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Spider SMS LC USER MANUAL

1. E mail reports are sent to up to three recipients FTP reports are sent to a user specified FTP server Each report is a spreadsheet file containing data logged over the required period The advantage of automatic reports is in the Spider SMS ability to automatically deliver logged data without any user intervention An automatic report containing all data logged in the current day can be requested at any time by sending the GET REP SMS command to the Spider Web Server A sophisticated web server is built into every Spider SMS LC It allows users to communicate with a Spider using the familiar Internet surfing approach You can use any computer regardless of type and operating system to connect to a Spider NO SPECIAL SOFTWARE is required The web server is used for Setting up a Spider for the first time Viewing Inputs and System Monitors Controlling Outputs Viewing and resetting alarms Downloading logged data Software upgrades DOr eg All operations are performed by accessing simple web pages Page 11 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Physical Connections Antenna Each Spider SMS is supplied with a panel mount whip antenna suitable for most applications Directional antennas with higher gains are available for fringe areas Attach the antenna to the antenna connector located on the top of the Spider SMS case Hand tighten only Using tools to tighten antenna connectors may damage them vo
2. CSV file Each record in the file consists of four fields 1 input name e g Temperature 2 record date and time e g 23 Jan 06 13 00 00 3 input value e g 123 445 Page 60 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Appendix G Connection to Mobile Network A Spider SMS is fitted with a GSM NextG or a CDMA modem You will need to connect to an appropriate mobile telephone network by following the procedure applicable to the modem fitted in your Spider CDMA Network Spider SMS units fitted with an internal CDMA modem must be connected to a CDMA network to make them fully operational To connect your unit to the CDMA network contact your telecommunications provider You will need to supply the Spider s ESN number which is printed on a sticker attached to the unit Every Spider has a unique ESN number The connection procedure is typically a two step process Firstly a standard voice connection is required It comes with a VOICE telephone number You will also need a DATA telephone number This number is sometimes called a data terminating number or a data service depending on carrier The data number usually requires an additional monthly charge You must also request that ALL ancillary services such as Call Waiting Call Diversion Message Bank etc be turned off CDMA units do not require a SIM card You will simply be issued with two mobile telephone numbers If your Spider SMS LC is fit
3. Voice Alarm Dialling GSM units only If you enabled voice alarm dialing for a particular alarm and the alarm triggers the Spider will attempt to dial the programmed voice numbers Page 40 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual If a call is answered the Spider will identify itself and repeat the programmed alarm message three times The user can acknowledge all active alarms and or request current inputs and controls by pressing appropriate numbers on the telephone keypad CDMA units only The CDMA network does not allow interaction with the Spider by using your telephone keypad Consequently Spiders fitted with CDMA modems support simplified voice option operation requiring no user input from the telephone keypad Calling a Spider CDMA units only You can call a Spider from any telephone Simply dial the Spider s voice number The Spider will answer the call and identify itself It will then read a list of active alarms if any followed by the current readings of all enabled user and system inputs You can hang up at any time Voice Alarm Dialling CDMA units only If you enabled voice alarm dialing for a particular alarm and the alarm triggers the Spider will attempt to dial the programmed voice numbers As soon as the dialing attempt is made the Spider will start soeaking It will identify itself and repeat the programmed alarm message three times You can acknowledge all active alarms by waiting for the Spider
4. GSM Units o 40 BEE 41 Calling a Spider GOMA UNIS OMY RE 41 Voice Alarm Dialling CDMA Units oh 41 Advanced Operation EE Automatic Reports ifaNStall DEE 42 EE SMS FOWE ODUONS ati ia eege 44 ENERO O e WEE 44 Extra Low Power Operation Modem Zchedulmg AAA 45 One Spider Controlling Another Spider via SMS 46 SOMWANE o e 48 Appendix Az Spider IND ici a o O A Appendix B Connecting toa Special e Ree EE 50 RTR ee e de O 51 Appendix C Local Network Conttguratton EEEE tE EErEE EEEE EEE Connecting a PC Directly to a Spider SMS LOren aea aie E aR iT PAEA a E EEEa Ea EEE AEEA KEREN 52 Connecting toan Existing NR e da e 53 Appendix D Remote Access Configuration nsnsnsnsseneterrrrrrrtrtttrtrttttttttttttttttttttttttt ttt tEtEEEEEEE EEEE EEE EEE EE EEEE EEEE EE EEEE Appendix E Logged Data FOr tee S Appendix F Filtered Report File Formal cional indi dai adas Page 3 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Appendix G Connection to Mobile Network CONAN OWO eee ee sa ec Reta esac achat earth ac eck es nan eo cane ee 61 CRITI ele 61 SIM Card Insertion and Removal GSM units only 62 UE EE 64 SIM Card Insertion and Removal NextG units only 64 Appendix H Testing E mail Connecttvity tt ttttttttantnnEEEEEEEEEEEEESEEEEEE EEEE EE EEEn En EEEn E EEEE nenene EE 66 eelere NEE 66 Appendix l SDI 12 Operation if SDI 12 interface mstalled tt nnnerrersersrrrrrrttntrttrersrnrnrrtrntrernne SOET2 SENSOr PICDAl ee a
5. HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Table of Contents id gete 0 res de EE TV DIC Al AD DUC AMOS EE 5 AO NO Ee let 6 VS TEMO Sidra ido bos 7 Ee 8 AIAS EE 9 A A A EE 10 MES AV EE 11 TEE beet Ee Se 12 AMENA A A a AR A A 12 e A EEEE 12 CONN EE 13 erer 13 A A A on emer nc erate 15 Setting up a Spider SMS LC for thetretume SEUI LOCATON EE 17 SEUNG Date and TUNO o RER 18 Setting Us er ana FASS WON GE 19 HA A eee eee 20 Calibraung Analogue EE EE oi ale ith S is e 21 Calibrating Counter Inputs if GDresentl 23 Scaling Event Daily Total and Hydstra Rain Inputs if present 23 BONING Contool EE 23 EES 25 Seting Up Network Parameters iaa 27 Setting up E mail Parameters if e mail option etalledl 30 If your server does require authentication select ENABLED and enter a user name and a password You can obtain these from your network administrator Network CGlossar 30 NETOS A dd ne Dea se led tN etc 31 SAVE senings TO DISK dto 32 ECIMSCUNOS MOM DISK cg fe saa oes cache caca dais 32 e e RE Tele EE 32 Normal ODOT AMON ura A A as eelere RTE 33 Communicating WIN EE 34 EE 34 ACKIOWIEA SIMS AOS od AAA A AA Ni sm E 35 PUES ur De dae att electro ner rio as 35 A nie me eM nen Nem O RC Terra wae nan eerie men i aan SP nmi tenant ner at Stn my Te 35 ESTO a IN eee uta AR E A A E CNE 36 O NN 37 SMS En EE SMS e Tu EE Voice Option if Installed EE ESMAS e EE 40 Caling a Spider GSM ONIS OMY ct AA AAA dee cie 40 Voice ATEO Dialling
6. Please refer to section SMS Alarms for the key to the code 3 Halytech V1 12 Microsoft Internet Explorer Fie Edt View Favorites Tool Hep Organ s EI x 3 L ye fe Favorites Gye yy a D 3 Address E htp 192 168 0 189 ndex dhitm Spider SMS ALARMS STATUS Current Alarms CONTROLS HISTORY Pump 1 fail INACTIVE Alarm 5 DISABLED Alarm 2 DISABLED Alarm 6 DISABLED VIEW SETUP Alarm 3 DISABLED Alarm 7 DISABLED CHANGE Alarm 4 DISABLED Alarm 8 DISABLED SETUP ABOUT Click an ACTIVE ALARM above in RED to reset it OR Click here to reset ALL ACTIVE ALARM transmissions Page 34 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Acknowledging Alarms Active alarms can be acknowledged individually by contacting the Spider and clicking the particular alarm ALL active alarms may be acknowledged at once by clicking on the link at the bottom of the main pane If there are no active alarms the command will be ignored Alarms with Auto Acknowledge enabled will be acknowledged automatically after the set period of time You may still manually acknowledge such an alarm if desired Inputs Current input states are displayed by clicking STATUS on the blue menu pane on the left All Inputs signals are identified by their user programmed names The display shows the state of all Inputs at the time the page was displayed The page automatically updates every 10 seconds x J Halytech V1 12 Microsoft Interne
7. SMS Phone 0414222222 3 SMS Phone 0414333333 E mail sending enabled 1 Email Address me somewhere com Voice sending enabled 1 Voice Phone tt 029123456789 If not already displayed access the Change Settings page as described in Setting up a Spider SMS LC for the first time earlier in this section Select Change Alarm 1 from Select Alarm to Change Fill in the form with the details above Que z x 2 e F hinh Iy terte Lait a a My a TEP al ss Change Alarm 1 Alarm Name Trigger Source Trigger Level Control Action i w Control Type Continuous tdefaut 1 second pulse Send Report YE Message Alarm mariage Auto Achnowledge DISABLED defaut i ENABLED SMS E mail E ER voite Send ESE NO Send ES Ho e da e f AET A rm ESA ji ist Phone Mumber 044111111 Metric A ist Phong Number 029123456753 2nd Phong Number 04tazizzzz lst Address meGoeewhers com a se nd Phone Humber Jrd Phone Number 0414333333 nd Address z 3rd Phone Humber SMS acknowledge time I0 El treet The SMS acknowledge time is the period of time in minutes during which an alarm must be acknowledged and to stop the Spider from sending SMS to the next number on the list It can be set to 0 to 60 minutes You can exit at any time without making changes by clicking the Cancel link Save the new values by clicking on the Save button Page 25 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Ma
8. button NOTES 1 You can mix Spider s native inputs with the SDI 12 inputs as required To do that simply select the required channel type from the drop down list in the Type column 2 A channel reading of 99999 indicates that the Spider is not able to communicate with the sensor Check SDI delay warm up time SDI address set to 0 and all physical connections SDI 12 Version Support The Spider supports two different versions of the SDI 12 standard V1 1 and V1 2 and above from here on referred to as V1 2 V1 2 Support This is Spider s default option suitable for most applications It supports multiple sensors on different SDI 12 addresses It is the most flexible and power efficient option provided that all attached SDI 12 sensors support it With V1 2 selected the Spider obtains sensor readings using the concurrent measurement method It firstly tells all sensors to warm up and then extracts the reading from each one in turn Thus the warm up time is applied to all sensors simultaneously minimising power consumption V1 1 Support Some older sensors do not support the concurrent measurement method which was introduced with SDI 12 standard version 1 2 The Spider supports V1 1 sensors by using the immediate measurement method NOTES e With V1 1 support selected only a single device SDI 12 device is supported e Even though only a single SDI 12 device is supported it may be a multi sensor
9. e Select DISABLED for Spiders connected to a local area network LAN NOTE New settings will take effect after the device is powered down and then powered up Page 27 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual WAN settings if e mail option installed WAN parameters need to be entered only if you wish to send e mails or FTP reports Spider SMS LC can connect to the Internet using one the following three methods 1 Local Area Network LAN 2 GPRS for GSM and NextG models only 3 Dial up Internet Select the desired WAN connection method The page will change accordingly LAN You can use this option if the Spider is connected to a LAN which allows Internet access Wide Area WAN Settings Connection type Gateway Primary DNS Secondary DNS NOTE WAN settings are used by the Spider to send E mails and FTP reports Cancel Save S Internet You will need to obtain the Gateway Primary and Secondary DNS from your network administrator GPRS Use this option for remote Spiders fitted with GSM and NextG modems Wide Area WAN Settings Connection type ce NOTE WAN settings are used by the Spider to send E mails and FTP reports Cancel E Done S Internet Page 28 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Access Point Name APN is provided by the mobile phone company which supplied your SIM card At the time this manual was issued the correct settings for common Australian networks
10. sleep The main advantage of the LP Low Power mode is greatly reduced power consumption and increased battery life The LP mode is the default mode recommended for most applications The disadvantages of the LP mode are 1 Ethernet Local Area Network LAN port is not available during sleep 2 Analogue channels are not scanned during sleep It is possible to keep the system continuously awake by selecting the Always on power mode NOTE Always on mode should only be selected for mains powered applications when continuous LAN access or faster analogue input scanning is desired At all other times the default LP mode should be used To change the operating mode access the Change Settings page as described in Setting up a Spider SMS LC for the first time earlier in this document Click Change Power Settings In System Power select LOW POWER default or ALWAYS ON as desired Page 44 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Extra Low Power Operation Modem Scheduling Spider SMS LC power consumption may be drastically reduced by scheduling the times during the day when the internal modem is powered up The modem consumes approximately 90 of the power while the unit is in its normal mode i e when the display is blank This dramatic improvement in power consumption comes at the cost of the ability to remotely connect to the Spider SMS LC Modem scheduling lets you cus
11. A A ASA AA AE AE AE A 67 EE Ee 67 SPERII SEUD EEN 68 SDETZ VOrSION SUDDO EE 69 A Transp em A A A 70 Appendix J Wireless Sensor Operation if Wireless interface installed nnnnnnnnneeenenneeneeereeererereeerererereeeeeee Wireless Sensor System Overview cooocococococococonocncocncnnnrn EEN REEEEE NEEN ERKENNEN NENNEN ENNEN NENNEN ENNEN NENENNENEEEN 72 ENYSIC A GONMECHONS E 72 Wireless INPUT SEUD BETEN 73 Wireless INDUL DIS dia 75 Wireless sensor Ree e 76 Page 4 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Introduction Halytech Spider SMS LC is an integrated monitoring control and alarm system designed for remote low power battery powered applications It can monitor various inputs control outputs generate alarms and log Spider SMS LC is a complete system It includes all software hardware and a cellular phone module Setting up and interrogating a Spider is a simple matter of viewing pages with any standard web browser A Spider can be accessed either locally via a direct cable connection or remotely via a modem or by sending and receiving SMS messages NO SOFTWARE MODIFICATIONS ARE REQUIRED TO CATER FOR DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS Spider SMS LC is suitable for use by system integrators and OEM applications It is housed in a compact plastic enclosure which must be mounted inside a dustproof or if required weatherproof enclosure provided by the user Users requiring a single box solution may consider the Spider SM
