Rs232 communication – AERCO BMK 3.0 LN Nat. Gas Jan 2011 User Manual

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RS232 COMMUNICATION

(c) Menu c hanges wil l be s tored in non-

volatile memory.

9. To r edisplay th e m enu and vie w t he opt ion

which was j ust c hanged in s tep 5, enter D

and press <Rtn>.

10. To display the F ault (F) Log, Sensor (S) Log

or T ime ( T) Line Lo g, pr ess F , S or T

followed by <Rtn>. Refer to paragraph 9.4 for

descriptions and samples of these data logs.

11. To log of f and ter minate the R S232 c om-

munication link, press L followed by <Rtn>.

9.4 DATA LOGGING

During oper ation, the C- More Con trol Panel

continuously m onitors and logs data associated

with op erational e vents, f aults and s ensor

readings as sociated with the b oiler or water

heater s ystem. Des criptions of thes e d ata logs

are pr ovided in t he f ollowing par agraphs. T he

basic pr ocedure f or ac cessing each data log is

described in paragraph 9.3, step 7.

9.4.1 Fault Log

The C-More Control Panel logs the last 10 faults

(0 – 9) starting with the m ost recent (#0). T hey

can be v iewed i n the f ront pane l dis play or v ia

the RS 232 por t. T he F ault L og c annot be

cleared. If the F ault L og alr eady c ontains 10

faults, the earliest f ault is over written when a

new fault occurs. A s ample Fault Log display is

shown in Table 9-1.

NOTE:

The O peration T ime ( T) Log c an s tore

thousands of r ecords. T herefore, to vi ew

the most recently logged record, enter “T”

followed b y 0 ( zero) a nd pr ess Ent er

(i.e. T 0 <En ter>). T o vi ew earlier r ecords

in r everse c hronological or der, enter T

and press Enter. To go ba ck 200 or 1000

records, ent er T 200 or T 1000, etc . an d

press Enter.

9.4.2 Operation Time Log

The O peration T ime Log c onsists of a string of

ASCII r ecords s tored i n non-volatile m emory

within th e C- More C ontrol Panel. E vents s uch

as po wer-up, i gnition a nd tur n-off ar e tim e

stamped. Data logged while the unit is r unning

are r un-length e ncoded. Data is lo gged or the

run-length incremented every 30 seconds. For a

new r un r ecord to be logged, t he f ire r ate or

flame s trength m ust c hange b y m ore than 5%,

or the r un mode must change. At steady-state,

the run-length is allowed to reach a maximum of

30 m inutes bef ore th e r ecord is l ogged. T his

means that no more than 30 minutes of data can

be lost if the un it loses power. Table 9-2 shows

a sample Operation Time Log for a boiler:

The Operation T ime Log can only be accessed

through th e RS 232 in terface us ing a l aptop or

other t erminal d evice. Ten oper ation tim e

records ar e d isplayed f or eac h T c ommand

entry. T he op eration tim e lo g c an be c leared

ONLY by factory authorized personnel using the

Clear Log option in the Factory menu.

NOTE:

The Sensor (S) Log can store up to 1200

records. T herefore, to view th e m ost

recently logged record, enter “S” followed

by 0 ( zero) and then press Enter (i.e. S0

<Enter>). T o v iew e arlier re cords i n

reverse c hronological or der, enter S an d

press Ent er. T o go bac k 200 or 7 00

records, enter S20 0 or S700, etc . an d

press Enter.

9.4.3 Sensor Log

The s ensor valu es c an be logg ed a t a d ifferent

rate if needed by setting the Sensor Log Interval

in t he Di agnostics Me nu. T he lo g interval c an

vary from once every minute to onc e every day.

Table 9-3 shows a sample Sensor Log every 5

minutes for a boiler running in Constant Setpoint

mode.

9-2

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