GDS C64 PROTECTOR Manual

GDS Corp.
2513 Hwy 646 Santa Fe, Texas 77510 Ph [phone] Fax [phone]
[email protected] www.gdscorp.com
Operation & Maintenance Manual
MODEL C64
PROTECTOR
Display & Alarm
Controller
Firmware V2.0 & above
Warning: Read & understand contents of this manual prior to operation.
Failure to do so could result in serious injur or death.

GDS Corp.
2513 Hwy 646 Santa Fe, Texas 77510 Ph [phone] Fax [phone]
[email protected]m www.gdscorp.com
REVISION HISTORY
Revision 2.0a 5/15/2013 Update Section 2, 3, 6 and add Revision Histor page
© 2013 GDS Corp
All Rights Reserved
Specifications and features subject to change without notice.
For more information contact GDS Corp at [phone] or email us at [e-mail]

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SECTION 1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION.............................................................2
1.1 IMPORTANT SAFETY ISSUES .........................................................................1
1.2 GENERAL DESCRIPTION.................................................................................2
1.3 DATA DISPLAY SCREENS...............................................................................3
1.3.1 MAIN DATA SCREEN 3
1.3.2 24 HOUR TREND SCREEN 5
1.3.3 BAR GRAPHS SCREEN 6
1.3.4 COMBINATION SCREEN 7
1.3.5 ZONE SCREEN 8
1.4 SPECIFICATIONS .............................................................................................9
1.4.1 DC POWER SUPPLY REQUIREMENTS 9
1.4.1.1 600 WATT AC – 24VDC POWER SUPPLY 9
1.4.1.2 150 WATT AC – 24VDC POWER SUPPLY 9
1.4.1.3 RELAYS 10
1.4.2 AMBIENT TEMPERATURE RANGE 10
1.4.3 HUMIDITY RANGE 10
1.4.4 ALTITUDE 10
1.4.5 HOUSINGS 10
1.4.6 NON-INTRUSIVE MAGNETIC KEYPAD 10
1.4.7 APPROVALS 11
SECTION 2 BASIC OPERATION ....................................................................12
2.1 MAIN MENU CONFIGURATION......................................................................12
2.2 CHANGING MENU VARIABLES USING THE KEYPAD .................................20
2.3 ALARM OUTPUTS ..........................................................................................20
2.3.1 STANDARD RELAY 1, 2, AND 3 22
2.3.1.1 A1 A2 & A3 VOTES REQUIRED 22
2.3.1.2 ACKNOWLEDGE 22
2.3.1.3 FAILSAFE 22
2.3.1.4 ZONE 1-8 23
2.3.1.5 OVERRIDE CHANNELS 1-8 23
2.3.2 HORN/PIEZO 23
2.3.2.1 A1 A2 & A3 23
2.3.2.2 ACKNOWLEDGE 24
2.3.2.3 FAILSAFE 24
2.3.2.4 PIEZO ALARM 24
2.3.3 DISCRETE RELAY 24
2.3.4 PROGRAMMABLE RELAY 25
2.4 CHANNEL CONFIGURATION ENTRY MENU.................................................25
2.4.1 CHANNEL CONFIGURATION MENUS 26
2.4.2 ALARM 1 / ALARM 2 / ALARM 3 MENU 27
2.4.2.1 SETPOINT 27
2.4.2.2 LATCHING 27
2.4.2.3 TRIP ON 27
2.4.2.4 ON/OFF DELAYS 27
2.4.2.5 HORN ON 27
2.4.2.6 COLOR 28
2.4.2.7 ENABLED 28

