Ascon tecnologic H3 Line User manual

Humidity &
Temperature Transmitter
H3 Line
User Guide
M.I.U. H3 - 1/11.02
Cod. J30-478-1AH3 E

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INDEX
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Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
User Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Purpose of this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Using this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Related documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Current documentation on Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
We are interested in your comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Legal statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Validity of documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Chapter 1
Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1-1 Product description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1-2 Ordering Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1-3 Hardware configuration (1st part of the Ordering Code) . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1-3-1 Mounting type (fields A and B of the Ordering Code) . . . . . . 3
1-3-2 Probe material (field C of the Ordering Code) . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1-3-3 Sensor protection filter (field D of the Ordering Code) . . . . . 3
1-4 Output configuration (2nd part of the Ordering Code) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1-5 Accessories configuration (3rd part of the Ordering Code) . . . . . . . . . 4
1-6 Transmitter configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1-6-1 Base configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1-6-2 Advanced configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1-7 Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1-7-1 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Chapter 2
Start up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2-1 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2-1-1 Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2-2 Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2-2-1 Transmitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2-2-2 Mounting holes and mounting accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2-3 Electrical connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2-3-1 Version with internal removable spring terminals
and M16 conduits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2-3-2 Version with 5 pole M12 connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 3
Basic Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3-1 Transmitter functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3-1-1 Data acquired from the Humi-Chip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3-1-2 Data displayed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Index (continued)
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Chapter 4
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4-1 Cleaning/replacing the dust filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4-2 Replacement of the “Humi-Chip” module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Chapter 5
Advanced functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
5-1 Analogue Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
5-2 Serial Port Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
5-3 Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5-4 Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5-4-1 “Humi-Chip” sensor calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5-4-2 Sensor replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
5-5 Date and Time format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
5-6 Advanced display configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Chapter 6
The Modbus Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
6-1 Communications Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
6-2 Modbus Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
6-3 Common Registers and Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
6-3-1 MODBUS Exception Responses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
6-3-2 Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
6-4 Discrete data (input and coils) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
6-5 Data registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
6-5-1 Variables and Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
6-5-2 Identity Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
6-5-3 Command registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
6-5-4 Retentive registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
6-5-5 Configuration registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
6-5-6 Diagnostic registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Chapter 7
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
7-1 Program commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
7-1-1 Cmd_Res . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
7-1-2 Cmd_calsens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
7-1-3 Cmd_cngsens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
7-2 System Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
7-2-1 Calibration Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
7-2-2 Operating System Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Chapter 8
Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
8-1 Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
8-1-1 Modbus Setting Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
8-1-2 Temperature Engineering Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
8-1-3 Decimal digits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
8-1-4 Analogue Output Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
8-1-5 Input Source for Analogue Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
8-1-6 Humidity and Temperture Offset Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Index (continued)
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Chapter 9
Configuration Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
9-1 System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
9-2 Installing the configuration software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
9-3 Using the configuration software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
9-3-1 Configuration software settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
9-3-2 Storing the screen settings into the instrument transmitter . 34
9-3-3 Storing the screen settings as a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
9-3-4 Recalling a previously stored file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
9-3-5 Printing the configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
9-3-6 Trend Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Appendix A
Modbus Address Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Appendix B
Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
B-1 Technical characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Appendix C
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
C-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
C-1-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Appendix D
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Index (continued)
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vii
Preface
In order to guarantee the safe use of your device, we recommend that you read
this manual carefully. The following notes give you information on how to use
this manual.
User Requirements vii
Purpose of this manual vii
Using this manual viii
Getting started viii
Current documentation on Internet ix
We are interested in your comments ix
Legal statement ix
Validity of documentation ix
User Requirements
The products described in this manual should be installed, operated and
maintained only by qualified application programmers and software engineers,
electricians or persons instructed by them, who are familiar with automation
safety concepts and applicable national standards.
Ascon Tecnologic Srl assumes no liability for damage to any product resulting
from the disregard of information contained in this manual.
Purpose of this manual
This manual contains the information necessary to understand and to configure
the H3 line Humidity and Temperature transmitter.
This manual is written on the assumption that the reader possesses basic
knowledge of Fieldbus techniques, in particular for Modbus. Use this manual if
you are responsible for configuring and installing Ascon Tecnologic modules
with Modbus interface.

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Using this manual
Specifications within the text of this manual are given in the International System
of Units (SI), with non SI equivalents in parentheses.
Fully capitalized words within the text indicate markings found on the equipment.
Words in bold style within the text indicate markings found in the Configuration Tools.
Warnings, Cautions and Notes are used to emphasize critical instructions:
DANGER!
Indicates an imminently hazardous situation which, if not avoided, will result in
death or serious injury.
WARNING
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in
death or serious injury.
Caution
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may result in
minor or moderate injury, or property damage.
Note: Highlights important information about an operating procedure or the equipment.
For ease of looking for specific information in this manual, we have provided the
following:
• A main table of contents covering all subject matter is provided at the
front of this manual.
• A table of contents covering information within a section or an appendix is
provided at the front of the individual section or appendix.
• Appendices covering specific topics are provided following the last sec-
tion in the manual.
- MODBUS Addresses Map;
- Suggestions and examples;
- Definitions, symbols and conversion tables.
Getting started
In the first section you are introduced to Ascon Tecnologic modules basics. The
following sections contain general information that applies to all modules or
module groups of the series. Topics are for example:
• Overview of the product;
• Terminal installation and wiring;
• Common technical data.

Preface
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Related documents
For additional information regarding MODBUS in general, refer to the documents
issued by the respective Users Organisations.
If you need specific information on an Ascon Tecnologic, refer to the specific data sheet.
Current documentation on Internet
Make sure you are always working with the latest documentation published. The
latest changes or additional information can be found on the Internet at:
http://www.ascon.it
http://www.asconcorp.com
Ascon Tecnologic Products pages are to be updated frequently. It is possible
therefore that the Data Sheets published on the Internet would have a publishing
date more recent than the date of this manual.
We are interested in your comments
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Nevertheless errors and omissions are always possible. If you have suggestions
or indications about the content or the form of this manual,
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Validity of documentation
This manual mainly contains the description of H3 line Humidity and Temperature
transmitter that was available when this manual was published.
Ascon Tecnologic srl reserves the right to make any technical extension and
change to the equipment that would serve the purpose of technical progress. Up
to the time that a new manual revision is published, any update or change will be
documented on the Internet at:
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