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TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL
Motus Wave Sensor
August 2020
Motus Wave Sensor 5729

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  • Page 1 TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL Motus Wave Sensor August 2020 Motus Wave Sensor 5729...
  • Page 2 Page 2 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Preliminary Edition 28 April 2017 Edition 13 November 2017 New added parameters and new structure Edition 02 March 2020 New Parameters added valid from v.7.1.17 Edition 15 August 2020 New 2Hz output for Time Series, AIS output and Horizontal Displacement for Heave Time Series...
  • Page 3 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 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 WEB:...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Page 4 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Table of Contents Introduction ............................8 Purpose and scope..........................8 CHAPTER 1 Short description and specifications of the Motus Wave Sensor ......11 1.1 Description ............................11 1.2 Sensor Dimension ...........................
  • Page 5 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 5 3.9 System Configuration ........................44 3.9.1 Processing Dependencies ......................46 3.9.2 Output/Storage Settings ......................47 3.10 User Maintenance ......................... 49 3.10.1 Mandatory..........................51 3.10.2 Site Info ........................... 51 3.10.3 Serial Port ..........................
  • Page 6 Page 6 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 CHAPTER 6 Stand-alone Sensor configuration using Terminal Software ........86 6.1 Communication setup ........................86 6.2 Sensor startup ..........................87 6.3 Description of protocol ........................88 6.4 Passkey for write protection ......................
  • Page 7 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 7 10.5.2 Recommended sensor location ....................116 10.5.3 Connecting cables ......................... 116 10.6 Sensor mounting arrangement ....................116 10.7 Mooring ............................117 10.7.1 General mooring information....................117 10.7.2 Mooring example EMM 2.0 ....................

  • Page 8: Introduction

    Page 8 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Introduction Purpose and scope This document is intended to give the reader knowledge of how to operate and maintain the Aanderaa Motus Wave Sensor 5729. The sensor is made for integration with either EMM 2.0 buoy or Motus DB 1750 buoys or used as stand- alone sensor with 3 party buoys.
  • Page 9 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 9 Document Overview CHAPTER 1 is a short description of the Motus including dimension, connections and properties. CHAPTER 2 gives the theory of operation and list of all output parameters including calculations. CHAPTER 3 is an overview of how to configure the sensor with AADI Real-Time Collector when connected via an Aanderaa logger such as SmartGuard.
  • Page 10 Page 10 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Abbreviations AiCaP Aanderaa Protocol: Automated idle Line CANbus Protocol ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange BOOT ENABLE Used to enable firmware upgrade. Controller Area Network - sometimes referred to as CANbus COM port Communication port used for Serial communication RS232/RS422 Deg.M...

  • Page 11: Chapter 1 Short Description And Specifications Of The Motus Wave Sensor

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 11 CHAPTER 1 Short description and specifications of the Motus Wave Sensor 1.1 Description Motus Wave sensor is a directional sensor module for use on surface buoys. The sensor is tested and approved for use with YSI EMM 2.0 and Motus DB1750 buoys.

  • Page 12: Sensor Pin Configuration And Data Output

    Page 12 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 1.3 Sensor pin configuration and data output Motus are using a 10-pin underwater mateable connector, WET-CON MCBH10M from SeaCon for RS-232 and AiCaP communication between sensor and logger; see chapter 1.3.1 for pin configuration.

  • Page 13: Sensor Pin Configuration External Compass Input

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 13 1.3.2 Sensor pin configuration external compass input Sensor top view An external compass can be connected to the wave sensor via the sensors dedicated WET-CON MCBH6F connector. Recommended cable: WET-CON MCIL6M Output voltage: Sensor supply voltage, (VPWR) Maximum Current Drain: 0.8A...

  • Page 14: Sensor Connection

    Page 14 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 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 AiCaP and RS-232 but also special customer specified cables for use in project. See chapter 10.3 for an overview of standard cables or contact...

