Ecotech Manual

W i in

A Q M

Air Quality

Monitoring Software

User Manual

Version: 2.3.8

July 2010

Tel:

(+61) 1300 364 946.

Fax:

(+61) 1300 668 763.

E-mail:

[email protected]

Spare Parts

[email protected]

Address: Australia - Head Office

1492 Ferntree Gully rd Knoxfield Victoria, 3180, Australia

WinAQMS User manual 2.3.8

Front Matter

Manufacturers statement

The WinAQMS package is a state of the art Data logging package that should give many years of trouble free service if installed, used and maintained correctly. By following the guidelines contained in this manual and with the implementation of a good quality-assurance program, the user can obtain accurate and reliable data. Please ensure that you read the safety and warranty detail as they contain important information for the user. If, after reading this manual you have any questions or you are still unsure or unclear on any part of WinAQMS then please do not hesitate to contact Ecotech.

Notice

The information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice. Ecotech reserves the right to make changes to equipment construction, design, specifications and /or procedures without notice.

Copyright © 2010. All rights reserved. Reproduction of this manual, in any form, is prohibited without the written consent of Ecotech Pty Ltd. i


Front Matter

SOFTWARE LICENCE AGREEMENT

This is a Legal Agreement between you the end user and Ecotech Pty. Ltd. of 1492 Ferntree

Gully Road, Knoxfield, Victoria, 3180, Australia. By opening the sealed disk package you

are bound by this agreement.

1. Grant of Licence: Ecotech grants you the right to use the one copy of the enclosed

Ecotech Software program on a single computer.

2. Copyright: The Software is owned by Ecotech Pty. Ltd. or its suppliers and is protected by Australian Copyright Laws, International Treaty Provisions and all other applicable National Laws. If the Software is not copy protected, you may either (a) make one copy of the Software solely for backup or archival purposes or (b) transfer the Software to a single hard disk provided you keep the original solely for backup or archival purposes.

You may not copy the Product Manual(s) or written material accompanying the software.

3. Other Restrictions: You may not rent or lease the Software, but you may transfer your rights under this Ecotech Pty. Ltd. Software License Agreement on a permanent basis provided you transfer all copies of the Software and all written materials, and the recipient agrees to the terms of this Agreement. You must not decompile or disassemble the Software. Any transfer must include the most recent update and all prior versions.

LIMITED WARRANTY

Ecotech Pty. Ltd. warrants that the software will perform substantially in accordance with the accompanying Product Manual(s) for a period of 12 months from the date of receipt.

Ecotech's entire liability and your exclusive remedy shall be at Ecotech Pty. Ltd's option either (a) repair of Software or (b) replacement of the Software. This Limited Warranty is void if failure of the Software has resulted from accident, abuse or misapplication. Any replacement Software will be warranted for the remainder of the original warranty period or 3 months, whichever is longer.

Ecotech Pty. Ltd. offers no other warranties other than the Limited Warranty contained herein which gives you specific legal rights. Ecotech Pty. Ltd. has no liability for consequential damages. In any case, Ecotech's entire liability under any provision of this Agreement shall be limited to the amount actually paid by you for the software.

This Agreement is governed by the laws of Australia.

Should you have any questions concerning this Agreement, write to Ecotech Pty. Ltd., 1492

Ferntree Gully Road, Knoxfield, Victoria, 3180, Australia – Email: [email protected].

Attention: By opening the sealed packet, you signify that you have read the Ecotech Pty. Ltd.

Software License Agreement and accept its terms.

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Front Matter

Manual Revision History

Ecotech Manual ID:

Manual PN:

MAN0042

ECO-5000MAN

Current Revision:

Date released:

Description:

2.3.8

July 2010

User Manual for the WinAQMS Air Quality

Monitoring Software

This manual is a newly created document for use of the WinAQMS Air Quality

Monitoring Software.

Edition Date

1.0

Summary

March 2001 Initial release

Affected

Pages

all

1.1

1.2

1.3

2.1

2.1.8

2.2

2.3

December

2001

October

2002

Upgraded figures.

Alarms, Display schemes, Remote logger all introduced.

Changes to installation

Rolling average channels, Report settings,

Manual digital outputs introduced.

Manual calibration upgraded

Update to installation

Appendix D added all

20-22,

46-54

21-24

35

53-71

72

7

14

April 2003 Important info section added

New analysers added to analyser information

October

2003

New analysers added to analyser information

New figures

DCOM deleted, remote client added

Backpage added

May 2004 New analysers added to analyser information

Communicate with analyser extended

WinAQMS example update

May 2005 Changes to format,

New front matter introduced

System and Analyser parameters, Start calibrations, WinAQMS example and

August

2005

Installation changed

Security added

Calibration status added

24-25

49

15

All

75-77

79

15

46-48

53-63

All

1-4

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2.3.1

2.3.2

2.3.3

2.3.4

2.3.5

2.3.6

2.3.7

2.3.8

Front Matter

October

2005

January

2006

Installation section upgraded

New Analysers added to analyser info

Service program within WinAQMS split into a service and Data server programs.

March 2006 Data server settings added

Phone number changed

September

2006

Wind rose Information updated

17-18

30,32

10, 15

49-50

5

62-64

March 2007 Manual updated to new style and formatting

Remote Logger changed

October

2008

Stack Sequencing added

Channel State added

New 3 way power switch added

All

36-38

40-41

56-57

9-10

June 2009 Information on WinAQMS agent and data pusher added

5, 43-44

July 2010 Information upgraded for 3 way switch and watchdog

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Front Matter

Table of Contents

1

INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................ 1

1.1

U

SERS AND

P

ASSWORDS

................................................................................................. 1

1.2

S

OFTWARE

P

ROTECTION

D

EVICE

.................................................................................. 2

1.3

E

COTECH

T

ERMINATION

P

ANEL

L

INK

C

ABLE

............................................................. 2

1.4

A

BOUT

T

HIS

M

ANUAL

..................................................................................................... 4

1.5

W

IN

AQMS A

RCHITECTURE

.......................................................................................... 4

1.6

W

IN

AQMS

AGENT

.......................................................................................................... 5

2 INSTALLATION AND SETUP ...................................................................................... 7

2.1

T

URNING ON

W

IN

AQMS

LOGGER

................................................................................. 7

2.2

S

ETTING UP USERS AND PERMISSIONS IN

W

INDOWS

2000/XP ..................................... 8

2.2.1

A

DDING LOCAL USERS TO THE

W

IN

AQMS

LOGGER

..................................................... 8

2.2.2

A

DDING EXTERNAL DOMAIN USERS TO THE

W

IN

AQMS L

OGGER

................................ 8

2.2.3

G

IVING THE

W

IN

AQMS

USER PERMISSION TO LOG ON AS A SERVICE

.......................... 9

2.3

S

ETTING

W

INDOWS

2000/XP

TO ACCEPT DIALUP CONNECTIONS

............................... 9

2.4

I

NSTALLING

W

IN

AQMS ............................................................................................... 12

2.4.1

I

NSTALLING THE

S

OFTWARE

P

ROTECTION

D

EVICE

D

RIVERS

..................................... 13

2.4.2

I

NSTALLING THE

W

IN

AQMS C

LIENT SOFTWARE

....................................................... 13

2.4.3

A

DDING

/R

EMOVING THE

W

IN

AQMS

SERVICE ENTRY IN THE SERVICES LIST

............ 14

2.4.4

U

NINSTALLING

W

IN

AQMS ......................................................................................... 15

2.4.5

S

AVING THE

W

IN

AQMS

LOGGER CONFIGURATION FILE

............................................ 15

2.5

C

ONNECTING A

R

EMOTE

C

LIENT TO A

W

IN

AQMS

LOGGER

.................................... 15

2.5.1

C

REATING A SHORTCUT FOR A REMOTE

W

IN

AQMS

CLIENT SESSION

. ....................... 17

3

GENERAL INFORMATION ....................................................................................... 19

4 EDIT MENU ................................................................................................................... 25

4.1

S

YSTEM

P

ARAMETERS

.................................................................................................. 25

4.2

A

NALYSER

P

ARAMETERS

............................................................................................. 26

4.2.1

I

NFORMATION

.............................................................................................................. 27

4.2.2

C

OMMUNICATION

S

ETTINGS

....................................................................................... 29

4.2.3

C

HANNEL

I

NFORMATION

............................................................................................. 31

4.2.4

C

ALIBRATION

C

ONTROL

.............................................................................................. 34

4.2.5

D

IGITAL

I

NPUT AND

O

UTPUT SETTINGS

...................................................................... 35

4.3

C

ALCULATED

C

HANNELS

............................................................................................. 36

4.3.1

C

ALCULATED

C

HANNELS

............................................................................................ 36

4.3.2

V

ECTOR

A

VERAGED

C

HANNELS

................................................................................. 38

4.3.3

R

OLLING

A

VERAGES

................................................................................................... 38

4.4

R

EPORT

S

ETTINGS

........................................................................................................ 39

4.4.1

A

LARMS

....................................................................................................................... 41

4.5

L

OGS

.............................................................................................................................. 43

4.6

D

ISPLAY

S

CHEMES

........................................................................................................ 44

4.7

R

EMOTE

L

OGGER

......................................................................................................... 45

4.8

S

ECURITY

....................................................................................................................... 47

4.9

D

ATA

P

USHER

................................................................................................................ 47

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Front Matter

4.10

D

ATA

S

ERVER

S

ETTINGS

............................................................................................ 49

4.11

S

TACK SEQUENCING

.................................................................................................... 51

5

VIEW MENU ................................................................................................................. 53

5.1

C

ALIBRATION

S

TATUS

.................................................................................................. 53

5.2

C

HANNEL

L

IST

.............................................................................................................. 53

5.3

H

ISTORICAL

D

ATA

........................................................................................................ 54

5.4

H

ISTORICAL

G

RAPH

..................................................................................................... 55

5.5

I

NSTANTANEOUS

D

ATA

................................................................................................. 57

5.6

I

NSTANTANEOUS

G

RAPH

.............................................................................................. 57

5.7

I

NSTANTANEOUS

W

IND

S

PEED

/D

IRECTION

................................................................. 58

5.8

S

IZEABLE

F

ONT

D

ATA

V

ALUE

...................................................................................... 61

6

MANUAL MENU ........................................................................................................... 63

6.1

S

TART

C

ALIBRATION

.................................................................................................... 63

6.2

C

OMMUNICATE WITH

S

ERIAL

P

ORT

............................................................................ 64

6.3

C

OMMUNICATE WITH

A

NALYSER

................................................................................ 65

6.4

D

IGITAL

O

UTPUTS

......................................................................................................... 68

6.5

C

HANNEL

S

TATE

........................................................................................................... 69

6.6

R

ESTART

S

ERVER

.......................................................................................................... 69

6.7

S

USPEND

/R

ESUME

L

OGGING

........................................................................................ 69

6.8

S

TOP

S

ERVER

................................................................................................................. 70

APPENDIX A

– CONFIGURING WINAQMS EXAMPLE ............................................... 71

APPENDIX B

– COMPATIBLE MODEMS ....................................................................... 80

APPENDIX C

– HOW TO SET UP THE ANALYSERS: ................................................ 81

APPENDIX D

– USB PROTOCOL PARAMETER LIST ................................................ 83

APPENDIX E

– ECOTECH TERMINATION PANEL CONNECTIONS ....................... 88

APPENDIX F

– SETTING UP DRIVERS AND MODEMS ............................................. 89

APPENDIX G

– SERIAL OUTPUT REPORT FORMATS ............................................. 91

APPENDIX H

– WINAQMS STATUS INFORMATION .................................................. 93

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Front Matter

List of Figures

Figure 1 . WinAQMS typical screenshot .................................................................................... 1

Figure 2: WinAQMS USB dongle .............................................................................................. 2

Figure 3 : Termination Panel Cable ........................................................................................... 2

Figure 4 Connection of Termination Panel link cable and Termination panel to WinAQMS logger ......................................................................................................................................... 3

Figure 5 The WinAQMS architecture......................................................................................... 4

Figure 6 WinAQMS Agent interface .......................................................................................... 5

Figure 7 The Control panel ........................................................................................................ 8

Figure 8 Adding external domain users ..................................................................................... 9

Figure 9 Adding a modem dialup support to Windows 2000. .................................................. 10

Figure 10 Selecting the incoming connection modem............................................................. 10

Figure 11 Selecting the incoming connection users ................................................................ 11

Figure 12 Setting the incoming connection properties ............................................................ 11

Figure 13 Setting the incoming connection IP addresses. ...................................................... 12

Figure 14 Select component window for WinAQMS setup ..................................................... 13

Figure 15 Installing the WinAQMS service entry. .................................................................... 14

Figure 16 Connecting to a Remote WinAQMS Logger ........................................................... 16

Figure 17 Creating a WinAQMS Client shortcut ...................................................................... 17

Figure 18 Menu shortcuts ........................................................................................................ 19

Figure 19 Menu Buttons .......................................................................................................... 19

Figure 20 Minimise and Maximise buttons .............................................................................. 19

Figure 21: Minimised form ....................................................................................................... 19

Figure 22 Maximised form ....................................................................................................... 20

Figure 23 Help index. .............................................................................................................. 21

Figure 24 About WinAQMS. .................................................................................................... 21

Figure 25 Registered User Details .......................................................................................... 21

Figure 26 User List Window .................................................................................................... 22

Figure 27 Login Window .......................................................................................................... 22

Figure 28 System Parameters ................................................................................................. 25

Figure 29 Analyser Parameters ............................................................................................... 26

Figure 30 Communication Settings in Analyser Parameters ................................................... 29

Figure 31 Channel Information in Analyser Parameters ......................................................... 31

Figure 32 Calibration Control in Analyser Parameters ............................................................ 34

Figure 33 Digital Input Settings in Analyser Parameters ......................................................... 35

Figure 34 Digital Output Settings in Analyser Parameters ...................................................... 36

Figure 35 Calculated Channels ............................................................................................... 36

Figure 36 Vector Averaged Channels in Calculated Channels ............................................... 38

Figure 37 Rolling Average Channels in Calculated Channels ................................................ 39

Figure 38 Report Settings ........................................................................................................ 40

Figure 39 Alarms ..................................................................................................................... 41

Figure 40 Alarm Email Details ................................................................................................. 42

Figure 41 Wincollect Alarm ...................................................................................................... 42

Figure 42 Log entry window .................................................................................................... 43

Figure 43 Logs main screen .................................................................................................... 44

Figure 44 Saving settings to a Display Scheme ...................................................................... 44

Figure 46 Remote Logger Window .......................................................................................... 45

Figure 45 Adding a new Display Scheme ............................................................................... 45

Figure 47 RS232 Connection Settings .................................................................................... 46

Figure 48 TCP/IP Connection Settings ................................................................................... 47

Figure 49 Data Pusher screen ................................................................................................. 47

Figure 50 Serial RS232 tab ..................................................................................................... 49

Figure 51 Protocol settings tab ................................................................................................ 49

Figure 52 Telnet Settings ........................................................................................................ 50

Figure 53 Modbus Settings ...................................................................................................... 50

Figure 54 Stack sequencing window ....................................................................................... 51

Figure 55. Calibration status window ...................................................................................... 53

Figure 56 Channel list screen .................................................................................................. 54

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Front Matter

Figure 57 Historical Data ......................................................................................................... 54

Figure 58 Historical Graph ....................................................................................................... 55

Figure 59 Historical Graph Settings with Plot Settings ............................................................ 56

Figure 60 Historical Graph Settings with Axis Settings ........................................................... 56

Figure 61 Instantaneous Data ................................................................................................. 57

Figure 62 Instantaneous Graph ............................................................................................... 57

Figure 63 Instantaneous Graph Settings with Plot Settings .................................................... 58

Figure 64 Instantaneous Graph Settings with Axis Settings ................................................... 58

Figure 65 Wind Speed and Direction ...................................................................................... 59

Figure 66 Wind speed and direction Settings .......................................................................... 59

Figure 67 Sizeable Font Data Value Window .......................................................................... 61

Figure 68 Font size Settings Window ...................................................................................... 61

Figure 69 Start Manual Calibrations ........................................................................................ 63

Figure 70 Communicate with Serial Port ................................................................................. 64

Figure 71 Communicate with Analyser .................................................................................... 65

Figure 72 Ecotech GasCal 1000 point settings ....................................................................... 66

Figure 73 Ecotech GasCal 1000 gas settings ......................................................................... 66

Figure 74 Ecotech GasCal 1000 Alarm settings ..................................................................... 67

Figure 75 Ecotech GasCal 1000 factory settings .................................................................... 67

Figure 76 Disabling scheduled calibrations ............................................................................. 68

Figure 77 Manually setting digital outputs ............................................................................... 68

Figure 78 Channel State .......................................................................................................... 69

Figure 79 Stop Server confirmation box .................................................................................. 70

Figure 80 WinAQMS Loading .................................................................................................. 71

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Introduction

1

I

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tr

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ti on

Thank you for purchasing WinAQMS (Windows Air Quality Monitoring System).

