About This Document About This Document All information and instructions in this operating manual have been compiled in consideration of applicable standards and guidelines, the state of technology and our many years of experience and knowledge. These operating instructions provide you with all the information necessary to install and to configure the BioPAT Xgas Vis Software.
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Safety Information Safety Information Safety Information General Safety Precautions The BioPAT Xgas Vis Software may only be installed and configured after ® gaining familiarity with this operating manual. Always keep the operating manual in the location where the device is in use. In addition to the operating manual, follow all general and local regulations for accident prevention and environmental protection.
Overview Overview Overview With the BioPAT Xgas hardware, the O and CO concentration can be ® monitored and controlled for any given bioprocesses in real time. The BioPAT Xgas is a dual oxygen-carbon dioxide sensor featuring automatic ® compensation for humidity and pressure. The oxygen concentration can be measured in a range of 1 – 50 % and the carbon dioxide concentration in a range of 0 – 10 %.
Overview Overview Computer Configuration General CD ROM drive USB Port Operating Microsoft Windows XP (32 bit) System Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 (32 bit & 64 bit) Microsoft Windows 7 (32 bit & 64 bit) Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 (32 bit & 64 bit) Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Sp1 64 bit Operating English, German...
Installation Installation Installation Steps The following table presents an overview on the necessary steps to install and configure the BioPAT Xgas Vis Software. Please follow the recommended ® order in the table step by step. Each entry refers to a separate chapter or sub-chapter in this handbook where the procedure is described in detail. Step Installation Procedure Remark...
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Installation Step Installation Procedure Remark Configure serial port with Device Manager [→7.2.2, page 47] Activate the BioPAT Xgas Vis OPC License ® [→7.3, page 49] Configuration of one BioPAT Xgas sensor ® [→7.4.1, page 51] Configuration of multiple sensors with one Ethernet Modbus Converter [→7.4.2, page 56] How to change the Modbus Address Multiple sensors [→7.5, page 58] only...
Installation Hardware Installation Install the BioPAT Xgas according the operating manual “BioPAT Xgas”, ® ® delivered together with the BioPAT Xgas hardware. ® − The installation is described in chapter “4. Installation”. Connection of BioPAT Xgas to BioPAT MFCS/win with BioPAT Xgas Vis Software ® ® ® Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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Installation Accessories The following articles are available for the BioPAT Xgas Vis Software: ® Article Description Remark Number BPX0009 BioPAT Xgas Vis Can be used with one MFCS/ ® Software win server system. BPX00(11-15) BioPAT Xgas Sensor Includes power supply & cable ®...
Software Installation Software Installation Software Installation Preparation Steps For Windows XP, only Start “:\DotNetFX35SP1\dotNetFx35setup.exe” from the XGAS-CD. NOTE NET Framework 3.5.1 must be installed manually from the BioPAT Xgas VIS CD. ® Open Windows Explorer and browse to the CD into the directory. Double click the file “:\DotNetFX35SP1\dotNetFx35setup.exe”. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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Software Installation Software Installation Files will be extracted. Accept the terms and press “Install” button. Press “Exit” button. Continue with chapter [→5.2, page 19]. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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Software Installation Software Installation For Windows Server 2008 R2, only NOTE NET Framework 3.5.1 must be activated for Windows Server 2008. − Windows Server 2008 includes the necessary .Net framework. Follow the steps below in order to activate the .Net framework. Go to “Administrative Tools”. Start the “Server Manager”. Open “Roles / Features”. Click “Add Features”. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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Software Installation Software Installation Expand “.NET Framework 3.5.1 Features”. Select “.NET Framework 3.5.1”. Click on the “Next” button. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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Software Installation Software Installation “Confirm Installation Selection” opens. Press button “Install”. The installation is completed; the installation message “Installation succeeded” is displayed. Click “Close” button. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
Software Installation Software Installation BioPAT Xgas Vis Software ® This chapter describes the installation of the BioPAT Xgas Vis Software. ® NOTE Please consider that MFCS/win must have been already installed. Please note, the installation of this software requires local administrative rights.
