Geokon 8800 User manual

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Document Revision: Y | Release date: 07/09/21
Model 8800 Series
GeoNet Wireless
Data Hosting System
Instruction Manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................................1
1.1 MODEL IDENTIFICATION .............................................................................................................2
1.2 MODEL LIST .............................................................................................................................................3
1.3 MESH TILT LOGGER SERIAL NUMBERS........................................................................3
2. NETWORK COMPONENTS..............................................................................................................4
2.1 CELLULAR GATEWAY......................................................................................................................4
2.2 LOCAL GATEWAY................................................................................................................................4
2.2.1 RS-232 (880X-XX-SUP-232)...........................................................................................................4
2.2.2 USB (880X-XX-SUP-USB) ...............................................................................................................5
2.3 SINGLE-CHANNEL LOGGER .......................................................................................................5
2.3.1 10-PIN CONNECTOR (880X-XX-01C-10P)................................................................................5
2.3.2 GLAND SEAL (880X-XX-01C-CBL)..............................................................................................6
2.4 MULTIPLE-CHANNEL LOGGERS ............................................................................................6
2.4.1 SINGLE-CHANNEL (8800-XX-ADR-CBL)...................................................................................6
2.4.2 FOUR-CHANNEL (880X-XX-04C-CBL) .......................................................................................7
2.4.3 EIGHT-CHANNEL (880X-XX-08C-CBL)......................................................................................7
2.4.4 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION .......................................................................................................8
2.5 MESH TILT LOGGER (880X-XX-TLT-NAP).....................................................................8
2.6 ACCESSORIES ........................................................................................................................................8
2.7 COMPATIBILITY WITH LEGACY GEONET PRODUCTS ......................................9
2.8 NETWORKS...............................................................................................................................................9
3. NETWORK INSTALLATION......................................................................................................... 12
3.1 PREPARE THE GATEWAY AND LOGGERS................................................................ 12
3.1.1 INSTALL THE ANTENNAS ON ALL DEVICES .................................................................... 12
3.1.2 REMOVE THE COVERS FROM ALL DEVICES .................................................................... 12
3.1.3 CONFIGURE THE CHANNEL ON ALL DEVICES ................................................................ 12
3.2 CONFIGURE THE GATEWAY.................................................................................................. 13
3.2.1 POWER CONCERNS..................................................................................................................... 13
3.2.2 POWER THE GATEWAY.............................................................................................................. 13
3.2.3 SEAL THE GATEWAY................................................................................................................... 14
3.2.4 SET THE NETWORK TIME.......................................................................................................... 15
3.2.5 VERIFY THE NETWORK TIME .................................................................................................. 15
3.2.6 RECORD THE GATEWAY SERIAL NUMBER....................................................................... 15
3.3 ACTIVATE THE NETWORK ...................................................................................................... 15

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3.3.1 POWER THE LOGGERS ............................................................................................................... 15
3.3.2 VERIFY THE NETWORK CONNECTION OF THE LOGGERS .......................................... 15
3.4 MOUNTING THE DEVICES ....................................................................................................... 15
3.4.1 MOUNTING LOCATION CONSIDERATIONS....................................................................... 16
3.4.2 GROUND THE GATEWAY AND LOGGERS .......................................................................... 17
3.5 CONNECT THE SENSORS TO LOGGERS..................................................................... 17
3.5.1 MAKING CABLE GLAND CONNECTIONS ............................................................................ 17
3.5.2 MAKING 10-PIN CABLE CONNECTIONS ............................................................................. 18
3.5.3 NOTES ABOUT MULTIPLE-CHANNEL AND ADDRESSABLE LOGGERS................. 18
3.5.4 SEAL THE LOGGERS..................................................................................................................... 18
3.5.5 RECORD LOGGER AND SENSOR SERIAL NUMBERS .................................................... 19
3.6 CELLULAR GATEWAY COMMISSIONING.................................................................. 19
3.7 DEPLOYMENT MODE.................................................................................................................... 22
3.7.1 PLACING THE GATEWAY AND ADDING LOGGERS........................................................ 23
3.8 STATUS BUTTON FUNCTIONALITY ................................................................................ 23
4. MAINTENANCE ......................................................................................................................................... 25
4.1 PREVENTING WATER FROM ENTERING THE ENCLOSURES .................. 25
4.2 BATTERY LIFE ..................................................................................................................................... 25
4.3 REPLACING BATTERIES ............................................................................................................ 25
4.4 LIGHTNING PROTECTION ........................................................................................................ 26
5. MODEL 8800-2-4B ADD-ON MODULE........................................................................... 27
5.1 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................. 27
5.2 INSTALLATION OVERVIEW..................................................................................................... 27
5.3 IP ADDRESS CONFIGURATION........................................................................................... 27
APPENDIX A. SPECIFICATIONS................................................................................................... 29
A.1 GATEWAY SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................................ 29
A.2 LOGGER SPECIFICATIONS...................................................................................................... 29
A.3 NETWORK SPECIFICATIONS................................................................................................ 29
A.4 MESH TILT LOGGER SPECIFICATIONS....................................................................... 30
APPENDIX B. CONNECTOR PINOUTS .................................................................................. 31
B.1 GAUGE CABLE .................................................................................................................................... 31
B.1.1 GLAND SEAL MESH VW LOGGERS (880X-XX-01C-CBL) ............................................. 31
B.1.2 10-PIN BULKHEAD MESH VW LOGGERS (880X-XX-01C-10P) .................................. 31
B.1.3 MESH ADDRESSABLE LOGGERS (880X-XX-ADR-CBL)................................................. 31
B.2 COMMUNICATION CONNECTIONS ................................................................................ 31

