Aanderaa 4117 User manual

TD 302 OPERATING MANUAL
PRESSURE SENSOR 4117/4117R
TIDE SENSOR 5217/5217R
WAVE & TIDE SENSOR 5217/5217R
January 2014
PRESSURE SENSOR 4117/4117R
TIDE SENSOR 5217/5217R
WAVE AND TIDE SENSOR 5218/5218R

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1st Edition 30 June 2013 Preliminary
2nd Edition 05 September 2003 New version including general updates in text. Rebranded, Frame
Work 3 update, please refer Product change notification AADI
Document ID:DA-50009-01, Date: 09 December 2011
(ref Appendix 6 ).
3rd Edition 14 January 2014 New property “Installation Depth” added for Tide sensors,
effective version 8.1.1
© Copyright: Aanderaa Data Instruments AS

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Table of Contents
Introduction .............................................................................................................................................................. 6
Purpose and scope................................................................................................................................................ 6
Document overview.............................................................................................................................................. 6
Applicable documents .......................................................................................................................................... 7
Abbreviations........................................................................................................................................................ 7
CHAPTER 1 Short description and specifications...................................................................................................... 8
1.1 Pin Configuration.......................................................................................................................................... 10
1.2 Pressure measurements for sensors 4117/4117R, 5217/5217R, 5218/5218R............................................ 11
1.3 Tide measurements for sensors 5217/5217R, 5218/5218R ........................................................................ 11
1.4 Wave measurements for sensor 5218/5218R ............................................................................................. 12
1.5 User accessible sensor properties................................................................................................................ 14
1.5.1 Sensor properties for Pressure sensor 4117/4117R ............................................................................ 14
1.5.2 Additional sensor properties for Tide Sensor 5217/5217R.................................................................. 16
1.5.3 Additional sensor properties for Wave and Tide Sensor 5218/5218R................................................. 17
1.6 Specifications ............................................................................................................................................... 17
1.7 Manufacturing and Quality Control ............................................................................................................. 18
CHAPTER 2 Measurement Principles and Parameters ........................................................................................... 19
2.1 Sensor Integrated Firmware......................................................................................................................... 19
2.2 Calculated parameters ................................................................................................................................. 20
2.3 Status codes ................................................................................................................................................. 21
2.4 Startup delay for calculated wave and tide parameters.............................................................................. 22
CHAPTER 3 Current drain........................................................................................................................................ 23
3.1 Pressure sensor 4117/4117R ....................................................................................................................... 23
3.2 Tide sensor 5217/5217R .............................................................................................................................. 24
3.3 Wave and Tide sensor 5218/5218R ............................................................................................................. 25
CHAPTER 4 Installation and deployment considerations ....................................................................................... 26
CHAPTER 5 Installation on SeaGuard ..................................................................................................................... 27
5.1 Installation on SeaGuard platform............................................................................................................... 27
5.2 Sensor Cable................................................................................................................................................. 29
5.3 Sensor Configuration Pressure sensor 4117 ................................................................................................ 29
5.3.1 System Configuration ........................................................................................................................... 29
5.3.2 Deployment Settings ............................................................................................................................ 30
5.3.3 User maintenance ................................................................................................................................ 30
5.4 Sensor Configuration Tide sensor 5217 ....................................................................................................... 32

