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  • Page 1 LogBox BLE INSTRUCTION MANUAL V1.1x G 1/65...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    SAFETY ALERTS.......................................3 INTR O DUCTION ........................................4 DISPLAY AND NAVIGATION.....................................5 DISPLAY INFORMATION ...................................5 O PERATION KEYS.....................................6 NAVI G ATION KEYS....................................6 O PERATI O N AUTONOMY....................................11 INPUT SI G NALS READING........

  • Page 3: Safety Alerts

    SAFETY ALERTS The symbols below are used throughout this manual to draw t he user’s attention to important information regarding safety and use of the device. CAUTION ATTENTION CAUTION OR DANGER Read the manual thoroughly before Material sensitive to static charge. Be Risk of electric shock installing and operating the device.

  • Page 4: Intr O Duction

    The analog inputs accept any type of temperature sensor, s u ch as thermocouples, Pt100 or sensors for any other quantities with current or voltage s ignals. The digital channel can log the time of events, such as opening a door, or counting pulses from a flow sensor. LogBox BLE a lso has internal sensors: tem p erature, battery voltage, and external source voltage, which can also record the values in the memory, taking the pla c e of any of the available measurement channels.

  • Page 5: Display And Navigation

    DISPLAY INFORMATION LogBox BLE has an LCD display with 3 numerical lines of 4 ½ digits to display the current value of all enabled channels, as well as the m ini m u m and maximum values thereof. At the same time, it is possible to display the current value of up to 3 analog channels and, in a second s c reen, if enabled, it is possibl e to display the digital input current value.

  • Page 6: Operation Keys

    OPERATION KEYS To navigate between t he screens, LogBox BLE has two keys: . Each key, depending on the current navigation screen, has two or m ore features: ● Short touch (less than 2 seconds): ○ Proceeds to th e next screen if the current screen mne m onic is being displayed.
  • Page 7 SCREEN MNEMONIC INFORMATION DESCRIPTION KEYS FUNCTION 1. Analog Inputs Displays t h e current value of the analog Key held down or long touch: Infor m s channels a nd allows the display of the the m axi m u m value reached in each analog maximum a nd m ini m u m values reached by channel.
  • Page 8 SCREEN MNEMONIC INFORMATION DESCRIPTION KEYS FUNCTION 4. Digital Input When enabled and configured in the "Pulse Key held down or long touch: No action. Count " mo d e and then set to "Volu m e since Pulse Count: Last Reset" (Application para m eter / Flow Accu m ulator Rate function) or the option "Accu m ulated Key held down or long touch: No action.
  • Page 9 SCREEN MNEMONIC INFORMATION DESCRIPTION KEYS FUNCTION 7. Date/Ti m e Displays the device’s current date and ti m e. Key held down or long touch: No action. Line 1: Year Line 2: Month. Day Key held down or long touch: No action. Line 3: Tim e : M inute Both keys held down: No action.
  • Page 10 SCREEN MNEMONIC INFORMATION DESCRIPTION KEYS FUNCTION 10. Log Status Displays the current log status and allows Key held down or long touch: Starts the them to be started and/or paused if the logs, if start by keyboard is allowed. device is c o nfigured to allow keyboard start and/or end.

  • Page 11: O Perati O N Autonomy

    Very high temperatur e s (above 30 °C (86 °F)) or very low t e mperatures (below 10 °C (50 °F)) make the LogBox BLE circuit greatly increase its c onsumption. Thus, when operating the device in these rang e s, consider that the 2-year expectation can be reduced considerably.

  • Page 12: Input Signals Reading

    INPUT SIGNALS READING LogBox BLE allows u sers to choose, along with channels to be registered and sensor types, some configurations that provides flexibility to various applications, allowing users to consider the energy resource s (battery life) and data storage (length of log memory). Thus, it is possible to c o nfigure the device with the following parameters: ●...

  • Page 13: Measurement And Indication Of Input Types

    . How much it can measure beyond the range depends on the type of input co n figured and might vary between different devices. The following table describes what to expect in the LogBox BLE display according to the signal applied to the input for each configured input type. 5.1.1 MEASUREMENT AND INDICATION OF INPUT TYPES...
  • Page 14 (e.g., t h ermocouple simulator, Pt100) may not operate properly, causing false reading offsets and oscillations. If su c h a problem is identified, it is recommended to power the LogBox BLE via external power supply or USB while using the s imulator.

  • Page 15: Digital Input

    DIGITAL INPUT LogBox BLE has a digital input channel that can be configured for " Pulse Count " , " Event Log " , or even for " Logs Control " . This digital inpu t can be disabled. Regardless of the function for which it will be used, the sensor output type that will be connected to the input must be configured: PNP, NPN, or Dry Contact (refer to chapter INSTALLATION to see how the s e nsors should be connected).

