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- Page 1 DATALOGGER NI400 NI400 DATALOGGER NI400 4 CHANNELS 3G DATA LOGGER with Embedded Web Server USER MANUAL Rev. 02 del 03/08/2017 Redatto da R&D Approvato da MKT...
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DATALOGGER NI400 SPECIFIC WARNINGS To guarantee the IP protection during the installation, expect to seal the instrument cables (with silicone or foam) after having tightened the cable-gland. Through the installation expect suitable protections to avoid product overheating (eg. a shel- ter to avoid direct sunlight);... - Page 3 Why are Virtual Channels Implemented? IOT Section Measure and send Test (e) Scripts Connection Configuration QUICK START Overview HOW TO CONNECT THE NI400 TO PC Virtual Channel configuration Acquisition Configuration DEVICE OVERVIEW NI400 Local Connection Common Errors and Warnings ADD DATA SOURCES...
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Every NI400, from now on indicated simply as “datalogger” has two type of identifica- § Electrical connections must be done by a qualified technician, respecting the current tion labels.The first label, placed on the upper side of NI400, shows the registration Serial regulations. -
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Fast Fourier Transform; a parameter, logged together with the reading, shows the qual- ity of the readings. Readings are stored into the internal memory and can be downloaded using a USB pen drive or a laptop/PC. The NI400 is equipped with the 3G module and www.ruggedaq.com... -
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Lithium/ Iron disulfide (Life s2), nominal voltage 1.5 V, min 2 A continuous current dis- • USB: it allows to connect the NI400 datalogger to PC for setup, start, stop, data and charge, min 2 A pulse capability, min 3 Ah capacity. -
Page 7: Analog Channels Connections
• Expired batteries have to be removed immediately from the batteries-holder and cor- rectly disposed of (according to what was established by local rules): if batteries are left in the batteries-holder, some losses could happen and these could damage the NI400. Figure 4 Internal Batteries –... -
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The image above, illustrate the position of sensor’s terminal blocks. RS485 Modbus ter- minal block is used for SmartModbus Sensors, while Channel 1 to 4 are used for analog NI400 is provided with a Digital Output (NC / NO), which can drive low voltage (max 30V, sensors. -
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Industries Engeneering. Refer to FIRMWARE UPDATE section for more informations. PROCEDURE USB Port You can use the four holes Ø 6mm to fix the NI400 according to your application. Screws and anchor plugs (suggested Ø 5mm) are not supplied. Figure 11 This connection is dedicated to PC connection. -
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7-SEGMENT DISPLAY KEYBOARD HOW TO OPEN NI400 CASE Figure 14 To open the NI400 case use a little screwdriver, insert the screwdriver into the hole in the yellow plastic and press down to unlock the case. SELECT KEY ENTER KEY... -
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This is the chart of states on display. State (1) DISPLAY ITEM MENU DESCRIPTION CODE If you press Enter key in correspondence to the NI400 state menu (1) entry , the NI400 will display the current state. State It shows NI400 state. Battery It shows battery state. -
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HIGH charge The user can read the NI400 state when he enters the menu. As soon as the user enters the battery state, a 15 sec timeout starts. After that, the NI400 Figure 16 will come back to main menu and will start the timeout display (it can be set up from the Flashing d letter is shown on display during files copy. -
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(and timeout reset display). If you set the NI400 to transmit the .csv reading file (only the one ordered in columns) by While the menu shows the copy result, Enter key causes the timeout reset from 15 sec. -
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Number 8 followed by letter A are displayed if the operation is successful; if an error has NOTE: the NI400 could be powered off only if it is in STOP mode (see “Stop Menu (6)” occurred the system will go to error state and an error code will be shown. -
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STOP mode ERROR state Connect the PC trough the USB cable to the miniUSB port of the NI400. From this moment NOTE: NI400 has to be in “STOP” or “CONFIG” mode before using this function. and as long as the USB cable is disconnected, the power supply will be taken from the PC. -
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You have to do this operation only one time for each PC utilized with NI400. After that, every time a new NI400 is connected to these PCs, it will be automatically recognized because the driver is already installed on your PC. -