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B.2.1 RS-232 (880X-XX-SUP-232) ...................................................................................................... 31
B.2.2 USB (880X-XX-SUP-USB)........................................................................................................... 31
APPENDIX C. THERMISTOR TEMPERATURE DERIVATION....................... 32
APPENDIX D. TROUBLESHOOTING......................................................................................... 33
APPENDIX E. FIRMWARE UPDATE ......................................................................................... 35
E.1 PROCEDURE ......................................................................................................................................... 35
E.2 FIRMWARE TROUBLESHOOTING ..................................................................................... 37
APPENDIX F. SOLAR PANEL KIT ............................................................................................... 38
F.1 SELECT A LOCATION.................................................................................................................... 39
F.2 ASSEMBLE THE MOUNTING BRACKET...................................................................... 39
F.3 INSTALL THE MOUNTING BRACKET............................................................................. 39
F.4 SECURE THE SOLAR PANEL TO THE MOUNTING BRACKET.................. 39
F.5 CONNECT THE POWER CABLE ........................................................................................... 40
F.5.1 BATTERY SWITCH......................................................................................................................... 40
F.5.2 MAKING THE CONNECTION..................................................................................................... 40

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FIGURES
FIGURE 1: SERIAL NUMBER PLACEMENT ON MESH TILT LOGGERS ..........................3
FIGURE 2: CELLULAR GATEWAY .....................................................................................4
FIGURE 3: RS-232 LOCAL GATEWAY ...............................................................................4
FIGURE 4: USB LOCAL GATEWAY ....................................................................................5
FIGURE 5: 10-PIN SINGLE CHANNEL LOGGER ...............................................................5
FIGURE 6: GLAND-SEAL SINGLE CHANNEL LOGGER ....................................................6
FIGURE 7: MESH ADDRESSABLE LOGGER .....................................................................6
FIGURE 8: FOUR-CHANNEL LOGGER ..............................................................................7
FIGURE 9: EIGHT-CHANNEL LOGGER .............................................................................7
FIGURE 10: MESH TILT LOGGER ......................................................................................8
FIGURE 11: STAR NETWORK TOPOLOGY .......................................................................9
FIGURE 12: MESH NETWORK TOPOLOGY ....................................................................10
FIGURE 13: WORKING AROUND OBSTRUCTIONS VIA HOPS .....................................10
FIGURE 14: FRESNEL ZONE ...........................................................................................11
FIGURE 15: CHANNEL SELECT SWITCHES ...................................................................13
FIGURE 16: CELLULAR GATEWAY BATTERY SWITCH ..................................................14
FIGURE 17: LOCAL GATEWAY BATTERY SWITCH ........................................................14
FIGURE 18: BATTERY DETAIL .........................................................................................14
FIGURE 19: INSTALLING NEAR A LARGE OBJECT .......................................................16
FIGURE 20: INSTALLING CLOSE TO BUILDINGS OR FENCES/WALLS .......................16
FIGURE 21: MOUNTING ONTO A METAL PLATE / INSIDE AN ENCLOSURE .............17
FIGURE 22: TERMINAL CONNECTIONS ........................................................................18
FIGURE 23: ACCESSING THE CLOUD ............................................................................19
FIGURE 24: CREATE A USER ..........................................................................................19
FIGURE 25: ADD AN ACCOUNT .....................................................................................20
FIGURE 26: API ACCOUNTS ...........................................................................................20
FIGURE 27: ENTER YOUR CREDENTIALS ......................................................................20
FIGURE 28: ENTER THE SERIAL NUMBER ....................................................................21
FIGURE 29: ACTIVATE CELLULAR SERVICE ..................................................................21
FIGURE 30: ENTER SENSOR SERIAL NUMBERS ..........................................................21
FIGURE 31: UPDATE THE SENSOR CONFIGURATION .................................................22
FIGURE 32: COPY THE TOKEN .......................................................................................22
FIGURE 33: INSTALLATION ORDER ...............................................................................23
FIGURE 34: NPORT CONFIGURATION ...........................................................................27
FIGURE 35: UPDATE FIELDS ..........................................................................................28
FIGURE 36: IP ADDRESS WITH :4001 SUFFIX ..............................................................28
FIGURE 37: RS-232 CABLE CONNECTION ....................................................................35
FIGURE 38: USB CABLE CONNECTION .........................................................................35