WinAQMS is the result of over 10 years of development, beginning with the 9200 data loggers, then the DOS based PEMS, the 9400 based AQMS software and now the fourth generation Windows 2000/XP based version. We hope that you find this software both powerful and easy to use. Please ensure that you read the licence and warranty details as they contain important information for the user.

Figure 1 . WinAQMS typical screenshot

1.1 Users and Passwords

WINDOWS

WinAQMS data loggers come preinstalled with a licensed version of Windows XP

Professional. Windows XP Professional requires a password to be entered for a user to be able to login. There are 2 user accounts set up on a WinAQMS logger, the

Administrator account and the WinAQMS account. The passwords for these accounts are case sensitive and are as follows.

Username: administrator

Password: ecotech

Username: winaqms

Password: ecotech

1


Introduction

WinAQMS SECURITY

WinAQMS can be used to restrict access of certain users by setting usernames and

passwords (see “Security” in section 4.8). The default user access level is 70 (full

access) and the username and password for WinAQMS is:

Username: winaqms

Password: ecotech

1.2 Software Protection Device

WinAQMS also comes with a software protection device (or “dongle”) which plugs into a USB port (or a parallel port on older loggers) on the data logger. The dongle must be plugged in to the USB (or parallel) port for the software to function correctly. If the user has a

WinCollect dongle it can be used to run

WinAQMS Client software.

Figure 2: WinAQMS USB dongle

1.3 Ecotech Termination Panel Link Cable

A short 9 pin extension cable is included in the WinAQMS package. This cable is used to supply power to the Ecotech Termination

Panel. To use WinAQMS with an Ecotech

Termination Panel this cable must have its female end plugged into any serial port, except the port labelled TERM PANEL, and the male end plugged into the port labelled

TP LINK (as shown in Figure 4). The

Termination Panel 9 pin connector should be plugged into the port labelled TERM

PANEL. There is also a 500 milliamp fuse

(fast blow) used to protect the termination panel from power surges. Spare fuses are supplied with the data logger.

Figure 3 : Termination Panel Cable

2


Introduction

Figure 4 Connection of Termination Panel link cable and Termination panel to

WinAQMS logger

3


Introduction

1.4 About This Manual

This manual is intended to serve as an installation guide and as a guide to the most used features of WinAQMS. We strongly recommend that you read this manual before using WinAQMS to gain an understanding of its capabilities and operation.

As we are always trying to improve our products we welcome any feedback that you might have with respect to this software. If you find any omissions or any errors in this manual or with the software please email us at

[email protected]

Throughout this manual there will be words printed in italicized text. These words refer to parts of the WinAQMS software, such as menu items and field names.

1.5 WinAQMS Architecture

Figure 5 The WinAQMS architecture

WinAQMS has been designed as a client/server program. This means that WinAQMS has two parts: the client and the server. The server handles all the communication between the logger and the analysers, recording of data and starting/stopping of calibrations. The client is concerned with giving the user access to settings and data.

On its own the server has no user interface and there is no way you can interact with it using the mouse or keyboard. The client is the visual interface of WinAQMS and communicates with the server by requesting information or receiving information that it has asked for at a prior time. This arrangement means that the WinAQMS server must always be turned on before the WinAQMS client program can connect to it.

4


Introduction

1.6 WinAQMS agent

The WinAQMS agent allows the user to activate or deactivate individual components of WinAQMS. The current status of each component is shown across the top, underneath each component heading. The agent works on a simple start/stop method where pushing the button underneath the status will either turn on (green arrow) or turn off (red square) that program.

Figure 6 WinAQMS Agent interface

Client

The Client is the user interface that is used to view data and alter the setup of the logger components.

Server

WinAQMS Server is the engine of the WinAQMS program, it requests, logs and stores data from the external instruments as well as sending data to the Client.

Data Server

The Data Server is the part of the WinAQMS logger that listens for data requests from collection software and responds to the command with the appropriate data.

Data Pusher

The Data Pusher is used to upload data to an FTP site without the need for a request.

The Data Pusher requests data from the Data Server for a defined time period and automatically uploads the data file to the selected FTP site.

Service

WinAQMS service is used to monitor the Server, Data Server, Client and Data Pusher to ensure they are all running. If there is a problem with one of these applications then the Service module will restart it.

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Installation and Setup

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2.1 Turning on WinAQMS logger

The WinAQMS logger must be turned on for data to be logged and analysed. When setting up WinAQMS for the first time ensure that it is in position II until instruments have been set up within the WinAQMS program. The Logger contains a three way switch which allows three different modes:

Position “O”:-

This is the OFF position. When in this position, the logger will shutdown windows and turn off the logger if it is already operating. If power is already off and is re-connected, the logger will remain off.

Position “I”:-

In this position, the Power restart feature is enabled. This ensures that if there is a short or long power drop out on the mains supply, the logger will restart correctly.

Also in this position, the Watchdog timer is enabled. This will restart the logger if the WinAQMS server stops operating. This is done by monitoring the RS232 communications to the termination panel. If there is no communications for a period of up to 15 minutes, the logger will turn off and then restart again.

It is important that a serial port is configured for the termination panel and the TPIM

LINK cable is connected (Section 1.3).

Note: If there is no termination panel connected, the fuse on the watchdog

card (located on the back of the instrument as seen in Figure 3) must be

removed. Next the port on the watchdog card must then be connected to an

Ecotech manufactured instrument (EC9800, Serinus, Aurora) configured as

per section 4.2.

Note: If using WinAQMS without a termination panel or an Ecotech manufactured product a “Ghost Termination panel” should be set up using the following steps:

1.

2.

3.

4.

Click 'Analyser Parameters'

Click 'Add New Analyser'

Choose 'Ecotech' 'Termination Panel'

Click 'Communication Settings' and setup parameters to use a free com port (not used by other instruments).

5.

6.

7.

Click on 'Channel Information' and click 'Add Channel' to add one channel

Click 'OK" to save the settings

Ensure TP Link cable is connected to the port selected in step 4

above (also see section 1.3)

Position “II” :-

In this position, the Maintenance Mode feature is enabled but the Watchdog timer is disabled. This position should only be used if you need to perform some servicing, configuring of WINAQMS or when setting up WinAQMS for the first time. This mode will prevent the logger from restarting every 15 minutes, and the logger may not restart after a power failure.

Note: For reliable operation, leave the

Power switch in

Position “I”.

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2.2 Setting up users and permissions in Windows 2000/XP

Only user accounts that have been granted the required permissions can run

WinAQMS. Users can be added from the local domain (the domain local to the

WinAQMS logger) or from an external domain administered by a domain controller server. WinAQMS loggers come with two users set up (the Administrator and

WinAQMS users) on the logger and WinAQMS installed and operational.

2.2.1 Adding local users to the WinAQMS logger

Log in to the logger as administrator or someone with administrator privileges. Go to

the Control Panel and double click on User Accounts as shown in Figure 7. Within

this new window select the New Account link and create a name for the account in the appropriate field. Once this is done select the administrator button and press the

Create Account button.

Figure 7 The Control panel

2.2.2 Adding external domain users to the WinAQMS Logger

Log in to the logger as the computer administrator and go to the Control Panel.

Double click on Users and Passwords. Click on Add. A window will appear like the one shown below. Enter the User name and the domain and click on next. You will then be asked about the level of access the new user will be granted. Click in the other check box and then select the Power Users group from the list and click Finish.

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Figure 8 Adding external domain users

2.2.3 Giving the WinAQMS user permission to log on as a service

1. In "Control Panel" open "Performance and Maintenance"

2. Click on "Administrative tools" and open "Local Security Policy"

3. In the "Local Polices" section double-click on "User Rights

Assignment"

4. Find "Log on as a service" and double click on it.

5. Click on "Add User or Group", click on "Advanced", click on

"Find Now"

6. Select the winaqms user from the group then click on "OK", click on "OK" and click on "OK" again.

2.3 Setting Windows 2000/XP to accept dialup connections

Windows 2000/XP can be set to automatically answer a dialup connection request through a modem, but a modem must be installed on the WinAQMS data logger to allow this to occur. To accept incoming connections click on Start, Settings, Control

Panel. This will open the control panel window. Double click on the Network and

Dial-up Connections (Network Connections in Windows XP) and then on Make New

Connection (New Connection Wizard in Windows XP). The Network Connection

Wizard will start. Click on Next to proceed with making a new connection. In the

Network Connection Type window choose Accept Incoming Connections (or Set up an advanced connection, hit next, then choose Accept Incoming Connections in

Windows XP) as shown in Figure 9 below and click on Next.

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Figure 9 Adding a modem dialup support to Windows 2000.

You will then see a window similar to Figure 10 below asking you to choose the

device to accept the incoming connection. Choose the modem you have installed and click on Next.

Figure 10 Selecting the incoming connection modem

The next window will ask about Virtual Private Connections. Do not allow virtual private connections to the logger and click on Next. Select the WinAQMS user account and any others you want to be allowed to log in using a dialup connection by

placing a tick in their selection box as shown in Figure 11 below.

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Figure 11 Selecting the incoming connection users

Note: Only the users on this list will be able to establish a dialup connection to this logger. By default WinAQMS loggers are set to allow dialup connections. These users must also be able to access the shared Database directory.

In the Networking Components list make sure that Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is

selected, then highlight it and click on properties (Figure 12).

Figure 12 Setting the incoming connection properties

In the TCP/IP properties window select the specific TCP/IP addresses and set the

range from 192.168.0.1 to 192.168.0.10 as shown in Figure 13. Click OK and then

Next.

All that remains is for the Incoming connections to be named and then the process is finished.

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Figure 13 Setting the incoming connection IP addresses.

Note: The TCP/IP range 192.168.X.X (also 10.X.X.X) will not appear on the internet and can be safely used for local area networks. When dialing in to a WinAQMS data logger it will always assign itself the IP address shown in the

“From” field of Figure 13.

Go to the Control Panel and double click on Users Accounts as shown in Figure 7.

Click on the Advanced tab, click Advanced in the Advanced User Management. In the Local Users and Groups window click on Users and go up to Action and select

New User. Set the User Name to be WinAQMS (or another account name that you want to use to run WinAQMS), type in a password and remember it. Remove the tick in the User Must Change Password at Next Logon and add a tick to the Password

Never Expires option. Click on Create and then close the box. Open the Control Panel

again and double click on Users Accounts shown in Figure 7. Click on the Users tab,

select the WinAQMS user and then click on properties. Select the Group Membership properties and give the WinAQMS account Standard User access. Click on the Apply button and close the Users and Passwords box.

2.4 Installing WinAQMS

WinAQMS is supplied in CD-ROM format. This CD-ROM contains all of the necessary files for a successful installation of WinAQMS. A sample configuration has been provided containing data and settings to give experience with setting up and using WinAQMS. The setup process is mostly automated and requires minimal user interaction. Before beginning the setup process ensure that all other applications

have been closed. This will ensure that there are no conflicts while the installation program runs. To install WinAQMS you must be logged on as Administrator or someone with Administrator user rights and must have placed the WinAQMS CD-

ROM in the CD drive.

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2.4.1 Installing the Software Protection Device Drivers

To install the software protection device drivers, double click on the My Computer icon on the Desktop. Once the window opens double click on the CD-ROM drive icon. Double click on the other folder and then double click on the

HaspUserSetup.exe file to start the driver installation process.

Note: If an error is reported at the end of the installation log out and log back in again then run HaspUserSetup.exe

again.

2.4.2 Installing the WinAQMS Client software

To begin the setup procedure, double click on the My Computer icon on the Desktop.

Once the window opens double click on the CD-ROM drive icon. On the WinAQMS

CD there will be an installation program. Double click on the winaqms x.x.x.exe

(x.x.x denotes version number) file to start the installation process. Follow the instructions by clicking next ensuring that the terms and conditions of use are read and agreeable. The default directory is C:\Program Files\WinAQMS and should be used in most circumstances.

Figure 14 Select component window for WinAQMS setup

The select components screen will now provide the user with options on what

programs to install, as shown in Figure 14. There are three choices of installation that

are found in the field highlighted in blue above, they are Full installation, Remote

Client Installation and Custom installation. Full installation is to be performed on the data logger, Remote Client installation is to be performed on machines that are remotely linked to the Datalogger. Custom Installation is to be used for unique applications. Select the installation program that is applicable then click next.

Note: WinAQMS server, service and data server software should only be installed on the Data Logger.

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Next the installation program will create a shortcut in the start menu and a quick launch icon, click next to arrive at the final screen “Ready to Install”. Click the Install button to install all the components shown within the window onto your machine.

After installation is completed a final window will open which can be closed by clicking finish.

2.4.3 Adding/Removing the WinAQMS service entry in the services list

The WinAQMS Service software creates an entry in the services list (located in

Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services) when it is installed.

To set the WinAQMS Service to automatically start up when the data logger boots:



Log in using the administrator account.



In Control Panel go into Administrative Tools then Services.



Double click on the WinAQMS Service entry.



Select the Log On tab and make sure the “This Account” option is selected.



Browse to find the WinAQMS user account, Highlight it and click on OK.



Enter the password for the WinAQMS user account. Click on Apply then OK.

To manually tell WinAQMS to create an entry in the services list click on Start, Run

and a window like Figure 15 will appear. Remove anything on the line next to Open:

and put the following text (including quotes) into the box then hit OK.

“C:\Program Files\WinAQMS\service\winaqmsservice.exe” /i

Figure 15 Installing the WinAQMS service entry.

After a short passage of time a text window will appear saying “service installed”.

To uninstall the WinAQMS Service entry run the following text command in the same way as for installing the service.

“C:\Program Files\WinAQMS\service\winaqmsservice.exe” /u

After a short passage of time a text window will appear saying “Service uninstalled”.

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2.4.4 Uninstalling WinAQMS

Before beginning the uninstallation process ensure that all other applications

have been closed. This will ensure that there are no conflicts while the installation program runs. To uninstall WinAQMS you must be logged on as Administrator or someone with Administrator user rights. Select the Control Panel menu which is found under the Settings menu in the Start menu in Windows 2000/XP. Double-Click on the Add/Remove programs icon. If there is an entry for WinAQMS then this should be removed by highlighting it and then clicking on the Change/Remove button.

