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4420/4420R, 4830/4830R,
4520/4520R, 4930/4930R
Doppler Current Sensor
TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL
ZPulse® Doppler Current Sensor
4420/4830/4520/4930
February 2020

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  • Page 1 TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL ZPulse® Doppler Current Sensor 4420/4830/4520/4930 February 2020 ZPulse Doppler Current Sensor ® 4420/4420R, 4830/4830R, 4520/4520R, 4930/4930R...
  • Page 2 Document ID: DA-50009-01, Date: 09 December 2011 (Appendix 1 Product change notification: Frame Work3). Edition 27 September 2013 Updated with images and new cable information Edition 01 February 2020 New features added and restructure of chapters for v. 32.1.1 and newer © Copyright: Aanderaa Data Instruments AS...
  • Page 3 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 3 Contact information: Aanderaa Data Instrument AS Visiting address: TEL: +47 55 604800 PO BOX 103, Midttun Sandalsringen 5b FAX: +47 55 604801 5843 Bergen, NORWAY 5843 Bergen, Norway EMAIL: aanderaa.support@xyleminc.com...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Page 4 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Table of Contents Introduction ............................8 Purpose and scope..........................8 CHAPTER 1 Short description and specifications of the DCS ............11 1.1 Description ............................11 1.2 Sensor Dimension ........................... 12 1.3 Sensor pin configuration and data output..................
  • Page 5 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 5 2.6.8 SGII and SmG Features ......................43 CHAPTER 3 Configuration via SmartGuard, SeaGuard or SeaGuardII Datalogger ...... 44 3.1 Introduction ............................44 3.2 Installation of the DCS on SeaGuard and SeaGuardII ..............44 3.3 Configuration with Real-Time collector ....................
  • Page 6 Page 6 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 5.3 Deployment Settings ........................79 5.4 User Maintenance ........................... 80 CHAPTER 6 Stand-alone Sensor configuration using Smart Sensor Terminal ......88 6.1 Smart Sensor Terminal communication setup ................. 88 6.2 Sensor versions and interface ......................
  • Page 7 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 7 9.2 Anti-fouling on transducer surface ....................111 9.3 Factory service ..........................111 ® 9.4 Test of ZPulse DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 .................. 112 9.5 SeaGuard applications ........................113 9.6 RS-232/RS-422 applications ......................114 9.7 Example of Test &...

  • Page 8: Introduction

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Introduction Purpose and scope This document is intended to give the reader knowledge of how to operate and maintain the Aanderaa ZPulse Doppler ® Current Sensor 4420/4830/4520/4930-series. These sensors are described in a single manual since the measurement principle and electronics is the same for all sensors.
  • Page 9 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 9 Document Overview CHAPTER 1 gives a short description of the ZPulse Doppler Current Sensor ® CHAPTER 2 gives an overview of stand-alone configuration using AADI Real-Time Collector CHAPTER 3 gives an overview of configuration via SmartGuard, SeaGuard or SeaGuardII Datalogger CHAPTER 4...
  • Page 10 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Abbreviations Analog to Digital Converter AiCaP Aanderaa Protocol: Automated idle Line CANbus Protocol ARMA In the statistical analysis of time series, autoregressive–moving-average (ARMA) models ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange...

  • Page 11: Chapter 1 Short Description And Specifications Of The Dcs

    Sensor Terminal mode. The ZPulse DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 fits directly onto the Top-end plate of the Aanderaa SeaGuard or SeaGuardII ® data logger; the sensor is then used in AiCaP mode. When used with SmartGuard both AiCaP and RS-232 mode can be used.

  • Page 12: Sensor Dimension

    Page 12 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Note! RS-422 must be enabled from the factory prior to delivery. Enabling RS-422 disables the AiCaP and RS- 232 interface. Figure 1-1: Measuring area for ZPulse ® 1.2 Sensor Dimension Figure 1-2: Shallow Water SW Figure 1-3: Intermediate Water IW/ Deep Water DW...

  • Page 13: Sensor Pin Configuration And Data Output

    10.2 connection to external logger; see for pin configuration. For a list of available cables see contact aanderaa.sales@xyleminc.com. 1.3.1 Sensor pin configuration 4420/4520/4830/4930 with RS-232 and AiCaP communication Figure 1-5: 4420/4520/4830/4930 Sensor communication 10-pin plug with RS-232 and AiCaP...