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2.4.3 FAULT ALARM MENU 28
2.4.4 DATA FROM MENU TO SET INPUT SOURCE 28
2.4.4.1 SOURCE 29
2.4.4.2 MIN RAW & MAX RAW 29
2.4.4.3 FILTER SAMPLE COUNT 30
2.4.4.4 LOCAL CAL 30
2.4.4.5 MARKER MENU 31
2.4.4.6 REMOTE ID 32
2.4.4.7 ALIAS 32
2.4.4.8 INTERFACE 32
2.4.4.9 SLAVE BYTE ORDER 32
2.4.5 LINEARIZE 33
2.4.6 CONFIGURE MENU 33
2.4.6.1 INFO / MEASUREMENT NAME 34
2.4.6.2 ZERO / SPAN 34
2.4.6.3 DECIMAL POINTS 34
2.4.6.4 CHANNEL ON? 34
2.4.6.5 ZONE 34
2.4.6.6 DEADBAND 35
2.4.6.7 COPY TO CHANNEL 35
2.4.6.8 COPY TO GROUP 35
2.4.6.9 RESTORE CH. DEFAULTS 35
2.5 COMMUNICATION SETTINGS MENU ............................................................36
2.5.1 COM 1-4 SETTINGS 37
2.5.1.1 FUNCTION 37
2.5.1.2 BAUDRATE 38
2.5.1.3 PARITY 38
2.5.1.4 TIMEOUT 38
2.5.1.5 POLL DELAY 38
2.5.1.6 SYMPATHY ENABLED 38
2.5.1.7 RADIO SETUP 39
2.5.1.8 SLAVE BYTE ORDER 39
2.5.1.9 WIRELESS TIMEOUT 39
2.5.2 MODBUS TCP SETTINGS 40
2.5.2.1 SLAVE BYTE ORDER 40
2.5.2.2 MASTER TIMEOUT 40
2.5.2.3 MASTER POLL DELAY 40
2.5.3 NETWORK SETTINGS 40
2.5.3.1 DHCP ENABLED 41
2.5.3.2 HOSTNAME 41
2.5.3.3 IP ADDRESS 41
2.5.3.4 NETMASK 41
2.5.3.5 GATEWAY 41
2.5.4 TROUBLESHOOTING 41
2.5.4.1 VIEW COMM FAILURES 42
2.5.4.2 CLEAR FAILURE COUNTS 43
2.6 SECURITY MENU............................................................................................43
2.6.1 USER NAME 43

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2.6.2 LOCK CODE 43
2.6.3 MODBUS LOCK CODE 43
2.7 SYSTEM MENU ...............................................................................................43
2.7.1 VERSION 45
2.7.2 CONFIGURE 45
2.7.2.1 NAME 46
2.7.2.2 CONTRAST 46
2.7.2.3 DATE & TIME 46
2.7.2.4 ENABLE CHANNEL COUNT 46
2.7.2.5 DISPLAY ALARM 46
2.7.2.6 WARMUP & CAL PURGE TIME 46
2.7.2.7 ZONE SCREEN ENABLED 46
2.7.2.8 BLOCK NEGATIVE 46
2.7.2.9 RELAY REFRESH 46
2.7.3 ZONE NAMES 47
2.7.4 MIMIC MODE 47
2.7.5 SD CARD 48
2.7.5.1 CARD STATUS 48
2.7.5.2 LOGGER ENABLED 49
2.7.5.3 SAVE CONFIGURATION FILE 49
2.7.5.4 LOAD CONFIGURATION FILE 49
2.7.5.5 VIEW LOG FILE TREND 49
2.7.6 VIEW EVENT LOG 50
2.7.7 CLEAR EVENT LOG 51
2.7.8 VIEW SENSOR LIFE 51
SECTION 3 INPUT/OUTPUT BOARDS...........................................................52
3.1 MAIN I/O INTERFACE BOARD # 10-0331 ......................................................52
3.2 INPUT / OUTPUT OPTION BOARDS ..............................................................53
3.2.1 OPTIONAL ANALOG INPUT BOARD # 10-0334 54
3.2.2 OPTIONAL DISCRETE RELAY BOARD # 10-0345 56
3.2.3 OPTIONAL *BRIDGE SENSOR INPUT BOARD #10-0347 57
3.2.4 BRIDGE SENSOR INPUT BOARD INITIAL SETUP 58
3.2.5 OPTIONAL 4-20mA ANALOG OUTPUT BOARD #10-0348 59
3.2.6 OPTIONAL PROGRAMMABLE RELAY BOARD # 10-0350 60
3.2.7 OPTIONAL 24VDC 600 WATT POWER SUPPLY 62
3.2.8 OPTIONAL 24VDC 150 WATT POWER SUPPLY #10-0172 63
SECTION 4 DIAGNOSTICS.............................................................................64
4.1 STANDARD RELAYS......................................................................................64
4.2 DISCRETE RELAYS........................................................................................65
4.3 PROGRAMMABLE RELAYS...........................................................................65
4.4 ANALOG INPUTS............................................................................................66
4.4.1 VIEW INPUTS 66
4.4.2 CALIBRATE BOARD 66
4.5 ANALOG OUTPUTS........................................................................................67
4.6 PIEZO ..............................................................................................................67
4.7 LEDS ...............................................................................................................68
4.8 SERIAL PORTS...............................................................................................69
4.9 I/O BOARD CONFIGURATION .......................................................................70
SECTION 5 MODBUS......................................................................................71

