Consumption sensor with display, 4 ... 20 ma and pulse output (galv. isolated).
stationary and mobile
flow and consumption measurement for compressed air and gases. (52 pages)
Foreword Dear customer, thank you very much for deciding in favour of the VA 550. Please read this installation and operation manual carefully before mounting and initiating the device and follow our advice. A riskless operation and a correct functioning of the...
Note! Possible harzard As a consequence of incorrect handling: possible personal injury or damage Important! Additional notes, information, tips As a consequence of incorrect handling: Disadvantages in operation and maintenance, no danger VA 550 English V1.21 Page 6 of 53...
Regional and national regulations respectively, have to be observed in addition to this instruction manual if necessary. This instruction manual has to be available at any time at the operation site of the VA 550. Ensure that the VA 550 operates within the permissible and listed limits on the nameplate.
The instrument described in this manual is exclusively to use for measuring the thermal mass flow of gases. At the same time, the gas temperature is measured too. The VA 550 can be configured for measuring a predetermined range of pure gases or of gas mixtures.
Screw in thread: Material: Housing aluminum die cast, probe stainless steel1,4571 Protection class IP67 * Reference conditions for Temperature and pressure can be freely set, standard conditions are 0 ° and 1013 mbar. VA 550 English V1.21 Page 9 of 53...
Measuring range Measuring range flow VA 550 The flow-/consumption sensor VA 550 is available in 4 different versions: • Low Speed max. measuring range of 50 m/s • Standard max. measuring range of 92,7 m/s • Max–Version max. measuring range of 185.0 m/s •...
383,8 397,9 409,3 247,0 64,2 479,5 441,0 749,8 474,6 441,0 457,2 470,3 283,8 Referred to DIN 1945 / ISO 1217 (20°C, 1000mbar) and compressed air. Referred to DIN 1343: 0°C, 1013,25 mbar VA 550 English V1.21 Page 12 of 53...
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88454,9 91706,5 94341,5 56920,6 1000,0 118752,2 109203,6 185667,6 117518,1 109203,6 113217,9 116471,0 70272,3 Referred to DIN 1945 / ISO 1217 (20°C, 1000mbar) and compressed air. Referred to DIN 1343: 0°C, 1013,25 mbar VA 550 English V1.21 Page 13 of 53...
711,5 736,8 758,9 457,9 64,2 889,1 817,6 1390,0 879,8 817,6 846,7 872,0 526,1 Referred to DIN 1945 / ISO 1217 (20°C, 1000mbar) and compressed air. Referred to DIN 1343: 0°C, 1013,25 mbar VA 550 English V1.21 Page 14 of 53...
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163995,2 169831,2 174909,1 105530,6 1000,0 220166,6 202463,2 344215,1 217862,8 202463,2 209668,2 215937,1 130284,7 Referred to DIN 1945 / ISO 1217 (20°C, 1000mbar) and compressed air. Referred to DIN 1343: 0°C, 1013,25 mbar VA 550 English V1.21 Page 15 of 53...
1420,0 1472,2 1514,5 913,7 64,2 1774,3 1631,7 2774,1 1755,9 1631,7 1691,6 1740,2 1050,0 Referred to DIN 1945 / ISO 1217 (20°C, 1000mbar) and compressed air. Referred to DIN 1343: 0°C, 1013,25 mbar VA 550 English V1.21 Page 16 of 53...
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327282,7 339313,7 349063,4 210605,9 1000,0 439383,1 404052,7 686970,6 434817,4 404052,7 418905,8 430942,5 260007,2 Referred to DIN 1945 / ISO 1217 (20°C, 1000mbar) and compressed air. Referred to DIN 1343: 0°C, 1013,25 mbar VA 550 English V1.21 Page 17 of 53...
1719,3 1782,5 1833,7 1106,4 64,2 2148,4 1975,6 3359,0 2126,1 1975,6 2048,3 2107,1 1271,3 Referred to DIN 1945 / ISO 1217 (20°C, 1000mbar) and compressed air. Referred to DIN 1343: 0°C, 1013,25 mbar VA 550 English V1.21 Page 18 of 53...
