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iLog Data Loggers User’s Manual 

 

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[1]:  Maximum enabled channels: 1 for 20ms interval, 2 for 30ms, 8 for 40ms or bigger interval. 
[2]:  Sold separately. 

 

Logging Capacity 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Physical 

Material 

Aluminum Enclosure. 

PCB Treatment 

Conformal coating 

Dimension 

88 X 64.2 X 24 mm 

3.46 X 2.53 X 0.95 Inches

 

Weight 

150g 

Mounting 

Probe/wall-mount holes for hanging/mounting. 

Others 

LED Indicator 

Tri-Color LED: (can be disabled for power saving) 
Normal Sampling: green when sampling.  
Alarm: red when sampling.  
Low Battery: amber when sampling. 

Excitation Control 

A2/EXT terminal strip can be configured as excitation control 
output for driving the power of connected devices.  
Warm-up Interval settings: 10 to 240 seconds with 10-second 
increment. 

Operating Environment 

-40 ~ +70°C 

(-40 to + 158°F

), 0 ~ 95 %RH non-condensing. 

Clock Accuracy 

±

1 minute per month 

Approvals 

CE, FCC 

Sampling 
 Interval 

Enabled 
Channel 

Logging   
Capacity 

1 minute 

3.98 years  

1 minute 

727 days 

10 seconds 

242 days 

10 seconds 

121 days 

 

Sampling 
Interval 

Enabled  
Channel 

Logging 
Capacity 

1 second  

24 days 

1 second 

12 days 

100 ms  

58 hours 

100 ms 

29 hours 

 

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Страница 3: ...geted service expenses and provide additional 2 years of protection at a fraction of the price of a repair 4 Return Policy Defective Product Return A Buyer may return a defective product to MEI for repair or replacement at MEI option in the event MEI determines that the product is defective The defective product must be returned to MEI within the warranty period The Buyer shall be responsible for ...

Страница 4: ...In 10 USB Port Pin out Face In 11 3 CHANNELS AND SENSOR CONNECTIONS 11 ILOG VOLTAGE DATA LOGGER MODEL IVDC 10 11 Channel and Sensor Specifications 12 ILOG CURRENT DATA LOGGER MODEL ICDC 25 12 Channel and Sensor Specifications 12 ILOG THERMOCOUPLE DATA LOGGER MODEL ITC 80 13 Channel and Sensor Specifications 13 Measure Temperature 14 ILOG THERMISTOR MODEL ITH 10 14 Channel and Sensor Specifications...

Страница 5: ...R 32 CONNECT DATA LOGGER 37 ACTIVATE SITEVIEW 40 MAIN WINDOW FRAME 42 Communication Panel 42 Menu Bar 42 Tool Bar 42 Main Working Panel 42 Information Log Panel 43 VIEW LOGGER STATUS 43 General 45 Alarm Excitation 45 CONFIGURE LOGGER 46 Description 47 Sampling Interval 47 On Board LED 47 When Memory Full 48 Time to Start Time to End 48 Total Time Span 48 Enabled 48 Channel Range 48 Description 48 ...

Страница 6: ...e End Time 53 REAL TIME DISPLAY 54 Show List 56 Show Graph 56 Vertical 56 Time Span 56 Dataset 56 Settings 56 CALIBRATE A CHANNEL 57 Understand Cali Low Cali High 57 Decide On Line or Off Line Calibration 58 6 SPECIFICATIONS 62 COMMON SPECIFICATIONS 62 LOGGING CAPACITY 63 ...

Страница 7: ...illiseconds to 12 hours providing alternative to data acquisition devices and paper chart recorders An iLog data logger provides alarm outputs controlled by the low and high programmable alarm thresholds of each enabled channel The alarm control outputs can be used to turn on off external alarm devices such as strobe lights sirens or alarm telephone diallers An iLog data logger also has an excitat...

