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  • Page 2: General

    No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by means, electronic or mechanical, for any purpose, without the express permission of Solartron Metrology. ® ® ® ® ® © 2015 Solartron Metrology Ltd. All rights reserved. Microsoft , Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows ® ®...

  • Page 3: Contact Information

    ® Orbit is a registered trademark of Solartron Metrology Ltd 1.3 CONTACT INFORMATION For updated information, troubleshooting guide and to see our full range of products, visit our website: http://www.solartronmetrology.com INTRODUCTION This manual specifically caters for the Orbit ACS (Automation and Control System) products, SI100 and SI200, as well as the SI400 product via differences as specified in section 20 (SI400 Appendix).

  • Page 4: Safety Summary

    SAFETY SUMMARY WARNING statements identify conditions or Warnings and Cautions practices that could result in personal injury or loss of life. Warning: Do not operate in an explosive atmosphere. CAUTION statements identify conditions or Warning: this equipment is not intended for safety critical applications practices that could result in damage to the equipment or other property Warning: do not exceed maximum ratings as specified in this document under...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 GENERAL........................................2 1.1 DOCUMENTATION CROSS REFERENCE..............................2 1.2 TRADEMARKS AND COPYRIGHTS................................2 1.3 CONTACT INFORMATION..................................3 2 INTRODUCTION......................................3 SCOPE........................................3 2.2 NAVIGATE THIS DOCUMENT..................................3 3 SAFETY SUMMARY.....................................4 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS....................................5 5 GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND BASIC SYSTEM INFORMATION.......................9 5.1 TERMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ORBIT ACS HARDWARE........................9 6 MECHANICAL INSTALLATION.................................10 7 ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION..................................11...
  • Page 6 7.1.2 PC Software Requirements..............................................11 7.2 Installing the Orbit3 Support Pack for Windows® software......................11 Connections......................................12 7.4 GROUNDING, CABLES AND POWER SUPPLIES..........................13 7.5 Noisy Electrical Environments................................14 7.5.1 Residential, Commercial and Light Industrial Environments....................................14 7.5.2 Industrial Environments................................................14 8 CONFIGURATOR APPLICATION................................14 9 FUNCTIONS AND DISPLAYS..................................16 9.1 SI100 and SI200 DISPLAYS...................................17 9.2 SI100 and SI200...
  • Page 7 11 OUTPUTS........................................34 12 DIGITAL INPUTS......................................35 12.1.1 Digital Inputs Configuration Options............................................35 12.1.2 Discrete Print Input................................................36 13 TIMING AND MEASUREMENT INFORMATION.............................38 14 SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS (GENERAL).............................39 14.1 RS232 and RS485 signal levels................................39 14.2 TYPICAL RS232 WIRING..................................40 15 ASCII BASED SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOL........................41 15.1 Orbit ACS Serial Communications Protocol............................41 15.2 SI3500 Compatibility Protocol................................44...
  • Page 8 16.2.4 Master Command Messages..............................................50 16.2.5 Slave Unit Responses................................................51 16.2.6 Modbus Function Codes Supported by SI Products......................................52 16.2.7 Parameter Types..................................................53 16.2.8 Parameter Map..................................................54 16.2.9 ACS, Modbus Floating point ..............................................54 17 MEASUREMENT RESOLUTION, AVERAGING AND BANDWIDTH....................55 18 MISCELLANEOUS....................................56 18.1 FIRMWARE UPGRADES..................................56 19 RETURN OF GOODS....................................57 20 SI400 APPENDIX......................................58 20.1 SI400 Summary.....................................58...

  • Page 9: Glossary Of Terms And Basic System Information

    GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND BASIC SYSTEM INFORMATION 5.1 TERMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ORBIT ACS HARDWARE SI Series The SI Series refers to all of the SI100, SI200 and SI400 products. Display The Liquid Crystal Display on the top of the SI Series modules providing displayed information Keypad The five way keypad on the top of the SI Series allowing functional and menu navigation Discrete Inputs...

  • Page 10: Mechanical Installation

    Connection Unit SI100: Base Module to allow the unit to be mounted on a DIN rail or screwed down to a mounting plate SI200: A 3 way connector housed in a case on the base of the SI200, which allows a Digital probe to be connected to form a two channel product SI400: A 3 way connector housed in a case on the base of the SI400, which allows three Digital probes to be connected to form a four channel product...

