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Delphin ProfiMessage - User Manual

Delphin ProfiMessage
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Delphin ProfiMessage Specifications

General IconGeneral
BrandDelphin
ModelProfiMessage
CategoryTest Equipment
LanguageEnglish

Summary

1 Introduction

1.1 Safety advice

Crucial safety guidelines and precautions for device operation to prevent hazards and ensure proper handling.

1.2 System requirements

Specifies the necessary hardware and software requirements for installing and operating Delphin products.

1.3 Symbols used

Explains common symbols used throughout the manual for better understanding of warnings and information.

2 Getting started

2.1 Installing programs

Step-by-step guide for installing necessary software, including DataService Configurator and ProfiSignal.

2.2 PC connection

Instructions for establishing a connection between the PC and the ProfiMessage device via LAN.

2.3 Starting the device

Basic steps required to unpack, power up, and begin using the ProfiMessage device.

2.5 Basic settings

Details on configuring basic device settings, selecting devices, and making initial channel configurations.

3 ProfiMessage displays and connections

3.1 Power supply

Information on the device's power input specifications, voltage requirements, and pin assignment.

3.3 General LED displays

Overview of LED indicators for power, status, modules, and interfaces like LAN and USB.

3.4 COM interfaces, CAN

Details on COM interface pin assignments (RS-485, RS-232) and CAN interface specifications.

3.5 I;O module connections (terminal blocks)

Wiring diagrams and terminal assignments for various I/O modules (AAST, ADFT, ADGT, etc.).

3.6 I;O module installation and removal

Procedural guide for safely installing and removing I/O modules, including ESD precautions.

3.7 Installing internal memory card

Instructions for installing or replacing the internal memory card, emphasizing ESD safety measures.

3.8 Installing internal battery

Steps for installing or replacing the internal battery, including ESD precautions and battery lifespan.

4 Configuration and operation

4.1 Overview

Provides an overview of the configuration and operation section, highlighting key parameters and methods.

4.2 ProfiMessage device configuration

Explains how to configure the ProfiMessage device itself, including settings for interfaces and channels.

4.3 Connecting slave devices

Details on connecting slave devices to the ProfiMessage system using CAN-bus and Delphin CAN Protocol (DCP).

4.4 Settings for all dialogues

Explains common settings and dialogue elements applicable across various channel types.

4.4.1 Additional settings tab

Covers channel-specific settings like validity range, data reduction, formatting, and persistence.

4.4.2 Sensor compensation tab

Details on specifying corrections for sensors, including offset and slope adjustments for accurate readings.

4.4.3 Information tab

Displays dependent channels and events related to a specific channel configuration.

4.4.4 Basic channel selection

Describes how to select channels as sources or targets in various dialogue windows.

4.4.5 Advanced channel selection

Explains advanced channel selection methods using filtering for efficient searching of configured channels.

4.4.6 Trigger options edge and level

Details on trigger functions based on signal edge or level states for event-driven operations.

4.4.7 Inherit status

Option to use source status along with its value for functions, preventing invalid inputs in calculations.

4.5 System channels

Covers settings related to the System group, including monitoring, LEDs, user management, and network.

4.5.1 System monitoring

Provides information on system resources like CPU usage, memory availability, and operating times.

4.5.2 LED

Details on specifying display backlight brightness and assigning LEDs for status indication.

4.5.3 Directory (User management)

Manages user access levels (Administrator, Guest, root) and enables user management features.

4.5.4 Clock

Configuration of device date, time, and time zone settings, including synchronization options.

4.5.5 System settings

Settings for system-wide options, including enabling debugging and anonymous login.

4.5.6 Network settings

Configuration of network parameters such as hostname, domain, DNS server, and server services.

4.6 Configuring I;O module channels

Describes the configuration process for channels within I/O modules, including software channels and interfaces.

4.6.1 I;O module

Details configurations at the I/O module level and procedures for adding or deleting module entries.

4.6.2 AMDT I;O module

Information specific to the AMDT I/O module for vibration measurement and its technical specifications.

4.6.3 Analogue input

Configuration options for analogue inputs, dependent on sensor type like voltage, resistance, or current.

4.6.3.1 Voltage sensor type

Configuration for voltage sensors, including mode, measuring range, and scaling for accurate voltage readings.

4.6.3.2 Resistance sensor type

Configuration for resistance sensors, covering measuring range and scaling for resistance-based measurements.

4.6.3.3 Sensor type current

Settings for current sensors, including mode, measuring range, and connection types (2-wire, 4-wire).

4.6.3.4 Sensor type current 0;4 mA to 20 mA

Specific configuration for 0/4 mA to 20 mA current sensors, including mode and scaling.