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5.1 MODBUS TCP .................................................................................................71
5.2 MODBUS SLAVE WRITES..............................................................................71
5.3 MODBUS SLAVE REGISTER LOCATION ......................................................71
5.3.1 COILS 72
5.3.2 DISCRETE INPUTS 72
5.3.3 INPUT REGISTERS 74
5.3.4 HOLDING REGISTERS 78
5.3.5 STANDARD RELAY 1 79
5.3.6 STANDARD RELAY 2 82
5.3.7 STANDARD RELAY 3 84
5.3.8 DISCRETE RELAYS 87
5.3.9 HORN/PIEZO 87
5.3.10 CHANNEL CONFIGURATION 88
5.3.11 PROGRAMMABLE RELAYS 91
SECTION 6 ENCLOSURE OPTIONS ..............................................................95
6.1 ST-72PM PANEL / RACK MOUNT ENCLOSURE...........................................95
6.2 ST-72N4 NEMA 4X LARGE WALL MOUNT FIBERGLASS ENCLOSURE.....96
6.3 ST-72CP NEMA 4X COMPACT WALL MOUNT FIBERGLASS ENCLOSURE
97
6.4 ST-72XP NEMA 7 WALL MOUNT ALUMINUM ENCLOSURE........................99
6.5 ST-72 MAIN I/O & OPTION PCB FOOTPRINT DIMENSIONS AND
ENCLOSURE CAPACITIES .......................................................................................100
SECTION 7 WIRELESS OPTION ..................................................................102
7.1 RADIO SETUP MENU ...................................................................................103
7.1.1 HOP CHANNEL 104
7.1.2 SYSTEM ID 104
7.1.3 MODE 104
7.2 WIRELESS MONITOR MODE .......................................................................104
7.2.1 RADIO STATUS ALARMS - WIRELESS MONITOR MODE 105
7.2.1.1 COMMUNICATIONS ERROR 105
7.2.1.2 LOW BATTERY 106
7.2.1.3 CALIBRATIONS 106
7.3 WIRELESS MODBUS SLAVE MODE............................................................106
7.4 WIRELESS MODBUS MASTER MODE ........................................................106
7.5 ANTENNA SELECTION ................................................................................107
7.5.1 DIPOLE AND COLLINEAR ANTENNAS 107
7.5.2 YAGI ANTENNAS 107
7.5.3 MOUNTING NEAR OTHER ANTENNAS 108
7.5.4 COAX CABLES 108
7.6 SURGE PROTECTION & GROUNDING........................................................108
7.6.1 ANTENNA GROUNDING 109
SECTION 8 WEBPAGE .................................................................................111
8.1 SYSTEM SCREEN.........................................................................................112
8.2 ZONE SCREEN .............................................................................................113
8.3 CHANNEL SCREEN......................................................................................114
8.4 EVENT LOG SCREEN...................................................................................115
8.5 CONFIGURE..................................................................................................116
8.5.1 ALARM OUTPUTS 116
8.5.2 CHANNEL CONFIGURATION 117
8.5.3 COPY CHANNELS 117

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8.5.4 PROGRAMMABLE RELAYS 118
8.5.5 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 118
8.5.6 CONFIGURATION UPLOAD/DOWNLOAD 119
SECTION 9 TROUBLESHOOTING ...............................................................120
9.1 CHANNEL ERRORS......................................................................................120
9.1.1 COMM ERROR 120
9.1.2 CONFIG ERROR 120
9.1.3 I/O ERROR 120
9.2 RESET TO FACTORY DEFAULTS ...............................................................121
SECTION 10 NETWORK CONNECTION ........................................................122
10.1 DIRECT CONNECTION WITH CROSSOVER CABLE OR HUB/SWITCH.....122
10.2 CONNECTING THE ST-72 TO AN EXISTING LAN.......................................123
10.3 CONNECTING THE ST-72 ON AN ISOLATED NETWORK ..........................124
10.4 STATIC IP CONFIGURATION .......................................................................125
10.4.1 ST-72 STATIC IP CONFIGURATIION 125
10.4.2 WINDOWS XP STATIC IP CONFIGURATION 125
10.4.3 DYNAMIC IP CONFIGURATION 128
10.5 TESTING CONNECTIONS.............................................................................128

