Geokon 8600-2 User manual

Instruction Manual
Model 8600-2
Micro-6000 Multi-Channel Datalogger
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Copyright © 2016-2018 by Geokon®
(Doc Rev D, 12/17/2018)

Warranty Statement
Geokon warrants its products to be free of defects in materials and workmanship, 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 repaired or replaced at no charge. However, the
WARRANTY is VOID if the unit shows evidence of having been tampered with or shows
evidence of being damaged as a result of excessive corrosion or current, heat, moisture or
vibration, improper specification, misapplication, misuse or other operating conditions outside of
Geokon's control. Components which wear or which are damaged by misuse are not warranted.
This includes fuses and batteries.
Geokon manufactures scientific instruments whose misuse is potentially dangerous. The
instruments are intended to be installed and used only by qualified personnel. There are no
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but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and of fitness for a particular
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TABLE of CONTENTS
1. OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................................................1
2. SOFTWARE ............................................................................................................................................................1
3. HARDWARE...........................................................................................................................................................1
3.1 INSTALLATION .....................................................................................................................................................2
3.2 POWER.................................................................................................................................................................2
3.3 EARTH GROUND ..................................................................................................................................................3
3.4 GAUGES ...............................................................................................................................................................3
3.5 COMMUNICATIONS ..............................................................................................................................................3
4. BATTERY MAINTENANCE ................................................................................................................................4
4.1 AC POWER ..........................................................................................................................................................4
4.2 SOLAR POWER .....................................................................................................................................................4
4.3 EXTERNAL BATTERY ...........................................................................................................................................4
4.4 BATTERY REPLACEMENT.....................................................................................................................................4
4.5 FUSES ..................................................................................................................................................................4
5. TROUBLESHOOTING..........................................................................................................................................5
APPENDIX A. SPECIFICATIONS...........................................................................................................................7
A.1 MODEL 8600-2 DATALOGGER ............................................................................................................................7
A.2 CR6 MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL MODULE ...................................................................................................7
A.3 MODEL 8032 MULTIPLEXER ...............................................................................................................................7
APPENDIX B. SHIP LIST .........................................................................................................................................8
B.1 HARDWARE.........................................................................................................................................................8
APPENDIX C. DATA STORAGE.............................................................................................................................9
C.1 DATA STORAGE ..................................................................................................................................................9
C.2 DATA STORAGE EXAMPLE ..................................................................................................................................9
C.2.1 Overwrite Times when Data is Stored Once a Minute ...............................................................................9
C.2.2 Overwrite Times when Data is Stored Once an Hour ................................................................................9
C.2.3 Overwrite Times when Data is Stored Once a Day....................................................................................9
APPENDIX D. SYSTEM WIRING .........................................................................................................................10
D.1 CR6 WIRING .....................................................................................................................................................10
D.2 CHARGER PORT WIRING ...................................................................................................................................10
D.3 UNREGULATED CHARGER WIRING ...................................................................................................................10
D.4 REGULATED CHARGER (DEFAULT) ...................................................................................................................11
D.5 EXTERNAL POWER CABLE ................................................................................................................................11
D.6 FUSE DESIGNATIONS FOR POWER DISTRIBUTION BOARD .................................................................................11
APPENDIX E. LOGGERNET QUICK START GUIDE ......................................................................................12
E.1 OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................................................12
E.2 GETTING STARTED ............................................................................................................................................12
E.2.1 Program Files...........................................................................................................................................12
E.2.2 Connection Setup......................................................................................................................................12
E.2.3 Connecting to the Datalogger ..................................................................................................................16
E.3 MODIFYING THE DATALOGGER PROGRAM ........................................................................................................17
E.3.1 Scan Interval.............................................................................................................................................17
E.3.2 Zero Readings and Gauge Factors...........................................................................................................17
E.3.3 Temperature Zero Readings and Thermal Factors ..................................................................................18
E.3.4 Output Labels ...........................................................................................................................................18
E.4 UPLOADING FILES .............................................................................................................................................19
E.4.1 Sending the Include file (.DLD)................................................................................................................19
E.4.2 Sending the Main program file (.CR6) .....................................................................................................21

