DATALOGGER DL16 PRO

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THIES Clima

Meteorology and Environmental measurements . Datalogger DL16 PRO

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2009 Adolf Thies GmbH & Co. KG

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Content
Highlights Introduction Connectivity Configuration
Miscellaneous

Configuration

Connectivity

Interoperability

Generally
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1. Highlights
16 programmable multifunction channels Archiving of measured data for up to 365 days WINDOWS -compatible file system Mathematical linking of all channels WEB Server Integrated

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2. Introduction
Classification of the new Thies Data Logger DL16 and DLX MET
DL 16 Special Meteorological Stations Research Applications Wind Energy assessment Agriculture Stations Enhanced Alarming Requirements Real-time Calculations Internet embedding Special Requirements Previous DL15 Solutions DLx MET Standard Meteorological Stations Agriculture Stations Solar Powered Stations Stations without special requirements Costs sensitive solutions Previous TDL14 Solutions

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3. Connectivity
Input capabilities
16 Multifunctional Input Cannels 2 High Current Input Channels 5 serial interfaces ((RS232/RS422/RS485) Internal Pressure Measuring Module Battery Voltage Monitoring

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Allocation of the Multifunctional Input Channels

CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 CH5 CH6 CH7 CH8 CH9 CH10 CH11 CH12 CH13 CH14 CH15 CH16

Multifunctional Input Chanels

32 Bit Counter

PT100 0...20mA

Digital I/O Thies serial synchron

0...10V 0...100mV
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Connection Samples for multifunctional Input channels

PT100 Input Channels CH1 CH16 0...20mA 0...10V

0...100mV

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Connection Samples for 32Bit Counter Channels

Counter Pulses Input Channels CH1 CH6 max. 20KHz 0...1042Hz

0...1080Hz

0...630Hz

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Connection Samples for Digital I/O and Thies Serial Synchronal Channels
Status Signals Input Output Channels CH5 Alarming/Signaling CH12 serial synchronal Water level

6/8/10 Bit serial Gray Code

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Connection Samples for High Current Input Channels

Input Channels Sens 1A Sens 10A

Monitoring of Aspirator in Radiation Shield

24V AC/DC

Heating Monitoring e.g. for Ultrasonic Anemometer 24V

AC/DC
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Connection Samples for RS485 Input Channels

First Class Wind Speed and Wind Direction via RS485
Pulse

RS485 Input Channels COM2

Sensor Interface

Ultrasonic Anemometer COM6 Laser Precipitation Monitor

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Internal Pressure Module and battery voltage monitoring

DL 16 Pro

Handled as measuring channel

Charger

Pressure Module 3.1157.20.000 3001100hPa

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3. Connectivity
Output capabilities
Sensor Power Supply 8 Digital Output Cannels 4 High Current Switches 6 serial interfaces Ethernet

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Sensor Power Supply

Supply of the Sensor Electronic by the Datalogger. 1

3,3V 5V 12V

16 3,3V 5V 12V COM1

COM5

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Sensor Power Supply (2)

CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 CH5 CH6 CH7 CH8 CH9 CH10 CH11 CH12 CH13 CH14 CH15 CH16 COM2 COM3 COM4 COM5

3,3V
250mA 250mA

5V
250mA 250mA

12V
800mA 800mA

Power Supply Output 3,3V; 5V; 12V

250mA

250mA

800mA

250mA

250mA

800mA

400mA

800mA

800mA
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Digital Output Channels

The 8 digital Output ports could be controlled time or event oriented by the Datalogger. Switching by Relais Control
Output Channels
High=5V=1 Low=0V=0

Standby/active control of external devices

CH5 Alarming CH12 Signalling

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High Current Switches

The 4 high current switches could be controlled time or event oriented by the Datalogger.
High Current Switches max:60V/10A SW1 SW4 Switch On/Off of external Equipment, Heating etc. for power save reasons 24V/10A Direct Switch Off/On of external Equipment e.g. Alarming.