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Software Installation Software Installation Press the button “Accept” to continue. The welcome screen is shown. Press button “Next”. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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Software Installation Software Installation Keep the default settings as shown in the picture. Press button “Next”. Press button “Next” to install the software in the specified directory. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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Software Installation Software Installation Press button “Next” to confirm installation. The installation progress is shown on the screen. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
Software Installation Software Installation Perle Device Driver This chapter describes the installation and configuration of the Perle device driver. Start the application “\perle iolan\setup.html” from the delivered CD. Press button “DeviceManager”. NOTE If there is a message to “allow blocked content” then enable blocked content. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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Software Installation Software Installation Press link “IOLAN DeviceManager V4.4” to start Device Manager installation. Press “Next” button to continue with the installation. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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Software Installation Software Installation Use default settings and press “Next” button. Use default settings and press “Next” button. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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Software Installation Software Installation Use default settings and press “Install” button. Uncheck both topics and press “Finish” button. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
Software Installation Software Installation TruePort Application The following pages describe how to install and configure the TruePort application. Click on the button “TruePort” on the left side of the IOLAB Setup. NOTE Select the operating system which is installed at your pc. − For the 32 bit version of the operating system click to “(x86)”. − For the 64 bit version of the operating system click to “(x64)”. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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Software Installation Software Installation Press “Next” button to continue. Keep default settings and press “Next” button to continue. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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Software Installation Software Installation Keep default settings and press “Next” button to continue. Keep default settings and press button “Install” to continue. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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Software Installation Software Installation Uncheck both topics and press “Finish” button. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
Hardware Settings Hardware Settings Hardware Settings Checking Jumper Settings at the Perle Device Loosen the two screws on the side of the housing to open the Perle device. Set the jumpers as specified below: − Set jumper J1 (1) open. − Set jumper J8 (3) all open. −...
Hardware Settings Hardware Settings Set the switch (1) to “OFF” (upper position). The perle device is set to serial mode. Reseting Perle Device Press the “RESET” button with a paper clip to reset the Perle device. After 5 s the lamp “Power/Ready” changes color from green to orange. NOTE After “Reset” please wait at least 2 min to let the Perle device finish the reset. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
Configuration Configuration Configuration Perle Device NOTE Double check, whether the Windows firewall is disabled or the Perle device manager is enabled in the firewall. In Windows firewall open all ports especially for the “devicemanager.exe” (UDP) and for the “tftp_svr.exe” (TCP) or temporarily disable the firewall. NOTE For server OS deactivate or stop “DHCPClient” service before starting the configuration. Otherwise the device will receive an IP address automatically. Start Perle “Device Manager”.
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Configuration Configuration Press button “Assign IP”. Enter your IP address for the Perle device. Press button “Assign IP”. The following message is shown. Press “OK” button. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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Configuration Configuration Test connection Press “Ping” (3) button to test connection. Close Ping window (2). Press “OK” button (1) to connect to Perle device. Enter the default password “superuser” (1). Press the “OK” button. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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Configuration Configuration Open menu “Configuration / Serial / Serial Port”. Press “Edit” button. Press button “Change Profile”. Select option “TruePort” and press “OK” button. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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Configuration Configuration Select option “Listen for connection” under tab “General”. Press “OK” button. Change to tab “Hardware”. Make the selections as shown in the picture. Press “OK” button. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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Configuration Configuration Press button “Download All Changes”. Press button “Yes” to confirm. Press “OK” button. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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Configuration Configuration Press button “Reboot IOLAN” (2). Close the DeviceManager (1). Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
Configuration Configuration Serial Port 7.2.1 Configuring Serial Port with TruePort Management Tool Start the “TruePort ManagementTool” to configure the serial port. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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Configuration Configuration Enter the IP address of the Perle device to the field “IP Address” (1) Press “Next” button. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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Configuration Configuration Select an available port from the drop down list “Starting COM Port” (1). Press “Next” button. NOTE It is recommended to start with COM5, because COM5 will not be used (and therefore available) on most of the systems. Continue with COM6, COM7 if more Perle devices will be connected. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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Configuration Configuration Press button “Finish”. Select the recently configured device and press button “Properties”. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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Configuration Configuration Change to register card “Configuration”. Press button “Settings”. Select the COM port. Activate “Initiate connection to device server”. Press button “Settings”. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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Configuration Configuration Change setting “Delay close of TCP connection for” to 300 seconds. Press button “OK” and close all the remaining windows. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
Configuration Configuration 7.2.2 Configuring Serial Port with Device Manager Open the Windows “Control panel”. Select “Administrative Tools” (1). Select “Computer Management” (2). Select Device Manager (3). Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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Configuration Configuration Select Ports (COM & LPT) (2). Right mouse click to “Trueport Serial Port (COM5)” (2). Select “Properties” (3). Change to register card “Port Settings”. Perform the settings shown in the picture above. Press “OK” button and close the Windows device manager. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
Configuration Configuration BioPAT Xgas Vis OPC ® License This chapter describes how to activate the BioPAT Xgas Vis OPC License. ® Plug the blue license dongle (SG-Lock) into a free USB port of the MFCS/win computer. NOTE The dongle must stay in the USB port all the time if you want to use all features.