12. Input Setup Input Input Type Mame Units Logging Min Change To Log 1 Seitch Pump status 1 YES 2 Switch Pump status YES 3 Analog Tank level mmm El 50 4 Disabled 5 Disabled 6 Disabled T Disabled P Disabled Input Input Type System Monitors Units Logging Min Change To Log System Charger O System Battery 00 system System Temperature E 0 0 Switch Inputs are logged automatically when they change Analog Inputs and System Monitors checked for change every 30 min Cancel Save 48 Done S Interet Switch digital inputs are logged automatically when their state changes A switch input must be stable for a minimum of 5 seconds for a new state to be recognised Event daily total and Hydstra Rain if installed inputs automatically log every event or pulse Analogue and counter inputs allow you to set their measurement units whether you wish to log them and if so the minimum change required to be logged Page 20 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual The minimum change for each input works in conjunction with the Scan period which is common to all inputs and is also settable from this page Please refer to Appendix A for a summary of input types and their capabilities In the example above Tank Level is measured in millimeters mm It is checked for change every 30 minutes and logged if it changes by more than 50 mm If you want to log the level every 30 minut
13. OFF amp CHANGE Control 4 ONG OFFS SETUP Control 5 ON o OFF wm ABOUT Control 6 ON OFFO Control 7 ONG OFF e Control 8 ON OFFO Cancel Save History Spider SMS LC logs Input changes Control changes Alarm activations and resets SMS transmissions and their outcomes SMS command reception E mail transmissions and their outcomes If e mail option installed Voice transmissions and their outcomes If voice option installed Daily report outcomes If e mail option installed System messages AS IA AN Each log record consists of a date and time stamp to a resolution of 1 second numeric record identifier and a short text describing the record You can selectively download logged data Logged data is downloaded by first clicking HISTORY on the blue menu pane on the left Next specify the period of interest and the number of records to download by filling in the form Data is downloaded backwards in time In other words the most recent records are downloaded first In order to minimise amount of data being transferred you can specify the date and the time of the first record and the maximum number of records to download Page 36 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual 3 Halytech V1 12 Microsoft Internet Explorer Fe Edt View Favontes Tod Hep Que at ser dere O A 3 a ee 0 3 Sib 192 163 0 int A Spider SMS Ea ALARMS STATUS Get History CONTROLS End Date HISTORY End Time
14. Page 21 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual F Fear ee PANA Tank Fc A i s gt i F Des 1230 Psn dra GS 03 Stop hipa 160 0 168 idhin ge Calibrate Tank level i Set transducer to minimum value 2 Enter desired reading 3 Click here to lock ist point i raw value 4 Set transducer to maximum value 5 Enter desired reading 6 Click here to lock 2nd pomi ifaw value Cancel Save Follow the instructions step by step NOTE The two calibration points can be any two values within the transducer range However they must be at least a half of the transducer range apart You can exit at any time without making changes by clicking the Cancel link Save the new values by clicking on the Save button Manual calibration User inputs are calculated with the following formula Calibrated value Scaler x Raw Value Offset Manual calibration allows direct entry of the Scaler and Offset quantities The same formula is used in the 2 point calibration The 2 point calibration procedure automatically calculates the Scaler and the Offset Offset change only It is sometimes desirable to change the required reading slightly without performing a complete calibration This option allows you to do just that It lets you increase or decrease the reading by the required amount Internally the Spider takes the entered amount and adds it to the Offset described in the previous secti
15. device such as a combined wind speed direction sensor Page 69 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual SDI 12 Transparent Mode SDI 12 Transparent Mode is provided as an interactive tool for direct communications with attached SDI 12 sensor s It allows users to interrogate sensors verify their operation etc To enter the SDI 12 Transparent mode access the CHANGE SETUP page as described in Setting up a Spider SMS LC for the first time earlier in this manual Click SDI 12 Transparent Mode The following page will be displayed A Intelligent Sensor Query V1 1 Microsoft Internet Explorer Sel ay File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Q peck QJ sl E CA i Search 5 Favorites ES Gk SC w m rel 3 Address E http 192 168 0 187 ch_sditx dhtm Y Es Google v e SDI 12 Transparent Query SDI 12 Command ac Cancel Send query El Done S Internet NOTE This page is not available unless you have enabled at least one SDI 12 sensor in the Change Inputs menu Enter an SDI 12 command and click Send query A progress page will be displayed next A Intelligent Sensor Response V1 1 Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Q back amp E a CA Search P Favorites Es Sech e kel rel 3 e Address B http 192 168 0 187 ch_sdirx dhtm v Go Google SDI 12 Transparent Response Response Waiting Cancel New Query I
16. is recorded as a special of 0 1 s event Once a day at a user specified time a value zero is recoded Pulse type flow meters any sensor Counter rolls over from 99 999 to 0 COUNTER SIGNIFICANT AS SET BY USER RATE OF CHANGE with a low frequency lt 10Hz Current count recorded every CHANGE SCAN PERIOD output midnight UTILITY METER EVERY SCAN PERIOD Water electricity or gas meters Any Each logged data point is the number AS SET BY USER RATE OF CHANGE pulse type meter with a low of pulse in the previous scan period SCAN PERIOD frequency lt 10Hz output 12 bit resolution ANALOGUE SIGNIFICANT AS SET BY USER ABOVE Most voltage and current sensors Current value recorded every CHANGE SCAN PERIOD BELOW temperature pressure signal midnight RATE OF CHANGE strength etc 10 bit resolution Current value recorded every Built in system monitors battery SIGNIFICANT AS SET BY USER ABOVE charger status battery voltage and SYSTEM MONITORS CHANGE SCAN PERIOD BELOW system temperature Disabled inputs are removed from all DISABLED display screens midnight Page 49 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Appendix B Connecting to a Spider Local Connection Ensure that the Spider SMS and your PC have matching network parameters Please refer to Appendix C for details Turn on the Spider SMS LC by pressing the button on the front panel The unit must be turned on i e the display must be showing so
17. marked CN1 to CN8 CONTROL CONNECTORS Each control provides normally open relay contacts rated to 30V 1A resistive loads External protection diodes must be installed when driving inductive loads such as power relays Inputs Native Inputs Native inputs are connected to terminals marked INPUT1 to INPUT8 Wiring depends on the type of input selected 1 SWITCH COUNTER EVENT DAILY TOTAL UTILITY METER and HYDSTRA RAIN types PO Switch Spider SMS LC IN X Spider SMS LC system ground Page 13 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual 2 ANALOGUE type accepts an analogue voltage from 0 2 5V The following diagrams show wiring details for most common sensor types 1 2 WIRE 0 20 mA and 4 20 mA current loop sensors require an external 120 Ohm 14W resistor supplied Sensor 120 Ohm LA W Resistor Power Supply Spider SMS LC IN X Spider SMS system ground 11 4 WIRE 0 20 mA and 4 20 mA current loop sensors require an external 120 Ohm W resistor 120 Ohm LA W Sensor Resistor Spider SMS LC IN X Spider SMS system ground ii Voltage inputs may require up to two external resistors Sensor Spider SMS LC IN X Spider SMS system ground SENSOR RANGE VALUE OF Rx VALUE OF Ry 0 2 5V 1 Kohm 1 4 W metal film 1 Kohm 1 4 W metal film 0 10V 3 3 Kohm Lo W metal film 1 Kohm 1 4 W metal film NOTE You may be ab
18. seconds Start an Internet browser program such as Microsoft Internet Explorer on your PC Type 192 168 0 187 as the web address and press the return or enter key The Spider SMS log on page will be displayed on your PC Enter your username and password in the spaces provided Default values are user and changeme respectively Click on the Log in button Alarms page will be displayed immediately following a successful log on You can now examine other pages Page 52 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual AUTOMATIC IP ADDRESS SETTING CHECKLIST FOR YOUR PC ie OND Click on Start gt All Programs gt Accessories gt Communications gt Network Connections If in the newly opened window you don t have an item called Network Bridge go to step 3 If you do right click on it and select Properties Go to step 4 Right click on the item Local Area Connection and select Properties Near the bottom of the new window click on Internet Protocol TCP IP and then click on Properties Select Obtain an IP address automatically Select Obtain DNS server address automatically Click OK Click OK Close the Network Connections window Connecting to an Existing Network Before connecting the Spider SMS to an existing network contact your network administrator and obtain a free static IP address and a corresponding mask Change the Spider
19. to finish speaking and then calling it back Page 41 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Advanced Operation Automatic Reports if installed Spider SMS LC can be set up to automatically send reports A report can be sent by e mail and or by File Transfer Protocol FTP There are 3 types of automatic reports all operating independently of each other e Daily reports e Periodic reports e Ad hoc reports Daily reports are sent once per day at a user selectable start time They contain all data collected in the previous 24 hour period So for example if the user sets the Daily report start time to 4 00 the report will contain the data between 4 00 AM the previous day to 03 59 AM on the current day Periodic reports can be sent every hour every 3 hours every 6 hours or every 12 hours as selected by the user They are always lined up with real time So 6 hourly periodic reports will be sent at 06 00 12 00 18 00 and midnight Each report contains the data collected in the previous reporting period Ad hoc reports are initiated by a user SMS command or by an active alarm with send Report setting set to YES Ad hoc reports initiated by alarms contain data collected in the current day User can request an ad hoc report containing data for a single day up to 7 days in the past For example sending the command GET REP will request a report with the current day s data A command GET REP will request al
20. very large phone bills Page 47 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Software Upgrade Spider SMS operating software can be upgraded both locally and remotely Detailed upgrade instructions are provided with new software Page 48 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Appendix A Spider Inputs LOGGING ALARM TYPICAL COMMENT RESOLUTION TRIGGER USE CHOICES INPUT TYPE LOGGING METHOD Must be stable for a minimum of 5 s SWITCH AUTOMATIC Within 5 s of change ON STATE Switches Status indicators level Current state recorded every OFF STATE float switches midnight Tipping bucket rain gauge any Logs time of pulse and pulse counter Within 5 s of pulse RATE OF CHANGE sensor outputting less than 1 pulse that rolls over from 99 999 to 0 per 30 s with a minimum pulse width Current count recorded as a special of 0 1 s event every midnight EVENT AUTOMATIC Tipping bucket rain gauge any Logs time of pulse and pulse counter DAILY TOTAL AUTOMATIC Within 5 s of pulse RATE OF CHANGE sensor outputting less than 1 pulse that rolls over from 99 999 to 0 per 30 s with a minimum pulse width Current count cleared and recorded of 0 1 s as a special event every midnight Tipping bucket rain gauge any Logs time of pulse and scaled value HYDSTRA RAIN AUTOMATIC Within 5 s of pulse RATE OF CHANGE sensor outputting less than 1 pulse of input Every midnight the current if installed per 30 s with a minimum pulse width total count
21. were Telstra APN telstra internet Optus APN internet Vodafone APN vfinternet au IMPORTANT NOTE Above settings are given in good faith Halytech or its agents accept no responsibility for their accuracy Dial up Internet Use this option for remote Spiders fitted with CDMA modems Wide Area WAN Settings Connection type Coen Telephone en User name ee em Password seme NOTE WAN settings are used by the Spider to send E mails and FTP reports SI Internet Telephone User name and Password are supplied by your Internet Service Provider ISP Users of Spider SMS units fitted with CDMA modems connected to the Telstra network with 1X access and within 1X coverage should use the following settings Telephone 777 User name user telstra internet Password telstra Users of Spider SMS units fitted with CDMA modems connected to the Telstra network without 1X access should use the following settings Telephone 77 User name qncuser Password ssqnc IMPORTANT NOTE Above settings are given in good faith Halytech or its agents accept no responsibility for their accuracy Page 29 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Setting up E mail Parameters if e mail option installed E mail parameters need to be entered only if you wish to send e mails To set up E mail parameters access the Change Settings page as described in Setting up a Spider SMS LC for the first time ear
22. 0 10 AL TRY 1000 EMLxz OK e mail sent OK 1073 1273 1302 sending successful 1310 TRY 1310 EMREP NG 1322 sending successful 1332 sending failed 1600 10 AL TRY 1600 VOCxz OK Voice alarm sent OK 1673 1800 10 AL TRY 1800 VOCxz NG Voice alarm sending failed 1873 2000 Scaled numeric value Hydstra rain input log 2000 IN 2007 of input record scaled value of OR input zero event at a time OR specified by user o with O value no event occurred 2027 Hydstra rain counter at no event occurred midnight Page 58 HALYTECH Table decode INF STATE CNT AL X SEQ y TRY Spider SMS LC User Manual input number O 7 are user inputs 8 is battery charger status 9 is battery voltage in V 10 is system temperature in deg C digital input state 0 OFF 1 ON control number 0 7 alarm number 0 7 alarm number 1 8 equals AL 1 alarm sequence step 0 10 alarm sequence number 1 9 equals SEQ 1 e mail sending attempt 0 2 e mail sending attempt 1 3 equals TRY 1 Page 59 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Appendix F Filtered Report File Format The filtered file format is a simplified version of the logged file It contains only logged input values in a standard CSV Comma separated values format A CSV file is readable by most spreadsheet and database programs This appendix provides information about the structure of the