  • Page 11: Electrical Installation

    ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION Note. The Orbit ACS Series of products are not sealed instruments and care should be taken when installing in environments where contamination can come into contact with the unit. 7.1 PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 7.1.1 PC Hardware Requirements • Personal computer with a processor running at 1GHz or faster with 2GB or more RAM.

  • Page 12: Connections

    7.3 CONNECTIONS This section describes how to connect the unit For RS232 connection, the 0V connection must be connected to the RS232 GND DO NOT CONNECT ANY POWER SOURCES TO THE 9 WAY D DYPE OF THE SI200/SI400 503110 - Orbit ACS Manual Issue 9 12 of 63...

  • Page 13: Grounding, Cables And Power Supplies

    7.4 GROUNDING, CABLES AND POWER SUPPLIES It is advisable to provide a good ground point for the SI Series. The SI100 is a standalone unit, normally the probe would be connected to ground, there is no specific need to ground the electronics module.

  • Page 14: Noisy Electrical Environments

    7.5 NOISY ELECTRICAL ENVIRONMENTS This section discusses the type of installation required depending on the electrical environment. 7.5.1 Residential, Commercial and Light Industrial Environments Typically, this will be an office, laboratory or industrial environment where there is no equipment likely to produce high levels of electrical interference, such as welders or machine tools.
  • Page 15 The configurator mimics the settings available on the unit itself and enables the user to save a unit's configuration and then load the same configuration onto other units. The configurator has multiple 'tabs' (see below). Each will display and allow adjustment of their respective settings. 503110 - Orbit ACS Manual Issue 9 15 of 63...

  • Page 16: Functions And Displays

    FUNCTIONS AND DISPLAYS This section describes the operation of the SI100 and SI200, section 20 (SI400 Appendix) should be referred to for differences between these products and the operation of the SI400 unit. 503110 - Orbit ACS Manual Issue 9 16 of 63...

  • Page 17: Si100 And Si200 Displays

    9.1 SI100 AND SI200 DISPLAYS 503110 - Orbit ACS Manual Issue 9 17 of 63...

  • Page 18: Si100 And Si200 Actions

    9.2 SI100 AND SI200 ACTIONS The SI100 and SI200 can perform actions either via the keypad or the 4 discrete inputs The Actions are described in the following table 503110 - Orbit ACS Manual Issue 9 18 of 63...
  • Page 19 ACTION DESCRIPTION COMMENT SI100 SI200 PriTrack Sets the Primary Channel into TRACK type The display follows the probe movement in both directions ☻ ☻ measurement PriPeak+ Sets the Primary Channel into PEAK+ type. The display shows the most positive value ☻...
  • Page 20 PMxMnRST If the Primary display is MaxA-MinA resets ☻ ☻ this value to zero or the PRESET value PRINT Sends the measurement and other data out Note the serial communications must be set to match the receiving ☻ ☻ via the serial communications link device PBMxRST If the Primary display is MaxB-MinB resets...
  • Page 21 SMxMnRST If the Secondary display is MaxA-MinA resets ☻ this value to zero or the PRESET value SBMxRST If the Secondary display is MaxB-MinB resets ☻ the Maximum B value to zero SBMnRST If the Secondary display is MaxB-MinB resets ☻...

  • Page 22: Menu Screens

    9.3 MENU SCREENS The MENU Screens are used to set up the SI100 and SI200 operating modes. Some of the menu screens require numbers to be entered. Use the ◄ and ► to move to the digit required to be adjusted and use ▲ to increment and ▼ to decremented. The number will be increased or decreased by the magnitude of the digit selected, see below 1000 1/10...

  • Page 23: Top Level Menu

    9.3.1 Top Level Menu 503110 - Orbit ACS Manual Issue 9 23 of 63...

  • Page 24: Configure Probe(S)

    9.3.2 Configure Probe(s) 503110 - Orbit ACS Manual Issue 9 24 of 63...

  • Page 25: Probe Sub-Menus

    As well as the menu items shown in the above diagram, the ConfigProbe(s) menu also includes the 'Units' parameter. This defines the Units Of Measure input readings from modules are converted to. Can be configured for MM, Inch or Mil. Note: Only 'MM' type input modules are converted, AIMs (input types of Volts, Current or Temperature) will not be converted.
  • Page 26 9.3.3.3 Unsupported modules The ACS does not support the WCM, DIOM, DIM, and EIM type modules, ether externally or internally. 503110 - Orbit ACS Manual Issue 9 26 of 63...