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Configuration Configuration Select “Sensor Key 3” (1) from drop down menu. Enter the corresponding key in the four input fields (2). Press the button “write”. The unlocked features and the number of enabled sensors is shown. Close the “License Manager”. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
Configuration Configuration BioPAT Xgas Sensor ® 7.4.1 Configuring One Sensor Start the “Configuration” tool for BioPAT ® Xgas to configure one XGAS Sensor. Press the “add” button for interfaces to add a new “Interface”. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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Configuration Configuration Select − the correct Interface. − Baudrate “38400”. − Parity “none, 2 Stopbits”. Press “OK” button. Press the “add” button for sensors to add a new sensor. Enter a name, the Modbus interface and the Modbus ID 1. Press the “OK” button. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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Configuration Configuration After the sensor has been added, it is shown in the Sensor list. If state “ok” is not shown in the Sensor list, press the “refresh” button to refresh the list. NOTE For sensors naming conventions refer to examples on the following pages. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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Configuration Configuration 7.4.1.1 Naming conventions for XGAS Sensors Example 1: Only one BioPAT Xgas Sensor with a Biostat fermentor ® ® Name Modbus Modbus ID Description Interface 1. Sensor XGAS1_1 COM5 Single Example 2: Two BioPAT Xgas Sensors with a twin fermentor system ® Name Modbus Modbus ID...
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Configuration Configuration Example 4: Nine BioPAT Xgas Sensors with: ® − One Biostat B single fermentor system ® − One Biostat B twin fermentor system ® − One Biostat B-DCU II 6-fold fermentor system ® Name Modbus Modbus ID Description Interface 1.
Configuration Configuration 7.4.2 Configuring Multiple Sensors with one Ethernet Modbus Converter If more than one BioPAT Xgas Sensor is to be connected to one Perle device ® (Ethernet Modbus converter), then additional configuration steps are needed, because the default delivery Modbus address of each BioPAT Xgas ® Sensor is “1”. Please perform the following configuration steps one after each other: Configuration Description Step...
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Configuration Configuration Configuration Description Step Connect Sensor #n. Change the Modbus address for #1 to#n [→7.5, page 58]. Label Sensor #n with the following information: Modbus ID : n. Disconnect Sensor #n. After the Modbus addresses of all BioPAT Xgas Sensors has been set ® correctly, perform the following steps: Connect all BioPAT Xgas Sensors with the delivered Modbus cables.
Configuration Configuration Changing the Modbus Address Start the tool “BioPAT Xgas Vis / Tools / ® Sensor Config” to change the Modbus address. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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Configuration Configuration Select the ComPort, where the sensor is connected. Check the field (Address Auto). Press “Start” button. Wait until the sensor appears (1). Press “Stop” button. Select the sensor from the list. Press “Configure” botton. NOTE A few seconds after pressing the “Start” button, the message “Searching” must appear in the upper left corner of the “Sensor Config” window. − If this message is not shown, press “Start” button again. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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Configuration Configuration Enter the new address for the sensor. Press “OK” button. The success message is shown. Press “OK” button. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
Installation of BioPAT Installation of BioPAT Xgas OPC Server Xgas OPC Server ® ® Installation of BioPAT Xgas ® OPC Server Start the program “install OPC server” to install the BioPAT Xgas OPC ® Server. Open “BioPAT Xgas Vis / tools menu / install ® OPC server”. Press button “OK” to finish the installation. Installing MFCS/win OPC Client If the MFCS/win OPC DA Client is already installed, then continue with next chapter.