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5.4.1 System configuration............................................................................................................................ 32
5.4.2 Deployment settings ............................................................................................................................ 33
5.4.3 User maintenance ................................................................................................................................ 33
5.5 Sensor Configuration Wave and Tide sensor 5218 ...................................................................................... 34
5.5.1 System configuration............................................................................................................................ 34
5.5.2 Deployment settings ............................................................................................................................ 35
5.5.3 User Maintenance ................................................................................................................................ 35
CHAPTER 6 Sensor configuration using AADI Real-Time Collector......................................................................... 38
CHAPTER 7 Connection to PC ................................................................................................................................. 42
7.1 Operation mode: AiCaP and Smart Sensor Terminal ................................................................................... 43
7.1.1 AiCaP sensors........................................................................................................................................ 43
7.1.2 R-version sensors.................................................................................................................................. 44
7.1.3 RS-422 transmission line ...................................................................................................................... 44
7.1.4 Polled mode.......................................................................................................................................... 45
7.1.5 Description of user configurable properties ........................................................................................ 46
7.1.6 Additional configuration of the Tide Sensor and Wave and Tide Sensor............................................. 47
7.2 Smart Sensor Terminal communication setup............................................................................................. 48
7.2.1 Polled Mode: ........................................................................................................................................ 48
7.2.2 Sensor startup ...................................................................................................................................... 48
7.2.3 Smart Sensor Terminal protocol........................................................................................................... 49
7.2.4 Passkey for write protection ................................................................................................................ 50
7.2.5 Save and Reset...................................................................................................................................... 51
7.2.6 Available commands............................................................................................................................. 52
7.2.7 The Get command ................................................................................................................................ 53
7.2.8 The Set command................................................................................................................................. 53
7.2.9 Formatting the output string................................................................................................................ 54
7.2.10 XML commands.................................................................................................................................. 55
7.3 Examples of Smart Sensor Terminal communication .................................................................................. 55
7.4 Scripting -sending a string of commands ..................................................................................................... 56
CHAPTER 8 Quality assurance, maintenance, calibration ...................................................................................... 57
8.1 Maintenance ................................................................................................................................................ 57
8.1.1 Maintenance procedure prior to every deployment ........................................................................... 57
8.2 Calibration .................................................................................................................................................... 57
8.3 Example of Test & Specification sheet and Calibration certificate .............................................................. 58
Appendix 1 Mechanical design of the sensors........................................................................................................ 60
Appendix 2 Sensor construction ............................................................................................................................. 61

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Appendix 3 Calculating engineering values from raw data .................................................................................... 62
Appendix 4: Calculations of wave parameters (5218/5218R) ................................................................................ 64
Appendix 5 Illustations............................................................................................................................................ 73
Appendix 6 Product change notification: Frame Work3 ........................................................................................ 78

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Introduction
Purpose and scope
This document is intended to give the reader knowledge of how to operate and maintain the Aanderaa Pressure
Sensor 4117/4117R, Tide Sensor 5217/5217R and Wave and Tide Sensor 5218/5218R. These sensors are
described in a single manual since the measurement principle and the sensor housing is the same for all sensors.
Tide Sensor 5217 and Wave and Tide Sensor 5218 have extended capabilities compared to Pressure Sensor
4117.
It also aims to give insight into how the sensor works and how the pressure measurement can be converted to
depth.
With this revision Aanderaa is releasing a new firmware version to accommodate higher security and future
expansion. Both the Smart Sensor Terminal and the AADI Real Time protocols are updated in this version of the
Smart Sensor firmware.
AADI Smart Sensors utilize common communication protocols at the RS-232 and RS-422 interface where the
Smart Sensor Terminal protocol is a simple ASCII command string based protocol and the AADI Real Time is an
XML based protocol. The common updates of these protocols are called framework 3, and is released August
2012 for most of the AADI smart sensors. (See Appendix 6 )
Pressure Sensor 4117, Tide Sensor 5217 and Wave & Tide Sensor 5218 is designed to fit directly on the top-end
plate of SeaGuard or in a string system connected to SmartGuard or SeaGuard String logger using AiCaP. The
sensor can also be used as stand-alone sensor using RS-232. Pressure Sensor 4117R, Tide Sensor 5217R and
Wave & Tide Sensor 5218R are only RS-422 output and are intended for stand-alone use with longer cables than
can be used with the RS-232 version.
Document overview
Chapter 1 Short description of the sensors and lists the sensor properties
Chapter 2 Describes the measurement principles and the sensor output parameters
Chapter 3 Equations for calculating the sensor power consumption
Chapter 4 Common sensor installation and usage considerations
Chapter 5 SeaGuard applications; how to install and perform sensor configuration
Chapter 6 Sensor configuration using AADI Real-time Collector
Chapter 7 Procedure for Smart Sensor Terminal communication setup
Chapter 8 Recommended maintenance procedures and sensor calibration
Appendix 1 Mechanical design of the sensor
Appendix 2 Construction of the sensor
Appendix 3 How to calculate engineering data from measured raw data
Appendix 4 Wave Theory Primer regarding how wave parameters are calculated in the sensor
Appendix 5 Sensor power and communication cables
Appendix 6 Product Change Notification: Framework 3