23. 13 VIEW SETUP Ho of Records 25 CHANGE SETUP Cancel _ Get History Click Get History button to start the download Data is downloaded as a CSV file Download can automatically start Microsoft Excel program on your computer if installed to show edit or store the data About About screen displays system information such as software version as well as the contact details for Halytech Page 37 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual SMS Alarms When an input triggers an alarm with SMS sending enabled an alarm sequence will start Current state of an active alarm is shown on the LCD display and the ALARMS page as a code The code has the following meaning aoe aoe RST IA lt A has been acknowledged but the trigger source is still active Trigger source must go inactive before another alarm sequence can be started Spider is attempting to send 1 SMS to 1 phone number 2 Spider is attempting to send 2 SMS to 1 phone number 3 Spider is attempting to send 3 SMS to 1 phone number 4 Spider is attempting to send 1 SMS to 2 phone number 5 Spider is attempting to send 2 SMS to 2 phone number 6 Spider is attempting to send 3 SMS to 2 phone number mb Spider is attempting to send 1 SMS to 3 phone number 8 Spider is attempting to send 2 SMS to 3 phone number D Spider is attempting to send 3 SMS to 3 phone number 10 Spider has made a m
24. 44 1st Phone Number 2nd Phone Number ist Address 5 2nd Phone Number 3rd Phone Number 2nd Address 3rd Phone Number SMS acknowledge time n Save E bee O inter Operation 1 When the water level goes below 1m the alarm will trigger 2 The local Spider will send a special message to the remote Spider requesting that the remote Spider s CONTROL 3 be turned ON NOTE The local Spider does not send On rem3 rather it sends a specially coded Page 46 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual command containing its own time alarm number and the desired action 3 Ifthe remote Spider receives the special command and it is within 10 minutes of its own time it will turn CONTROL 3 ON It will then send a response SMS to the local Spider acknowledging the command and stopping further sending attempts by the local Spider Go to step 6 4 Ifthe remote Spider does not receive the special command or the command is not within 10 minutes of its own time it will ignore the message but still send the acknowledgement command 5 The local Spider s SMS acknowledge time is set to 3 minutes If it does not receive an acknowledgement from the remote Spider within that time it will re send the special command This process is repeated up to three times 6 Auto Acknowledge time on the local Spider alarm is set to 60 minutes Hence 60 minutes after the alarm trigger the alarm will be auto acknowledged if not alre
25. Appendix describes two most common ways of network connection Your computer must have a network adapter installed The following procedure assumes that the adapter is present and installed correctly If this is not the case install a network adapter by following its manufacturer s instructions Connecting a PC Directly to a Spider SMS LC The following procedure assumes that the following is true e You will be connecting your PC directly to the Spider using the supplied cross over cable e EASY CONNECT on the Spider is enabled Spiders are shipped from the factory with EASY CONNECT enabled You can check the setting by pressing the front panel switch repeatedly until the EASY CONNECT page is displayed e Your PC is setup to automatically get an IP address from the network Most PC s are set up in this way by default You can check this setting by following the AUTOMATIC IP ADDRESS checklist later in this section If any of the above are not true proceed as described in the section Connecting to an Existing Network later in this Appendix Do NOT connect the Spider to your computer yet Turn on the Spider SMS by pressing and holding the button on the front panel for two seconds The unit must be turned on e the display must be showing something before you can establish a local connection Use the supplied red cross over network cable to connect your computer LAN port to the Spider LAN port Wait 10
26. CN1 CN4 Active Controls are indicated by a 1 and inactive ones by a 0 9 Current LAN IP address and IP Mask 10 Sending of test e mail messages Refer to Appendix H for additional information IN Page 33 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Communicating with a PC Spider SMS LC uses an intuitive user friendly web browser system You can use any standard browser on any computer to communicate with the Spider No special software is required Communicating with the Spider is identical to Surfing the Internet Information is displayed by clicking links and buttons You can connect to a Spider SMS LC either locally via a cable or remotely via a modem Once connected operation is identical regardless of connection The only difference you may notice with a remote connection is a slightly slower response Connect to the Spider as described in Appendix B A successful log on will automatically display the Alarms screen Alarms Current alarm states are displayed automatically following a successful log on The same screen can be displayed at any time by clicking ALARMS on the blue menu pane on the left All alarms are identified by their user programmed names The display shows the state of all alarms at the time the page was displayed The page automatically updates every 10 seconds Active alarms provide additional information about the progress of the alarm sequence by displaying a numerical code
27. DNS IP address of the secondary domain name server The server performs the same function as the Primary DNS It is contacted only if there is no reply from the Primary DNS SMTP mail server address of a computer serving as a mail host Spider SMS LC will contact this computer to send the actual e mail The address may be given as a name e g mail somewhere com au or as a dotted IP address e g 203 16 222 34 NOTE You must power down and then power up the Spider before the new values marked with take effect Page 31 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Save Settings to Disk Once you have configured a Spider SMS for your application you can save all the settings on your computer This is useful as a backup or if you have multiple Spiders and you wish to save a template that can be uploaded to other Spiders with very similar settings Then instead of entering all parameters from scratch you can simply edit the ones that need to be changed To save the settings simply click on the Save Settings to Disk link The computer will prompt you whether to open or save the configuration Choose Save and when prompted enter the name of a file which will hold your settings Load Settings from Disk Once you have saved system settings as described above you can upload them to any other Spider To load the settings click on the Load Settings from Disk link The computer will prompt you to enter
28. Favorites Tools Help EE EE oO Fo Aa A a Y a 3 A Back Forvard Stop Refresh Home Search Favorites Media History Mail Print Edit Discuss Change Control 2 Name SPRINKLER Timer ON OFF Timer Schedule click hours to turn ON or OFF AM PM 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 116 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Monday O cc clc loco lora roo eo ooo eo o aa enger r e eee e aerosol Wednesday CC E EE rene Thursday n lo coloco loa oo ooo aa o Ir Friday olcioiolciolcio Deere iO lolol Study COOP ei sunday clic cloro ooo ooo a Cancel Save Si ee HE Page 24 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Setting up Alarms Decide how many alarms will be used Each alarm has a programmable name trigger source SMS text 3 telephone numbers and the ability to activate or deactivate a control E mail option adds 2 e mail addresses to the alarm configuration Voice option adds 3 voice telephone numbers to the configuration For example let s set up Alarm 1 as follows assumes e mail and voice options are installed Alarm Name Pump 1 fail Trigger Source Pump status 1 Trigger Level ON i e trigger when source is ON or active Control Action Control 1 ON continuous SMS E mail Voice Text Pump 1 has failed SMS Sending enabled 1 SMS Phone 0414111111 2
29. GE Depth 25m m YES Lei 1 000 f w 2 1 Tub NTU TES E 0 000 B S012 w 1 sw Lod Sa YES bei 0000 Input Type Address Parameter System Monitora Units Warmup Logging Min Change To Log System intemal intemal Bater Changer a System Internal Internal Banery Voltage Y E n System femal Inter Unit Temperatura deg G O 2011 12 version support VI Ze default supports multiple sensors 01 1 single sensor only Sensor Warmup Period applies to all inputs with warmup enabled 3 eer Switch and Event Inputs are logged automatically when they change Analog inputs Counter Inputs and System Monitors checked for change every ID mir we Cancel Save SDI 12 inputs allow you to set their measurement units whether you wish to log them and if so the minimum change required to be logged Warm up is automatically selected for all SDI 12 inputs The minimum change for each input works in conjunction with the Scan period which is common to all inputs and is also settable from this page Page 68 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual The same page also determines the logging of the 3 System Monitors These are 3 additional system inputs which monitor the battery charger status battery voltage and system temperature System monitors logging is configured in a similar manner as described above You can exit at any time without making changes by clicking the Cancel link Save the new values by clicking on the Save
30. HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Remote Connection Ensure that you have set up a dial up connection as described in Appendix D Double click the connection icon Leave User name and Password blank and click Dial Wait for the connection to be established It may take up to 1 minute Various messages will be displayed on the PC screen indicating progress e g Dialing Verifying Username and Password Connecting to network etc Once the connection is established start an Internet browser program such as Internet Explorer on your PC Type 192 168 0 187 as the web address and press the return or enter key This address does not change even if you changed the default IP address as described in Appendix C The Spider SMS log on page will be displayed on your PC Enter your username and password in the spaces provided Click on the Log in button Alarms page will be displayed immediately following a successful log on You can now examine other pages as described in Connecting to a PC When finished make sure you terminate the link hang up the call as appropriate for your operating system Page 51 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Appendix C Local Network Configuration Spider SMS uses standard TCP IP protocols for all communications No special procedure is required to contact a Spider SMS except to ensure that the Spider and your network and or PC have matching network parameters This
31. HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Spider SMS LC Compact Low Power Telemetry Logging and Alarm System USER MANUAL L halytech Spider SMS LC User Manual Version 1 50 Copyright Halytech All rights reserved Page 1 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual SOFTWARE LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE All software that is supplied as part of this equipment is protected by copyright laws and international copyright treaties as well as other intellectual property laws and treaties This software is licensed not sold and is intended for use on this device only All title and copyrights in and to the software including but not limited to any text instructions code applets incorporated into the software images photographs animations video audio and music are owned by Halytech You may not reverse engineer decompile or disassemble this software for any purpose No part of this software may be copied reproduced loaned rented leased or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical without the express written permission of Halytech Warning This is a Class A product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures L halytech Halytech ABN 20 225 848 758 PO Box 6983 Baulkham Hills Business Centre NSW 2153 Australia Tel 612 8814 5235 E mail sales halytech com au www halytech com au Page 2
32. P Cancel Update Wireless Readings ABOUT The display shows the state of all Inputs at the time the page was displayed The page automatically updates every 10 seconds Spider s native inputs are automatically refreshed but Wireless inputs are not This is done in order to maximise the wireless transmitter battery life To manually refresh the Wireless inputs click on the Update Wireless Readings button It may take up to a minute for the Spider to poll all remote transmitters and update the wireless input readings NOTES 1 A negative wireless input display indicates that the Spider is not able to communicate with the remote transmitter If that happens check all connections If problem still persists please refer to the next section Wireless Sensor Diagnostics 2 An alternative way of manually refreshing all wireless input readings is to use the Spider s built in display and keypad Press the keypad switch repeatedly until a wireless input is displayed Pressing and holding the switch for approximately five seconds will activate a manual refresh Page 75 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Wireless Sensor Diagnostics Wireless Sensor Diagnostics is provided as an interactive tool for direct communications with the wireless receiver and the wireless transmitter s It allows users to interrogate them verify their operation etc To enter the Wireless Sensor Diagnostics mode access the CHANGE SETUP p
33. Response V1 1 Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help ay EI y L a Back d x a So y Search HZ Favorites E gt Gg rel d 3 Address E http 192 168 0 187 ch_sdirx dhtm Hie Google le e Wireless Sensor Response Response Signal strength at Spider 68 Cancel New Query E Done Si Internet Wireless Diagnostics are useful for new installations and troubleshooting Available Queries Commands and their application is as follows 1 Raw count amp battery status To confirm that the wireless receiver is connected to the Spider and that it is working properly 2 Raw count amp cattery status To confirm connectivity with a remote transmitter and to check its battery status NOTE the raw count is different and separate from the Spider internal counter used by the particular wireless input The raw count increments with every pulse It is not scaled or preset 3 Local signal strength Provides the radio signal strength from a remote transmitter as received by the receiver unit connected to the Spider 4 Remote signal strength Provides the radio signal strength from the local receiver as received by the remote transmitter NOTE Difficult installations with low signal strengths may be improved significantly by using a higher gain antenna available from Halytech and their distributors Such an antenna is fitted with a length cable enabling it to be install
