Geokon GeoNet 8900 Series User manual

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Document Revision: D| Release date: 04/16/21
Model 8900 Series
GeoNet Wireless
Data Hosting System
Instruction Manual

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under normal use and service for a period of 13 months from date of purchase. If the
unit should malfunction, it must be returned to the factory for evaluation, freight
prepaid. Upon examination by GEOKON, if the unit is found to be defective, it will be
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................................1
1.1 MODEL IDENTIFICATION .............................................................................................................1
1.2 MODEL LIST .............................................................................................................................................2
2. NETWORK COMPONENTS..............................................................................................................3
2.1 CELLULAR GATEWAY + MESH SUPERVISOR...........................................................3
2.2 MESH SUPERVISOR..........................................................................................................................3
2.2.1 RS-232 (890X-XX-SUP-232)...........................................................................................................3
2.2.2 USB (890X-XX-SUP-USB) ...............................................................................................................3
2.3 SINGLE-CHANNEL NODE..............................................................................................................4
2.3.1 10-PIN CONNECTOR (890X-XX-01C-10P)................................................................................4
2.3.2 GLAND SEAL (890X-XX-01C-CBL)..............................................................................................4
2.4 ADDRESSABLE SENSOR NODES..........................................................................................4
2.4.1 SINGLE CHANNEL GLAND SEAL (8900-XX-ADR-CBL)......................................................5
2.4.2 FOUR-CHANNEL GLAND SEAL (890X-XX-04C-CBL) ..........................................................5
2.4.3 EIGHT-CHANNEL GLAND SEAL (890X-XX-08C-CBL) .........................................................6
2.4.4 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION .......................................................................................................6
2.5 TILTMETER NODES............................................................................................................................6
2.5.1 BIAXIAL TILTMETER (890X-XX-TLT-NAP) ...............................................................................7
2.6 ACCESSORIES ........................................................................................................................................7
2.7 NETWORKS...............................................................................................................................................7
3. NETWORK INSTALLATION......................................................................................................... 10
3.1 PREPARE THE SUPERVISOR AND NODES............................................................... 10
3.1.1 INSTALL THE ANTENNAS ON ALL DEVICES .................................................................... 10
3.1.2 REMOVE THE COVERS FROM ALL DEVICES .................................................................... 10
3.1.3 CONFIGURE THE CHANNEL ON ALL DEVICES ................................................................ 10
3.2 CONFIGURE THE SUPERVISOR .......................................................................................... 11
3.2.1 POWER CONCERNS..................................................................................................................... 11
3.2.2 POWER THE SUPERVISOR........................................................................................................ 11
3.2.3 SEAL THE SUPERVISOR ............................................................................................................. 12
3.2.4 SET THE NETWORK TIME.......................................................................................................... 13
3.2.5 VERIFY THE NETWORK TIME .................................................................................................. 13
3.2.6 RECORD THE SUPERVISOR SERIAL NUMBER................................................................. 13
3.3 ACTIVATE THE NETWORK ...................................................................................................... 13
3.3.1 POWER THE NODES .................................................................................................................... 13

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3.3.2 VERIFY THE NETWORK CONNECTION OF THE NODES ............................................... 13
3.4 MOUNTING THE DEVICES ....................................................................................................... 13
3.4.1 MOUNTING LOCATION CONSIDERATIONS....................................................................... 14
3.4.2 GROUND THE SUPERVISOR AND NODES.......................................................................... 15
3.5 CONNECT THE SENSORS TO NODES ........................................................................... 15
3.5.1 MAKING CABLE GLAND CONNECTIONS ............................................................................ 15
3.5.2 MAKING 10-PIN CABLE CONNECTIONS ............................................................................. 16
3.5.3 NOTES CONCERNING MULTI-CHANNEL AND ADDRESSABLE NODES................ 16
3.5.4 SEAL THE NODES.......................................................................................................................... 16
3.5.5 RECORD NODE AND SENSOR SERIAL NUMBERS ......................................................... 17
3.6 CELLULAR GATEWAY COMMISSIONING.................................................................. 17
3.7 DEPLOYMENT MODE.................................................................................................................... 20
3.7.1 PLACING THE SUPERVISOR AND ADDING NODES ....................................................... 20
3.8 STATUS BUTTON FUNCTIONALITY ................................................................................ 21
4. MAINTENANCE ......................................................................................................................................... 23
4.1 PREVENTING WATER FROM ENTERING THE ENCLOSURES .................. 23
4.2 BATTERY LIFE ..................................................................................................................................... 23
4.3 REPLACING BATTERIES ............................................................................................................ 23
4.4 LIGHTNING PROTECTION ........................................................................................................ 24
5. MODEL 8800-2-4B ADD-ON MODULE........................................................................... 25
5.1 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................. 25
5.2 INSTALLATION OVERVIEW..................................................................................................... 25
5.3 IP ADDRESS CONFIGURATION........................................................................................... 25
APPENDIX A. SPECIFICATIONS................................................................................................... 27
A.1 SUPERVISOR SPECIFICATIONS......................................................................................... 27
A.2 NODE SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................................................................ 27
A.3 NETWORK SPECIFICATIONS................................................................................................ 27
A.4 BIAXIAL TILTMETER SPECIFICATIONS ...................................................................... 28
APPENDIX B. CONNECTOR PINOUTS .................................................................................. 29
B.1 GAUGE CABLE .................................................................................................................................... 29
B.1.1 VW NODES (890X-XX-01C-CBL).............................................................................................. 29
B.1.2 ADDRESSABLE NODES (890X-XX-ADR-CBL).................................................................... 29
B.1.3 10-PIN BULKHEAD (890X-XX-01C-10P) ............................................................................... 29
B.2 COMMUNICATION CONNECTIONS ................................................................................ 29
B.2.1 RS-232 (890X-XX-SUP-232)....................................................................................................... 29