  • Page 27: Measure Menu

    9.3.4 Measure Menu Note: As of firmware Version 1.49, each 'Channel' has it's own UOM (Units of Measure) parameter and it is the configured string that is 503110 - Orbit ACS Manual Issue 9 27 of 63...
  • Page 28 displayed along side the relevant channel on the display. To maintain backward compatibility, a Channel UOM configured to “SysUnits” (which is the default setting) will revert to displaying the units as indicated by the original SysUnits parameter (MM, Inch or Mil). This facility allows for computed channels or rescaled modules to be shown with real-world Units Of Measurement.

  • Page 29: Peak, Preset, Limits And Misc Menu

    9.3.5 Peak, Preset, Limits and Misc Menu 503110 - Orbit ACS Manual Issue 9 29 of 63...

  • Page 30: Output, Input And Communications Menu

    9.3.6 Output, Input and Communications Menu 503110 - Orbit ACS Manual Issue 9 30 of 63...

  • Page 31: Common Error Messages & Status Codes

    9.4 COMMON ERROR MESSAGES & STATUS CODES 9.4.1 Display Error messages Error code Description Action Internal Error Hardware fault 1 Recycle power if error still occurs unit must be returned Hardware fault 2 for repair Hardware fault 3 Node Error Network Error 1 The Orbit Module on the network can no longer be found (at positon1, 2 3 or 4).

  • Page 32: Modbus Errors

    9.4.3 Modbus Errors When using an external device to read probes using Modbus communications, the relevant reading status parameter should also be read to confirm the validity of the reading. ReadingStatus Value Displayed Value Meaning Reading Valid URangeA Under Range for Channel / Module ORangeA Over Range for Channel / Module Incompatible probe connected...

  • Page 33: Security Levels

    10 SECURITY LEVELS The SI100 and SI200 products have functions that can be set using different levels of security passwords. The default level on power on is level 0. The table below indicates the functions available at different security settings. This feature allows the SI100/200 to be set up by a technician and blocks an operator from changing any parameter settings.

  • Page 34: Outputs

    11 OUTPUTS The SI100 and SI200 have three digital outputs. These can be connected in various ways and either powered from an internal 5V supply or an external supply. The output configurations are shown below, the output type is set in the Digital Output MENU 503110 - Orbit ACS Manual Issue 9 34 of 63...

  • Page 35: Digital Inputs

    The digital outputs of the SI100 may be configured to reflect any of the following states: - • Primary Channel High Alarm • Primary Channel Low Alarm • No Alarms • Primary Range Error (either under or over) • Module 1 Under Range •...

  • Page 36: Discrete Print Input

    SI200 actions as described in section 9.2 - Actions. 12.1.2 Discrete Print Input The discrete print input works in the same way as the print key. However the Print action is different depending if the orbit ACS is in Single Print or Continuous Print Mode 503110 - Orbit ACS Manual Issue 9 36 of 63...
  • Page 37 Note a delay can be set between print outputs using the COMMS menu (ReplyDelay). 503110 - Orbit ACS Manual Issue 9 37 of 63...

  • Page 38: Timing And Measurement Information

    13 TIMING AND MEASUREMENT INFORMATION Parameter Update rate Comment Measurement Reading Rate 5 mS 10mS for SI400 Digital Output Update 5 mS from measurement 10mS for SI400 Response to Digital Input 5 mS 10mS for SI400 Probe Reading Rate 256uS The probe connected to the ACS unit and any external digital probes are updated at this rate...

  • Page 39: Serial Communications (General)

    14 SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS (GENERAL) The SI100 and SI200 has several options for Serial Communications. 14.1 RS232 AND RS485 SIGNAL LEVELS 503110 - Orbit ACS Manual Issue 9 39 of 63...