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396278,4 410844,6 422649,7 255003,8 1000,0 532009,9 489231,3 831791,3 526481,5 489232,6 507215,6 521789,8 314819,5 Referred to DIN 1945 / ISO 1217 (20°C, 1000mbar) and compressed air. Referred to DIN 1343: 0°C, 1013,25 mbar VA 550 English V1.21 Page 19 of 53...
The values represent the min. lengths. In case the min. inlet / outlet runs could not be ensured, it must be expected to get increased or significant deviations of the measurement values. VA 550 English V1.21 Page 21 of 53...
In case the system could not be shut down, means to be set depressurized, there could be used the CS spot drilling collar (Order-No. 0530 1108) and drilling jig (Order-No. 0530 1108) to drill through the ball valve. VA 550 English V1.21 Page 22 of 53...
Installation Installation of the Sensor 6.4.1 Mounting VA 550 onto the ball valve • Assembly is carried out by inserting the connection thread with gasket. (G1/2“ thread, SW 32) into the connection piece (ball valve). The sensor has be tighten by hand as far as possible and then tighten with stipulated torque of 25-30 Nm.
Installation Alignement Display (Housing) The sensor housing VA 550 can be turned in both directions, max. 345 °. For this purpose, the housing- connecting nut must be opened. The housing can be rotated to the desired position, a bigger rotation angle is prevented by internal stop pins.
Standard version with 1x analogue output (not galvanically isolated) Option Board 4-20mA I (4-20mA) I (4-20mA) Main Board Version with option board 2x analogue outputs galvanically isolated Option Board MBus MBUS Main Board Version with option board MBus VA 550 English V1.16 Page 25 of 53...
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Direction input I- Active** I+ Active ** I- Active ** I+ Active ** MBus MBus * Outputs are galvanically isolated. ** The Current outputs, X5 and X6, are optional.(Active and passive version available). VA 550 English V1.21 Page 26 of 53...
If the sensor placed at the end of the Modbus system a termination is required. Therefore, the enclosed 120R resistor is to be connected at Pin 1 and Pin 3 of connector „X2“ Main Board 120R VA 550 English V1.21 Page 27 of 53...
Data LINES: 1,2 und 3,4 PoE LINES: 5,6 und 7,8 M12 x 1 Connection cable: Cat 6. *PoE: Power over Ethernet 7.3.5 Pulse Output Main Board Potentialfreier Schaltkontakt Max. 48Vdc , 500mA VA 550 English V1.21 Page 28 of 53...
Operation VA 550 Remark: In version with display only The operation of the VA 550 are carried out by 2 optical keys through the glass cover Thus, the VA 550 can be operated from the outside without opening the cap.
Operation Main menu (Home) 8.1.1 Intialization After switching on the VA 550 the initialized screen is displayed followed by the main menu. Flow Sensor Main menu *** VA 550 *** Gas / Status Info HW Version Modbus ID Page-No. SW Version „...
Selection of a menu item or to change a value is done with the key „>“, a final move to the chosen menu item or takeover of the value change needs „OK“ the confirmation by pressing the key VA 550 English V1.21 Page 31 of 53...
„>“, select the respective position and activate the position with the "OK" button. „>“ By pressing the position value is incremented by 1. Complete with "OK" and activate next number position. „OK“. Confirming entry by pressing VA 550 English V1.21 Page 32 of 53...
In case the quantity of units selectable are not presentable on one page, pleas move to next page by pressing „<<“. Confirm selection by pressing 2x „OK“. Procedure for all 4 measurement-variables is analogous. VA 550 English V1.21 Page 33 of 53...
1. Complete with "OK" and activate next number position. Procedure for changing the reference temperature is the same. VA 550 English V1.21 Page 34 of 53 Under point "Filtertime" together with the appropriate "Filter Grade" an attenuation can be...
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Setup → Sensor Setup→ Advanced → AV-Time The time period for averaging can be entered here. Input values of -1440 1 [minutes] are possible. For average values, see display window 3 + 4 VA 550 English V1.21 Page 35 of 53...