  • Page 15: User Accessible Sensor Properties

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 15 Signal name Sensor plug 9-p D-Sub MCIL10F CAN_H CAN_L CAN_GND / NCG BOOT ENABLE Read Switch 4 (Black) 5 + Read Switch 1 (red) VPWR / Pos. Supply RTS short to CTS DSR short to DTR Table 1-3: 5789 Cable pin configuration...

  • Page 16: Passkey For Write Protection

    Page 16 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 1.6 Passkey for write protection To avoid accidental change, most of the properties are write-protected. There are four levels of access protection, refer Table 1-4 A special property called Passkey() must be set according to the protection level before changing the value of properties that are write-protected, refer...

  • Page 17: Factory Configuration

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 17 1.7.1 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 18: Deployment Settings

    Page 18 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 1.7.2 Deployment Settings Deployment Settings contains settings for instruments metadata like position and owner. ENUM=Enumeration, INT =Integer, BOOL=Boolean (‘yes’/’no’) Property Type Set the output interval in seconds. Minimum available interval is Interval ENUM dependent on configuration.

  • Page 19: System Configuration

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 19 1.7.3 System Configuration This group is used to control the sensor via properties for configuring communication with logger, 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 20 Page 20 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Configuration of Mean Spreading Angle Output Mean Spreading ENUM Angle Output Alternative options are: Off, Storage, Output+Storage Configuration of First Order Spread Output First Order ENUM Spread Output Alternative options are: Off, Storage, Output+Storage Long...
  • Page 21 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 21 Configuration of Wave Height H1/3 Output. Wave Height ENUM Outputs Significant Wave Height H1/3. H1/3 Output Alternative options are: Off, Storage, Output+Storage Configuration of Wave Height H1/10 Output. Wave Height ENUM Outputs Significant Wave Height H1/10.

  • Page 22: User Maintenance

    Page 22 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 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 need to send passkey(1000) or with Real-Time Collector use password: 1000. These properties are used to configure serial port settings, communication to and from sensor in addition to some sensor settings.
  • Page 23 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 23 Enable BOOL Enables frequency correction of the buoy frequency response. Frequency Correction High Correction Float Selects the center frequency for each frequency correction High Frequencies (Hz) Selects the correction values for the center frequencies given in the Correction Float...
  • Page 24 Page 24 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 High Compass Float Only 1Hz supported, may be extended later Sampling High Frequency (Hz) When the Wave Sensor is connected to AiCaP, a list of other available sensors connected to the SmartGuard/SeaGuard Heading Sensor ENUM...

  • Page 25: Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Specifications

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 25 1.8 Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Specifications Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Specifications Refer Datasheet D 417 which is available on our web site http://www.aanderaa.com or contact aanderaa.support@xyleminc.com You will find the latest versions of our documents on Aanderaa website.

  • Page 26: Chapter 2 Theory Of Operation

    Page 26 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 CHAPTER 2 Theory of Operation Wave Measurement The wave measurement is based on an IMU with 9-axis accelerometer/gyro/magnetometer, The IMU operates at 1 kHz internally – 100Hz output for low pass filtering with 4Hz for wave calculation. Mechanical dampening acts as a low pass filter for the IMU-accelerometer in order to avoid aliasing and reduce low frequency noise.

  • Page 27: Sensor Offset Compensation

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 27 Sensor offset compensation Figure 2-1: Buoy sensor offset geometry The sensors axis system is defined by the orientation of the North mark of the sensor. This mark is aligned with the IMU x-axis.

  • Page 28: Offset Settings And Use Of External Compass

    Page 28 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Offset settings and use of External compass Figure 2-3 shows how the different Offset settings and External compass is used inside the sensor to improve the measurement.

  • Page 29: Parameter List

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 29 Parameter list Table 2-1: Parameter list. Frequency Based Parameters Type Output parameters Symbol Unit Significant Wave Height H Operational m0 1)2) Wave Peak Direction θ Deg.M Operational First Order Spread Deg.M...