  • Page 16: Event Log

    (custom unit of the user). In the same example, let’s say that the log interval is 20 seconds. Thus, if the sensor gives 20 pulses per second, the LogBox BLE will regi s ter 400 pulses per range, dis p laying to the user 40 pieces per minute (((20 pulses/s)/(30 pulses/piece)) * 60 (1 min) = 40).

  • Page 17: Di G Ital O Utput

    Ex.: 4-20 mA transmitters can be powered by the digital output pin, so that they can only be turned on at the time they are read, thu s , saving power from LogBox BLE external power supply, which can be a 12 V battery. In the " Auxiliary Electronic Switch " mode, it is necessary to set how long before each acquisition the digital output must b e triggered.

  • Page 18: Data Registering

    DATA REGISTERING Data registering will be done in LogBox BLE’s internal me m ory. The internal memory capacity is up to 140,000 logs. The number of logs that can be stored in the internal memory depends basically on the n umber of input channels that are enabled, as well as factors such as recordi n g or not re c ording the digital input event.

  • Page 19: Alarms

    ALAR M S LogBox BLE has fo u r channels, where in each of them it i s possible to set a minimum and a maximum alarm. Alarms are displayed an d can be c onfigured to trigger an internal buzzer for audible warning a n d a digital output for user control.

  • Page 20: C O Nfi G Uration Softwares

    The NXperience allows the graphical analysis of multiple d a ta, reporting, and exporting data to multiple formats and is a complete confi g uration tool for the new N O VUS device line. This manual describes the generic software features, specific and pertinent to LogBox BLE. Both th e m anual and the software can be downloaded free of charge at www.novusautomation.com, in the download area.

  • Page 21: Analog Channels Parameters

    • Date/Ti m e: Date/Time that will be used to configure the device’s clock. • G MT: Allows you t o configure the GMT of the place where the device will be used. LogBox BLE is factory-configured with GMT 0. T h erefore, the G MT must be configured correctly on the first use.
  • Page 22 • Lo w er Alar m : All o ws you to enable and configure, for each channel, a lower alarm setpoint. o Hysteresis: Allows you to configure a hysteresis for the lower alarm for each channel. • Upper Alar m : Allows you to enable and configure, for each channel, an upper alarm setpoint. o Hysteresis: Al l ows you to configure a hysteresis for the upper alarm for each channel.

  • Page 23: Digital Channel Parameters

    Average Flo w by Acquisition Interval: Allows you to configure the device to log the average flow rate per acquisition interval. o User Unit: Allows you to configure the flow rate u n it related to the pulses counted at the digital input. LogBox BLE provides nine flow units.
  • Page 24 Sensor Factor: Allows you to configure the sensor factor used at the digital input. This parameter can be found in the sensor man u al as k- factor. LogBox BLE provides three units for the sensor. The custom unit option can be selected to meet any need not previously liste d by the device.
  • Page 25 9.3.3.1.3 "FLOW RATE" MODE ALARMS NXperience NXperience Mobile Android Figure 8 – "Flow rate" mode alarms • Average Flo w by Acquisition Interval: Allows you to configure an alarm for this mode. o Lo w er Alarm: Allows you to enable and configure a lower alarm setpoint for the digital channel. ...

  • Page 26: Event Log" Or "Logs Control" Modes

    9.3.3.1.5 ACCUMULATOR RESETTING MODES NXperience NXperience Mobile Android Figure 10 – Accumulator Resetting Modes • By Soft w are: If s e lected, it allows you to reset the accu m ulator by software. • Periodic: If selected, it allows you to reset the accumulator daily, weekly, monthly, and you can add time, day of the week or a date. 9.3.3.2 "EVENT LOG"...

  • Page 27: Channels General Parameters

    • Debounce: It is n e cessary to configure a debounce time for edge detection. The debounce is the sensor stabilization time - the minimum ti m e at which the sensor must remain at the logical level of interest so that the detected edge is considered valid. The minimum configurable debounce time is 50 milliseconds and the maximum are 6 seconds.
  • Page 28 ○ Maximum Interval: 24 hours. MEMORY MODE • Circular Me m ory: Allows you to select so that the devic e continuously logs in memory. When the memory is full, the oldest data will be erased so that the most r e cent data can be saved. •...

  • Page 29: Diagnostics

    LogBox BLE memory. • Logs Control: Allows the user to start or stop LogBox BLE data registering. For this option to be active, the log start and/or stop mode m ust be configured with the "By Software"...

