® SONARtrac PROCESS MONITORING SYSTEM QUICK START GUIDE CiDRA Corpor at ion Tel: 203 265 0035 50 Barnes Park Nort h Fax: 203 294 4211 Wallingford, CT 06492 www.cidr a.
Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................1-1 1.1 Purpose ......................................................................................................................1-1 1.2 Sensor Head Description and Function......................................................................1-1 1.3 Transmitter Description and Function ........................................................................
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1 1.1 INTRODUCTION Purpose The purpose of this document is to provide an overview of the CiDRA SONARtrac system startup and operation. It is not intended to replace reading the full manual. This overview and the installation manual are intended to be general installation guides for the SONARtrac Process Monitoring Systems. They are not intended to cover the installation details for every process due to the wide variety of applications and processes on which the system can be used.
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2 2.1 TRANSMITTER LAYOUT Transmitter Illustration The following figure illustrates the SONARtrac transmitter.
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3 TRANSMITTER STARTUP AND OPERATION 3.1 Initial Start-up At initial power up the Green LED will light and the transmitter will display startup progress; load firmware into the system, load system parameters, and the heartbeat indicator will activate as the transmitter begins to collect data from the sensor head. Once startup is complete, the display will clear and begin displaying measurements. The following figure illustrates an initial system startup screen.
Key Menu Mode Operational Mode Navigation Dialog Box Editing Up Enter Menu Mode Cycle Menu Item Change current value at cursor position Exit Dialog Down Enter Menu Mode Cycle Menu Item Change current value at cursor position Exit Dialog Left Enter Menu Mode NA Change cursor position Exit Dialog Right Enter Menu Mode NA Change cursor position Exit Dialog EXIT Clears Alarm Exit Menu Exit Menu Exit Dialog BACK Enter Menu Mode Exit Menu from Main Menu or back up one level in men
• Press the ‘ENTER’ key to start the sensor test. Each of the sensors will be tested. If any sensor does not PASS, repeat the test. Individual sensor faults will be displayed on the display and along with the recommended corrective action. • Perform any recommended corrective measures and perform a Sensor Test. Repeat as necessary • Press the ‘EXIT’ key to return to ‘Operational Mode’. 3.2.1.2 Gain An electronic ‘Gain’ (amplification) is applied to the sensor outputs.
3.2.1.2.2 Check / Set Gain Check / Set Gain allows the user to check the current gain setting in the pre-amplifier and to manually set it to one of four settings 1, 4.65, 21.55, and 98.65. • Press any key except ‘EXIT’ on the keypad to enter the ‘Menu • • • • • • • • • • • • Mode’. The ‘Basic Config’ menu is displayed on Line 1 of the display. Press the ↓ key to scroll to the ‘Diagnostics’ menu on Line 1. Press the ‘ENTER’ key to access the options available under that menu.
• Press the ‘ENTER’ key to access the options available under that • • • • 3.2.1.3 menu. ‘Autoset Gain’ will appear on Line 3 of the display. Press the ↓ key to scroll to ‘Test Gain’ on Line 3 of the display. Press the ‘ENTER’ key and ‘Test Gain’ will start. Results will be shown on the display. Take appropriate action. Press the ‘EXIT’ key to return to ‘Operational Mode’.
3.2.2 Process Off-Line Some times the SONARtrac system is installed with the process offline. In this case, it is not possible to verify the proper gain setting in the transmitter. If the process is off-line (not flowing) the following system checks should be made. 3.2.2.1 Sensor Test A Sensor Test all ‘ON’ sensors. (Individual sensors may be turned off in the ‘Customize>Sensor Setup>State’ menu. Sensors should never be turned off unless directed to do so by Technical Support Personnel.
3.3 Operating Menu Setup 3.3.1 VF-100 System Initial Setup In order to conduct measurements, the ‘Basic Config’ setup must be completed. If power goes off, this setup will remain in memory and does not have to be re-entered. • Press any key except ‘EXIT’ on the keypad to enter the ‘Menu • • • • • • Mode’. When ‘Basic Config’ menu is displayed on Line 1 of the display press the ‘ENTER’ key to enter the options available under that menu. Sensor Serial #’ will appear on Line 2 of the display.