  • Page 14: Sensor Pin Configuration 4420R/4520R/4830R/4930R With Rs-422 Communication

    Table 1-2: 4420R/4520R/4830R/4930R Sensor pin configuration 10-pin plug RS-422 1.4 Sensor Connection Aanderaa offers a wide range of cables for different use of the sensors, both standard cables for use with loggers using chapter 10.2 AiCaP, RS-232 and RS-422 but also special customer specified cables for use in project. See...

  • Page 15: Configure Sensor Using Rs-232 Configuration Cable

    5V power and the DCS needs 6-14V the sensor cannot be powered from the computer like for most other Aanderaa Smart Sensors. A USB extension is supplied with the cable so we recommend connecting the free end to an external power (6-14V).

  • Page 16: User Accessible Sensor Properties

    Page 16 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 1.5 User accessible sensor properties All configuration settings that determine the behaviour of the sensor are called properties and are stored in a persistent memory block (flash). One property can contain several data elements of equal type (Boolean, character, integer etc.). The different properties also have different access levels.

  • Page 17: Sensor Properties

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 17 1.7 Sensor Properties When using AADI Real-Time Collector you don’t need to think about the command string sent to the sensor since this is fully controlled by the software, see CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER Some properties of the ‘AiCaP’...

  • Page 18: Factory Configuration

    Factory Configuration All properties in this section are Read Only, not possible to overwrite for the user. Only certified Aanderaa service personal can alter these settings. The access level for reading the status of this properties are however different for each property, see table for more details.

  • Page 19: Deployment Settings

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 19 1.7.2 Deployment Settings Deployment Settings contains settings interval and for instruments metadata like location and position. Table 1-6: Sensor properties for Doppler Current Sensor 4420/4420R, 4520/4520R, 4830/4830R and 4930/4930R ENUM=Enumeration, INT =Integer, BOOL=Boolean (‘yes’/’no’) Property Type...

  • Page 20: System Configuration

    Page 20 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 1.7.3 System Configuration This group is used to control the sensor via properties for configuring mode settings, sensor setup and parameter enabling and controlling the output from sensor. Some of the properties are only visible depending on the mode selected or if the function is enabled or not.
  • Page 21 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 21 Set yes to perform only one single measurement interval. Default is no No / Enable Single BOOL Interval ENUM Set the distance for the pulse propagation before measurements starts. Start Distance Default value is 0.50 Cell Size...

  • Page 22: User Maintenance

    Page 22 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 1.7.4 User Maintenance This group contains sensor settings that normally are not altered by the user. To access most of these properties you passkey(1000) need to send or with Real-Time Collector use password: 1000.
  • Page 23 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 23 Select the 4100 output string. Available settings are: Normal-Polar, Select 4100 ENUM Normal-Rectangular, Comprehensive-Polar or Comprehensive- Output Mode Rectangular. High / High Exchange Exchange the Temperature reading with Single Ping Standard Temp with SP BOOL Deviation in the output string, to be used with 4100 Output mode.

  • Page 24: Specifications For Zpulse ® Doppler Current Sensor 4420/4830/4520/4930

    1.9 Manufacturing and Quality Control Aanderaa Data Instruments products have a record for proven reliability. With over 50 years’ experience producing instruments for use in demanding environments around the globe you can count on our reputation of delivering the most reliable products available.

  • Page 25: Chapter 2 Stand-Alone Sensor Configuration Using Aadi Real-Time Collector

    RS-232 or RS-422 via the PC COM-port. The menus shown here are slightly different from the menus shown when the sensor is working in AiCaP mode and configured through an Aanderaa Datalogger via serial or USB connection to the PC (described in...

  • Page 26: Establish Connection

    Page 26 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 First enter a new Connection Name, we recommend using name and serial number. Select Serial Port in the dropdown menu under Port Setting, and choose the correct COM-port on your computer Port Name.
  • Page 27 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 27 When the connection is established a small window will show up confirming the connection. Figure 2-4: Connection established The status changes to green when the port is opened. After green light is obtained click on the Control Panel button on the lower right side to...

  • Page 28: Control Panel

    Page 28 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 2.2 Control Panel In the Control Panel window you will find two tabs, Recorder Panel Device Configuration. Under Recorder Panel you can start and stop recordings. If the recorder is running first click on the Stop Recorder as you are not AADI Real-...

  • Page 29: Changing Values

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 29 The device configuration is separated into Deployment settings, System Configuration, User Maintenance, System overview Save configuration to file. You can save current settings to a backup file by pressing Save…...
  • Page 30 Page 30 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 In the next picture a list of all properties that has been changed will show up. If the list of configuration changes is correct press Next to start the update process.