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1.1 SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS
The following s mbols are used in this manual to alert the user of important instrument
operating issues:
WARNINGS:
•Shock Hazard - Disconnect or turn off power before servicing this instrument.
•WARNING- EXPLOSION HAZARD- DO NOT REPLACE FUSE UNLESS POWER HAS
BEEN SWITCHED OFF OR THE AREA IS KNOWN TO BE NON-HAZARDOUS.
•WARNING- EXPLOSION HAZARD- DO NOT DISCONNECT EQUIPMENT UNLESS
POWER HAS BEEN SWITCHED OFF OR THE AREA IS KNOWN TO BE NON-
HAZARDOUS.
•Use a properl rated CERTIFIED AC power (mains) cable installed as per local or
national codes
•A certified AC power (mains) disconnect or circuit breaker should be mounted
near the controller and installed following applicable local and national codes. If
a switch is used instead of a circuit breaker, a properl rate CERTIFIED fuse or
current limiter is required to be installed as per local or national codes. Markings
for positions of the switch or breaker should state (I) for on and (O) for off.
•Clean onl with a damp cloth without solvents.
•Equipment not used as prescribed within this manual ma impair overall safet .
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This s mbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of important
operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions.
This s mbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of
dangerous voltage within the instrument enclosure that ma be
sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock.
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1.2 GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The GDS Corp C64 Protector sixt -four channel controller is designed to displa and
control alarm event switching for up to 64 sensor data points. It ma also be set as a 16,
32 or 48 channel controller for applications needing fewer inputs. Three programmable
standard alarms with features such as ON and OFF dela s, Alarm Acknowled e, along
with dedicated horn and fault rela s make the C64 well suited for man multi-point
monitoring applications. Data ma be input to the C64 b optional analog inputs or via
the multiple communication ports. These communication ports are programmable so
the controller can be configured with multiple Master or Slave configurations. With a
MODBUS RTU slave RS-485 port configured, sending data to PCs, PLCs, DCSs, or even
other C64 Controllers is available. The Ethernet port allows the unit to be a
MODBUS/TCP Master and Slave and also provides access to the embedded webpage.
Options such as analog I/O and discrete rela s for each alarm are easil added to the
addressable I2C bus. Option boards have 16 channels and therefore require multiple
boards for 64 channel applications.
In addition to traditional analog and serial methods of providing monitored values, the
C64 is also capable of sending and receiving wireless data.
A color 320 x 240 pixel graphic LCD readout displa s monitored data as bar graphs,
trends and engineering units. S stem configuration is through user friendl menus or
via the internal webpage that can be accessed through the Ethernet connection built
into the main I/O Board. All configuration data is retained in non-volatile memor
during power interruptions and can also be backed up and loaded using the SD card
located to the left of the displa . The C64 front panel is shown below in Figure2-1
displa ing the Combination screen. Additional data screens are shown in section 1.

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Figure2-1
1.3 DATA DISPLAY SCREENS
The C64 Controller offers five distinct graphic displa s for depicting the monitored data.
These are Main Data, 24 Hour Trend, Bar Graphs, Zone and Combination Screens.
Pressing
Menu
from an of these displa screens will bring ou to the Main Menu.
Pressing
Edit
from the Main Data, 24 Hour Trend or Combination Screens will skip the
Main Menu and bring ou directl to the Channel Configuration Menu for the channel
that is selected.
1.3.1 MAIN DATA SCREEN
The C64 Main Data screen shown below (Figure2-1) displa s all active channels at once.
It is capable of displa ing 16, 32, 48 or 64 channels depending on the controller’s
configuration. This screen displa s measurement name and uses a bar graph and
colored cells that flash with new alarms to indicate alarm conditions. Once the alarms
have been acknowledged b an operator the cell will remain the appropriate color but
will stop flashing, showing the alarm has been acknowledged. Utilizing the Displa