Document Outline

• Revision and Copyright Information
• Warranty
• Assistance
• Table of Contents
• Section 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 CR200(X) series Datalogger Models
• Section 2. Quickstart Tutorial
  • 2.1 Primer - CR200(X) Data Acquisition
    • 2.1.1 Components of a Data Acquisition System
      • 2.1.1.1 How Programmed Instructions Are Evaluated
      • 2.1.1.2 Sensors
      • 2.1.1.3 Datalogger
      • 2.1.1.4 Data Retrieval
    • 2.1.2 CR200(X) Mounting
    • 2.1.3 Wiring Panel
    • 2.1.4 Battery Backup
    • 2.1.5 Power Supply
    • 2.1.6 Antenna
    • 2.1.7 Analog Sensors
    • 2.1.8 Bridge Sensors
      • 2.1.8.1 Voltage Excitation
    • 2.1.9 Pulse Sensors
    • 2.1.10 Digital I/O Ports
    • 2.1.11 RS-232 Sensors
  • 2.2 Hands-on Exercise - Measuring Temperature
    • 2.2.1 Hardware Setup
    • 2.2.2 Configuration
    • 2.2.3 PC200W Software Setup
      • 2.2.3.1 Programming With Short Cut
        • 2.2.3.1.1 Short Cut Programming Objectives
        • 2.2.3.1.2 Procedure (Short Cut Steps 1–6)
        • 2.2.3.1.3 Procedure (Short Cut Steps 7–9)
        • 2.2.3.1.4 Procedure (Short Cut Step 10)
        • 2.2.3.1.5 Procedure (Short Cut Step 11)
        • 2.2.3.1.6 Procedure (Short Cut Steps 12 –18)
        • 2.2.3.1.7 Procedure (Short Cut Step 19)
        • 2.2.3.1.8 Procedure (Short Cut Step 20)
      • 2.2.3.2 Programming the CR200(X) and Collecting Data
        • 2.2.3.2.1 Procedure (PC200W Step 1)
        • 2.2.3.2.2 Procedure (PC200W Steps 2–4)
        • 2.2.3.2.3 Procedure (PC200W Step 5)
        • 2.2.3.2.4 Procedure (PC200W Step 6)
        • 2.2.3.2.5 Procedure (PC200W Steps 7–9)
        • 2.2.3.2.6 Procedure (PC200W Step 10)
        • 2.2.3.2.7 Procedure (PC200W Step 11)
        • 2.2.3.2.8 Procedure (PC200W Step 12)
• Section 3. Overview
  • 3.1 CR200(X) Overview
    • 3.1.1 Programmed Instructions Are Evaluated Sequentially
    • 3.1.2 Sensor Support
    • 3.1.3 Input / Output Interface: The Wiring Panel
      • 3.1.3.1 Measurement Inputs
      • 3.1.3.2 Voltage Outputs
      • 3.1.3.3 Grounding Terminals
      • 3.1.3.4 Power Terminals
      • 3.1.3.5 Communications Ports
    • 3.1.4 Power Requirements
    • 3.1.5 Programming: Firmware and User Programs
      • 3.1.5.1 Firmware: OS and Settings
      • 3.1.5.2 User Programming
    • 3.1.6 Memory and Data Storage
    • 3.1.7 Communications Overview
      • 3.1.7.1 PakBus
      • 3.1.7.2 Modbus
    • 3.1.8 Maintenance Overview
      • 3.1.8.1 Protection from Water
      • 3.1.8.2 Protection from Voltage Transients
      • 3.1.8.3 Calibration
      • 3.1.8.4 Replacing the Internal Battery
  • 3.2 PC Support Software
  • 3.3 Specifications
• Section 4. Sensor Support
  • 4.1 Powering Sensors
    • 4.1.1 Switched Precision
    • 4.1.2 Continuous Unregulated (Nominal 12 Volt)
    • 4.1.3 Switched Unregulated (Nominal 12 Volt)
  • 4.2 Voltage Measurement
    • 4.2.1 Measurement Sequence
    • 4.2.2 Measurement Accuracy
    • 4.2.3 Voltage Range
    • 4.2.4 Integration
    • 4.2.5 Self-Calibration
  • 4.3 Bridge Resistance Measurements
    • 4.3.1 Measurements Requiring AC Excitation
  • 4.4 Pulse Count Measurement
    • 4.4.1 Pulse input Channels
      • 4.4.1.1 Pulse Input (P_SW)
      • 4.4.1.2 Low-Level AC (P_LL)
    • 4.4.2 Pulse Input on Digital I/O Channels C1–C2
  • 4.5 Period Averaging Measurements
  • 4.6 SDI-12 Recording
  • 4.7 Cabling Effects on Measurements
    • 4.7.1 Analog Sensor Cables
    • 4.7.2 Pulse Sensors
    • 4.7.3 Serial Sensors
      • 4.7.3.1 SDI-12 Sensors
• Section 5. Measurement and Control Peripherals
  • 5.1 Control Output
    • 5.1.1 Binary Control
      • 5.1.1.1 Digital I/O Ports
      • 5.1.1.2 Switched 12 V Control
      • 5.1.1.3 Relays and Relay Drivers