34. S LP It provides additional functionality in a weather proof stainless steel enclosure Typical Applications Security Access Air conditioning Process Control Waste Management Irrigation Rural Applications Environmental Monitoring System Overview Each Spider SMS LC incorporates an industrial controller input output interface a logger a cellular phone interface both CDMA and GSM types are available and a battery management system with solar panel mains charger support Spider SMS is capable of Monitoring up to eight 8 user inputs Monitoring up to three 3 system inputs Controlling up to eight 8 controls Generating up to eight 8 alarms Sending SMS messages Receiving SMS commands Sending e mails optional Synthesised voice alarm dialing and call answering optional Logging input control and alarm activity 0 Sending automatic daily reports via e mail and FTP optional 1 Being configured by the user through a standard web browser Se EE eg Page 5 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Inputs A Spider accepts two different types of inputs native and intelligent Native inputs allow simple switch voltage and current sensors to be connected directly into the Spider Intelligent inputs are available as an option and are used to interface to intelligent sensors At the time of writing the Spider supports SDI 12 and wireless intelligent sensors Other intelligent sensor types will be sup
35. SMS default IP address and mask to the new values as follows 1 Keep on briefly pressing the keypad key until the display shows 1192 168 000 187 M255 255 255 000 Press the keypad key and hold it pressed for more than 3 seconds Release the key The display will show Change IP addr 192 168 000 187 Press the keypad key and hold it pressed for more than 3 seconds Release the key A flashing cursor will appear over the first digit on the second line A brief key press will increment the digit under the cursor while a long press longer than 3 sec will move to the next digit After the last digit is entered the display will again show the message in step 2 Briefly press the key The display will show Change net mask 255 255 255 000 If you need to change the mask enter the change mode with a long press and then change digits in the same manner as described in step 4 above After the last digit is entered the display will again show the message in step 6 Briefly press the key until the display shows Save A long press will save the new values of IP address and mask and return the display to normal operation If you change your mind and don t want to change the values exit the change mode indicated by the flashing cursor by waiting for 20 seconds then briefly pressing the key until the display shows Cancel A long press now will cancel all changes and return the display to normal operation You must power down and the
36. ability of different input types Page 73 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual If not already displayed access the CHANGE SETUP page as described in Setting up a Spider SMS LC for the first time earlier in this manual Click Change Input Setup The following page will be displayed Enter required information Address is the transmitter address recorded in the previous step 3 Change Input Setup V2 5 Microsoft Internet Explorer fie Edt View Favertes Toos Help gt Q tack e x 2 L y S ch He avorkes E e gd e L a Ki E eoh 1epn pk re d n v Eo Google v e Change Input Setup Input Type Address Name Units Warmup Logging Min Change To Log 1 ter w 00790 05 09437482 Water Meter 1 YES E 0 000 00790 05 09437503 Water Matar kj YES i v w v e v v v Input Type Address System Monitors Units Warmup Logging Min Change To Log System Internal Charger O System Internal Voltage V O System Internal Temperatura deg C O Sensor Warmup Penod applies to all inputs wath warmup enabled 30 Swatch and Event Inputs are logged automatically when they change Analog inputs Counter Inputs and System Monitors checked for change every v Cancel Seve Done riara Warm up is automatically selected for all Wireless inputs The same page also determines the logging of the 3 System Monitors These are 3 additional system inputs which monitor the Spider battery charger status battery volt
37. ady acknowledged by the remote Spider This will allow the alarm to send a new series of SMS commands if the water level goes inactive above 1m and the again goes active below 1m The Auto Acknowledge Time of 60 minutes ensures that remote SMS commands are not sent more often than every 60 minutes which could happen with water levels that change quickly Using the same logic setup another alarm on the local Spider to turn the pump off lts trigger should be Water level ABOVE 1m and the Message should be Off rem3 with all other setting identical to the alarm described previously NOTES 1 All alarm settings discussed above are examples only You will need to adjust these as appropriate for your application 2 The transmitted SMS commands are time stamped and acted upon by the receiving Spider only if the reception time is within 10 minutes of the command time stamp This minimises the possibility of false commands caused by network delays SMS delivery failures etc 3 Reception of all remote SMS commands whether within the allowed period or not are logged by the remote Spider Remote control via SMS is supported only if both Spiders are fitted with software version 1 33 or higher Remote control is supported only with the On remx Off rem and Pls remx SMS commands Attempting to use remote control with earlier software versions or other commands may result in endless loops excessive SMS transmissions and
38. age and system temperature System monitors logging is configured in a similar manner as described above You can exit at any time without making changes by clicking the Cancel link Save the new values by clicking on the Save button NOTES 1 You can mix Spider s native inputs with the wireless inputs as required To do that simply select the required channel type from the drop down list in the Type column 2 Both wireless input types can be calibrated to match the resolution of different water meters and can be preset to match the meter reading Please refer to Calibrating Counter Inputs section earlier in the body of the document 3 Wireless and SDI 12 inputs cannot be mixed in a single Spider SMS system You can use either one type or the other but not both together Page 74 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Wireless Input Display Current input readings are displayed by canceling out of the setup mode and clicking STATUS on the blue menu pane on the left 3 Halytech V2 0 Microsoft Internet Explorer Ja fx File Edit View Favorites Tools Help ay Q tac amp sl a Le ya Search Pe Favorites Gk d s w rel 3 Address a http 192 168 0 187findex dhtm v Go Google e Spider SMS ALARMS STATUS Current Status CONTROLS Water Meter 1 0 000 Water Meter 2 0 000 ki HISTORY Charger OFF Voltage 114 Y VIEW SETUP Temperature 21 6 degC CHANGE SETU
39. age as described in Setting up a Spider SMS LC for the first time earlier in this manual Click Wireless Sensor Diagnostics The following page will be displayed E Intelligent Sensor Query V1 1 Microsoft Internet Explorer Fie Edit View Favorites Tools Help Q tac k EN E Y ES Search 5 7 Favorites 4 Ef Ce wj Lo rel 3 Address E http 192 168 0 187 ch_sditx dhtm e Go Google Wireless Sensor Query Select wireless sensor Water Meter 1 w Select query Raw count 8 Battery status Cancel Send query Done Internet NOTE This page is not available unless you have enabled at least one wireless input in the Change Inputs menu Select the wireless sensor to be interrogated and then select the query command Click on the Send query button Some commands will provide an immediate response while others may take a few seconds If the response is not yet available the following screen will be displayed E Intelligent Sensor Response V1 1 Microsoft Internet Explorer Fie Edit view Favorites Tools Help OH Back EN EJ CA 2 Search 5 Favorites 4 A a Address El http 192 168 0 187 ch_sdirx dhtm o y Go Google Wireless Sensor Response Response Waiting Cancel New Query l S Internet Click Update to check if the response is available Repeat if necessary Page 76 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual a Intelligent Sensor
40. an input firstly access the CHANGE SETUP page as described in Setting up a Spider SMS LC for the first time earlier in this section Select Scale lt your input gt from Select Input to Calibrate or Scale Enter the new Scaler value on the newly displayed page You can exit at any time without making changes by clicking the Cancel link Save the new values by clicking on the Save button Setting Controls Decide how your controls will connect to the Spider For example you may want to control only 2 outputs Spider SMS LC Controls need not be used sequentially Unused controls may be interspersed with used controls Let s assume that AUX PWR ON will connect to Control 1 It will be activated manually either via the browser or by sending an SMS command to the Spider Therefore the timer will not be required for this Control Output SPRINKLER will connect to Control 2 It will turn on the sprinkler every weekday at 9 AM and turn it off at midday On weekends the sprinkler will come on at 6 PM and turn off at 8 PM We will use the timer for this Page 23 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual If not already displayed access the Change Settings page as described in Setting up a Spider SMS for the first time earlier in this section Select Change Control 1 from Select Control to Change Enter AUX PWR ONT into the Name field and select Timer Off radio b
41. ands are recognised Command Comment Example Activate control x x is 1 8 no PIN Activate control x x is 1 8 PIN yyyy Deactivate control x x is 1 R PIN 2 yyyy PULSE CNx Pulse control x for 1 second is 1 7 1234 PULSE CN4 PIN yyyy GET REP eee Daily Report GET REP available only if e mail option installed After a Spider SMS LC receives an SMS command it will interpret it and act on it Invalid commands will be ignored Valid commands will be acknowledged with a return SMS Location OK SMS command Where Location is the programmed Spider SMS location SMS command is the SMS command SO once more using the programmed example the acknowledgement SMS will be Mudgee STP OK RST AL1 Control activation and deactivation commands may be protected with a 4 digit PIN If the PIN is set to 0000 it is effectively disabled Any other 4 digit number will enable the PIN You can change the PIN at any time by accessing the Spider SMS either remotely or locally with a computer and entering the PIN as described in Setting up a Spider SMS LC for the first time Setting Location earlier in this manual NOTES 1 Commands may be in lower or upper case or a combination of both 2 There must be only one space between the words of a command 3 SMS commands will be ignored while in the Remote Access mode Therefore if an SMS command is not acknowledged by a return SMS within approxi
42. ar Spider SMS A Q represents the GSM network an N represents a NextG network and a C represents a CDMA network Value or indicates that there is no mobile phone coverage in the present location there is no valid SIM card inserted GSM models only or that the cellular phone module inside the Spider is not responding Is the antenna plugged in It is a normal indication during power up and immediately following remote access It typically lasts less than 60 seconds If however this display persists contact Halytech or its agent During a telephone call remote access the display shows SPIDER SMS Remote Access Different display screens are accessed by briefly pressing the keypad key Each key press will display a new screen Different screens are Current date and time Current state of inputs Current states of battery charger and battery voltage Current value of system temperature Current state of Alarms 1 4 AL1 AL4 Current state of Alarms 5 8 AL5 AL8 Active alarms are indicated by Axx where xx is the current alarm status code Please refer to section SMS Alarms for additional information on the status codes Inactive alarms are indicated by an P Disabled alarms are indicated by a D 7 Current state of Controls 1 to 4 CN1 CN4 Active Controls are indicated by a 1 and inactive ones by a 0 8 Current state of Controls 1 to 4
43. aximum of 9 SMS send attempts without receiving a reset command No more send attempts are being made Transmitted alarm SMS messages have the following format Location SMS text Send RST Alx to reset Where Location is the programmed Spider SMS location SMS text is the programmed SMS text for this particular alarm X is this particular alarm number 1 8 So if we use the examples programmed in the section Setting up a Spider SMS for the first time the first alarm SMS will be sent to 0414111111 and will be Mudgee STP Pump 1 has failed Send RST AL1 to reset The alarm sequence may be reset simply by replying with the received message no typing required or by replying with RST AL1 or by connecting to the Spider with a PC and resetting the alarm as described in Resetting Alarms NOTE Alarms will be registered while in the Remote Access mode but SMS messages will not be sent until Remote Access mode terminates Page 38 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual SMS Commands Spider SMS can receive and respond to specially coded SMS commands The commands may 1 Get the current state of all status signals Get the current state of all controls Reset an active alarm Reset all active alarms Activate and deactivate controls can be protected with a 4 digit PIN Request Daily Report containing all of current day s data if e mail option installed GE Ee The following SMS comm
44. dedicated 7 day 24 hour timer with an unlimited number of user programmable schedules The user can tailor the system by assigning application specific names to the controls So for example Control 3 may become VALVE 4 ON etc Controls can be controlled in four ways 1 By accessing the Controls page with a browser and clicking on the ON OFF buttons 2 By sending control SMS messages to the unit 3 By programming and enabling the timer 4 By programming alarms to activate or deactivate controls It is possible to use all four forms of control simultaneously If a timer is enabled and a manual control command is received either via the browser or by SMS the manual control will take priority temporarily overriding the timer The override is automatically cancelled when the programmed timer state matches the manually requested state Controls driven by an alarm have the highest priority overriding both manual control and the timer Furthermore if two or more alarms attempt to drive a control in opposite senses the OFF command will override the ON command Page 8 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Alarms Spider SMS LC can generate up to 8 alarms Upon activation an alarm can perform any or all of the following e send SMS messages e send e mails if e mail option installed e dial any telephone and speak the alarm message in synthesised voice e activate and deactivate controls Each alarm can be progra
