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1. Terminal D25 signal signal D25 Terminal block connector connector block 13 13 1 Vexc 1 Vexc 25 25 12 12 Sense Sense 24 24 11 11 1 IN 1 IN 23 23 10 10 1 SI 1 SI 22 22 9 9 2 Vexc 2 Vexc 21 21 8 8 2 Sense 2 Sense 20 20 7 7 2 IN 2 IN 19 19 6 6 2 SI 2 SI 18 18 5 5 3 Vexct 3 Vexc 17 17 4 4 3 Sense 3 Sense 16 16 3 3 3 IN 3 IN 15 15 2 2 3 SI 3 SI 14 14 1 1 Ground Housing 26 Vexc Excitation supply Sense Differential sense lines for measurement of the excitation voltage on the sensor IN Voltage or Current measurement lines Between these lines the actual measurement is performed SI Sensor Identification lines With these lines the sensor electronic datasheet can be read If this Terminal block is used on the second D25 connector of the CA3460 then the channel numbering is 4 5 and 6 instead of 1 2 and 3 Pin 26 of the terminal block is connected to the housing of the system This pin can be used to connect the screen of the connection cable The terminal blocks must be ordered separately Page 52 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 5 2 Terminal block PP37DST For the CM3410 card a special terminal connection block is available With the use of this terminal block wires can easily be connected to the D37 connector with the use of screw terminals Pin 1 Pin 19 FETTE ete Hep Pin 20 Pin numbering of the PP37DST is the same as on the 37DSUB connector on
2. Speed setting Speed 0000 off 0001 1 Hz 0010 5 Hz 0011 10 Hz 0100 25 Hz 0101 50 Hz 0110 100 Hz 0111 250 Hz 1000 500 Hz 1001 1000 Hz Measurement method table method setting method 00 average value 01 maximum value 10 minimum value 11 min amp max value not implemented yet Page 79 of 91 Peekel Instruments The third byte Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 The third configuration byte holds the following information Bit nr_ description 0 Excitation voltage Read write see Excitation table Excitation voltage Read write see Excitation table Excitation voltage Read write see Excitation table Excitation voltage Read write see Excitation table Excitation voltage Read write see Excitation table Excitation voltage Read write see Excitation table Auto send after measurement 0 off 1 on also after power up SID NB QP rR Sensor ID 0 not used 1 used Excitation voltage table Speed Voltage setting 00000 off 0V 00001 0 5V 00010 1V 00011 1 5 V 00100 2V 00101 2 5 V 00110 3V 00111 3 5 V 01000 4V 01001 4 5V 01010 5V The maximum value of the excitation voltage depends on the impedance of the bridge and will be bridge impedance max excitation voltage 1200 2 5V gt 120 Q amp gt 2400 5V The
3. Settings Driver Information Interface jarem pees Interface Type 3 00 LL Address 0412345678 ote Port Number 0 Connection Default LPT1 Board Code 9876 Board Name DMMY knnet 037E Firmware Code 0001 Firmware Name C2F1 IRQ 7 Version Code 98 76 Speed kbps fi 000 Scan Bus for Devices CA3460s 3 Bus load 0 Reset Interface Cancel Apply Help When a printer port is selected the next settings must be made The individual items in this configuration page described Connection For the parallel port CAN dongle select the parallel port to use If your parallel port uses special IRQ or I O settings enter them manually T O Port Only change this value if your parallel port uses a special I O port You can select the I O address from the list or type your own value Page 60 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 IRQ Only change this value if your parallel port uses a special IRQ Interrupt ReQuest Select the appropriate value from the list Speed kbps Select the communication speed to use on the CAN bus network When this speed is changed it can take some seconds before the Autolog 3000 systems has adapted to this speed If the selected speed is to fast no connected can be made to the Autolog 3000 systems because due to the errors on the bus the data from the Autolog 3000 systems will not be received by the PC The maximum
4. 125 KHZ 13 DB 100 FT 500 KHZ 25 DB 100 FT 1 MHZ 36 DB 100 FT AX CONDUCTOR DC RESISTANCE 6 92 OHMS 1000 FT 20 DEG C 18 AWG AX CONDUCTOR DC RESISTANCE 3 60 OHMS 1000 FT 20 DEG C 15 AWG NOM SHIELD DC RESISTANCE 1 8 OHMS 1000 FT 20 DEG C NOM LOOP INDUCTANCE 15 AWG 174 MICROHENRIES E 18 AWG 258 MICROHENRIES E Note in less critical situations a cheaper cable like LIYCY 2x2x0 35 might be used Always use different twisted pairs for communication and power lines An overall screen which must be connected to earth at only 1 side is always recommended 8 1 Bus speed versus measure interval CAN bus Maximum Measurement speed speed cable length 1000 kbit s 30m 7 channels 70 channels 192 channels 192 channels 800 kbit s 50 m 5 channels 56 channels 192 channels 192 channels 500 kbit s 100 m 3 channels 35 channels 192 channels 192 channels 250 kbit s 250 m 2 channels 17 channels 175 channels 192 channels 125 kbit s 500 m 8 channels 87 channels 192 channels 50 kbit s 1000 m 3 channels 35 channels 192 channels 20 kbit s 2500 m 1 channels 14 channels 140 channels Page 86 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 Page 87 of 91 Peekel Instruments 9 Specifications 9 1 CA3460 Specifications For each of the 6 amplifiers and A D converters on each card e Typical accuracy 0 1 1kHz Oo 0 02 10Hz e Bandwidth 3dB 200 Hz e Sample rate 1000 samples second
5. Vexc When the current measurement is selected a 22 resistor is switched between the and input terminals on the CA3460 board The maximum current is 50 mA When this current is higher the input resistance will increase to reduce the current and power dissipation in the 22 resistor Care must be taken that the maximum voltage on the input terminals does not exceed 15V Please note the remark about the use of sensors with built in electronics above 3 1 3 PT100 resistor connection Vexc Reference Sense for AD converter Sense Input Input Vexc For the PT100 or resistor measurement a ratio metric measurement is done with the onboard reference resistor The external resistor is connected in series with the internal resistor 10 KQ to the 2 5V supply The maximum current through the external resistor is 250 uA when the external resistor is OQ This current will be lower when the external resistor is higher Page 31 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 3 1 4 Potentiometer connection Vexc Reference Sense for AD converter Sense Input Input Vexc Figure 13 Potentiometer connection The measurement of potentiometers usually uses 3 wires Excitation Excitation and centre tap for the signal For measurement with the Autolog 3000 the excitation wires should be looped through to the inputs as shown above to ensure an accurate potentiometer measurement The minimum poten
6. When measuring a 120 Ohms strain gauge using a CA3460 with option 1 beware not to set the excitation voltage higher than 2 5 V Page 64 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 Meas range Sets the range to be used by the selected channel s Which ranges are available depends on the type of measurement Note for S G the range can only be accurately calculated when the gage factor and the bridge factor on the next tab are set correctly Please check the range setting again after making changes to those factors The Multiplexer setting is only available when a channel is selected which is on the CM3410 multiplexer card The channels on this card are divided into 3 groups For each group a selection must be made for the multiplexer This multiplexer can handle the next type of sensor connections e 2 wire connection e g for simple DC voltage signals e 4 wire connection e g for a potentiometer are quart bridge sensor e 6 wire connection e g for a full bridge sensor with sense lines on the excitation e 8 wire connection e g for the same full bridge sensors with sense lines and TEDS connection e JOx TC 1 CJC used for thermocouple measurements where 10 thermocouple channels can be connected in 2 wire configuration together with a 4 wire CJC channel In the Input type box only those sensors type are noted which can be measured with the selected multiplexer setting 6 1 5 Channels Configuration Sensor Autolog 30
7. or 1000 to match the resistance value of the strain gauge see manufacturer details The bridge supply voltage can be set between 0 5 and 5 V in steps of 0 5 V Note that a maximum current of 50 mA is supplied For this measurement the 4 wire principle is used which will eliminate all the losses in the cabling This means that the sense wires should be separate from the excitation wires and connected as close to the strain gauge as possible Bridging the connections at the card instead of at the strain gauge will result in less accurate measurements because cable losses can not be compensated in this case Important note When using 2 wire connections between strain gauge and measurement device every meter of this 2 wire connection is directly connected in series with the strain gauge This has consequences for the sensitivity of the S G and also means that every change in resistance in the wires e g caused by temperature changes will be interpreted as strain The exact influence this has on the accuracy of the measurement depends on the resistance of the cable cross sectional area times length and the resistance of the strain gauge Page 35 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 3 1 10 Full bridge LVDT CA3460 Option 2 Vexc Sense Sense To AD converter Input Input Vexc The voltage on the sense lines is used as a reference of the measurement In this way a true V V measurement is done Because of t
8. Page 69 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 6 1 9 Channels Configuration Shunt Network Cards Channels Trips Channels General Sensor Measurement Balance Tare Shunt Addr 41 chn 1 0 Addr A1 chn 2 0 Perform shunt measurement Tolerance zj 20 Exp Addr A2 chn 1 0 100 D mv 0 328453 mV Addr amp 1 chn 3 0 Addr amp 1 chn 4 0 Addr amp 1 chn 5 0 Addr Al chn 6 0 Addr amp 2 chn 1 0 Addr A2 chn 2 0 Addr A2 chn 3 0 Addr A2 chn 4 0 Addr A2 chn 5 0 Addr A2 chn 6 0 Addr 3 chn 1 0 I Select All OK Cancel Apply Help The shunt tab page of the channel configuration allows you to perform shunt measurements for strain gage and transducer channels on a CA3460 with option 1 Perform shunt measurement Press this button to perform a shunt measurement on the selected channels A shunt measurement will only be performed for channels configured to a suitable input type strain gage transducer Shunt tolerance Determines the maximum difference allowed between the expected and the measured value If the difference is greater a red smiley is shown in the measurement results Results The results of a shunt measurement are shown in a list which includes the measured value in mV V the expected value and the difference in percent for each measured channel Judging the results or what do the red smilies mean Question how high is the actual difference Possib
9. are about to install does not contain a Microsoft digital signature Therefore there is no guarantee that this software works correctly with Windows USB AUTOLOG3000 interface If you want to search for Microsoft digitally signed software visit the Windows Update Web site at http windowsupdate microsoft com to see if one is available Do you want to continue the installation E No More Info Windows XP will warn about Microsoft digital signature click Yes to complete the installation Found New Hardware Wizard Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard T d USB Autolog3000 Windows has finished installing the software for this device To close this wizard click Finish lt Back Cancel The Autolog 3000 device driver is now installed and can be found as a new COM port in the system Page 17 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 2 Autolog 3000 cards 2 1 CA3460 input card The CA3460 is a 6 channel DC input card for the Autolog 3000 system It is designed to be used for high accuracy experimental and industrial measurements and can be used with a variety of Wheatstone bridge based sensors and DC input signals This card contains 6 individual channels and the card can be used in the AUTOLOG 3000 multi channel system 2 1 1 General design principles In principle the CA3460 is a standalone 6 channel measuring system The following functions are int
10. be closed and established again The Bus load shows the amount of communication as a percentage of the available bandwidth on the communication interface between PC and device This is just an indication It is not an accurate number Global time synchronization This item is selectable when more then 1 Autolog 3000 system is connected to the PC When selected the software will try to synchronize the incoming data For this reason the Synchronize now command must be given once After this command the time stamps belonging to the data will be identical for the separate Autolog systems Important is that the cable connection for the synchronization is present If not all the Autolog 3000 system will run on there local clock Because these clock are derived from the CPU clock they will not be exactly the same With the external synchronization cable connected all the systems will run on the same clock generated by one of the connected systems Page 61 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 The second problem with time synchronization is the deviance between the Autolog 3000 clock s and the PC date time These two will also be unequal The software will try to adapt the time stamp belonging to the measured values to be synchronized with the PC date time clock To have an absolute reference to time be sure that the PC clock is running correct this can be established by using the DCF77 date time signal 6 1 3 Cards Confi