• • • • • • • Following the entering of ‘Pipe Size’ press the ‘BACK’ key and ‘→Pipe Size’ will be displayed on Line 2. At this point the user can either press the ‘ENTER’ key to re-enter the ‘Pipe Size’ menu or press the ↓ key to move to the next menu item. Pressing the ↓ key will next display ‘→Fluid Properties’ on Line 2. Press the ‘ENTER’ key and ‘→Specific Gravity’ will appear on Line 3 and the current value on Line 4.
desired format. Press the ‘ENTER’ key to set the desired date format followed by the ‘BACK’ key. • At this point ‘Basic Config’ is displayed on Line 1 of the display. The user can re-enter this menu if desired by pressing the ‘ENTER’ key or by pressing the ↑ or ↓ arrows to move to other Level 1 menus. • Press the ‘EXIT’ key to return to ‘Operational Mode’. Entry of inputs to the other Level 1 menus is by the same process as used in ‘Basic Config’. 3.3.
• The third choice on the ‘Pipe Size’ menu is ‘OD / Wall’ displayed on Line 3. Use the arrow keys (↑ and ↓ to scroll through the values and ← and → to change character) to enter the pipe inner diameter. Units can be inches or millimeters. Once all digits are entered, press the ‘ENTER’ key to save the value to memory. • Following the entering of ‘Pipe Size’ press the ‘BACK’ key and ‘→Pipe Size’ will be displayed on Line 2.
• • • • arrow keys to enter the new value. This will result in a fixed pressure being used for GVF calculations. If a Pressure Transducer will be used to input process pressure into the transmitter, it is not necessary to enter a pressure. Pressing the ↓ key will next display ‘→Temperature’ on Line 2 and the current process temperature setting on Line 4. Note: The units are user selectable as degrees C or F. To change the Line 4 value press ‘ENTER’ and use the arrow keys to enter the new value.
• Pressing the ↓ key will next display ‘→Calibration’ on Line 2. Press the ‘ENTER’ key and ‘→C0’ will appear on Line 3 and a numerical value on Line 4. Press the ‘ENTER’ key and use the arrow keys to enter the calibration factors that will accompany the sensor. Once the ‘C0’ value is entered press the ‘ENTER’ key to store that value to memory. Line 3 will show ‘→C0’; press the ↓ key to move to ‘→C1’, press ‘ENTER’, and use the arrow keys to enter ‘C1’ values.
4 HART COMMUNICATIONS 4.1 Introduction The SONARtrac transmitter implementation of HART supports HART Universal Command Revisions 5 and 6 as well as multi-drop, with a configurable Polling Address. It does not support Burst Mode at this time. The SONARtrac transmitter will appear as a GENERIC device on the HART Model 275 Handheld, for example.
4.2.2 4-20mA Transmitter and DCS Connections Connect to the appropriate terminals on the transmitter connector board. Figure 4 Transmitter Connector Board 4-20mA Connections SONARtrac transmitter (Internal 4-20mA) SONARtrac transmitter (External 4-20mA) VEXT IOUT VEXT IOUT + - + - VINT Plant DCS Figure 5 4.2.
4.2.4 HART Activity Indicator When the SONARtrac receives a valid HART message, an indicator will appear on the lower right of the SONARtrac display. This indicator will be removed if another message is not received in 10 seconds. V F T O 235 gal/min 19345 gal T SONARTRAC VF Figure 7 4.2.5 H/ Transmitter Indicator of HART Activity Transmitter Front Panel Menu Inputs The following HART options are available from the transmitter front panel. 4.2.5.
4.2.5.3 Preambles/Response Preambles The number of Preambles or Response Preambles should not need to be changed unless the 4-20mA current loop is noisy. The maximum preambles setting is 20. Figure 10 4.2.6 HART Preambles and Response Preambles Transmitter Configuration File HART Settings In addition to the transmitter front panel inputs, the following inputs can be made through one of the SONARtrac Utility Programs. 4.2.6.1 Description Any string of 16 valid HART characters.
4.2.6.9 PV Trim Value subtracted from the HART ‘Primary Variable’ (i.e. VF). 4.3 HART Troubleshooting 4.3.1 HART Master Does Not Connect to SONARtrac 4.3.1.1 The HART Activity Icon Does NOT Appear on Display • Check the Internal/External POWER SEL setting for 4-20mA CH 1. • Check that the Universal Command Rev matches the master. • Check the polling address – 0 if Point to Point, unique if multi-drop. 4.3.1.
4.4 HART Commands The following is a list of supported HART commands.
50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 79 80 81 82 83 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 Read dynamic variable assignments (4.1) Write dynamic variable assignments (4.1) Set transmitter variable zero (4.1) Write transmitter variable units (4.1) Read transmitter variable information (4.1) Write transmitter variable damping value (4.1) Write transmitter variable sensor serial number (4.1) Read unit tag, descriptor, date (5.0) Write unit tag, descriptor, date (5.
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