2.4.5 Saving the WinAQMS logger configuration file

After setting up WinAQMS it is important to save your settings file. The settings file is named winaqms.waq and is located in the “C:\Program Files\WinAQMS\

Server\Database” directory. This file should be copied and stored so that if settings are accidentally changed or removed the file can be restored to a working state. The winaqms.waq configuration file can be save by following these steps.



Stop the WinAQMS Server running by clicking on Manual, Stop Server and then hitting OK on the message box.



Go to File, Save Configuration and select a file name and location then hit

OK.



Start the WinAQMS Server process again by going to Start, Programs,

WinAQMS Client.

Note: If you re-install WinAQMS Server over the top of an old version of WinAQMS without saving the configuration file to a different location on the hard disk you will overwrite the winaqms.waq settings file.

2.5 Connecting a Remote Client to a WinAQMS logger

A remote WinAQMS client is able to connect to different WinAQMS servers (a compatible server/client version is required). In this way a single computer with the

WinAQMS Client software installed can oversee the operation of multiple data loggers. If WinAQMS is started using the start menu or a standard shortcut it will attempt to connect to a running WinAQMS Server process on the local computer. If you want to connect to a logger using a dialup connection or if you want to connect to different WinAQMS loggers you need to enter a special command line when starting

WinAQMS so that it gives you a choice of loggers to choose from. To do this click on

Start, then Run. Delete any text in the box and replace it with the following line

(including quotes).

“C:\Program Files\WinAQMS\Client\WinAQMSClient.exe” /ask

Then click on OK. This will tell the WinAQMS Client software to start in a mode where it waits for a connection request from the user before it tries to connect to a

remote server. WinAQMS will start up and display a window similar to Figure 16

below;

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Figure 16 Connecting to a Remote WinAQMS Logger

Figure 16 shows that the WinAQMS client can be set to connect to multiple

WinAQMS loggers. o The ID field is used by WinAQMS to uniquely identify loggers. o

Logger Name/IP is the logger‟s network name or IP address. o Dial-up Connection is a dropdown list which allows the user to specify which dial-up connection to use to make a connection to the logger. o Dial on start-up allows the user to tell WinAQMS whether it should try to establish the dial-up connection automatically. If the Connect button is used then the WinAQMS client will attempt to connect to the currently selected server using the specified Dial-up connection even if the Dial on start-up checkbox is not set.

In Figure 16 there is Local, Ooze Lake and Smokey Hollow servers listed. The Local

logger uses the loopback address (127.0.0.1) and will be located on the same computer as the client software. The Ooze Lake logger has an IP address of

192.168.0.1 and the WinAQMS client software will establish the Hong Kong dialup connection (using the entered Username, Password and Domain) before attempting to connect to the logger when the Connect button is pressed. The Smokey Hollow logger with IP address of 10.0.0.1 will use the Perth VPN dialup connection when connect is pressed.

The Dial on Startup checkbox is used by WinAQMS to determine if a dialup connection should be established if it is started and the /ask command line option is not used. If the Smokey Hollow logger was the last logger connected and WinAQMS was started without the /ask command line option then the WinAQMS client would try to connect to the Smokey Hollow logger at IP address 10.0.0.1 using its currently active dialup/LAN connections. If the Ooze Lake logger was the last logger connected to and WinAQMS was started without the /ask command line option then the

WinAQMS client would try to connect to the Ooze Lake logger at IP address

192.168.0.1 by first establishing the Hong Kong dialup connection.

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2.5.1 Creating a shortcut for a remote WinAQMS client session.

To create a shortcut on the desktop which will start up WinAQMS using the /ask command line option right click on your desktop and select New, Shortcut. A window

will be displayed asking for the location of the item (Figure 17). Enter the following

text including the quotes in the line and click Next.

“C:\Program Files\WinAQMS\Client\WinAQMSClient.exe” /ask

Name the shortcut and then click on finish. The shortcut will now start up the

WinAQMS client software with the remote server selection list displayed.

Figure 17 Creating a WinAQMS Client shortcut

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General Information

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The Main screen of WinAQMS contains a plain background with 5 menus on the top toolbar as seen in Error! Reference source not found.. The file menu and Help menu are accessories for use of WinAQMS and are briefly described here; the File,

View and Manual menus are most comprehensively used within WinAQMS and will be individually discussed in the following three sections.

USING WINAQMS

Several parts of the WinAQMS interface do not change in appearance. This section details these parts and how they work.

Like most Windows based software,

WinAQMS has a menu system that allows you to activate the desired part of the program from a set of options.

Figure 18 Menu shortcuts

Use the mouse to access a menu bar item by left clicking on the required menu heading, then on the required menu bar item. Menu bar items can also be accessed by using the keyboard. When the ALT key is hit you will notice that the shortcut key for each menu item is underscored. As you navigate further into the menu structure the shortcut key for each menu item is also underscored, as shown in Error! Reference

source not found.. For example, instead of using the mouse to open the Edit menu you can hit the ALT key and then press the E key. Hit the A key and the Analyser

Parameters window will load in the same way as if you had used the mouse.

There is a set of Buttons just under the menu bar. These allow quick access to

commonly used parts of WinAQMS (Figure 19).

Figure 19 Menu Buttons

For example, if you click on the Analyser Parameters button the Analyser Parameters window will load just as if you had used the menu bar or the keyboard shortcuts.

To close a window click on the small button with the cross in the top right hand corner of the window or on the OK

Figure 20 Minimise and Maximise buttons

or Cancel buttons that appear on the window. Clicking the OK button on any window in WinAQMS it will save any changes that you have made and close

Figure 21: Minimised form

the window. Clicking Cancel will discard any changes then close the window.

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Clicking the close button in the top right hand corner of a window will give the same result as clicking the cancel button. Not all windows in WinAQMS have OK and

Cancel buttons but all windows have the close button in the top right hand corner.

Many windows also have minimise and maximise buttons as shown in Figure 20. The

Minimise button will reduce the window to become like Figure 21. To restore the window to its original size, hit the Restore Up/Down button (the left button in Figure

21) and the window will return to its original size. The Maximise buttons in Figures

25 and 26 will increase the size of the window to fill the whole WinAQMS screen except for the toolbar and the menu buttons.

Figure 22 shows a maximised Instantaneous Graph window. It occupies the entire

WinAQMS screen except for the top menu bar and buttons and the status bar at the bottom. Only one window can be maximised at a time and is displayed in front of the other windows. This means that when a window is maximised it is the only visible

window. In Figure 22 clicking on the Graph Settings button will open the Graph

Settings window and reduce the Instantaneous Graph window to the size it was before it was maximised.

Figure 22 Maximised form

The Instantaneous Graph, Historical Graph, Historical Data and Wind Speed and

Direction windows all resize their visual aspect to match their size. For example, resizing the wind speed and direction window will cause the compass to resize itself to match the size of the window.

WinAQMS has a comprehensive online help menu which can be accessed by hitting the F1 button on the keyboard when the relevant screen is being displayed. For example if you want to know more about the system parameters options then open that window up and hit the F1 key. A help screen will appear which has information about the system parameters.

The three main menus used in WinAQMS are the Edit, View and Manual menus which will now be outlined in greater detail.

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FILE MENU

The file menu contains menu objects that are concerned with the settings of the overall program. These include changing the grey background to a customised picture, saving or loading the configuration of WinAQMS or exiting the program.

HELP MENU

The Help menu contains three help menu items Contents, Index and Introduction to

WinAQMS all access the online help file

(Figure 23). Contents can be used to get

help on topics; Index can search the help file for specific words and Introduction

to WinAQMS goes through an online version of the example in this manual.

The Help, About WinAQMS window shows important legal information concerning the licence agreement and warranty of WinAQMS and also shows the version number of WinAQMS that is

running (Figure 24).

Registered Users shows information about who WinAQMS is registered to, the date of production, how many users are allowed to use the software at the same time and the Ecotech Identification

number for the software (Figure 25).

General Information

Figure 23 Help index.

Figure 24 About WinAQMS.

Figure 25 Registered User Details

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General Information

Security

WinAQMS can be set to require a username and password to be entered before access to the system is enabled. Users in WinAQMS have a username, password and a security level. Usernames and Passwords can be up to 32 characters in length and are

case-sensitive. Figure 26 below shows the User List options when a user with the

highest security level (70) has logged into the system.

Figure 26 User List Window

The Enable Security checkbox will enable or disable security. Once enabled

WinAQMS will require users to enter a username and password into the login box as

shown below in Figure 27.

Figure 27 Login Window

Each user is able to change their own password (except for those with a security level of 0). To change a password, double click on the user in the list or select the users record and press the Change Password button. You will be prompted to enter the old password, the new password and to confirm the new password. To change a users security level highlight the user in the list and click the Change Security Level button.

If a user level less than 0, or greater than 70, is entered then the user security level will not be changed.

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A level 70 user can add new users, delete existing users, change the user levels and change the password of other users without needing to know their passwords.

The table below shows the user levels in WinAQMS and what operations the level is permitted to perform. This lowest level is 0 and each higher level is permitted to do everything the previous level could in addition to what is listed in the table.

User

Level

0

Security level description

10

No access to menu structure or buttons except the Security and Remote

Logger menu. Can view windows that open on startup but not move them or change settings.

Can access any item in the View menu and move the windows around.

No settings can be changed.

20

30

40

50

Can open View menu windows and change the setting of the windows.

Can access the Edit menu items for viewing but cannot change any settings.

Can Add/Edit logs, set precision values and set a channel out of service.

Can also access and use all Manual menu items.

Can change settings in the Edit menu, but not add or remove channels/analysers.

Can add or remove channels/analysers. 60

70 Can add/remove other users and their passwords. Can also enable/disable security.

The default user access level is 70 and the username and password for

WinAQMS is:

Username: winaqms

Password: ecotech

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Edit Menu

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The Edit menu allows the user to enter the specifications for running the program.

These specifications include the parameters for the logger and analysers, calculated channels for transformation of data, alarm generation and more.

4.1 System Parameters

The System Parameters window contains the basic logger information and some of the system-wide settings. Basic logger information includes:



ID, a text field for identifying the system.



Company Name, a text field for recording the name of the company using the system.



Contact Person, a text field for recording the name of the person to contact regarding the system.



Site Name, a text field for recording the name of the system site.



Notification Number, a text field for recording the telephone number to call if faults occur.

Figure 28 System Parameters

System wide settings include:



Language: The language listbox offers you the choice of what language you want

WinAQMS‟s text to be displayed in (English, Chinese, Spanish). If there is only one language displayed (Australian English) then that is the only language available to you. If a different language from the current language is chosen and the OK button is pressed then WinAQMS‟s menu structure and buttons will be changed immediately to the new language with the exception of windows which are already open. If a window is open prior to a language change then it should be closed and then reopened to allow it to properly update its text and buttons.



SMTP Server, the server name or IP address WinAQMS will use to send emails if there is an alarm condition.

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Edit Menu



Data File Prefix. The data that WinAQMS records is stored in ASCII text files in

C:\Data\<year>\<month>\ and are named with the data file prefix then with a numeric <year><month><day>.waq. A new data file is made at the start of each day so any change made to the Data File Prefix field will take affect at the start of the next day of logging.



Secure Telnet Connection, Specifies whether a secure (encrypted) telnet connection will be established between the WinAQMS client and server.



Certificate Name, Within this field place the Certificate Name to allow the secure connection to proceed. The Certificate name is taken from the digital certificate which can be obtained by contacting Ecotech.

Note: To use the secure connection component of WinAQMS the user must first contact Ecotech and arrange its setup and receive a digital certificate. Securing connections should only be used when necessary.

4.2 Analyser Parameters

The Analyser Parameters window contains all the settings for each analyser as well as for any analogue or digital channels that are provided by those analysers. Any communication settings, calibration settings and digital input or output settings can be altered in the Analysers Parameters window.

Figure 29 Analyser Parameters

The Analyser list box at the top of the window contains a list of all the analysers currently in the WinAQMS system. Changing between different analysers in the system using this list box will alter the information in the tabs to match the chosen analyser. The options available in the tabs and the number of tabs will change, depending on the analyser. E.g. for an Ecotech Termination Panel the Digital Input

Settings and Digital Output Settings tabs will appear, but a R&P Teom 1400a analyser has no digital inputs or outputs so the corresponding tabs will not appear.

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Edit Menu

Clicking on the Add New Analyser button will add a new analyser to the system, which will default to an Ecotech Termination Panel (TP) with no channels configured and default communication settings. The Delete Analyser button will delete the currently selected analyser from the system including any channel configurations it has. The OK and Cancel buttons function as described earlier, except that clicking the

OK button will also restart the server to reflect any changes.

4.2.1 Information

When opened, the Analyser Parameters window will display the Information tab for

the first analyser in the system. Figure 30 shows a typical opening screen for an

Ecotech Termination Panel. Entries can be made in the following fields:



The Label text box allows you to enter a label that will help you to identify the analyser.



The Manufacturer list box shows the names of manufacturers of analysers which

WinAQMS supports.



The Model list box shows the analyser models corresponding to the Manufacturer list box that WinAQMS supports. The image to the right changes to match the selected model.



The Device ID is used by WinAQMS when communicating with the analyser. It also identifies an individual analyser when several analysers are multi-dropped

(that is, communicating on the same serial port).



Data Request Period (sec) is the time in seconds between requests for data made by WinAQMS to the analyser.

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Maximum Response Time (sec) is the time in seconds that WinAQMS will wait for the analyser to respond. If this time passes with no response, WinAQMS will set its data value for the reading to NULL. If Maximum Response Time is set too low then the analyser will not have sufficient time to respond in time so

WinAQMS will report NULL‟s even if the analyser is functioning normally.

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Request Delay (mSec) is the time in milliseconds that WinAQMS will wait before issuing the data request to the serial port. This parameter is useful when several analysers are being multidropped and analysers have a delay in transmitting and receiving information.

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Analyser Description is a brief description of the function of the analyser model selected.

For Opsis analysers there is no Device ID but there are Station # and Data Update

Timeout fields. The Station # field should be set according to what is set on the Opsis analyser. As the Opsis often will not update its data value the Data Update Timeout is used as the length of time (in MM:SS format) to keep using the last valid data value before setting the current data to a null value.

For Thermo Environmental analysers the Device ID field becomes a dropdown list for the common Thermo Environmental analyser types of 42C (ID 170), 43C (ID 171),

48C (ID 176) and 49C (ID 177) as well as an Other list item for Thermo

Environmental analysers that use ID‟s other than the ones listed.

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Below are the suggested Device ID and Max Response Time settings for various analysers.

Table 1 : Suggested Device ID's and Maximum Response Times for analysers.

