Online4US-ACM User Manual.Docx Table of content Table of content ......................... 3 Introduction ..........................4 Group management ....................... 4 Available Groups ........................4 Sensors and channels assigned to Groups ................4 Monitoring scheme ........................ 4 Recommended steps throughout initial Online4US-ACM settings ..........6 Block diagram of menus and sub menus ...................
Online4US-ACM User Manual.Docx Introduction Group management 1 group represents machinery or a sub component of machinery. This machinery management was thought to simplify Online4US settings. Online4US-ACM firmware is organized according the following methods: Available Groups Online4US manages 8 groups. The user may choose to use one or more of the 8 Groups at his convenience.
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Online4US-ACM User Manual.Docx One Digital input and one analog input are assigned to each group. 2 Digital output are assigned to each group, the first one for the Warning alarm level, the second one for the Danger alarm level. Figure 4: sensors, DI, AI and DO assigned to Group 1 GROUP # DI # AI #...
Online4US-ACM User Manual.Docx Recommended steps throughout initial Online4US- ACM settings As every situation is unique, the following recommendations should not be considered as the universal way to efficiently start a permanent monitoring. Many parameters influence them. Historical data, criticality, machine type and age, spare part availability, Mean-Time- To-Repair are some.
Online4US-ACM User Manual.Docx Block diagram of menus and sub menus Home screen Measurement details Trend curve screen Password Debug mode Settings Memory management Info screen Figure 6: block diagram of menus and sub menus 7/31...
Online4US-ACM User Manual.Docx Setting screen overview Channel 1/16 assignment Channel 17/32 assignment Monitoring scheduling AI & DI settings Alarm settings Alarm value edition SMS settings Save amendments Scan sensor Modules Go back to Home screen Figure 7: setting screen overview 8/31...
Online4US-ACM User Manual.Docx Channel assignment From the Home screen, press the parameter icon. ① ①: An intermediate window asks for your password (default is 159753). Figure 8: Password typing If the password is correct, the main setting screen is displayed ②: Press the Scan icon ②...
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Online4US-ACM User Manual.Docx Figure 11: no matching between Sensor Module location and channel numbering ① ①: Press a channel number on the touch screen ②: The STATUS LED and the RUN LED of the corresponding Sensor Module channel will blink. Press the channel number a second time to stop the blink status.
Online4US-ACM User Manual.Docx ④ ③ ③: Press first one of the Groups ④: Press the zone above the desired channel. ⑤: The zone turns to the color of the associated Group ⑥: if needed, press the right arrow to assign channels 17 to 32. ⑤...
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Online4US-ACM User Manual.Docx Set point = 3 Group 1 Figure 14: working principle of the alarm delay behavior Legend: A is the Alarm delay counter for the Warning Alarm level B is the Alarm delay counter for the Danger Alarm level. The measurement 1 is: Lower than the Warning alarm level.
Online4US-ACM User Manual.Docx Reading # GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING DANGER DANGER DANGER Figure 15: Machine health Status and Digital output status according to the alarm delay counter value There is no manual Machine Health status reset. The Machine Health Status is automatically when one reading doesn’t trigger any alarm condition.
Online4US-ACM User Manual.Docx Alarm delay set point From the setting screen, press the alarm icon: ① ①: Press the parameter icon of the alarm delay set point Figure 16: Alarm settings screen ② ②: Enter the desired value where the value ③...
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Online4US-ACM User Manual.Docx ⑤: select a condition indicator. The available indicators are: For US: RMS, Max RMS, Peak and Crest • Factor For VIB: Acceleration RMS, Velocity RMS, • Acceleration Peak and Acceleration Crest Factor. Figure 19: condition indicator and ⑤...
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Online4US-ACM User Manual.Docx ⑩: Save the alarm threshold using the save icon. ⑩ Figure 22: Saving alarm thresholds ⑪: Save the alarm condition using the save icon ⑪ Figure 23: Saving alarm settings Do not forget to save first the alarm threshold (figure 22) AND the alarm condition (figure 23).