E.5 DATA HANDLING...............................................................................................................................................21
E.5.1 Data Collection Configuration .................................................................................................................21
E.5.2 Live Monitoring ........................................................................................................................................22
E.5.3 Collecting Data.........................................................................................................................................23
APPENDIX F. EXCERPTS FROM THE 8032 MULTIPLEXER MANUAL .....................................................24
F.1 THEORY OF OPERATION.....................................................................................................................................24
F.2 MICRO-6000 MODE OF OPERATION .................................................................................................................26
F.3 WIRING ..............................................................................................................................................................28
F.3.1 Gauge Wiring............................................................................................................................................28
F.3.2 Connector and Cable Wiring....................................................................................................................30
F.3.3 Model 8032-27 and Load Cell Wiring ......................................................................................................31
F.4 TROUBLESHOOTING ...........................................................................................................................................32
F.5 8032 MULTIPLEXER SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................................................32
F.6 DAISY-CHAIN OPERATION.................................................................................................................................33
F.7 MAXIMUM 8032-5 (TAN CABLE)CABLE LENGTHS............................................................................................35
APPENDIX G. CELLULAR MODEM COMMUNICATIONS............................................................................36
G.1 SUPPLY .............................................................................................................................................................36
G.2 INSTALL ............................................................................................................................................................37
G.3 COMMUNICATIONS............................................................................................................................................38

FIGURES
FIGURE 1-TYPICAL MICRO-6000 CONFIGURATION.......................................................................................................2
FIGURE 2-POWER DISTRIBUTION CIRCUIT BOARD........................................................................................................2
FIGURE 3-TYPICAL BOTTOM VIEW MICRO-6000........................................................................................................3
FIGURE 4-LAUNCH MENU,DEVICE CONFIG UTILITY..................................................................................................12
FIGURE 5-INSTALL DEVICE DRIVER............................................................................................................................13
FIGURE 6-LAUNCH MENU,SETUP...............................................................................................................................13
FIGURE 7-ADD COMMUNICATIONS PORT (ROOT) .......................................................................................................14
FIGURE 8-SELECT DEVICE TO ADD .............................................................................................................................14
FIGURE 9-SELECT COMMUNICATIONS PORT ...............................................................................................................15
FIGURE 10 -SELECT MAXIMUM BAUD RATE ...............................................................................................................15
FIGURE 11 -LAUNCH MENU,CONNECT .......................................................................................................................16
FIGURE 12 -CONNECT TO THE CR6..............................................................................................................................16
FIGURE 13 -SET THE SCAN INTERVAL..........................................................................................................................17
FIGURE 14 -SET ZERO READINGS AND GAUGE FACTORS.............................................................................................17
FIGURE 15 -SET TEMPERATURE ZERO AND THERMAL FACTOR ...................................................................................18
FIGURE 16 -UNCOMMENT SPECIFIED LINE ..................................................................................................................18
FIGURE 17 -ALIAS NAMES ...........................................................................................................................................19
FIGURE 18 -TRANSFER FILE TO DATALOGGER.............................................................................................................19
FIGURE 19 -SELECT DLD FILE TYPE ...........................................................................................................................20
FIGURE 20 -UNCHECK “RUN NOW”.............................................................................................................................20
FIGURE 21 -SEND THE MAIN CRBASIC PROGRAM FILE ...............................................................................................21
FIGURE 22 -LAUNCH MENU,SETUP.............................................................................................................................21
FIGURE 23 -DATA FILES TAB.......................................................................................................................................22
FIGURE 24 -LAUNCH MENU,CONNECT .......................................................................................................................22
FIGURE 25 -LIVE MONITORING....................................................................................................................................23
FIGURE 26 -COLLECTING DATA...................................................................................................................................23
FIGURE 27 -16-CHANNEL SWITCHING BLOCK DIAGRAM.............................................................................................25
FIGURE 28 -32-CHANNEL SWITCHING BLOCK DIAGRAM.............................................................................................25
FIGURE 29 -16 OR 32-CHANNEL SELECTION................................................................................................................26
FIGURE 30 -GK-403/DATALOGGER SELECTION ..........................................................................................................26
FIGURE 31 -16-CHANNEL MICRO-6000 CHANNEL SELECTION TIMING .....................................................................27
FIGURE 32 -32-CHANNEL MICRO-6000 CHANNEL SELECTION TIMING .....................................................................27
FIGURE 33 -TERMINAL BOARD LAYOUT......................................................................................................................29
FIGURE 34 -MODEL 8032-27 JUMPER WIRE ASSEMBLY ..............................................................................................31
FIGURE 35 -DAISY-CHAIN CONFIGURATION (DOES NOT APPLY TO MODEL 8600-2) ...................................................34
FIGURE 36 -RECOMMENDED MAXIMUM CABLE LENGTH (DOES NOT APPLY TO 8600-2).............................................35
FIGURE 37 -MODEL 8600-2 WITH CELLULAR MODEM INSTALLED ..............................................................................37
FIGURE 38 -ADD COMMUNICATIONS PORT (ROOT) .....................................................................................................38
FIGURE 39 -SELECT “PAKBUSPORT”...........................................................................................................................38
FIGURE 40 -SELECT DEVICE TO ADD ...........................................................................................................................38
FIGURE 41 -ENTER INTERNET IP ADDRESS..................................................................................................................39