  • Page 31: Deployment Settings

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 31 When the updating process is finished a Finish confirmation will show up. Press to continue. Figure 2-11: Configuration Update Completed 2.4 Deployment Settings In the Device Configuration menu (refer Figure 2-7 Deployment...

  • Page 32: Common Settings

    Page 32 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 2.4.1 Common Settings Figure 2-13: Common Settings The interval can be changed in the Deployment Settings but can also be defined in the Control Panel under the Recorder Panel tab before starting the sensor.

  • Page 33: System Configuration

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 33 2.5 System Configuration System Configuration separated in 5 groups. The settings in these groups are mainly used to configure the sensor. chapter 1.7.3 Refer for more information on the properties in System Configuration.

  • Page 34: Common Settings

    Page 34 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 2.5.1 Common settings Figure 2-16: Common settings configuration Figure 2-16: the communication protocol has to be defined under “Mode”. There are four different choices: Refer to AiCaP mode: If the sensor is going to be used on a SeaGuard, SeaGuardII or SmartGuard Datalogger, the •...

  • Page 35: Measurement Settings

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 35 Terminal Protocol settings are available as shown in Figure 2-17 but are only used if the sensor is set to Smart Sensor Terminal CHAPTER 6 protocol. See for more details.
  • Page 36 Page 36 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Spread Mode Burst Mode Figure 2-19: Spread mode and burst mode ping distribution during the recording interval Enable Single Interval Smart Sensor Terminal Start is for use in mode.
  • Page 37 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 37 The transmitted pulse gives backscatter from a 0.75m long area after transmission. The pulse propagates away from the sensor giving backscatter further away from a 0.75m area. A 0.4m start distance means that the DCS starts to measure the backscattered signal while the pulse gives backscatters from 0.4m to 0.4+0.75=1.15m area away from the sensor.

  • Page 38: Compensation Settings

    Page 38 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 2.5.4 Compensation settings Figure 2-21: Surface cell configuration Sound Speed (m/s) is the fixed sound speed setting in m/s. This value is used for calculation of current speed values. Smart Sensor Terminal Variable sound speed values can be used while sensor is running in mode.

  • Page 39: User Maintenance Settings

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 39 2.6 User Maintenance settings Under User Maintenance, you find properties that are password protected and are normally only set / altered by a trained user. It is not recommended to change properties unless instructed.

  • Page 40: Mandatory

    Page 40 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 2.6.1 Mandatory Figure 2-24: Mandatory All sensors are given a Node Description text like DCS #xxx (xxx is the serial number of the sensor). The user can *Corrupt Configuration modify this node description text if required.

  • Page 41: Backward Compatibility

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 41 Interface is the interface between sensor and PC used for configuration. 4420, 4520, 4830 and 4930 are using RS-232 when 4420R, 4520R, 4830R and 4930R are using RS-422. RS-422 sensors can be used with longer cables. Baudrate is the speed of communication via the serial port.

  • Page 42: Operation

    Page 42 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 2.6.5 Operation Figure 2-28: Operation Enable Spike Filter Activate/deactivate spike filter; Set to activate. Default is yes. Spike filter tracks and eliminates spikes in measured data. Enable Axis Strength Enables output of strength X strength...

  • Page 43: Dependencies

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 43 2.6.7 Dependencies Figure 2-30: Dependencies Enable Magnetic Declination Declination is normally used when sensor is used close to South Pole or North Pole. Angle (Deg.M) is a value to correct for the magnetic variation on the site where the sensor is used. This is the angle in degrees between magnetic north and true north.

  • Page 44: Chapter 3 Configuration Via Smartguard, Seaguard Or Seaguardii Datalogger

    CHAPTER 3 Configuration via SmartGuard, SeaGuard or SeaGuardII Datalogger 3.1 Introduction The Doppler Current Sensor 4420, 4520, 4830 and 4930 can easily be installed on the Aanderaa SeaGuard platform, SeaGuardII platform or connected using a cable. For more information about the SeaGuard, refer to TD 262a or SeaGuardII, refer to TD 303.

  • Page 45: Configuration With Real-Time Collector

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 45 3.3 Configuration with Real-Time collector To establish connection between the Instrument and AADI Real-Time collector you need to decide how to connect. If chapter 3.4.1, USB is the most used connection for you are using a USB connection follow the instructions in SeaGuardII and SmartGuard.