11. cards needed one of the following housings can be chosen e AUTOLOG 3000 1 table top housing in which 1 card can be mounted e AUTOLOG 3000 3 table top housing in which 3 cards can be mounted e AUTOLOG 3000 8 table top housing in which 8 cards can be mounted e AUTOLOG 3000 16 19 rack housing in which 16 cards can be mounted 1 2 Autolog 3000 3 housing This table top housing can hold up to 3 cards The input connectors of the cards are located at the front side of the housing On the left side of the cards the combined CAN bus power connectors are mounted The 3 pins in the middle are the CAN lines and cable screen On pin 1 and 5 the power supply can be connected The Autolog 3000 3 can be used with an optional internal or an external power supply The standard delivered external power supply is a little tabletop housing The 24VDC power connector can be plugged directly into the Autolog 3000 3 housing Beware this small external 24V power supply can supply power to max 3 cards When the AUTOLOG 3000 3 is used with an internal power supply a different panel is mounted on the rear side of the housing Although the 24VDC is generated inside the AUTOLOG3000 3 this supply is not available at the front side connectors It is not possible to use the internal power supply as power source for other CAN bus devices or sensors It is possible to use an external power supply 9 36VDC as the power source for this system To use this power s
12. chn 6 0 Addr amp 2 chn 1 0 Measure 4 fi 0 Addr amp 2 chn 2 0 Addr A2 chn 30 Qutput 2500 mut 0 Addr amp 2 chn 4 0 Addr amp 2 chn 5 0 Addr amp 2 chn 6 0 Addr A3 chn 1 0 z Select All General Sensor Scaling Measurement Balance Tare Shunt Cancel Apply Help The scaling tab page of the channel configuration contains scaling parameters to allow for a linear scaling from the input value to suitable engineering units Use scaling Determines whether or not linear scaling is used Output units Freely assignable engineering units in which the result of the linear scaling is expressed Measure Press this button to obtain the latest measurement value for this channel as input value You should first activate the channel and set a suitable measurement speed slow to get a stable value before using this function Note this function is used to measure the range of sensors To do this the sensor should be supplied to two different known values and measured at those points The known values should be entered by hand as output values Input values You can choose two different input values for which you know the physical output value you desire Output values When you change on of the output values the new factors for scaling will be calculated and shown Scaling formula The formula shows how the input values are converted to the output values You can modify this formula to your liking
13. communication will be almost continuously When the software on the PC wants to stop start this communication it has to send the appropriated command Page 76 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 7 1 2 Channel configuration bytes The first byte The first configuration byte holds the following information Bit nr_ description Bit 0 Measurement type Read write see Measurement type table Bit 1 Measurement type Read write see Measurement type table Bit 2 Measurement type Read write see Measurement type table Bit 3 Measurement type Read write see Measurement type table Bit4 Measurement type Read write see Measurement type table Bit5 _ Measurement range Read write see Measurement range table Bit6 Measurement range Read write see Measurement range table Bit 7 On board buffer 0 cycle at overflow remove oldest values 1 full at overflow stop buffer function Measurement type table Type setting Description 00000 off 00001 Voltage 00010 Current 00011 Potmeter measurement 00100 PT 100 temperature 00101 Full bridge 00110 Half bridge 00111 Quarter bridge 120 Q 01000 Quarter bridge 350 Q 01001 Quarter bridge 1K Q 01010 TC type B 01011 TC type E 01100 TC type J 01101 TC type K 01110 TC type N 01111 TC type R 10000 TC type S 10001 TC type T 10010 Full bridge 10011 Resistor 1
14. could damage the thermocouple The setup of the multiplexer is done in 3 groups which means the total number of 72 contacts is divided into 3 times 24 contacts For each group the number of connecting wires for the channels belonging to this group is identical Therefore the number of channels available in each group is calculated as follows 24 contacts x wires per channel number of channels available A special case is present for thermocouple measurement When the cold junction is to be used with this measurement this temperature is measured with a PT100 sensor which is connected as a 4 wire input This is the last channel in the third group All other channels will be 2 wire connections which means there are 2 x 12 1 x 10 34 thermocouple connection plus 1 CJC connection The following tables show how inputs should be connected depending on the number of wires used in each group of channels Note that for the second group pins on both connector 1 and 2 are used Page 24 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 Connections for the 1 group depending on the number of wires used Note 1 3 xx signifies channel 3 in group 1 for example Conn Conn Channel nr Channels nr Channel nr Channel nr nr pin 8 wire conn 6 wire conn 4 wire conn 2 wire conn 1 19 1 1 Vexc 1 1 Vexc 1 1 Vexc
15. first channel then press and hold the SHIFT key and click on the last channel To select multiple individual channels press and hold the CTRL key and click on the channels The configuration items on the right side of the dialog show the settings for the currently selected channel s When multiple channels are selected and an item is blank it means that the channels have different settings for this item When you select a new value for the item it will apply to all selected channels The individual items in this configuration page described Channels Using the SHIFT and CTRL keys in combination with the left mouse button you can select one or more channels from this list to configure Trips tabs From this tab strip you can choose between the four different trips that can be configured per channel Name Set a freely configurable name for the trip Trip Sets the type of trip unused trips are marked disabled On overflow trips will activate as soon as the signal exceeds the trip level and deactivate as soon as the signal drops below trip level hysteresis Retriggerable overflow trips will activate as soon as the signal exceeds the trip level and deactivate when the signal remains below trip level hysteresis for at least timeout seconds Page 71 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 Trip Level Sets the level at which the trip should activate The value should be entered in the
16. index This index is increased every msec Byte 4 5 6 7 channel value in floating point format byte 4 MSB The first channel sends its data with the card ID The second channel sends its data with the card ID 2 and so on 7 2 CA3410 Multiplexer card The CA3410 multiplexer card uses the same command set as the CA3460 The channels are divided into 3 groups each containing up to 12 multiplexer channels Depending on the channel configuration the channel uses 1 2 3 or 4 pairs or wires of the total amount available 3 x 12 pairs Example configuration of 2 wire channels 1 channel channel 0 multiplexer 0 2 channel channel 0 multiplexer 1 3 channel channel 0 multiplexer 2 12 channel channel 0 multiplexer 11 13 channel channel 1 multiplexer 0 Example configuration of 6 wire channels 1 channel channel 0 multiplexer 0 2 channel channel 0 multiplexer 3 3 channel channel 0 multiplexer 6 4 channel channel 0 multiplexer 9 5 channel channel 1 multiplexer 0 Page 82 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 7 3 CD3733 Digital I O card The digital I O card has 16 inputs and 14 outputs For configuration purposes the set of 16 inputs is addressed as a single channel channel 0 with 16 bits representing the individual inputs Likewise the 14 outputs are addressed as channel 1 The following commands can be given nr description 01 Set channel configuration com
17. situation the standard cables cannot be used These 2 standard cables must now be reworked in such a way that both cables CAN bus and power are connected to 1 CAN bus connector Beware of the following points when connecting Autolog 3000 systems in such a way The external power supply should be able to supply about 12W per card The MPE CO36 24 will supply power for max 3 cards n some cases it may not be possible to use the supplied cables for instance when CAN signal and power supply are separate It may be necessary to combine those on a single connector The maximum data rate on a CAN bus depends on the total length of the bus cable For more details see the specifications of this cable in chapter 8 Page 9 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 1 6 USB option The Autolog 3000 system can be ordered with an USB option An extra USB interface is build in the housing An extra USB type B connector is available on the outside of the housing A direct connection to a PC can be made through this USB connector Autolog 3000 3 with USB option Autolog 3000 8 with USB option Page 10 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 The USB V1 1 is used with a data rate of 12Mbps Through this USB interface a maximum of 48000 measured values per second can be sent to the PC The USB interface can not be used simultaneously with the CAN bus When the system is connected to the PC through the USB bus
18. the following three property pages e Network Configuration Configure communication interface and scan for available cards e Cards Configuration Configure the individual channels of each card to set the type of measurement and measurement interval e Channels Configuration Configure the individual channels of each card to set the type of measurement and measurement interval e Trips Configuration Configure up to four trips for each individual channel of each card 6 1 1 CA3460 properties The settings for CA3460 modules can be shown and modified using a series of property pages which are described below 6 1 2 Network Configuration Page Use this dialog to configure the communication network Select the communication interface and parameters and set the correct speed then press Scan Bus for Devices to detect which devices are connected to the communication bus After detecting the devices proceed to the Channels Configuration Page to configure the individual channels The first page will show the interfaces which are available to communicate with one or more Autolog 3000 systems If more then 1 system must be connected to the controlling software Autosoft Signasoft or an other package for each of them the next actions must be preformed Autolog 3000 Properties x Network Cords Channels Trips Settings Driver Information Interface SN 2546001 IP 10 1 3 175 v SN 2546001 IP 10 1 5 175
19. type of Autolog 3000 housing this connection can be made through CAN bus USB option or Ethernet option ETH The CAN bus has the advantage that multiple cards and or housings can be connected in a decentralized way to a single bus It is important to note that the CAN bus speed is limited to 1 MBit s which equals about 7000 measurement values per second for details see specification of the CAN bus cable Because the CAN bus cannot be connected directly to a standard PC an external converter is used By default a CAN USB converter is used but there are other options available like converters for CAN Ethernet or CAN WLAN more information on request Every converter has a 9 pins D Sub connector for connecting the CAN cable 1 5 1 CAN communication cable A cable is always delivered to connect the CAN USB interface to the AUTOLOG 3000 The standard cable length is 2 meter front view female CAN_GND CAN_SHLD CAN_L 5 1 Autolog 3000 Signal description Sub D9 female 1 OV yellow 3 2 CL CANL white 2 3 screen Connector house 4 CH CANH brown 7 5 9 36V In the SubD9 connector a 120 ohm resistor is mounted over the CAN L and CAN H line With this resistor the CAN bus is terminated at this end The connector used for the connection to the Autolog 3000 is made by Phoenix type PSC 1 5 5 F The cable housing is SCT D SUB 15 KG of Phoenix On the other end of the
20. value Card ID 6 commands Card ID 7 05 meas value Card ID 8 commands Card ID 9 06 meas value Card ID 10 commands Card ID 11 The first channel is addressed by the Card ID and Card ID 1 and the second channel is addressed by the card ID 2 and Card ID 3 and so on Page 73 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 7 1 CA3460 DC direct input card Each type of card has a basic number of channels each with a number of multiplex count Card type Number of base channels Numer of multiplex channels for each base channel CA3460 6 0 CM3410 3 3 4 6 or12 CD3733 2 16 The number of multiplexer channels on the CM3410 depends on the wire connection selected for the base channel The configuration of the CD3733 is a bit different For clarity this is described in a separate chapter Each of the channels must be configured Each channel configuration has 4 bytes Information sent to the cards is done on a command basis The first data byte holds the command The following commands can be given nr description 01 Set channel configuration command content 6 bytes 1 byte 01 command 2 byte multiplexer channel nr 0 for CA3460 3 _ 6 byte contain the channel settings response no response 02 Get channel configuration command content 1 byte When this command is sent I byte 02 command to CAN ID 0 all the CA3460 response cards will sen