Installation of BioPAT Installation of BioPAT Xgas OPC Server Xgas OPC Server ® ® Configuring MFCS/win Configuration Management Inside the MFCS/win SCADA software first a control unit of type “OPC” must be configured. Then the variables for O and CO of the different fermentors must be configured. Start MFCS/win Shell. Start “Configuration Management”. Select “Configure / Control Units”. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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Installation of BioPAT Installation of BioPAT Xgas OPC Server Xgas OPC Server ® ® Create a new Control Unit of type “OPC” and enter a name (e.g. Xgas1): − Press “New” button (4). − Select Control Unit name (1). − Select type „OPC” (2). − Press button “Parameter” (3). Select the “BioPatXgas.OPC.1” server from the drop down list (1) and confirm (2). Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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Installation of BioPAT Installation of BioPAT Xgas OPC Server Xgas OPC Server ® ® Create a new cyclic variable “CO ”. Create a new cyclic variable “O ”. Select control unit “XGAS1”. For CO configure the range 0 - 10 % For O configure the range 1 - 50 %. Press “Driver” button. The “OPC Item Configuration” opens (see following picture). Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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Installation of BioPAT Installation of BioPAT Xgas OPC Server Xgas OPC Server ® ® If the sensor name is “XGAS1_1”, enter the OPC Tag “XGAS1_1.Values.CO2”. Confirm with “OK” button. If the sensor name is “XGAS1_1”, enter the OPC Tag “XGAS1_1.Values.O2”. Confirm with “OK” button. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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Installation of BioPAT Installation of BioPAT Xgas OPC Server Xgas OPC Server ® ® Sensor name NOTE The sensor name (1) can be looked up in the Sensor configuration as described in chapter [→7.4, page 51]. NOTE Instead of directly filling in the OPC Tags, an OPC Test Client can be used to browse and then the OPC tags can be filled in with copy &...
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Installation of BioPAT Installation of BioPAT Xgas OPC Server Xgas OPC Server ® ® Adding new variables to Storage list After the interface configuration is finished, the new variables must be added to the Storage list. Add the new variables O and CO to the Storage list as shown on the picture above.
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Installation of BioPAT Installation of BioPAT Xgas OPC Server Xgas OPC Server ® ® Verification of the communication between MFCS/win and BioPAT Xgas from the MFCS/win ® Operator Service Program Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
Installation of BioPAT Installation of BioPAT Xgas OPC Server Xgas OPC Server ® ® Verification of the communication between MFCS/win and BioPAT Xgas with the MFCS/win ® Plotting Browsing the BIOPATXGAS.OPC.1 Server with OPC Test Client Copy the tool “OPC_Client.exe” to the MFCS/win server computer into directory “:\MFCS_win\Tasks\OPC\”. − This tool is available at the BioPAT MFCS/win OPC DA Client CD in directory ”<CD-ROM>:\SupportTools”.
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Installation of BioPAT Installation of BioPAT Xgas OPC Server Xgas OPC Server ® ® Connect to OPC Server with “OPC / Connect”. Select the “BioPatXgas.OPC.1” server from the list. After the Test Client is connected to the BioPATXgas.OPC.1 server, add items. Click “OPC / Add Item...”. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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Installation of BioPAT Installation of BioPAT Xgas OPC Server Xgas OPC Server ® ® Browse for O and CO Click “Add Item”. NOTE If the CO variable is selected in the list, then the OPC Tag will be shown in the field “Item Name”. This OPC Tag can be transferred with cut & paste to the MFCS/win configuration as shown in section [→page 66].
Firmware Version Firmware Version Firmware Version Checking | Upgrading Firmware Version of the Perle Device For trouble free operation it is necessary, that the firmware version 4.5 is available in the Perle device. How to check the installed firmware version of the Perle device is described in this chapter. Start the “TruePort ManagementTool” for verification. Select the Perle TruePort Adapter in question. Press the “Properties” button. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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Firmware Version Firmware Version Change to register card “Configuration”. Press button “Web Config”. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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Firmware Version Firmware Version Enter username “admin” (1) and password “superuser” (2). Press button “Login”. Informations about the used Perle device are shown on the right side including the installed firmware version. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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Firmware Version Firmware Version Updating firmware If the installed firmware is below version 4.5, upgrade the firmware version of the Perle device. − The newest firmware version can always be downloaded from the internet www.perle.com/downloads. NOTE How the firmware will be installed at the Perle device is described in chapter “Downloading IOLAN Firmware” on page 348 in the manual “IOLAN_SCS- SDS-STS_UG_v4.4.pdf”, available on the BioPAT Xgas VIS CD.
Firmware Version Firmware Version Configuring Settings for Windows ModbusService Open “Windows Control Panel / All Control Panel Items / Administrative Tools“. Double click “Services”. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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Firmware Version Firmware Version Scroll down the list until “ModbusService” appears in the list. Double click “ModbusService” and select register card “Recovery”. Select the setting “Restart the Service” from the drop down list for the three items “First failure”, “Second failure” and “Subsequent failure”. Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
Troubleshooting Troubleshooting 10 Troubleshooting If you cannot correct a fault independently, contact: Sartorius Stedim Systems GmbH Robert-Bosch-Straße 5–7 34302 Guxhagen, Germany Tel.: +49 5665 407 0 www.sartorius.com e-mail: mfcs.service@sartorius-stedim.com Operating Manual BioPAT Xgas Vis ®...
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