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WinAQMS Mini Data Acquisition System User Manual Version: 1.0 www.ecotech.com...
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Please ensure that you read the safety and warranty detail as they contain important information for the user. If, after reading this manual you have any questions or you are still unsure or unclear on any part of WinAQMS Mini DAS then please do not hesitate to contact Ecotech.
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WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1.0 SOFTWARE LICENCE AGREEMENT This is a Legal Agreement between you the end user and Ecotech Pty. Ltd. of 1492 Ferntree Gully Road, Knoxfield, Victoria, 3180, Australia. By opening the sealed disk package you are bound by this agreement.
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Current Revision: Date released: February 2010 Description: User Manual for the WinAQMS Mini DAS Air Quality Monitoring Software This manual is a newly created document for use of the WinAQMS Mini DAS Air Quality Monitoring Software. Edition Date Summary Affected...
Introduction WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1.0 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ......................1 1.1 U ....................1 SERS AND ASSWORDS 1.2 S .................. 2 OFTWARE ROTECTION EVICE 1.3 A ..................... 2 BOUT ANUAL 1.4 W AQMS M DAS A ................ 3 RCHITECTURE 1.5 W...
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APPENDIX D – USB PROTOCOL PARAMETER LIST ..........75 APPENDIX E – ECOTECH TERMINATION PANEL CONNECTIONS ....... 80 APPENDIX F – SETTING UP DRIVERS AND MODEMS ..........81 APPENDIX G – SERIAL OUTPUT REPORT FORMATS ..........83 APPENDIX H – WINAQMS MINI DAS STATUS INFORMATION ....... 85...
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Figure 9 Setting the incoming connection properties ..............8 Figure 10 Setting the incoming connection IP addresses............8 Figure 11 Connecting to a Remote WinAQMS Mini DAS ............9 Figure 12 Menu shortcuts ......................11 Figure 13 Menu Buttons ......................11 Figure 14 Minimise and Maximise buttons ................
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Figure 64 Communicate with Serial Port ................. 56 Figure 65 Communicate with Analyser ..................57 Figure 66 Ecotech GasCal 1000 point settings ............... 58 Figure 67 Ecotech GasCal 1000 gas settings ................. 58 Figure 68 Ecotech GasCal 1000 Alarm settings ..............59 Figure 69 Ecotech GasCal 1000 factory settings ..............
Home. Windows XP Home requires a password to be entered for a user to be able to login. There are 2 user accounts set up on a WinAQMS Mini DAS, the Administrator account and the WinAQMS Mini DAS account. The passwords for these accounts are case sensitive and are as follows.
USB port (or a parallel port on older loggers) on the DAS. The dongle must be plugged in to the USB (or parallel) port for the software to function correctly. If the user has a WinCollect dongle it can be used to run WinAQMS Mini DAS Client software.
WinAQMS Mini DAS has been designed as a client/server program. This means that WinAQMS Mini DAS has two parts: the client and the server. The server handles all the communication between the DAS and the analysers, recording of data and starting/stopping of calibrations.
Client. Data Server The Data Server is the part of the WinAQMS Mini DAS that listens for data requests from collection software and responds to the command with the appropriate data. Data Pusher The Data Pusher is used to upload data to an FTP site without the need for a request.
Only user accounts that have been granted the required permissions can run WinAQMS Mini DAS. Users can be added from the local domain (the domain local to the WinAQMS Mini DAS) or from an external domain administered by a domain controller server.
Windows XP can be set to automatically answer a dialup connection request through a modem, but a modem must be installed on the WinAQMS Mini DAS to allow this to occur. To accept incoming connections click on Start, Settings, Control Panel. This will open the control panel window.
The next window will ask about Virtual Private Connections. Do not allow virtual private connections to the DAS and click on Next. Select the WinAQMS user account and any others you want to be allowed to log in using a dialup connection by placing a tick in their selection box as shown in Figure 8 below.
Note: The TCP/IP range 192.168.X.X (also 10.X.X.X) will not appear on the internet and can be safely used for local area networks. When dialing in to a WinAQMS Mini DAS it will always assign itself the IP address shown in the “From” field of Figure 10.
