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Sierra InnovaSonic 203 Instruction Manual

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Economical Ultrasonic Liquid Flow Meter
Instruction Manual
Version IM-203, Rev. J, November 2017

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  • Page 1 InnovaSonic Model 203 ® Economical Ultrasonic Liquid Flow Meter Instruction Manual Version IM-203, Rev. J, November 2017...
  • Page 2 Sierra Instruments. The information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice.
  • Page 3  Sierra has verified the conformity between the contents in this manual and the hardware and software described. However, errors may still exist. We regularly review the materials covered in this manual and correct errors with revisions.
  • Page 4 Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® Product Components Inspect the flow meter prior to installation. Check the parts against the packing list. Make sure that there is no transport damage.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® Content Transmitter Installation and Wiring ..............8     1.1......................8     NSPECTION PRIOR TO RANSMITTER NSTALLATION 1.2..............................9     ONNECTIONS 1.2.1. Power Supply Option ............................. 9    ...
  • Page 6 Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® ............................24     OTALIZER ULSE UTPUT ............................. 24     LARM ROGRAMMING ..........................24     ECOVER THE ACTORY EFAULT 5.10 4~20 ........................25     NALOG UTPUT ALIBRATION 5.11 ESN ..................................25  ...

  • Page 7: Transmitter Installation And Wiring

    Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® 1. Transmitter Installation and Wiring 1.1. Inspection prior to Transmitter Installation You will find a “Position Drawing” in the packing. Please use it as a template flow meter installation. Drill 4 installation 135 mm 5.32lnch...

  • Page 8: Wire Connections

    Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® 1.2. Wire Connections 1.2.1. Power Supply Option Factory standard power supply is 10 to 36 VDC at 1A max. 1.2.2. Transmitter Wiring Once the electronics enclosure has been installed, the flow meter wiring can be connected.

  • Page 9: Junction Box Connections

    Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® 1.2.4. Junction Box Connections Shield Shield Black Black Up-Stream Up-Stream Lengthen Cable To Transmitter To Transducer Lengthen Cable Down-Stream Down-Stream Shield Shield Black Black Figure 2. Junction Box Connections 1.2.5. Junction Box Requirements...

  • Page 10: Powering On

    1.4. Keypad Functions The InnovaSonic 203 keypad offers 16 tactile keys with 12 dual-function keys for easy operation of the menu system and setup. The quick-key functions are enabled by pressing directly on the related key. You do not need to press the key to enable quick-key functions.

  • Page 11: Flow Meter Menu Descriptions

    Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® You can check/enter numerical data by visiting the Data Type menus. If you want to modify the data, input the digits and press or press first, input the digits then press again to confirm.
  • Page 12 Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® +0~+5 Appendix: power on/off time, total working hours, on/off times and a single-accuracy function calculator. Attention other menus not listed are for hardware adjustment (factory use).

  • Page 13: Pipe Parameter Entry Shortcuts

    Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® 2. Pipe Parameter Entry Shortcuts 2.1. Dual Function Keys Menu Description Flo w Ma x . Rate/1 Key Press this key to display Maximum Flow Rate. The 3 6 0 .0 0 0 0 m3 / h function is the same with Window M02.

  • Page 14: Menu System Examples

    Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® * R- - - - - - - - - Diag./< Key Sy s t e m No r ma l Press this key to display System Error Code. The function is the same with Window M08.
  • Page 15 Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® Step 7. Display measurement result Press keys to enter menu M01 F lo w 0 .112 9 m3 / h to display measurement results. *R indicates Ve l 1.0 4 15 m/ s...

  • Page 16: Measurement Site Selection

    Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® 3. Measurement Site Selection When selecting a measurement site, it is important to select an area where the fluid flow profile is fully developed. Use the following guidelines to select a proper installation site: Choose a section of pipe that is always full of liquid, such as a vertical pipe with flow in the upward direction or a full horizontal pipe.

  • Page 17: Transducer Installation

    Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® Consider the inside condition of the pipe carefully. If possible, select a section of pipe where the inside is free of excessive corrosion or scaling. 4. Transducer Installation Installing the Transducers Before installing the transducers, clean the pipe surface where the transducers are to be mounted. Remove any rust, scale or loose paint and make a smooth surface.

  • Page 18: Z Method

    Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® Side View Section Top View Upstream Transducer Transducer Flow Pipe Strap Transducer Space Downstream Transducer Figure 5. V Method Transducer Mounting Method 4.1.4 Z Method The signal transmitted in a Z method installation has less attenuation than a signal transmitted with the V method Use for big pipes, if there are some suspended solid in the fluid, or the scaling and liner are too thick.