21. 0 bit 7 6 amp 5 identifies the value type 000 values of all channels bitfield 001 value of a single channel Byte 1 2 3 measure index This index is increased every msec If all channels are sent Byte 4 5 6 channel values in bitfield 18 bits Byte 7 unused always 0 If a single channel is sent Byte 4 I O index 0 17 Byte 5 value 0 or 1 Byte 6 7 unused always 0 The input channels send their data with the card ID The output channels send their data with the card ID 2 Page 85 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 8 Recommended CAN bus cable The following cable is specially developed for CANBUS communication It combines the communication and power conductors in 1 cable Make Belden Type 3082A ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS AX OPERATING VOLTAGE 300 V UL PLTC CMG AX OPERATING VOLTAGE 300 V C UL AWM AX OPERATING VOLTAGE 600 V UL AWM AX CURRENT CONDR 25C 18 AWG 5A AX CURRENT CONDR 25C 15 AWG 8 A NOM CAPACITANCE BETWEEN 12 PF FT CONDUCTORS OF DATA PAIR 1 MHZ NOM IMPEDANCE DATA PAIR ONLY 120 OHMS 12 OHMS AX DELAY DATA PAIR ONLY 1 36 ns FT IN VELOCITY OF PROPAGATION 75 DATA PAIR ONLY AX ATTENUATION DATA PAIR ONLY
22. 00 Properties xi Network Cards Channels Trips Channels Addr Al chn 1 0 Addr amp 1 chn 2 0 Bridge load 1000 Ohms Addr 41 chn 3 0 Addr 41 chn 4 0 K factor Addr Al chn 5 0 2 Addr A1 chn 6 0 Bridge factor fi b General Sensor Measurement Balance Tare Shunt Addr A2 chn 1 0 Addr A2 chn 2 0 Addr 42 chn 3 0 Units Addr A2 chn 4 0 Addr 42 chn 5 0 IE Add 2 chn 1 0 7 Addr A2 chn 6 0 Addr 3 chn 1 0 xi Select All Cancel Apply Help The sensor tab page of the channel configuration contains parameters specific to strain gage pt 100 and thermocouple measurements Which parameters are shown depends on the type of input selected on the general tab Settings for strain gage and transducer measurements Page 65 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 Bridge load For strain gage and transducer measurements the sensor impedance This value is used to determine the expected shunt measurement values This value has no influence on normal measurements K factor For strain gage measurements the gage factor of the strain gage element depending on material type The correct value can be found on the packaging of the strain gage and is usually around 2 Bridge factor For strain gage measurements the bridge factor for half and full bridge measurements The value indicates how many of the strain gages actively contribute to the signal A typical examp
23. 000 systems connected to different USB busses not going through a single internal or external hub depends on several PC dependent factors and should be tested for each specific case Page 11 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 1 6 3 USB Driver Installation Windows XP Start the PC connect the Autolog 3000 to the PC using a USB cable and switch on the Autolog 3000 Windows will automatically detect a new device named USB Autolog 3000 and show the following dialog Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard Windows will search for current and updated software by looking on your computer on the hardware installation CD or on the Windows Update Web site with your permission Read our privacy policy Can Windows connect to Windows Update to search for software O Yes this time only Yes now and every time connect a device Gy w Click Next to continue This wizard helps you install software for USB AUTOLOG3000 interface if your hardware with an installation CD lt 4 or floppy disk insert it now What do you want the wizard to do E Click Next to continue Page 12 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 Now select Install from a list of specific location Advanced and click Next Found New Hardware Wizard Please choose your search and installation options Search for the best driver in these loc
24. 0100 LVDT Full bridge 10101 LVDT Half bridge Page 77 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 Measurement range table Range setting 00 01 10 Voltage 10V 10V 2V 42V 40mV 40mV Current 50 mA 50mA Potmeter 0 100 PT100 temp Full bridge Half bridge Quarter bridge TC type B 250 1820 C TC type E 200 1000 C TC type J 200 1200 C TC type K 200 1370 C TC type N 200 1300 C TC type R 50 1760 C TC type S 50 1760 C TC type T 50 400 C Resistor 0 4000 ohm LVDT full bridge 0 5V V 0 1V V LVDT half bridge 0 5V V 0 1V V Page 78 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 The second byte The second configuration byte holds the following information Bit nr_ description 0 Measurement speed Read write see Measurement speed table 1 Measurement speed Read write see Measurement speed table 2 Measurement speed Read write see Measurement speed table 3 Measurement speed Read write see Measurement speed table 4 Thermocouple burn out detection 0 off 1 on 5 Auto send after measurement 0 off 1 on 6 Measurement method Read write see Measurement method table 7 Measurement method Read write see Measurement method table Measurement speed table
25. 1 1 Input 1 37 1 1 Vexc 1 1 Vexc 1 1 Vexc 1 1 Input 1 18 1 1 Sense 1 1 Sense 1 1 Input 1 2 Input 1 36 1 1 Sense 1 1 Sense 1 1 Input 1 2 Input 1 17 1 1 Input 1 1 Input 1 2 Vexc 1 3 Input 1 35 1 1 Input 1 1 Input 1 2 Vexc 1 3 Input 1 16 1 1 SI 1 2 Vexc 1 2 Input 1 4 Input 1 34 1 1 SI 1 2 Vexc 1 2 Input 1 4 Input 1 15 1 2 Vexc 1 2 Sense 1 3 Vexc 1 5 Input 1 33 1 2 Vexc 1 2 Sense 1 3 Vexc 1 5 Input 1 14 1 2 Sense 1 2 Input 1 3 Input 1 6 Input 1 32 1 2 Sense 1 2 Input 1 3 Input 1 6 Input 1 13 1 2 Input 1 3 Vexc 1 4 Vexc 1 7 Input 1 31 1 2 Input 1 3 Vexc 1 4 Vexc 1 7 Input 1 12 1 2 SI 1 3 Sense 1 4 Input 1 8 Input 1 30 1 2 SI 1 3 Sense 1 4 Input 1 8 Input 1 11 1 3 Vexc 1 3 Input 1 5 Vexc 1 9 Input 1 29 1 3 Vexc 1 3 Input 1 5 Vexc 1 9 Input 1 10 1 3 Sense 1 4 Vexc 1 5 Input 1 10 Input 1 28 1 3 Sense 1 4 Vexc 1 5 Input 1 10 Input 1 9 1 3 Input 1 4 Sense 1 6 Vexc 1 11 Input 1 27 1 3 Input 1 4 Sense 1 6 Vexc 1 11 Input 1 8 1 3 SI 1 4 Input 1 6 Input 1 12 Input 1 26 1 3 SI 1 4 Input 1 6 Input 1 12 Input Page 25 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 Connections for the 2 group depending on the number of wires used Note 2 3 xx signifies channel 3 in group 2 for exampl
26. 1 10 Replace card Allows you to replace a card at a specific address by another one with a different serial number The exact procedure depends on the type of interface used to communicate with the PC CAN interface When a CAN interface is used all cards are assigned a unique CAN address When you replace a card the new card will get a new unique CAN address and needs to be specifically configured to act as a replacement for the old card Follow these steps to make the replacement Close your application and make a backup of the configuration settings file where applicable Note the serial number of the replacement card you will need it later Switch off the device and replace the card Switch the device back on and load your software configuration Now go to the cards configuration dialog and select the card that you replaced Manually type in the serial number of the replacement card then press the Replace Card button The software should now transfer the settings of the old card to the new one USB or Ethernet interface For these interfaces cards are identified by the slot number they are placed in This makes replacing a card easier than using the CAN interface Follow these steps to make the replacement Close your application and make a backup of the configuration settings file where applicable Switch off the device and replace the card Switch the device back on and load your software configuration Now go to the
27. 11 in combination with CA3460 4 standard cables are delivered with the CJC11 box for the connection to two CA3460 cards Using this configuration a total of 11 thermocouples can be measured with 1 CJC The connection to the thermocouples uses the screw terminals labelled IN and IN It is important to note which thermocouple wire is and which is For CA3460 with thermocouples the other screw terminals are not relevant IN Screw terminals for thermocouples for CA3460 Page 56 of 91 Peekel Instruments 5 4 2 CJC 11 in combination with CM3410 Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 The CJC 11 has four 25 pin D Sub connectors The connection cables delivered with the box can be used to connect these with the two connectors on the CM3410 measurement card please note the labels on the connectors With this setup a total of 34 thermocouples can be measured using a single CJC When using a CM3410 unlike the CA3460 above all screw terminals in the CJC 11 box are used The tables below show which screw terminal are assigned to which channel numbers on the card 1 Connection cable between CJC D Sub 1 3 D Sub 7 9 and CONNI1 CM3410 CM3410 CJC11 37 DSUB 25 25 CM3410 CJC 37 DSUB 25 25 group ch ID CONNI1 DSUB DSUB group ch ID CONNI DSUB DSUB 1 3 79 1 3 7 9
28. 14 CH2 EX T 1 10 CH7 SE K A 1 2 CH2 SE 2 1 11 CH7 IN T 1 3 CH2 IN n 5 1 12 CH7 SI z D 1 4 CH2 SI ts 24 CH8 EX x T 1 5 CH3 EX n gt 2 2 CH8 SE 1 6 CH3 SE 2 3 CH8 IN 3 5 1 7 CH3 IN 2 4 CH8 SI E ts 1 8 CH3 SI u i 2 5 CH9 EX T L 1 9 CH7 EX n 2 6 CH9 IN Page 57 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 1 Connection cable between CJC D Sub 4 6 D Sub 10 12 and CONN2 CM3410 CM3410 CJC11 37 DSUB 25 DSUB 25 DSUB CM3410 CJC11 37 DSUB 25 DSUB 25 DSUB group ch ID CONN2 4 6 10 12 group ch ID CONN2 4 6 10 12 19 9 10 12 2 7 CH5 EX 37 21 3 4 CH10 SE 28 24 18 8 9 11 2 8 CH5 SE 36 20 3 5 CH10 IN 27 23 17 7 8 10 2 9 CH5 IN 35 19 3 6 CH10 SI 26 22 16 6 7 9 2 10 CHS5 SI 34 18 3 7 CH11 EX 25 21 15 5 6 8 2 11 CH6 EX 33 7 3 8 CH11 SE 24 20 14 4 5 2 12 CH6 SE 31 16 3 9 CH11 IN 23 19 13 3 4 6 3 1 CH6 IN 31 15 3 10 CH11 SI 22 18 12 2 3 5 are CHO 14 21 17 3 11 PT100 3 3 CH10 11 13 2 3 EX 29 25 20 15 Page 58 of 91 Peekel Instruments B V Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 6 Active X controls 6 1 CA3460 Active X Control Using the CA3460Net control you can configure and control a collection of CA3460 cards connected to a communication interface The network and its devices can be configured using
29. 2 Input 2 32 2 3 SI 2 4 Input 2 6 Input 2 12 Input Page 26 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 Connections for the 3 group depending on the number of wires used Note 3 4 xx signifies channel 4 in group 3 for example Conn Conn Channel nr Channels nr Channel nr Channel nr Channel nr nr pin 8 wire conn 6 wire conn 4 wire conn 2 wire conn 2 wire CJC 2 13 3 1 Vexc 3 1 Vexc 3 1 Vexc 3 1 Input 3 1 Input 2 3 3 1 Vexc 3 1 Vexc 3 1 Vexc 3 1 Input 3 1 Input 2 12 3 1 Sense 3 1 Sense 3 1 Input 3 2 Input 3 2 Input 2 30 3 1 Sense 3 1 Sense 3 1 Input 3 2 Input 3 2 Input 2 11 3 1 Input 3 1 Input 3 2 Vexc 3 3 Input 3 3 Input 2 29 3 1 Input 3 1 Input 3 2 Vexc 3 3 Input 3 3 Input 2 10 3 1 SI 3 2 Vexc 3 2 Input 3 4 Input 3 4 Input 2 28 3 1 SI 3 2 Vexc 3 2 Input 3 4 Input 3 4 Input 2 9 3 2 Vexc 3 2 Sense 3 3 Vexc 3 5 Input 3 5 Input 2 27 3 2 Vexc 3 2 Sense 3 3 Vexc 3 5 Input 3 5 Input 2 8 3 2 Sense 3 2 Input 3 3 Input 3 6 Input 3 6 Input 2 26 3 2 Sense 3 2 Input 3 3 Input 3 6 Input 3 6 Input 2 7 3 2 Input 3 3 Vexc 3 4 Vexc 3 7 Input 3 7 Input 2 25 3 2 Input 3 3 Vexc 3 4 Vexc 3 7 Input 3 7 Input 2 6 3 2 SI 3 3 Sen
30. 20 Get firmware version command content 1 byte 1 byte 20 command response 5 bytes 1 byte 20 command OMS byte firmware version integer value i e 116 v1 16 Page 83 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 7 3 1 Channel configuration bytes First byte 0 reserved Second byte Measurement speed If set the values of the inputs or outputs are sent at the specified speed regardless of state change Auto send If set the values of the inputs or outputs are sent as soon as a change occurs Bit nr_ description 0 Measurement speed Read write see Measurement speed table 1 Measurement speed Read write see Measurement speed table 2 Measurement speed Read write see Measurement speed table 3 Measurement speed Read write see Measurement speed table 4 reserved 0 5 Auto send after change 0 off 1 on 6 reserved 0 gi reserved 0 Measurement speed table Speed setting Speed 0000 off 0001 1 Hz 0010 5 Hz 0011 10 Hz 0100 25 Hz 0101 50 Hz 0110 100 Hz 0111 250 Hz 1000 500 Hz 1001 1000 Hz Third byte 0 reserved Fourth byte 0 reserved Page 84 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 7 3 2 Data from the digital I O card through CAN bus Measured values are sent by the card in the following data format Length 8 bytes Byte 0 bit 4 0 contain the multiplexer number always
31. 4 16 34 15 33 14 32 1 3 3 1 13 31 12 30 11 29 1 4 3 2 10 28 9 27 8 26 2 1 3 3 7 25 6 24 5 23 2 2 3 4 4 22 3 21 2 20 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 Page 41 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 With the CM3410 it is also possible to measure the full bridge in a real 4 wire connection The measurement principle is the same as a 6 wire connection with links on the connector between the excitation pins and the sense pins Losses due to cable length and or connector resistance are not eliminated The resulting measurement error depends on the cable resistance cross sectional area times length and bridge resistance The only advantage of using 4 wire connections is the ability to connect more channels to each CM3410 card 18 x 4 wire versus 12 x 6 wire 4 wire connection diagram Vexc Signal Vexc Signal Channel nr at 37 pins DSUB Connector CM3410 Card PIN connection Connl Conn2 Group Group Vexc Vexc Signal Signal Channel Channel 1 1 2 4 19 37 18 36 1 2 2 5 17 35 16 34 1 3 2 6 15 33 14 32 1 4 3 1 13 31 12 30 1 5 3 2 11 29 10 28 1 6 3 3 9 27 8 26 2 1 3 4 7 25 6 24 2 2 3 5 5 23 4 22 2 3 3 6 3 21 2 20 Page 42 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 4 1 2 Half bridge only CA3460 Option 1 amp CM3410 5 wire diagram Vexc Sense Signal Sense Vexc 3 wire diagram Channel n