  • Page 30: Channels

    9.5.2 APPLICATION OPERATION Communication of th e application with LogBox BLE is done through the smartphone Bluetooth interface and, therefore, must be enabled in it. For the Android application, if Bluetooth has not been enabled, the application will automatically request permission to do it. For the iOS ap p lication,...
  • Page 31 The initial screen of the Android application has four icons: Configuration, Monitoring, File Manager and Preferences. The iOS applicati o n ho m e s creen, on the other hand, has five icons: Configuration, Download, Monitoring and File Manager, which bring the main feature s of the application, and Pref e rences, whose icon is on the upper rig h t side of the screen.
  • Page 32 In the device selection screen, each LogBox BLE within t h e range of the Bluetooth connection will display an SSID, which correspon d s to the name given to the device. Below the SSID, the LogBox BLE Bluetooth MAC and Bluetooth signal quality is displayed.

  • Page 33: Configuration

    Figure 19 – Status screen • Las t Read Value: Displays the value of the last acquis i tion performed by LogBox BLE for each channel. The last acquisition may n ot have been recorded in m emory • Logs: Indicates b a sic information about LogBox BLE lo g s.

  • Page 34: Configuration

    ' s home menu by selecting the device to be downloaded. Accessing the logs screen will initiate a new connection, which aims to download the device data with LogBox BLE. For the Android appli c ation and if the functionality has been accessed in the wrong way, swiping your finger on the screen will automatically cancel the reconnection.
  • Page 35 The more logs downloaded, the longer the data download process takes and the greater the consumption of the device during download. This ti m e depends on the quality of the Bluetooth connection b e tween smartphone and LogBox BLE. For a satisfactory experience, it is su g gested to divide a very large data download into two or more steps .
  • Page 36 If LogBox BLE does not have logs, the application displays t h e message shown below: Android Figure 23 – LogBox BLE without logs 36/65...
  • Page 37 9.5.3.3.1 EVENTS Android Figure 24 – Event screen For each channel ena b led in LogBox BLE, you can view the following events: • High Excu r sions: Allows you to view all records where the measured value has exceeded the maximum alarm setpoint.
  • Page 38 OCCURRENCE SCREEN B y pressing the "View All" icon, the user can view all logs where the value was below the minimum alarm setpoint or above the maximum alar m s etpoint, showing the value and time of the event/occurrence , as shown in the figures below: Android Figure 25 –...
  • Page 39 If there are no occurrences in High Excursions or Low Excur s ions, they will appear in the messages of the figures below: Android Figure 27 – High excursions message "No Occurrences" Android Figure 28 – Low excursions message "No Occurrences" 39/65...
  • Page 40 9.5.3.3.2 CHART This screen allows y o u to view the data history at different t i me ranges and in a graphically way. It also shows the maximum value, the mini m u m v alue and the average recorded value of each channel during the download period. Android Figure 29 –...
  • Page 41 Do w nload: By press i ng the icon, the user can perform a new data download. Thus, the previously performed download will be discarded, updating the event an d graphic screens, which will always display information from the last download made. Android Figure 31 –...

  • Page 42: Settings

    Share: By pressing the icon, you can share the downlo a ded data through installed applications or export it to an FTP server (this optio n is only available for Android s martphones and requires prior FTP authentication, performed on the PREFERENCES screen). Android Figure 33 –...

  • Page 43: Monitoring

    9.5.4.1 MONITORING This screen provides information about the active channels a nd the alarms configured for them, informing the maximum and minimum temperature v alues downloaded by each channel and whether or not they are in an alarm situation. Android Figure 34 –...

  • Page 44: Notifications

    9.5.4.2 NOTIFICATIONS The device displays notifications to inform channels in low an d high alarm state and to inform when the same channels are out of alarm. Android Alarm Notifications Android Alarm Notifications Table 07 – Android Alarm notifications iOS Alarm Notifications iOS Alarm Notifications Table 08 –...

  • Page 45: File Manager

    This screen allows you to erase and share data from previ o usly performed downloads. It displays a list containing all downloads performed and s aved by the user, separated by the downloaded LogBox BLE serial numbers. In this list you can select the desired files and share or dele t e the m .
  • Page 46 For the Android application, once a downloaded data is selected, the button will change to . For the iOS application, pressing the desired downloaded data and dragging the finger to the left will display the icon . By clicking on it, you can expand the sharing option. Android Figure 38 –...
  • Page 47 For the Android application, to delete the selected item from the list, simply press and hold (long click) to open a checkbox to select the downloaded file you want to delete. Once this is done, simply press the button to delete the selected data. Figure 40 –...

  • Page 48: File Manager

    Android Figure 42 – Preferences screen • Default Share O ptions: The user can configure how the y want to share the data downloaded from LogBox BLE and managed by NXperience Mobile. o Save Files after Download: Configures the application to save the downloaded files in the smartphone internal memory.