45. ed and or used to trigger alarms Please refer to Appendix A for a summary of native input types their specifications and typical uses Intelligent Inputs if installed Intelligent sensors are connected to Spider auxiliary connectors Please refer to Physical Connections section for details At this time of writing the Spider supports two types of intelligent inputs SDI 12 and Wireless SDI 12 inputs are described in Appendix I Wireless inputs are described in Appendix J System Monitors Each Spider SMS is fitted with 3 System Monitors 1 System Temperature measures temperature inside the Spider SMS enclosure 2 Battery Voltage measures the voltage of an external battery connected to the battery connector 3 Battery Charger Status gives current state of battery charger either ON or OFF System monitors can be used in the same way as inputs i e they may be logged and or used to trigger alarms Page 7 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Controls Spider SMS provides 8 controls on two multi pole connectors Each multi pole connector accepts four controls Controls are labeled CN1 to CN8 and each is provided with two screw terminals internally connected to a relay In inactive state the two terminals are open circuit Upon activation the relay switches and the terminals are shorted together Controls can be activated manually by an active alarm and or via a programmable built in timer Each control has a
46. ed in a more favourable position elevated in front of a wall etc Page 77
47. ending of Automatic reports if installed Please refer to Advanced Operation Automatic Reports for more information Page 26 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Setting up Network Parameters Spider SMS can connect to local area networks LAN and wide area networks WAN LAN connections are primarily used for communications with local computers The Spider uses WAN connections to access the Internet in order to send e mails and FTP reports LAN settings Please refer to Appendix C for more information about initial connection of a Spider SMS LC to a Local Area Network LAN To set up Network parameters access the Change Settings page as described in Setting up a Spider SMS LC for the first time earlier in this section Click on Change Network Settings Fill in the form with details appropriate for your network You will need to obtain this information from your network administrator Change Network V1 2 Microsoft Internet Explorer mek Ya e http 192 168 0 187 ch_net dhtm 2 we change Network 1 2 mm y Page iG Tools Change Network Settings Local Area LAN Settings My IP Address 192 168 0 187 Network Mask 255 255 255 0 Easy Connect ENABLED DISABLED O NOTE LAN settings are used for local Ethernet connections to the Spider Easy Connect settings e Select ENABLED for stand alone Spiders Spiders not connected to a local area network LAN
48. es regardless of by how much it changes simply set the minimum change to 0 The same page also determines the logging of the 3 System Monitors These are 3 additional system inputs which monitor the battery charger status battery voltage and system temperature System monitors logging is configured in a similar manner as described above You can exit at any time without making changes by clicking the Cancel link Save the new values by clicking on the Save button NOTE Please refer to Appendix or Appendix J if you are operating a Spider fitted with an optional SDI 12 or Wireless Sensor interface respectively Calibrating Analogue Inputs if present Analogue inputs should be calibrated prior to being used The system offers a choice of calibration methods 1 2 point calibration 2 Manual calibration 3 Offset change only 2 point calibration Let s continue with the previous example and calibrate a 4 20 mA water level transducer with a 0 1000 mm range connected to Input 3 We will firstly use the 2 point calibration method If not already displayed access the CHANGE SETUP page as described in Setting up a Spider SMS LC for the first time earlier in this section Select Calibrate Tank level from Select Input to Calibrate or Scale A page giving calibration choices will be displayed Select 2 point calibration and click on Proceed The following page will be displayed
49. ge 61 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual SIM Card Insertion and Removal GSM units only Before inserting a SIM card into a Spider SMS LC insert it into a standard GSM mobile telephone Turn the telephone on and ensure that any PIN protection is turned off and that you can make and receive normal calls PIN protection can usually be turned off in the Security Menu of your phone You can now remove the SIM card from the mobile phone and insert it into a Spider SMS LC as follows 1 Locate the modem access cover located on the top of the Spider SMS case next to the antenna connector Using a small Phillips screwdriver undo the single screw and gently pull out the cover The modem inside the Spider will now be visible through the exposed access slot 2 By looking through the slot you will see the SIM card slot with a black locking lever to the left of it Holding the SIM card level with the locking lever gently push the SIM card into the exposed slot until it locks in The notched end should be inserted first with the gold contacts facing up as shown in the illustration IMPORTANT You should feel slight resistance while pushing the card into the slot If you do not or you can freely move the SIM from side to side by more than 1 mm you have missed the slot You must remove the SIM and try again Page 62 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual 3 Using a small flat screwdriver slide the locking lever to the
50. ical connection is illustrated below If you are using an optional external rechargeable battery simply connect the battery across the same terminals Observe the correct polarity ve terminal is on the left when viewing the unit as shown in the illustration Page 67 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Attach the supplied SDI 12 connector to your sensor cable as shown below SDI DATA POWER GROUND Plug the sensor cable into the Spider s SDI 12 interface SDI 12 Input Setup If not already displayed access the CHANGE SETUP page as described in Setting up a Spider SMS LC for the first time earlier in this manual Click Change Input Setup The following page will be displayed Enter the information recorded in section SDI 12 Sensor Preparation TIP Add 3 seconds to the sensor warm up time In our example the sensor warm up was set to 30 seconds we will enter 30 3 33 seconds into the web page CC Change Input Setup 12 9 Windows Internet Explorer el 5 iE hiipii 16000 l t ke dym NS DAN Ple Echt Wee Fswoetes Took Heb de di ch input setup v2 9 AN A O Change Input Setup Input Type Address Parameter Name Units Warmup Logging Min Change To Log 1 50412 w AE 1 8 Temp degt YES a 0 000 2 EI ae EE pH pH YES Fi 0 000 3 Sore Jos 3 Sp Cond mcm YES El 01 000 4 sp Dsg o Sal ppm YES fa 0 000 5 SO SEI 10 sg SE ORF mul YES 0 000 6 SDI T2 os
51. iding the warranty Power Spider SMS LC does not have an ON OFF switch The unit starts operating as soon as power is applied The unit is fitted with two power connectors e Battery for connection of an external rechargeable battery e Charger for connection of an external solar or mains charger CHARGER CONNECTOR Every Spider SMS LC incorporates a battery management system supporting 12V sealed lead acid batteries with capacities up to 10 Ah It provides all facilities required for a sophisticated power system while requiring a minimum number of external components Simply connect a battery to the battery connector and a solar panel or a mains charger into the charger connector No external regulator is necessary Mains powered chargers must be able to provide a DC voltage between 15 and 24V ata minimum 1 A A range of solar panels mains chargers and batteries is available from Halytech and its agents Please observe the correct polarity when connecting batteries and chargers to the Spider SMS LC PLEASE NOTE If you are using batteries of larger capacities and or are using your own charging system do not use the charger connector Plug the battery into the battery connector and leave the charger connector blank In this way you will still be able to monitor the battery voltage log it alarm on it etc Page 12 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Controls Controls are connected to terminals
52. ie d Spider SMS ALARMS STATUS View Setup CONTROLS System Location Loc aton 1 System Date 23 01 2006 HISTORY System Time 08 13 00 User Name user Password changeme VIEW SETUP SMS PIN 0000 0000 means disabled CHANGE SETUP A Jie ata Controls elect Control to Vie y ABOUT Alarms v Network Igy twork Seting E mail Jew E mol gt UNO Daily Reports aw Daily Report Setting Power Power Setting Cancel This page allows inspection of all Spider SMS LC programmable parameters without making any changes Depending on the installed options your page may look different from the one above Page 16 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual To actually make changes click on CHANGE SETUP on the blue menu pane A confirmation message will appear Click OK to proceed The following page will be displayed A Change Setup V2 4 Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Q sack x J EN Lei Le E Search P Favorites ES IES Led rel i 3 Address ES http 192 168 0 187 ch_main dhtm v Go Links Morton Antiviru Change Setup Change User Password Change Date Time Change Location SMS PIN Change Input Setup Select Co ntrol to Chan g e M Select Input to Calibrate or Scale si Select Alarm to Change wl Change Network Settings Change Power Settings Exit Change Setup Internet Depending on the installed options your page may look different fr
53. inals together Minimum acceptable pulse width is 100 ms Event inputs are suitable for monitoring pulses that occur less frequently than once every 30 seconds Each time an event occurs the Spider logs the time its occurrence as well as the total number of events The total will roll over from 99 999 to O NOTE Battery life will be dramatically reduced if a higher frequency signal is connected to an event input Page 6 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual 5 DAILY TOTAL Daily total inputs are identical to the EVENT inputs described above except that the total event counter is reset to O every midnight 6 UTILITY METER This type of input records the number of pulses in a logging period It is typically used to record readings from water electricity and gas meters 7 HYDSTRA RAIN HYDROGRAPHIC VERSION OF SOFTWARE ONLY This type of input is normally used for recording rainfall Every time the tipping bucket tips it will be recorded with a value equal to the tipping bucket size A single record with a zero value will be recorded once a day at a time specified by the user A separate record showing the total rainfall will be recorded at midnight 8 DISABLED This mode disables the input The input is removed from all reports and menus The user can tailor the system by assigning application specific input names So for example Input 1 may be called PUMP 3 OK etc All native input types may be logg
54. ivity to the internet or to your SMTP mail host computer e Messages starting with 3 digit numeric codes are generated by the SMTP host computer and will indicate invalid sender recipient etc Your network administrator or ISP can supply correct settings Page 66 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Appendix l SDI 12 Operation if SDI 12 interface installed SDI 12 Sensor Preparation Do not connect your SDI 12 sensor to the Spider at this time Refer to your SDI 12 sensor Instruction Manual and set up the sensor as follows Enable your sensor s SDI 12 Interface Assign an SDI 12 address between 0 and 7 to the sensor and record it Select a suitable SDI 12 delay warm up time and record it for future use Determine the number of parameters provided by the sensor and the order in which they are given Once again record this information for future use For example let s assume that you are using a popular water quality instrument providing eight parameters in this order temperature pH specific conductivity salinity ORP depth turbidity and LDO You have assigned SDI 12 address 0 to the sensor and decide to use a delay warm up period of 30 seconds SDI 12 Physical Connection The SDI 12 interface is a separate electronics module It connects to the Spider LC via two cables a ribbon cable and an integral power cable The ribbon cable connects to the Spider s AUX2 port and the power cable connects to the Battery Connector A typ
55. king configuration varies with different operating systems Here is a brief guide for Windows XP and Windows 98 Other operating systems will be similar Windows XP 1 Click on Start gt All Programs gt Accessories gt Communications gt Network Connections Click on Create a new connection in the top left corner of the new window New Connection Wizard will open Click Next Select Connect to the Internet and click Next Select Set up my connection manually and click Next Select Connect using a dial up modem and click Next Select your modem from the list and click Next Type a name for this Spider connection e g Spider at Greenwood and click Next Type the Spider telephone number into the Phone number field and click Next 0 Leave User name Password and Confirm password blank deselect Make this the default Internet connection and click Next 11 Select Add a shortcut to this connection to my desktop and click Finish N O A eS Windows 98 Double click on the My Computer icon on your Windows Desktop Double click on the Dial up Networking folder Double click on Make New Connection Type a name for this connection e g Spider at Greenwood Select your modem from the drop down list Click Next Leave Area Code field blank and type the Spider telephone number into the Telephone N
56. l data collected in the single day 3 days ago NOTE there is no space before the digit 3 Each e mail report has a spreadsheet file attached to it The file contains all data logged over the applicable period Reports can be sent to up to three different recipients Up to three attempts will be made to send an e mail report All attempts are logged An FTP report automatically delivers the logged data file to an FTP server Up to three attempts will be made to send an FTP report All attempts are logged Report files are available in two formats raw and filtered Raw format is identical to the Spider logged file format described in Appendix E It contains all logged data including system information such as reception of SMS messages outcome of alarms reports etc Filtered format provides data in a simpler form It contains only logged input data The filtered file format is described in Appendix F You can also choose the time order in which data is given Data may be presented in ascending or descending time order The Spider makes up to three attempts to send each report maximising the transmission success rate even under difficult communications conditions Daily reports are provided with Daily report recovery This feature is especially useful for automated data collection systems If a daily report transmission fails three times as described above the next day s report will contain the data for that day and the