32. 60Hz Operation temperature 0 50 C Page 91 of 91
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34. B Connector CM3410 Card PIN connection Conn1 Conn2 Vexc Vexc Signal Group Channel Group Channel 1 1 2 4 19 37 18 1 2 2 5 17 35 16 1 3 2 6 15 33 14 1 4 3 1 13 31 12 1 5 3 2 11 20 10 1 6 3 3 9 27 8 2 1 3 4 7 25 6 2 2 3 5 5 23 4 2 3 3 6 3 21 2 Page 44 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 4 1 3 Quarter bridge only CA3460 Option 1 amp CM3410 4 wire diagram 2 Wire diagram Page 45 of 91 Vexc Vexc Sense Sense Sense Sense Vexc Vexc Channel nr at 25 pins DSUB Connector CA3460 Card PIN connection PIN 1 GND Plug on Plug on z 1 3 4 6 Vexc Vexc Sense Sense Signal Signal 1 4 13 25 12 24 11 23 2 9 21 8 20 7 19 3 6 5 17 4 16 3 15 Channel nr at 37 pins DSUB Connector CM3410 Card PIN connection Conn1 Conn2 Vexc Vexc Sense Sense Group Channel Group Channel 1 1 2 4 19 37 18 36 1 2 2 5 17 35 16 34 1 3 2 6 15 33 14 32 1 4 3 1 13 31 12 30 1 5 3 2 11 29 10 28 1 6 3 3 9 27 8 26 2 1 3 4 7 25 6 24 2 2 3 5 5 23 4 22 2 3 3 6 3 21 2 20 Peekel Instruments 4 1 4 Resistor measurement Pt100 Vexc Signal Signal Vexc 4 1 5 Potentiometer measurement Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 Page 46 of 91 Vexc Sense Signal Signal Sense Vexc Channel nr at 25 p
35. CAN interface for the communication with an external system The communication with an internal controller USB or Ethernet uses a faster internal bus The following drawing only shows the basic principles of the electronics as it is outside the scope of this user s manual to go into full detail Page 22 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 2 2 1 1Basic measurement With the base board the following signals can be measured e Voltage signals 40mV 2V or 10V range e Potentiometer 0 100 range e PT100 200 C 590 C e Thermocouple type B 250 C 1820 C e Thermocouple type E 200 C 1000 C e Thermocouple type J 200 C 1200 C e Thermocouple type K 200 C 1370 C e Thermocouple type N 200 C 1300 C e Thermocouple type R 50 C 1760 C e Thermocouple type S 50 C 1760 C e Thermocouple type T 200 C 400 C e Full bridge e Half bridge e Quarter bridge 120 Q e Quarter bridge 350 Q e Quarter bridge 1000 2 The excitation supply for the bridge measurements is adjustable between 0 5 VDC and 5VDC At 5 V excitation the smallest resistance value that can be connected is 120 Ohms The PT100 and resistor measurement is done with a ratio measurement to an on board reference resistor The maximum current through the resistor to be measured is about 250uA 2 2 1 2 Multiplexer The multiplexer can be used to connect more channels to the single input channel This input chan
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37. ID quus byte number of milliseconds for the duration of the required measurement The requested measurement will be executed The value will be sent as a measurement value only the 3 high bits in the channel number will hold the above mentioned code 07 Get special measurement command content 3 bytes 1 byte 07 command 2 byte multiplexer channel nr 0 for CA3460 3 byte 01 balance measurement 02 tare measurement 03 shunt measurement 04 dead band value 05 low peak value 06 high peak value 07 return sensor ID in The requested measurement will not be executed response 7 bytes 17 3 byte identical to the command sent 4 7 byte the requested value floating point 08 Set special measurement command content 3 bytes 1 byte 08 command 2 byte multiplexer channel nr 0 for CA3460 3 byte 01 balance measurement 02 tare measurement 04 dead band value 4 7 byte value of measurement response no response 09 Set CJC channel command content 3 bytes 1 byte 09 command 2 3 byte CAN id for CJC value 5 MSB holds multiplexer channel number 11 LSB holds the 11 bit CAN ID 10 Peak value measurement command content 3 bytes 1 byte 10 command 2 byte multiplexer channel nr 0 for CA3460 3 byte 00 stop peak value measurement Page 75 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 01 activate peak value measurem
38. Scan Bus for Devices Cards 0 Bus load 0 Global time synchronization Reconnectto interface x Keep Antoiag BH TTE RTI synchronized Annuleren Toepassen Help Page 59 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 First select the interface on which the device is connected that you want to add to the software configuration The interface which are selectable are 1 none No interface selected 2 Peak Dongle This is a dongle placed on the printer port for communicating with the CAN bus 3 Peak Dongle EPP Same as previous only now the EPP facilities are used on the printer port 4 USB Autolog 3000 COM5 This is a direct USB connection to a Autolog system If more Autolog 3000 systems are connected to the PC with several USB ports for each of those systems a separate interface will be in this list The comm port number in those interface names will be different This port number is assigned to the Autolog 3000 system during installation 5 SN 2546001 IP 10 1 3 175 This is a direct connection through the Ethernet network The serial number in the interface name belongs to the PB3000 in the Autolog 3000 system If more Autolog 3000 systems are connected to the network for each of those systems a separate interface will be in this list When an interface is selected extra settings can be made for this specific interface Autolog 3000 Properties xi Network Cards Channels Trips
39. SignaSaft 6000 off Kansl Freaue Autolog 3000 ui K Atoloa 3000 2 00 Addr A2 SN2348005 Autoloa 3000 10 Temp 001 K C Autoloa 3000 2 20 DMS Vollbr Autoloa 3000 2 30 DMS Vollbr Autoloa 3000 2 P100 Autoloa 3000 14 07 2004 PEEKEL INSTRUMENTS 19 07 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 Contents 1 INTFORUCHION pe 5 1 1 PIOUSINGS M M REG 5 1 2 Autolog 3000 3 housing eeseeeeeesseeeesseee eene 5 1 3 Autolog 3000 8 TIOLSIITQ siii cone eoe et oo RU DR UR Rt RUE SU 6 1 4 Autolog 3000 16 MOUSING se nog esses tec Ae fae cegedusecta tvs cceecteseevaduacctee 6 1 5 Connecting Autolog 3000 to a PC sssssssssseeeeee 7 1 5 1 CAN communication cable ccecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenneeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeee 7 1 5 2 Autolog 3000 external power supply cable eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 9 1 5 3 Autolog 3000 Interlink cable sssessssnneeneeeseeesnernrnreeseerrnrnrnrnsserrrrrnnn 9 1 6 UERN A T RE 10 1 6 1 USB interface and thermocouple measurement 11 1 6 2 Multiple Systems on 1 PC ccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeaaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 11 1 6 3 USB Driver Installation Windows XP ssseeeeeee 12 1 6 4 USB Driver Installation Windows 2000 sees 15 2 Autolog 3000 Cata Sisiuno i irene bid aeai acri bres s oct bici 18 2 1 C
40. anual Autolog 3000 V1 10 3 Autolog 3000 signal connections To clarify how input signal are handled by the hardware of the input cards a short overview is presented for each type of sensor Connections are drawn simplified for clarity 3 1 Signal connection CA3460 and CM3410 board Each input has the following internal connections Vexc Reference Sense for AD converter Sense Input Input Vexc Notes to the sensor cable a In order to reduce the noise all the connections to the input must be made with screened cable The cable screen must be connected in a proper way to the cable connector metal housing b It is preferred to use twisted pairs for the signal pairs Vexc input sense 3 1 1 Voltage input connection Vexc Reference Sense for AD converter Sense Input Input Vexc The voltage at the input pins must not exceed 15V Page 30 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 Note for the use of sensors which contain built in electronics These types of sensor usually need a 24 VDC power supply The Autolog 3000 card can not deliver this supply power which means an external power supply is required In this case it is important that a connection is made between the analog ground of the measurement card pin 1 and the OV of the 24 V external power supply 3 1 2 Current input connection CA3460 only Vexc Reference Sense for AD converter Sense Input Input
41. ations Use the check boxes below to limit or expand the default search which includes local paths and removable media The best driver found will be installed C Search removable media floppy CD ROM v Include this location in the search Dont search will choose the driver to install Choose this option to select the device driver from a list Windows does not guarantee that the driver you choose will be the best match for your hardware Choose Search for the best driver and check the Include this location in the search box Then browse for the location of the driver which can be found in the root directory of the installation CD Click Next to continue Hardware Installation The software you are installing for this hardware USB Autolog3000 has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP Tell me why this testing is important Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the correct operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly recommends that you stop this installation now and contact the hardware vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing Windows XP will warn about Windows Logo testing click Continue Anyway to complete the installation Page 13 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 Found New Hardware Wizard Completing the Foun
42. cable a SubD9 connector is mounted This connector must be connected to the CAN USB converter It should not be connected directly to the comm port of a PC Page 7 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 Page 8 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 1 5 2 Autolog 3000 external power supply cable The Autolog 3000 can be used with an internal option or an external power supply The standard external power supply is a tabletop housing The 24VDC power connector can be plugged directly into the Autolog 3000 3 housing 5 1 Autolog 3000 description MPE C036 24 1 Power OV screen supply 2 CL CAN L 3 screen 4 CH CAN H 5 Power 9 36V core supply Note the MPE C036 24 is the standard delivered external power supply with an Autolog3000 3 This power supply has a small coax cable connected to it 1 5 3 Autolog 3000 Interlink cable When more Autolog 3000 systems are used the same CAN bus can be used to connect those systems to 1 PC Remember that the maximum throughput of the CAN bus depends on the CAN bus speed and is 7000 values second at a data rate of IMbit second When the Interlink cable is used to connect 2 Autolog 3000 systems 1 CAN bus connector on each Autolog 3000 systems is used for this connection Only 1 CAN bus connector is now available for the connection to the CAN USB interface and to connect the power to the Autolog3000 system In this
43. card will measure the excitation current If this current is too high the excitation will be switched off All the settings are stored in FLASH memory Page 80 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 The fourth byte The fourth configuration byte holds the following information Bit nr_ description 0 scan speed See Scan speed table 1 scan speed See Scan speed table 2 multiplexer setting See Multiplexer table 3 multiplexer setting See Multiplexer table 4 multiplexer setting See Multiplexer table 5 reserved 0 6 reserved 0 7 reserved 0 Scan speed table Scan speed description 00 automatic match measurement speed 01 5Hz 10 100 Hz 11 1000 Hz Multiplexer table Multiplexer description 000 12 x 2 wires 001 6 x 4 wires 010 4 x 6 wires 011 3 x 8 wires 100 10x 2 1x4 wires TC CJC Page 81 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 7 1 3 Data from the CA3460 through CAN bus Measured values are sent by the CA3460 in the following data format Length 8 bytes Byte 0 bit 4 0 contain the multiplexer number 0 for CA3460 bit 7 6 amp 5 identifies the value type 000 actual measurement value 001 balance measurement 002 tare measurement 003 shunt measurement bridge type only 004 minimal peak value 005 maximum peak value 006 not used yet 007 sensor ID Byte 1 2 3 measure
44. cards configuration dialog and select the card that you replaced Press the Replace Card button The software should the new card in the slot and transfer the settings of the old card to the new one Card options Shows the type of card and its option modules Firmware version Shows the firmware version of the card Slot number Shows which slot number in the Autolog 3000 the card occupies Description Use this description to make the card easier to identify Add card Use this button to manually add a new card to the configuration You must know and specify the serial number of the card to be able to use this function Remove card Use this button to remove a specific card and all its settings from the current configuration Page 63 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 6 1 4 Channels Configuration Page Autolog 3000 Properties Es Network Cards Channels Trips Channels General Sensor Measurement Balance Tere Shunt Addr A1 chn 1 1 Addr A1 chn 1 2 Name Multiplexer c x 4 wires Y Input type Strain 1 4 bridge 120 Ohms Addr A1 chn 2 1 Excitation 25 V Addr A1 chn 2 2 Addr A1 chn 2 3 Meas range 31000 um m Addr A1 chn 2 4 Addr A1 chn 2 5 Addr A1 chn 2 6 Addr A1 chn 2 7 Andr Al rhn 2A SelectAll Annuleren Toepassen Help Use this dialog to configure the individual channels You can select one or more channels to configure fro
