The monitor is powered via Ethernet - PoE (Power Over Ethernet) or standard DC jack. Features of PCE-HT 420 monitor: ●measurement, display and archiving of ambient temperature, relative humidity, dew point and absolute humidity, ●signaling when set alarm values are exceeded...
All quantities and configuration parameters are available through the embedded Web server, if the parameter is not visible, set it in the tab Settings-> registers on the website. Fig.1. View of PCE-HT 420 monitor: 2. The set of the monitor ●PCE-HT 420 monitor 1 pc.
It should be located near the device, easily accessible to the operator, and suitably marked. 4. Assembly 4.1. Installation PCE-HT 420 monitor is mounted on a wall using a screw connection. The monitor housing consists of an upper and a lower part. Fig.2 Location of mounting holes 4.2.
PCE-HT 420 (User's manual) Fig.3 View of the upper part of PCE-HT 420 monitor 5. Operation After wiring, mounting and powering the monitor is ready to work with factory settings. The monitor can be programmed with the built-in web server.
PCE-HT 420 (User's manual) address in the network, if the device has been connected to Ethernet network - the address can be static or obtained from DHCP server. Fig. 4 Startup messages of PCE-HT 420 monitor 5.2. Functions of the button device contains...
PCE-HT 420 (User's manual) 255.255.255.0), another request restoring factory parameters will enable the DHCP server service - the network parameters will be obtained dynamically from the server; - displaying the current IP address of the monitor – after a short press of the button –...
Page 9
DHCP client enabled - automatic acquisition of IP address), open a web browser and in the browser address field type the IP address displayed by PCE-HT 420. This will display the login screen to log the web server that will allow further configuration - sign up to the administrator account, p.
Page 10
5.6.2 (the same subnet mask and any IP address from the pool 192.168.1.X except for the address 192.168.1.19 assigned by default to PCE-HT 420). After the connection, open your web browser and type the default IP address 192.168.1.19. in the address field of the browser.
◦dew point. 5.5. Description of PCE-HT 420 monitor reading field PCE-HT 420 is equipped with a backlit LCD display consisting of two lines of 16 characters each. The top line of the display is used for the presentation of measured values - temperature and relative humidity and to display status pictographs of the file system internal memory.
Page 12
PCE-HT 420 (User's manual) Fig. 5 Description of the monitor reading field Tables 1, 2 show the symbols displayed on the LCD, and their meanings. Table1 Symbol Display mode Meaning constant file system internal memory installed and ready for operation...
- upper overrun of the range of the displayed value ● 5.6. Ethernet 10/100-BASE-T PCE-HT 420 monitors are equipped with Ethernet interface for the connection (using RJ45 slot) to a local or global network (LAN or WAN) and the use of network services implemented in the monitors: Web server, FTP server, Modbus Slave TCP/IP, SMTP client.
LED ● connected to the Ethernet network 100 Base-T, does not light up when PCE-HT 420 is not connected to the network or is connected to 10-Base-T network. green LED - Tx/Rx flickers when the monitor sends and receives ●...
Page 15
3) acc. to the following standard: ●EIA/TIA 568A for both connectors at the so-called simple connection of PCE-HT 420 to the network hub or switch, ●EIA/TIA 568A for the first connector and EIA/TIA 568B for the second connector at the so-called patch cord connection (crossover) used, among others, when connecting PCE-HT 420 to a computer.
PCE-HT 420 (User's manual) white-orange white-green EPWR+ blue blue EPWR+ white-blue white-blue orange green EPWR- white-brown white-brown EPWR- brown brown 5.6.2. Ethernet interface default parameters Table 4 Name Default value DHCP Enabled or disabled (cycled when default parameters restoration is forced) IP Address 192.168.1.19...
PCE-HT 420 (User's manual) Fig.7 View of the window to change the parameters of the Ethernet interface 5.6.3 Web Server Monitor PCE-HT 420 provides its own Web server that allows remote monitoring measured values remote configuration and readout of the monitor status. With the web page the user can: ●obtain device information (serial number, execution code,...
Page 18
PCE-HT 420 (User's manual) ●select the language for the Web page, ●perform configuration Access to the Web server is achieved by entering the monitor IP address in the web browser, e.g .: http://192.168.1.19 (where 192.168.1.19 is set at the monitor). The standard port for web server is port "80".
PCE-HT 420 (User's manual) 5.6.3.1 General view Fig.8 General view of the main website The function of each tile of the website: 1)The view of measurements and after clicking on the tile graphs with trends are displayed. 2)Ethernet interface settings.
Page 20
PCE-HT 420 (User's manual) to which we can assign our own name and display it as a separate tile on the website. Defined records can be archived and they control the alarms. 7)Email configuration. 8)Logging off, return to the login page.
PCE-HT 420 (User's manual) 5.6.3.2. Selection of Web server user The monitor has two user accounts for the Web server secured by individual passwords: user: ”admin”, password: ”admin” - access to configuration and ● the preview of parameters user: ”user”, password: ”pass”...
Page 22
PCE-HT 420 (User's manual) user. user tries save settings into the monitor, a message is returned on the status of such operation. For mobile applications there is a user notification system built-in the web browser. Fig.12 View of the message window informing that parameters have been correctly recorded in the device Fig.13 View of the message window informing about incorrect...