New User. Set the User Name to be WinAQMS Mini DAS (or another account name that you want to use to run WinAQMS Mini DAS), type in a password and remember it. Remove the tick in the User Must Change Password at Next Logon and add a tick to the Password Never Expires option.
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Dial-up Connection is a dropdown list which allows the user to specify which dial-up connection to use to make a connection to the DAS. o Dial on start-up allows the user to tell WinAQMS Mini DAS whether it should try to establish the dial-up connection automatically. If the Connect button is...
Figure 12. The file menu and Help menu are accessories for use of WinAQMS Mini DAS and are briefly described here; the File, View and Manual menus are most comprehensively used within WinAQMS Mini DAS and will be individually discussed in the following three sections.
Restore Up/Down button (the left button in Figure 15) and the window will return to its original size. The Maximise buttons in Figures 25 and 26 will increase the size of the window to fill the whole WinAQMS Mini DAS screen except for the toolbar and the menu buttons.
HELP MENU The Help menu contains three help menu items Contents, Index and Introduction to WinAQMS Mini DAS all access the online help file (Figure 17). Contents can be used to get help on topics; Index can search the help...
WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1.0 Security WinAQMS Mini DAS can be set to require a username and password to be entered before access to the system is enabled. Users in WinAQMS Mini DAS have a username, password and a security level. Usernames and Passwords can be up to 32 characters in length and are case-sensitive.
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WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1.0 General Information The table below shows the user levels in WinAQMS Mini DAS and what operations the level is permitted to perform. This lowest level is 0 and each higher level is permitted to do everything the previous level could in addition to what is listed in the table.
Edit Menu WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1.0 Data File Prefix. The data that WinAQMS Mini DAS records is stored in ASCII text files in C:\Data\<year>\<month>\ and are named with the data file prefix then with a numeric <year><month><day>.waq. A new data file is made at the start of each day so any change made to the Data File Prefix field will take affect at the start of the next day of logging.
WinAQMS Mini DAS will set its data value for the reading to NULL. If Maximum Response Time is set too low then the analyser will not have sufficient time to respond in time so WinAQMS Mini DAS will report NULL‟s even if the analyser is functioning normally.
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Edit Menu WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1.0 Below are the suggested Device ID and Max Response Time settings for various analysers. Table 1 : Suggested Device ID's and Maximum Response Times for analysers. Manufacturer Model Device ID Maximum Request...
Connection Type list box shows whether the connection to the analyser is Serial RS232 or U.S.B. (Universal Serial Bus). o Serial Port list box shows all serial ports which WinAQMS Mini DAS finds on the system o Baud Rate shows a list of communication speeds ranging from 110 to 256000...
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F-701 1200 None Wherever possible WinAQMS Mini DAS handles the special communication requirements of analysers in software. For example the TEOM 1400a Particulate Monitor normally requires a special cable but this is handled in software with special communication settings so that a standard serial cable can be used.
Decimal Places column. High Alarm and Low Alarm: show the values at which WinAQMS Mini DAS will label the status of the data as being in high or low Alarm. Setting both high and low alarm values to 0 will disable the alarms for that channel.
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One alarm number can be used for many channels. Valid Data High and Valid Data Low: show the values at which WinAQMS Mini DAS will label the status of the data as being bad. Setting both values to 0 will disable the valid data limits.
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Label is insufficient Percentage Ok: the percentage of data that must be valid before WinAQMS Mini DAS will mark a report as being OK. If a value of 60 is entered here then if there is a problem with over 40% of the data readings the report will have a bad status.
Edit Menu WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1.0 4.2.4 Calibration Control The Calibration Control tab shows the signals that the digital output channels and calibrators are set to when the channels of the selected analyser enter the span, zero and stabilisation periods of their calibration sequence. Each row (point) of the grid matches a part of a sequence occurring within the analyser.
Add Channel and Delete Channel buttons in Channel Information. Figure 27 Digital Input Settings in Analyser Parameters The Default Output field in Digital Output Settings is the value that the digital output is set to when WinAQMS Mini DAS is started.
Edit Menu WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1.0 Figure 28 Digital Output Settings in Analyser Parameters 4.3 Calculated Channels 4.3.1 Calculated Channels The Calculated Channels tab on the Calculated Channels window allows you to create new channels that perform scalar calculations on the data in existing channels.