Страница 8: ...entity of the logger Each logger has its own unique serial number which can be found on the back of the enclosure The serial number is used to identify the logger and enable us to keep a record of its history like calibrations and warranty Please reference it in any correspondence with MEI 1 5 Battery The battery lasts in excess of 12 years when sampling at 1 minute intervals When the battery is n...

Страница 9: ...ain gauge bridge signal up to 520mVDC Any voltages over this range may cause permanent damage to the device Maximum Input Current Range For logger model iCDC 25 The logger is designed to measure single common ground DC current in the range up to 25 mA Any current over this range may cause permanent damage to the device External Power Supply When using external power supply via USB Serial Port Devi...

Страница 10: ...Ha ar rd dw wa ar re e M Me ec ch ha an ni ic ca al l D Di im me en ns si io on n Logger Diagram Common Ground Terminal Block Alarm Controls USB Port Activation Button AUX Port Status LED Thermistor Mounting Pane Site Log Data Logger iLog Data Logger ...

Страница 11: ...3 X 0 95 Inches AUX Port Pin out Face In 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pin1 Alarm1 Same as ALARM1 on the terminal block Pin2 External Power Supply 5 VDC Pin3 Logger Communications Receiver Line RX Pin4 Logger Communications Transmitter Line TX Pin5 Common Ground COM GND Pin6 Alarm2 Excitation Same as A2 EXT on the terminal block iLog Data Logger ...

Страница 12: ...of iLog data loggers have one on board thermistor located beside the status LED All COM terminals are connected together and should be connected to the common ground of the process signals iLog Voltage Data Logger Model iVDC 10 Besides the on board thermistor channel the logger has one external voltage DC channel used to measure single ended voltage DC signal maximum of 10 volt The following figur...

Страница 13: ...FSR 25 C Input Impedance 1 Mohms Over voltage protection 40 VDC iLog Current Data Logger Model iCDC 25 Besides the on board thermistor channel the logger has one external current DC channel used to measure single ended current DC signal maximum of 25 mA The following figure illustrates the correct input connections Current External Input Connections Note All inputs must share the same common groun...

Страница 14: ...ernal voltage DC channel used to measure thermocouple sensor The following figure illustrates the correct input connections Thermocouple Input Connections Note All inputs must share the same common ground Channel and Sensor Specifications Connections Plugeable terminal block for one external channel excitation controls and alarm outputs Channels CH0 on board thermistor 40 70 C 40 to 158 F CH1 exte...

Страница 15: ...voltage temperature look up table of a specific thermocouple type please refer to NIST s website at http srdata nist gov its90 download download html iLog Thermistor Model iTH 10 Besides the on board thermistor channel the logger has one external channel used to measure the external thermistor or resistor The following figure illustrates the correct input connections Thermistor External Input Conn...

Страница 16: ...018 Accuracy Thermistor channel 0 2 C 0 C 70 C External channel 0 2 FSR 25 C Measure Resistance Select Resistance equation to measure resistance Measure Temperature The simple way to measure temperature is by using built in Temperature equation You select Temperature in Equation column Then you need to change temperature coefficient values by clicking Change Coefficients button in Action column In...

Страница 17: ...omplicated calculation An example of external thermistor equation is included in SiteView package When you create your own equation you can refer to this equation and replace those temperature coefficients with the ones obtained from the thermistor manufacturer The contents of the sample equation looks like this ...

Страница 18: ...iLog Data Loggers User s Manual Page 17 63 Once you have created your equation you can apply it to the channel iLog Strain Gauge Bridge Data Logger Model iBG X ...

Страница 19: ...e change in resistance caused by strain is the resistance of the undeformed gauge and is strain A Wheatstone bridge is an electrical circuit used to measure an unknown electrical resistance by balancing two legs of a bridge circuit The Wheatstone bridge consists of four resistances R1 R2 R3 and R4 an excitation voltage and an output voltage Generally one or more of the resistances are variable and...

Страница 20: ...s advantages for temperature compensation and higher bridge sensitivity over the quarter bridge so that small strain levels can be detected more accurately Full Bridge Circuit If four active gauges are employed in the circuit the arrangement is called Full Bridge as shown below It is automatically temperature compensated when all four active gauges bonded on the same material and the highest sensi...