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FIGURE 39: CHOOSE THE ’EXTRACT ALL’ MENU OPTION ..........................................36
FIGURE 40: CLICK THE ’EXTRACT ALL’ BUTTON ..........................................................36
FIGURE 41: SELECT THE DESTINATION ........................................................................36
FIGURE 42: OPEN THE GEOKON UPDATE UTILITY ......................................................36
FIGURE 43: CLICK ’SELECT FILE’ ...................................................................................36
FIGURE 44: SELECT THE FIRMWARE TEXT FILE ..........................................................37
FIGURE 45: SELECT THE COM PORT .............................................................................37
FIGURE 46: CLICK ’PROGRAM’ ......................................................................................37
FIGURE 47: SOLAR PANEL 8900-SOL-10W-BRJ ..........................................................38
FIGURE 48: SOLAR PANEL KIT BOX CONTENTS ..........................................................38
FIGURE 49: MOUNTING OPTIONS .................................................................................39
FIGURE 50: CENTRALLY-LOCATED MOUNTING HOLES ..............................................39
FIGURE 51: MOUNTING BRACKET FASTENED CENTRALLY ........................................40
FIGURE 52: SOLAR PANEL WITH EXTERNAL BATTERY ...............................................40

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TABLES
TABLE 1: GEONET 8800 SERIES MODEL LIST ................................................................3
TABLE 2: FOUR-CHANNEL MESH VW LOGGER GAUGE/LOAD LIMITS ......................7
TABLE 3: EIGHT-CHANNEL MESH VW LOGGER GAUGE/LOAD LIMITS......................7
TABLE 4: LEGACY COMPATIBILITY CHART......................................................................9
TABLE 5: CHANNEL SELECTION .....................................................................................13
TABLE 6: CELLULAR GATEWAY BATTERY SWITCH OPTIONS ....................................14
TABLE 7: LOGGER WIRING ..............................................................................................18
TABLE 8: LED INDICATOR MEANING ............................................................................24
TABLE 9: STATUS BUTTON FUNCTIONS........................................................................24
TABLE 10: BATTERY LIFE ESTIMATES............................................................................25
TABLE 11: GATEWAY SPECIFICATIONS .........................................................................29
TABLE 12: LOGGER SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................................29
TABLE 13: NETWORK SPECIFICATIONS ........................................................................29
TABLE 14: BIAXIAL MESH TILT LOGGER SPECIFICATIONS ........................................30
TABLE 15: MESH VW LOGGER CABLE CONNECTIONS (GLAND SEAL) ...................31
TABLE 16: MESH VW LOGGER CABLE CONNECTIONS (10-PIN BULKHEAD) .........31
TABLE 17: MESH ADDRESSABLE LOGGER CONNECTIONS (GLAND SEAL) ............31
TABLE 18: COMMUNICATION CONNECTIONS (RS-232).............................................31
TABLE 19: COMMUNICATIONS CONNECTIONS (USB)................................................31
TABLE 20: 3KΩ THERMISTOR RESISTANCE..................................................................32