection are shown on the top left of the window The bottom left sections of the wi...

Page 63: ...pressure station should not be greater than 30 km 20 miles away In addition the date and time of the barometric data should cover the range of data collected by the Levelogger If setting up the barom...

Page 64: ...um field zero e g depth to water level to which the change in Real Time View level measurements are then adjusted against This is only available when you are taking readings in m cm or ft Real Time Vi...

Page 65: ...ate the maximum and minimum expected water levels during the monitoring period You need to install your Levelogger so it remains submerged at all times and ensure that its maximum submergence depth th...

Page 66: ...ed regularly and replaced as required See Section 10 2 Solinst supplies stainless steel suspension wire assemblies including SS stranded wire and hooks available in a variety of lengths from 15 m 50 f...

Page 67: ...t 3 If the Well Cap is not used then some secure tie off point should be used or installed 4 If installing a Barologger ensure the suspension level is above the highest expected water level 5 When ret...

Page 68: ...enient it is optional as long as a satisfactorily secure alternative tie off point is found for the Direct Read Cable Dual Well Cap Option Single Well Cap Option Figure 10 7 Solinst 2 Locking Well Cap...

Page 69: ...laceable The Adaptor should always be stored above freezing temperatures and with caps on to prevent unnecessary battery drainage and protect the optical eyes Levelogger Edge and Gold Series datalogge...

Page 70: ...on 10 2 When removing a Direct Read Cable from a Levelogger or Adaptor ensure you only twist the coupling To avoid possible damage do not twist the strain relief on the Direct Read Cable Figure 10 14...

Page 71: ...asurements For wireline or Kevlar cord suspension simply use the suspension hook on the underside of the insert to secure the Levelogger to the Well Cap see Section 10 1 1 1 To install using a Direct...

Page 72: ...ot acted on by barometric pressure to the same extent as unconfined aquifers are typically subject to barometric pressure at some barometric efficiency See Section 10 1 3 1 Finally bear in mind that t...

Page 73: ...ces can produce The third scenario occurs in an unconfined aquifer with high barometric efficiency in which a barometric pressure change results in an equivalent or highly proportional drop or rise in...

Page 74: ...upplied with the Rainlogger The Rainlogger 5 and Edge use different connector cables than the older Rainlogger which can not be interchanged The connector cables have two wires which are connected to...

Page 75: ...nsducer to a point in the water column below the frost line or ice formation depth In water bodies such as shallow streams wetlands or ponds where freezing may penetrate to the bottom install the Leve...

Page 76: ...of the datalogger can be protected in a manner similar to the freezing protection method described in Section 10 1 5 1 The Levelogger can be placed in balloons and the balloons filled with non corros...

Page 77: ...oducts for dissolving hard water scaling are also available and can be used if designed for household use Some industrial strength hard water scaling removers are much higher strength and are not reco...

Page 78: ...o ring use your fingers to push the o ring up and roll it off the Levelogger Use your fingers no sharp tools to install the new o ring Do not use any grease or silicone lubricant to help install the o...

Page 79: ...emperature Reading 10 Max Min Conductivity Reading 11 Total Number of Logs This information can be used to identify firmware battery and or temperature pressure conductivity sensor problems This funct...

Page 80: ...reate a xle file of the data to save Figure 11 2 Read Memory Dump 11 3 Create Report This function simply creates a text file containing the information obtained from the Run Diagnostics function When...

Page 81: ...mail Report will guide you through the process of creating a Diagnostics Report and it will automatically attach the report to an email to send to Solinst Technical Staff for troubleshooting If you ar...

Page 82: ...rt 11 6 Software Firmware Updates Each time the Diagnostic Utility is opened it automatically checks on line for software updates If there is an update Software Update Available will appear in the top...

Page 83: ...ownloads Make sure to unzip the firmware file after you have downloaded it so you can access the ssf file To upload new firmware to a Levelogger follow these steps 1 Open the Solinst Firmware Upgrade...

Page 84: ...rom Microsoft Website for instructions http support microsoft com default aspx scid kb en us 247501 13 3 Data Has Been Erased Accidentally For Levelogger Edge and Gold Series dataloggers if the datalo...

Page 85: ...em c Select the Device Manager Tab d Double click on Ports e Double click on Communications Port s f Choose General g Uncheck Disable in this hardware profile box File Create Error and File Write Erro...

Page 86: ...s not available in the Levelogger The Levelogger software can only append data to a file that has the same serial number and start time as the connected Levelogger Find the correct file or use All Dat...

Page 87: ...C Maximum Readings 40 000 of level and temperature Memory Slate and Continuous Communication Optical Infra red USB RS 232 SDI 12 Communication Speed 9600 bps Size 22 mm x 154 mm 7 8 x 6 Weight 179 gr...

Page 88: ...Infra red USB RS 232 SDI 12 Communication Speed 9600 bps Size 22 mm x 154 mm 7 8 x 6 Weight 179 grams 6 3 oz Corrosion Resistance Zirconium Nitride ZrN Coating Other Wetted Materials 316L Stainless S...

Page 89: ...L Stainless Steel Sampling Mode Linear Future Start Real Time View Measurement Rates 0 5 seconds to 99 hours Altitude Input 300 to 5 000 m 980 to 16 400 ft Barometric Compensation High accuracy air on...

Page 90: ...nute year Operating Temperature 20 C to 80 C Memory Slate mode Maximum Readings 16 000 Communication Speed 9600 bps Com Interface Optical Infrared USB RS 232 SDI 12 Size 22 mm x 190 mm 7 8 x 7 5 Weigh...

Page 91: ...sed Future Start Real TIme View Size 22 mm x 175 m 7 8 x 7 Weight 135 grams 4 8 oz Materials 316L Stainless Steel Delrin Viton Rainlogger The Rainlogger is designed for use with most standard tipping...

Page 92: ...a Ltd 35 Todd Road Georgetown Ontario Canada L7G 4R8 Tel 1 905 873 2255 800 661 2023 Fax 1 905 873 1992 instruments solinst com www solinst com High Quality Groundwater and Surface Water Monitoring In...

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