1.00 eurosens Degree RS/CAN OPERATION MANUAL ABLE OF CONTEXT eurosens Degree application Sensors design Modifications Specifications Delivery set Sensor installation Sensor configuration Drivers and configurator installation Choosing the COM-port Connection to sensor Configuration Setting up the RS-485 interface Setting up the CAN interface...
Appendix 2.1 M ODIFICATIONS eurosens Degree RS – tilt angle sensor with RS-485 interface and discrete output. eurosens Degree CAN - tilt angle sensor with CAN bus interface and discrete output. Index “Ex” means that sensor is certified according to Ex-regulations of Custom...
1.00 eurosens Degree RS/CAN OPERATION MANUAL 2.3 D ELIVERY SET Sensor delivery set consists of sensor, fuse, self-tapping screws and seal (fig. 2.1). fig. 2.1 Sensor delivery set Optionally available with a protective cover (fig. 2.2) fig. 2.2. Protective cover...
1.00 eurosens Degree RS/CAN OPERATION MANUAL ENSOR INSTALLATION _____________________________________________________________________________________ The sensor is fixed with a mounting kit to the moving part whose movement is to be monitored. For example, on fig. 3.1 example of using eurosens Degree on a fuel tanker to control the opening of hatches.
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1.00 eurosens Degree RS/CAN OPERATION MANUAL Note that with the sensor you can monitor only movements when angle between the sensor and the vector of gravity changes (fig. 3.2). fig. 3.2. These movements can be controlled On the contrary, the movement of the door (Fig. 3.3) cannot be controlled by means of eurosens Degree - the angle to the vector of gravity does not change.
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1.00 eurosens Degree RS/CAN OPERATION MANUAL The color coding of the wires is shown on the fig. 3.4 1 – VBAT red/красный 2 – GND brown/коричневый 3 – Kline blue/синий – 4 – – 5 – yellow/желтый 6 – RS-485 (A), CAN_Hi green/зеленый...
1.00 eurosens Degree RS/CAN OPERATION MANUAL ENSOR CONFIGURATION _____________________________________________________________________________________ After installation, the sensor is configured using the eurosens Destination service adapter and the eurosens Degree Configurator software (hereinafter referred to as configurator) (fig. 4.1). fig. 4.1. Sensor connection to laptop for configuration 4.1 D...
1.00 eurosens Degree RS/CAN OPERATION MANUAL 4.2 C COM- HOOSING THE PORT To select the COM port number you need: 1. select in the menu "Settings", item "COM port selection"; 2. select in the appeared window the number of COM port from the list of available ports (Fig.
1.00 eurosens Degree RS/CAN OPERATION MANUAL 4.3 C ONNECTION TO SENSOR Preparing to work with the configurator: 1. Connect the service adapter to the computer with a USB 2.0 Am-Bm cable (supplied with the adapter); 2. Run the configurator and select the COM port if necessary. If the COM port is set correctly, the "Receive"...
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1.00 eurosens Degree RS/CAN OPERATION MANUAL - The "Settings" button allows you to select the number of COM port and language of the configurator. - The "Help" button, when pressed, opens the help window. 4.6), where the device type, serial number, - Tab "Information"...
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(if you want the sensor to read the angle from zero at the current position). • The "Tilt Angle" section refers to the eurosens Degree RS sensor. It displays the current angle, which is the output value of the sensor. If you press the "Reset Angle"...
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1.00 eurosens Degree RS/CAN OPERATION MANUAL "On" when there is no triggering of the digital output. When triggering with the inversion on, the discrete output will be set to the state "Off". • "Read" button polls the sensor for current settings saved in sensor.
RS-485 ETTING UP THE INTERFACE By default, the eurosens Degree RS sensor uses a communication rate of 19200 kb/s and uses address №1 on the RS-485 network. These values can be changed in the settings. You can also enable terminator and pull-up the RS-485 line to the supply voltage (see chapter 6).
1.00 eurosens Degree RS/CAN OPERATION MANUAL ATA PROTOCOL _____________________________________________________________________________________ Degree RS sensors with RS-485 interface support LLS protocol, widely used for reading data from fuel level, temperature, tilt sensors, etc. Table 2. Description of the LLS protocol fields Name of the field...
1.00 eurosens Degree RS/CAN OPERATION MANUAL ERMINATOR AND UP OPTIONS _____________________________________________________________________________________ 6.1 T ERMINATOR The distance from the CAN bus to the RS-485/CAN devices should be as short as possible, because long branches create signal mismatch and cause reflections. In order to avoid signal mismatch, terminating resistors or "terminators"...
1.00 eurosens Degree RS/CAN OPERATION MANUAL XTRAS _____________________________________________________________________________________ 7.1 S S-2435 ETTING UP THE EGREE WITH AVTELECOM MART 1) In the sensor settings switch ON the «Terminator» and «Automatic output» options (fig. 7.1). fig. 7.1. Eurosens Degree CAN settings 2) In the Navtelecom configurator make following settings: - go to the tab "CAN-bus",...
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1.00 eurosens Degree RS/CAN OPERATION MANUAL selected in the settings of the sensor for automatic data transmission (in our case it is the standard ID 0x80000201) ( fig. 7 fig. 7.2. Setting up the sensor CAN bus ID to read 2) In the CAN message data you must select: •...
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1.00 eurosens Degree RS/CAN OPERATION MANUAL fig. 7.3. Setting up the parameters reading from CAN ID 3) In the Protocol settings choose the parameters to be transmitted to server (fig. 7.4). fig. 7.4. Choosing the user-parameters for transmission 4) In the «Telemetry» tab of the Navtelecom configurator you can test the data readings (fig.
1.00 eurosens Degree RS/CAN OPERATION MANUAL fig. 7.5. «Telemetry» tab of Navtelecom configurator 1 byte parameter – sensor status. 2 byte parameter №1 – 100 * angle X (on fig. 7.5 value 7.4 degrees). 2 byte parameter№2 – 100 * angle Y (on fig 7.5 value -49.1 degrees).
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1.00 eurosens Degree RS/CAN OPERATION MANUAL fig. 7.6. Eurosens Degree RS default settings for RS-485 interface operation 1) Specify in the RS-485 interface settings the addresses of tilt sensors in the RS-485 network (up to 5 sensors are supported) (fig.
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1.00 eurosens Degree RS/CAN OPERATION MANUAL fig. 7.7. Specifying addresses of tilt sensors in the RS-485 network 2) Enable "LLS fuel level" parameter data transmission by setting the priority of the desired sensor to "Low" instead of "None” (fig.
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1.00 eurosens Degree RS/CAN OPERATION MANUAL fig. 7.8. Turning on the data transmission The Teltonika GPS tracker sends sensor values in the following parameters: • "Sensor1 angle" – io_201 • "Sensor2 angle" – io_203 • "Sensor3 angle" – io_210 •...
8.1 S TORAGE It is recommended to store eurosens Degree RS/CAN in dry enclosed areas. Sensors may only be stored in its original packaging at temperature range from - 50 to + 40 °С and relative humidity up to 100% at +25 °С.
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