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  • Page 1 User Guide OPAL Acquisition System...
  • Page 3 L-8506 Redange-sur-Attert Luxembourg Phone : +1 303 279 3211 Phone : +352 28 56 15-1 Fax : +1 303 279 2730 Fax : +352 28 56 15 40 Email : tech.support@mountsopris.com Email : support@alt.lu Web : www.mountsopris.com Web : www.alt.lu...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    JAZZ interface .................... 14 2.2.2 OPAL - FRONT VIEW..................16 2.2.2.1 DIGITAL POWER SUPPLY (PSU-D) .............. 16 2.2.2.2 ANALOG POWER SUPPLY (PSU-A) ............. 16 2.2.2.3 FREE SLOTS ....................17 2.2.2.4 ALT MODEM ....................17 2.2.2.5 JAZZ ......................19 TROUBLESHOOTING ..................... 21...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    System Overview 1 INTRODUCTION The OPAL acquisition system is based on a modern electronics design in which software control techniques have been used to the best advantage. The hardware incorporates the latest electronic components with embedded systems controlled via the specially developed LOGGER SUITE Windows interface program.

  • Page 7: System Overview

    PC Connection High Speed USB Logging Cable Standard single, multi conductor and coax Tools / Telemetry ALT Standalone Tools, ALT/MSI QL Probe line, KUSTER & PROBE1 Tools, other third party tools on demand Upgradeability User upgradeable firmware Software Logger Suite V 12.1 or later...

  • Page 8: Opal Components

    For tool operation requiring more than 300V supply all mounted “tool adapters” that were recovered from an ancient ALTLogger system must be modified to support a 400V supply (contact ALT for more details). Other temporary option is to remove the old “tool adapters” from the system for high power tool operation.

  • Page 9: Main Ac Adapter

    System Overview 5 REAR PANEL components - from right to left 2.2.1.1 MAIN AC adapter Spare AC Output AC Output to TDK Lambda PSU AC Input Figure 2-3 Main AC adapter The main AC adapter includes a main AC input (100 – 240 VAC, 50- 60 Hz) and two AC outputs to route AC power to the TDK lambda PSU and to any other external device (i.e.

  • Page 10: Tool Psu Adapter

    System Overview 10A – 240VAC line fuses (F3- 3.15A – 240VAC slow fuses F4-F5-F6) (F1-F2) Figure 2-4 AC adapter – main fuses 2.2.1.2 TOOL PSU adapter Figure 2-5 Tool PSU adapter...

  • Page 11: Wireline Adapter

    System Overview 7 The “Tool PSU adapter” provides a simple link between the TDK Lambda Programmable Power Supply via a MIL 4 way connector to the pins dedicated to tool power supply on the rack bus connector. The Green LED located at the top of the adapter must always be illuminated.
  • Page 12 System Overview wireline on the rack bus. The connector pin-out is detailed above (Figure 2-6). WARNING: the MIL 10 way and UHF connectors are wired in parallel. Tool power is supplied on the two connectors. Make sure to set the cap on the unused connector to avoid any electrical arc at the back of the system.
  • Page 13 System Overview 9 Gearhart 7 Conductor Cable Head Armour to Ground The ALT reference wiring modes are listed in the table below as a guideline: T0 – Mono conductor COM+ T1 – 4 conductor COM+ AUX1 (mud plug) COM- AUX2 T2 –...
  • Page 14 The 3 banana sockets described above were not hard-wired on the first batch of OPAL systems manufactured. Connections to System Ground and to Mud Plug were only active on the ALT MODEM front panel (§ 2.2.2.4). If necessary contact ALT to obtain complementary information about your...

  • Page 15: Depth Adapter

    System Overview 11 2.2.1.4 DEPTH adapter DEPTH PT02E-10-6S ENC A ENC B DEPTH ENC Ᾱ MS3102A16S-1S ENC B ENC GND 0V ENC A ENC PWR V+ ENC B ENC PWR V+ ENC GND 0V G ENC SHIELD Depth adapter configuration switches Figure 2-6 Depth adapter The “Depth adapter”...
  • Page 16 System Overview The depth adapter must be configured to suit your depth encoder specifications. following table listing switch configurations available (Figure 2-6): Mnemonic Description LEFT position RIGHT position PWRENAB Power Enable Disable Enable PWRVSEL Power Voltage selection PUPVSEL Pull-up voltage selection CONNECTION Depth encoder wiring...

  • Page 17: Tension Adapter

    System Overview 13 Note: when applying a correction to the depth adapter configuration it is necessary to rotate the depth encoder shaft to refresh the LEDs status. 2.2.1.5 TENSION adapter TENSION PT02E-10-5S DRIVE INPUT + INPUT - TENSION SCHIELD MS3102A-14S-5S INPUT + DRIVE SCHIELD...

  • Page 18: Jazz Interface

    System Overview plug) or via a 5 way MS3102A-14S-5S type connector (requires MS3106A-14S-5P cable plug). Refer to Figure 2-7 for the connector pin out. GREEN LED at the upper left corner of the board indicates the working status of the tension sensor and tension adapter. The tension adapter may require some fine tuning of the tension DRIVE, OFFSET and GAIN to obtain consistent tension readings.
  • Page 19 System Overview 15 The Jazz Interface has three main functions: 1. It furnishes the direct link between the TDK Lambda external power supply and the Jazz board located at the front of the OPAL acquisition system. A dedicated RS485 cable connects the TDK Lambda port “J3 IN”...

  • Page 20: Opal - Front View

    System Overview 2.2.2 OPAL - FRONT VIEW Figure 2-10 OPAL front panel FRONT PANEL components - from left to right: 2.2.2.1 DIGITAL POWER SUPPLY (PSU-D) The “digital power supply” occupies a dedicated slot at the extreme left hand of the front panel. It delivers +12V output to digital circuitry. The green LED status should always be illuminated when system main power switch is ON.

  • Page 21: Free Slots

    The position of the telemetry modems in the free slots has no importance. 2.2.2.4 ALT MODEM As standard the ALT MODEM is designed to operate tools using the ALT (standalone and Quick Link tool families), PROBE1 https://www.probe1.com/) and KUSTER (https://kusterco.com/...
  • Page 22 It is compatible with ALT, Probe1 and Kuster tool telemetry communication protocols and offers options to interface other third party tools. These processes are only applicable in conjunction with ALT tools implementing the QLMODEM-PSU telemetry board.

  • Page 23: Jazz

    System Overview 19 GREEN LEDs are located at the top of the ALT MODEM and are flashing when the ALT MODEM is active. “Mud plug” and “System Ground” 4mm sockets can be used to connect respectively a reference potential electrode and an earth stake for resistivity logging.
  • Page 24 System Overview Figure 2-13 JAZZ – USB interface The JAZZ board includes a duplicate entry port for the USB cable to link the user’s computer and acquisition system. Two additional USB ports are available at the top of the board to connect external USB devices (memory stick, mouse, etc…).

  • Page 25: Troubleshooting

    System Overview 21 3 TROUBLESHOOTING Observations To Do OPAL Power Switch is ON. No 1. Check Main AC source (power generator, power is supplied to the system. inverter, power outlet). 2. Verify that the power cord is properly plugged into the AC Input socket. 3.
  • Page 26 System Overview All LEDs are OFF on JAZZ board 1. Check the LED status on the Digital and Analog PSU. Possible cause – defective power supply. Analysis info and scope are not 1. Verify the M-BUS status on the JAZZ board. displayed in the “Telemetry and It must flash when telemetry is established Equalizer”...

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