      • 5.1.1.4 Component Built Relays
  • 5.2 Other Peripherals
    • 5.2.1 TIMs
• Section 6. CR200(X) Power Supply
  • 6.1 Power Requirement
  • 6.2 Calculating Power Consumption
  • 6.3 Power Supplies
    • 6.3.1 Battery Connection
• Section 7. Grounding
  • 7.1 ESD Protection
    • 7.1.1 Lightning Protection
  • 7.2 Single-Ended Measurement Reference
• Section 8. CR200(X) Configuration
  • 8.1 DevConfig
  • 8.2 Sending the Operating System
    • 8.2.1 Sending OS with DevConfig
  • 8.3 Settings
    • 8.3.1 Settings via DevConfig
      • 8.3.1.1 Deployment Tab
      • 8.3.1.2 Logger Control Tab
    • 8.3.2 Settings via CRBASIC
    • 8.3.3 Settings via Terminal Emulator
    • 8.3.4 Durable Settings
• Section 9. Programming
  • 9.1 Inserting Comments into Program
  • 9.2 Sending Programs
  • 9.3 Writing Programs
    • 9.3.1 Short Cut Editor and Program Generator
    • 9.3.2 CRBASIC Editor
  • 9.4 Numerical Formats
  • 9.5 Structure
  • 9.6 Declarations I - Single-line Declarations
    • 9.6.1 Variables
      • 9.6.1.1 Arrays
      • 9.6.1.2 Dimensions
      • 9.6.1.3 Data Types
      • 9.6.1.4 Flags
    • 9.6.2 Constants
      • 9.6.2.1 Predefined Constants
    • 9.6.3 Alias and Unit Declarations
  • 9.7 Declarations II - Declared Sequences
    • 9.7.1 Data Tables
      • 9.7.1.1 DataTable () and EndTable () Instructions
      • 9.7.1.2 DataInterval () Instruction
      • 9.7.1.3 Output Processing Instructions
    • 9.7.2 Subroutines
  • 9.8 Program Execution Timing
  • 9.9 Instructions
    • 9.9.1 Measurement and Data Storage Processing
    • 9.9.2 Parameter Types
    • 9.9.3 Names in Parameters
    • 9.9.4 Expressions in Parameters
    • 9.9.5 Arrays of Multipliers and Offsets
  • 9.10 Expressions
    • 9.10.1 Floating Point Arithmetic
    • 9.10.2 Mathematical Operations
    • 9.10.3 Logical Expressions
  • 9.11 Program Access to Data Tables
• Section 10. CRBASIC Programming Instructions
  • 10.1 Program Declarations
    • 10.1.1 Variable Declarations & Modifiers
    • 10.1.2 Constant Declarations
  • 10.2 Data Table Declarations
    • 10.2.1 Data Table Modifiers
    • 10.2.2 Data Storage Output Processing
      • 10.2.2.1 Single-Source
      • 10.2.2.2 Multiple-Source
  • 10.3 Single Execution at Compile
  • 10.4 Program Control Instructions
    • 10.4.1 Common Controls
  • 10.5 Measurement Instructions
    • 10.5.1 Diagnostics
    • 10.5.2 Voltage
    • 10.5.3 Pulse
    • 10.5.4 Digital I/O
    • 10.5.5 SDI-12
  • 10.6 Processing and Math Instructions
    • 10.6.1 Mathematical Operators
    • 10.6.2 Logical Operators
    • 10.6.3 Trigonometric Functions
      • 10.6.3.1 Derived Functions
      • 10.6.3.2 Intrinsic Functions
    • 10.6.4 Arithmetic Functions
    • 10.6.5 Spatial Processing
    • 10.6.6 Other Functions
  • 10.7 Clock Functions
  • 10.8 Serial Input / Output
  • 10.9 Peer-to-Peer PakBus Communications
  • 10.10 Data Table Access and Management
  • 10.11 SCADA
  • 10.12 Satellite Systems Programming
    • 10.12.1 GOES
• Section 11. Programming Resource Library
  • 11.1 Remote Sensor Interface
  • 11.2 Radio Power Minimization
  • 11.3 Multiple Switch Closure Measurements
  • 11.4 SDI-12 Sensor Support
    • 11.4.1 SDI-12 Command Basics
      • 11.4.1.1 Addressing
        • 11.4.1.1.1 Address Query Command (?!)
        • 11.4.1.1.2 Change Address Command (aAb!)
        • 11.4.1.1.3 Send Identification Command (aI!)
      • 11.4.1.2 Start Measurement Commands (aM! & aC!)
        • 11.4.1.2.1 Start Measurement Command (aMv!)
        • 11.4.1.2.2 Start Concurrent Measurement Command (aC!)
        • 11.4.1.2.3 Aborting a Measurement Command
      • 11.4.1.3 Send Data Commands (aDv! & aRv!)
        • 11.4.1.3.1 Send Data Command (aDv!)
        • 11.4.1.3.2 Continuous Measurements Command (aRv!)