  • Page 46: Connected Via Real-Time Cable On Seaguard, Seaguardii Or Smartguard

    Page 46 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 3.3.4 Connected via Real-Time cable on SeaGuard, SeaGuardII or SmartGuard • Connect real-time cable from the instrument to the RS-232/RS-422 port on your computer. If your computer have no serial port you might use a Keyspan usb to serial converter or simmilar.
  • Page 47 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 47 At first connection with AADI Real- Time Collector the connection list will be emty. Click on the button in the lower left corner to create a new connection NOTE: This only need to be done once.
  • Page 48 Page 48 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 The new connection is now shown in the AADI Real-Time Collector connection list. Click on the line with the new connection to highlight and Open Port then click on the button.

  • Page 49: Establish Connection Via Serial Port

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 49 3.5 Establish connection via Serial port At first connection with AADI Real- Time Collector the connection list will be emty. Click on the button in the lower left corner to create a new connection NOTE: This only need to be done once.
  • Page 50 Page 50 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 The new connection is now shown in the AADI Real-Time Collector connection list. Click on the line with the new connection to highlight the line and then click on Open Port button.

  • Page 51: Control Panel Seaguardii And Smartguard

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 51 3.6 Control Panel SeaGuardII and SmartGuard In the Control Panel window on SeaGuardII and SmartGuard you will find four tabs, Recorder Panel, Device Configuration Device Layout System Status.

  • Page 52: Control Panel Seaguard

    Page 52 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 3.7 Control Panel SeaGuard In the Control Panel window for SeaGuard you will find three tabs, Recorder Panel, Device Configuration System Status. Recorder Panel Under you can start and stop recordings.

  • Page 53: Changing Values

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 53 3.8 Changing Values To change the content of a property first tick in the value box of the actual property and then enter the text or number before pressing Next.
  • Page 54 Page 54 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 An automatic process will start with 6 steps transferring and storing the new information / setting in the sensor Flash. If necessary a reset will be executed. Do not switch off before the entire process is completed.

  • Page 55: Device Configuration Using Seaguardii And Smartguard

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 55 3.9 Device Configuration using SeaGuardII and SmartGuard The device configuration is separated into Deployment settings, System Configuration, User Maintenance, System overview Save configuration to file. Settings related to the DCS can be configured under Deployment Settings, System Configuration...

  • Page 56: Deployment Settings

    Page 56 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 3.11 Deployment settings Under Device Configuration (refer Figure 3-20 Figure 3-21).Select Deployment Settings. Double-click on the to select the Doppler Figure 3-22) current sensor (refer If additional sensors are connected to the SeaGuardII platform or SmartGuard it is possible to configure the DCS to take input from an...

  • Page 57: Site Info

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 57 3.11.1 Site Info Figure 3-24: Site Info Site Info containing four properties: Location • Name of location where the instrument is deployed. Geographic Position: GPS potion for deployment format Latitude, Longitude. •...

  • Page 58: System Configuration

    Page 58 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 3.12 System Configuration Select System Configuration Device Configuration under (refer Figure 3-20 Figure 3-21).The different sensors connected to the same Datalogger will show up as selectable items, Refer Figure 3-25.

  • Page 59: System Configuration Dcs Without Input Parameter Compass

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 59 3.12.1 System Configuration DCS without Input Parameter Compass System Configuration separated in 3 groups. The settings in these groups are mainly used to configure the sensor. Refer chapter 1.7.3 for more information on the properties in...

  • Page 60: System Configuration Dcs With Input Parameter Compass

    Page 60 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 3.12.2 System Configuration DCS with Input Parameter Compass System Configuration separated in 4 groups. The settings in these groups are mainly used to configure the sensor. Refer chapter 1.7.3 for more information on the properties in...
  • Page 61 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 61 Ping Number is the number of ping transmitted during one recording interval. One ping is a transmitted pulse on both axes, so one pulse on two transducers. Enable Burst Mode.

  • Page 62: Input Parameter Compass

    Page 62 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Figure 3-30: Illustration of Pulse, Cell and the Measurement area. Enable ZPulse Operation. Activate/deactivate ZPulse operation; Set yes to activate. Default value is yes. ZPulse operation gives two separate frequencies in each ping and therefor higher quality data without increasing power consumption 3.12.4 Input Parameter Compass...

  • Page 63: Compensation

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 63 This menu is only available in AiCaP mode and when SGII and SmG Feature are enabled under User Maintenance. Do not use this feature with SeaGuard. By using the Input Parameter Compass function the sensor can take an input from an external Compass, like for example the Airmar H2183 Compass.