Max.60V/10A
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Possible variants for each COM Port Interface Baud rates: 1200... 115.000Baud Serial Channels COM 1 COM6 COM1/USB COM2/3 COM4/5 COM6

Serial COM Interfaces

RS232

Function:
Configuration User interface Data output Firmware upload User Interface Data output Firmware upload Sensor Connectivity User Interface Data output Firmware upload Sensor Connectivity Configuration Data output Firmware upload Sensor Connectivity 18

RS232 RS485 Full Duplex RS485 Half Duplex RS485 Full Duplex RS485 Half Duplex Internal Module Slot GSM/GPRS Modem Module Sensor Connection Module

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Ethernet
WWW HTML Page FTP Server Telnet Client Data Transfer Firmware Upload User Interface
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Ethernet 10Mbit

IP IP Network Network

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3. Hardware Overview
U S B c o n n e c ti o n S D m e m o ry c a rd ETHERNET c o n n e c ti o n re a r p c -b o a rd r o t a r y s w i tc h s c re w 3 s c re w 1

s c re w 2 s c re w 4

p o w e r c la m p

230V / 50 H Z s e e d r a w in g m o u n ti n g p l a t e

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4. Configuration (1)

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4. Configuration
LCD Display Dialogs Graphical Configuration SW Embedded WEB Application LED Indicator

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Front Control Elements

All Dialogs are free configurable Dialogs marked by * could be edited. Push switch to enter edit mode.

LCD Display 4 Lines 20 ASCII Characters Rotary Switch to select dialogues Push to access sub-menues

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Graphical Configuration
Special Graphical Configuration Windows Software for DL16

DL16 Configurator

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Graphical Configuration
I/O configuation for all channels Set up of mathematical functions (average, min/max,
deviation etc.) Configuration of archive structure Linking of channels by math functions Configuration of display massages Creation of commands HTML Creator for easy web pages configuration Terminal emulation Transfer of new configuration to the data logger

Functions

DL16 Configurator

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Main Screen Overview

Tools bar
Command mapper WEB Configurator
To edit the HTML WEB Interface

Page Viewer
For Measuring configuration

Dialog Configuration

To Edit Screen Dialogs

Edit of communication commands

File Viewer
Data Handling

Client for serial Communication

Terminal

Object Library

DL16 Configurator
Workspace

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Sample Configuration
Aim of example: Set up of a PT100 Sensor for measurement of soil surface temperature. Display should provide 10min minimum, maximum a average values.
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1. Create a PT100 Element

Drag and Drop the PT100 Module from the library to a place on the work sheet behind dedicated measuring channel (here CH1)

A dialog opens atomically and ask for a module name.

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Assignment to Physical channel

The next dialog ask for the physical measuring channel the module should be connected with (here CH1).

All grey channels are allocated or not suitable for the measuring module.

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Additional functions for the module

association for the module can be selected.
To request a dialog to ask for the module name for math modules Module is connected to the instantaneous output module (COM 2 in DL15/TDL14) Module is connected to a average math module As average module the standard module is used E.g. this module is different for wind direction and temperature. Is selected the tool choose the correct one. The average module is connected to the archive The module is connected to all standard archives: - extreme value archive - average archive

Here additional functions and

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Connections to instantaneous Module

Connection of PT100 Module to instantaneous output modules: MM Module: each value in one line mm Module: all values in one line

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Configuration of average module

Dialog to select the storing intervals of the average module - Average default 10min

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Configuration of minimum storage interval

Dialog to select the storing intervals for the Minimum value - Default 1 per day

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Configuration of maximum storage interval

Dialog to select the storing intervals for the Maximum value - Default 1 per day

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Archive label configuration

Define the Label of the values in the archive.

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Change of Average module properties Signal Flow overview

The values of the default properties could be always changed.

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Define a command for the command interpreter for the average module
It is possible to define for each module commands, by this commands the module could be configured by text commands e.g. via the serial interface.

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Signal Flow overview

The ArchRead Modules define the format the values are given out. One ArchReader can assigned to more than one Archive!

Pt100 average value into average archive Pt100 Min. and Max-Values to MinMax Archive

Connection of the physical measuring channel to the PT100 module Instantaneous values to output module

Signal flow
In
Average/Min/Max Data are provided to archives

Processing

Out

Connection of the PT100 Module to the Average module.

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Change of properties

The properties of each module can be changed by pressing of the right mouse key and selection of properties.

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Creation of Display dialog for the PT100 Surface temperature

###.# are wildcards for the values.

Select the PT100 Dialog from the available dialogs.

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Modification of dialog text

The descriptions could easy modified by overwriting.