4.6.3.5 Resistance thermometer sensor type

Configuration details for resistance thermometer sensors like Pt100, including temperature formats and scaling.

4.6.3.6 Thermocouple sensor type

Settings for thermocouple sensors, covering sensor types, measuring ranges, temperature formats, and scaling.

4.6.3.7 Ph probe sensor type

Configuration for pH probes, including sensor type, measuring range, and temperature compensation settings.

4.6.3.8 Advanced settings tab

Covers advanced settings for analogue inputs, including monitoring, wire break, cycle times, and cold junction settings.

4.7 Configuring software channels

Describes how to create and configure software channels for calculations, functions, and virtual channels.

4.7.1 Adder

Software channel that adds values from a source channel, with options for reset and intermediate value generation.

4.7.2 Operating hours counter

Software channel that registers active periods, retaining value across scale changes and supporting reset.

4.7.3 Differentiator

Calculates the ratio of value difference to time difference, supporting time base and trigger settings.

4.7.4 Event

Placeholder for Event functionality description.

4.7.5 Flip-flop

Software channel functioning as a hardware flip-flop, with options for JK, RS, D, and Latch modes.

4.7.6 Limit value

Monitors source channel against thresholds, generating logic signals based on alarm conditions like overrun or underrun.

4.7.7 Pulse generator

Generates square signals with variable frequency and pulse-pause ratio in free-running or synchronous modes.

4.7.8 Integrator

Calculates the area below a curve by summing values over time, with cyclic, adaptive, and reset options.

4.7.9 Channel group

Allows grouping related or interdependent channels, facilitating organization and management.

4.7.10 Linearisation

Enables additional conversion of channel values using tables, with modes like offset, quadratic, and interpolation.

4.7.11 Logic

Links digital channels logically using boolean functions like AND, OR, NOT, XOR, and XNOR.

4.7.12 Markers

Provides control options for processes via DataService Configurator or ProfiSignal applications.

4.7.13 Average

Calculates the average of source values, supporting moving and block averaging methods.

4.7.14 PID controller

Enables continuous control of process variables using P, I, PI, PD, and PID controllers.

4.7.14.1 Introduction to control technology

Introduces fundamental concepts of control technology to aid understanding of PID controllers.

4.7.14.1.1 Designations

Defines key variables and parameters used in control loops, such as reference, manipulated, and control variables.

4.7.14.1.2 Control paths

Explains control paths, their categories (with/without compensation), and system properties like P, T1, and dead time.

4.7.14.1.3 Continuous controller (PID)

Describes different types of continuous controllers (P, I, PI, PD, PID) and their operational characteristics.

4.7.14.2 Controller parameter settings

Provides methods for determining controller parameters, including guidelines for control paths with equalisation.

4.7.14.3 Configuring PID controllers

Details on configuring PID controllers through specific tabs like Main settings, Controller 1, and Controller 2.

4.7.15 Pulse width modulation (PWM)

Generates square signals with variable frequency and pulse-pause ratio, controlled by source or fixed values.

4.7.16 Calculation channel

Allows calculation of mathematical formulas using variables, constants, and expressions.

4.7.17 Batch alarms

Monitors boolean output signals to generate common alarms, with latching and reset options.

4.7.18 Shift register

Transmits values with delay, allowing specification of source, number of measurements, and trigger conditions.

4.7.19 Setpoint

Enables the device to function as a programmer, defining conditional procedures via setpoint tables.

4.7.20 Statistics

Evaluates sources using statistical functions like min/max, variance, and RMS, with options for block evaluation.

4.7.21 Status filter

Allows suppression of status messages and control of other outputs based on specific statuses.

4.7.22 Status generator

Generates specific statuses for testing system reactions, triggered immediately or by a channel.

4.7.23 Status monitoring

Monitors the source and becomes active when a specified status is met.

4.7.24 Stopwatch

Functionality for timing events, starting and stopping based on signal levels or edges, with reset options.

4.7.25 System monitoring

Displays system information such as CPU load, memory usage, and operating times.

4.7.26 Tolerance filter

Filters small signals, relaying values only if they exceed a set tolerance from the previous output.

4.7.27 Trigger

Generates logic signals based on analogue source signals, active after specific trigger events like edges or levels.

4.7.28 Clock

Configuration of device date, time, and time systems (UTC, Unix), and tracking daylight saving time.

4.7.29 Alarm clock

Triggers specific events at specified times, generating one-off or repeat alarms.

4.7.30 Counter

Counts events based on upward, downward, or reset triggers, with options for intermediate values and value output.

4.7.31 Time delay

Changes the timing of digital source signals, allowing pickup or dropout delay for signal processing.