TABLES
TABLE 1-8600-2 SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................................................................ 7
TABLE 2-TOTAL NUMBER OF ARRAYS AVAILABLE PER MULTIPLEXER ....................................................................... 9
TABLE 3-AMOUNT OF TIME UNTIL DATA OVERWRITE OCCURS WHEN DATA IS STORED EVERY 60 SECONDS ............ 9
TABLE 4-AMOUNT OF TIME UNTIL DATA OVERWRITE OCCURS WHEN DATA IS STORED EVERY 60 MINUTES ............. 9
TABLE 5-AMOUNT OF TIME UNTIL DATA OVERWRITE OCCURS WHEN DATA IS STORED ONCE PER DAY.................... 9
TABLE 6-CR6 WIRING ................................................................................................................................................10
TABLE 7-CHARGER PORT WIRING ..............................................................................................................................10
TABLE 8-UNREGULATED CHARGER WIRING...............................................................................................................10
TABLE 9-REGULATED CHARGER DEFAULT WIRING ...................................................................................................11
TABLE 10 -EXTERNAL POWER CABLE WIRING ............................................................................................................11
TABLE 11 -FUSES DESIGNATIONS FOR POWER DISTRIBUTION BOARD.........................................................................11
TABLE 12 -16-CHANNEL MULTIPLEXER/TERMINAL BOARD WIRING ..........................................................................28
TABLE 13 -32-CHANNEL MULTIPLEXER/TERMINAL BOARD WIRING ..........................................................................28
TABLE 14 -J4 (I/O) CONNECTOR..................................................................................................................................30
TABLE 15 -P1 (I/O) CONNECTOR .................................................................................................................................30
TABLE 16 -COMMON CONDUCTOR CHART ...................................................................................................................31
TABLE 17 -STANDARD VW LOAD CELL WIRING WHEN USING 8032-27.....................................................................31
TABLE 18 -MULTIPLEXER SPECIFICATIONS .................................................................................................................33
TABLE 19 -DAISY-CHAIN OPERATION/CHANNELS ACCESSED .....................................................................................34