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NOTE: if the installation doesn’t start automatically, it is possible to trace the drivers on the USB flash drive supplied with the NI400. It is also possible to download it from the NEXT Industries website and do a manual installation www.ruggedaq.com... -
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So, the tool opens. Select the COM port assigned to the NI400 during the installation of the USB driver. NOTE: to know which COM port has been assigned to the NI400, look to the COM ports list in Control Panel\Device Manager, maintaining the PC connected to the NI400. -
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You will be requested the NI400 log in and you can browse in its pages. When the 0 blinking press OK on the tool. Every time that you need to reconnect a NI400 or connect a new one, you have to open Clicking on OK, the connection starts. -
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The 32-bit tool is able to works under 64-bit operative system but is not able to create the For the connection between PC and the NI400, it is recommended to use an isolated USB connection because the driver of dial-up connection is different. -
Page 21: Overview
The USB flash-drive used for the firmware update must be FAT32 formatted. Otherwise the pen drive will not be read from the NI400 and it will be impossible to update the firmware. It is necessary to copy the whole content of the ZIP file (WEB folders, FW and Restore) directly in the main directory of the USB pen-drive, do not use sub-folders. -
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It can be used to test with functions generators. Thermocouple break check: before TC readings, NI400 inspects TC circuitry to check total resistance. If value is out of thresholds, TC will be flagged as broken, and NAN, +FS or -FS will be recorded. -
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Figure 43 in this page it is possible to set local analog channels on the NI400. ATTENTION: For sensors wiring it is necessary to refer to the schemes on the NI400 web pages or to the chapter “Wiring”. Sensor type is not editable by end user since it requires electrical modifications and can be done only in our labs. -
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Type of measurements to read on this input. Factory only. easure type Power supply (output voltage or current) that NI400 will supply to the connected sensor. In case it is present “external”, NI400 doesn’t supply any power supply. Different power supplies are power supply proposed according to the “TYPE OF MEASURMENT”... -
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In this page it is possible to set digital channels to allow NI400 to read digital instruments. For more information refer to chapter “Modbus” Number of decimals recorded for this channel uMber of deciMals NI400 does not read the channel, but CSV file will be popu- lated with “skipped”... -
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Figure 47 Alarm Monitor In this page it is possible to display last NI400 acquisition cycle. It is also possible to down- load NI400 executed and saved acquisitions. From this page it’s possible to view lasts Alarms triggered in NI400 system. It’ possible to delete the memory, or download last logs or entire data (if not previously deleted). -
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Digital Sensor Configuration By clicking “Edit” (Fig.2) on the sensor row to configure, the system shows typical sensor For digital sensors, NI400 offers an in-depth configuration. After choosing Baudrate and (IPI, H-LEVEL, TILTMETER) and a SmartModbus element (Fig.3). Maximum RS485 Address (Fig.1), the User can “Save Changes” and start the configuration SmartModbus is selected if the User has a generic modbus sensor. -
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Some sensors require either a command or a condition to be true before actually push- ing the data in the right register. Send Command enabled orders the NI400 to push data (Value field) in a sensor’s regis- ter (Reg Address (hex)). You can “Force Multiple Reg” o “Write Coil”. -
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Engeneering Units: to complete data with the right engeneering unit like bar,°C, °F, %HR and so on. NI400 allows to create another sensor with the same Modbus address (Fig.9,10,11), so user Number of Decimals: after linear or poly conversion, here are the number of decimal digits can select 4 (or more, creating other sensors) registers to read data from. -
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Virtual Cannels allows operations to be made on a single channel or between channels. NI400 group them into Scripts, with a maximum of 5 scripts containing 16 virtual channels each. Each Virtual Channel can handle up to 9 elements (including Virtual Channel belong- ing to the same script). -