Manufacturer Model Device ID

API

Dani

AMX Series

TNMH 462

Maximum

Response

Time

(seconds)

1

1

Request

Delay

(millisecond s)

0

0

Ecotech 98XX series

Serinus series

1

None

Required

10, 11, 20 ,

30, 41, 42, 50 depending on analyser

0 unless multidropping

1

1

0

0

Environnement

SA

Gill

M9003, GasCal

1000, Termination

Panel

AC31M, AF21M,

CO11M, O341M

WindObserverII,

WindSonic

1

1

0

0

ICP DAS

LN Industries

Met One

Monitor Labs

Opsis

Rupprecht and

Patashnick

Synspec

Teledyne

I-7024

Sonimix 3080

E-BAM

BAM 1020

9841, 9842

98XX

AR600, AR650,

LD500

Teom 1400a

None

Required

0 corresponds to an ID of A

1

0

None required

41, 42

10, 11, 20 ,

30, 50 depending on analyser

None

Required

4

1

1

1

3

2

3

1

1

1

200

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Thermo

Environmental

Vaisala

Verewa

GCx55

M700

42C, 43C, 48C, 49C and others

0

None required

170, 171,

176, 177 or other

PTB220, WS425 1 if required

F-701 None

Required

1

1

1

250

0

0

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Edit Menu

4.2.2 Communication Settings

The Communication Settings tab shows the settings WinAQMS is using to communicate with the selected analyser. o Connection Type list box shows whether the connection to the analyser is

Serial RS232 or U.S.B. (Universal Serial Bus). o Serial Port list box shows all serial ports which WinAQMS finds on the system o Baud Rate shows a list of communication speeds ranging from 110 to 256000 baud o Data Bits can be from 4 to 8 o Parity can be even, mark, none, odd or space o Stop Bits can be 1, 1.5 or 2. Most analysers have 8 data bits, no parity and 1 stop bit.

Whenever possible an analyser should be set up with the maximum possible baud rate to ensure the fastest possible communication between the logger and the analyser.

WinAQMS can communicate with Ecotech EC98XX/Serinus series analysers via a

U.S.B. type A or type B cable. If a U.S.B. connection is selected a dropdown list of

U.S.B. analysers connected to the data logger will be displayed.

Figure 30 Communication Settings in Analyser Parameters

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Table 2 Suggested Communication Settings for analysers.

Manufacturer Model Baud Rate Data Bits Parity Stop Bits

API (Teledyne)

Dani

Ecotech

Environnement

SA

Gill

ICP DAS

Met One

Monitor Labs

Opsis

AMX Series

TNMH 462

EC 98XX, Serinus and Aurora series

Termination Panel,

GasCal 1000 (Gas

Calibrator)

AC31M, AF21M,

CO11M, O341M

WindObserverII

(Wind)

I-7024

E-BAM

BAM 1020

ML 98XX Series

AR600, AR650,

LD500

Teom 1400a

9600

9600

38400

4800

9600

9600

9600

9600

9600

9600

9600

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

None

None

None

None

None

None

None

None

None

None

None

Rupprecht and

Pertashnick

Teledyne

Thermo

Environmental

Vaisala

Verewa

M700

42C, 43C, 48C,

49C and others

PTB220, WS425

F-701

9600

9600

9600

9600

1200

8

8

8

8

8

None

None

None

None

None

Wherever possible WinAQMS handles the special communication requirements of analysers in software. For example the TEOM 1400a Particulate Monitor normally requires a special cable but this is handled in software with special communication settings so that a standard serial cable can be used.

Note:

The Monitor Labs 98XX Series of analysers have a default baud rate setting of 2400 baud. If you set

WinAQMS to communicate with a Monitor Labs 98XX analyser at 9600 baud then you must ensure that the

Multidrop baud in the Interface menu of the analyser is set to 9600 baud.

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

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4.2.3 Channel Information

Edit Menu

Figure 31 Channel Information in Analyser Parameters

The Channel Information tab allows configuration of the input data channels for the analyser. To add a channel to the system click on the Add Channel button. To remove a channel, highlight it by clicking on the grey block at the left end of the channel row and click on the Delete Channel button. Multiple channels can be highlighted and deleted at the one time. The fields present in the Channel Information tab includes those listed below:

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System Channel #: the unique number that WinAQMS uses to identify the channel. This number can be changed but must be unique.

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Label: allows you to enter a label to easily identify the channels in other parts of

WinAQMS.

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Analogue Input #: the physical channel number on the analyser. For a Teom analyser the Analogue Input # field is replaced by a PRC# field, which allows you to specify certain register numbers in the Teom analyser.

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Analogue Output #: Choose from four channels where voltage output signals will be sent from (ICP DAS only).

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Multiplier and Offset: Every time a reading is taken the value is multiplied by the value in Multiplier and has Offset added to it (in that order).

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Units: is an editable list which shows the units of the channel data. If you do not find the appropriate unit in the dropdown list then you can edit the Units box and enter the unit you require. Superscript and subscript characters can be entered using the Windows Character Map utility which can be found in Start, Programs,

Accessories, System Tools, Character Map.

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Decimal Places: When the data is displayed the number digits to the right of the decimal place will match the number in the Decimal Places column.

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High Alarm and Low Alarm: show the values at which WinAQMS will label the status of the data as being in high or low Alarm. Setting both high and low alarm values to 0 will disable the alarms for that channel. Data must first qualify as

„Good‟ (that is, the percentage of readings that were valid exceeds the value in the

System Parameters window) before it can be marked as in high or low alarm.

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Alarm Number: refers to the alarm that is triggered when the channel enters a high or low alarm condition. One alarm number can be used for many channels.

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Valid Data High and Valid Data Low: show the values at which WinAQMS will label the status of the data as being bad. Setting both values to 0 will disable the valid data limits. Data that is labelled as bad will not be included with other valid readings in a data average labelled as „Good‟.

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Channel Type: Each channel has a Channel Type, which can change depending on the type of analyser. For example the Ecotech EC/ML 9841 nitrous oxide analysers respond with data for NO, NO

X

and NO

2

when a data request is made but the channel can only store one of the three values passed to it. Specifying one of NO, NO

X

or NO

2

tells WinAQMS which part of the data returned that you want. The Voltage type is the default value and is used if there is no need to signal to the analyser that WinAQMS wants data specific to a particular channel type, register etc.

Table 3 Channel types and the analysers that use them.

Channel Type

Voltage

Frequency

Counter

NO

NO2

NOX

Concentration

Deviation

Light Level

Logger

CH4

NMHC

THC

H2S

TRS

O3

CO

NH3

SO2

Nx

WS

WD

Manufacturer

Default

Ecotech

Ecotech

Ecotech, Monitor Labs,

API, Environnement SA





Opsis

Opsis

Opsis

Opsis

Model

Default

Termination Panel

Termination Panel

9841, AC31M, AMX

Series

9841, AC31M, AMX

Series

9841, 9842, AC31M,

AMX Series

AR600, AR650, LD500

AR600, AR650, LD500

AR600, AR650, LD500

AR600, AR650, LD500

Dani

Dani

Dani

API

API


TNMH 462

TNMH 462

TNMH 462

AMX Series

AMX Series

AMX Series, O341M

API, Environnement SA AMX Series, CO11M

API, Ecotech, Monitor Labs AMX Series, 9842


Ecotech, Monitor Labs

Gill, Vaisala

AMX Series, AF21M

9842

Gill, Vaisala

WindObserverII,

WindSonic, WS425

WindObserverII,

WindSonic, WS425

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Process: The Process field determines what mathematical property of the data received over the average period will be stored. Options include: Average

(default), Max (maximum value), Min (minimum value), Total (the sum of all the readings received on that channel) and Std Dev (standard deviation).

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Description: is a fifty-character text field. This field is used to more fully describe a channel if the Label is insufficient

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Percentage Ok: the percentage of data that must be valid before WinAQMS will mark a report as being OK. If a value of 60 is entered here then if there is a problem with over 40% of the data readings the report will have a bad status.

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Log Report 1, 2, 3, 4: determines whether the channel data will be recorded in the database for the selected report. If not ticked, the channel will still request data but there will be Null data recorded in the database. If all four of the Log Report options are not ticked for a channel then that channel will have no entry at all in the database.

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Out of Service: If a channel is marked as being Out of Service then the channel‟s data will still appear in the database but its‟ status will indicate that the channel is out of service.

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Serial Port Output: specifies whether data for the channel will be included in the string of data averages which is sent to the serial port specified by Report Settings.

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Alternate File Output: specifies whether data for the channel will be included in the data averages stored in alternative data files.

Different Analyser types will have different fields available in the Channel

Information tab. The differences are listed below.

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Ecotech EC/ML 98XX, 9841, 9842, API, Dani, Environment SA and Teco analysers do not show the Analogue Input # field.

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The Digital Input Settings and Digital Output Settings tabs will only appear for the Ecotech Termination Panel (TP) and Ecotech EC/ML analysers.

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Opsis analysers have a Gas# and a Path # field instead of an Analogue Input # field.

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4.2.4 Calibration Control

The Calibration Control tab shows the signals that the digital output channels and calibrators are set to when the channels of the selected analyser enter the span, zero and stabilisation periods of their calibration sequence. Each row (point) of the grid matches a part of a sequence occurring within the analyser. Measurements are only taken during the Span and Zero cycles, the stabilisation point is a recovery cycle.

Figure 32 Calibration Control in Analyser Parameters

Point:

Label:

Point type:

Duration:

This is one part of a sequence of events that are performed during a calibration

This is the name you give a specific point so that it is instantly recognisable and unique

The drop down field contains the name of the process that the point will perform (span, zero, stabilise)

This is the length of time that each point will perform there function (minutes)

Average duration

(min): This is the length of time that the measurement will take place and is displayed as a average

over that time i.e. if set to 2 as in Figure 32 then

readings will be taken over minutes 18 to 20 and the average measurement over this time will be recorded.

Extra fields

Digital Outputs

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(DO):

Instruments:

These fields are used when sending digital signals to the instrument. The digital signals can be set to either high, low or empty and should match up to the requirements of the

instrument (see section 6.3 Communicate with

Analyser). Click repeatedly on the cells to

change their values.

Instruments that are being used for calibrations can appear in this section (9830, 9841 etc) these fields should have the function being performed to them at this specific point.

4.2.5 Digital Input and Output settings

The Digital Input Settings (Figure 33) and Digital Output Settings (Figure 34) Tabs

show the digital input and output points and their settings for the currently selected analyser. The High Value and Low Value fields show the value that is recorded into the database for the digital input and output channels when they are high or low; all other fields have the same function as described in Channel Information. The Add

Digital Input/Output buttons and the Delete Digital Input/Output buttons also function identically to the Add Channel and Delete Channel buttons in Channel Information.

Figure 33 Digital Input Settings in Analyser Parameters

The Default Output field in Digital Output Settings is the value that the digital output is set to when WinAQMS is started.

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Figure 34 Digital Output Settings in Analyser Parameters

4.3 Calculated Channels

4.3.1 Calculated Channels

The Calculated Channels tab on the Calculated Channels window allows you to create new channels that perform scalar calculations on the data in existing channels.

All the fields in the

Calculated

Channels tab have the same function as in the Channel Information tab of the Analyser Parameters window, except for the

Calculation field. This field

Figure 35 Calculated Channels

is where you enter the calculation you want the channel to perform. The calculation refers to system channels with the text CX, where X is the system channel number. In

Figure 35, for example, a calculated channel determines the temperature in Kelvin

using the calculation <C1 + 273>, where channel 1 contains the temperature data in degrees Celsius. The Process field works on the data after the calculation has finished.

Note: If a source channel is using a maximum, minimum, standard deviation or total process the calculated channel will use the instantaneous data values for those channels not the maximum, minimum, standard deviation or total for the average period.

Below the table of calculated channels is a dropdown list box and a button. The dropdown list will show all the calculated channels and clicking on the Auto-Test

Channel button will run the calculation for the channel in the dropdown list box with the channel value entered in the Test Value box. Each occurrence of a channel, CX,

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The following operators and functions can be used:

Arithmetic operators: +, -, *, /, and brackets ().

Logical operators: =, < (less than), > (greater than), <> (not equal), >= (greater than or equal), <= (less than or equal), NOT, AND and OR which all evaluate to –1 if true or

0 if false.

Trigonometric operators: SIN, COS, TAN and ATN which have radian operands and results.

Mathematical operators: SQR (square root), EXP (natural exponent), LOG (natural log) and ^ (power). The constant for NULL can be included in a calculation.

WinAQMS evaluates NULL to a numerical value (-1.79769313486231E+308) that it recognises as a NULL data reading.

Example: if you want a channel to have a result of 10 if channel 22 is under 800 units or over 900 units and a value of 5 if channel 22 is between 800 and 900 units, then you would use a calculation like the following.

-10 * ((C22 < 800) OR (C22 > 900)) -5 * ((C22 >= 800) AND (C22 <= 900))

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4.3.2 Vector Averaged Channels

The second tab on the Calculated Channels window allows you to find the vector average or the sigma theta of vector data which is often used for wind data. Since each channel, however, can only record scalar (non-vector) data, to calculate a vector average two channels must be set up, one to find the magnitude and the other the direction of the vector average.

Figure 36 Vector Averaged Channels in Calculated Channels

Figure 36 shows an example of this. The wind speed and direction channels are

numbers 13 and 14 respectively. Having Magnitude Channel ticked means that channel 100 will store the magnitude of the vector average. Channel 101, meanwhile, with Direction Channel ticked, will record the direction of the vector average and channel 102 with Sigma Theta Channel ticked will record the standard deviation of wind direction for channel 14.

4.3.3 Rolling Averages

Rolling average channels can be made by specifying an existing channel as the Source

Channel and an existing report as the Source Report. The Rolling Count indicates how many times the channel will roll the specified report. For example, if report 1 was averaged every 5 minutes and report 2 was averaged every hour and an 8 hour rolling average of 1 hour data was required then the Source Report value would be set to 2

(report 2), the Rolling Count would be set to 8 (8 hours).

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Figure 37 Rolling Average Channels in Calculated Channels

4.4 Report Settings

The Report Settings menu allows you to change the reporting period of any of the four reports which WinAQMS supports as well as setting whether reports are written out to a serial port or to an alternative data file. o Period can be altered with the up and down arrows used to increase or decrease the report period value. o Units this field indicates the units of time associated with the period filled in above. The time unit can be minutes, hours or days. o File: this check box determines whether the averages for all channels are written out to the data files. o The Port check box indicates whether the report is to be sent to a serial port. A report is output to the listed serial port immediately after the report is written to the data file.

Note: If the port option is not checked then all of the fields

Port#, Format, Baud Rate, Data Bits, Parity, Stop Bits and

Handshaking will be hidden. All of the previously listed fields except for Format are settings for the serial port and should be set as appropriate to communicate with the receiving system. o The Alternate File check box indicates whether a secondary data file will be produced in the specified format. The Format field indicates the type of text

(or other) formatting that the serial output report will take (for more detail see

APPENDIX D).

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Figure 38 Report Settings

The Alternate File Frequency field has 2 options, Daily and Report.

Daily

This will make a data file for each day in the C:\data directory with a name in the format

<PPP><RRR><YYYYMMDD>.txt where

PPP - is the data file prefix (1 to 3 character length)

RRR - is the report number (3 character 0 filled)

001 = report 1

002 = report 2

003 = report 3

004 = report 4

128 – 143 = span report 1-16

144 = zero report

160 -175 = precision report 1-16

YYYYMMDD - date of the data readings

Report

This will make a new data file every time report data is ready in the C:\data directory with a name in the format

<PPP><RRR><YYYYMMDDHHNNSS>.txt where


RRR - is the report number (3 character 0 filled)

001 = report 1

002 = report 2

003 = report 3

004 = report 4

128 – 143 = span report 1-16

144 = zero report

160 -175 = precision report 1-16

YYYYMMDDHHNNSS – date and time of the data reading

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4.4.1 Alarms

The Alarms window sets any digital outputs, emails and WinCollect alarms that get sent when a channel in WinAQMS triggers an alarm. A channel triggers an alarm by either going above the High Alarm Value or below the Low Alarm Value. Report alarms are triggered by the values of reports. Instantaneous alarms are triggered by the instantaneous data values received from analysers.