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1. OVERVIEW
The MICRO-6000 Datalogger is designed to support the reading of a large number of Geokon
Vibrating Wire Instruments for various unattended data collection applications through the use of
an internal Geokon Model 8032 Multiplexer. Weatherproof packaging allows the unit to be
installed in field environments where inhospitable conditions prevail. The Nema 4X enclosure
also has a provision for locking to limit access to responsible field personnel.
A basic datalogging system consists of the Campbell Scientific CR6 Datalogger and an internal
Model 8032 Multiplexer. Multiplexers expand the system by increments of 16 or 32 channels
depending on the instrument type and configuration (see Appendix F for more information).
2. SOFTWARE
The Micro-6000 Datalogger is operated by a download file that is generated by a software
program. Geokon supplies LoggerNet software (developed by Campbell Scientific, Logan,
Utah). Please refer to the manual supplied with the software for instructions on installing the
software and creating the required download file for Datalogger operation. A basic starter
CRBasic program (STARTPROG) can be provided upon request. LoggerNet 4.3+ is required for
the CR6 Datalogger.
3. HARDWARE
The controller portion of the MICRO-6000 Datalogger consists of a Campbell Scientific CR6
Measurement and Control Datalogger. To gain an understanding on the workings and
capabilities of the CR6 it is necessary to read the Overview section of the CR6 User Manual. The
CR6 User Manual is available in pdf format at:
https://s.campbellsci.com/documents/us/manuals/cr6.pdf
The CR6 Datalogger provides the required excitation and signal processing for the Vibrating
Wire sensors connected to the Datalogger. The CR6 uses Campbell Scientific’s VSpect spectral
analysis to find the resonant frequency of the Geokon Vibrating Wire Gauge. The CR6 is also
used to measure the thermistor used in Geokon’s Vibrating Wire instruments. For complete
specifications of the Vibrating Wire Measurements please refer to the CR6 Datalogger User
Manual.
A provided IP68 rated Regulated AC charger is used to provide the charging voltage for proper
maintenance of the installed lead acid battery. An internal power distribution circuit board
contains fused terminal blocks used to provide a nominal 12 VDC supply for the CR6
Datalogger and accessories. A regulated Solar panel can be used in place of the regulated AC
charger assuming the maximum short circuit current does not exceed six amps.
The Model 8032 Multiplexer expands the number of channels that can be read by the MICRO-
6000 Datalogger. The channel switching is accomplished by mechanical relays mounted on the
underside of the circuit board and the transducer connections are accomplished by friction
locking terminals. Power, Reset and Clocking for the Multiplexer are supplied by the MICRO-
6000. The Model 8032 Multiplexer can be configured for 16x4 or 32x2 channels depending on
the application. Please see the Model 8032 Instruction Manual for more information.

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A 12V – 7Ah lead acid battery is used to provide power for the Datalogger. The battery supports
operating power for a limited period of time should the AC or solar power, used to maintain the
battery, be interrupted. Under normal operating conditions and proper maintenance, the life
expectancy of the battery is approximately five years
3.1 Installation
The recommended method of installation involves attaching the various enclosures (MICRO-
6000 and Multiplexers) to a fixed structure, such as a wall, in an upright position (Figure 1).
Mounting dimensions shown in inches.
Figure 1 - Typical Micro-6000 Configuration
3.2 Power
After the Datalogger is installed the Geokon Regulated AC Charger or Regulated Solar Panel can
be connected to the three-pin charger port on the Datalogger. The supply voltage to the Micro-
6000 will be “Off” by default and the On/Off switch SW1 on the Power Distribution circuit
board should be switched to the “On” position (Figure 2). The Internal Lead Acid battery will
charge in either position. It is recommended that the charger be left plugged in at all times
(Section 4.1). Additionally, a Geokon Unregulated AC Charger or Solar Panel can be used as the
three-pin charger port is also wired to the CR6 built in Charge Regulator.
Figure 2 - Power Distribution Circuit Board