  • Page 40: Typical Rs232 Wiring

    14.2 TYPICAL RS232 WIRING Most Computers use a 9 way D Type which uses PIN2 Rx, PIN3 Tx and Pin5 GND To connect the SI100 RS232 use the table below SI100 SI200 9 Way D Type PIN3 (Tx) PIN 2 (Rx) PIN4 (Rx) PIN 3 (Tx) PIN 2 (0V)

  • Page 41: Ascii Based Serial Communications Protocol

    15 ASCII BASED SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOL 15.1 ORBIT ACS SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOL Response to “^P” ASCII serial command, Print Key or Print Discrete Input READING READING UNITS MODE Right aligned with DP set by precision TYPE 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 <...
  • Page 42 Response to “^Qxxx” ASCII serial command (where xxx = the module address) READING READING UNITS MODE Right aligned with DP set by precision TYPE 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 <...
  • Page 43 Response to “^D” ASCII serial command returns Status of discrete Inputs and outputs 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 .● where A, B, C, D are logic levels for the discrete inputs: 1,2,3,4 and E, F, G are logic levels for the discrete outputs: 1,2,3 503110 - Orbit ACS Manual Issue 9 43 of 63...

  • Page 44: Si3500 Compatibility Protocol

    15.2 SI3500 COMPATIBILITY PROTOCOL Response to “^O” ASCII serial command, Print Key or Print Discrete Input Limits < Below low limit READING Between low and high limit UNITS Right aligned with DP set by precision > Above high limit Out of range 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 NOTE <...

  • Page 45: Si1500 Compatibility Protocol

    15.3 SI1500 COMPATIBILITY PROTOCOL SI1500 Response to ">Rxx\r\n" ASCII serial command only Where xx is the Device ID. READING READING Right aligned with Right aligned with DP DP set by set by precision, LH precision, LH digits are '0' digits are '0' 9 10 11 12 13 14 9 10 11 12 13 <...

  • Page 46: C55 Compatibility Protocol

    15.4 C55 COMPATIBILITY PROTOCOL Orbit ACS Implemetation of C55 Response to 'Print' key press or discrete 'Print' input The Orbit ACS emulation provides proper mm, inch, mil conversions Note. The LineFeed & Carriage Return characters are reversed The C55 always prints in ‘mm’ Not supported by the emulation: READING No “None”...

  • Page 47: Ascii Character Set

    15.5 ASCII CHARACTER SET Example ASCII “A” is HEX 41 503110 - Orbit ACS Manual Issue 9 47 of 63...

  • Page 48: Modbus Based Serial Communications Protocol

    16 MODBUS BASED SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOL 16.1 INTRODUCTION The SI series of products support the Modbus communications protocol. More information regarding the Modbus protocol can be found online at www.modbus.org, with the full specification downloadable here: - http://www.modbus.org/docs/Modbus_Application_Protocol_V1_1b.pdf Modbus Communications can be performed over a number of hardware layers including RS232 (single point-to-point communications) and RS485 (multi-drop network communications).

  • Page 49: Modbus Unit Id

    16.2.2 Modbus Unit ID Each Modbus message contains a Unit ID (address), the servers listen to the Modbus communications and if they hear a message containing their UnitID they accept this message and respond. The SI100 and SI200 can have their address set in the COMMS menu.

  • Page 50: Master Command Messages

    Please refer to the example below for how an Integer value can be interpreted with decimal place precision. Integer Decimal Place Inferred Value Position value 123456789 123456789 123456789 12345678.9 123456789 1234567.89 123456789 123456.789 123456789 12345.6789 123456789 1234.56789 Parameters can also be ‘signed’ or ‘unsigned’. However, Two’s Compliment negative mathematics is always employed for signed values.

  • Page 51: Slave Unit Responses

    16.2.5 Slave Unit Responses Each and every Slave type unit on the network receives every message transmitted onto the network, so it first checks the ‘Node Address’ part of the message, if it finds a match with it’s own configured Slave/ID/Node address, it will then process the whole message by first checking the ‘Checksum’, which is a value used together with a known algorithm to verify the content of the message is uncorrupted and valid to process.

  • Page 52: Modbus Function Codes Supported By Si Products

    16.2.6 Modbus Function Codes Supported by SI Products Within the Modbus specification, there are a number of Function Codes, not all of which are implemented by the SI Series of products. The table below shows the full list of Modbus Function Codes together with the Function Codes supported by the SI series. Function Description SI Supported...