  • Page 30: Parameter Calculation

    Page 30 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Parameter calculation Three different spreading parameters are calculated. Mean Spreading Angle, is the spreading function based on the first and second order Fourier coefficients, calculated for the frequency corresponding to the peak in the directional energy spectrum. First Order Spread, (Directional width) is a measure of directional spreading based on the first order Fourier coefficients, calculated for the frequency corresponding to the peak in the directional energy spectrum Kuik et...
  • Page 31 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 31 Orbital Ratio Spectrum, K(f) gives the ratio of vertical to horizontal motions corrected for the wavenumber and water depth where: C11(f), C22(f), and C33(f), are the cross-spectra of displacement in Vertical, East and North direction. k(f), is the wave number and h is the water depth.
  • Page 32 Page 32 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Wave Height Max, H is the vertical distance between the highest (crest) and lowest (trough) parts of a wave. Wave Height Max Trough, Tr is the highest negative wave amplitude below average water level within a record of waves.
  • Page 33 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 33 Wave Mean Period, T is the mean wave period calculated from the spectrum. where: is the n order moment calculated from the Energy spectrum as; Wave Peak Period, Tp is the wave period with the highest energy.

  • Page 34: Other Wave Descriptions

    Page 34 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Other wave descriptions Wave Crest is the point on a wave with the maximum value or upward displacement within a cycle Wave Troughs is the point on a wave with the minimum or lowest point in a cycle Wavelength is the distance from a certain point on one wave to the same point on the next wave (e.g.

  • Page 35: Chapter 3 Configuration Via Aanderaa Data Logger

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 35 CHAPTER 3 Configuration via Aanderaa data logger Introduction The Motus Wave Sensor 5729 can easily be installed on a buoy using the Aanderaa SmartGuard to configure and collect data.

  • Page 36: Establish A New Connection To Smartguard

    Page 36 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Establish a new connection to SmartGuard If the AADI Real-Time Collector program is being used for the first time, the connection list will be empty. Click on the button in the lower left corner to create a new connection.
  • Page 37 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 37 AADI Real-Time Collector uses a default setting that fits for most Smart Sensors. However the SmartGuard with Motus Wave Sensor outputs a large amount of data and might have much longer response time (depending on the configuration) than other...
  • Page 38 Page 38 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 A new window with a turning wheele will then show up waiting for contact. This might take a couple of seconds depending on the SmartGuard configuration. Figure 3-6: Establishing contact When connection is established the status light will turn green.

  • Page 39: Control Panel

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 39 Control Panel Control Panel Recorder Panel, Device Configuration, Device Layout In the window you will find four tabs, System Status. Please note that these tabs are controlling the SmartGuard and the sensor is controlled by the Recorder Panel SmartGuard together will all other sensors and equipment connected to the same logger.

  • Page 40: Changing Values

    Page 40 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Changing Values In the following chapters we will learn more about the Motus configuration. Sometimes you will need to change the value of a property. First select the tab where the property Device is located.
  • Page 41 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 41 An automatic process will start with 6 steps transferring and storing the new settings in the sensor Flash. If necessary a reset will be executed. Do not switch off before the entire process is completed.

  • Page 42: Device Configuration

    Page 42 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Device Configuration Device Configuration Control Panel Click on the tab in the top row of the to access the sensor property configuration. Click on Get Current Configuration...in order to receive the current configuration from the sensor.

  • Page 43: Deployment Settings

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 43 Deployment Settings Select Deployment Settings Edit pressing the button under Deployment Settings Under the Sensors section you will find a list of all sensors connected to the logger. Wave sensor Double-click on the icon to select the sensor.

  • Page 44: Site Info

    Page 44 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 3.8.1 Site Info Figure 3-18: Site Info Site Info containing four properties: • Location Geographic Position • Vertical Position • Reference • All these settings are optional information where you can enter and store information about the deployment. This can be useful information to store together with a data set.
  • Page 45 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 45 System Configuration are divided in two section • Processing Dependencies Output/Storage Settings • Processing Dependencies settings used in the wave calculation. Please note that the time settings here are controlling the sensor wave calculation time and the time series length, not the output interval.