45. click Next Page 15 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 Found New Hardware Wizard Locate Driver Files Fata Where do you want Windows to search for driver files ey Search for driver files for the following hardware device e Autolog3000 The wizard searches for suitable drivers in its driver database on your computer and in any of the following optional search locations that you specify To start the search click Next If you are searching on a floppy disk or CD ROM drive insert the floppy disk or CD before clicking Next Optional search locations Floppy disk drives d Specify a location Microsoft Windows Update lt Back Cancel Check the CD ROM drives box and click Next The file pb6200 inf should now be found as the driver installation file Found New Hardware Wizard Driver Files Search Results a The wizard has finished searching for driver files for your hardware device ey The wizard found a driver for the following device a Autolog3000 Windows found a driver for this device To install the driver Windows found click Next EX tce_layouts autolog3000 pb6200 in Cancel Page 16 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 Digital Signature Not Found xi The Microsoft digital signature affirms that software has been tested with Windows and that the software has not been altered since it was tested The software you
46. crocontroller e Typical accuracy 0 1 e CAN communication e Bandwidth 3dB 200 Hz max 1 Mbit sec e Max sample rate 200 samples second e Local SPI bus e 24 bit A D converter max 5 Mbit sec e Operating temperature Input signals 25 C 60 C e Voltage 40mV 2V 10V e Dimensions e Potentiometer sensors Board 191 x 145 mm output in 0 100 Front 25 x 173 mm e Thermocouples o Type B 250 1820 C Power supply o TypeE 200 1200 e 9 36VDC 12VA o TypeJ 200 1200 C o Type K 200 1370 Sensor ID functions are not o TypeN 200 1370 C implemented yet o TypeR 50 1760 C o Type S 50 1760 o TypeT 50 390 C PT100 sensors 200 C 500 C Resistor sensors 0 4000 Q Strain Gauge input Full bridge Half bridge Quarter bridge 1200 350 or 10000 4 wire Meas ranges 8 mV V 400 mV V 5V Internal shunt resistor to check external bridge connections Sense technology 6 wire Voltage 0 5 4 VDC in steps of 0 5V Min permissible load 120Q 5V 600 2 5V Page 89 of 91 Peekel Instruments 9 3 CD3733 Specifications Digital input signals e 16 inputs e Opto isolated e Input current 4 mA e Input voltage max 36 VDC e Switching threshold gt 6V Solid state Output signals e 12 digital outputs e Output current max 1A e Output voltage max 48VDC e Resistance with active output is 25 ohm e Normally Open contacts Relay output signals e 2 digital outputs e Norma
47. d New Hardware Wizard The wizard has finished installing the software for E USB Autolog 3000 Click Finish to close the wizard The Autolog 3000 device driver is now installed and can be found as a new COM port in the system Page 14 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 1 6 4 USB Driver Installation Windows 2000 Start the PC connect the Autolog 3000 to the PC using a USB cable and switch on the Autolog 3000 Windows will automatically detect a new device named USB Autolog 3000 and show the following dialog Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install a device driver for a hardware device To continue click Next Back Click Next to continue Found New Hardware Wizard Install Hardware Device Drivers N device driver is a software program that enables a hardware device to work with ey an operating system This wizard will complete the installation for this device a Autolog3000 device driver is a software program that makes a hardware device work Windows needs driver files for your new device To locate driver files and complete the installation click Next What do you want the wizard to do C Display a list of the known drivers for this device so that can choose a specific driver lt Back Cancel Now select Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended and
48. d correctly functioning Green LED lights up when communication to an external system is present Note If the Autolog 3000 contains a built in USB controller then the green LEDs will light up as soon as the device is connected through its USB interface and correctly recognized by the PC Page 21 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 2 2 CM3410 input card The CM3410 is a DC input card for the Autolog 3000 system It is designed to be used for high accuracy experimental and industrial measurements and can be used with a variety of Wheatstone bridge based sensors and DC input signals This card contains individual channel identical as on the CA3460 card extended with a multiplexer This means the card offers up to 36 input channels Every input channel can measure almost every type of sensor from DC V current and Thermocouples up to strain gauge bridges The card can be used in the AUTOLOG 3000 multi channel system 2 2 1 General design principles In principle the CM3410 is a standalone measuring system The following functions are integrated on the card e aseparate amplifier conditioner including an A D converter e Multiplexer with 72 contacts PhotoMOS Relais combined measurement speed max 200Hz e a microprocessor which controls the card hardware and reads the converted signal values from the AD converter e Power supply which converts the large input range 9 36 VDC to the onboard necessary supply voltages e
49. d the message for each configured channel 7 bytes configuration of each 1 byte 02 command channel gnd byte card type CA3460 0x40 CA3410 0x41 3 byte multiplexer channel nr 0 for CA3460 4 7 byte configuration of the channel 03 Get card serial number command content 8 byte When this command is sent to CAN ID 0 all the CA3460 cards will respond 1 byte 03 command response 7 bytes 1 byte 03 command 2 5 byte card serial number 6 byte card slot number 0 14 slot number in rack 15 card not placed in a rack 7 byte card options defined hex codes 00h version 1 base card 11h version 2 base card 12h S G option for channels 1 3 21h S G option for channels 4 6 22h S G option for all channels 33h LVDT option for all channels Page 74 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 Other option combinations are also possible i e 13h LVDT option for channels 1 3 etc se byte card type CA3460 0x40 CA3410 0x41 04 Set device CAN ID command content 7 bytes 1 byte 04 command 2 5 byte CA3460 serial number to set CAN ID for ey byte CAN ID to assign to the card response no response 06 Do special measurement command content 5 bytes 1 byte 06 command 2 byte multiplexer channel nr 0 for CA3460 3 byte 01 balance measurement 02 tare measurement 03 shunt measurement bridge type only 07 read sensor
50. e Conn Conn Channel nr Channels nr Channel nr Channel nr nr pin 8 wire conn 6 wire conn 4 wire conn 2 wire conn 1 7 2 1 Vexc 2 Vexc 2 1 Vexc 2 1 Input 1 25 2 1 Vexc 2 1 Vexc 2 1 Vexc 2 1 Input 1 6 2 1 Sense 2 1 Sense 2 1 Input 2 2 Input 1 24 2 1 Sense 2 1 Sense 2 1 Input 2 2 Input 1 5 2 1 Input 2 1 Input 2 2 Vexc 2 3 Input 1 23 2 1 Input 2 1 Input 2 2 Vexc 2 3 Input 1 4 2 1 SI 2 2 Vexc 2 2 Input 2 4 Input 1 22 2 1 SI 2 2 Vexc 2 2 Input 2 4 Input 1 2 2 Vexc 2 2 Sense 2 3 Vexct 2 5 Input 1 2 2 2 Vexc 2 2 Sense 2 3 Vexc 2 5 Input 1 2 2 2 Sense 2 2 Input 2 3 Input 2 6 Input 1 20 2 2 Sense 2 2 Input 2 3 Input 2 6 Input 2 19 2 2 Input 2 3 Vexc 2 4 Vexc 2 7 Input 2 37 2 2 Input 2 3 Vexc 2 4 Vexc 2 7 Input 2 18 2 2 SI 2 3 Sense 2 4 Input 2 8 Input 2 36 2 2 SI 2 3 Sense 2 4 Input 2 8 Input 2 17 2 3 Vexc 2 3 Input 2 5 Vexc 2 9 Input 2 35 2 3 Vexc 2 3 Input 2 5 Vexc 2 9 Input 2 16 2 3 Sense 2 4 Vexc 2 5 Input 2 10 Input 2 34 2 3 Sense 2 4 Vexc 2 5 Input 2 10 Input 2 15 2 3 Input 2 4 Sense 2 6 Vexc 2 11 Input 2 33 2 3 Input 2 4 Sense 2 6 Vexc 2 11 Input 2 14 2 3 SI 2 4 Input 2 6 Input 2 1
51. e only CA3460 Option 1 amp CM3410 43 Quarter bridge only CA3460 Option 1 amp CM3410 45 Resistor measurement Pt100 cccsecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeaaees 46 Potentiometer measurement eeeessssssssssseeeeeeeee nnne 46 Voltage IDE 2 olei inb eoe taut ata e Da utet a atu faa tal e AE c etaed 47 Current input CA3460 Only iioii aer RE RE eae rr Rer ERR 47 Thentmnocolple reo rae ee onte oet etn top Dofus 47 Full bridge LVDT only CA3460 Option 2 sssesessssssss 48 Half bridge LVDT only CA3460 Option 2 48 GD3733 DOSIU sco PE epe One ewe eR 49 Digital Inputs Sachse ese eho beta eto ences irse bo eben rir xia Arpa shedexs ths 49 Solid State outputs iate iei dedu dide eei mds dot ends 50 Relay contact OUIDUIS aac rere e tete rire tno ete ire Exc eprs 51 Connection utilities issis sisari n ecoreri rasis ai ancu anin aua a niu rc C curia Yao asina EE Ese 52 Terminal Block PPZb5DS T 2 eie ir itte E e PERLES eae 52 Terminal block PPSZDST 4 rei EE rc ta ce 53 Cable SubD25 to 3 x SubDO9 sessseeeeeeeee 54 CJC11 connection OOK neck ooh ooh ion M een ite ela Et 55 CJC 11 in combination with CA3460 sssssseeeeeee 56 CJC 11 in combination with CM3410 ssssssseeeeee 57 Active X controls aseciuc contia cuu Fou xEch eeu FuIy LII Te X
52. e 24 bit A D converter Input signals e Voltage 40mV 2V 10V e Current 50mA input resistance 70Q e Potentiometer sensors output in 0 100 e Thermocouples o Type B 250 1820 C Type E 200 1200 Type J 200 1200 Type K 200 1370 Type N 200 1370 Type R 50 1760 C Type S 50 1760 Type T 50 390 C e PT100 sensors 200 C 500 C e Resistor sensors 0 4000 Q Or 0 0 Q Q 30 Bridge Sensor supply e Fixed 2 5VDC e Voltage accuracy 1 e Min permissible load 609 Page 88 of 91 Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 Strain Gauge input option 1 Full bridge Half bridge Quarter bridge 120Q 3500 or 100090 4 wire Meas ranges 8 mV V 400 mV V 5V Internal shunt resistor to check external bridge connections Sense technology 6 wire Voltage 0 5 5 VDC in steps of 0 5V Min permissible load 1200 5V 609 2 5V LVDT input option 2 Full bridge Half bridge Excitation 4Vrms 5kHz Input ranges 100 mV V amp 500 mV V Further details 16 bit microcontroller CAN communication max 1 Mbit sec Local SPI bus max 5 Mbit sec Operating temperature 25 C 60 C Dimensions Board 191 x 145 mm Front 25 x 173 mm Power supply 9 36VDC 12VA Sensor ID functions are not implemented yet Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 9 2 CM3410 Specifications For the amplifiers and A D converter on Further details this card e 16 bit mi
53. egrated on the card e aseparate amplifier conditioner for each channel including an A D converter e a microprocessor which controls the card hardware and reads the converted signal values from the AD converters e DC DC converter which converts the large input range 9 36VDC to the onboard necessary supply voltages e CAN interface for the communication with an external system The communication with an internal controller USB or Ethernet uses a faster internal bus The following drawing only shows the basic principles of the electronics as it is outside the scope of this user s manual to go into full detail riz Messrate Werten ndm mn T Ringpuffer C a Page 18 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 The CA3460 is the base board which can hold 2 optional extension boards 2 1 1 1 Basic measurement With the base board the following signals can be measured e Voltage signals 40mV 2V or 10V range e Current signals 50 mA range e Potentiometer 0 100 range e PT100 200 C 590 C e Thermocouple type B 250 C 1820 C e Thermocouple type E 200 C 1000 C e Thermocouple type J 200 C 1200 C e Thermocouple type K 200 C 1370 C e Thermocouple type N 200 C 1300 C e Thermocouple type R 50 C 1760 C e Thermocouple type S 50 C 1760 C e Thermocouple type T 200 C 400 C e Full Wheatstone bridge 8mV V or 400mV V For the excitation of t
54. ent The peak value measurement will be executed on each measured value 1000 time each second No extra filtering will be done on the signal When a new min or max value is detected it will be sent immediately 19 Perform synchronization command content 1 byte 1 byte 19 command response no response 20 Get firmware version command content 1 byte 1 byte 20 command response 5 bytes 1 byte 20 command 2 5 byte firmware version integer value i e 116 v1 16 Note The special measurements Balance Tare and Shunt are floating point numbers and in the unit input voltages V or V V for bridge measurements When a dead band value is sent to the card the actual measurement will be sent every second This is a value according to the selected measurement method and measurement speed When the value has changed more than the dead band value since the last transmitted value it will be sent immediately 7 1 1 Communication control 17 Resume communication command content 1byte 1 byte 17 command response no response 18 Stop communication command content byte 1 byte 18 command response no response With these commands the sending of the measured values from the USB controller in the Autolog 3000 system is stopped or resumed This USB controller will send all the measured values from the input cards directly to the PC through the USB connection This
55. ent is used to accurately determine the temperature at the connection point Peekel Instruments has a special CJC 11 connection box for this purpose Burnout detection For thermocouples burnout detection makes sure that a broken wire on a thermocouple measurement does not go undetected Using this option a broken thermocouple causes a fixed value to be shown indicating an error Without this an open input can lead to an unpredictable value which may not always clearly be recognized as an error Beware for thermocouples with very high impedance e g by using very long thin cables or IR temperature sensors the burnout detection should be switched off as it can lead to an inaccurate measurement value in this case Page 66 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 6 1 6 Channels Configuration Measurement Autolog 3000 Properties Addr 41 chn 1 0 Addr 41 chn 2 0 Addr 41 chn 3 0 Addr A1 chn 4 0 Addr A1 chn 5 0 Addr amp 1 chn 6 0 Addr amp 2 chn 1 0 Addr A2 chn 2 0 Addr amp 2 chn 3 0 Addr amp 2 chn 4 0 Addr amp 2 chn 5 0 Addr 42 chn 6 0 The measurement tab page of the channel configuration determines the measurement speed and related parameters Meas speed The speed at which the channel should output measurement values Scan speed The speed at which the card measures internally If set to Auto the optimum speed will be determined automatically The rule is that t