  • Page 49: Installation

    To assist in the instal l ation aesthetics, two openings in the lower part of the fixing bracket can be used to pass the sensors that are connected to the device. In additi o n to that, this bracket has a ring that allows the placement of a padlock so that LogBox BLE cannot be removed fro m the in s talled location.

  • Page 50: Dimensions

    Figure 47 – Fitting the protection cover 10.1.1 DIMENSIONS Figure 48 – LogBox BLE dimensions Opening the batteri e s cover: To open the battery compartment, press the cover in the arrows region and push in from the inside out.

  • Page 51: Electrical Installation

    ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS LogBox BLE has 4 detachable connection terminals for connection of external power supply, digital output load, digital input sensor, an d analog s ensors for each of the 3 available analog channels. The figure below illustrates electrical connections in a basic way.
  • Page 52 DIGITAL OUTPUT Alar m Status Mode Connection T h e connection to the Digital Output in the Alarm Status mode is made at the terminals according to the following image. To use the Digital Output, you must power the device wi t h an external power supply source.
  • Page 53 The conn e ction to the channels is made at the terminals according to the following imag e . The three-wire connection from the Pt100 sensor element to the LogBox BLE input guarantees the error canc e llation caused by the wires resistance. The three wires should have the same gauge and length.
  • Page 54 EXAMPLE OF CONNECTION OF 4-20 mA TRANSMITTERS POWERED BY THE CURRENT LOOP Figure 52 – Example of connecting transmitters that are powered by the loop 54/65...

  • Page 55: C O Mmunication Interfaces

    If the interface is configured to wake up via keyboard, the symbol will only remain lit while the device is advertisi n g. To speed up the pairi n g, if the BLE interface wake-up mode is set to Periodic, every time a key is pressed in the LogBox BLE, the BLE i n terface will have its frequenc y reduced to 100 ms for a 60 second int e rval.
  • Page 56 Wi-Fi interface, making both interfaces unavailable for a few milliseconds, one at a time. For most device this is no problem, since they do n ot need to save energy, working with a very low availability frequency (100 ms). Since for the LogBox BLE energy s a ving is fundamental, it works with a high periodicity (configurable with minimum period of 500 ms).

  • Page 57: Tr O Ubleshooting

    Wi-Fi interface, making the Bluetooth interface una v ailable for a few milliseconds while using Wi-Fi. For most device this is no p roble m , s ince they do not need to save energy, working with a very low availability frequency (100 ms). Since LogBox BLE works at a high fr e quency ( c onfigurable with a minimum of 500 ms) to save energy, i t is possible that your smartphone may experience difficulties when pairing.
  • Page 58 b. O pen the C O M port setting of the device: Figure 55 – Device Manager c. O pen advanced COM port configuration options: Figure 56 – Port settings configuration d. Uncheck the Use FIFO buffers option: Figure 57 – Advanced settings Fir mw are update: If there are problems during the firmware update, it is recommended to perform the following procedure: a.
  • Page 59 If NXperience has been closed and/or it is no longer possible to find the device on the update screen, as shown in the figure bel o w, it is necessary to clos e the NXperience, turn off the LogBox BLE and reconnect the device to the USB interface for a new attempt.
  • Page 60 Figure 63 – Firmware update Try to update the firmware again. If you cannot find the device in Step F, turn off the LogBox BLE and switch it back on by holding down both keys. After that, repeat Step F.

  • Page 61: Technical Specifications

    TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS CHARACTERISTICS LOGBOX BLE 3 analog inputs Input Channels 1 digital input Co m patible Analog Signals Thermocoupl e J, K, T, N, E, R, S and B, Pt100, 0-50 mV, 0-5 V, 0-10 V, 0-20 mA, 4-20 mA...

  • Page 62: Sensors Range And Accuracy

    Enclosure ABS+PC Protection Index IP40 Di m ensions 120 x 100 x 40 mm Certificat i ons CE M ark, FCC, CAN ICES-3 (A) / NMB-3 (A), ANATEL (07034-17-07089) Table 09 – Technical specifications * CAUTI O N w ith th e batteries operation temperature. Extremely high or low temperatures can cause rupture and leakage, c ausing da m age to the device.
  • Page 63 Ther m ocouples: The analog input circuit for the LogBox BLE guarantees the accuracy specified in the Thermocouple sensors readin g with a m axim u m c ab l e im pe dance of 100 Ω. Thermocouple sensor s with impedance above 100 Ω can be read by LogBox BLE, however, accura c y is not guaranteed.

  • Page 64: Certifications

    13.2 CERTIFICATIONS Contains FCC ID: T7V1740 This device has been tested and found to comply with the li m its for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These li m its are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the device is operated in a commercial environment. Thi s device generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, it may cause harmful interference to radio communications.

  • Page 65: Warranty

    WARRANTY Warranty conditions a re available on our website www.scigiene.com. 65/65...

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