„Reset“ By selection of all settings for „ZeroPnt“ and. „CutOff“ are reset. 1,03 „>“ Menu item to be select with button and confirm „OK“ the reset with „Back“ Leave menu with button VA 550 English V1.21 Page 36 of 53...
Operation 8.3.2 Modbus RTU 8.3.2.1 Setup The Flow sensors VA 550 comes with a Modbus RTU Interface. Before commissioning the sensor the communication parameters • Modbus ID, Baud rate, Parity und Stop bit must be set in order to ensure the communication with the Modbus master.
8.3.3 Modbus TCP (Optional) 8.3.3.1 Setup The Flow sensors VA 550 comes optional with a Modbus TCP Interface (HW Interface:M12 x 1 X-coded connector). Device supports with this option the Modbus TCP protocol for communication with SCADA systems. TCP port is set to 502 by default. Port can be changed at the sensor or using PC Service Software Modbus device address (Unit Identifier) can be set in the range of 1- 255.
"OK" key. Change the values with the ">" key, and accept the values with the "OK" key. Procedure for "Subnet" "Gateway" analogous. „Save“ Store the settings by VA 550 English V1.21 Page 39 of 53...
(Little Endian) and "CDAB" (Middle Endian) Saving the changes by pressing "Save", therefore „>“ select it with key and then confirm it with "OK". Reset to the default settings by activating "Set to Default"- VA 550 English V1.21 Page 40 of 53...
1180 Float 1189 1188 Float Flow in Ncfm 1197 1196 Float Flow in kg/h Flow in kg/min 1205 1204 Float Flow in kg/s 1213 1212 Float 1221 1220 Float Flow in kW VA 550 English V1.21 Page 41 of 53...
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For DS400 / DS 500 / Handheld devices - Modbus Sensor Datatype „ Data Type R4-32“ match with „Data Type Float“ • For more additional Modbus values please refer to VA5xx_Modbus_RTU_TCP Installation_1.04_EN.doc VA 550 English V1.21 Page 42 of 53...
3000000 Table 1 Maximum flow for pulse output Entering pulse values that are not allow a presentation to the full scale value, are not allowed. Entries are discarded and error message displayed. VA 550 English V1.21 Page 43 of 53...
Language → → Settings UserSetup Language Currently 4 languages have been implemented and could be selected with button „>“. Change of language by confirming with “OK”. “back”. Leaving the menu with button VA 550 English V1.21 Page 44 of 53...
10s. To do this, use the "OK" button to enter the operating menu during this period 8.3.6 Advanced Settings → Advanced „Factory Reset“ By pressing the sensor is set back to the factory settings. VA 550 English V1.21 Page 45 of 53...
For saving the changes done press button „Save“ to discard the changes press button 0.000 m³/h “Cancel”. 1098.9 m³/h Leaving the menu with „Back“. 169,8 m/s 1098.9 m³/h VA 550 English V1.21 Page 46 of 53...
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Leaving the menu with „Back“. Channel 1:0…max. speed [m/s] Remark: Default setting VA 550 for analogue output is Default settings for VA550 with option board analogue output Channel 1:0…max. speed [m/s] Channel 2: -20°C … 100°C] For max.
Operation 8.3.8 VA 550 Info → → Setup Sensor Setup Info Here you get a brief description of the sensor data incl. the calibration data. 92,7 m/s 600m³/h Under Details, you are able to see in addition the Run Time: 2d 21h 23m 12s calibration conditions.
Possible values are 2400, 4800 and 9600 Baud (Default setting = 2400). „OK“ Baudrate change by pressing the button For saving the changes done press button „Save“ to discard the changes press button “Cancel”. Leaving the menu with „Back“. VA 550 English V1.21 Page 49 of 53...
*All Values could be changed / preset in production or with CS Service software (Order-No. 0554 2007) Supplementary Documentation • Supplementary Documentation for Ex-Version: Flow / Consumption Sensor VA 550 Ex / VA5 70 Ex - Ex-Documentation VA 550 English V1.21 Page 50 of 53...
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CE Conformity VA 550 English V1.21 Page 51 of 53...
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