5 Device memory

5.1 Device memory

Information on configuring memory groups and enabling data export to a USB memory stick.

6 Connection examples

6.1 Connecting sensors

Illustrates connection examples for various sensors, including voltage, current, and thermocouple types.

6.2 Connecting actuators

Details on connecting actuators to analogue and digital outputs, including load resistance and voltage requirements.

7 Measurement technology notes

7.1 Galvanic isolation

Explains the galvanic isolation properties of the device's inputs and interfaces for electrical safety.

7.2 Earthing

Describes the PE terminal's function as a ground connection for the device and its internal connections.

7.3 Earth loops

Discusses the causes and effects of earth loops in sensor and computer connections, and interference issues.

7.4 Shielding

Recommendations for using shielded cables to prevent disruption of measurement signals by electromagnetic fields.

7.5 ESD protection

Information on ESD protection measures for inputs, including the use of earth terminals.

7.6 Potential differences

Explains potential differences that can occur between reference potentials of multiple-sensor signals.

8 Technical specifications

8.1 Main device

General technical specifications for the main device, including dimensions, weight, material, and processor.

8.2 I;O modules: AAST, ADGT, ADIT and ADVT

Technical specifications for AAST, ADGT, ADIT, and ADVT I/O modules, covering analogue inputs and outputs.

8.3 I;O modules: DIOT, IOIT and OTPT

Technical specifications for DIOT, IOIT, and OTPT I/O modules, detailing digital inputs and outputs.

8.4 ADFT I;O module

Technical specifications for the ADFT I/O module, covering analogue inputs, outputs, and digital I/O.

8.5 AMDT I;O module

Technical specifications for the AMDT I/O module, focusing on analogue inputs/outputs and digital I/O.

9 AMDT I;O module

9.1 Hardware

Information on the hardware of the AMDT I/O module, including its design and physical setup.

9.1.1 Project planning and design

Guidelines for planning and designing systems involving the AMDT I/O module, considering setup rules and analogue inputs.

9.1.2 Connector panel (industrial)

Details on the industrial connector panel for the AMDT I/O module, showing analogue inputs and outputs.

9.1.3 Connector panel (laboratory)

Layout of the laboratory connector panel for the AMDT I/O module, illustrating input/output connections.

9.1.4 Block diagrams

Block diagram illustrating the hardware architecture of the AMDT I/O module and signal flow.

9.1.5 Technical specifications

Comprehensive technical specifications for the AMDT I/O module's hardware, including isolation and input/output capabilities.

9.1.5.1 Galvanic isolation

Details on the galvanic isolation properties of the AMDT I/O module's inputs and outputs.

9.1.5.2 Analogue inputs

Specifications for analogue inputs of the AMDT I/O module, covering ranges, sampling, resolution, and precision.

9.1.5.3 Analogue outputs

Specifications for analogue outputs of the AMDT I/O module, including output range, resolution, and signal error.

9.1.5.4 Digital inputs

Specifications for digital inputs of the AMDT I/O module, covering potential isolation and sampling rates.

9.1.5.5 Counter

Specifications for counter functionality on digital inputs, including pulse counting and frequency measurement precision.

9.1.5.6 Digital outputs

Specifications for digital outputs of the AMDT I/O module, including switching voltage, current, and isolation.

9.2 Function

Describes the different operating modes for the I/O module, including batch recording and continuous recording.

9.2.1.1 Batch recording

Details the batch recording mode for I/O modules, focusing on data acquisition and transfer sequence.

9.2.1.2 Continuous recording

Explains the continuous recording mode, where data processing occurs simultaneously with sampling.

9.2.1.3 Signal simulation

Allows replacement of real signals with demo signals for testing, offering various signal and modulation types.

9.2.1.4 Synchronising two AMDT modules

Instructions for synchronizing two AMDT I/O modules for simultaneous data acquisition and triggering.

9.2.2 Triggering and recording

Covers settings for triggering events and recording data, including software/hardware triggers and recording depth.

9.2.2.1 Redundant trigger source

Explains options for redundant trigger sources to ensure continuous recording in case of signal failure.

9.2.3 Time signal

Describes how vibration signals are saved as time signals, supporting variable history and digital filters.

9.2.3.1 Digital filter

Details digital filter types (low-pass, band-pass) and their settings for processing acquired signals.

9.2.3.2 Digital integrator

Explains the digital integrator's function for numerical integration of vibration signals.

9.2.4 FFT analysis;frequency spectrum

Covers FFT analysis and frequency spectrum computation, including algorithms and setting frequency ranges.

9.2.5 Characteristic values

Describes calculation of characteristic vibration values from time signals and frequency spectra.

9.2.5.1 Maximum value, minimum value characteristic values

Defines how the DSP finds and delivers maximum and minimum values from the time signal.