57. larm acknowledgement Active alarms can be acknowledged in four different ways 1 By accessing the Alarms page with a browser and clicking on the active alarm 2 By sending an SMS message to the Spider 3 GSM systems only by acknowledging the alarm with the phone keypad during a voice call 4 CDMA systems only by acknowledging the alarm by calling the Spider 5 By using the Auto Acknowledge feature Please see Acknowledging Alarms section for more details If an alarm is acknowledged but its trigger source is still in the active state a new alarm sequence will NOT commence Rather Spider SMS LC will wait for the trigger source to first go inactive Logger Spider SMS LC incorporates a high capacity solid state data logger The logger stores data into non volatile memory maintaining its contents in the event of a total power supply failure All records are date time stamped to a resolution of one second Spider SMS logs Input changes System monitor changes Control changes Alarm activations and resets SMS transmissions and their outcomes SMS command reception E mail transmissions and their outcomes if e mail option installed Voice alarm transmissions and their outcomes if voice option installed System messages OO OO En Switch inputs automatically log an input change If a switch input is initially in the OFF state and then goes ON for some time and then back to OFF both state cha
58. le to use the AUX 1 connector to supply the power to your analogue sensor Please refer to the next section titled Auxiliary connectors for more information Page 14 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Intelligent Inputs if installed e SDI 12 Please refer to Appendix for SDI 12 connection and operation details e Wireless Please refer to Appendix J for Wireless connection and operation details Auxiliary Connectors SPIDER SMS LC AUXILIARY CONNECTORS Local Area Network LAN connector is used for connections to a PC toa LAN or toa SpiderWeb radio link AUX1 connector can be used to power analogue sensors The leftmost pin the pin closest to the LAN connector provides a switched source of power Power is automatically switched off when the Spider SMS LC enters the sleep state thus greatly reducing system power consumption A warm up period of approximately 4 seconds is provided when the unit re enters active state NOTE Voltage provided by the power pin on the auxiliary connector will be the larger of the battery voltage and the charger voltage The pin is able to source up to 500mA of current An example of how to connect a two wire 4 20 mA sensor to the Spider using the switched power pin on the AUX1 connector is shown below Sensor Switched power 7 vin on AU L___ A connector 120 Ohm LA W Spider SMS LC Resistor IN X AUX2 connector is not used in a standard Spider SMS LC It is reserved for futu
59. lier in this section Click on Change E mail settings Fill in the form with details appropriate for your network You will need to obtain this information from your network administrator or your mobile service provider 4 Change E mail V1 0 Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help mem en ne q e Z gt e jl y SS Si ai Back i x E e d Search Er Favorites Zi a w el 3 v Go Links 7 Norton AntiVirus Q X Address SI http 192 168 0 187 ch_eml dhtm Change E mail Settings SMTP mail server SMTP authentication My e mail address DISABLED default ENABLED O spider halytech comau Test e mail address palossGoptusnetcomsu S Internet At the time this manual was issued the correct settings for common Australian mobile networks were Telstra SMTP mail server for both CDMA and GSM GPRS Optus SMTP mail server for GSM GPRS Vodafone SMTP mail server for GSM GPRS mail bigpond com mail optusnet com au smtp vodafone net au My e mail address In the process of sending an e mail the Spider SMS must identify itself to the mail host computer with a valid e mail address Set this parameter to a known valid address acceptable to your mail host This address is shown in the e mail as the From address NOTE if the e mail is accepted by the host but cannot be delivered the failure notice will be sent to this address Perhaps if you set this to your ow
60. mately 1 minute send the command again after a short period of time Page 39 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Voice Option if installed Spider SMS units fitted with the voice option can make and receive calls from any telephone and speak to the user The Spider utilises text to speech technology with unlimited vocabulary requiring no recordings or word downloads The Spider simply reads what is written Due to differences in mobile networks the voice option operates slightly differently depending on what type of modem is installed in your Spider GSM units only The communication is intuitive and interactive The user makes requests through the telephone keypad and the Spider talks back The keypad commands are arranged ina TV remote like fashion Main menu keys 2 5 and 8 can be pressed at any time to immediately listen to active alarms inputs and controls respectively If you want to repeat or skip a reading simply use CHANNEL 6 and CHANNEL 9 keys Volume can be changed with VOLUME 4 and VOLUME 7 keys 2 INPUTS VOLUME 5 CHANNEL CONTROLS 1 4 7 8 CHANNEL 0 VOLUME Calling a Spider GSM units only You can call a Spider from any telephone Simply dial the Spider s voice number The Spider will answer the call and identify itself It will then read the menu Press the number corresponding to the information you want and listen to the response You can hang up at any time
61. mething before you can establish a local connection Connect the Spider SMS to your network If you want to connect your PC directly to the Spider SMS you can use the red cross over network cable supplied with the Spider Start an Internet browser program such as Microsoft Internet Explorer on your PC Type 192 168 0 187 as the web address and press the return or enter key If you changed the default IP address as described in Appendix C then enter the new IP address instead The Spider SMS log on page will be displayed on your PC Enter your username and password in the spaces provided Default values are user and changeme respectively Click on the Log in button Alarms page will be displayed immediately following a successful log on You can now examine other pages as described in Connecting to a PC IN CASE OF DIFFICULTY If you cannot connect to a Spider check the following settings in your browser Internet Explorer 6 is described here other browsers are similar 1 Disable automatic dialing In IE6 Tools gt Internet Options gt Connections select Never dial a connection 2 Disable proxy servers IN IE6 Tools gt Internet Options gt Connections gt LAN Settings uncheck Use a proxy server for your LAN 3 If you changed any browser settings quit and restart your browser If you still cannot connect to a Spider refer to Appendix C for more information Page 50
62. mmed with a name trigger source 3 separate SMS telephone numbers 2 e mail addresses 3 separate voice numbers the text of a message and the control to be activated When the trigger becomes active the alarm is triggered and the alarm sequence starts Alarms are completely independent from inputs So for example an input can trigger more than one alarm each of which will send its own special SMS to its own special telephone numbers SMS sending If SMS sending is enabled an SMS with the programmed text is sent to each telephone number starting with the first If sending is successful the unit waits for 30 minutes for the user to acknowledge the alarm sequence Acknowledging the sequence stops the sending of SMS messages If sending is not successful due to network congestion for example the SMS is sent to the same number after 1 minute Up to three attempts are made to each number before proceeding to the next number After the 3 attempt to the 3 number if applicable the unit will stop sending SMS and wait indefinitely for the alarm to be reset This limits the number of SMS transmissions per alarm to 9 30 minutes is the default value Users can change this to a period between 0 and 60 minutes E mail sending if e mail option installed If e mail sending is enabled an e mail with the programmed text is sent simultaneously to up to two addresses If sending is successful no more e mails are sent If sending is not s
63. n e mail address you can monitor e mails that can t be delivered Test e mail address Test e mails are sent to this address This is a special feature of the Spider SMS allowing a rapid and user friendly way of setting up and verifying Spider SMS e mail connectivity Please refer to Appendix H for details SMTP authentication Most SMTP servers do not need authentication and hence this field should be left DISABLED If your server does require authentication select ENABLED and enter a user name and a password You can obtain these from your network administrator Page 30 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Network Glossary The Network and E mail sections used several networking terms All of these are standard network parameters as used in IT Detailed explanations are beyond the scope of this document However here is a brief explanation of each parameter noting any special relevance to the Spider SMS LC implementation My IP Address current IP address of Spider SMS LC This is the same as the value shown on the LCD display Network Mask Network mask This is the same as the value shown on the LCD display Gateway IP address of a computer allowing access from the local network to the Internet Primary DNS IP address of the primary domain name server The server performs translation from domain names such as halytech com au to dotted ip format such as 192 168 0 187 Secondary
64. n power up the Spider for the new values to take effect Page 53 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual You can connect the Spider SMS to your network with a standard RJ 45 network cable Cables of various lengths are available from Halytech and most electronics and computer retailers Once connected you can connect to the Spider from any computer on your network as described in Appendix B Local Connection NOTE You should also disable the EASY CONNECT network setting on the Spider as described in the section Setting up a Spider SMS LC for the First Time gt Setting Up Network Parameters on page 27 Page 54 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Appendix D Remote Access Configuration Spider SMS uses standard PPP and TCP IP protocols for remote access via telephone Internet access is NOT required Your computer will call a Spider SMS directly A dial up connection to the Spider is set up identically to setting up a dial up connection for a typical Internet Service Provider ISP No special procedure is required apart from specifying the telephone number of the particular Spider SMS Your computer must have a modem and Dial up Networking installed The following procedure assumes that the both are present and installed correctly If this is not the case install a modem by following its manufacturer s instructions and then install Dial up networking using instruction supplied with your operating system Dial up networ
65. nges are logged Event Daily Total and Hydstra Rain if installed inputs automatically log a single record per pulse If an event input is initially in the OFF state and then goes ON for some time and then back to OFF only a single record is logged Page 10 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Analogue input counter input and system monitor logging is enabled by the user These inputs are logged using the SIGNIFICANT CHANGE logging method The user specifies the minimum logging period and the minimum change that needs to be logged For example the logging period may be setto 1 hour and the minimum change to 100 The input will be checked every hour and logged if it has changed by 100 from the last logged value If you want to log the data every hour simply set the minimum change to 0 The logging period is shared by all analogue inputs counter inputs and system monitors while each input has its own programmable minimum change setting If logging of an analogue input a counter input or a system monitor is enabled it will be logged automatically every midnight This ensures that at least one sample is recorded every day even with slowly varying inputs Utility meter inputs are logged every logging period regardless of by how much they change Please refer to Appendix A for a summary of input types Automatic reports if installed A Spider SMS can be set up to send periodic reports via e mail and or FTP
66. nternet Page 70 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Click Update to read the sensor response 28 Intelligent Sensor Response V1 1 Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help OH Back i sl E ei ya Search P Favorites ES Gk ds Address a http 192 168 0 187 ch_sdirx dhtm SIE el len Google SDI 12 Transparent Response Response 0CI003509 Cancel New Query Internet Page 71 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Appendix J Wireless Sensor Operation if Wireless interface installed Wireless Sensor System Overview Wireless sensor system comprises of two components a wireless receiver and one or more wireless transmitters The receiver connects directly to a Spider SMS The Spider supplies all necessary power to the receiver The receiver is supplied with a standard compact whip aerial Higher gain aerials with extension cables are available from Halytech or its distributors A Spider fitted with a wireless receiver can communicate with up to eight wireless transmitters Each transmitter is a self contained waterproof module that connects directly to a water meter A non replaceable battery fitted inside the transmitter is designed to last for several years In order to maximise the transmitter battery life a Spider polls each transmitter only when required Regular polls are done at every logging period Manual polls can be initiated by the use
67. nual NOTES 1 Trigger source is selected from the drop down list The list will display all available inputs identified with their user programmed names All unused alarms should be disabled by selecting DISABLED from the list Control action may be specified as continuous or pulsed For example the setting Control 1 ON in the continuous mode will turn Control 1 on and leave it on The pulsed mode will turn Control 1 on for approximately 1 second and then turn it off Enabling Auto Acknowledge will automatically acknowledge an active alarm after a user settable amount of time In other words a user need not acknowledge the alarm manually by sending an SMS or by using a browser NOTE Even with Auto Acknowledge enabled the alarm will not start sending a new series of messages unless the alarm goes inactive as well When entering phone numbers enter digits only e do not use spaces brackets or hyphens If you don t need all 3 telephone numbers or both e mail addresses simply leave the appropriate fields blank Available trigger conditions will change depending on the type of input used to trigger the alarm For example switch or digital inputs can trigger on the ON STATE or the OFF STATE while analogue inputs will allow triggering on ABOVE BELOW or a rate of change Please refer to Appendix A for details on input types and their triggering ability Alarms can initiate s