Both windows are presented in the same format being made up of at least 7 fields and

is shown in Figure 39.

Figure 39 Alarms

o Alarm # : This field is used to identify the alarm. o Digital Outputs # : The four Digital Output fields specify which digital output gets set to either Hi, Lo or not changed (blank). o Send Email sets whether WinAQMS sends an email when the alarm is triggered. o Reoccurring Emails sets whether WinAQMS will continue to send new emails if a channel stays in the alarm state.

Note: If a channel enters its alarm state and the Send

Email field is set a single email will be sent. If a channel stays in the alarm state at the time of the next report (or the next instantaneous data reading) a new email will not be sent unless the Reoccurring Emails field is set. o Min Time Between Emails is the minimum time in hours, minutes and seconds between an email being sent for that alarm.

Note: If a channel enters an alarm state and the Send

Email and Reoccurring Email fields are set then a new email will be sent only if the time in Min Time Between

Emails has passed since the time the last email was sent. o The Email Details View/Set button will open up a window as shown below in

Figure 40.

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Figure 40 Alarm Email Details

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The To field is the email address that the alarm email should be sent to. From is where the email will say it is from.

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Subject is the subject of the email message.

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Attached is the path and name of any files that are to be attached to the alarm email message. (This should be a comma delimited list of valid paths and filenames on the logger.)

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The large open text box is for the text of the email message. o Send Alarm: When an alarm condition is met and the Send Email option is set,

WinAQMS will send an email using the SMTP server that has been set in the

SMTP Server field in System Parameters (Section 4.1). The email will

automatically include an additional short text message describing what alarm has been triggered and when it happened in addition to the text in the box

(which will follow the message). o The Alarm Details View/Set button will open up a window similar to the one shown below.

Figure 41 Wincollect Alarm

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The Dialup Connection dropdown list is a list of all the dialup connections on the data logger. If the data logger is not connected

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The Username and Password fields are for the username and

 password required by the dialup connection.

Note: If there is no Dialup Connection selected from the dropdown list the Username and

Password fields will be hidden.

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The Wincollect IP address field is the Wincollect workstations‟

TCP/IP address on the network. (LAN or dialup connection)

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The Domain field is used if the Wincollect Workstation is part of a domain but otherwise can be left blank.

4.5 Logs

WinAQMS has a Log feature which allows users to Log in all activity that has been performed on or with the WinAQMS program to keep track of work and changes performed.

1. Under the Edit menu select the Log menu item

2. On the main Log screen click the Add new log entry, a new

window will appear (Figure 42).

Figure 42 Log entry window

3. Within this new window choose the operator name if not already present then enter a new name

4. In the blank white space type in the task being performed the press ok, if you wish not to save/enter the log then press cancel.

The main Log screen contains a summary of Log entries. By default the Log screen will record the last 10 log entries; more can be accessed by changing the Start

Date/time.

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Figure 43 Logs main screen

Start date time: Time from which logs are to be collected from. Default is start of the 10 latest logs, this can be altered to include more older logs by changing the start date time.

End date time: Date up to which logs will be included. Default is the following day to ensure most recent logs are included.

Ok : Confirm log entries, must be pressed for any entries to be confirmed and saved.

Load Log: Loads all logs from within the time specified in the start and end date/time.

Cancel: Leave the window without saving changes

4.6 Display Schemes

Display schemes in WinAQMS save settings for the Instantaneous Data,

Instantaneous Graph, Instantaneous Wind Speed and Direction, Historical Data and

Historical Graph windows. A display scheme will remember your settings for each of these windows. For example, the Default scheme will remember which channels you have selected in the Instantaneous Data and Instantaneous Wind Speed and Direction windows, the colours you have selected for the channels plotted in the Instantaneous and Historical Graphs and all other settings you have chosen.

When you make a change to any of the settings for these windows and close the window a dialog box will appear as shown in

Figure 44. If you want to save the changes

made to the window then choose Yes. If you do not want to save the changes to the window then choose No. If you do not want to save the changes to the window and want

Figure 44 Saving settings to a Display

Scheme

the window to remain open so you can make more changes then choose Cancel.

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When a window that uses a display scheme is closed or the WinAQMS program exited, WinAQMS will remember the settings and display scheme of the windows and will restore them exactly the same way they were before.

To add a display scheme enter the name of the new scheme into the text box to the right of “New scheme

name” as shown in Figure 45. If you

want to copy the settings from the display scheme shown in the

Figure 45 Adding a new Display Scheme

dropdown box, then put a tick in the Copy selected scheme checkbox and click Add.

To delete an existing scheme, select it from the dropdown list and click on Delete.

4.7 Remote Logger

The Remote Logger window shows a list of the remote data logger connections.

Connections can be added by clicking on the Add button. Connections can be deleted by highlighting the connection(s) and clicking on the delete button. A deletion confirmation box will appear when deletions are made. A connection to a remote data logger can be established by highlighting the required connection and clicking the connect button. Once a connection is established the Connect button will become inactive and a new connection cannot be made unless the current connection is dropped.

The Connection Settings column shows the basic information about the connection. It shows the connection type (TCP/IP or RS232) and basic settings related to the connection. For TCP/IP connections it shows the IP address and port number. For

RS232 connections it shows the phone number, RS232 port number and baud rate.

Clicking on the Connection Settings button will open a second window which will

show the full details of the connection as shown in Figure 47 and Figure 48.

Figure 46 Remote Logger Window

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RS232 connection has the following fields

Phone #: The phone number that will be dialed by WinAQMS. If this field is empty then no phone number will be dialed.

Modem Init String: This string command will be sent to the RS232 port prior to the

RS232 Port:

Baud Rate:

Phone # being dialed.

The port that will be used to make the connection.

The speed at which the RS232 port will be set to operate at.

110-256000 (9600 default).

Parity:

Data Bits:

Stop Bits:

Handshaking:

Space, Odd, None (default), Mark or Even

4 to 8 (default).

1 (default), 1.5 or 2

None (default), XOn/XOff, RTS/CTS or XOn/XOff+RTS/CTS

Figure 47 RS232 Connection Settings

TCP/IP connection has the following fields

Logger Name/IP: The IP address or name of the data logger (192.168.0.1 default).

Dialup Connection: This is a dropdown list of the dialup connections that are set up on the computer/data logger. The default is not to use a connection.

Username and Password: The username and password required to authenticate onto the remote data logger.

Domain: The name of the Microsoft Windows domain that a data logger is connected to. If there is no domain then leave this value as a *.

Telnet Port: The port that the client will use to connect to the data logger (32684 default).

Secure Telnet: This checkbox allows you use a secure telnet connection between the WinAQMS Client and Server.

This option requires digital certificates that have been issued by Ecotech Pty. Ltd.

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Figure 48 TCP/IP Connection Settings

4.8 Security

The Security menu item is used to login, change passwords, add users and change

security levels (see the section “

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Security

” on page 22).

4.9 Data Pusher

The Data Pusher is used to upload data to an FTP site without the need for a request.

The Data Pusher requests data from the Data Server for a defined time period and automatically uploads the data file to the selected FTP site.

Figure 49 Data Pusher screen

General

FTP Address:

FTP Username:

FTP Password:

URL or IP address of FTP server

Username needed to logon to FTP server

Password needed to logon to FTP server

FTP Remote Directory: If data is to be located in subdirectories on FTP server eg. Data

File Prefix:

Connect mode:

Attaches character to the start of the filename to differentiate data from different stations

Choose between “Active” and “Passive”.

Active work by WinAQMS initialising a connection to the FTP Server, the server then connects to WinAQMS.

Passive works by WinAQMS initialising a connection to the FTP Server which informs WinAQMS of which port to connect to, WinAQMS will then connect to the

FTP Server on the specified port.

Protocol

Implicit (Secure):

Explicit (Secure):

The FTP server defines a specific port for the client

(990) to be used for secure connections.

Uses the default ftp port (port 21)

Standard (Not Secure):

Standard port 21 with no security

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Polling

Transfer Increment (mins): Number of mins between data transfers

Last Transfer:

Next Transfer:

The date of last transfer (this does not need to be set in initial setup)

The date of the next transfer (this can be set in initial setup or can be left)

Last Result:

Write data:

A number indicating the status of the last result. i.e. 0 for success

Choose either “Append” or “New File”.

Enabled:

Append will create a single file for each day and all uploads from that day will be stored in this file.

New File will create a new file for every upload

(including the time in the filename) as defined by the transfer increment value above.

This enables/ disables the service to start the Data

Pusher.

Note: WinCollect can import from the files that WinAQMS pushes to. This eliminates the need for a static IP or a DNS service

4.10 Data Server Settings

The data server settings window is used to specify the settings of the WinAQMS Data

Server. Programs such as Ecotech‟s WinCollect, communicate with the WinAQMS

Data server to retrieve data. This window contains four tabs labelled Serial RS232

Settings, Protocol Settings, Telnet Settings and Modbus Settings.

Serial RS232 Settings

Figure 50 Serial RS232 tab

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This tab allows the user to enable a serial port that the WinAQMS Data Server can communicate through; it also allows the user to specify the parameters of this communication.

Protocol Settings

Figure 51 Protocol settings tab

This Tab allows the user to choose if they want to enable Indic or Zeno logger emulation for the request of data from the Data server.

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Figure 52 Telnet Settings

The Telnet Settings tab sets the Port number which the data server will listen to for an incoming connection. The First Telnet port is set to the default of 32683 where it listens for valid data requests. The alternative port is set to a port number that the data server will also listen to for valid data requests.

Modbus Settings

Figure 53 Modbus Settings

The Modbus settings tab allows the Modbus protocol to be enabled. The Modbus protocol is an alternative protocol for the request and transfer of data. WinAQMS acts as a slave to the requesting program and must have a unique slave number to respond to appropriate requests for data. Modbus channels are different to those in WinAQMS and within this window the Modbus channels can be linked to their equivalent

WinAQMS channels. Channels can be created and deleted by using the two buttons near the bottom of the tab, the information sent from WinAQMS can be transformed using the multiplier and offset fields, and the data sent is specified to a certain report period.

Note: Leaving Multiplier as 1 and Offset as 0 will not perform any transformation to data.

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4.11 Stack sequencing

Stack sequencing allows WinAQMS to set digital outputs in a repeating cycle. The cycle is made up of a series of points which will run through sequentially and repeat continuously. The stack sequencing will be suspended when a calibration is in progress.

Figure 54 Stack sequencing window

Channels: the channels that are selected here will be marked with a calibration state for the points which have a Stabilisation state.

State: dropdown list which allows the stack point to be set to Stabilisation or

Emission. In Stabilisation state channels will be marked with a calibration status. In

Emission state channels will not be marked with a calibration status.

Time (min): duration that the stack point will last before moving on to the next point.

Digital Outputs: each digital output in the system will be shown to the right of the

Time column. Each output in each point can be set with a value (Hi, Lo or no change) which will be activated when the system is running the point.

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The View menu allows users to access information and data from the instruments.

This data can be in real time Instantaneous data, or Historical data. This data can be accessed either in the form of data readings, or in a graphical format such as a line graph.

5.1 Calibration Status

The Calibration Status window shows the current calibration state of the WinAQMS logger. All sequences and points are listed on a separate row in the Calibration Status table which also shows the Label, Point Type, Starting Date/Time, Duration (min) and

Average Duration (min). When a sequence and point is active they will be displayed with a yellow background. The text colour will be black if an automatic sequence/point is running and red if a manual sequence/point is running. Any points in an active sequence that are not currently running will not show up with a yellow background. When a point is running the Average Duration (min) column will show as being active only when the Span or Zero report for the point is being calculated.

Figure 55. Calibration status window

5.2 Channel List

The Channel list window provides a streamlined view of the channels and the instruments associated with them. The first column lists the channel number and name, in column two the analyser from which data is being acquired for that channel is listed and the third column has the communication port that WinAQMS is receiving

the data through. As shown below in Figure 56 multiple channels can be serviced by

the same instrument running through the same communications port. The list can be ordered by channel, analyser or port number by clicking on the heading of the respective column. This list can be exported to a comma delimited text file by pressing the “Export to text” button or to a H.T.M.L. formatted file by pressing the

“Export to HTML” button.

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Figure 56 Channel list screen

5.3 Historical Data

The Historical Data window displays data from the database as a table.

Figure 57 Historical Data

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It has a Start Date/Time field that indicates the time of the first data value you want to look at. The Start Date/Time has a default value of the current date with no time specified. If no time is specified it is taken as being 12:00 midnight or

00:00 in 24 hour time for the date entered.

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The End Date/Time field shows the date and time of the last data reading you want to look at. The End Date/Time has a default value of the day after the current day at 12:00 midnight or 00:00 in 24 hour time. It is not recommended that you view more than 1 week‟s data as the time required to retrieve this data may become excessive over slower communications links.

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The Report Name field indicates the report you are looking at and can be one of

RPT1 (Report 1), RPT2, RPT3, RPT4, Span, Zero, Precision or All. RPT1 to

RPT4 show the data for the four reports which WinAQMS supports. Span, Zero and Precision show the report data from when the channels went into calibration.

The Span and Precision reports show all 16 Span or Precision reports. The All option shows the data for all reports in the database for the selected time period.

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The Find button will use the values in the Start Date/Time, End Date/Time and

Report Name fields to load the data into the grid in the centre of the window.

At the bottom of the window are nine boxes. These show the possible data status and the colour that the data will be shown in if it has that particular status. The status colours can be changed by clicking on the coloured box and then selecting the colour for the status from the colour selection window. Any data that has the status will then show up in the grid in the appropriate colour.

5.4 Historical Graph

The Historical Graph is used to display report data from the database as a graph. It allows up to six plots of channel data to be drawn, with options for each plot as for the

Instantaneous Graph. The Historical Graph window shows the graph, channel number and channel value boxes, and a Start and End Date/Time boxes. When the

Load Data button is pressed all data with a time stamp equal to or greater than the

Start Date/Time box and less than or equal to the End Date/Time box will be loaded from the database.

Figure 58 Historical Graph

To view the graph data at a particular point, click on the graph and a vertical black or white line will appear on the Graph. The data boxes at the bottom of the window will display the data value for each plot from that time. The Current Date/Time box shows the date and time of the data point under the black/white line. The left and right arrow keys move the line to an earlier or later data point.

Historical Graph Settings

Access this through the Graph Settings button on the Historical Graph window. Each of the six plots of channel data can be configured individually to suit the needs of the channel it is plotting.

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Figure 59 Historical Graph Settings with Plot Settings

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The Plot Drawn option will set whether a plot is drawn. If this option is not selected the data will still be present but the plot will not be drawn.

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Channel determines which channel the graph will be plotting.

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Normal Data Colour is the colour that the plot will use when the data for the channel is equal to or below the high alarm value and equal to or above the low alarm value. To change the Normal Data Colour click on the box with the plot colour and a colour selection window will appear which will give you the option of selecting one of several predetermined colours or making your own colour.

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The High Alarm Colour and Low Alarm Colour can be changed in the same way as the Normal Data Colour.

The Show Axis Settings/Show Plot Settings button allows you to toggle between the settings for the plots and the settings for the axes.

Figure 60 Historical Graph Settings with Axis Settings

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Axis Colour is the colour of the axis for the plot.

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To remove the axis for a specific channel remove the tick from the Axis

Shown box.