9.2.5.2 Peak-to-peak characteristic value

Explains calculation of the peak-to-peak value, representing the difference between highest positive and negative amplitudes.

9.2.5.3 Artihm. Average

Defines the arithmetical average calculation of the time signal, representing the steady or DC component.

9.2.5.4 True Root mean square (TRMS)characteristic value

Explains the calculation of the True Root Mean Square (TRMS) value for the time signal.

9.2.5.5 Frequency of main vibration characteristic value

Describes finding the largest amplitude in the frequency spectrum and delivering its frequency.

9.2.5.6 Amplitude of the main vibration characteristic value

Details finding the largest amplitude in the frequency spectrum and its corresponding value.

9.2.5.7 Phase of main vibration characteristic value

Covers phase angle measurement for low frequencies/rotation speeds, using digital pulses for reference.

9.2.5.8 Amplitude of the 1 X;2 X;3 X;xX vibration characteristic value

Determines amplitude of vibration components (1X, 2X, 3X) using cyclical digital pulses for frequency reference.

9.2.5.9 Phase of the 1 X;2 X;3 X;xX vibration characteristic value

Calculates phase angles for vibration components using frequency spectrum and rotation speed factor.

9.2.5.10 “Rotation speed”

Determines signal periods, frequency, and rotation speed from input signals, with configurable limits.

9.2.5.11 Maximum vect. sum characteristic value

Performs vectoral addition of amplitude values from two consecutive channels to find the maximum.

9.2.5.12 Artihm. average of product”

Calculates the arithmetical average of amplitude values from two consecutive channels.

9.2.5.13 Frequency of maximum line, band 1;2;3 characteristic value

Finds the peak amplitude frequency within a specified band of the frequency spectrum.

9.2.5.14 Amplitude of maximum line, band 1;2;3 characteristic value

Finds the peak amplitude within a specified band of the frequency spectrum.

9.2.5.15 RMS value, band 1;2;3 characteristic value

Calculates the RMS value using lines within a narrow frequency band of the spectrum.

9.2.5.16 Total characteristic value

Calculates a weighted sum for all quadratic lines of a frequency spectrum.

9.2.5.17 “Residual value”

Calculates a weighted sum excluding harmonic components and optional definable components.

9.2.6 Frequency and rotation speed measurement

Measures current frequencies and rotation speed on equipment, determining rotation speed for frequency spectrum analysis.

9.2.7 Measuring of phase angle

Explains phase angle measurement for low frequencies/rotation speeds and provides definitions.

9.2.8 Monitoring

Monitors characteristic values against thresholds, allowing logical linking to digital outputs.

9.3 Configuration and operation

9.3.1 Configuration with DataService Configurator

Details using DataService Configurator for hierarchical display and configuration of system components.

9.3.1.1 Configuration;settings for I;O module

Covers I/O module settings effective for all analogue inputs, focusing on operating mode, triggering, and recording.

9.3.1.2 I;O module status;measurement block counter

Explains how measurement data is recorded and displayed, including status information and block counters.

9.3.1.3 Configuring;settings for an analogue input

Details configuration and settings for analogue inputs, including active status, additional settings, and main settings.

9.3.1.4 Configuration;settings for FFT;spectrum

Guides on configuring FFT/spectrum settings, including window functions, compression, and averaging.

9.3.1.5 Configuration;settings for characteristic value

Steps for adding or deleting characteristic value channels from analogue inputs.

9.3.1.6 Configuring;setting for analogue output

Configuration for analogue outputs, covering output range, scaling, and source selection.

9.3.1.7 Configuration;settings for digital input

Configuration for digital inputs, including inversion and settings for counters.

9.3.1.8 Configuration;settings for counter

Settings for counter functionality, including measurement unit and frequency measuring modes.

9.3.1.9 Configuration;settings for digital output

Configuration for digital outputs, including source selection and inversion.

9.3.2 Visualisation using ProfiSignal

Overview of ProfiSignal software for data logging, analysis, and visualization, showing example diagrams.

9.3.3 Update firmware

Procedure for updating the device firmware using an internet browser via the Ethernet interface.

10 Data transfer to USB memory stick

10 Data transfer to USB memory stick

Methods for copying acquired data from device memory to a USB stick without PC connection.

Data transfer without configuration

Steps for direct data transfer to a USB stick without prior configuration on the device.

Configuring data transfer

Guides on configuring data transfer settings via DataService Configurator, including save modes and XML format.

11 Appendix

11.1 ISO 9001 certificate

Official ISO 9001 certificate issued by Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance.

11.2 EC declaration on conformity

EC Declaration of Conformity, confirming compliance with relevant EU directives.