56. es which must be compensated through firmware calculations CJC Cold Junction Compensation For this goal Peekel Instruments has developed the CJC 11 connection box What makes this connection box special is the massive aluminium block placed between two rows of screw terminals Additional measures ensure that there is a good thermal conduction between aluminium block and screw terminals The size of the block helps to reduce the speed at which external temperature influences cause the temperature of the cold junction to change For accurate measurement of the temperature of the screw terminals a class A Pt 100 sensor is mounted in the middle of the aluminium block This sensor is connected internally on CH12 The thermocouple wires are led into the box through a gap in the side of the housing To protect the inside of the box from air circulation the gap is closed off using a neoprene foam band On the other side of the housing are four 25 pin D Sub connectors Using appropriate connection cables the CJC 11 can be connected either to two CA3460 measurement cards for a total of 11 thermocouples and 1 CJC or to a single multiplexer card CM3410 for a total of 34 thermocouples and 1 CJC PT100 location ott Sit tet is Ex sc WW Si MEX SE m SI bet s Earth connection Used for proper screening EX SE IN SI CNN v Strain relief Page 55 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 5 4 1 CJC
57. guration Page 1 Channels Trips Card Address 2 Status OK CAN ID Range 28 38 1Ch 27h Serial Number om Replace card Card ptions CA3460 01 Base ch 1 3 5 G Firmware Version v1 00 Slot Number 2 Description Add card Remove card Cancel Apply Help Use this dialog to configure the individual cards You can select the card to configure from the list on the left side If this list does not show any cards go to the Network Configuration Page to configure the communication network and press the Scan Bus for Devices button The configuration items on the right side of the dialog show the settings for the currently selected card The individual items in this configuration page described Cards Select a card from this list to show its information Card Address Shows the logical card address of the card This address determines the CAN ID range that the card uses for communication If you change this value the card will be reprogrammed to communicate using the new address Status Shows the communication status of the card The status is OK if all channels on the card respond as expected DISCONNECTED if the card fails to produce measurement values for one or more channels on the card CAN ID Range Shows the CAN ID range that the card uses for communication Serial number Shows the serial number of the selected card Page 62 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V
58. he Scan speed is 100 Hz for measurement speeds of 100 Hz and lower or 5 Hz for measurement speeds of 5 Hz and lower This setting is most important when using Meas method Maximum or Minimum Meas method For measurement speeds lower than 1000 Hz this setting determines what operation the hardware should perform on the raw measurement values 1000 Hz to reduce it to the requested amount of data Dead band If set to O default all measured values will be output at the requested speed Otherwise measured values will only be output if they differ from the last output value by more than the dead band setting Regardless of the dead band setting at least one measurement value will be output every second Page 67 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 6 1 7 Channels Configuration Balance Tare Autolog 3000 Properties E3 Network Cards Channels Trips l Channels General Sensor Scaling Measurement Balance Tare Shunt Addr amp 1 chn 1 0 Addr amp 1 chn 2 0 IV Balance Active Balance my A Addr amp 1 chn 3 0 Addr amp l chn 4 0 Balance Selected Addr 41 chn 5 0 i Addr A1 chn 6 0 Iv Tare Active Tare kN Addr amp 2 chn 1 0 Tare selected Addr amp 2 chn 2 0 Addr 42 chn 3 0 Addr amp 2 chn 4 0 Addr 42 chn 5 0 Addr 42 chn 6 0 Addr A3 chn 1 0 z Select All Cancel Apply Help The balance tare tab page of the channel configuration contains sett
59. he potentiometer and full bridge measurement a 2 5V supply is present The PT100 and resistor measurement is done with a ratio measurement to an on board reference resistor The maximum current through the resistor to be measured is about 250uA On the CA3460 2 optional extension boards can be mounted Each of these boards will extend the signals which can be measured for 3 channels The first extension board handles channel 1 2 and 3 and the second extension board handles channel 4 5 and 6 2 1 1 2 Option 1 measurements This extension board is used when bridge configurations other than the standard full bridge configuration must be measured usually for strain gauge measurements With this extension the following measurement configurations are added to the CA3460 e Full bridge e Half bridge e Quarter bridge 1200 e Quarter bridge 350Q e Quarter bridge 10002 All these configurations will use the sense lines to compensate the voltage drop over the wires used for the excitation of the external bridge Full and half bridge configurations use a 6 wire connection quarter bridge uses a 4 wire connection The excitation for the bridge is adjustable in steps of 0 5V from 0 5V up to 5V The maximum current for this excitation is 50 mA When the current is above this level the excitation voltage will automatically be reduced until the current is below 50 mA Page 19 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 The measurement range
60. hen the thermocouple has a high impedance This will not be the case with normal thermocouples but there are e g non contacting IR sensors with an internal resistance of about 3 kQ With such sensors the burn out detection will form a resistor divider and the measurement will be wrong To have a correct measurement result the Burn Out detection must be switched off 3 1 6 Full bridge connection CA3460 base board Vexc Reference Sense for AD converter Sense Input Input U Vexc For this measurement on the base board the excitation is fixed on 2 5V The sense lines must be connected either directly on the connector or through the cable on the bridge These sense lines will lead the voltage to the AD converter as a reference By this way the voltage drop on the excitation lines will be eliminated The minimum allowable full bridge resistance load is 60 Q Page 33 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 3 1 7 Full bridge CA3460 option 1 amp CM3410 Vexc Reference Sense for AD converter Sense Input Input Vexc Both the CA3460 with option 1 and the CM3410 multiplexer card have a configurable bridge supply voltage between 0 5 and 5 V in steps of 0 5 V Note that a maximum current of 50 mA is supplied which means that e g a lt 120 Ohms full bridge can not be measured at the maximum 5V bridge supply voltage The voltage on the sense lines is used as a reference of the AD converter In t
61. his measurement principle the actual value of the excitation voltage is not important Voltage drops on the excitation wires are not compensated by an increase of the excitation voltage When the sense lines are not used the sense must be connected to the Vexc and the sense must be connected to the Vexc Note for option 2 Whether or not option 2 is used the base functionality of the card will still be available and is extended with Carrier Frequency technology 3 1 11 Half bridge LVDT CA3460 Option 2 Vexc Sense Sense Input Input Vexc To AD converter The voltage on the sense lines is used as a reference of the measurement In this way a true V V measurement is done Because of this measurement principle the actual value of the excitation voltage is not important Voltage drops on the excitation wires are not compensated by an increase of the excitation voltage The Input is connected to OV on board Page 36 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 When the sense lines are not used the sense must be connected to the Vexc and the sense must be connected to the Vexc Page 37 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 3 2 Signal connection CD3733 board 3 2 1 Digital input connection Current limiter 3mA Input T Opto isolation Voltage limiter 26V Input The voltage at the input pins must not exceed 36V 3 2 2 Solid state outpu
62. his way a true V V measurement is done Because of this measurement principle the actual value of the excitation voltage is not important Voltage drops on the excitation wires are not compensated by an increase of the excitation voltage When the sense lines are not used the sense must be connected to the Vexc and the sense must be connected to the Vexc 3 1 8 Half bridge CA3460 option 1 amp CM3410 Vexc Reference Sense for AD converter Sense Input Input Vexc When this measurement is selected an internal half bridge is used to complement the circuit to a full bridge The internal half bridge is switched between the voltage levels of the sense lines In this way the internal half bridge is at the same voltage levels as the external half bridge The internal half bridge complementation resistors have a resistance of 1000 The bridge supply voltage can be set between 0 5 and 5 V in steps of 0 5 V Note that a maximum current of 50 mA is supplied Page 34 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 3 1 9 Quarter bridge CA3460 option 1 amp CM3410 Vexc Reference Sense for AD converter Sense Input Input Vexc The single external resistor is complemented with 3 internal resistors to get a complete full bridge Two precision resistors of 1000 Ohms build an internal half bridge a third internal precision resistor completes the quarter bridge complementation and can be chosen as 1206 350
63. i Conn2 Signal Signal Channel Channel Channel Channel 1 1 2 7 19 37 1 10 3 4 10 28 1 2 2 8 18 36 1 11 3 5 9 27 1 3 2 9 17 35 1 12 3 6 8 26 1 4 2 10 16 34 2 1 3 7 F 25 1 5 2 11 15 33 2 2 3 8 6 24 1 6 2 12 14 32 2 3 3 9 5 23 1 7 3 1 13 31 2 4 3 10 4 22 1 8 3 2 12 30 2 5 3 11 3 21 1 9 3 3 11 29 2 6 3 12 2 20 Page 47 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 4 1 9 Full bridge LVDT only CA3460 Option 2 6 wire diagram Vexc Sense Signal Sense Vexc 4 1 10 5 wire diagram Vexc Sense Signal Sense Vexc 4 wire diagram Half bridge LVDT only CA3460 Option 2 3 wire diagram Sense Dor Vexc Sense Signal Sense Vexc Vexc Signal Sense Vexc Channel nr at CA3460 Card 25 pins DSUB Connector PIN connection PIN 1 GND CS n do n Vexc Vexc Sense Sense Signal Signal 1 4 13 25 12 24 11 23 2 5 9 21 8 20 7 19 3 6 5 17 4 16 3 15 Page 48 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 4 2 CD3733 board 4 2 1 Digital Inputs Current limiter 3mA Input Opto isolation Je Voltage limiter 26V Input Pins on connector CONN1 Channel nrat 37 DSUB Connector Channel nr at 37 DSUB Connector CD3733 Card PIN connection CD3733 Card PIN connection Channel Input Input Cha
64. ings and commands for balance and tare functions Difference between balance and tare Balance the measurement value is set to 0 before conversion to physical units Tare the measurement value is set to 0 after conversion to physical units If a scaling is used that introduces an offset then performing a balance will not set the measured value to zero in physical units but to the offset Balance active Determines whether or not the balance value is used for this channel Balance selected Performs a balance command on the current selection of channels This command averages the measured values over a period of 1 second to determine a stable balance value Balance value The current balance value It is possible to manually modify this value Tare active Determines whether or not the tare value is used for this channel Tare selected Performs a tare command on the current selection of channels This command averages the measured values over a period of second to determine a stable tare value Tare value The current tare value It is possible to manually modify this value Page 68 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 6 1 8 Channels Configuration Scaling Autolog 3000 Properties E3 Network Cards Channels Trips Channels Addr 41 chn 1 0 Addr amp 1 chn 2 0 IV Use scaling Addr amp 1 chn 3 0 kN Addr A1 chn 4 0 Input mV V Output Addr amp 1 chn 5 0 Measure NN D Addr 41
65. ins DSUB Connector CA3460 Card PIN connection PIN 1 GND Plug on Plug on 1 3 4 6 Vexc Vexc Sense Sense Signal Signal 4 13 25 12 24 11 23 2 5 9 21 8 20 7 19 3 6 5 17 4 16 3 15 Channel nr at 37 pins DSUB Connector CM3410 Card PIN connection Conn1 Conn2 Vexc Vexc Signal Signal Group Channel Group Channel 1 1 2 4 19 37 18 36 1 2 2 5 17 35 16 34 1 3 2 6 15 33 14 32 1 4 3 1 13 31 12 30 1 5 3 2 11 29 10 28 1 6 3 3 9 2 8 26 2 1 3 4 7 25 6 24 2 2 3 5 5 23 4 22 2 3 3 6 3 21 2 20 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 4 1 6 Voltage input Note for the use of sensors which contain built in electronics These types of sensor usually need a 24 Signal VDC power supply The Autolog 3000 card can not deliver this supply power which means an external power supply is Signal required In this case it is important that a connection 4 1 7 Current input CA3460 only is made between the analog ground of the measurement card pin 1 and the OV of the 24 V external power supply Signal g Signal 4 1 8 Thermocouple Signal Signal Channel nr at 25 pins DSUB Connector CA3460 Card PIN connection PIN 1 GND a P 6 Signal Signal 4 11 23 2 5 7 19 3 6 3 15 Channel nr at 37 DSUB Connector Channel nr at 37 DSUB Connector CM3410 Card PIN connection CM3410 Card PIN connection Conni Conn2 Signal Signal Conn