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AutoScale will scale the axis based on the data that has been plotted since the plot was started. Autoscaling will give the axis a maximum value just above that of the largest value received and a minimum of just below that of the smallest value received.

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If you do not want the plot to use the autoscaled axis then remove the tick in the AutoScale box, which will then enable the Max. and Min. Axis Value boxes. Entering values in these two boxes will set the maximum and minimum values for the axis and scale the plot using those values.

Available in both Plot Settings and Axis Settings modes are:

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Graph Background Colour, which sets the colour that will appear as the background colour for the graph. It can be changed like the other colour selections.

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Display Scheme, which will load the settings of a particular scheme.

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Report, which shows which report will be displayed on the graph.

5.5 Instantaneous Data

The Instantaneous Data window shows up to ten channels with their most recent data and the units of the channel. Clicking on a dropdown box allows you change the channel for which the data is displayed.

The window is updated at the speed of the fastest channel in the system. If the Instantaneous Data menu option or button is selected when there is already an

Instantaneous Data window visible then a second window will be displayed. Each of the Data boxes is shown in a colour indicating its status. An extra field at the bottom is Display Scheme, which will load the settings of a particular scheme.

Figure 61 Instantaneous Data

5.6 Instantaneous Graph

The Instantaneous Graph gives a visual plot of data as WinAQMS receives it.

The graph can show up to six plots simultaneously, each using different axes, plot colours and axis colours. For each channel plotted, the vertical scale can be shown as an axis in any colour. The axes can be set to have a fixed

Figure 62 Instantaneous Graph

range or to auto-scale to match the data that is being plotted. Each plot can be enabled or disabled and can be shown in a unique colour. To change the settings for the Instantaneous Graph select the Graph Settings button, which will load the Graph Settings window.

Graph data from a particular time can be viewed in the same way as for the Historical

Graph, (with the black/white line). As time passes, the line and plots will move towards the left edge of the screen as new data values arrive. When the line goes off the left edge of the screen the data values displayed at the bottom of the screen will return to being the most recently logged values.

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Instantaneous Graph Settings

Access this through the Graph Settings button on the Instantaneous Data Graph window. Settings for the Instantaneous Graph are the same as for the Historical

Graph except that the Report list box is replaced with a Graph Time Frame and a

Graph Redraw Period (Refer to Section 2.10.1, Historical Graph Settings for

explanation of the other options.)

Figure 63 Instantaneous Graph Settings with Plot Settings



Graph Time Frame, sets the length of time that the graph will retain data for. If the Graph Time Frame is set to 10 minutes then all displayed plots will show data for the last ten minutes.



Graph Redraw Period, sets the interval at which the graph redraws. The data from the analysers will continue to be stored by the graph but will not be displayed until the graph redraw period is up. Clicking on the graph or using the keyboard to display the white line will also cause the graph to redraw itself.

Figure 64 Instantaneous Graph Settings with Axis Settings

5.7 Instantaneous Wind Speed/Direction

The Wind Speed and Direction window displays the wind speed and direction data in graphical form. The data points can be positioned either towards or away from the wind source and will be positioned according to the magnitude of data. If the data value goes over the high alarm value or under the low alarm value for the channel the data points can be set to change colour when this occurs. Data is displayed as a dot, cross, plain line or one with an arrow head. These data points, along with the rest of the graph, can be customised within the settings menu (see below).

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Figure 65 Wind Speed and Direction

Figure 66 Wind speed and direction Settings

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Wind speed and direction settings

Display Type:

Line Width:

The readings can be shown as a dot, cross, line with an arrow head or a line. The data can be shown as towards the source of the reading or away from the source of the reading.

Example: Instead of an arrow pointing into the wind it can be set to point in the direction of the wind.

The line, dot or cross can be made larger using the Line Width parameter.

Max WS:

Data Count:

Data Colour:

Text Type:

Text Colour:

The maximum wind speed parameter is the radius of the wind rose.

Shows how many readings will be shown on the wind rose.

This field allows the colour of the data point to be chosen.

The type of labels shown on the edge of the wind rose.

This field allows the colour of the text (shown on the edge of the wind rose) to be selected.

Data History Fade: This will fade data as it gets older. Each time new data is shown the older data will change more in colour to that of the

Background Colour.

Background Colour: This field allows the colour of the background of the wind rose to be selected.

Show High

Alarm Level: If the Wind Speed channel has a high alarm value set then a dashed circle will be shown on the wind rose at this level.

High Alarm

Level Colour: This field allows the colour of the high alarm dashed line to be selected.

Change High

Alarm Data Colour: If set this will change the colour of any data readings which are above the high alarm level.

High Alarm

Data Colour: This field allows the colour of the high alarm data readings to be selected.

Show Low

Alarm Level: If the Wind Speed channel has a low alarm value set then a dashed circle will be shown on the wind rose at this level.

Low Alarm

Level Colour:

Low Alarm

Data Colour:

This field allows the colour of the low alarm dashed line to be selected.

Change Low

Alarm Data Colour: If set this will change the colour of any data readings which are below the low alarm level.

This field allows the colour of the low alarm data readings to be selected.

Show Magnitude

Markers: This will enable markers to indicate the numeric value of the data reading

Magnitude Marker

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Colour: This field allows the colour of the magnitude markers to be selected.

Show Sector

Markers:

Sector Marker

Colour:

This will split the wind rose into sectors like a pie graph.

This field allows the colour of the sector markers to be selected.

Magnitude Marker

Interval: This is the spacing between successive magnitude markers.

Sector Marker

Interval:

This is the spacing of the sector markers (in degrees).

Display Scheme:

This field will load the settings of a particular scheme the user has defined previously

5.8 Sizeable Font Data Value

The sizeable font data value displays a single channels data value with user specified font settings.

Figure 67 Sizeable Font Data Value Window

Double clicking on the window will open the settings window.

Figure 68 Font size Settings Window

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The settings window has the following settings:

Channel: allows you to specify which channel to display.

Use Status Colours: allows you to specify if the colours used by the window will

Back Colour:

Show Label: match those specified in Historical Data. allows you to specify a background colour to use if you do not want to use the system status colour scheme. allows you to control if the channel label is shown in the

Show Units: window. allows you to control if the channel units are shown in the window.

Font button: allows selection of font settings such as style and size.

Display Scheme: is the display scheme used by this window.

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The Manual menu is designed to allow the user to manually perform Calibrations, communicate with software and alter other software aspects.

6.1 Start Calibration

The Start Calibration option on the Manual menu will manually start the calibration for the selected channel. When the Start Calibration menu item is chosen you will be asked if you want to disable scheduled calibrations. This will disable the automatic calibrations for all channels. If you want the scheduled automatic calibrations to be disabled then select the Yes button. If you do not want scheduled calibrations to be disabled while you are running manual calibrations then select No.

If you choose to disable scheduled calibrations then any automatic calibration that had already started will be aborted and any calibration that is set to start while this window is open will not do so. The reason this option is given is to stop automatic calibrations, which may change digital outputs, from interfering with the running of manual calibrations.

This option is used to stop automatic calibration, which may change digital outputs, instrument states and calibration settings, causing conflicts with the manual calibration.

Figure 69 Start Manual Calibrations

Once a selection is made a window like that shown in Figure 69 will open. The

sequence/point will begin calibrating using the same digital inputs and outputs and the same span, zero and precision times as was set for the automatic calibration in Section

1.1. If the channel was already in the middle of a calibration then it will drop out of

the current calibration, complete the requested manual calibration and then set its next calibration time to occur as if the manual calibration did not occur. This means a manual calibration will not mess up the timing of scheduled calibrations in the future.

The Sequence and Points options allow the user to choose which sequence or which point from the sequence they wish to run manually (these sequences and points were

created in section 4.2.4 Calibration control). The duration is automatically updated to

the normal time taken for that point but can be altered when an individual point is manually calibrated. Press the Run Sequence or Run Point button to run the selected sequence or specific point. The Stop button will stop any manual calibration in progress for that sequence.

The timeout value (defaults to 120 minutes) decrements every minute. When the timeout value reaches 0 the Manual Calibration window will close. When the

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Manual Menu window closes all manual calibrations will end and all automatic calibrations will be enabled once again. To reset or update the timeout type a new numeric value within the timeout box and click on the Reset Timeout button. The timer will now count down from this new number.

Note: If the start time for an automatic calibration passes while calibrations have been disabled the calibration time will move on to its next scheduled start time.

6.2 Communicate with Serial Port

The Communicate with Serial Port option on the Manual menu allows you to communicate directly with the desired communications port using the settings shown on the window. It allows you to select the communications port you want to communicate with, the baud rate, the parity, data bits, stop bits and handshaking you want to use.

Figure 70 Communicate with Serial Port



Once all the communication settings have been entered click on the Connect button. The logger will suspend logging on the selected communication port and attempt to open it with the given settings. If the connection request succeeds then a message will appear in the status bar of WinAQMS saying „Talking directly to serial port‟.



To send data to the port, type the message into the Send Text box and then hit the

Send button. The message will be sent to the port you are connected to. Any response from the port will be shown in the Receive Text box.



If the Receive Text box is becoming too cluttered with text then clicking the Clear

Receive Text button will remove all text from the Receive box.



Once you have finished communicating with the port click on the Disconnect button and WinAQMS will release the port and display the message

„Communication port released‟. If WinAQMS was using the port previously to log data then it will resume doing so.

If there is a check in the Convert non-printing characters checkbox then ASCII characters can be sent to the serial port (or printed when they are received) by enclosing the ASCII character code in square brackets. For example to send a data request to a R&P Teom instrument with a PRC# of 8 you need to send the string

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<STX>4AREG K0 8<ETX>

There is no key on the keyboard to send an STX character (ASCII code 2) or an ETX character (ASCII code 3) but when the Convert non-printing characters option is set you could send the string

[2]4AREG K0 8[3]

If the Convert non-printing characters checkbox is set then WinAQMS knows to replace the [2] with an STX and the [3] with an ETX.

Any non-printing characters in the responses from the analysers will also be converted to their ASCII codes and put into square brackets when shown in the Receive Text box.

6.3 Communicate with Analyser

WinAQMS can communicate with analysers which have ANSI terminal modes. To communicate with an analyser, choose the

Communicate with Analyser option on the Manual menu and select the analyser from the dropdown box.

The dropdown box contains information which will uniquely identify the analyser such as analyser number, label, manufacturer, model, ID and the communication port the analyser uses. Once a selection has been made click on the Connect button and the terminal screen for the analyser will come up in the black screen on the window. When you have finished using the analyser in terminal mode click on the

Disconnect button and WinAQMS

Figure 71 Communicate with Analyser

will release the communications port so that normal logging can be resumed.

Note: When using a communication port to communicate with an analyser in terminal mode

WinAQMS will suspend all logging on that port.

There is no timeout on this operation.

The Ecotech and Monitor Labs 98XX series analysers, Serinus series, Ecotech Aurora

Nephelometers and Ecotech Gascal-1100 have terminal modes. WinAQMS can display a Graphical User Interface (G.U.I.) for the settings of an Ecotech GasCal-

1100 calibrator. To use the G.U.I. interface an Ecotech GasCal-1100 must be selected

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Manual Menu from the list and the GUI checkbox must be selected. A set of four tabs containing settings will be shown after the Connect button is pressed as shown in Figures 65 66

67 and 68. These settings cover points, gases, alarms and factory settings.

Note: To use the G.U.I. interface for the Ecotech GasCal-1100 the calibrator must be running firmware version 2.0.6 or later.

Factory Settings should only be changed by qualified personnel as they will affect the calibration of the GasCal.

Figure 72 Ecotech GasCal 1000 point settings

Figure 73 Ecotech GasCal 1000 gas settings

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Figure 74 Ecotech GasCal 1000 Alarm settings

Figure 75 Ecotech GasCal 1000 factory settings

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6.4 Digital Outputs

Digital Outputs is an aid which can be used to help check calibration sequences as well as the functionality of digital outputs. When this option is selected a window similar to Figure 74 will be displayed.

If you choose to disable scheduled calibrations then any automatic calibration that had already started will be aborted and any calibration that is set to start while this window is open will not do so. The reason this option is given is to stop automatic calibrations, which may change digital outputs, from interfering with the manual changing of digital outputs.

Figure 76 Disabling scheduled calibrations

After a choice is made, to enable or disable scheduled calibrations is made a window similar to the one in Figure 75 is shown. It lists all digital output channels and their current digital state. To change an outputs state click on the State button to the right of the Channel and it will toggle between Hi and Lo.

The timeout value (defaults to 120 minutes) decrements every minute. When the timeout value reaches 0 the Manual

Digital Outputs window will close. When the window closes all automatic calibrations will be enabled once again. To reset or update the timeout, change the numeric value in the timeout box and click on the Reset Timeout button.

Note: If the start time for an automatic calibration passes while calibrations have been disabled the calibration time will move on to its next scheduled start time.

Figure 77 Manually setting digital outputs

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6.5 Channel State

Channel state allows the Out of Service status to be set for each channel. The channel can be set to be out of service for a specified duration of time or indefinitely.

Current State: Is the current state of the channel (Normal or Out of Service)

Set New State: This checkbox tells WinAQMS to update the channel with a new state

(specified in the New State field) when the OK button is pressed.

New State: This list shows the new state (Normal or Out of Service) to which a channel will be changed.

Duration and Unit: These two fields show the time that a channel will be set to be out of service.

Timeout Date/Time: This field shows when a channel with a Current State of Out of

Service will return to Normal state. It also will set the timeout time for a channel

All Out of Service: This button will set the Set New State checkbox to checked and the New State listbox to Out of Service for all channels. The All Normal button will set the Set New State checkbox to checked and the New State listbox to Normal for all channels.

In this diagram channel 30 (CO) has been set to the Out of Service state until 2007/3/9

17:06:23, channel 50 (SO

2

) has been set to the Out of Service state indefinitely and all other channels are running normally.

Figure 78 Channel State

6.6 Restart Server

When the Restart Server option is selected all logging is suspended and all settings will be loaded from the database. Once the settings have finished loading, WinAQMS will begin logging with those settings. During this restart a small number of data readings may not occur. This process takes about 10 seconds.

6.7 Suspend/Resume Logging

This option, available from the Manual menu, will stop all logging being done by

WinAQMS until the option is again selected. Once Suspend Logging has been chosen

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Manual Menu its text will become Resume Logging. Communication ports will not be released by the activation of this option and will remain open but unused by WinAQMS.

6.8 Stop Server

This option will bring up a confirmation window as shown below in Figure 79.

Selecting OK will terminate WinAQMS including the server part of the program and will stop all logging.

Figure 79 Stop Server confirmation box

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In the example in this manual you will be shown how to configure WinAQMS using the basic database which is included on the WinAQMS CD and then to add analysers and channels to build up a more complex system. It is recommended that you read section 3-6 of this manual to become familiar with the layout and capabilities of

WinAQMS before going through this example.

Start WinAQMS by going to the Start menu and clicking on the Start button, select

Programs (All Programs for Microsoft

Windows XP), move to the WinAQMS

Client icon and select WinAQMS Client.

WinAQMS will load and display the screen shown below, then goes to the main

WinAQMS screen.

Figure 80 WinAQMS Loading

The basic database that comes with WinAQMS has two channels. They are a temperature channel and a Carbon Monoxide channel. The temperature sensor is a basic device connected to an Ecotech Termination Panel (TP). The Carbon Monoxide channel data is supplied by a Ecotech EC9830 analyser.