  • Page 64: User Maintenance

    Page 64 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Activation X-axis controls active transducers on the X-axis: Alternative settings are 1, 3 or 1+3. Default is 1+3. If there is a fixed obstruction in front of one transducer this transducer might be turned off by only selecting the other transducer on that axis.

  • Page 65: User Maintenance Settings

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 65 3.13.1 User Maintenance settings There are 7 group under User Maintenance. Each group are described in chapter 3.13.2 to 3.13.8 Figure 3-35: User maintenance...

  • Page 66: Mandatory

    Figure 3-38: Serial Port Interface is the interface between sensor and PC. But when used in AiCaP mode the only alternative is RS-232 as this is the used to configure a AiCaP sensor not connected to an Aanderaa AiCaP logger,...

  • Page 67: Operation

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 67 3.13.5 Operation Figure 3-39: Operation Enable Spike Filter Activate/deactivate spike filter; Set yes to activate. Default is yes. Spike filter tracks and eliminates spikes in measured data. Enable Axis Strength Enables output of strength X and strength Y.

  • Page 68: Dependencies

    Page 68 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 3.13.7 Dependencies Figure 3-41: Dependencies Enable Magnetic Declination is normally used when sensor is used close to South Pole or North Pole. Declination Angle (Deg.M) is a value to correct for the magnetic variation on the site where the sensor is used. This is the angle in degrees between magnetic north and true north.

  • Page 69: Chapter 4 Logging Data Via Aadi Real-Time Collector

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 69 CHAPTER 4 Logging data via AADI Real-Time Collector 4.1 Logging data on PC The Real-Time Collector can save the incoming data to file if the sensor is in AADI Real-Time mode, either to a txt-file or to xml-files.
  • Page 70 Page 70 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Then click on the “Advanced Settings…” button in the Connection Settings window; refer Figure 4-2 Figure 4-2: Connection settings menu File Output Choose from the list on the left side. Check the “Collect data to file”...

  • Page 71: Starting The Sensor And Logging To File

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 71 4.1.2 Starting the sensor and logging to file Click on the connection and “Open Port”. The Status turns green when the port is opened and connected. Figure 4-4: AADI Real-Time Collector start up menu Click on the “Control Panel…”...

  • Page 72: Viewing Incoming Data In Real-Time

    Page 72 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Figure 4-6: Example of a txt-file obtained from the sensor using RT Collector 4.2 Viewing incoming data in real-time When the sensor is running, the incoming data can be viewed under “Connection Logs…”...
  • Page 73 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 73 Figure 4-8: Visualization of incoming data from the sensor in real time Previous records or newer records can be viewed by clicking on Previous Entry button or Next Entry button.

  • Page 74: Chapter 5 Configuration Via Seaguard Using Touch Screen

    Page 74 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 CHAPTER 5 Configuration via SeaGuard using Touch screen SeaGuard Platform is available either with Plug Assembly used to communicate and configure via serial port or a Touch Screen Display used to do all configuration directly on the screen without need of any PC.

  • Page 75: System Configuration

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 75 5.2 System Configuration When you select System Configuration you will first enter a window with Run Wizard Instruments button on the top and then to tabs named and Sensors.
  • Page 76 Page 76 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 The DCS System Configuration is divided in three different sheets. Meassurement settings. Sheet 1/3 contain settings for Ping Number is the number of ping transmitted during one recording interval.
  • Page 77 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 77 Pulse Length Cell size The Measurement Area is defined as the Pulse Length Start dist ance The Cell Start is defined as: Cell start Cell size The Cell End is defined as: Pulse Length Cell...
  • Page 78 Page 78 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Sheet 2/3 contains Compensation settings Sound Speed (m/s) is the fixed sound speed setting in m/s. This value is used for calculation of current speed values. Default value for sea water is 1500.

  • Page 79: Deployment Settings

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 79 5.3 Deployment Settings When you select Deployment Settings you will first enter a window with Run Wizard Instruments button on the top and then to tabs named and Sensors.