  • Page 46: Processing Dependencies

    Page 46 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 3.9.1 Processing Dependencies Figure 3-21: Processing Dependencies Water Depth (m) is the total water depth where the buoy is located in meter. The default setting is 25 meter. Gravity (m/s is the local gravity constant in m/s .

  • Page 47: Output/Storage Settings

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 47 3.9.2 Output/Storage Settings Figure 3-22: Output/Storage Settings Output/Storage Settings. Off, The second session is The alternatives in the drop down menu for each parameter are Storage Output+Storage, where means that the parameter is not calculated, Output+Storage...
  • Page 48 Page 48 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Wave Properties in this section are listed in Table 3-1 with corresponding parameter and unit. For more information chapter 2.7 about parameter calculation see Property Parameter Unit Mean Spreading Angle Output Mean Spreading Angle...

  • Page 49: User Maintenance

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 49 Other non-wave parameters in this section are listed in Table 3-2 with corresponding parameter and unit. Property Parameter Unit Heading Deg. M Heading Output StDev Heading Deg.
  • Page 50 Page 50 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 User Maintenance holds 7 different sections: Mandatory • Site Info • Serial Port • Buoy Settings • External Compass • Settings AiCaP Input • Parameter Heading Advanced System •...

  • Page 51: Mandatory

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 51 3.10.1 Mandatory Figure 3-25: Mandatory in User Maintenance Node Description Motus #xxx All sensors are given a text like (where xxx is the serial number of the sensor). The user can modify this node description text if required.

  • Page 52: Buoy Settings

    Page 52 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 3.10.4 Buoy Settings Figure 3-28: Buoy Settings in User Maintenance If the sensor is positioned off-center you will be able to compensate for this offset by enabling Enable Off-center Correction.

  • Page 53: External Compass Settings

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 53 3.10.5 External Compass Settings Figure 3-29: External Compass Settings in User Maintenance Enable Ext Compass Input To use an external compass you need to select but then to use this compass reading in calculation you also need to select the Enable Ext Compass Correction otherwise it will only store and/or output the...

  • Page 54: Aicap Input Parameter Heading

    Page 54 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 3.10.6 AiCaP Input Parameter Heading Figure 3-30: AiCaP Input Parameter Heading in User Maintenance All these settings are only visible if the sensor is set to AiCaP mode and they are then used to select and configure an external AiCaP compass connected to the AiCaP-bus on the SmartGuard.

  • Page 55: Advanced System Output

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 55 3.10.7 Advanced System Output Figure 3-31: Advanced System Output in User Maintenance Off, Storage Output + Storage. The properties in this section may be set to one of the tree options: Off: Parameter is turned off Storage:...

  • Page 56: System Overview

    Page 56 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 System Overview 3.11 System Overview When you select under the Device Configuration you will get a short list of the SmartGuard Device Nodes with info like Product Name, Product Number Image Version.

  • Page 57: Chapter 4 Stand-Alone Sensor Configuration Using Aadi Real-Time Collector

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 57 CHAPTER 4 Stand-alone sensor configuration using AADI Real-Time Collector This chapter describes the sensor configuration using AADI Real-Time Collector when the sensor is used stand-alone with serial communication via the PC COM-port. The sensor might be set to any mode when configured using AADI Real-Time Collector but if you want to use the included real-time display function then the sensor needs to be in AADI Real-Time mode, refer chapter 4.5.1...
  • Page 58 Page 58 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Type a descriptive name in the Connection Name box (e.g. Motus and #serial number). Select Serial Port Port Settings even if you use the serial to USB adapter, selects the COM#...
  • Page 59 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 59 Advanced Settings are only accessible to change when the port is closed. If the settings are grey then you first need to close the port, refer Figure 4-5 and press Close Port.