Страница 21: ...orts six wire configuration when connecting to a wheatstone bridge circuit The following wirings are for SiteView built in Strain Gauge equations Wiring for Quarter Bridge Circuit This circuit is for equation QuarterBridge When configure the logger choose QuarterBridge equation and click Change GF to change the Gauge Factor ...

Страница 22: ...nfigure the logger choose FullBridge equation and click Change GF to change the Gauge Factor Other Bridge Circuit If your bridge circuit is not included in the above configurations you may need to write your own equation SiteView includes a custom equation BridgeSample for your reference The source code looks like Sample Equation for iLog Strain Gauge Bridge public double SampleBridge double Input...

Страница 23: ...tputs Channels CH0 on board thermistor 40 70 C 40 to 158 F CH1 external 0 10VDC Resolution 0 0018 Accuracy Thermistor channel 0 2 C 0 C 70 C Voltage channel 0 05 FSR 25 C Input Impedance 1 Mohms Over voltage protection 40 VDC 4 4 B Ba as si ic c F Fu un nc ct ti io on ns s Built In Equations Equation and Channel Type are two essential parameters to make sure the physical measurement can be convert...

Страница 24: ...ernal thermistor type Any resistor with range bigger than 1 Kohm Measuring Logging During the session of logging when it s time to sample iLog data logger measures the signal of each enabled channel converts it to digital value and saves to the on board memory iLog data logger uses a group of preset parameters to decide when and how to take in data and save it to the memory Those parameters can be...

Страница 25: ... data will be overwritten by the new data Downloading Data The data in the logger can be transferred to the computer by SiteView software If the logger is not in Fast Sampling mode the data can be downloaded any time even when the logger is still recording If the logger is in Fast Sampling mode downloading the data will make the logger stop logging at the time when it received the downloading comm...

Страница 26: ...atus LED starts to flash release the button The logger is now activated and is recording data Field Activation Note The activation button cannot be further activated once the logger has started the new session Reset Device The on board activation button can also be used as a reset button in case the data logger does not respond to the PC communications Push to activate new logging session ...

Страница 27: ...once in green when the logger is sampling The colour of the LED can be overridden by the following conditions 2 Alarms The LED will flash amber when it samples if any channel alarms are enabled and are triggered 3 Low Battery The LED will flash in red when it samples if the logger detects a low battery level If you do not need the LED to indicate the status of operation you can disable it via Site...

Страница 28: ...ounter has moved down to zero When the logger is in alarm state Alarm1 and or A2 E terminal strips can be configured by SiteView to be activated certain time after an alarm was triggered The delay time selections are 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 minutes The following alarm output combinations can be set by SiteView Alarm1 A2 E Options Description Disable any output Alarm1 and A2 EXT No output connects t...

Страница 29: ...rminal Excitation control A2 EXT and low alarm Alarm1 Excitation controls A2 EXT terminal and low alarm state controls Alarm1 terminal Excitation control A2 EXT and high alarm Alarm1 Excitation controls A2 EXT terminal and high alarm state controls Alarm1 terminal The following schematics illustrate the physical connections required to control and drive an external device by the alarm output Alarm...

Страница 30: ... available and a battery pack is used to power the transducer excitation control greatly reduces power consumption It turns on the transducer only when it samples the data and turns off the transducer after the sampling A2 EXT on the terminal strips can be configured by SiteView software for excitation output purpose The following schematics illustrate the physical connections required to switch o...

Страница 31: ...iLog Data Loggers User s Manual Page 30 63 ...

Страница 32: ... refer to SiteView User s Manual available for download online System Requirements Computer CPU 1 0 GHZ or above Memory 256M or above Port 1 USB port or 1 COM port Hard Drive 1GB or above Operating System Window XP with SP2 or above Window Vista Window 7 Communications Interfaces The iLog logger has both TTL compatible serial port and USB interface It can communicate with host device via either US...