  • Page 19: Signal Strength

    Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® to the outside pipe wall to get good measurement results. However, the following inspections still need to be carried out in order to ensure the high reliability of the measurement and long-term operation of the instrument.
  • Page 20 Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® moved Check to be sure the mounting spacing is accordance with the display in menu M25 and the transducer is mounted at the pipe’s centerline on the same diameter. Pay special attention to those pipes with seams, since such pipe is always irregular.

  • Page 21: Operating Instructions

    Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® 5 Operating Instructions System Normal Identification Press the keys. If the letter “*R” is displayed, it indicates system normal. If the letter “E” is displayed, it indicates that the current loop output is over ranged by 100%. This refers to the settings in menu M57.

  • Page 22: System Lock (Unlock)

    Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® System Lock (Unlock) System lock is readable but un-editable to prevent operation error due to unauthorized tampering. Press the keys, if displays “Unlock” on the screen, then press the key, enter a 1～4 numerically long password, and then press the key to confirm.

  • Page 23: Totalizer Pulse Output

    Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® Typical OCT (Open Collector Transistor) Output wiring diagram as below: OCT+ OCT- RELAY TRANS OCT OUT 5~10K 1/4w Figure 8. OCT Output Wiring Diagram Totalizer Pulse Output Each time the flow meter reaches a unit flow, it may generate a totalizer pulse output to a remote counter.

  • Page 24: A Analog Output Calibration

    Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® 5.10 4~20mA Analog Output Calibration NOTE Each flow meter has been calibrated before leaving factory. It is unnecessary to carry out this step except when the current value (detected while calibrating the current loop) displayed in Menu M58 is not identical with the actual output current value.

  • Page 25: Menus Display Explanations

    Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® 6. Menus Display Explanations 6.1. Menus Display Codes CL Check Flow Totalizer Display CL Current Output Flow Rate/Net Totalizer Date and Time Flow Rate/Velocity Flow Rate/POS Totalizer Serial Port Parameter Flow Rate/NEG Totalizer...

  • Page 26: Display Explanation

    Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® 6.2. Display Explanation While reading this section, please compare it with the instrument in order to improve your understanding. F lo w 0 .115 4 m3 / h Flow Rate／Net Totalizer 0 x 1m3 Display flow rate and net totalizer.
  • Page 27 Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® Pi p e Ou t e r Di a me t e r Pipe Outer Diameter 5 0 mm Enter the pipe outside diameter or enter the pipe circumference in Menu M10. The pipe outside diameter must range from 51mm to 6000mm.
  • Page 28 Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® Pa r a me t e r Se t u p s Initial Parameter Setups and Save En t r y t o SAVE Load and save the parameters. 18 different sets of setup conditions/groups are available to load and save by three methods (i.e.-you can load and save 18...
  • Page 29 Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® Measurement Units Options Select the measurement unit as follows: Me a s u r e me n t Un i t s I n 0. Metric Me t r i c 1. English Factory default is metric.
  • Page 30 Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® ON/OFF Net Totalizer On/off Net Totalizer. “ON” indicates the totalizer is turned on, while “OFF” indicates it is turned off. When it is turned off, the net totalizer displays in Menu M00 will not change. Factory default is “ON”.
  • Page 31 Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® Ma n u a l T o t a li z e r [ 3 8 Manual Totalizer Pr e s s ENT W h e n Re a d y The manual totalizer is a separate totalizer. Press to start, and press to stop it.
  • Page 32 Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® flow to be displayed as “0”. If so, it can be recovered via Menu M43. Re s e t Z e r o [ 4 3 Reset Zero Select “YES”; reset “Zero Point” which was set by the user.
  • Page 33 Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® Select the current loop mode. The following options are available: 0. 4-20mA Output Mode set up the 4-20mA output to be flow rate mode 1. 4-20mA vs. Vel. set up the 4-20mA output to be flow velocity mode 2.
  • Page 34 Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® CL Cu r r e n t Ou t p u t [ 5 9 CL Current Output 15 .6 6 1 mA Display CL current output. The display of 10.0000mA indicates that CL current output value is 10.0000mA.
  • Page 35 Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® F O F r e q u e n c y Ra n g e Set FO Frequency Range 5 0 0 0 Set up high FO frequency range. It must be higher than the low FO frequency.
  • Page 36 Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® which is lower than the low value, will activate the Ala r m # 1 L o w Va lu e alarm in the OCT hardware or Relay output signal. 0 m3 / h...
  • Page 37 Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® REL AY Ou t p u t Se t u p Relay Output Setup Set up the output trigger event sources of the OCT 0 . No t Re a d y ( NO * R) hardware output components.
  • Page 38 Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® Signal Strength and Signal Quality St r e n g t h + Qu a li t y [ 9 0 Display the measured signal strength and signal UP:0 0 .0 DN:0 0 .0 Q= 0 0 quality Q value upstream and downstream.
  • Page 39 Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® Re y n o ld s Nu mb e r [ 9 4 Reynolds Number and Factor 0 .0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 Display the Reynolds number that is calculated by the Flow meter and the factor that is set currently by the Flow meter.