  • Page 80: User Maintenance

    Page 80 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Sheet 1/1 contain settings for Site Info Site Info containing four properties: Location: Name of location where the instrument is deployed. • Geographic Position: GPS potion for deployment format Latitude, •...
  • Page 81 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 81 When you select User Maintenance you will first enter a window with a Instrument Run Wizard button on the top and then two tabs named Sensors. Run Wizard To configure the DCS you might either select the button and then step trough all the...
  • Page 82 Page 82 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 User Maintenance is a password protected menu that contain settings that normally are not altered by non trained personel. However if you need to change some settings here the password will be 1000 for all units Enter the password and press...
  • Page 83 Interface is the interface between sensor and PC. But when used in AiCaP mode the only alternative is RS-232 as this is the used to configure a AiCaP sensor not connected to an Aanderaa AiCaP logger, Figure 5-18: Serial Port...
  • Page 84 Page 84 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Enable Spike Filter Activate/deactivate spike filter; Set yes to activate. Default is yes. Spike filter tracks and eliminates spikes in measured data. Enable Axis Strength Enables output of strength X and strength Y. Result is an average of the two transducers on each axis.
  • Page 85 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 85 Enable Magnetic Declination is normally used when sensor is used Declination Angle (Deg.M) close to South Pole or North Pole. is a value to correct for the magnetic variation on the site where the sensor is used. This is the angle in degrees between magnetic north and true north.
  • Page 86 Page 86 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 When all the settings are configured as desired the sensor is ready to meassure current. In the Recorder Panel you will find three tabs; Status, Nodes Setup Figure 5-23: Recorder Panel - Status Setup tab you will find an overview of Timing,...
  • Page 87 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 87 Deployment Settings(1/2) Timing method. In the you might set the Fixed Interval is the most used and gives a repeating interval as selected. Aligned Interval is a setting to control the start of each interval. Figure 5-25: Deployment Settings(1/2)

  • Page 88: Chapter 6 Stand-Alone Sensor Configuration Using Smart Sensor Terminal

    Page 88 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 CHAPTER 6 Stand-alone Sensor configuration using Smart Sensor Terminal This chapter describes how to communicate with the Doppler Current Sensor using the RS-232/RS-422 Smart Sensor Terminal protocol. 6.1 Smart Sensor Terminal communication setup The Sensor communication is a point-to-point full duplex system;...

  • Page 89: Transmission Line Explained

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 89 Figure 6-2 ZPulse® DCS Communication RS-422 6.3 RS-422 transmission line explained RS-422 has differential transmission lines with twisted pairs. The sensor signals are less influenced by external noise than with RS-232 serial communication, which makes it possible to use longer cables.

  • Page 90: Sensor Start-Up

    Page 90 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 6.4 Sensor start-up Enable Text Yes, StartupInfo Reset. StartupInfo When property is set to is displayed at sensor power up or after contains this information about Product Number, Serial Number, Mode, Protocol Version Config Version.

  • Page 91: Description Of Protocol

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 91 6.5 Description of protocol All inputs to the sensor are given as commands with the following format: • MainCmd SubCmd MainCmd Property(Value, ..., Value) Description of ASCII coded communication rules: •...

  • Page 92: Available Commands

    Page 92 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Figure 6-5: Save and reset in Tera Term 6.5.2 Available commands Table 1-5 Table 1-8 Available commands and properties for the sensors are given in respectively. Table 6-1 and Table 6-1 Available commands for the ZPulse DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930.

  • Page 93: The Get Command

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 93 6.5.3 The Get command command is used to read the value/values of a property and to read the latest value of a parameter. The command name followed by a Property returns a string in the following format: Property ProductNo SerialNo Value, ..., Value...

  • Page 94: The Set Command

    XML-format. XML-output is a general format shared by all Aanderaa smart sensors; the output from different types of smart sensors can be read and presented as e.g. in a general smart sensor setup program.

  • Page 95: Standard Zpulse Tm Dcs With Aicap And Rs-232

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 95 Table 6-2 Access protection levels Protection Level Passkey Description No Passkey needed for changing property The Passkey must be set to 1 prior to changing a property The Passkey must be set to 1000 prior to changing a property High 1000...

  • Page 96: Examples - How To Configure Sensor In Smart Sensor Terminal Mode

    Page 96 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 6.6.1 Examples – How to configure sensor in Smart Sensor Terminal mode Use a terminal program e.g. Tera Term or Hyperterminal, refer chapter 3.3 for communication setup. In the following examples several configuration changes are shown.