66. le of a half bridge S G configuration where the bridge factor is not equal to 2 is the use of a second S G solely for temperature compensation This second strain gage is usually affixed to the same material and placed near the location of the active strain gage This so called dummy S G experiences the same elongation due to temperature as the active S G which cancels out the influence on the measured value but no mechanical load In this example the bridge factor would be 1 Another example is a full bridge S G where 2 S G s are active and the other 2 are affixed at a 90 angle to the direction of the load In this case a typical bridge factor would be 2 6 Other examples can be found in the literature on strain gage measurements Settings for thermocouple and Pt 100 Note for thermocouples it is practical to configure the CJC channel Pt 100 first otherwise it will not appear in the list of available CJC points Units Selects the presentation units for temperature measurements Celsius Fahrenheit or Kelvin CJC For thermocouples selects the Pt 100 input to use for cold junction compensation measurement When measuring thermocouples the transition between the thermocouple wires and connection box cold junction causes thermoelectric voltages which induce a temperature dependent error in the measurement Therefore this temperature must be measured in order for the firmware to compensate for this error As a rule a Pt 100 elem
67. lly Open Normally Closed contacts using a relay e Output current max 1A e Output voltage max 48VDC Further details e 16 bit microcontroller CAN communication max 1 Mbit sec Local SPI bus max 5 Mbit sec Operating temperature 25 C 60 C Dimensions Board 191 x 145 mm Front 25 x 173 mm Power supply e 9 36VDC 12VA Page 90 of 91 Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 9 4 PB3000 Specifications Base Embedded XP Computer Data acquisition stand alone or as an Ethernet device connected to a PC alternative webserver based Data storage on hard disk when used in stand alone setup Wireless options GPRS UMTS WLAN secured data transmission Operating temperature 0 50 9 5 Housings Specifications Autolog 3000 1 Number of card slots 1 Dimensions 215x245x48mm WxDxH Power requirements 9 36VDC 40 W direct input Operation temperature 0 50 Autolog 3000 3 Number of card slots 3 Dimensions 250x330x110mm WxDxH Power requirements 9 36VDC 40 W direct input External power supply 100 240VAC 50 60Hz built in power supply is optional Operation temperature 0 50 Autolog 3000 8 Number of card slots 8 Dimensions 271x326x224mm WxDxH Power requirements 9 36VDC 100 W or 100 240VAC 50 60Hz Operation temperature 0 50 C Autolog 3000 16 Number of card slots 16 Dimensions 500x326x224mm WxDxH Power requirements 9 36VDC 200 W or 100 240VAC 50
68. ly the default tolerance of 20 is not enough e g when very long measurement cables are used If the measured difference is very big these are the things to look out for Is the sensor connection correct correct channel correct wiring Is the configured sensor type tab General correct For 4 bridge S G check the resistance value Is the correct bridge load entered in the tab Sensor Is the measurement cabling connection to the sensor OK Page 70 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 6 1 10 Trips Configuration Page Autolog 3000 Properties xi Network Cards Channels Trips Channels Tip Trip2 Trip3 Trip 4 Addr Al chn 1 0 Addr amp 1 chn 2 0 T Addr amp 1 chn 3 0 Name Addr amp 1 chn 4 0 Trip E Addr 41 chn 5 0 Addr 41 chn 6 0 Trip Level jo Trip Active Addr amp 2 chn 1 0 Trip Addr A2 chn 2 0 Hysteresis jo Addr A2 chn 3 0 Addr amp 2 chn 4 0 Timeout fo 000 Secs Hyst Addr amp 2 chn 5 0 Addr amp 2 chn 5 0 Addr A3 chn 1 0 E Select All Cancel Apply Help Use this dialog to configure up to four trips for the individual channels You can select one or more channels to configure from the list on the left side If this list does not show any channels go to the Network Configuration Page to configure the communication network and press the Scan Bus for Devices button To select ranges of channels click on the
69. m the list on the left side If this list does not show any channels go to the Network Configuration Page to configure the communication network and press the Scan Bus for Devices button To select ranges of channels click on the first channel then press and hold the SHIFT key and click on the last channel To select multiple individual channels press and hold the CTRL key and click on the channels The configuration items on the right side of the dialog show the settings for the currently selected channel s When multiple channels are selected and an item is blank it means that the channels have different settings for this item When you select a new value for the item it will apply to all selected channels The individual items in this configuration page described Channels Using the SHIFT and CTRL keys in combination with the left mouse button you can select one or more channels from this list to configure Select All Press this button to select all available channels Name Sets the name of the selected channel s If the same name is assigned to multiple channels the channel names will automatically be made unique by appending a number You can use the name to make the channels easier to identify Input type Sets the type of measurement performed by the selected channel s Excitation Sets the excitation voltage as supplied to the sensor The list of available excitation voltages depends on the type of card and its options
70. mand content 3 bytes 1 byte 01 command 2 byte 00 multiplexer channel nr 3 _ 6 byte contain the channel settings response no response 02 Get channel configuration When this command is sent to CAN ID O all the cards will send the configuration of each channel command content 1 byte 1 byte 02 command response message for each configured channel 7 bytes 1 byte 02 command 2 byte digital I O type standard 0x50 3m byte 00 multiplexer channel nr quim byte configuration of the channel 03 Get card serial number When this command is sent to CAN ID O all the cards will respond command content 1 byte 1 byte 03 command response 8 bytes 1 byte 03 command 2 5 byte card serial number 6 byte card slot number 0 14 slot number in rack 15 card not placed in a rack 7 byte 00 card options 8 byte 0x50 card type 04 Set device CAN ID command content 7 bytes 1 byte 04 command 2 5 byte Card serial number to set CAN ID for 6 7h byte CAN ID to assign to the card response no response 16 Set outputs command content 7 bytes 1 byte 16 command 2 _4 byte Values of the outputs to set 18 bits 5 T byte Mask of the outputs to set 18 bits change only outputs whose bit is set in this mask 19 Perform synchronization command content 1 byte 1 byte 19 command response no response
71. mmended CAN bus cable cceccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeees 86 Bus speed versus measure interval cccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 86 SPECITNCATIONS E 88 CA3460 Specifications sssssssesseeeeenenneennn 88 Page 3 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 9 2 9 3 9 4 9 5 CMS4 10 Specifications eau re oro E nh e n Red 89 CD3733 Specifications sid So bb bees ctae e 90 PB3000 Specifications cccccceceeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesnaeeeeeeeeeeeeseeesaaees 91 HOUSINGS Specifications 3 0 Bate eb iate bte eed tas 91 Version 1 10 November 2010 J H Steeneveld Page 4 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 1 Introduction The Autolog 3000 concept is based upon the use of fully autonomously functioning measuring cards These cards will condition the inputs convert them to digital values scale those values and buffer the measured values until they are transmitted to the controlling system The use of these universal modules makes it possible to configure systems from 6 channel boxes up till multiple 19 racks with 96 channels each In this way larger and de centralized systems can be easily set up With this Autolog 3000 concept Peekel Instruments offers its more than half a century worth of experience to today s high accuracy computerized electronic measuring technology 1 1 Housings Depending on the number of
72. n ecce ccen een etn tnmen etate nnne 31 3 1 4 Potentiometer COnTneetior aac n se kaa al vasa alae 32 3 1 5 Thermocouple connection eeesseeseseessseeeeeeeee nennen 32 3 1 6 Full bridge connection CA3460 base board ssssss 33 3 1 7 Full bridge CA3460 option 1 amp CM3410 esses 34 3 1 8 Half bridge CA3460 option 1 amp CM3410 sees 34 3 1 9 Quarter bridge CA3460 option 1 amp CM3410 sees 35 3 1 10 Full bridge LVDT CA3460 Option 2 seesseseeeseeene 36 3 1 11 Half bridge LVDT CA3460 Option 2 ssssssseeeeeenen 36 3 2 Signal connection CD3733 board ssssssssse 38 3 2 1 Digital input CONMECHON sss scio eoi a edu t Gu ERE 38 3 2 2 Solid state output connection eeessesseeneeeenm 38 3 2 3 Relay output COhnnegtlOt ioco ide heec dco ta vereda dia du cunieh 39 Page 2 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 RA RAR AA UU cub ak a c l k o0 00 CO AAAS MPNMPD hou un e 4 2 5 1 5 2 5 3 5 4 5 4 1 5 4 2 Oo 05000000000 E O a A Ca xk alu c ndo NDU Di N H 0 7 1 7 1 1 7 1 2 7 1 3 7 2 7 3 7 3 1 7 3 2 8 1 9 1 Gonnectiom diagralisa onod dtc qd dexia cd eund xad ex Coca e adus 40 CAS460 and CM3410 boards uie t apa et 40 eiu d 8 0 0 NN NE EE A a A eye ne ee 40 Half bridg
73. nel is the same as on the CA3460 and will use 8 wires for complete channel connection Those 8 wires are used for the next signals e Excitation supply Vexc and Vexc e Sense signal Sense and Sense e Input signal Input and Input e TEDS interface SI and SI All these signals are only used when a full bridge with TEDS information is used On the CM3410 9 of these channels can be connected When no TEDS is used only 6 wires are required to connect a full bridge Due to the flexibility of the multiplexer 12 of those channels can be connected A further increase of connecting channels will be the case when 4 wire or 2 wire measurements are used So a selection can be made between 8 6 4 or 2 wire measurements which result in 9 12 18 or 36 signals to be connected to just 1 CM3410 Due to this multiplexer layout the function of an input pin on 1 of the 2 connectors will change when another type of connection is selected When a 2 wire interface is selected all Page 23 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 pin pairs will be switched to the channel input circuit When a 6 wire interface is selected some pin pairs will be switched to the excitation supply Take care with this selection because it is possible that excitation supply is set to connector pins due to the chosen multiplexer setting When in this case a thermocouple is connected to these pins this thermocouple could short circuit the excitation supply which
74. nnel Input Input I 1 19 37 9 11 29 2 18 36 10 10 28 3 17 35 11 9 27 4 16 34 12 8 26 5 15 33 13 7 25 6 14 32 14 6 24 7 13 31 15 5 23 8 12 30 16 4 22 Page 49 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 4 2 2 Solid State outputs Opto isolation WF Voltage limiter 56V Output Pins on connector CONN2 Channel nr at 37 DSUB Connector Channel nr at 37 DSUB Connector CD3733 Card PIN connection CD3733 Card PIN connection Channel Output Output Channel Output Output 1 1 20 9 9 28 2 2 21 10 10 29 3 3 22 11 11 30 4 4 23 12 12 31 3 5 24 6 6 25 7 7 26 8 8 27 Page 50 of 91 Peekel Instruments 4 2 3 Relay contact outputs Out C Out NC Out NO Pins on connector CONN2 Channel nr at CD3733 Card 37 DSUB Connector PIN connection Channel pin 1 NC 13 1 NO 32 1 C 14 2 NC 33 2 NO 15 2 C 34 Page 51 of 91 Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 Peekel Instruments 5 Connection utilities 5 1 Terminal block PP25DST For the CA3460 card a special terminal connection block is available With the use of this terminal block wires can easily be connected to the D25 connector with the use of screw terminals Pin 13 Pin 26 Signal connections Pin 1 N Pin 14 Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10
75. no communication with the CAN bus is allowed The CAN bus may be used after power on with no connection of the USB connector 1 6 1 USB interface and thermocouple measurement Special care must be taken when thermocouples are measured with the use of the USB interface For a thermocouple measurement cold junction compensation must be used The compensation is done through the measurement of the temperature of the place where the thermocouple wires are connected to normal wiring or connection terminals This CJC measurement is done with the use of a PT100 element which must be connected to an input of the Autolog 3000 system To make it possible that this CJC temperature can also be used as a CJC for thermocouples measured on other input cards in the same Autolog 3000 system those other cards will receive this CJC temperature through the CAN bus The maximum transfer rate of the CJC temperature will be 5 Hz To use the CAN bus a termination resistor of 120 ohm must be present at power on The CJC will not function when this termination resistor on the CAN is not present 1 6 2 Multiple Systems on 1 PC More Autolog 3000 systems can be connected to 1 PC through different USB ports Remember that multiple USB ports on a PC are connected through an internal HUB and will have a total data rate of 12 Mbps up to 48000 measurement values sec for a single device up to 60000 values for multiple devices The maximum throughput for multiple Autolog 3