  • Page 53: Parameter Types

    16.2.7 Parameter Types The SI series of products support the following parameter types: - Type Registers Details consumed UINT16 Unsigned 16-bit value SINT16 Signed 16-bit value UINT32 Unsigned 32-bit value SINT32 Signed 32-bit value SINT64 Signed 64-bit integer. Note: Usually within the SI series these are used with an inferred six decimal places.

  • Page 54: Parameter Map

    The Orbit ACS Modbus Parameter Map is Document “503116 Orbit ACS Modbus Parameter Map – SI100SI200.pdf”, or “503166 Orbit ACS Modbus Parameter Map – SI400.pdf”, available on the Solartron Metrology Web Site. The table at the bottom of the file shows descriptions for enumerated values. 16.2.9 ACS, Modbus Floating point In order to provide 32 bit floating point type data for parameters, the ACS products provide a floating point interface to any parameter by way of an address offset.

  • Page 55: Measurement Resolution, Averaging And Bandwidth

    17 MEASUREMENT RESOLUTION, AVERAGING AND BANDWIDTH The Orbit ACS has the ability to set the probes into three resolution options, 14 bit, 16 bit (default factory setting) and 18 bit. The table below shows the best resolution (1 bit that is theoretically possible) with different probe measurement ranges. Range mm Resolution µm (18 bit) 0.00...

  • Page 56: Miscellaneous

    The unit must be powered in the normal way as it is not powered via the USB lead. The utility is part of the 'Orbit3 Support Pack for Windows'. The latest version can be downloaded from the Solartron Metrology website.

  • Page 57: Return Of Goods

    Solartron Metrology does not assume any liability arising out of the Alternatively there is a returns form available on our web application or use of any product or circuit described herein, neither site, follow the link to “Service Repair and Recalibration”.

  • Page 58: Si400 Appendix

    20 SI400 APPENDIX This sections describes the differences between the SI100/SI200 as described in this document and the operation of the SI400 unit. 20.1 SI400 SUMMARY The SI400 is a device that can accommodate up to four channels, and as such does not provide the measurement computation facilities (A+B, A+B/2, A-B etc) that the SI100/SI200 provide, as the number of possible computations for a four channel device is prohibitive.

  • Page 59: Screen 3

    20.2.2 Screen 3 Screen three on the SI400 shows all four channels, with a value and chart only; as per below diagram: - 503110 - Orbit ACS Manual Issue 9 59 of 63...

  • Page 60: Section 9.2 - Si100 And Si200 Actions

    20.3 SECTION 9.2 - SI100 AND SI200 ACTIONS The SI400 actions differ from that of the SI100 and SI200 because the computation methods provided by the SI100 & SI200 are not supported on the SI400, therefore the SI400 actions are used to control the resetting of Max-Min for any/all of the channels. The SI400 actions are therefore as shown in the table below: - ACTION DESCRIPTION...

  • Page 61: Section 9.3 - Menu Screens

    ChA_ABSNow Channel ABS ChB_ZeroNow Channel Zero ChB_PresetNoz Channel Preset ChB_ABSNow Channel ABS ChC_ZeroNow Channel Zero ChC_PresetNow Channel Preset ChC_ABSNow Channel ABS ChD_ZeroNow Channel Zero ChD_PresetNow Channel Preset ChD_ABSNow Channel ABS Note: On the SI400, the main screen “Left button” and “Right Button” actions, as well as discrete inputs can be configured to any of the above options.

  • Page 62: Section 15.1 - Orbit Acs Serial Communications Protocol

    • Any Alarm • No Alarms • Any High Alarm • Any Low Alarm • Channel 1 High Alarm • Channel 1 Low Alarm • Channel 2 High Alarm • Channel 2 Low Alarm • Channel 3 High Alarm • Channel 3 Low Alarm •...

  • Page 63: Revision History

    21 REVISION HISTORY REVISION DATE COMMENTS 04/08/15 Added Installing the Orbit3 Support Pack for Windows® software 23/11/15 Added Display Error messages 18/01/19 Added AIM / LE support as well as Channel specific UOMs and individual Module Over / Under Range Digital output configuration added 503110 - Orbit ACS Manual Issue 9 63 of 63...

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