Страница 33: ...nection Ethernet Connection with Site USB Device Server Install SiteView and USB Driver 1 Install SiteView Insert the included CD to the CD Drive The installation should start to run automatically Follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation ...

Страница 34: ...iLog Data Loggers User s Manual Page 33 63 Click Next button to proceed to the next page ...

Страница 35: ... you accept the terms click I Agree then click Next button Otherwise click Cancel to cancel the installation In this dialog select a destination folder where SiteView will be installed We recommend you keep the default folder Once you are ready click Next button to proceed to the next page ...

Страница 36: ...iLog Data Loggers User s Manual Page 35 63 This confirmation page gives you the chance to modify previously selected options Click Next button to start the installation ...

Страница 37: ...ease select Continue Anyway or Install this driver software anyway to allow the software and the driver to be installed As SiteView is being installed the above dialog shows the installation progress by percentage Once the installation is complete the below dialog appears Click Close button to finish the installation and close the dialog ...

Страница 38: ... the logger to the computer s USB port Windows Vista and Windows 7 will automatically recognize the data logger For Windows XP user the following dialog window will appear Select No not this time from options available and then Click Next to proceed with the installation ...

Страница 39: ...s User s Manual Page 38 63 Select Install the software automatically Recommended as shown in the above figure and then click Next Select the item with Manufacturer of Microedge Instruments Inc and click Next to proceed ...

Страница 40: ... In the following message dialog click Continue Anyway to continue with the installation The screen below will be displayed as Windows copies required driver files Windows should then display a message indicating the installation was successful ...

Страница 41: ...d when you bought SiteView If the above installation of SiteView was successful SiteView can be launched by either one of the following methods Double click on SiteView icon on the desktop Or Using Windows Start Menu select Start All Programs Microedge Instruments Inc SiteView Double click SiteView icon on the desktop and the following dialog appears ...

Страница 42: ...Manual Page 41 63 Enter the Product Key then click the Activate button If the Product Key is accepted the following confirmation dialog will appear Click OK button to finish the activation From now you can start using SiteView ...

Страница 43: ... port you need to use USB tab to communicate with the logger Menu Bar The Menu Bar contains File View Tools and Help menus and their respective sub menus that are used to complete various tasks Tool Bar The Tool Bar provides an easy way to access the menu items by including some of the frequently used items on the tool bar as the tool bar buttons Main Working Panel The Main Working Panel contains ...

Страница 44: ...stics and information purposes View Logger Status This manual will use USB as an example of communications interface For other communications interfaces please refer to SiteView User s Manual available for download online If the logger is connected to the computer correctly the logger icon should show in USB tab of the communication panel illustrated below ...

Страница 45: ...4 63 Double clicking iLog Logger icon or clicking Contact button with the icon been highlighted will bring up the logger status page The status page shows the start and end time sampling interval and other properties of the connected logger ...

Страница 46: ...eneral This sub tab page displays the general properties of the logger Alarm Excitation This sub tab page displays the properties regarding the alarm and excitation By clicking the Alarm Excitation tab page caption the following page will appear ...

Страница 47: ...gger is a procedure to edit the properties of the logger and to start the new logging session If you are already in the logger status panel clicking on the Configure button will bring up the configuration dialog window There are two tab pages in this dialog The General page is displayed in the above screen shot If you click Alarm Excitation tab the following page will appear ...

Страница 48: ...s 10 seconds to 50 seconds in 10 second increment 1 2 3 4 seconds 1 minute to 59 minutes with 1 minute increment 1 hour to 12 hour with 1 hour increment If the sampling interval is four seconds or faster the logger must be powered by an external power supply during the logging period Making changes to the Sampling Interval will affect Total Time Span fields On Board LED Check this field to enable ...

Страница 49: ...annel Settings Enabled Check this field to enable this channel for logging Channel Range This field specifies the measurement range the channel will use Different channel types have different input range selections Please refer to Channels and Sensor Connections chapter for details Description This field specifies the name or the description of the channel maximum of 30 characters Equation This fi...