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WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1.0 Edit Menu will be replaced with the number in Test Value. The results of the calculations are reported in the text box at the right. If there was an error produced when a calculation was performed then the result text box will include a line similar to <Problem found...
Edit Menu WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1.0 4.3.2 Vector Averaged Channels The second tab on the Calculated Channels window allows you to find the vector average or the sigma theta of vector data which is often used for wind data. Since...
The Report Settings menu allows you to change the reporting period of any of the four reports which WinAQMS Mini DAS supports as well as setting whether reports are written out to a serial port or to an alternative data file.
Edit Menu WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1.0 Figure 32 Report Settings The Alternate File Frequency field has 2 options, Daily and Report. Daily This will make a data file for each day in the C:\data directory with a name in the format <PPP><RRR><YYYYMMDD>.txt...
The Alarms window sets any digital outputs, emails and WinCollect alarms that get sent when a channel in WinAQMS Mini DAS triggers an alarm. A channel triggers an alarm by either going above the High Alarm Value or below the Low Alarm Value.
Send Alarm: When an alarm condition is met and the Send Email option is set, WinAQMS Mini DAS will send an email using the SMTP server that has been set in the SMTP Server field in System Parameters (Section 4.1). The email...
4.5 Logs WinAQMS Mini DAS has a Log feature which allows users to Log in all activity that has been performed on or with the WinAQMS Mini DAS program to keep track of work and changes performed.
Leave the window without saving changes 4.6 Display Schemes Display schemes in WinAQMS Mini DAS save settings for the Instantaneous Data, Instantaneous Graph, Instantaneous Wind Speed and Direction, Historical Data and Historical Graph windows. A display scheme will remember your settings for each of these windows.
WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1.0 Edit Menu When a window that uses a display scheme is closed or the WinAQMS Mini DAS program exited, WinAQMS Mini DAS will remember the settings and display scheme of the windows and will restore them exactly the same way they were before.
WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1.0 RS232 connection has the following fields Phone #: The phone number that will be dialed by WinAQMS Mini DAS. If this field is empty then no phone number will be dialed. Modem Init String: This string command will be sent to the RS232 port prior to the Phone # being dialed.
WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1.0 Edit Menu and Server. This option requires digital certificates that have been issued by Ecotech Pty. Ltd. Figure 42 TCP/IP Connection Settings 4.8 Security The Security menu item is used to login, change passwords, add users and change security levels (see the section “Security”...
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WinAQMS Mini DAS. Passive works by WinAQMS Mini DAS initialising a connection to the FTP Server which informs WinAQMS Mini DAS of which port to connect to, WinAQMS Mini DAS will then connect to the FTP Server on the specified port.
Serial RS232 Settings Figure 44 Serial RS232 tab This tab allows the user to enable a serial port that the WinAQMS Mini DAS Data Server can communicate through; it also allows the user to specify the parameters of this communication.
Mini DAS acts as a slave to the requesting program and must have a unique slave number to respond to appropriate requests for data. Modbus channels are different to those in WinAQMS Mini DAS and within this window the Modbus channels can be linked to their equivalent WinAQMS Mini DAS channels. Channels can be created...
Edit Menu 4.11 Stack sequencing Stack sequencing allows WinAQMS Mini DAS to set digital outputs in a repeating cycle. The cycle is made up of a series of points which will run through sequentially and repeat continuously. The stack sequencing will be suspended when a calibration is in progress.
WinAQMS Mini DAS is receiving the data through. As shown below in Figure 50 multiple channels can be serviced by the same instrument running through the same communications port.
RPT1 (Report 1), RPT2, RPT3, RPT4, Span, Zero, Precision or All. RPT1 to RPT4 show the data for the four reports which WinAQMS Mini DAS supports. Span, Zero and Precision show the report data from when the channels went into...
WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1.0 Edit Menu The All option shows the data for all reports in the database for the selected time period. The Find button will use the values in the Start Date/Time, End Date/Time and Report Name fields to load the data into the grid in the centre of the window.
Edit Menu WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1.0 Figure 53 Historical Graph Settings with Plot Settings The Plot Drawn option will set whether a plot is drawn. If this option is not selected the data will still be present but the plot will not be drawn.
WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1.0 Edit Menu Display Scheme, which will load the settings of a particular scheme. Report, which shows which report will be displayed on the graph. 5.5 Instantaneous Data The Instantaneous Data window shows up to ten channels with their most recent data and the units of the channel.
Edit Menu WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1.0 Instantaneous Graph Settings Access this through the Graph Settings button on the Instantaneous Data Graph window. Settings for the Instantaneous Graph are the same as for the Historical Graph except that the Report list box is replaced with a Graph Time Frame and a Graph Redraw Period (Refer to Section 2.10.1, Historical Graph Settings for...
WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1.0 Edit Menu Figure 59 Wind Speed and Direction Figure 60 Wind speed and direction Settings...
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Edit Menu WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1.0 Wind speed and direction settings Display Type: The readings can be shown as a dot, cross, line with an arrow head or a line. The data can be shown as towards the source of the reading or away from the source of the reading.
WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1.0 Edit Menu Colour: This field allows the colour of the magnitude markers to be selected. Show Sector Markers: This will split the wind rose into sectors like a pie graph. Sector Marker Colour: This field allows the colour of the sector markers to be selected.
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Edit Menu WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1.0 The settings window has the following settings: Channel: allows you to specify which channel to display. Use Status Colours: allows you to specify if the colours used by the window will match those specified in Historical Data.
WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1.0 Manual Menu The Manual menu is designed to allow the user to manually perform Calibrations, communicate with software and alter other software aspects. 6.1 Start Calibration The Start Calibration option on the Manual menu will manually start the calibration for the selected channel.
The logger will suspend logging on the selected communication port and attempt to open it with the given settings. If the connection request succeeds then a message will appear in the status bar of WinAQMS Mini DAS saying „Talking directly to serial port‟.
There is no timeout on this operation. The Ecotech and Monitor Labs 98XX series analysers, Serinus series, Ecotech Aurora Nephelometers and Ecotech Gascal-1100 have terminal modes. WinAQMS Mini DAS can display a Graphical User Interface (G.U.I.) for the settings of an Ecotech...
Manual Menu WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1.0 GasCal-1100 calibrator. To use the G.U.I. interface an Ecotech GasCal-1100 must be selected from the list and the GUI checkbox must be selected. A set of four tabs containing settings will be shown after the Connect button is pressed as shown in Figures 65 66 67 and 68.
Manual Menu WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1.0 6.4 Digital Outputs Digital Outputs is an aid which can be used to help check calibration sequences as well as the functionality of digital outputs. When this option is selected a window similar to Figure 74 will be displayed.
Current State: Is the current state of the channel (Normal or Out of Service) Set New State: This checkbox tells WinAQMS Mini DAS to update the channel with a new state (specified in the New State field) when the OK button is pressed.
6.8 Stop Server This option will bring up a confirmation window as shown below in Figure 73. Selecting OK will terminate WinAQMS Mini DAS including the server part of the program and will stop all logging. Figure 73 Stop Server confirmation box...
– C A – In the example in this manual you will be shown how to configure WinAQMS Mini DAS using the basic database which is included on the WinAQMS Mini DAS CD and then to add analysers and channels to build up a more complex system. It is recommended that you read section 3-6 of this manual to become familiar with the layout and capabilities of WinAQMS Mini DAS before going through this example.
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Appendix WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1.0 The two channels in the system should have the channel information settings matching those in table 5 below. Table 5 Initial database channel settings TP Temperature Channel 9830 CO Channel System Channel #...
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You may notice that the Restart Server button is not enabled at this time. This allows WinAQMS Mini DAS to have sufficient time to write the settings to the database before you restart the server again with the updated settings.
Click on the OK button at the bottom left corner of the window to save the changes you have just made and to restart the WinAQMS Mini DAS Server process with the changes. The vector averaged wind speed and direction channels are now set up and will begin logging.
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Termination Panel by default and have all of its parameters set to default values. Change the Model of the analyser to be 9841. The picture in the top right hand corner should change to show an Ecotech analyser. Enter settings for the analyser as shown in table 8.
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Appendix WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1.0 Add 3 channels with settings shown in table 9 to the new analyser and then hit OK. Table 9 Settings for the NO, NOx, and NO channels. 9841 NO Channel 9841 NOx Channel...