PCE-HT 420 (User's manual) 5.6.3.4. Access to the archive file through the web server PCE-HT 420 allows for access to archive files through the file manager implemented on the web server that allows the user to retrieve and delete individual files. To start the archive file manager, click on the tile Archive, and then click the button Browse arch.
Page 24
PCE-HT 420 (User's manual) operate in one of six modes. Fig. 17 shows the operation of alarm in the following modes: n-on, n-off, on, off. The other two modes: h- on and h-off mean respectively, always On and always Off. These modes are designed for manual simulation of alarm states.
Note: If the user selects the audible alarm for alarm number 1 (2), the same option should not be selected for alarm 2 (1). 5.6.4 FTP Server FTP file sharing protocol is implemented in PCE-HT 420 monitors. The monitor acts as a server, allowing clients to access the internal memory of the meter file system.
PCE-HT 420 (User's manual) as FTP client. To transfer files using FTP the following ports are normally used: "1025" - data port and "21" - command port. If necessary, the user can change the port used by the FTP. Please...
5.6.5 E-mail service PCE-HT 420 monitors have been equipped with a function to send email messages using SMTP. To send a message a user must provide authentication data to SMTP proxy server.
Page 28
•The name of the device from which the information was sent. PCE-HT 420 monitor has a memory buffer allowing for storage of maximum 20 e-mail messages. If an e-mail cannot be sent on a regular basis, for example, due to lack of connection they are queued up one after the other until their number exceeds When the limit is exceeded, the subsequent messages will be lost.
Page 29
PCE-HT 420 (User's manual) 7)The period of sending regular messages Fig. 19 View of e-mail configuration window The correct SMTP server port must be configured at "Ethernet" tile in "SMTP” tab. For unencrypted connections usually ports 25 or 587 are used.
PCE-HT 420 (User's manual) 5.6.6 Modbus TCP/IP PCE-HT 420 monitors allow access to internal registers via Ethernet and Modbus TCP/IP Slave. Modbus protocol functions and structure of the records are described in points 5.5.6.1 – 5.5.6.3. In order to set up a connection it is necessary to set a unique IP address for the monitor and to set the connection parameters listed in Table 5.
●17 (11 h) - identification of slave device. 5.6.6.2. Map of registers In PCE-HT 420 monitor the data is placed in 16- and 32-bit registers. Process variables and parameters of the monitor are located in the address space of registers in a manner dependent on the type of the variable.
Page 32
B1 B0 – the oldest byte is sent first. 16-Bit registers representing 32-bit values in two subsequent registers are doubled in another address area with the following bytes order: B1 B0 B3 B2 (Tab. 6). The map of PCE-HT 420 registers is presented below. Note: given...
PCE-HT 420 (User's manual) 5.6.6.3. Read-only registers. Table 7 Value is Value is Name Unit name placed in placed in 32-bit successive registers. 16-bit registers. These registers contain the same data as 32-bit registers of 7500 range. 7000/6000 7500 C Measured temperature...
PCE-HT 420 (User's manual) time YYYY 7048/6048 7524 Date - year Current date - year MMDD 7050/6050 7525 Month, day Current date - month, day 7052/6052 7526 Reserved 7054/6054 7527 the amount of file system memory available space (kB), value ”-1”...
After the memory is full, the oldest data is overwritten. The internal archive can be read, copied and deleted. PCE-HT 420 monitors have file system internal memory of the size of 8GB (memory size of the file system can be increased on request...
Ar_L - Lower threshold of archiving Ar_H - Upper threshold of archiving 5.8.3. File system internal memory PCE-HT 420 monitors are equipped with file system internal memory. FAT and FAT32 file systems are supported. During operation the monitor creates file directories containing historical data.
PCE-HT 420 (User's manual) Apart from the ARCH directory, in which the archived data is placed, SYSTEM directory is also created on the card where the following files are located: start.txt - date and time of the file system internal memory installation (when the monitor is restarted after power failure) - manual.pdf - current user’s manual...
PCE-HT 420 (User's manual) separated from each other by a tab character. View a sample archive file with archiving of further 12 user’s displayed values is shown in Fig. 25. Fig. 25 Sample data file Subsequent fields included in a row describing the record have the following meanings: date –...
Page 39
PCE-HT 420 (User's manual) Table 8 No. Accessory Appearance Ordering code Technical data 6 VDC 20-072-00-00094 Voltage: 6 V d.c. ± 5% power Maximum power: 6W* supply unit Input voltage: 90...253 V a.c. Operating temperature: 0...40 Dimensions: 63.6 x 29.5 x 45.6 mm* Conductor length: 1.4 m ±...
PCE-HT 420 (User's manual) 7. Technical data Basic parameters: –measuring range of relative humidity (RH) 0...95 % without condensation –intrinsic error of humidity processing ±3% of the range for RH = 10...90% ±5% in the remaining range –hysteresis humidity measurement ±...
Page 41
PCE-HT 420 (User's manual) –time of initial warm-up 15 minutes –degree of protection provided by housing IP 20 – mounting on a wall – weight <0.3 kg (120 x 80 x 25) mm –dimensions –operating position: with sensor directed to...
* - Monitor of PCE-HT 420 1XXXXX version require external supply voltage of 6 V d.c. Monitors of PCE-HT 420 2XXXXX version can be supplied both from Ethernet interface through PoE (Power over Ethernet), and from external power supply 6 V d.c.
Need help?
Do you have a question about the PCE-HT 420 and is the answer not in the manual?
Questions and answers