  • Page 60: Control Panel

    Page 60 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 The selected connection has now changed to green status. Control Panel Press in the right lower corner to continue. Figure 4-8: AADI Real-Time Collector main menu Control Panel Control Panel tabs, Recorder Panel, Device Configuration...

  • Page 61: Changing Values

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 61 Select Recorder Panel. This is only applicable if sensor is in AADI Real-Time mode. For all other modes the alternatives will be grey. Click on the Stop Recorder button if the sensor is running as you are not allowed to...
  • Page 62 Page 62 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 In the next window called Confirm Configuration Changes you will find a list of all changed properties with old and new values. If the list of configuration changes is correct press Next to start the update...
  • Page 63 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 63 When the updating process is finished a confirmation will show up. Press Finish continue. Figure 4-13 Configuration Update Completed When you click Finish the following warning may show up. Then you need to open the Recorder Panel Stop Recorder...

  • Page 64: Device Configuration

    Page 64 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Device Configuration Click on the Device Configuration tab in the top row of the Control Panel to access the sensor property configuration. Get Current Click on Configuration...in order to receive the current configuration from the sensor.

  • Page 65: Deployment Settings

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 65 Deployment Settings Select the Deployment Settings by pressing the “Edit…” button under Deployment Settings, Figure 4-15. This menu holds two different sections, Common Settings Site Info. For detail on each property refer to chapter 4.4.1 through...

  • Page 66: Site Info

    Page 66 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 4.6.2 Site Info Figure 4-18: Site Info Site Info containing four properties: Location • Geographic Position • Vertical Position • Reference • All these settings are optional information to be entered to store information about the deployment. These setting are not Geographical Position used in calculation.

  • Page 67: System Configuration

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 67 System Configuration System Configurations holds four different sections that are mainly controlling the output from the sensor. The sections are: • Common Settings • Terminal Protocol •...

  • Page 68: Common Settings

    Page 68 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 4.7.1 Common settings Figure 4-20: Common Settings in System Configuration Mode: The communication protocol need to be defined under “Mode”. There are four different choices: AADI Real-Time is the correct mode (protocol) when used together with Real-Time Collector.

  • Page 69: Processing Dependencies

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 69 4.7.3 Processing Dependencies Figure 4-22: Processing Dependencies in System Configuration Water Depth (m) is the total water depth where the buoy is located in meter. The default setting is 25 meter. Gravity (m/s is the local gravity constant in m/s .

  • Page 70: Output Settings

    Page 70 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 4.7.4 Output Settings Figure 4-23: Output settings in System Configuration Output/Storage Settings Output, The alternatives in the drop down menu for each parameter are where Output means that the parameter is not calculated and means that the sensor in real-time output from the sensor either in XML or ASCII.
  • Page 71 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 71 Wave Properties in this section are listed in Table 4-1with corresponding parameter and unit. For more information chapter 2.7 about parameter calculation see Property Parameter Unit Mean Spreading Angle Output Mean Spreading Angle Deg.M...
  • Page 72 Page 72 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Other non-wave parameters in this section are listed in Table 4-2 with corresponding parameter and unit. Property Parameter Unit Heading Deg. M Heading Output StDev Heading Deg.

  • Page 73: User Maintenance Settings

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 73 User Maintenance settings Under User Maintenance, you find properties that are password protected and are set / altered by a trained user. It is not recommended to change properties unless instructed.

  • Page 74: Mandatory

    Page 74 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 • Serial Port • Buoy Settings • External Compass Settings • Advanced System Output The settings here are mainly used to compensate for influence from the sensor surroundings like off-center mounting and magnetic influence on the internal compass.

  • Page 75: Serial Port

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 75 Site Info is optional information to be entered to store information about the Owner. This setting is not used in calculation. 4.8.3 Serial Port Figure 4-27: Serial Port settings in User Maintenance Serial Port Interface group contains setting that deals with the RS-232 setup.

