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Bently Nevada Machinery Condition Monitoring
 
 
125M6113 Rev. D

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  • Page 1 Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide Bently Nevada Machinery Condition Monitoring 125M6113 Rev. D    ...
  • Page 2 Bently Nevada, Orbit Logo and Ranger Pro are registered trademarks of Bently Nevada, a Baker Hughes Business, in the United States and other countries. The Baker Hughes logo is a trademark of Baker Hughes Company. All other product and company names are trademarks of their respective holders.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D Contents 1.  General Safety 1.1  Handling and Storing Considerations 1.2  Personal Safety Warnings 1.3  Safe Disposal 2.  Hardware 2.1  Intended Use 2.2  Compliance Information 2.3  Description 2.4  System Components Required 3.

  • Page 4: General Safety

    Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D 1.  General Safety 1.1  Handling and Storing Considerations Proper handling of components, best practices for system installation, and diligent inspection procedures will prolong the service life of the system. Additionally, procedures for dealing with system components that have been replaced are detailed below, to allow compliance with regulations relating to electronic waste.
  • Page 5 Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D Hazardous Environment for Transducers WARNING HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENT Risk of explosive atmosphere. Take precautionary measures to avoid electrostatic potential, especially on plastic components. Installations and maintenance tasks performed in potentially hazardous areas must be performed only after the area has been verified to be free of hazardous materials, atmospheres, and conditions.

  • Page 6: Safe Disposal

    Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC ("BHGE") is not responsible for product disposal at the end of its useful life. Visit www.weeerohsinfo.com for recycling information.

  • Page 7: Hardware

    Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D 2.  Hardware 2.1  Intended Use Ranger Pro devices are intended for monitoring purposes only and should not be used in control or safety systems. 2.2  Compliance Information This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules and contains license-exempt transmitter (s)/receiver(s) that comply with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada's license-exempt RSS(s).
  • Page 8 Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D WirelessHART tri-axial Detects velocity and acceleration in three axis (X, Y, and Z) and sensor (70M403) measures surface temperature. ISA100 tri-axial sensor Detects velocity and acceleration in three axis (X, Y, and Z) and (70M303) measures surface temperature. ISA100 single axis Detects velocity and acceleration in one-axis (vertical, or Z) only and sensor (70M301)

  • Page 9: System Components Required

    Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D 2.4  System Components Required To install, configure, and use the Ranger Pro Ranger Pro wireless sensor, you need:   Lithium-thionyl chloride batteries, one per device. For approved battery types, see the Ranger Pro - Warning, Special Conditions and Additional Information (document 126M6550).
  • Page 10 Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D Ranger Pro Components The Ranger Pro device is composed of these parts:   Case. Contains the vibration and temperature sensors and forms the device housing (316 stainless steel body).  ...
  • Page 11 Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D WirelessHART Network requirements Manufacturer Gateway Router Emerson Wireless 1410/1420 Gateway (4.7.84 or later) 11/56...

  • Page 12: Network Design

    Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D 3.  Network Design Ranger Pro sensors operate on the 2.4 GHz band on ISA100.11a and WirelessHART networks. To enhance security, the sensors use 128-bit AES encrypted packets. Installing and configuring wireless networks is beyond the scope of this user guide. For details, refer to your vendor's wireless network documentation.

  • Page 13: Consider Battery Life

    Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D 3.2  Consider Battery Life Batteries for the Ranger Pro device have a typical life of five years under the following conditions:   The Ranger Pro ISA100 sensors are configured as a I/O device (not a router).  ...

  • Page 14: Plan Device Placement

    Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D 3.4  Plan Device Placement We recommend a site survey and device placement plan for wireless installations. To plan device placement, obtain or develop an accurately scaled site plan detailing the placement of the machinery you need to monitor, including architectural details like walls and pillars.
  • Page 15 Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D Where possible, minimize the distance from the access point to the furthest Ranger Pro device.  4. Plan for multiple connections for each device.   Multiple communication paths are required to increase network redundancy and prevent a single path failure that would result in a loss of communication.

  • Page 16: Installation And Configuration

    Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D 4.  Installation and Configuration 4.1  Install Battery We recommend that you install batteries in Ranger Pro devices in an indoors equipment room or a similar environment. Do not replace batteries in a hazardous area. WARNING HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENT Risk of explosive atmosphere.
  • Page 17 Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D  2. Hold the device and e-module as shown. Use your thumb to press against the e-module just above the metallic tab on the case. Apply a slight radial force and push upward until the e-module is separated from the case.
  • Page 18 Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D  4. Inspect the O-rings on the e-module and case to verify they are present, clean, and undamaged. Apply a very light coating of silicon-based O-ring grease to the O-rings. (When replacing the battery, always replace the O-rings.) The Ranger Pro device uses two O-rings to seal the unit against dust and moisture.
  • Page 19 Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D  8. To avoid damaging the e-module, you must first align the contact pins of the e-module with the contact points in the case. Angle the e-module and align the contact pins and back keyway.