68. om the one above NOTE As indicated by the confirmation message accessing the Change Settings page automatically disables logging alarm generation timers timer overrides and resets all active alarms You can ignore the message here as we are setting up the device for the first time Setting Location It is important to choose a unique location name for each Spider SMS LC The location name is sent at the beginning of each SMS and e mail transmission to identify the particular Spider device If not already displayed access the CHANGE SETUP page as described in Setting up a Spider SMS LC for the first time above Click Change Location SMS PIN Enter a unique location name for this particular Spider The name can be up to 16 characters long For this example let s use Mudgee STP as the name Simply type this into the space provided Page 17 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual 3 Change Location 1 02 Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help gt 9B A a a 2 3 Back mar Stop Refresh Home Search Favorites Media History Mail Address Lei http 192 168 30 187 b www ch_loc dhtm D Go Links 7 Change Location SMS PIN Location Mudgee STF SMS PIN ong Enter 0000 to disable SMS PIN H Done tb Intent 3 You can exit at any time without making changes by clicking the Cancel link Save the new value by clicking on the Save bu
69. on Page 22 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Calibrating Counter Inputs if present You can calibrate Counter Inputs in two ways 1 You can scale them and 2 You can pre set the counter to a particular reading Scaling is useful to make the counters read engineering values For example your water meter may be producing one pulse per 5 litres of water flow Hence to make the counter register in litres you would set the scaler to 5 NOTE A Spider counts internally from 0 to 99 999 before it wraps around to 0 The actual range will be multiplied by the Scaler So a scaler of 5 will produce an effective counter range of 0 to 499 995 It is sometimes required to pre set the counter to a particular value For example you may wish to connect a water meter to a Spider and want to make the Spider s starting point the same as the reading on the meter To do that simply enter the required reading in the Offset field Scaling Event Daily Total and Hydstra Rain Inputs if present You can scale Counter and Event Inputs by specifying a Scaler A new scaled value obtained by multiplying the raw counter reading by the Scaler will be used for all functions including logging alarms etc If scaling is not required simply leave it set to 1 NOTE Scaled inputs will no longer wrap around from 99 999 to 0 The wrap around value will be affected by the Scaler To change scaling for
70. only Before inserting a SIM card into a Spider SMS LC insert it into a standard NextG or a GSM mobile telephone Turn the telephone on and ensure that any PIN protection is turned off and that you can make and receive normal calls You can now remove the SIM card from the mobile phone and insert it into a Spider SMS LC as follows 1 Remove the connector panel by undoing two screws shown in the picture Page 64 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual 2 Eject the SIM card holder by pushing the yellow button with a pen or a small screwdriver 3 Insert the SIM card into the holder so that the gold pins are on top 4 Insert the SIM card holder back into the modem SIM Card 5 Push the SIM card holder as far as it will go 6 Re install the connector panel and secure it with the screws removed in step 1 Page 65 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Appendix H Testing E mail Connectivity Spider SMS units fitted with e mail options provide a quick and simple way of confirming proper e mail operation You can send test e mails at any time by using the built in keypad and display E mails are sent to the Test e mail address as configured in the E mail Settings browser screen Sending Test e mails Once you set up a new Spider and enter all required Network E mail parameters ensure that it is connected to the appropriate network as selected by the E mail sending method Repeatedly and briefly press the ke
71. ported in later versions Native Inputs Native inputs are connected to the Spider SMS LC via two multi pole connectors Each multi pole connector accepts four inputs They are labeled INPUT1 to INPUT8 and each is provided with two screw terminals Wire sizes up to 1 5 mm may be used Each input can be configured by the user for operating in one of the following five modes 1 SWITCH switch closure or voltage free contact Switch inputs detect either an active or ON state or an inactive or OFF state The active state is indicated by shorting the two terminals together while the inactive state is indicated by the terminals staying open A switch state must be stable for a minimum of 5 seconds to be recognised NOTE There is no galvanic isolation between different inputs or the Spider SMS internal circuitry 2 ANALOGUE Analogue inputs are used to monitor industrial sensors such as voltage current temperature pressure etc Most common sensor types are supported including 0 20 mA sensors 4 20 mA sensors 0 2 5V sensors 0 5V sensors 0 10V sensors NOTE All analogue signals share a common ground 3 COUNTER Count will increment each time the terminals are shorted Frequencies up to 10Hz are supported The counter will roll over from 99 999 to 0 4 EVENT Event inputs are used to record occurrences of pulses A pulse is generated by temporarily shorting the input term
72. previous day This process is repeated for up to 7 days in the past The maximum size of such a multi day report is 24 000 records Page 42 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual To configure daily reports access the Change Settings page as described in Setting up a Spider SMS LC for the first time earlier in this document Click Change Daily Report Settings Change Automatic Report Settings V2A Microsoft Internet Explorer E bo 19 168 017 fch aeee wi HE D de Se E change Automatic Report Setlings USA i Page E Change Automatic Report Settings E mail report FTP report Send YES O NOE Send YES NOD 1st E mail address metsomewhers com eu FTP server fip hehtech com au 2nd E mall address FTP username ord E mail address FTF password FTP directory Report sending frequency Ever Ihours Daly repart Daily report start time 0 hours after midnight Report format Filtered O He ei Report time order Inreasing Decreasing O Dally report recovery Enabled Disabled Cancel Save ge ER internet o e NOTES 1 Automatic report function requires that both Network and E mail option be configured correctly Please refer to Setting Up Network Parameters and Setting Up E mail Parameters earlier in this document for additional instructions 2 Automatic report files are named as follows a Daily report first 8 chars of Location date csv Example Location_291205 c
73. r as required to facilitate installation and servicing Physical Connections Wireless Receiver The Wireless Receiver is a separate electronics module It connects to the Spider LC AUX2 connector via a single cable A typical connection is illustrated below Page 72 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Wireless Transmitter Every wireless transmitter has a unique 15 digit address The address is located on a sticker attached to the transmitter Record the address for the next step 00278 04 03153276 A Connect the yellow and the black wires to your water meter Pulse signal yellow wire Cable break red wire GND black wire Using a suitable cable tie secure the transmitter to the water meter Wireless Input Setup Two types of wireless inputs are supported e Wireless Counter e Wireless Utility Both of these use the same type of wireless transmitter but record data in a different format In each case an internal Spider counter is incremented with each water meter pulse Wireless Counter type logs the counter total at the logging time Wireless Utility logs number of pulses in the previous logging period This is sometimes referred to as consumption Wireless Counter and Wireless Utility are analogous perform and log data identically to the Spider native input types Counter and Utility Meter respectively Please refer to Appendix A Spider Inputs for an overview and cap
74. re enhancements and special applications Page 15 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Setting up a Spider SMS LC for the first time Depending on the model a new Spider SMS LC must be connected to a GSM NextG or a CDMA mobile telephone network Please refer to Appendix G for details Before proceeding make sure that both the Spider SMS LC and your computer are set up with correct matching network parameters Please refer to Appendix C and Appendix D for details A new Spider SMS LC is shipped from the factory with a default generic setup You may wish to change this setup and customise the Spider for your application Setting up a Spider SMS LC involves one or more of the following steps 1 Setting location 2 Setting date and time 3 Setting your username and password 4 Configuring Inputs 5 Calibrating Analogue Inputs if present 6 Scaling Counter and Event Inputs if present 7 Setting Control names and optionally programming the timer 8 Setting up Alarms 9 Setting up Network parameters 10 Setting up E mail parameters if e mail option installed Connect to the Spider as described in Appendix B The ALARMS page will be displayed Clicking VIEW SETUP in the blue menu pane on the left will display the following page LA 3 Halytech V2 0 Microsoft Internet Explorer e yu x Fis Edt view Favu es Tous Hep Zr rei x 2 A d Search E Pavortes za e e ds kal A 3 El hito 1192 168 0 187 md8x d
75. right as far as it will go UNLOCKED POSITION LOCKED WORKING POSITION 4 Replace the access cover To remove the SIM card 1 Remove the modem access cover as previously described 2 Using a small flat screwdriver slide the SIM locking lever to the left as far as it will go 3 Gently push the SIM card into the modem it will unlock and partially pop out 4 Pull out the SIM card completely Page 63 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual NextG Network Spider SMS units fitted with an internal NextG modem must be connected to a NextG network to make them fully operational Contact your telecommunications provider and request a connection This is typically a two step process Firstly a standard voice SIM card is required It comes with a VOICE telephone number You will also need a DATA telephone number This number is sometimes called a data terminating number or a data service depending on carrier The data number usually requires an additional monthly charge The data service type required is CODE 2620 If your Spider SMS LC is fitted with the e mail option and you wish to send e mails by using GPRS request that GPRS be enabled You can use either the voice or the data number to send SMS commands to the Spider Use the data number to dial a Spider with your computer and a modem Insert the SIM card into your Spider SMS as described in the next section SIM Card Insertion and Removal NextG units
76. s of four fields 1 record date e g 14 05 03 2 record time e g 12 34 15 3 record numeric identifier 4 record text description or in the case of analogue and counter inputs the value of the input The following table lists all possible values for the numeric identifier and the text fields analogue system input log record counter input 50 2 IN STATE 50 65 Digital input change 80 IN 80 87 counter at the time of event counter the event counter at midnight no event occurred 160 IN 160 167 rain total at the time of total the event rain total at midnight check no event occurred OK failed acknowledge an alarm acknowledge all active alarms SMS AL K SMS command ler alarm SMS CxOF or SMS command de Page 57 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual activate a control invalid PIN SMS C OF or SMS command de SMS C ON activate a control invalid control Maia GTST SMS command ao ae E E controls AA ae A EE system inputs A es report A s acknowledgement sent OK 798 SMS RNG SMS command acknowledgement send failed 800 2 CNT STATE 800 815 RMG CxOF or SMS remote command RMG CxON or de activate a control RMG CxPL 820 2 CNT STATE 820 835 RMB CxOF or SMS remote command RMB CxON or de activate a control RMG CxPL outside allowable time 860 one 867 ci CxPS SMS command pulse a ee eee meter input record 100
77. ss Administrators have unrestricted access while normal users can interrogate the device but cannot make any changes Usernames and passwords are programmable Factory defaults for an administrator are user and changeme respectively while for the normal user they are user and user It is strongly advised that these be changed as soon as possible to prevent unauthorised access If you forget your new username or password you will no longer be able to connect to a Spider SMS LC Please contact Halytech or its agent for assistance To change the usernames and or passwords access the CHANGE SETUP page as described in Setting up a Spider SMS LC for the first time earlier in this section Click Change User Password Enter the new names and passwords E Change User Password V2 1 Microsoft Internet Explorer Fie Edit View Favorites Tools Help A Q pack z EN a Y pO search 57 Favorites Es Ae a rel 3 Address 4 http 192 168 0 187 ch_user dhtm NW Go Google e Change User Password Administrator Name user 7 Administrator Password changeme User Name user User Password user Cancel Save E Done MD Internet You can exit at any time without making changes by clicking the Cancel link Save the new values by clicking on the Save button Page 19 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Configuring Inputs Decide how your inputs will connect
78. sv b Periodic report first 8 chars of Location date time of first transmission attempt P csv Example Location 291205 1105P csv c Ad hoc report for current day first 8 chars of Location date time of first transmission attempt csv Example Location _291205 1105 csv d Ad hoc report for x days ago where x is between 1 and 7 first 8 chars of Location date x days ago 2359 csv Example Location 271205 2359 csv Blanks in the Location part of the filename will be replaced by characters Page 43 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Spider SMS Power Options Spider SMS LC is designed specifically for low power battery operated applications The standard battery complemented with a solar panel can provide sufficient power for many months of unattended operation Two user selectable options provide advanced power management for special applications IMPORTANT NOTE Advanced power settings should only be changed by experienced users Selecting the wrong option can result in inability to remotely connect to a Spider SMS in drastically reduced battery life or even a complete battery failure Always on Operation Spider SMS LC is normally in the sleep state This state is indicated by a blank LCD display The system automatically wakes up as required to scan analogue inputs log receive amp send SMS e mails etc lt remains awake for the shortest possible time and the goes back to