  • Page 97: Help Command Output

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 97 6.7 Help command output The available/selectable values for Ping Number, Start Distance, Cell Size, Sound Speed, Active X-axis, Active y- axis Interval can be found by sending the command Help.
  • Page 98 Page 98 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Commands: Do_SUBCMD<CRLF> = Execute SUBCMD Get_PROPERTY<CRLF> = Output PROPERTY value. Get_All<CRLF> = Output all property values. Get_All Parameters<CRLF> = Output all parameter values. Set_PROPERTY(V,..V)<CRLF> = Set PROPERTY to V,..V. Set_Passkey(V)<CRLF>...
  • Page 99 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 99 Example 2: Typical setting for reduced output and only two active transducers. Start distance and cell size set to minimum to be able to measure in a restricted area. Interval set to 30 second. //Press Enter to start communicating with the sensor //press Enter ↵...
  • Page 100 Page 100 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 The output from example two is showing: • Product Number • Serial Number • Abs Speed • Direction • North • East • Heading • Tilt X •...

  • Page 101: Output Parameters Provided By The Zpulse

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 101 The data output message starts with MEASUREMENT followed by Product Number, Serial Number (tabulator between). The rest of the message is the output parameters which change from record to record. The parameter names and values are separated by tabulator (ASCII code 09).

  • Page 102: Chapter 7 Electro Magnetic Compatibility

    Page 102 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 CHAPTER 7 Electro Magnetic Compatibility In order for a manufacturer to legally produce and sell a product, it has to apply for CE marking. This means that the commercialized product is conform to the CE applicable standards and can freely circulate within the EFTA (European Free Trade Association) &...

  • Page 103: Emc Testing

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 103 7.2 EMC Testing The DCS sensor has been tested at an accredited test laboratory to verify that the sensor fulfils the requirements in the EU EMC directive (89/336/EMC). Applied standards •...

  • Page 104: Chapter 8 Other Details

    Page 104 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 CHAPTER 8 Other details 8.1 Block schematic of ZPulse ® The four transducers are placed with 90˚ spacing around the transceiver head, i.e. two and two transducers are placed on the same axis.

  • Page 105: Compass Heading 0° Reference Direction

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 105 8.2 Compass heading 0° reference direction In some cases it is necessary to know the orientation of the sensor’s axes. This can be necessary when the sensor is placed in a fixed position with a fixed orientation (for example in a frame on the sea floor) where the magnetic influence by an object nearby gives an erroneous heading measurement.

  • Page 106: Orientation/Steering Pin As Reference

    Page 106 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 8.2.2 Orientation/Steering pin as reference Another method is to use the orientation pin underneath the sensor. This pin is placed between transducer 2 and 3. The heading is 225 degrees (360-135) if the orientation pin is towards magnetic north, i.e. transducer 1 is 225 degree Figure 8-3.

  • Page 107: Tilt Orientation

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 107 8.3 Tilt Orientation The distance between each transducer is 90 degrees. Transducer 1 and 3 is on the X-axis and Transducer 2 and 4 are on the Y-axis. Transducer 1 is the transducer left and behind when you look at the front of the instrument.

  • Page 108: Checking The Compass

    The battery cells provided by Aanderaa do not give problems when using the lower battery compartment. When batteries are own-built, you have to be aware of this problem. The influence from the batteries can be checked by looking at the heading output from the sensor while placing the batteries closer to the sensor.

  • Page 109: Checking The Acoustics

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 109 8.6 Checking the acoustics The best way to check the acoustics is to do a short pre-deployment where the sensor is hanging from a floating raft or boat.

  • Page 110: Seaguard Using Internal Display

    Page 110 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 8.6.3 SeaGuard using internal display Mount the Test Unit to the transducer head/DCS according to procedure. Start instrument and switch off forward pinging Open Menu > Administrative Tools > Sensor Monitor to read the speed and direction from sensor. Align the instrument/DCS and the Test Unit so that the orientation slot is in the north direction.

  • Page 111: Chapter 9 Maintenance

    When returning your DCS for service please contact Aanderaa Service department, aanderaa.support@xyleminc.com or your local representative for a Return Material Authorization number (RMA) prior to shipment. This RMA number should follow the shipment, and be included in all further correspondence with Aanderaa regarding the equipment returned.

  • Page 112: Test Of Zpulse ® Dcs 4420/4830/4520/4930

    Page 112 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 You will also need to enclose a Service Order Form with the shipment, which you will receive when requesting a RMA number. Normal servicing time is four to six weeks, but in special cases the service time can be reduced. A main overhaul and service is recommended at the factory every three years 9.4 Test of ZPulse DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930...

  • Page 113: Seaguard Applications

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 113 9.5 SeaGuard applications Leave to DCS mounted onto the SeaGuard Platform. Power the instrument; refer TD262a and TD262b for operating instructions. Open Administrative Tools -> Sensor Monitor. Sensor Monitor can be used as a direct reading of the sensor;...