  • Page 20: Configure Network

    Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D  12. Verify that the device is tightly sealed. There shouldn't be any gap between the e-module retaining ring and the case, as shown below. 4.2  Configure Network Refer to your network infrastructure vendor documentation to configure gateways, device managers, backbone routers or access points as applicable.
  • Page 21 If you are using a:   Yokogawa or Honeywell ISA100 gateway, you must provision devices over the air.   Bently Nevada Ranger Pro ISA100 gateway, see Provision Using a USB NFC Reader on page 1.   WirelessHART gateway, see Provision Using a USB NFC Reader on page 1.
  • Page 22 Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D WirelessHART Sleep State The WirelessHART device radio listens for advertisements from the configured network for a one- hour period at periodic intervals. This is followed by a one-hour deep sleep period, after which the device reinitiates searching for the network as it did during the first hour.
  • Page 23 Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D  b. Navigate to the Windows directory location of the device compatibility file you previously downloaded from Bently Nevada tech support. Select the capability file matching the device you want to upgrade, as shown below. Ranger Pro Device Yokogawa Model Capability File Name...
  • Page 24 Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D  10. Restart the devices that you changed. Select the Download button. The Error Check dialog box is displayed.  11. Click OK. The Download Configuration dialog box is displayed.  12. Click the check box next to each device you need to restart. Click Start Download. Restarting a device may take one or five minutes.
  • Page 25 Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D Provision Using the Honeywell ISA100 Gateway Before you provision Ranger Pro devices using a Honeywell Gateway, we recommend you apply the correct device descriptor (DD) file required for each type of device. You must first obtain the ISA100.11a Device Description (DD) config file from Bently Nevada Tech Support.

  • Page 26: Unprovision Devices

    Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D Placing the NFC reader on a bare metal surface may cause interference. Insulate the NFC reader from the metal surface by placing a 2.5 cm (1 in.) thick book or similar material under the NFC reader.
  • Page 27 Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D  3. Select Tools > OTA Provisioning Manager. The OTA Provisioning Manager dialog box is displayed.  4. Click the check box of one or more devices that you want to unprovision.  5.

  • Page 28: Reboot The Device

    Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D To unprovision a single device using the Ranger Pro Configuration Software and a NFC reader:   1. Connect the NFC reader to the computer running the Ranger Pro software.  2. Open the Ranger Pro Configuration Software.  3.

  • Page 29: Configure Devices

    Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D 4.6  Configure Devices Use the Configuration Software to configure sensor data. You can save configuration settings as a file to your hard drive, share the settings file locally and remotely, and apply the saved settings to multiple sensors over the network.
  • Page 30 Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D To modify gateways:  1. Open the Ranger Pro configuration application.  2. Select Network Manager > Gateways. Existing gateways are displayed.   To modify a gateway:  a. Select the gateway and click Modify. The Modify Gateway dialog box is displayed.
  • Page 31 Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D  4. Modify configuration options as needed. When complete, click Save Preset. The Windows Save As dialog box is displayed.  5. Enter a file name. Do not modify the file type (*.RPCFG). Note the directory location for future use.
  • Page 32 Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D To configure a Ranger Pro device using a NFC Reader:  1. Open the Ranger Pro Configuration Software.  2. Connect the USB NFC reader to the computer running the Ranger Pro software.  3.

  • Page 33: Install And Configure System 1 Plugin

    Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D The severity levels are:   Green   Vibration is below defined limits.   Data is collected at the configured interval.   Yellow   Vibration is between the lower and upper defined limits.  ...

  • Page 34: Mount Devices

    Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D  3. Install System 1 Ranger Pro plugin build 30XXX or later.  4. Add a compatible wireless gateway to the System 1 configuration.  5. Enable data collection.  6. (If needed) Wait for the Configuration Out-of-Date message to display.  7.
  • Page 35 Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D WARNING ELECTROSTATIC CHARGING HAZARD RISK OF PERSONAL INJURY OR EQUIPMENT DAMAGE. Potential electrostatic charging hazard. Before cleaning or inspecting Ranger Pro devices in a potentially hazardous environment, verify that hazardous materials, atmospheres and conditions have been removed.
  • Page 36 Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D Complete the Mounting Surface To finish the mounting surface: About Using Adhesives  1. Prepare the mounting surface. To prevent devices separating from the   The mounting diameter should be a machinery they monitor and to obtain minimum of 40mm (1 ½...
  • Page 37 Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D (53 in-lb) maximum.  b. For all other mounts, tighten the device to 6-7 Nm (53 to 62 in-lb).  6. (Optional) Secure the device by passing a 1mm (.04 inch) lanyard (not provided by Bently Nevada) through the fall protection hole in the base.

  • Page 38: Verification

    Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D 5.  Verification 5.1  Verify Network Connectivity Ranger Pro devices can send data to an ISA gateway. The data is then sent from the gateway to the user through Modbus and/or the General Client Interface (GCI). To collect data from the GCI, the user must have System 1 and the Ranger Pro plugin installed.