79. t Explorer Fe Eat Yew Parois Toot Help G ns dg sra eras O OS a da vares 8 http 192 168 0 188 index Aer a E J se Eco r z Lg gt u we fe Spider SMS KA Y halytec mo LA ALARMS Current Status CONTROLS Pump status 1 OFF Joram Pump status 2 OFF Tank level 4095 000 mm VIEW SETUP Input A DISABLED Input 5 DISABLED CHANGE Input 6 DISABLED SETUP Input 7 DISABLED Input 8 DISABLED ABOUT Charger Status ON Battery Voltage 13 6 W System Temperature 25 9 deg C Cancel 8 http 1192 18 0 188 our_inp dhitm internet Controls Current Controls and their associated Timer and Timer Override states are displayed by clicking CONTROLS on the blue menu pane on the left All Controls are identified by their user programmed names The display shows the state of all Controls at the time the page was displayed You can change as many outputs at once as you wish by clicking ON or OFF selectors as required and then clicking the Save button The page will be updated to reflect the new Control states Page 35 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual 3 Halytech 41 12 Merozof Internet Explorer Fic Edt Ve Fiori Took Hip 5 gt 3 g ek amp 31 Elh dera 3 mi kd E 35 kale 2 Fit 1192 166 0 Uer htm Spider SMS ALARMS STATUS Current Controls CONTROLS HISTORY AUX POWER ON ONo OFF SPRINKLER ONG OFFS VIEW SETUP Control 3 ONO
80. ted with the e mail option and you wish to send e mails by using the faster 1X service request that 1X support be enabled You can use either the voice or the data number to send SMS commands to the Spider Use the data number to dial a Spider with your computer and a modem Use the voice number to listen to the synthesised voice if voice option installed GSM Network Spider SMS units fitted with an internal GSM modem must be connected to a GSM network to make them fully operational Contact your telecommunications provider and request a connection This is typically a two step process Firstly a standard voice SIM card is required It comes with a VOICE telephone number You will also need a DATA telephone number This number is sometimes called a data terminating number a data service or a circuit switched data number depending on the carrier The data number usually requires an additional monthly charge The data service type required is NON TRANSPARENT ASYNCHRONOUS If your Spider SMS LC is fitted with the e mail option and you wish to send e mails by using GPRS request that GPRS be enabled You can use either the voice or the data number to send SMS commands to the Spider Use the data number to dial a Spider with your computer and a modem Use the voice number to listen to the synthesised voice if voice option installed Insert the SIM card into your Spider SMS as described in the next section Pa
81. the name of a file containing the settings Enter the name of the file or select a file anywhere on your computer by clicking on Browse NOTE Loading settings from disk will overwrite your current settings Exiting Change Settings Mode Logging alarm activation timers and timer overrides are all disabled while in the change settings mode To exit change settings mode click EXIT CHANGE SETTINGS link on the bottom of Change Settings page This will immediately restart logging alarm generation and all enabled timers NOTE any timer overrides active prior to entering the Change Settings page are not re instated on exit Setup change mode is automatically exited after 10 minutes of inactivity Page 32 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Normal Operation Front Panel Display Spider SMS LC is equipped with a two line display and a one key keypad They are used for quick operational checks and basic setup Their convenience lies in the fact that using them requires no external equipment such as laptop computers or mobile phones Normally the display shows SPIDER SMS Signal G65 Signal G65 indicates the current cellular phone signal strength The higher the number the stronger the signal As a rough rule of thumb a value of 41 and above is acceptable Signal strength is updated every 5 seconds The letter preceding the percentage value indicates the type of mobile network used by the particul
82. to the Spider As described earlier in Inputs every Spider SMS LC input can be configured in one of the following seven modes switch closure digital analogue counter event daily total utility meter and disabled Switch counter event daily total hydstra rain and utility meter inputs accept simple ON OFF sensors Analogue inputs accept a variety of transducers such as temperature sensors water level sensors etc For example you may want to monitor only 3 Inputs The first two will be switch digital type monitoring operating status of two pumps The third will be an analogue input monitoring a tank level Let s assume that Pump status 1 will connect to Input 1 Pump status 2 to Input 2 and Tank level to Input 3 The remaining 5 inputs will be disabled If not already displayed access the CHANGE SETUP page as described in Setting up a Spider SMS LC for the first time earlier in this section Click Change Input Setup Select Switch Input Type for the first two inputs and Analog for the third one Select Disabled for the remaining five inputs Enter Pump status 1 as the Input 1 Name Pump status 2 as the Input 2 Name and Tank level as the Input 3 Name A Change Input Setup 41 12 Microsoft Internet Explorer Fe Edt Wer Tooeegez Took Heb Z GD bat Il g Oh serch Zrtaetpes E Ch w ie D 2 dl hip 0122 16680 Lay ch_ing dhitm Eu Change
83. tomise your application by finding an optimal combination of remote access times and power consumption NOTE During the scheduled modem OFF times only the remote access is unavailable Alarm initiated SMS and e mail transmissions will operate normally Modem scheduling is disabled by default i e the modem is always turned on To enable modem scheduling access the Change Settings page as described in Setting up a Spider SMS LC for the first time earlier in this document Click Change Power Settings The following page is displayed If the Daily Power Schedule is not shown click on CONTROLLED BY SCHEDULE p Change Power V2 0 Microsoft Internet Explorer Fie Edt w w Favonte Tote Help Se Qe wl y Ossa rros EN 2 Ah 2 wl EI 8 3 hop 0192 168 0 167 fch_power dhim se Ela Change Power Settings System Power LOW POWER default ALWAYS ONO Modem Power ALWAYS ON default CONTROLLED BY SCHEDULE 6 AM PM 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Daily Power Schedule O0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 40 0 00 00 0 DD Click hours to turn ON or OFF Cancel Save To control the hours of the day when the modem is on simply click on the relevant box In the example above the modem will be on between 10 00 AM and 11 59 AM every day Page 45 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual One Spider Controlling Another Spider via SMS Spider SMS units fitted with soft
84. tton This page is also used for entering the PIN for SMS control activate deactivate commands Please refer to SMS Commands later in this manual for details Setting Date and Time If not already displayed access the CHANGE SETUP page as described in Setting up a Spider SMS LC for the first time Click Change Date Time Confirm that the displayed date and time are correct If you wish to change the date and or time simply enter the new values ki Change Date Time Microsoft Internet Explorer ES File Edit View Favorites Tools Help gt 9A A E E talna GS FB Back E Foos Stop Refresh Home Search Favorites Media History Mail Print Edit Address l http 192 168 30 197 b www ch_date dhtm vi Dn Links Change Date Time Current Date 28 04 2003 Current Time be ke le Cancel Save You can exit at any time without making changes by clicking the Cancel link Save the new values by clicking on the Save button Page 18 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Setting User and Password Only authorised users may access a Spider SMS LC To connect to a Spider you must enter a valid username and password Failing to enter them disables all access to the Spider Similarly if a valid sequence is entered but no activity takes place for 10 minutes the access is revoked and the user must again log in The Spider supports two levels of acce
85. uccessful up to 2 more attempts are made at 3 minute intervals Voice alarm dialing if voice option installed If voice sending is enabled the Spider will dial the first voice number If the call is answered the Spider will identify itself and speak the alarm message The recipient can acknowledge the alarm Acknowledging the alarm will stop all further SMS e mail and voice transmissions If the alarm call is not acknowledged not answered or the line is busy the Spider will call the second voice number after 2 minutes If this call is also not acknowledged not answered or is busy the Spider will call the third voice number after 2 minutes The whole sequence will be repeated up to 3 times Please refer to section Voice Option for more details on the Spider Voice Option operation Page 9 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Control activation and deactivation Alarms can also be used for intelligent control of various systems So for example a tank level can be maintained by monitoring a water level and by controlling a pump One alarm is set to trigger when the water level falls below a low level This alarm is programmed to activate a control output which in turn switches on the pump A second alarm is set to activate when the water level is above a high level This second alarm is programmed to deactivate the same control in turn switching the pump off Thus the tank level is automatically kept between the two levels A
86. umber field 8 Click Finish 9 Right click on the new connection icon just created then select properties 10 Make sure that the phone number is correct and that the Area code is blank 11 Click on Server Types 12 The type of Dial Up Server should be set to PPP Internet Windows NT Windows9x 13 Under Advanced Options only Log on to Network and Enable Software Compression should be ticked 14 Under Allowed network protocols only TCP IP should be ticked 15 Click TCP IP Settings button E O OV E ee Page 55 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual 16 Make sure that Server assigned IP address Server assigned name server addresses Use IP header compression and Use default gateway on remote network are selected 17 Click OK 18 Click OK You can now call the remote Spider SMS by clicking on the newly created connection icon as described in Appendix B Remote Connection NOTE If your organisation operates more than one Spider SMS you will need a separate connection icon for each Spider Page 56 HALYTECH Spider SMS LC User Manual Appendix E Logged Data Format Spider SMS LC logs data internally in an efficient binary format The internal binary format is converted into a standard CSV Comma separated values file before each download A CSV file is readable by most spreadsheet and database programs This appendix provides information about the structure of the CSV file Each record in the file consist
87. utton As the Timer for this control is disabled you can ignore the timer schedule on the bottom half of the page 3 Change Control 1 Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Back fowad Stop Refieh Home Search Favontes _ Media Histoy Mal Pie Edi Discuss Change Control 1 Name AUX PWR ON Timer ON OFF AM PM 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 118 19 20 21 22 23 Monday clclcloiolo ollo lloc Tuesday c oo elo lolo falo local eoo ooo ao e Wednesday n Iclclcieieietieieieieieieieieieieieieieieieieie Thursday Clclclolcliololo lolo Friday Icicieieiciciecicicleieciciciecicicleiecicieieicicle Saturday Jr lciciecieciciciciciecicieciecicicicieieciecieicicicie Sunday Iecicicieicicieieciclecieicicieiciciecieicicieiecicle Cancel Savs Ej Clie Ee You can exit at any time without making changes by clicking the Cancel link Save the new values by clicking on the Save button After saving the values for Control 1 select Change Control 2 Enter SPRINKLER into the Name field and select Timer On radio button Program the timer by ticking the times when the sprinkler should be on To tick un tick a time simply click on the appropriate square 3 Change Control 2 Microsoft Internet Explorer A x File Edit View
88. ware versions 1 33 or higher can control other Spiders via SMS This is accomplished by using alarms which send specialised SMS commands The three supported SMS commands are ON REMx to turn control x on the remote Spider ON OFF REMx to turn control x on the remote Spider OFF PLS REM x to pulse control x on the remote Spider ON and then OFF after 1 second x is the control number between 1 and 8 on the remote Spider As an example we will consider a system comprising two Spiders The local Spider is measuring a water level Depending on the water level the local Spider sends SMS commands to the remote Spider to start and stop a pump controlled by the remote Spider There is no special setup required for the remote Spider We will assume that the pump is controlled by CONTROL 3 Lets assume that the remote pump should be on when the local water level is below 1m and should be off if the level is at or above 1m Setup a local Spider input to measure the water level Set an alarm to perform the pump activation as follows 3 Change Alarm 1 12 6 Microsoli Internet Explorar Qu wi a A som ito E a Gr ka a 3 Change Alarm 1 Alarm Name Purp ON Trigger Source Trigger Level Control Action Send Report ES NOG Message wf PRIM Auto Acknowledge DISABLED default ENABLED Auto Acknowledge Time 0 S SMS Send ESO N _ EE Volce nani e Send YES OG Send YES NOG 1st Phone Number 04117733
89. ypad key until the display shows Send test email Press and hold the key for longer than 3 seconds The unit will display Sending email The keypad will not respond to key presses while the above message is displayed After a period of time usually less than 30 seconds the outcome will be displayed as Email sent OK OR Email failed A successful outcome verifies full e mail connectivity Otherwise you may wish to Monitor Test e mails to find the reason for the failure Monitoring Test e mails Equipment required 1 Spider SMS with e mail option initialised Network E mail settings and connected to the appropriate network LAN or mobile network 2 PC running a terminal program such as Hyperterminal 3 cross over serial cable Procedure 1 Set your terminal program to 9600 bps 8 data bits 1 stop bit and no parity 2 Connect your PC serial port to Spider SMS AUX2 port the DB 9 connector on the outside of the enclosure 3 Send atest e mail as described above in Sending Test e mails 4 Your PC will display diagnostic messages for each step of the sending process 5 The last message will usually indicate where the problem lies Most diagnostic messages are self explanatory Here are some additional tips e Unable to resolve your smtp host address message when using LAN e mail sending method ensure that the gateway and the primary and the secondary DNS are set correctly and that there is connect

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