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XOR an(2.A) Figure 62 Edit button allows the configuration of Virtual Channels contained by the selected Script. As we see in following Figure, NI400 provides a large toolbox to program Virtual Channels. an(1.A) an(2.A) an(1.A) AND an(2.A) an(1.A) an(2.A) -
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DATALOGGER DATALOGGER NI400 NI400 Virtual Channel Configuration By clicking “config” in the Virtual Channel row (Figure 23) the user can edit Identification (channel name) and alarm properties. Figure 68 As you can see this causes an error. Formula has to be written using keys printed on the screen. The prompt should be used Figure 66 ONLY to write channel number. -
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ALARMS Figure 71 Overview In the “SENSOR” section, it is possible to select how NI400 will handle Sensor’s alarm: • NI400 can handle alarms of both channel (reading out of a determined range) and device (malfunction, wrong configuration etc.) Enabling any of this checkbox will modify datalogger’s action: •... -
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Sensor Alarm: if you have selected email in sensors alarms this will let you use the current recipient for the sensor alarm NI400 alarm: if you have selected email in NI400 alarm this will let you use the current recipient for the datalogger’s alarm Object: email’s object... -
Page 35: Ftp Configuration
Save changes to continue WARNING: Only standard FTP (not encrypted) is supported. Channel Alarm Types Thresholds in NI400 alarm settings are here described. Figure 74 WARNING: all alarms evaluations are computed AFTER linear or polynomial conversion, This page allows the setup of SMTP parameter . -
Page 36: Advanced Configuration
This page allows to set network parameters. None: no data transfer In the first block you select which connection will be used by NI400 to send Email and FTP files. Email: data will be transferred via email Network Card Configuration... -
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Timed: The datalogger turns itself in sleep mode (approx. 60uA), waking up 10 seconds before acquisition starting. V OUT port is grayed out as NI400 is not provided of a V OUT connector. Info This page contains information about firmware, web, bootloader and model. Note this parameters in case of assistance enquiry. -
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WIRELESS FUNCTIONALITIES Caution to be taken In case the NI400 sends measures or alarms by e-mail or on FTP server, the user has to 3G MODEM take into account that the USB serial of communication is shared with the 3G (GSM/GPRS) modem serial of communication. -
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NI400 INTERNET OF THINGS APN configuration On the NI400 web server you can find a page where you have to edit an APN command. Overview This command is necessary to configure the 3G modem with the correct parameters according to the selected SIM (these parameters depend on your ISP) -
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Figure 88 In this example a device called NI400 has been added. You can always click on the name of the device and review all the configurations done during the previous steps. By clicking on the device name, you should get the following page where you can see... -
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Navigate to the page Advanced -> Connections IOT section Connect to NI400 through its web server and navigate to the page Configuration -> NI400 Figure 91 In this page you should configure all parameters that allow NI400 to access the Internet. -
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On the Exosite portal, go to the device page by clicking on Device menu item. In the device list you should find the device (NI400 in this example) added on chapter 1. Configure the NI400 for the acquisitions that you need. Refer to NI400 configuration By clicking on this device you should reach the configuration page of this device. -
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NI400 CREATE THE DASHBOARD AND ADD WIDGETS Alias : the name of the input configured on NI400, AN_1_A in this example The field Data Source Name can be used to insert a description of the input; the other You can create a new dashboard by selecting Dashboard in the left menu and clicking field should be left to default. -
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Refresh rate: the refreshing period of the graph In this example a line chart -Next Industries- has been added and it has been config- ured in order to show data source AN_1_A and AN_1_B, the last 50 points. This is the... -