  • Page 76: External Compass Settings

    Page 76 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 If the sensor is positioned off-center by enabling Enable Off-center Correction you will compensate for this offset. The sensor will then uses the xyz coefficients given in Off-center XYX (m), refer Figure 2-2 to calculate the off-center coefficients.

  • Page 77: Advanced System Output

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 77 Two different alternatives are available in Compass Type: HSC100 NMEA • Generic NMEA • Compass Warm-up Time (s) is the time in seconds needed from power is switched on to the external compass until it Enable Compass Power Control is ready to output compass data.

  • Page 78: System Overview

    Page 78 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 State FE Notifications are controlled by this setting The FE State Parameter is 0 if everything is ok. The Notifications parameter gives information about the last communications with the coprocessor. HW State Parameter Output is an advanced system setting which can be enabled to give more information about the internal electronic hardware.

  • Page 79: Save Configuration To File

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 79 Save Configuration to file 4.10 Figure 4-32: Example of saved configuration file in .xml format System Status 4.11 System Status is the last tab in Control Panel and holds information about the sensor such as...

  • Page 80: Chapter 5 Logging Data Via Aadi Real-Time Collector

    Page 80 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 CHAPTER 5 Logging data via AADI Real-Time Collector Logging data on PC The Real-Time Collector can save the incoming data to file, either to a txt-file or to xml-files. For instructions refer to Chapter 2.2.1 to 2.2.2.
  • Page 81 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 81 Figure 5-1: AADI Real-Time Collector start up menu “Advanced Settings…” Click on the button in Connection Settings window; refer Figure 5-2. Figure 5-2: Connection settings menu...

  • Page 82: Starting The Sensor And Logging To File

    Page 82 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Choose File Output from the list on the left side. Check the “Collect data to file” box to enable file output. Select a file format and choose a base directory where you want the file to be saved.

  • Page 83: Viewing Incoming Data In Real-Time

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 83 Figure 5-4: Recorder panel Data will start logging in the defined directory. If it is a txt- file, the easiest way to view it is in Excel. Figure 5-5 gives an example of obtained...
  • Page 84 Page 84 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Double-click on one of the Record numbers to look at the data. Click on the + signs to open and see all the data in the message.
  • Page 85 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 85 Figure 5-7: Visualization of incoming data from the sensor in real time Previous Entry Next Entry Previous records or newer records (Figure 4-25) can be viewed by clicking on button or button.

  • Page 86: Chapter 6 Stand-Alone Sensor Configuration Using Terminal Software

    Page 86 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 CHAPTER 6 Stand-alone Sensor configuration using Terminal Software This chapter describes how to communicate with the Motus Wave Sensor using the RS-232 Smart Sensor Terminal protocol or AADI Real Time Communication setup The 5729 Motus Wave Sensor can be used on a SmartGuard or SeaGuardII (AiCaP) Dataloggers or connected to a RS-232 com-port (PC or other devices with RS232 com-port).

  • Page 87: Sensor Startup

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 87 Sensor startup When property Enable Text is set to Yes, StartupInfo is displayed at sensor power up or after Reset. StartupInfo contains information about Product Number, Serial Number, Mode, Protocol Version Config Version (Refer to Figure 6-1).

  • Page 88: Description Of Protocol

    Page 88 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 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: MainCmd, is followed by an optional subcommand •...

  • Page 89: Save And Reset

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 89 Table 6-1: Passkey protection Save and Reset Save When the required properties are set, you should send a command to make sure that the new configuration is saved internally in the flash memory.

  • Page 90: Available Commands

    Page 90 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Available commands Available commands and properties for the sensors are given in Table 6-2 chapter 1.7 respectively. Table 6-2 Available RS-232 commands. Command Description Start Start a measurement sequence according to current configuration Stop Stop a measurement sequence Do Sample...