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Applicable documents
DID 50388 Assembly Drawing
V-8700 Sensor Cable 3855, Sensor to PC, Rs-232, laboratory use
V10501 Sensor Cable 4865, Sensor to PC, RS-232, field use
V-10488 Sensor Cable 4799, Sensor to PC, RS-422, field use
V-10331 Sensor Cable 4762, Sensor to free end, RS-232
V-10328 Sensor Cable 4763, Sensor to free end, RS-422
V-10388 Sensor Cable 4793, for remote sensor used on SeaGuard
Form 764 Test & Specification Sheet for 4117/4117R, 5217/5217R, 5218/5218R
Form 765 Calibration Certificate for 4117/4117R, 5217/5217R, 5218/5218R
D362 Data Sheet for Pressure Sensor 4117/4117R
D405 Data Sheet for Tide Sensor 5217/5217R
D407 Data Sheet for Wave and Tide Sensor 5218/5218R
TD 277 Calculation of current drain for the Pressure Sensor, Tide Sensor and Wave and Tide
Sensor.
Abbreviations
ADC
Analog to Digital Converter
AiCaP
Aanderaa Protocol: Automated idle Line CANbus Protocol
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
CAN
Controller Area Network - sometimes referred to as CANbus
DSP
Digital Signal Processor
EPROM
Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
HCL
Hydrochloric acid (Muriatic acid)
MSB
Most significant bit
RTC
Real Time Clock
UART
Universal Asynchronous Receiver and Transmitter
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
USB
Universal Serial Bus
WTS
Wave and Tide Sensor

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CHAPTER 1 Short description and specifications
In most measuring systems used in the sea, pressure is a vital parameter to derive other parameters like the
water density and the speed of sound. For deep water moorings the pressure can be used to determine the
actual depth of the instrument. For fixed installations on the seabed the pressure can be used for deriving the
water level and wave parameters.
The Pressure sensor, Tide sensor and the Wave and Tide sensor are compact yet intelligent sensors designed for
use on Aanderaa SeaGuard and SmartGuard as well as in other measuring systems. These sensors measure the
absolute pressure based on a silicon piezoresistive bridge. The pressure measurements are sampled and
temperature compensated by an advanced Digital Signal Processor. A temperature thermistor is located next to
the pressure bridge, Figure 1-1.
Since all calibration and raw data are stored inside the sensor, the parameters can be presented directly in
engineering units without any external calculations.
The output formats of the 4117, 5217, and 5218 are AiCaP and RS-232, while the output format of the 4117R,
5217R, and 5218R are RS-422. The sensors can be used in polled operation when set to Smart Sensor Terminal
mode.
The 4117, 5217, and 5218 version fits directly on to the top end plate of Aanderaa SeaGuard Platform. The
sensor is then used in AiCaP mode. When used with SmartGuard both AiCaP and RS-232 mode can be used. The
sensors may also be used as a stand-alone RS-232 sensor for other applications.
The R-versions (4117R, 5217R, and 5218R) cannot be used on a SeaGuard platform. This sensor is for use with
SmartGuard or as stand-alone RS-422 sensor on longer cables.
The first letter in the product number gives the maximum deployment depth for the sensor, refer datasheet for
more info.
IMPORTANT!
A 4117, 5217, and 5218 sensor cannot be made into an R-version, and a 4117R, 5217R, and 5218R sensor
cannot be made into a AiCaP or RS-232 sensor after delivery.

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Figure 1-1 Illustration of sensor
Figure 1-2 Pin Configuration for 4117, 5217 and 5218 with AiCaP and RS-232
Figure 1-3 Pin Configuration for 4117R, 5217R and 5218R with RS-422

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1.1 Pin Configuration
The Pressure Sensor 4117,Tide Sensor 5217 and Wave & Tide Sensor 5218 pin configuration is given in Figure
1-2. Pressure Sensor 4117R, Tide Sensor 5217R and Wave & Tide Sensor 5218R pin configuration is given in
Figure 1-3. A description of the receptacle notation is given in Table 1–1.
Table 1-1 Description of the Pin Configuration
Signal Description
CAN_H CANbus line (dominant high)
NCG Node Communication Ground
NCR Node Communication Request
Gnd Ground
Positive supply 6-14V positive supply.
NCE Node Communication Enable
BOOT_EN Boot Load Enable (do not connect)
CAN_L CANbus line (dominant low)
RS-232 RXD RS-232 Receive line
RS-232 TXD RS-232 Transmit line
RS-422 TXD+ RS-422 Transmit signal+ (non-inverting output)
RS-422 TXD- RS-422 Transmit signal- (inverting output)
RS-422 RXD+ RS-422 Receive signal+ (non-inverting input)
RS-422 RXD- RS-422 Receive signal- (inverting output)
DNC Do Not Connect