- Omega Wireless Meter Scanner & Controller User's Guide

1.3 Description (continued)

DATALOGGING: The OPC Server software makes it easy to integrate the wiSeries

wireless sensor system with many popular Data Acquisition and Automation

programs offered by NEWPORT, OMEGA, Wonderware, iConics, Intellution,

Rockwell Automation, and National Instruments, among others.

PROGRAMMABLE COLOR DISPLAY: The wiSeries features patented

programmable color displays. The display can be programmed to change color at

any Setpoint or Alarm point. For example, the meter can be programmed to display

the process value in GREEN during warm-up, switching to AMBER to signal the

normal operating range, and in RED to signal an alarm condition. The changes in

color are quickly seen from a distance, and machine operators can intuitively react to

changing conditions. The colors can be programmed to change back when the value

drops back below the alarm point or to "latch" on until being reset by the operator.

The meter can also be programmed to display only one unchanging color: GREEN,

AMBER, or RED. This is a useful way to let an operator identify, at a glance,

temperature values in three separate locations, or to display three different

measurements.

The following example Figure 1.1 illustrates how you can hookup the Temperature

Wireless System to your network:

The wireless system consists of a single Meter and one or more End Devices /

Transmitters. The End Devices will send data periodically to the Meter where it serves

as a gateway between the users and the End Devices. The users can access the data

through the Meter’s web server and provided data acquisition software.

A standard web browser can be used to monitor and chart temperature. The browser

can also be used to configure the meter’s IP address, passwords for access and

overall configuration parameters.

Figure 1.1 Temperature Wireless Monitor and

Control System on the Ethernet Network

RTD TC

WIRELESS METER

(RECEIVER)

END DEVICES

(TRANSMITTERS)

COMPUTER

(Datalogging

Software)

COMPUTER

(Standard

Web Browser)

ETHERNET