    • 11.4.2 SDI-12 Communications
      • 11.4.2.1 SDI-12 Transparent Mode
      • 11.4.2.2 SDI-12 Programmed Mode
    • 11.4.3 SDI-12 Power Considerations
  • 11.5 Wind Vector
    • 11.5.1 OutputOpt Parameters
    • 11.5.2 Wind Vector Processing
      • 11.5.2.1 Measured Raw Data
      • 11.5.2.2 Calculations
        • 11.5.2.2.1 Input Sample Vectors
        • 11.5.2.2.2 Mean Wind Vector
  • 11.6 TrigVar and DisableVar - Controlling Data Output and Output Processing
  • 11.7 Multiple Data Intervals in Data Tables
• Section 12. Memory and Data Storage
  • 12.1 Data Storage
    • 12.1.1 Data Table Storage
  • 12.2 Memory Conservation
  • 12.3 Memory Reset
    • 12.3.1 Full Memory Reset
    • 12.3.2 Program Send Reset
    • 12.3.3 Manual Data Table Reset
• Section 13. Telecommunications and Data Retrieval
  • 13.1 Hardware and Carrier Signal
  • 13.2 Protocols
  • 13.3 Initiating Telecommunications
  • 13.4 Data Retrieval
    • 13.4.1 Via Telecommunications
    • 13.4.2 Data Format on Computer
• Section 14. PakBus Overview
  • 14.1 PakBus Addresses
  • 14.2 Nodes: Leaf Nodes and Routers
  • 14.3 Router and Leaf Node Configuration
  • 14.4 Linking Nodes: Neighbor Discovery
    • 14.4.1 Hello-message (two-way exchange)
    • 14.4.2 Beacon (one-way broadcast)
    • 14.4.3 Hello-request (one-way broadcast)
    • 14.4.4 Neighbor Lists
    • 14.4.5 Adjusting Links
    • 14.4.6 Maintaining Links
  • 14.5 Troubleshooting
    • 14.5.1 Link Integrity
      • 14.5.1.1 Automatic Packet Size Adjustment
    • 14.5.2 Ping
    • 14.5.3 Traffic Flow
  • 14.6 LoggerNet Device Map Configuration
• Section 15. Alternate Telecoms Resource Library
  • 15.1 Modbus
    • 15.1.1 Overview
    • 15.1.2 Terminology
      • 15.1.2.1 Glossary of Terms
    • 15.1.3 Programming for Modbus
      • 15.1.3.1 Declarations
      • 15.1.3.2 CRBASIC Instructions - Modbus
      • 15.1.3.3 Addressing (ModbusAddr)
      • 15.1.3.4 Supported Function Codes (Function)
      • 15.1.3.5 Reading Inverse Format Registers
    • 15.1.4 Troubleshooting
• Section 16. Support Software
  • 16.1 Short Cut
  • 16.2 PC200W
  • 16.3 Visual Weather
  • 16.4 PC400
  • 16.5 RTDAQ
  • 16.6 LoggerNet Suite
  • 16.7 PDA Software
  • 16.8 Network Planner
• Section 17. Care and Maintenance
  • 17.1 Temperature Range
  • 17.2 Moisture Protection
  • 17.3 Enclosures
  • 17.4 Replacing the Internal Battery
• Section 18. Troubleshooting
  • 18.1 Programming
    • 18.1.1.1 Status Table as Debug Resource
    • 18.1.1.2 SkippedScan
    • 18.1.1.3 VarOutOfBounds
    • 18.1.1.4 WatchdogErrors
    • 18.1.1.5 TrapCode
    • 18.1.1.6 Compile and Download Errors
    • 18.1.2 NAN and ±INF
      • 18.1.2.1 Measurements and NAN
        • 18.1.2.1.1 Voltage Measurements
        • 18.1.2.1.2 SDI-12 Measurements
      • 18.1.2.2 Floating Point Math, NAN, and ±INF
  • 18.2 Communications
    • 18.2.1 RS-232
    • 18.2.2 Communicating with Multiple PC Programs
  • 18.3 Power Supply
    • 18.3.1 Overview
    • 18.3.2 Troubleshooting at a Glance
    • 18.3.3 Diagnosis and Fix Procedures
      • 18.3.3.1 Battery Voltage Test
      • 18.3.3.2 Charging Circuit Test - Solar Panel
      • 18.3.3.3 Charging Circuit Test - Transformer
      • 18.3.3.4 Adjusting Charging Circuit Voltage
• Appendix A. Glossary
  • A.1 Terms
  • A.2 Concepts
    • A.2.1 Accuracy, Precision, and Resolution
• Appendix B. Status Table and Settings
• Appendix C. Serial Port Pin Outs
  • C.1 RS-232 Communications Port
    • C.1.1 Pin-Out
• Appendix D. ASCII / ANSI Table
• Appendix E. Antenna Usage and Compliance
  • E.1 Use of Antenna with CR200(X)
  • E.2 Part 15 FCC Compliance Warning
    • E.2.1 Use of Approved Antennas
• Index
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