  • Page 91: The Get Command

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 91 6.6.1 The Get command command is used to read the value/values of a property and to read the latest value of a parameter. Property The command name followed by a returns a string in the following format: Property ProductNo SerialNo Value, ..., Value...

  • Page 92: Xml Commands

    Page 92 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Use the Save commands to permanently store the new property value. Remember to always wait for the acknowledge character ‘#’ after a save before switching off power to the sensor. If the power is lost while saving, the previous configuration saved to flash is used by the sensor.
  • Page 93 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 93 Comments to example 1: The output string from sensor depends on the original configuration. The available/selectable values for each property can be found by sending the command Help. This gives a printout from the sensor showing a short help text from the sensor.

  • Page 94: Output Parameters And Corresponding Properties

    Page 94 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Output Parameters and corresponding Properties Property Parameter Unit Mean Spreading Angle Output Mean Spreading Angle Deg.M First Order Spread Output First Order Spread Deg. M Long Crestedness Output Long Crestedness Energy Spectrum Output Energy Spectrum...
  • Page 95 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 95 Other non-wave parameters in this section are listed in Table 6-4 with corresponding parameter and unit. Property Parameter Unit Heading Deg. M Heading Output StDev Heading Deg.

  • Page 96: Help Command Output

    Page 96 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Help command output 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>...

  • Page 97: Example 4: Even More Compact Output, Text Off And Decimal Format

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 97 Wave Period Tmax Output: Off,Output Wave Mean Period Tz Output: Off,Output Wave Height H1/3 Output: Off,Output Wave Height H1/10 Output: Off,Output Wave Height H1/1 Output: Off,Output Wave Mean Period T1/3 Output: Off,Output Wave Mean Period T1/10 Output:...

  • Page 98: Chapter 7 Use Of External Compass

    Page 98 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 CHAPTER 7 Use of External Compass General information An important input parameter for calculation of wave parameters is the heading information. If the magnetic distortion at the location where the sensor is to be installed is too large the heading should be provided by an external compass placed at an undistorted location, for instance in the mast.

  • Page 99: External Compass Types

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 99 External compass types 7.2.1 HSC 100-NMEA • Digital Yacht HSC100 Compass sensor Figure 7-1: Digital Yacht HSC100 • Mounting Bracket: Included in delivery of compass sensor. •...

  • Page 100: Airmar H2183

    Page 100 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 7.2.2 Airmar H2183 • Airmar H2183 Heading sensor Figure 7-2: Airmar H2183 • Mounting Bracket: Included in delivery of compass sensor. • Connecting cable: Cable between Sensor and SmartGuard included 5855 Cable from Motus with free-end to be used with included sensor cable 5868 cable between sensor and Motus •...

  • Page 101: Input Format For External Compass

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 101 Input format for external compass Summary NMEA 0183 standard Heading, Deviation and Variation. Syntax $HCHDG,<1>,<2>,<3>,<4>,<5>*hh<CR><LF> Fields <1> Magnetic sensor heading, degrees, to the nearest 0.1 degree. <2>...
  • Page 102 Page 102 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Summary NMEA 0183 standard Compass Heading , which differs from magnetic heading by the amount of uncorrected magnetic deviation. $HCHCC,<1>*hh<CR><LF> Fields <1> Compass Heading in degrees Summary NMEA 0183 standard Heading relative to True North Syntax...

  • Page 103: Chapter 8 Electro Magnetic Compatibility And Cables

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 103 CHAPTER 8 Electro Magnetic Compatibility and Cables 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 104: Chapter 9 Maintenance

    Page 104 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 CHAPTER 9 Maintenance With 50 years of instruments design and production for the scientific community, in use around the world, you can count on our reputation for designing the most reliable products available. We are guided by three underlying principles: quality, service, and commitment.