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Available Values from the Toolbox

In the toolbox all available values are mentioned. For the PT100 it is: PT100AV (Average) PT100MIN (Minimum) PT100MAX (Maximum) All values in the toolbox could included into the dialogs.

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Configured new dialog with min/max values Complete configured dialog

with Min/Max values for the PT100 Surface temperature sensor.

Description

Values

Time Stamp

Unit

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Command Mapper

Commands Command Properties Related Parameter

In the Command mapper all available commands are listed and can be modified.

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Web Configuration

Load a template as basic screen.

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Template
All available parameters usable for the measuring table.

Rudimentary web page as basis from the templates

Station information as header

Measuring value table

Links to other preconfigured pages

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Configuration of the PT100 surface temperature sensor

Include an additional row in the measuring table

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Configuration of the PT100 surface temperature sensor

Drag and drop of the wished Value to the table.

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File Viewer
Same look and feel as the Windows Explorer Datalogger

PC

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Data Preview function

Datasets could be browsed and charts could be generated out of the File viewer for first quick check up.

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Terminal Emulator
By the terminal screen commands could be send and the answers from the logger are shown. The terminal simulates a serial connection by a terminal SW.

All predefined commands and there Parameters are available in menus for a easy selecting and handling. Available Parameter 50

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Transfer of the configuration

1. Connection PC <-> DL16 must be established
Connect Datalogger to PC by: Ethernet, Serial (USB, COM, GSM)

Build DL 16 configuration

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Transfer of the configuration

1. Build DL16 Configuration
Connect Datalogger to PC by: Ethernet, Serial (USB, COM, GSM)

Build DL 16 configuration

Important: To Build the configuration the PC must be connected with an DL16 Datalogger. The SW doesn't work standalone.

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Transfer of the configuration

If the archive structure will be modified by the new configuration the existing archives has to be deleted first. Its recommended to save them first.

Before deleting transfer them to CF Card or PC for storage.

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Transmission Process
After the transmission is finished the new Project is used on the DL16. The same project could be also ported to other DL16 by CF Card:

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Miscellaneous

Service and user friendly Flexible Power Supply Data presentation by Web Interface Interoperability overview Expandable Data Processing possibilities Dimensions and Housing
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General Features DL 16 Pro: Made for the practice

Self Diagnostic procedures Maintenance Mode for sensor check DCF77 Radio Clock onboard Discharge protection for Battery 4 high current switches to control external devices (max. 60V/10A) e.g.:
- Radio Transmitter - Sensors with high power consumption - Heating control
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Power Supply
Mains/Solar Power always included

Charger on Board Battery 7Ah as UPS Solar Lithium Battery as UPS for Clock and Memory

230 V~/115 V ~ Mains Supplys also Sensor Heating

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Web Interface Get access anytime-anywhere with your standard Internet Browser
Configuration Data transfer Data presentation Status
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Interoperability
Multiple Interfaces for Configuration and Data
Modem Slot for: -PSTN -GSM/GPRS -3G Modems RAM 8 MB LCD-Display 4 lines, 16 character Rotary Encoder USB for configuration

SD-Card (up to 8 GB) 4 COM Ports galvanic isolated 4 x RS485 or 2 x RS485 2 x RS232

Ethernet With Telnet, FTP and WEB Interface

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Expandable
add up to 9 additional Sensor Channes by Sensor Interface
two Types available: SIF001: -4 x Voltages for Radiation -2 x PT100 SIF002: -0...10V -2 x 0...1V -3 x 0...20mA -3 x PT100

COM2/COM3 RS485

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Data Indication and Processing (1)

Logger data and instantaneous values
COM Ports

Logged Data Instantaneous values

1

Software: Mevis Mevis Light Meteo Online (COM2) Displays

COM Ports

ASCII Analog Converter 4-20 mA or 0-10 V

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Data Indication and Processing (2)

PC-Software
Meteo Online Sample

Process Visual Archive

Mevis/Viewer

or Internet
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Housing (1)
Almost indestructible
Stainless Steel Jet Water proved IP65 EMC protected Everything in one box Multi purpose installation (Wall/Mast)

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Housing (2)
Dimensions

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Installation
Mast or Wall mounting

Wall mounting

Mast Diameter: 48...102mm

Mast mounting with flexible guy ropes.

Guy Ropes Mast

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