  • Page 39: Validate Device Data

    Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D Move the device or access point   Relocating a device or reorienting its axis or orientation relative to the access point as little as 6 cm (2 1/3 inch), or one-half of a 2.4 GHz wavelength, may improve signal strength. Ranger Pro devices are designed for optimal RF propagation when the device's x-axis is in the horizontal plane.
  • Page 40 Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D Static Process Variable Data Process Variable (PV) or direct data is used to trend the overall vibration and temperature. PV data can be sent to System 1 through GCI or through Modbus/OPC and conforms to ISA100, foundation fieldbus standard.
  • Page 41 Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D Modbus Settings The Ranger Pro sensors publish vibration and temperature (process variable data) values as 32- bit, floating point data. You can output Ranger Pro static data like vibration and temperature using the gateway's Modbus interface.
  • Page 42 Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D Enter a point name in the format, <HartTag.Parameter> for example, for battery life, enter HartTag.243. <HartTag> Description <Parameter> Default Parameters HartTag TEMPERATURE PV (Primary Variable) HartTag Z OVL ACC SV (Secondary Variable) HartTag Z OVL VEL...

  • Page 43: Maintenance

    Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D 6.  Maintenance The Ranger Pro device needs minimal maintenance. If a device fails, it may be due to a weak battery, environmental damage, or even a blocked wireless connection. 6.1  Monitor Battery Levels To monitor your Ranger Pro device’s battery status, use your network infrastructure software or the NFC reader and the Ranger Pro software.

  • Page 44: Clean And Inspect Devices

    Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D 6.2  Clean and Inspect Devices To clean the exterior of the Ranger Pro devices in potentially hazardous environment, use a damp cloth. Before cleaning or inspecting Ranger Pro devices in a potentially hazardous environment, verify that hazardous materials, atmospheres and conditions have been removed.
  • Page 45 Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D Good The sensor has been detected and is working correctly. Read Fault The sensor identification data could not be read. (Identification) Model Unrecognized The sensor identification data was successfully read but the model is not recognized.
  • Page 46 Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D Open the Device Before opening the device, remove it from the field and operating environment. To prevent damage to the O-rings, turn the e-module retaining ring counter-clockwise ½ to one turn, and then clockwise about ¼...

  • Page 47: Reboot The Sensor

    Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D Inspect the e-module Inspect the e-module (top of the device).   Verify that the enclosure, battery terminal spring, and contact pins are undamaged.   Remove the e-module from the retaining ring by pressing firmly on the side opposite the contact pins.

  • Page 48: Update Device Firmware

    Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D 6.4  Update Device Firmware You may on rare occasions need to update the sensor firmware. Download firmware updates from Bently Nevada technical support. You can update firmware over-the-air or using the NFC reader.
  • Page 49 Before you can update sensor firmware, be sure you have downloaded and added current versions of the firmware to the application. To update firmware using the Bently Nevada Ranger Pro ISA100 gateway:  1. Verify that all Ranger Pro devices are provisioned, connected to the network, and joined to the gateway.
  • Page 50 Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D  1. Download the CF and firmware files from Bently Nevada technical support.  2. Verify that all Ranger Pro devices are provisioned, connected to the network, and joined to the gateway.  3.
  • Page 51 Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D Update Sensor Firmware Using Honeywell Gateway Before you upgrade the device firmware, obtain the correct device descriptor (DD) file required for each type of Wireless Condition Monitoring Device device from Bently Nevada technical support.
  • Page 52 Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D Update Sensor Firmware Using WirelessHART Gateway Use the Ranger Pro configuration software to update devices on an Emerson WirelessHART gateway. Before you can update sensor firmware, be sure you have downloaded and added current versions of the firmware to the application.
  • Page 53 Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D Update Sensor Firmware Using the Ranger Pro Configuration Software When you use the Ranger Pro Configuration Software, there are two methods to update the firmware: the USB NFC reader or the over-the-air. You can only use the over-the-air method to update devices on a WirelessHART gateway.
  • Page 54 Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D Troubleshooting Ranger Pro Devices If a Ranger Pro Wireless Sensors fails, it may be due to a weak battery, environmental damage, or even a blocked wireless connection. To identify the status of a Ranger Pro device:  1.

  • Page 55: Update Radio Firmware

    In the Firmware Download Manager dialog box, select the Radio Firmware tab. Otherwise the steps are entirely the same. For details, see Update Sensor Firmware Using Bently Nevada Ranger Pro ISA100 Gateway on page 49. 55/56...

  • Page 56: Harden The System

    Ranger Pro Wireless Condition Monitoring Device User Guide 125M6113 Rev. D 6.6  Harden the System The security risk to your network when using Ranger Pro devices is like that in any distributed control system or industrial control system. You need to take all reasonable steps to properly secure these devices.

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