  • Page 105: Factory Service

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 105 Factory service Factory service is offered for maintenance, repair or calibration. Before returning the sensors to factory please contact Aanderaa.support@xyleminc.com for a RMA number and needed paper.
  • Page 106 Page 106 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Warnings Parameter Hex value Status Code Description OutOfMeasureRange Data outside range. The data is not reliable Data Outside Calibration range. The data can be OutOfCalibRange reliable, but out of calibration range ReducedQuality e.g.

  • Page 107: Example Of Test & Specifications Sheet And Certificates

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 107 Example of Test & Specifications sheet and Certificates Figure 9-2: Example of Test & Spec. sheet...
  • Page 108 Page 108 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Figure 9-3: Example of calibration certificate...

  • Page 109: Chapter 10 Installation

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 109 CHAPTER 10 Installation Mounting Brackets 10.1 • Horizontal “Mounting plate” Aanderaa part no: 0975853 included with sensor Figure 10-1: Horizontal mounting plate • Vertical “Wall mount bracket” Aanderaa part no: 0975854, not included Figure 10-2: Vertical mounting plate...

  • Page 110: Aadi Real-Time Collector Connection With Windows 10

    Page 110 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 AADI Real-Time Collector connection with Windows 10 10.2 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 111 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 111 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 112: Connecting Cables

    Page 112 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Connecting Cables 10.3 Aanderaa offers a wide range of standard cables; see Table 10-1 for more details. Cable 5835 with connectors • MCIL10F to SmartGuard AiCaP connector (M12) •...

  • Page 113: Magnetic Distortion Areas On Emm 2.0

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 113 Recommended external compass location Recommended sensor location (top 1. Top triangle of flotation or inside canister). 2. Bottom frame Figure 10-3: Mounting considerations EMM 2.0 10.4.1 Magnetic distortion areas on EMM 2.0 •...

  • Page 114: Sensor Mounting Arrangement

    Page 114 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 10.4.4 Sensor mounting arrangement • Sensor can be fixed to the surface of the flotation by using the horizontal “Mounting plate” Aanderaa part no: 5853. Drawing DID-51257. Figure 10-4: Sensor mounted with horizontal mounting plate...

  • Page 115: Mounting Considerations Motus Db 1750

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 115 Mounting considerations Motus DB 1750 10.5 Recommended sensor location Lifting eye Lifting eye Mooring eye Mooring eye Figure 10-5: Mounting considerations Motus DB1750 10.5.1 Magnetic distortion areas on Motus DB1750 •...

  • Page 116: Recommended Sensor Location

    Page 116 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 10.5.2 Recommended sensor location • In general the best sensor location is as close as possible to the center of the buoy and as near as possible to the waterline.

  • Page 117: Mooring

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 117 Mooring 10.7 10.7.1 General mooring information Traditionally navigation buoys and data buoys not equipped with wave sensors have been moored with chains or a combination of chains and ropes. These traditional moorings are initially designed to stabilize and limit the buoy motion in waves.

  • Page 118: Mooring Example Emm 2.0

    Page 118 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 10.7.2 Mooring example EMM 2.0 Figure 10-8: General mooring example with EMM 2.0 based on 100m water depth...

  • Page 119: Mooring Example Motus Db 1750

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 119 Mooring Example Motus DB 1750 10.8 Figure 10-9: General mooring example with Motus DB 1750based on 100m water depth...

  • Page 120: Mooring Component Example For Motus Db 1750

    Page 120 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 10.8.1 Mooring component example for Motus DB 1750 Section Description Shackle AJ 852 MBL 90t w/NUT. 32-32-82mm Chain LL GR80 16mm. Galvanized 4,3kg/m 2x2m Shackle AJ 852 MBL 40t w/NUT. 22-25-52mm Chain GR80 32mm.

  • Page 121: Application Examples

    August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Page 121 Application examples 10.9 Figure 10-11: EMM 2.0 buoy with sensors and communication...
  • Page 122 Page 122 August 2020 – TD 316 OPERATING MANUAL – Motus Wave Sensor 5729 Figure 10-12: Motus DB 1750 buoy with sensors and communication...
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