On the menu bar select Edit and then Analyser Parameters. The two analysers should

have settings matching those in Table 4.

Table 4: Initial Analyser Settings

Ecotech TP

INFORMATION

Ecotech EC9830

Label

Manufacturer

Model

Device ID

TP

Ecotech

Termination Panel

0

Data Request Period 10

9830

Ecotech

98XX

30

10

Max Response Time 1

Request Delay 0

1

0

COMMUNICATION SETTINGS

Connection Type Serial RS232 Serial RS232

Serial Port 2 3

Baud Rate

Data Bits

Parity

Stop Bits

4800

8

None

1

9600

8

None

1

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The two channels in the system should have the channel information settings matching those in table 5 below.

Table 5 Initial database channel settings

TP Temperature Channel 9830 CO Channel

System Channel #

Label

Analogue Input #

Multiplier

1

Temp

16

100

2

CO

N/A

1

Offset

Units

Decimal Places

High Alarm

Low Alarm

Alarm Number

Valid Data High

Valid Data Low

Channel Type

Process

-273

°C

1

40

0

1

0

0

Voltage

Average

0 ppm

2

4

0

2

0

0

Voltage

Average

Description

Log Report 1

Log Report 2

Log Report 3

Log Report 4

Out of Service

Serial Port Output

Alternate File Output

Ambient Temperature

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Unset (not ticked)

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Carbon Monoxide

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Unset (not ticked)

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Select the Calibration control tab and an almost empty table will appear. While there is nothing in there yet, this option allows you to set which digital channels go high(H)/low(L)/no change when the analogue channels on the analyser go into calibration.

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We will now add a barometric pressure, wind speed and wind direction channel to the channels on the TP. Switch to analyser number 1 on the Analyser Parameters dropdown list and choose the information tab. Click on the Add Channel button three times. Three new channels will be added to the list and they will have default values entered into most of their columns. Make sure the settings match those of table 6 below

Table 6 Settings for the pressure, wind speed and wind direction channels

TP Pressure TP WS TP WD

System Channel #

Label

Analogue Input #

Multiplier

Offset

3

Pressure

2

60

800

4

WS

13

1

0

5

WD

3

72

0

Units

Decimal Places

High Alarm

Low Alarm

Alarm Number

Valid Data High

Valid Data Low

Channel Type

Process

Description

Mbar

0

1030

980

2

0

0

Voltage

Average m/s

1

20

0

3

0

0

Frequency

Average

Barometric Pressure Wind Speed deg

0

370

-10

4

0

0

Voltage

Average

Wind Direction

Log Report 1

Log Report 2

Log Report 3

Log Report 4

Out of Service

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Unset (not ticked)

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Unset (not ticked) Unset (not ticked)

Serial Port Output Set (ticked)

Alternate File Output Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Now press the OK button on the Analyser Parameters window. This will save the settings to the database. You may notice that the Restart Server button is not enabled at this time. This allows WinAQMS to have sufficient time to write the settings to the database before you restart the server again with the updated settings.

The wind speed and direction sensor that is being used is an analogue output MetOne-

034 sensor.

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We have now added three channels to the TP which record barometric pressure and wind speed and direction. To vector average the wind speed and direction channels two calculated channels are needed. On the menu bar select Edit and then select

Calculated Channels. The calculated channels window will load and show an empty table. Click on the Vector Averaged Channels tab and then add two new channels.

Enter the channel settings as shown in table 7 below.

Table 7 Settings for the vector averaged wind speed and wind direction channels

Vector WS Vector WD

System Channel #

Label

Magnitude Source

Channel

Direction Source

Channel

6

WS Ave

4

5

7

WD Ave

4

5

Magnitude Channel Set (ticked)

Direction Channel Unset (not ticked)

Sigma Theta Channel Unset (not ticked)

Multiplier 1

Offset 0

Units

Decimal Places

High Alarm

Low Alarm

Alarm Number

Valid Data High m/s

1

20

-1

6

0

Unset (not ticked)

Set (ticked)

Unset (not ticked)

1

0 deg

0

370

-10

7

0

Valid Data Low

Description

Log Report 1

Log Report 2

0 0

Vector averaged WS Vector averaged WD

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Log Report 3

Log Report 4

Out of Service

Serial Port Output

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Unset (not ticked)

Set (ticked)


Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Unset (not ticked)

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Click on the OK button at the bottom left corner of the window to save the changes you have just made and to restart the WinAQMS Server process with the changes.

The vector averaged wind speed and direction channels are now set up and will begin logging.

Now we will add a Ecotech 9841 oxides of Nitrogen analyser and a 9850 Sulfur

Dioxide analyser. These two analysers will be multi-dropped together with the

Ecotech 9830 carbon monoxide analyser that is already set up on the system.

Open the Analyser Parameters window and click on the Add New Analyser button.

This will add a new analyser to WinAQMS which will be an Ecotech Termination

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Panel by default and have all of its parameters set to default values. Change the Model of the analyser to be 9841. The picture in the top right hand corner should change to show an Ecotech analyser. Enter settings for the analyser as shown in table 8.

Table 8 Settings for the Ecotech 9841 Nitrous Oxide analyser.

Ecotech EC9841

Label

Manufacturer

INFORMATION

9841

Ecotech

Model

Device ID

9841

41


Max Response Time 1

Request Delay 0


Connection Type Serial RS232

Serial Port

Baud Rate

Data Bits

Parity

Stop Bits

3

9600

8

None

1

Note: Remember to set the baud rate on the Ecotech EC9800 analyser to 9600 and the Main Gas ID to 041 to match the settings in WinAQMS.

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Add 3 channels with settings shown in table 9 to the new analyser and then hit OK.

Table 9 Settings for the NO, NOx, and NO

2

channels.

System Channel #

Label

Multiplier

Offset

9841 NO Channel

8

NO

1

0

9841 NOx Channel 9841 NO

9

NOx

1

0

10

NO2

1

0

2

Channel

Units

Decimal Places

High Alarm

Low Alarm

Alarm Number ppm

4

0.1

0

8 ppm

4

0.4

0

9 ppm

4

0.1

0

10

Valid Data High

Valid Data Low

Channel Type

Process

Description

Log Report 1

Log Report 2

Log Report 3

Log Report 4

Out of Service

0

0

NO

Average

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Unset (not ticked)



0

0

NOX

Average

Nitrogen Monoxide Nitrous Oxide

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

0

0

NO2

Average

Nitrogen Dioxide

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Unset (not ticked) Unset (not ticked)

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

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Add another new analyser to be the 9850 and changes its settings to match table 10 and a new channel to the analyser to match table 11.

Table 10 Settings for the Monitor Labs 9850 Sulfur Dioxide analyser.

Ecotech EC 9850

Label

Manufacturer

INFORMATION

9850

Ecotech

Model

Device ID

98XX

50


Max Response Time 1

Request Delay 0


Connection Type Serial RS232

Serial Port

Baud Rate

Data Bits

Parity

Stop Bits

3

9600

8

None

1

Table 11 Settings for the Sulfur Dioxide channel

System Channel #

Label

Multiplier

9850 SO

2

Channel

11

SO

2

1

Offset

Units

Decimal Places

High Alarm

Low Alarm

Alarm Number

Valid Data High

Valid Data Low

Process

0 ppm

3

0.1

0

11

0

0

Average

Description

Log Report 1

Log Report 2

Log Report 3

Log Report 4

Out of Service

Sulfur Dioxide

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Unset (not ticked)

Serial Port Output

Alternate File Output

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

We have eleven channels on the system, each of which will log the appropriate analyser on the appropriate communications port. Now we will add two digital output channels that can be used to switch solenoids when the SO

2

analyser goes into calibration.

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Again open the Analyser Parameters window and go to the Digital Output Settings tab for analyser 1. Add two digital output channels to the analyser and make their settings like table 12.

Table 12 Settings for the two digital output channels.

TP Pressure TP WS

System Channel #

Label

Output #

12

Dig Out 1

0

13

Dig Out 2

1

Default Output

High Value

Low Value

High Alarm

Low Alarm

Description

Log Report 1

Log Report 2

Log Report 3

Lo

1

0

0

0

Digital Output 1

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Lo

1

0

0

0

Digital Output 2

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Log Report 4

Out of Service

Set (ticked)

Unset (not ticked)



Set (ticked)

Unset (not ticked)

Set (ticked)

Set (ticked)

Now we have to put in the settings for the digital outputs for the SO2 analyser.

Change the Analyser to be 4 and save any settings to the current analyser. Select the

Calibration Control tab.

Add a new sequence to the list by clicking on the Add Sequence button. A new sequence will be added to the list and default values will be set. Set the sequence label to be “SO2 Cal”. Click on the Add Point button 3 times to add 3 points to the

sequence and set the settings as shown in table Table 13 below.

Table 13 Settings for the three new sequences

Point 1 Point 2 Point 3

Point

Label

Point type

1

SO2 Span

Span

2

Zero

Zero

3

Stabilise

Stabilise

Duration

Ave duration

12: C12

13:C13

2:9850

11:SO2

20

2

Hi

Lo

Span

50

20

2

SEQUENCE SETTINGS

Lo

Hi

Zero

PRECISION

0

20

2

Lo

Lo

Measure

0

Select channel 11 from the channel list and click on the precision Values tab. Enter the precision value for the SO2 channel for point 1.

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Click on Restart Server when the button is enabled and display the instantaneous data window. When the time reaches the time you entered for the calibration to begin the digital output channels should change from a value of 0 to the sequence that was entered into the Calibration Settings for the SO2 channel and the Ecotech 9850 analyser should change its calibration state.

This concludes the example of setting up channels on WinAQMS.

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C o m a ti i ib le M o d e m s

The following Modems are compatible with the WinAQMS system:

Siemens M1 GSM.

Siemens M20 GSM.

Siemens TC35i Dual Band GSM.

Falcom A2D1 GSM

Falcom A2D3 GSM with SMS.

Netcomm Mymodem 56 external landline

ETM 9500i Dual Band GSM with SMS

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H o w t o s e t u p

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Ecotech EC9800 Series Analysers

Features:

 The WinAQMS Data Logger supports both A and B series EC9800 analysers as well as all versions of software.

 The Ecotech EC9800 series analysers all have multidrop RS232 communications ports on the rear. In fact there are two in parallel.

 Each analyser can have an individual address (Main Gas I.D.).

 All EC9800 analysers can be connected in a daisy chain configuration to one RS232 port on the WinAQMS logger. i.e. If you have four 9800 analysers, you only need to use one RS232 port on the rear of the logger.

Ecotech EC9800 Setup

Before connecting to the analysers you must first set the address of each analyser. The preferred addressing convention is to use the analyser type as the address. e.g. for 9841A use 041, for 9850 use 050 for 9830 use 030 …etc.

There are two ways to set the address:

 In the 9800 main menu select "Instrument Menu". Then, in the field for "MAIN GAS

ID" enter the address. This method is the easiest.

 For analysers with older versions of software and do not have the Main Gas ID in their menu, you will have to use the following procedure.

1. Set the 9800 analyser‟s Multidrop Baud Rate in the Interface Menu. Also make sure that it is in COMMAND mode not TERMINAL made. The default setting is usually 38400 baud for Ecotech 9800‟s and 2400 for Monitor Labs 9800‟s.

2. Connect the RS232 cable from the analyser to the WinAQMS data logger.

Only connect one analyser at a time.

3. From the WinAQMS Manual menu select Communicate with RS232. Set the port number as well as the baud rate and connect to the port.

4. By typing DCONC,???<enter> will cause the analyser to respond as long as its main gas ID is not 000. If there is no response then check your communications setup and RS232 cable.

5. Send the command PInnn<enter> where nnn is the 3 digit address for the analyser. E.g. for 9850 use PI050<enter>.

6. You can test the analysers operation by typing DCONC,nnn<enter> (eg

DCONC,050). The analyser should respond with the instantaneous concentration and a status word.

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TEOM Continuous Particulate Monitor

The 1400A and 1400AB TEOMs can be directly connected to the WinAQMS Logger via RS232.

The TEOM also has the added feature of monitoring all its internal parameters. For example you can record the filter loading of the TEOM and hence remotely determine if the filter needs to be changed.

TEOM Setup

For RS232 communication between the TEOM and the WinAQMS data logger the TEOM has to be in "AK Protocol" mode. If it is in AK Protocol mode the top line of the TEOM display should read "AU" next to the filter loading.

If not, on the TEOM front panel press the RS232 button. If the Mode is not AK Protocol then press the down arrow until the cursor is pointing to AK Protocol then press Enter.

The TEOM has a station number or address. The factory default address used by TEOM is 4

(ASCII 52). There is no need to change this. However, if you need to change the address, proceed as follows:

1. Press Step Screen until the COM 2-Way Settings screen is displayed.

2. If RS-Para 1 is not equal to the ASCII code of the selected station number then set the cursor against RS-Para 1 and press Edit.

3. Key in the selected ASCII number (ASCII 52 for address 4) and press Enter.

4. Press Main to exit setup.

The program register codes are listed in Appendix A in the TEOM 1400a manual.

DANI TNMH Hydrocarbons Analyser

The AQMS software supports RS232 communications with the DANI TNMH 451 & 452

Hydrocarbon analysers.

 The only parameters available from the DANI are MET (CH4 or Methane), NMHC

(Non Methane Hydrocarbons) and THC (Total Hydrocarbons).

 All readings are in ppm.

 The default baud rate is 9600 baud.

 There is no address or physical input number.

 If there is a flame fail condition or other alarm condition, there will be data but it will be marked as having an instrument fault status.

 When the DANI switches from MR to LINE measure and back again (every 3 minutes), AQMS will not read data for a short time (approx 30 seconds) to allow for the reading to stabilise.

 When the DANI switches from MR to LINE measure a back again (every 3 minutes),

WinAQMS will not be able to read a new data value for a short time but instead will use the last data value before the DANI switched to the LINE measure.

 When configuring WinAQMS you should set the "% Samples for valid report" to no more than "70%" in the System Parameters.

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Table 14 USB Protocol Parameter list

#

Description

Notes

0 Internal Valve 1 0=Closed, 1=Open

1 Internal Valve 2

2 Internal Valve 3

3 External Measure Valve

4 External Zero Valve

5 External Span Valve

6 Aux Valve 1

7 Aux Valve 2

8 Aux Valve 3

9 Valve Sequencing

10 LCD Contrast POT

11 PRE POT 1

12 PRE POT 2

13 PRE POT 3

14 PRE POT 4

15 PRE POT 5

16 PRE POT 6

17 PRE POT 7

18 VREG POT 1

19 VREG POT 2

20 VREG POT 3

21 VREG POT 4

22 VREG POT 5

23 VREG POT 6

24 VREG POT 7

25 Analogue input 0

26 Analogue input 1

27 Analogue input 2

28 Analogue input 3

29 Analogue input 4

30 Analogue input 5

31 Analogue input 6

32 Analogue input 7

33 Analogue input 8

34 Analogue input 9

35 Analogue input 10



0=Closed, 1=Open

0=Closed, 1=Open

0=Closed, 1=Open

0=Closed, 1=Open

0=Closed, 1=Open

0=Closed, 1=Open

0=Closed, 1=Open

0=Closed, 1=Open

0=Off, 1=On

0=Lightest, 99=Darkest

Measure coarse pot for all analysers except

9841A which is chassis fan speed.

Measure Fine: 981X, 9820, 9830, 9841, 9842

Bench Fan Speed: 9841A

Reference_zero : 9850

Input for all except 9850 which is measure gain.