  • Page 114: Rs-232/Rs-422 Applications

    Page 114 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 The parameter reading in engineering units is shown as illustrated in Figure 9-3. The reading updates according to the update interval. Press Freeze to temporarily stop the update; press Start to restart the is the same button as Freeze).
  • Page 115 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 115 Figure 9-4: Sensor configuration After the Start command the sensor starts the first 10s measurement interval. A ticking can be heard from the chapter 6.4. transducer head. After 10s the sensor outputs all the measurement parameters, as illustrated in All parameters are presented in one line terminated with CR+LF (the line is broken by the terminal program in the above example).

  • Page 116: Example Of Test & Specifications Sheet And Certificates

    Page 116 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 9.7 Example of Test & Specifications sheet and Certificates Figure 9-5 Example of Test and Specification sheet...
  • Page 117 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 117 Figure 9-6: Example of Calibration Certificate compass and tilt page 1...
  • Page 118 Page 118 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Figure 9-7: Example of Calibration Certificate compass and tilt page 2...

  • Page 119: Chapter 10 Installation

    Page 119 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 CHAPTER 10 Installation 10.1 AADI Real-Time Collector connection with Windows 10 Windows 10 USB to SeaGuard / SmartGuard fixes Download Windows mobile device center (WMDC) 32 or 64 bit version: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/931937/description-of-windows-mobile-device-center Windows 10 ver.
  • Page 120 Page 120 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Click ok and ok. Do the same with Windows Mobile-based device connectivity. Restart pc and plug in the USB cable from SmartGuard / SeaGuard.

  • Page 121: Connecting Cables

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 121 10.2 Connecting Cables Aanderaa offers a wide range of standard cables; 10.2.1 For AiCaP and RS-232 use Table 10-1: Available cables for AiCaP and RS-232 • 4318 Sensor Foot AiCaP •...
  • Page 122 8pin Subconn on 5340 cable • Needs 5340 cable for connection • 5414 Sensor Cable AiCaP • Free end cable for connection between sensor and Aanderaa logger • 4860 Sensor Cable RS-232 • Free end cable for connection between sensor and 3 party logger •...

  • Page 123: For Rs-422 Use

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 123 • 3855 Set-up and configuration cable • Non watertight Set-up cable with 9pin D-suB for connection between 10pin Lemo and PC for laboratory use only 10.2.2 For RS-422 use Table 10-2: Available cables for RS-422 •...
  • Page 124 Page 124 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 • 5159 Sensor Cable RS-422 • To be used with Real-Time cable • 5618 Set-up and configuration cable • Non watertight Set-up cable with 9pin D- suB for connection between 10pin Lemo and PC for laboratory use only •...

  • Page 125: Mounting Considerations

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 125 10.3 Mounting considerations Figure 10-1: Frame 5127...
  • Page 126 Page 126 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Figure 10-2: Inline mooring frame 5744A...

  • Page 127: Application Examples

    February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 127 10.4 Application examples DCS is a flexible sensor that can be used in many different applications, either as a part of a SeaGuard or SeaGuardII self-contained multiparameter observatory or as a part of a flexible user designed observation point. The factory also helps users with designing system to solve a specific task.
  • Page 128 Page 128 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Example 2 in Figure 10-4 shows a similar system but with also a vented tide sensor attached to the logger. Figure 10-4: Example 2...
  • Page 129 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Page 129 Example 3 in shows a more complex buoy system with meteorological sensors, satellite communication, solar panels as well as Motus directional wave sensor and DCS. This system is also easily scalable with possibilities for adding water quality sensors and profiling current measurement for measuring current in the full column.
  • Page 130 Page 130 February 2020 – TD 266 OPERATING MANUAL – ZPulse® DCS 4420/4830/4520/4930 Appendix 1 Product change notification: Frame Work3 Copy of content in Product Change Notification Document ID: DA-50009-01 of date 09 December 2011: Product(s) Affected: Product From Serial Product Name Number 4050...
  • Page 131 P.O.Box 103 Midtun, Sanddalsringen 5b, N-5843 Bergen, Norway Tel: +47 55 60 48 00 Fax: +47 55 60 48 01 email: aanderaa.info@xyleminc.com - www.aanderaa.com Aanderaa Data Instruments AS is a trademark of Xylem Inc. or one of its subsidiaries. © 2020 Xylem, Inc. February 2020...

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