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WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1.0 Appendix Add another new analyser to be the 9850 and changes its settings to match table 10 and a new channel to the analyser to match table 11. Table 10 Settings for the Monitor Labs 9850 Sulfur Dioxide analyser.
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Appendix WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1.0 Again open the Analyser Parameters window and go to the Digital Output Settings tab for analyser 1. Add two digital output channels to the analyser and make their settings like table 12. Table 12 Settings for the two digital output channels.
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When the time reaches the time you entered for the calibration to begin the digital output channels should change from a value of 0 to the sequence that was entered into the Calibration Settings for the SO2 channel and the Ecotech 9850 analyser should change its calibration state.
Appendix WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1.0 – – C B – The following Modems are compatible with the WinAQMS Mini DAS system: Siemens M1 GSM. Siemens M20 GSM. Siemens TC35i Dual Band GSM. Falcom A2D1 GSM Falcom A2D3 GSM with SMS.
C – Ecotech EC9800 Series Analysers Features: The WinAQMS Mini DAS supports both A and B series EC9800 analysers as well as all versions of software. The Ecotech EC9800 series analysers all have multidrop RS232 communications ports on the rear. In fact there are two in parallel.
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When the DANI switches from MR to LINE measure a back again (every 3 minutes), WinAQMS Mini DAS will not be able to read a new data value for a short time but instead will use the last data value before the DANI switched to the LINE measure.
WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1.0 Appendix – – U D – Table 14 USB Protocol Parameter list Description Notes Internal Valve 1 0=Closed, 1=Open Internal Valve 2 0=Closed, 1=Open Internal Valve 3 0=Closed, 1=Open External Measure Valve 0=Closed, 1=Open...
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Appendix WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1.0 Analogue input 13 Analogue input 14 Analogue input 15 50 PIN IO bits 0-7 BIT 7: Span Out of Range BIT 6: Span On BIT 5: Copper Fail BIT 4: Zero On BIT 3: Lamp Fail...
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WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1.0 Appendix BIT 1: BIT 0: 50 PIN IO bits 56-63 BIT 7: BIT 6: BIT 5: BIT 4: BIT 3: BIT 2: BIT 1: BIT 0: Status 3 LED PGA Gain Primary Gas Concentration...
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Appendix WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1.0 3 = SPAN Primary Raw Concentration (before 984X background and gain) Secondary Raw Concentration (before 984X background and gain) 984X Background Concentration (before gain) Calibration Pressure Converter Efficiency Multidrop Baud Rate Analog Range Gas 1...
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WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1.0 Appendix Aux Measure Time In seconds Aux Sample Fill Time In seconds Background Fill Time In seconds Zero Fill Time In seconds Zero Measure Time In seconds Span Fill Time In seconds Span Measure Time...
WinAQMS Mini DAS User manual 1.0 Appendix – – S F – Using Hyperterminal Start->Programs->Accessories->Communications->Hyperterminal Name the session “Direct to Com X” where x is the number of the serial port you are connecting to. Connect using COM X where is the serial port the modem is connected to. ->OK...
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>Next->Accept Incoming Connections->Next->Chose – Standard 9600 bps Modem - >Next Do not allow virtual private connections Select the administrator and the WinAQMS Mini DAS user to be given access to dialup remotely->Next Highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)->Properties Allow callers to access my Local Area Network Specify IP addresses from 192.168.0.1 to 192.168.0.10->OK->Next->Finish.
YYYY/MM/DD HH:NN:SS - is the date and time CH# - the channel number M.MMMME+XX - channel data in scientific format status - data status (see section 8 Appendix D for more information on the WinAQMS Mini DAS status) CR – carriage return character (A.S.C.I.I. 13)
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0.#### - channel data in standard numerical format with the number of decimal places specified in WinAQMS Mini DAS. status - data status (see section 8 Appendix D for more information on the WinAQMS Mini DAS status) CR – carriage return character (A.S.C.I.I. 13) LF –...
Appendix – – W H – WinAQMS Mini DAS stores status information for data readings as a byte. X‟s indicate that the bit of the byte can be either a 0 or a 1. Table 16 Bite table BIT 7...
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