  • Page 40: Error Diagnosis

    Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® 7. Error Diagnosis The ultrasonic flow meter has advanced self-diagnostics functions and displays any errors in the upper right corner of the LCD via definite codes in a date/time order. Hardware error diagnostics are usually performed upon each power on.
  • Page 41 Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® 7.2 Table 2. Error Codes and Solutions (during operation) Code M08 Display Cause Solution System Normal System normal No errors SCPU Fatal Error Hardware defect Contact the factory Attach transducer to the pipe and tighten it securely.

  • Page 42: Frequently Asked Questions And Answers

    Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® Frequently Asked Questions and Answers Question: New pipe, high quality material, and all installation requirements met: why still no signal detected? Answer: Check pipe parameter settings, installation method and wiring connections. Confirm if the coupling compound is applied adequately, the pipe is full of liquid, transducer spacing agrees with the screen readings and the transducers are installed in the right direction.

  • Page 43: Product Overview

    Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® 8. Product Overview Theory of Operation When the ultrasonic signal is transmitted through the flowing liquid, there will be a difference between the upstream and downstream transit time (travel time or time of flight), which is proportional to flow velocity, according to the formula below.

  • Page 44: Specifications

    Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® Specifications...
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  • Page 47: Appendix1-Serial Interface Network Use And Communications Protocol

    Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® 9. Appendix1-Serial Interface Network Use and Communications Protocol Overview The flow meter comes standard with a RS-485 multi-drop communication port. An option RS-232 communication connection is available as a special. RS-232 can be used for point to point (one master one slave 203) communication only with wire runs of 50 feet or less.

  • Page 48: Connection To Rs-232/Rs-485 Host Device

    Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® PIN 5 ground Optional RS-485: Tx=A- (note, A & B may be reversed on some equipment) Rx=B+ GND=RS-485 common Connection to RS-232/RS-485 Host Device See the below figure flow meter serial port wiring.

  • Page 49: Modbus-Rtu Communication Protocol

    Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® d can be set in Menu 46. Numbers 13, 10, 42, and 38 are reserved and cannot be used. Modbus-RTU Communication Protocol This Modbus-I Protocol uses RTU transmission mode. The Verification Code uses CRC-16-IBM (polynomial is +1, shield character is 0xA001 ) which is gained by the cyclic redundancy algorithm method.
  • Page 50 Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® 0x01~0xF7 0x06 0x0000~0xFFFF 0x0000~0xFFFF CRC(Verify) The range of flow meter addresses 1 to 247 (Hexadecimal: 0x01 ～ 0xF7), and can be checked in the Menu 46. For example, decimal number “11” displayed on Menu 46 means the address of the flow meter in the Modbus protocol is 0x0B.
  • Page 51 Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® Flow meter Address Error Code Error Extended Code CRC Verify Code 5) Modbus Register Address List Most commercially available Modbus host software uses a register format. See Modbus.org for more details. This format is much easier to use. By using the 40000 registers, function code Ox 03 is automatically used for reads and function code Ox 06 is automatically used for single register writes.
  • Page 52 Sierra Instruction Manual InnovaSonic 203 Economical ® $001A 40027 Quality 16 bits int. 0 ～ 99 $001B 40028 Analog output – low word 32 bits real Unit: mA $001C 40029 Analog output – high word Refer $001D 40030 Error code – char 1,2 String “Error...

  • Page 53: Limited Warranty Policy- Register Online

    10.1 Limited Warranty Policy- Register Online All Sierra products are warranted to be free from defects in material and workmanship and will be repaired or replaced at no charge to Buyer, provided return or rejection of product is made within a reasonable period but no longer than one (1) year for calibration and non-calibration defects, from date of delivery.

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