Страница 50: ...e that is over zero when the input value is in the low range value for 0 5 VDC channel the low range is zero volt The equation will subtract this value from the original digital value when doing the conversion Cali High value specifies the digital value that is over 65535 when the input value is in the high range value for 0 5VDC channel the high range is 5 volt The equation will subtract this val...

Страница 51: ...and the dial out command which is sent out via communications port Excitation Warm up Delay This field specifies how much delay will be put after the excitation terminal is activated and before the logger is taking the sample Channel Alarm Settings This table specifies how each channel controls alarm state by Alarm Enabled Check this field to associate this channel to the alarm state Low High Alar...

Страница 52: ... to record data from Time to Start you have set Note clicking on OK or Apply buttons will erase all existing measurements saved in the logger For a detailed description of each available setting please refer to the SiteView User s Manual available for download online Download Logger If you are already in logger status tab clicking on Download button will bring up Download dialog window ...

Страница 53: ...oaded to the system database Each data logger has a life time database file associated to it If you choose to Append Data to System Database you can specify End Time and start to download the data If you choose to download data to a separate Site View file the user interface looks like ...

Страница 54: ... File Save dialog where you can edit or choose a file name Start Time End Time These fields specify the desired start and end time for the data to be downloaded You can use either scroll bars or the calendar controls to change the start and end time Once you have selected a desired time frame you can click OK button to start the download process After the download the plot and tabular data will be...

Страница 55: ...gger is still logging data The real time display shows the list of the latest channel real time measurements as well as the trend chart of all channel real time measurements for the past given period of time from the current time To open real time view if the logger has been contacted and the status of the logger is displayed click on Real Time tool bar button The following real time dialog appear...

Страница 56: ...iLog Data Loggers User s Manual Page 55 63 Real Time in Horizontal View Real Time In Vertical View ...

Страница 57: ...the chart view panel Vertical Click to display the chart and list views vertically Time Span This field allows changing the time span for the chart view Available settings are Dataset Click to display the tabular view of the recorded measurements illustrated below Settings Click to display more properties illustrated below ...

Страница 58: ...that is over zero when the input value is the lowest value for 0 5 VDC channel the lowest value is zero volt For instance if you apply zero volt input and the logger measured 100 as the digital value then Cali Low should be 100 digits The equation entity will subtract this value when resolving the correct lowest digital value Cali High value specifies the digital value that is over 65535 when the ...

Страница 59: ...5 After Correction Min Value 100 100 0 After Correction Max Value 65100 435 65535 Decide On Line or Off Line Calibration If the source signal like voltage or current can be connected to the logger while the logger is connecting to the computer you can calibrate the logger on line If the source signal like a temperature or relative humidity is not available for on line calibration you can calibrate...

Страница 60: ...iLog Data Loggers User s Manual Page 59 63 Select the channel you want to calibrate on and click OK button The calibration dialogs appear as follows ...

Страница 61: ...iLog Data Loggers User s Manual Page 60 63 ...

Страница 62: ...Data Loggers User s Manual Page 61 63 The above dialogs are for On Line Calibration The above dialog is for Off Line Calibration Please refer to Calibrate Logger chapter in SiteView User s Manual for details ...

Страница 63: ...pling Interval 20 milliseconds 1 to 12 hours for other models user selectable Logging Mode Stop recording or FIFO when memory is full Logging Activation Programmable instant start delay or field push button activation Communications Interface USB Mini USB B USB A mini USB B Cable included AUX RJ11 for direct TTL level communications With purchase of DeviceServer iLog can be connected to Ethernet f...

Страница 64: ...hen sampling Alarm red when sampling Low Battery amber when sampling Excitation Control A2 EXT terminal strip can be configured as excitation control output for driving the power of connected devices Warm up Interval settings 10 to 240 seconds with 10 second increment Operating Environment 40 70 C 40 to 158 F 0 95 RH non condensing Clock Accuracy 1 minute per month Approvals CE FCC Sampling Interv...

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