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B.2.2 USB (890X-XX-SUP-USB)........................................................................................................... 29
APPENDIX C. THERMISTOR TEMPERATURE DERIVATION....................... 30
C.1 3KΩ THERMISTOR RESISTANCE ..................................................................................... 30
C.2 10KΩ THERMISTOR RESISTANCE.................................................................................. 31
APPENDIX D. TROUBLESHOOTING......................................................................................... 32
APPENDIX E. FIRMWARE UPDATE ......................................................................................... 34
E.1 PROCEDURE ......................................................................................................................................... 34
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
APPENDIX G. CERTIFICATIONS .................................................................................................. 41

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FIGURES
FIGURE 1: CELLULAR GATEWAY + MESH SUPERVISOR ...............................................3
FIGURE 2: NETWORK SUPERVISOR (-SUP-232) .............................................................3
FIGURE 3: NETWORK SUPERVISOR (-SUP-USB) ............................................................4
FIGURE 4: SINGLE CHANNEL NODE (-01C-10P) ............................................................4
FIGURE 5: SINGLE CHANNEL NODE (-01C-CBL) ............................................................5
FIGURE 6: ADDRESSABLE NODE (-ADR) ........................................................................5
FIGURE 7: FOUR CHANNEL NODE (-04C) .......................................................................6
FIGURE 8: EIGHT CHANNEL NODE (-08C) ......................................................................6
FIGURE 9: BIAXIAL TILTMETER NODE (-TLT-NAP) ..........................................................7
FIGURE 10: STAR NETWORK TOPOLOGY .......................................................................9
FIGURE 11: MESH NETWORK TOPOLOGY ......................................................................9
FIGURE 12: WORKING AROUND OBSTRUCTIONS VIA HOPS .....................................10
FIGURE 13: FRESNEL ZONE ...........................................................................................11
FIGURE 14: CHANNEL SELECT SWITCHES ...................................................................13
FIGURE 15: CELLULAR GATEWAY SUPERVISOR BATTERY SWITCH ..........................14
FIGURE 16: NON-CELLULAR SUPERVISOR BATTERY SWITCH ...................................14
FIGURE 17: BATTERY DETAIL .........................................................................................14
FIGURE 18: INSTALLING NEAR A LARGE OBJECT .......................................................16
FIGURE 19: INSTALLING CLOSE TO BUILDINGS OR FENCES/WALLS .......................16
FIGURE 20: MOUNTING ONTO A METAL PLATE / INSIDE AN ENCLOSURE .............17
FIGURE 21: BATTERY BOARD CONNECTIONS .............................................................18
FIGURE 22: ACCESSING THE CLOUD ............................................................................19
FIGURE 23: CREATE A USER ..........................................................................................20
FIGURE 24: ADD AN ACCOUNT .....................................................................................20
FIGURE 25: API ACCOUNTS ...........................................................................................20
FIGURE 26: ENTER YOUR CREDENTIALS ......................................................................21
FIGURE 27: ENTER THE SERIAL NUMBER ....................................................................21
FIGURE 28: ACTIVATE CELLULAR SERVICE ..................................................................21
FIGURE 29: CREATE THE TOKEN ...................................................................................22
FIGURE 30: COPY THE TOKEN .......................................................................................22
FIGURE 31: INSTALLATION ORDER ...............................................................................23
FIGURE 32: NPORT CONFIGURATION ...........................................................................27
FIGURE 33: UPDATE FIELDS ..........................................................................................28
FIGURE 34: IP ADDRESS WITH :4001 SUFFIX ..............................................................28
FIGURE 35: RS-232 CABLE CONNECTION ....................................................................42
FIGURE 36: USB CABLE CONNECTION .........................................................................42
FIGURE 37: CHOOSE THE ’EXTRACT ALL’ MENU OPTION ..........................................43
FIGURE 38: CLICK THE ’EXTRACT ALL’ BUTTON ..........................................................43

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

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TABLES
TABLE 1: GEONET MODEL IDENTIFICATION ..................................................................1
TABLE 2: GEONET 8901 SERIES MODEL LIST ................................................................2
TABLE 3: FOUR-CHANNEL NODE GAUGE/LOAD LIMITS ..............................................5
TABLE 4: EIGHT-CHANNEL NODE GAUGE/LOAD LIMITS .............................................6
TABLE 5: CHANNEL SELECTION .....................................................................................11
TABLE 6: CELLULAR GATEWAY SUPERVISOR BATTERY SWITCH OPTIONS............12
TABLE 7: NODE WIRING ..................................................................................................16
TABLE 8: LED INDICATOR MEANING ............................................................................21
TABLE 9: STATUS BUTTON FUNCTIONS........................................................................22
TABLE 10: BATTERY LIFE ESTIMATES............................................................................23
TABLE 11: SUPERVISOR SPECIFICATIONS....................................................................27
TABLE 12: NODE SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................27
TABLE 13: NETWORK SPECIFICATIONS ........................................................................27
TABLE 14: BIAXIAL TILTMETER SPECIFICATIONS........................................................28
TABLE 15: TRANSDUCER CABLE CONNECTIONS (GLAND SEAL) .............................29
TABLE 16: ADDRESSABLE NODES.................................................................................29
TABLE 17: TRANSDUCER CABLE CONNECTIONS (10-PIN BULKHEAD) ...................29
TABLE 18: COMMUNICATION CONNECTIONS (RS-232).............................................29
TABLE 19: COMMUNICATIONS CONNECTIONS (USB)................................................29
TABLE 20: 3KΩ THERMISTOR RESISTANCE..................................................................30
TABLE 21: 10KΩ THERMISTOR RESISTANCE ...............................................................31