981X, 984X: Test Measure

9820, 9830: test_reference

9850: reference gain

981X: Lamp Adjust

9820,9830,9850:test measure

984X: high voltage adjust

9850: high voltage adjust

9850: lamp adjust

Flow control zero

Fan speed control

Pump speed fine

Pump speed coarse

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41 50 PIN IO bits 0-7

42

43

44

45

46

47

50 PIN IO bits 8-15

50 PIN IO bits 16-23





BIT 7: Span Out of Range

BIT 6: Span On

BIT 5: Copper Fail

BIT 4: Zero On

BIT 3: Lamp Fail

BIT 2: Out Of Service

BIT 1: Flow Fail

BIT 0: Span Cycle

BIT 7: Pump On

BIT 6: Range 1

BIT 5: Startup

BIT 4: Heater Fail

BIT 3: Range 0

BIT 2: IZS On

BIT 1: Spare 1

BIT 0: ZeroCycle

BIT 7: Power On

BIT 6: Sys Fail

BIT 5: High Voltage Fail

BIT 4: Power Supply Fail

BIT 3: Electric Test

BIT 2: Optical Test

BIT 1: Range 2

BIT 0: PPm / Metric

Really User ID

BIT 7: P4

BIT 6: P3

BIT 5: P2

BIT 4: P1

BIT 3: Spare Driver 1

BIT 2:

BIT 1:

BIT 0: Reference Fail

BIT 7:

BIT 6:

BIT 5:

BIT 4:

BIT 3:

BIT 2:

BIT 1: P6

BIT 0: P5

BIT 7: Status 2 LED

BIT 6: Status 1 LED

BIT 5: Sys Fail LED

BIT 4: HeartBeat LED

BIT 3:

BIT 2:

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48 50 PIN IO bits 56-63

49 PGA Gain

50 Primary Gas Concentration

51 Secondary Gas Concentration

52 Calculated Gas Concentration

53 Primary Gas Average

54 Secondary Gas Average

55 Calculated Gas Average

56 Instrument Gain

57 Main Gas ID

58 Aux Gas ID

59 Decimal Places

60 Noise

61 Gas 1 Offset

62 Gas 3 Offset

63 Flow Temperature

64 Lamp Current

65 Digital Supply

66 Concentration Voltage

67 High Voltage

68 Ozonator

69 Control Loop

70 Diagnostic Mode

71 Gas Flow

72 Gas Pressure

73 Ambient Pressure

74 Analog Supply

75 Cell Temperature

76 Converter Temperature

77 Chassis Temperature

78 Manifold Temperature

79 Cooler Temperature

80 Mirror Temperature

81 Lamp Temperature

82 O3 Lamp Temperature

83 Instrument Status

84 Reference Voltage

85 Calibration State

BIT 1:

BIT 0:

BIT 7:

BIT 6:

BIT 5:

BIT 4:

BIT 3:

BIT 2:

BIT 1:

BIT 0: Status 3 LED

0-7

0=Off, 1=On

0 = MEASURE

1 = CYCLE

2 = ZERO

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86 Primary Raw Concentration

87 Secondary Raw Concentration

88 984X Background Concentration

89

Calibration Pressure

90 Converter Efficiency

91 Multidrop Baud Rate

92 Analog Range Gas 1



95 Output Type Gas 1

3 = SPAN

(before 984X background and gain)

(before 984X background and gain)

(before gain)

96

97

Output Type Gas 2

Output Type Gas 3

0=Voltage

1=Current

0=Voltage

1=Current

0=Voltage

1=Current

98 Voltage Offset /Current Range Gas1 0=0% or 0-20mA

1=5% or 2-20mA

2=10% or 4-20mA


1=5% or 2-20mA

2=10% or 4-20mA


1=5% or 2-20mA

101 Full Scale Gas 1

2=10% or 4-20mA



104 Zero Adjust Gas 1



107 Negative 10V Supply

108 50 Pin IO ANIN1

109 50 Pin IO ANIN2

110 Instrument State

111 CO Linearisation Factor A

112 CO Linearisation Factor B

113 CO Linearisation Factor C

114 CO Linearisation Factor D

115 CO Linearisation Factor E

116 Instrument Units

117

118

119

Background Measure Time

Sample Fill Time

Sample Measure Time

20mV resolution analog input (0-5V)

20mV resolution analog input (0-5V)

0= PPM

1=PPB

2=PPT

3=mG/M

³

4=µG/M

³

5=nG/M

³

In seconds

In seconds

In seconds

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120 Aux Measure Time

121 Aux Sample Fill Time

122 Background Fill Time

123 Zero Fill Time

124 Zero Measure Time

125 Span Fill Time

126 Span Measure Time

127 Span Purge Time

128 Background Pause Time

129 Background Interleave Factor

130 Calibration Pressure 2

131 AUX Instrument Gain

132 Background voltage

133 AUX Background Voltage

In seconds

In seconds

In seconds

In seconds

In seconds

In seconds

In seconds

In seconds

In seconds

In seconds

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Table 15 Termination Panel connections a e l C o n e c t ti io n s

9400TP Termination Panel. Rev.C

Markings

1

2



CH1

3 CH2

4



5 CH3

6 CH4

7



8 CH5

9 CH6

10



11 CH7

12 CH8

13

B

14 CH9

Description

Ground

Channel 1

Channel 2

Ground

Channel 3

Channel 4

Ground

Channel 5

Channel 6

Ground

Channel 7

Channel 8

Ground

Channel 9

15 CH10 Channel 10

16



Ground

17 CH11 Channel 11

18 CH12 Channel 12

19



Ground

20 CH13 Channel 13 (Frequency 1)


22



Ground


24 CH16 Channel 16 (Frequency 4) &

Temperature

Lightning

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Input

Protection Number

7

8

9

5

6

1

2

3

4

13

14

10

11

12

15

16

25 EARTH

26 +12V + 12 volt supply

27 0V

28 +5V

0 volt

+ 5 volt reference

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Opto 17

29

30

0V

F5

Common

Frequency input (Frequency

5) or –12V supply

31 COM Common /0V

32 OP0 Output 0

33 OP1

34 OP2

35 OP3

36 OP4

Output 1

Output 2

Output 3

Output 4

37 OP5

38 OP6

39 OP7

Output 5

Output 6

Output 7

40 COM Common / 0V

41 IP0 Input 0

42 IP1

43 IP2

44 IP3

45 IP4

46 IP5

47 IP6

48 IP7

Input 1

Input 2

Input 3

Input 4

Input 5

Input 6

Input 7

Yes

Opto

Opto

Opto

Opto

No

No

No

No

Yes

Opto

Opto

Opto

Opto

No

No

No

No

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

3

4

5

6

0

1

2

7

4800

4800

4800

4800

4800

4800

4800

4800

4800

4800

4800

4800

4800

4800

4800

4800

Baud rate

4800

4800

4800

4800

4800

4800

4800

4800

4800

4800

4800

4800

4800

4800

4800

4800

4800

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Using Hyperterminal

Start->Programs->Accessories->Communications->Hyperterminal

Name the session “Direct to Com X” where x is the number of the serial port you are connecting to.

Connect using COM X where is the serial port the modem is connected to. ->OK

Bits per second = 19200 or 9600 depending on defaults

Data bits = 8

Parity = None

Stop Bits = 1

Flow Control = Hardware or None depending on defaults

->OK

You can now enter the AT commands required to set up the modem correctly.

The modem and sim card must be set up to be in NON-TRANSPARENT (ie error corrected) mode. Telstra #1800636785 for sim card services (1300131816 wireless and data services). If you receive a telstra message saying that the

equipment you are calling is not compatible then the modem and sim card are not set to the same transparency settings. The sim card must be set up to not

expect a pin code to be entered.

AT commands to set up the modem

AT&F Reset the modem to factory (default) settings

ATS0=0 Windows will do the answering for you. (It looks for two RING strings to come from the modem and will then issue an ATA command to the modem)

AT+IPR=9600 Set the port baud rate to 9600 (note: if you change this setting you will have to set the baud rate in hyperterminal to match)

AT+IFC=2,2 Set the handshaking to RTS/CTS (Hardware Handshaking). Use 0,0 for no flow control and 1,1 for Xon/Xoff.

AT+CBST=7,0,1 Set the protocol to V32, 9600 Baud, Non-Transparent mode

AT+DS=0

AT+CSQ

AT&Y0

AT+CLIP=0

AT+CRC=0

Turns off V42bis data compression

Test the GSM reception strength

Loads configuration 0 at modem startup

(FALCOM A2D3 ONLY) Call Line Identification Presentation

Set this to 0 or the modem will not work with windows.

(FALCOM A2D3 ONLY) Cellular Result Code command

Set this to 0 or the modem will not work with windows.

&CNF GSM,,ATZ;+CSCS=”PCCP437” (FALCOM A2D3 ONLY) Loads configuration profile and correct SMS character codes at startup (Firmware bug workaround)

&CNF MODE,V, (FALCOM A2D3 ONLY) Set the mode to Voice Mode

AT&V

AT&W0

AT&W

Display the current configuration (Falcom A2D3 also use &REQ CNF)

(SIEMENS ONLY) Save current configuration in position 0 (0 or 1)

(FALCOM ONLY) Save the current configuration

AT+CBST=7,0,0

Other commands that aren’t normally required:

set the protocol to V32, 9600 Baud, Transparent mode (Not

Recommended as this is not error corrected)

Required sequence is

1: Reset the modem to the default settings.

2: Enter desired settings

3: Save the settings (AT&W)

4: Reset the modem by taking out the power and putting it back in.

5: Display the current configuration to ensure changes have been saved.

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6: Test the GSM reception strength. In general any value for the first number above 10 is good reception and any value other than 99 is good for the second value.

7: Reboot the logger.

If you are having trouble getting the modem to recognise the dial tone then use the initialisation string x3 which will tell the modem to not wait for a valid dial tone before dialling.

Setting up the Siemens M20 modem driver in Windows

2000/XP

Open the Control Panel ->Phone and Modem Options go to the modems tab -> Add – Don't detect the modem. Select it from the list

-> Next

Choose the Siemens M20 GSM -> Next

Select COM X (where X is the serial port the modem is connected to) -> Finish

Setting up the Falcom A2D modem driver in Windows 2000

Open the Control Panel->Phone and Modem Options go to the modems tab -> Add – Don't detect the modem. Select it from the list

-> Next

Choose the Standard 9600 bps modem -> Next

Select COM X (where X is the serial port the modem is connected to) -> Finish

Set up Windows 2000 to Accept Incoming Connections

Open the Control Panel->Network and Dialup Connections->Make new connection-

>Next->Accept Incoming Connections->Next->Chose – Standard 9600 bps Modem -

>Next

Do not allow virtual private connections

Select the administrator and the WinAQMS user to be given access to dialup remotely->Next

Highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)->Properties

Allow callers to access my Local Area Network

Specify IP addresses from 192.168.0.1 to 192.168.0.10->OK->Next->Finish.

Set up Windows XP to Accept Incoming Connections

Open the Control Panel->Network Connections->Create a new connection->Next-

>Accept Incoming Connections->Next->Chose – Standard 9600 bps Modem ->Next

Do not allow virtual private connections

Select the administrator and the WinAQMS user to be given access to dialup remotely->Next

Highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)->Properties

Allow callers to access my Local Area Network

Specify IP addresses from 192.168.0.1 to 192.168.0.10->OK->Next->Finish.

Note: Incoming connections in windows will not re-establish its connection with a modem that has been switched off unless the logger is rebooted or the modem was disassociated with incoming connections before it was turned off. IE if the modem loses power and the logger does not then the logger will no longer listen for incoming connections to the modem.

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The current list of serial output report formats is as follows.

a t ts

AQMS text is the same format as that used by the older Ecotech 9400DAS logger.

<PP><sp><RRRR><sp>><yy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss><sp><####0.####><ST><####0.####><ST>…<CR><LF>

PP - 2 letter space filled data file prefix sp - the space character (A.S.C.I.I. 32)

RRRR – report type. One of RPT1, RPT2, RPT3, RPT4, SPAN, ZERO or PREC. yy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss – Year, month, day, hour (24 hour), minute, second.

####0.#### - 10 digit numerical value (space filled on the left hand side). If the value uses more than 10 digits then the format changes to a scientific format of the form M.MME+XX where

M.MM is the mantissa of the number and XX is the exponent. For example, the number 123.456 in scientific format will be changed to 1.23E+02 and the number 0.023456 will be changed to

2.35E-02.

ST – is a status character for the data reading where

* is out of service p is analyser power failure f is instrument fault

L data good, low alarm

> data good, high alarm a space is good data

< data bad, not enough data

= data bad, no data

Null data is assigned a value of -9999

CR – carriage return character (A.S.C.I.I. 13)

LF – linefeed character (A.S.C.I.I. 10)

WinAQMS sci.

<PPP>,<RRR>,<YYYY/MM/DD

HH:NN:SS>,<CH#>,<M.MMMME+XX>,<status>,<CH#>,<M.MMMME+XX>,<status>,….<CR><LF>


, - comma character (A.S.C.I.I. 44)

RRR - is the report number (1 to 3 character length) where:

1 = report 1

2 = report 2

3 = report 3

4 = report 4

128 = span report

144 = zero report

160 = precision report

YYYY/MM/DD HH:NN:SS - is the date and time

CH# - the channel number

M.MMMME+XX - channel data in scientific format status - data status (see section 8 Appendix D for more information on the WinAQMS status)



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<PPP>,<RRR>,<YYYY/MM/DD HH:NN:SS>,<CH#>,<0.####>,<status>,<CH#>,<0.####>,<status>,....<CR><LF>


, - comma character (A.S.C.I.I. 44)

RRR - is the report number (1 to 3 character length) where:

1 = report 1

2 = report 2

3 = report 3

4 = report 4

128 = span report

144 = zero report

160 = precision report

YYYY/MM/DD HH:NN:SS - is the date and time

CH# - the channel number

0.#### - channel data in standard numerical format with the number of decimal places specified in

WinAQMS. status - data status (see section 8 Appendix D for more information on the WinAQMS status)



Mantacom

The Mantacom format is a 3 rd

party format used by specific customers. The entire message is 85 characters long including the carriage return (CR) and linefeed (LF) characters and is space filled if required.

<HH:MM:SS><sp><0.####><sp><0.####><sp>…<sp><CR><LF>

HH:MM:SS – time of the data reading sp – space character (A.S.C.I.I. 32)

0.#### - channel data is standard numerical format with the number of decimal places specified in

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X

X

X

0

0

X

X

1

1

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WinAQMS stores status information for data readings as a byte. X‟s indicate that the bit of the byte can be either a 0 or a 1.

Table 16 Bite table

BIT 5 BIT 4 BIT 3 BIT 2 BIT 1 BIT 0 BIT 7 BIT 6

GOOD

/BAD CALIBRATION

0 =

BAD 0 = NOT IN CAL

1 =

GOOD 1 = IN CAL

FAULT N/A N/A

0 = NO

FAULT

1 =

FAULT Status Description

ASCII

Code

0

1

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

X

X

0

0

1

X

0

0

0

0

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0 DATA GOOD ALL OK

1 SUFFICIENT DATA

0 GOOD HIGH ALARM

1 GOOD LOW ALARM

0 NO DATA

1 NOT ENOUGH DATA

0 CALIBRATION ALL OK

1 CALIBRATION SUF. DATA

1 INSTRUMENT FAULT

0 POWER FAILURE

0 OUT OF SERVICE

128

129

130

131

0

1

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65

33

34

36

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