Online4US-ACM User Manual.Docx Because of the use of Boolean operators, the Danger threshold can be lower than the Warning threshold. Condition indicator combination Online4US provides the opportunity to combine the condition indicators using Boolean operators AND and OR. The following procedure assumes a first indicator is already used: ①...
Online4US-ACM User Manual.Docx ②: Press the ashtray icon ③: Save the alarm threshold ④: Save the Alarm settings. ③ ② It is not possible to form a combination using two times the same indicator. For instance, the combination Peak AND Peak is forbidden. SMS alarm message The Alarm SMS sending is active when a SMS Module is connected.
Online4US-ACM User Manual.Docx Monitoring schedule From the setting screen: ①: Press the schedule icon ① Figure 27: Setting screen To select a Group: ②: Press the left arrow or ④ ⑤ ③: Press the left arrow ④: Select the acquisition time parameter to enter the acquisition time.
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Online4US-ACM User Manual.Docx Select the periodicity between two measurement acquisition To perform continuous measurement: ①: Press the continuous icon. The icon becomes green ②: The duration field turns blank ② ③ To perform cyclic measurement: ① ③: Press the duration setting icon when the ⑥...
Online4US-ACM User Manual.Docx Home Screen ①: Display the machine health status of the 8 Groups. The color code is: Grey: the Group is not used • • Green: no triggered alarm ① • Orange: the Warning alarm level is triggered •...
Online4US-ACM User Manual.Docx ①: Readings are in green when values have not triggered an alarm ②: Readings are in orange when values have triggered their Danger alarm level ③: Readings are in red when values have triggered their Danger alarm level. ①...
Online4US-ACM User Manual.Docx Info screen overview Change velocity unit to mm/s or ips Modify date and time Perform a Reset Recalibrate the touch screen Change the password Go to Ethernet configuration menu Go back to the Home screen Figure 37: Info screen overview Info screen From the Home screen, press the icon Info to display the Info menu: ①: Click the settings icon to choose...
Online4US-ACM User Manual.Docx Password menu From the info menu, press the icon password to change it: ①: Type the existing password. ②: Type the new password. ③: Type a second time the new password. The maximum number of digits is 16. Figure 39: password menu The default password is 1 5 9 7 5 3.
Online4US-ACM User Manual.Docx Memory management screen overview Used / Remaining internal memory capacity Used / Remaining USB stick memory capacity. Blue when connected Clear the internal memory Copy data and configuration from internal memory to USB stick Copy configuration from USB stick to internal memory Perform a firmware Update Go back to the Home screen...
Online4US-ACM User Manual.Docx Update firmware From the memory management screen: ①: Insert a USB stick containing the last firmware in the CPU Module. The icons Update and USB become active. ① ②: Press the Update icon (refer to figure 8) Note : Firmware files should be located in “U0:/O4US/Firmware/”...
Online4US-ACM User Manual.Docx Content transferred from Online4US internal memory to a USB stick The following tree hereafter shows the content of the USB stick after a transfer on a computer: Figure 44: content of Online4US data transferred on a USB stick The leaves are csv files and can be open by MS Excel or equivalent.
Online4US-ACM User Manual.Docx Load configuration from a USB stick From the memory management screen: ①: Insert a USB stick (refer to figure 9). The icons Update and USB become active. ②: Press the load-from-USB. ③: during the copying process, the icons ②...
Online4US-ACM User Manual.Docx o 2 = Peak o 3 = Crest Factor • Data type 2 : second condition indicator used for alarm Data type 3 : third condition indicator used for alarm • • Data type 4 : fourth condition indicator used for alarm •...
Online4US-ACM User Manual.Docx o To start a measurement, analog input should be between the limits [Analog threshold + Tolerance] and [Analog Threshold - Tolerance] (e.g. a tolerance of 10% for an analog threshold of 5.0V result in a upper limit of 5.5V and a lower limit of 4.5V) Debug screen The Debug mode enables to verify the status of digital inputs and to manually force the status of...
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