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Verify that you have the last and the correct version of USB driver Verify that you have an adequate power supply (from battery pack or external power supply) on the V IN clamp of the NI400; check if the voltage is within the range accept- ed by the NI400 and stable. -
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4. verify that SMTP account is a simple authentication. The NI400 doesn’t support SSL. 5. verify that there is a good 3G (GSM/GPRS) signal on the site were the NI400 is The connection through the NI400 and computer goes down . -
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NI400 NI400 FTP SERVER SENDING DATA TROUBLESHOOTING 6. verify that there is a good 3G (GSM/GPRS) signal on the site were the NI400 is installed. This paragraph provides FTP server sending data troubleshooting tips. The e-mail transmission involves different devices. In this document, we try to determine MEASURE TROUBLESHOOTING which device could cause the problem and then we try to solve it. -
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• Ratiometric (2 channels needed) CH 1 • Thermocouple (J,K,T,E,R,S,B,N) On the NI400 electronic board there are four analog channels. Each channel has four clamps for the instrument signals (A,B,C,D) and one clamp for the instruments shield ( CH 2... -
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DIGITALIZED SENSOR CLAMP CLAMP WIRING Refer to the following image for the correct wiring of instruments (analog and digitalizaed) On the NI400 board there is one clamp for the digitalized instruments connection. to the clamp. Every clamp has 5 terminals: 3 for communication (RS-485) –... -
Page 50: Analog Sensors Wiring Schemes
DATALOGGER DATALOGGER NI400 NI400 Analog Sensors Wiring Schemes 4-20mA Transmitter 3-4 Wires Voltage Figure 113 Figure 111 Thermistor NTC 4-20mA current loop 2 wires Figure 112 Figure 114 www.ruggedaq.com www.ruggedaq.com... - Page 51 DATALOGGER DATALOGGER NI400 NI400 Vibrating Wire Ratiometric (6 wire) Figure 115 Figure 117 Vibrating Wire with Thermistor NOTE. for this measure type, two channels (Ch1+Ch2 or Ch3+Ch4) are necessary to read the instrument. Figure 116 0101 0100 www.ruggedaq.com www.ruggedaq.com...
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NI400 RELAY OUTPUT: VOLT-FREE CLOSURE Thermocouple On the NI400 board there is one clamp for the relay output (for alarm, etc) managed from the software. The relay output is a volt-free closure (low voltage 30V, 1A). Figure 120 Figure 118 Digitalized Instruments Note: The relay output change for 1 minute. -
Page 53: Anomalies And Alarm Warnings
Icons and power supply alarm thresholds Error Codes NI400 with external power supply When the NI400 is in error status, it shows the letter “E” and error codes one after the other. Following, there are NI400 error codes. Icon showed: plug... -
Page 54: Info
SERVICE Always disconnect the NI400 from its power source during maintenance. In the event that you need after-sale calibration, service or repair of your NI400, please con- tact Next Industries’s Customer Service Department for an Authorized Return (AR) No. Next Industries Customer Service email: service@ruggedaq.com... -
Page 55: Specifications
GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS SPECIFICATIONS • 4 differential analog channels • Measures: mV, mA, mV/V, NTC,Thermocouple • Vibrating Wire (it depends on the model) • 3G • Web Server on board • Internet Of Things Technology • 0,05% F.S. Accuracy with mV measure •... - Page 56 DETAILED DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS SPECIFICATIONS NI400 INPUT Case and Protection IP67 4 differentials channels, individually configured at factory, according to the following sensors: - Thermocouples Relay Output (30V 2A) - Vibrating Wire + Thermistor (NTC) Analog differential - Thermistor (NTC) inputs...
- Page 57 DETAILED DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS SPECIFICATIONS ANALOG MEASUREMENTS OUTPUT Digital output 24-bit (22 true bit) differential Analog-to-Digital Converters, 5SPS to One relay output (for alarm, etc.): volt-free closure (low voltage 30V, 1A) 1000SPS, 0-24 Average Function, auto-calibration and auto-range PROTECTIONS Current loop (2 wires): range 0÷25 mA Electro-mechanical relays for each measuring channel: Power supply: 24V DC, 12V DC (up to 25 mA), external Electrical endurance: min.relays for each measuring channel: Electrical...
- Page 58 DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS Sleep mode: 60µA On: 10 mA Typical current On with display on: 40 mA drain (@9 V) Analog initialisation: 27 mA Measurement: 70 mA (with 12 mA @ 24 V sensor consumption) On with GPRS module: 104 mA (typically), 350 mA peak ENVIROMENTAL CONDITIONS Operating temperature -40 to +85°C (batteries -20 to +60°C)
- Page 59 NI400 DATALOGGER DATALOGGERS WEB SOFTWARE INTERNET OF THINGS SENSORS Next Industries S.r.L T+39 02.95764356 Via G. Di Vittorio 2/F, info@ruggedaq.com www.ruggedaq.com 20065 Inzago (MI) - Italy...
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