76. r at CA3460 Card 25 pins DSUB Connector PIN connection PIN 1 GND Plug on 1 3 Plug on 4 6 Vexc Vexc Sense Sense Signal 1 4 13 25 12 24 11 2 5 9 21 20 7 3 6 3 17 4 16 3 Channel nr at 37 pins DSUB Connector CM34100 Card PIN connection Conni Conn2 Vexc Vexc Sense Sense Signal Group Channel Group Channel 1 1 2 3 19 37 18 36 17 1 2 2 4 16 34 15 33 14 1 3 3 1 13 31 12 30 11 1 4 3 2 10 28 9 27 8 2 1 3 3 7 25 6 24 5 2 2 3 4 4 22 3 21 2 The Signal is connected to the on board half bridge complementation resistors Page 43 of 91 Vexc Sense Signal Sense Vexc Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 With the CM3410 it is also possible to measure the half bridge in a real 3 wire connection The measurement principle is the same as a 5 wire connection with links on the connector between the excitation pins and the sense pins Losses due to cable length and or connector resistance are not eliminated The resulting measurement error depends on the cable resistance cross sectional area times length and bridge resistance The only advantage of using 3 wire connections is the ability to connect more channels to each CM3410 card 18 x 4 wire versus 12 x 6 wire 3 wire connection diagram Vexc Signal Vexc Channel nr at 37 pins DSU
77. s are the same as on the base board A selection can be made between 40mV and 2V For bridge measurements the ranges are normally notated in mV V for strain gauge measurements um m is used Some example values Input range 40mV 2V Excitation 0 5V 5V 8 mV V 400 mV V Input range Full bridge Half bridge Quarter bridge m K factor 2 K factor 2 2 K factor 2 Excitation Bridge factor 4 Bridge factor 2 Bridge factor 1 0 5V 5V 3800 um m 7700 um m 15000 um m Note In the software from Peekel Instruments the calculation of the available measurement range is done automatically based on the settings like excitation voltage used only the resulting range 1s shown Page 20 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 2 1 1 3 Option 2 measurements This extension board is used when LVDT sensor must be measured With this extension the following measurement configurations are added to the CA3460 e Full bridge LVDT e Half bridge LVDT All these configurations will use the sense lines to compensate the voltage drop over the wires used for the excitation of the external bridge The excitation for the bridge is fixed 4Vrms with a frequency of 5kHz The maximum current for this excitation is 50 mA 2 1 1 4 Card LED s On the front of the card a red and a green LED are present Those LED s have the following meaning Red LED lights up when the card is on an
78. se 3 4 Input 3 8 Input 3 8 Input 2 24 3 2 SI 3 3 Sense 3 4 Input 3 8 Input 3 8 Input 2 5 3 3 Vexc 3 3 Input 3 5 Vexc 3 9 Input 3 9 Input 2 23 3 3 Vexc 3 3 Input 3 5 Vexc 3 9 Input 3 9 Input 2 4 3 3 Sense 3 4 Vexc 3 5 Input 3 10 Input 3 10 Input 2 22 3 3 Sense 3 4 Vexc 3 5 Input 3 10 Input 3 10 Input 2 3 3 Input 3 4 Sense 3 6 Vexc 3 11 Input 3 11 Vexc 2 2 3 3 Input 3 4 Sense 3 6 Vexc 3 11 Input 3 11 Vexc 2 2 3 3 SI 3 4 Input 3 6 Input 3 12 Input 3 11 Input 2 20 3 3 SI 3 4 Input 3 6 Input 3 12 Input 3 11 Input Page 27 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 2 3 CD3733 Digital In output card The CD3733 is a in and output card for the Autolog 3000 system It is designed to be used for 24VDC optoisolated status inputs and solid state relay outputs The card can be used in the AUTOLOG 3000 multi channel system 2 3 1 General design principles In principle the CD3733 is a standalone measuring system The following functions are integrated on the card e 16 digital status inputs opto isolated 12 digital status outputs solid state contact 2 digital status output with a NO NC relay contact a microprocessor which controls the card hardware Power supply which converts the large input range 9 36 VDC to the onboard necessary supply voltages e CAN interface for the communication with an external
79. speed of the CAN network depends on the total cable length CAN Busconfiguration Max number of channels at several measurement speeds Total Speed cablelength 1000 Hz 100 Hz 10 Hz 1 Hz 1 Mbit s 30m 7 70 192 192 800 kbit s lt 50 m 5 56 192 192 500 kbit s lt 100 m 3 35 192 192 250 kbit s 250 m 2 17 175 192 125 kbit s 4500 m 1 8 87 192 50 kbit s 1000 m 3 35 192 20 kbit s 2500 m 1 14 140 Can bus speed versus Cable length The actual maximum cable length at a specific CAN bus speed may be shorter then mentioned in this table due to cable capacity and used stub lines or other connection hardware Be very careful if the length mentioned in this table must be used This speed must also be entered when the PEAK USB interface is selected When a interface is selected and the requested parameters are entered a Scan Bus for Devices command must be given Now the interface will be checked for the systems connected to this interface If the interface is usable by the software the Driver Information box will show the driver specific information from the communication interface hardware driver Just behind the text Cards the number of cards found in the Autolog 3000 system will be displayed If for some reason no connection can be made to the interface the Reconnect to interface command can be given The connection to interface will
80. system The communication with an internal controller USB or Ethernet uses a faster internal bus Page 28 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 2 4 PB3000 Ethernet interface card The PB3000 will add an Ethernet connection to the Autolog 3000 system Optionally this card also makes it possible to use the Autolog 3000 system without an external PC This card can be used in a 3003 3008 or 3016 cabinet in each case a single slot will be used up by the card 2 4 1 General design principles On the card an embedded PC is mounted On this PC the application is running under the control of Windows XP embedded The application is a interface between the standard USB connection to the Autolog cabinet and the Ethernet interface The software on the card boots from the onboard CF card Depending on the application there are two different ways to utilise this card a Autolog 3000 operates as an Ethernet device and is controlled by an external PC over an Ethernet network b Optionally internal hard disk required the Autolog 3000 can be configured to run stand alone using the PB3000 as an Embedded PC to run the measurement software Measurement data can then be stored on the internal hard disk The VGA and USB connectors can be used to connect a monitor and mouse keyboard to control the Embedded PC this is not needed when the Autolog 3000 operates as an Ethernet device Page 29 of 91 Peekel Instruments M
81. t connection Output Opto isolation Z Z Voltage limiter 56V Output The voltage on the output pins must not exceed 48V Page 38 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 3 2 3 Relay output connection Out C Out NC Out NO The voltage on the output pins must not exceed 48V Page 39 of 91 Peekel Instruments 4 Connection diagrams 4 1 CA3460 and CM3410 board The connection diagram for these boards are identical The connection pin are different At each diagram en separate table is noted for the connection of the CA3460 card and the CM3410 card Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 When twisted cable is used for the connection of the sensor the following signals must be used in a wire pair Vexc Sense and Signal 4 1 1 Full bridge 6 wire diagram 4 wire diagram Page 40 of 91 Vexc Vexc Sense Sense Signal Signal Sense Sense Vexc Vexc Signal Signal Channel nr at 25 pins DSUB Connector CA3460 Card PIN connection PIN 1 Analog GND Plug on 1 3 Plug on 4 6 Vexc Vexc Sense Sense Signal Signal 1 4 13 25 12 24 11 23 2 5 9 21 8 20 7 19 3 6 5 17 4 16 3 15 Channel nr at 37 pins DSUB Connector CM3410 Card PIN connection Connl Conn2 Group Group Vexc Vexc Sense Sense Signal Signal Channel Channel 1 1 2 3 19 37 18 36 17 35 1 2 2
82. the board Pin 38 of the terminal block is connected to the housing of the system This pin can be used to connect the screen of the connection cable The terminal blocks must be ordered separately Page 53 of 91 Peekel Instruments 5 3 Cable SubD25 to 3 x SubD9 For a simple connection to sensors with a SubD9 connector this cable can be used Sub D25 male connector Cable length 20 cm conductors 6 x 0 25 Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 3 x sub D9 male connector SubD25 male on SubD9 male Signal name CA3460 on cable Channel 1 25 Yellow 1 Excitation 13 Green 2 Excitation 11 White 3 Input 23 Bourn 4 Input 24 Pink 6 Sense 12 Gray 7 Sense Channel 2 21 Yellow 1 Excitation 9 Green 2 Excitation 7 White 3 Input 19 Bourn 4 Input 20 Pink 6 Sense 8 Gray 7 Sense Channel 3 17 Yellow 1 Excitation 5 Green 2 Excitation 3 White 3 Input 15 Bourn 4 Input 16 Pink 6 Sense 4 Gray 7 Sense Page 54 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 5 4 CJC11 connection box remove to open When measuring thermocouples the cold junction A a eet o A CUM temperature must be accurately measured as well The cold junction temperature is the temperature at the connection terminals where the transition from copper to the thermocouple wire material causes further thermoelectric voltag
83. tiometer resistance value is 60 Q 3 1 5 Thermocouple connection The measurement of a thermocouple is basically the same as the measurement of a voltage signal Vexc Reference Sense for AD converter Sense Input gt Input Vexc With this measurement only the thermo voltage is measured The cold junction temperature must be known to the system to generate the real temperature of the thermocouple point This cold junction temperature must be measured by another channel This channel can be on board of this CA3460 but it is also possible that this measurement is done on a channel of another CA3460 In this case the cards must be on the same CAN bus because the cold junction temperature is distributed over the CAN bus Burn Out Detection Page 32 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 It is possible to set a Burn Out Detection on a thermocouple channel When this option is selected the wire is pulled up through a 10 MQ resistor When the thermocouple is not connected this wire will be at high level and the measured temperature will be the maximum value of the selected thermocouple type If the Burn Out Detection is not active a broken thermocouple will result in an open input Because the measured value of an open input is undefined any temperature value may be shown Worst case the temperature may not be recognisably incorrect Note However this Burn Out Detection can also influence the measurement w
84. units displayed to the right of the input box Hysteresis Sets the hysteresis band around the trip level that determines when the trip should deactivate The value should be entered in the units displayed to the right of the input box It will be added to or subtracted from the trip level to find the level at which the trip will deactivate Timeout Sets the timeout time in seconds for retriggerable trips Page 72 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 7 Card communication The communication with the CA3460 must be done through the CAN bus For this communication a CAN bus ID is required The CA3460 ID must be set through the CAN bus communication The CAN ID s used on the bus are standard 11 bits long Via a special command the serial number of the CA3460 card together with its CAN ID are sent on the CAN Bus Every unit will receive this message The CA3460 card with the corresponding serial number will take over the CAN ID and answer the message Each channel has its own two CAN ID s 1 CAN ID is used for the actual measurement value The other CAN ID is used for other commands like channel configuration The CA3460 card will receive 1 CAN ID during configuration This CAN ID will be called Card ID channel nr__ description CAN ID 01 meas value Card ID commands Card ID 1 02 meas value Card ID 2 commands Card ID 3 03 meas value Card ID 4 commands Card ID 5 04 meas
85. upply the internal power supply must not be connected to the mains Page 5 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 At the rear panel a special SYNC connector is present On this connector a sync signal is present with a frequency of 1 kHz This is a RS485 level signal pin signal 1 Sync h 2 Sync l This sync signal is used to synchronize all the channels which are converted at a speed of 1 kHz All these signals will be converted at exactly the same moment on the positive edge of the sync signal 1 3 A Autolog 3000 8 housing This table top housing can hold 1 to 8 cards Input connectors of the cards are located at the front side of the housing At the rear side the combined CAN bus power connectors and SYNC connector are present To use this external power supply the internal power supply must not be connected to the mains 1 4 Autolog 3000 16 housing This 19 rack mounting housing can hold up to 16 cards Input connectors of the cards are located at the front side of the housing At the rear side the combined CAN bus power connectors and SYNC connector are present To use this external power supply the internal power supply must not be connected to the mains Page 6 of 91 Peekel Instruments Manual Autolog 3000 V1 10 1 5 Connecting Autolog 3000 to a PC To configure the AUTOLOG 3000 as well as to store measured data it must be connected to a PC Depending on the

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