Mace HydroMace XCi User manual

Table of Contents
Using the HydroMACE XCi Manual 12
HydroMACE XCi 12
Product Support 14
About MACE 15
WARNINGS 16
Introduction to FloCom+ 17
Introducing the HydroMACE XCi device 18
Installing an HydroMACE XCi device 20
Opening procedure 20
Sensor and power cables routed inside the pole 21
Sensor and power cables routed through conduit 24
Sensor and power cables routed through conduit 28
Installing XCi power options 29
Solar panel installation on a 2" pole 30
Installing a MACE mains powered trickle charger 37
Powering the XCi device with an external battery 38
Introduction to FloSeries3 cards 39
Installing FloSeries3 Cards 40
About the I/O Card 44
Connecting sensors to the I/O card 46
Frequency input 46
Digital or Counter input 46
Shaft encoder input 47

Two-wire 4-20mA input 48
Three-wire 4-20mA input 48
Voltage input 48
Digital output 49
4-20mA output 50
About the WebComm card 51
Preparing and installing a Webcomm card 52
Add a WebComm site on the web 54
Configure a WebComm card using FloCom+ 57
HTTP Upload 58
FTP Upload to In-Situ HydroVu Data Server 60
FTP Upload 61
Edit HydroVu Headers 62
The "WebComm Utility" 66
Test an HTTP Upload 66
Test an FTP Upload 67
Error messages table: 68
Using "AT+ commands" to troubleshoot a WebComm card 70
Initial upload routine: 71
Common AT+ commands 72
Editing/Viewing a WebComm site on the web 75
Site data 75
Download site data 75
Show latest record 76

Delete site data 76
Site details 77
Site Details 77
Site keys 77
Site alarms 78
Site users 78
Remove site 78
Alarm history 79
All about Webcomm SMS/Email alarms 80
Enable alarm usage 80
Alarm configuration 81
Alarm description: 82
Channel to use for this alarm: 82
Send the alarm when the channel value is above/below: 82
Clear the alarm when the channel value is above/below: 82
Add this value to alarm set point each time the alarm occurs: 82
After the alarm has been sent disable it for: 83
Send an SMS message to these phone numbers: 83
Limit SMS message size: 83
Send an email message to these addresses: 83
Message: 84
Alarm state 85
Edit Alarms 86
Alarm history 87

The FloSI card 88
Wiring a FloSI card 88
Serial interface settings 89
RS-232, ASCII mode 89
SDI-12 mode 89
MODBUS mode 91
Configuring a FloSI card in FloCom+ 92
Ordering the SDI-12 or ASCII output string 93
Ordering and setting ModBus registers 94
About the Pulse I/O Card 95
Connecting sensors to the Pulse I/O card 96
The SDI-12 Master Card 98
Introduction to FloCom+ 100
Installing FloCom+ Software 101
Connecting to an HydroMACE XCi device 104
Remote communications with an XCi device 107
Enable a “Remote Connection” in the WebComm card 107
Run a WebComm “Forced Upload” 107
FloCom+ - The essential steps to configuring an HydroMACE XCi device 113
Edit general settings 114
Sensor power 115
Add XCi channels 116
Edit XCi Channels 118
Ordering, renaming, setting of attributes and removing channels 119

Reset card/configuration 123
The File menu 124
View download file 125
Table of Status messages 126
View MDCF file 128
Comms settings 129
The Main Menu 130
Disconnect 131
Download 132
Settings 133
Edit settings 133
View settings 133
Save settings to file 134
Load settings from file 134
Measure and display 136
SDI-12 Master utility 137
WebComm utility 137
Start/Stop HydroMACE XCi device 138
The System menu 139
Set device date/time: 139
Change download password 140
Change super password 140
System settings 141
Clear stored data 141

Card check 142
View totals 143
Introduction to XCi channel types 145
Add a "Velocity" - channel type 148
So, what are "Slope" and "Offset"? 150
"Depth" channel from a MACE EchoFlo Depth Sensor 151
Edit a "Depth" - channel type 153
Add a new "4-20mA" input type 154
Edit a "4-20mA" input type 155
Add a new "Binary" channel type 157
Edit a "Binary" channel type 158
Add a new "Frequency" input type 159
Edit a "Frequency" input type 160
Add a new "Voltage" input type 162
Edit a "Voltage" input type 163
Add a new "Event (pulse, status change)" channel type 165
Edit a "Status change event" channel type 166
Edit a "Pulse event" channel type 166
Add a new "Shaft encoder input" input type 168
Edit "Shaft encoder input" 169
Add a new "Input pulse total" channel type 170
Edit an "Input pulse total" channel type 170
Add a new "Flowrate (using pulse)" channel type 172
Edit a "Flowrate (using pulse)" channel type 173

Add a new "SDI-12" input type 175
SDI-12 sensor settings 176
Edit an "SDI-12" input type 177
"Flowrate (using velocity)"- channel type 178
Add a "Flowrate (using velocity)"- channel type 178
Edit a "Flowrate (using velocity)" - In a full pipe or circular pipe using depth 179
Edit a "Flowrate (using velocity)" - In an open channel 179
Using MACE "FloCalc" to calculate polynomial coefficients 180
Add a "Flowrate (using velocity)"- channel type 183
Edit a "Flowrate (using velocity)" - In a full pipe or circular pipe using depth 184
Edit a "Flowrate (using velocity)" - In an open channel 184
Using MACE "FloCalc" to calculate polynomial coefficients 185
Add a "Flowrate (using lookup table)" - channel type 188
Edit a "Flowrate (using lookup table) - channel type 188
Add a "Flowrate (using weir)"- channel type 191
Edit a "Flowrate (using weir) - channel type 192
Add a "Flowrate (using trickle flow)" - channel type 194
Edit a "Flowrate (using trickle flow)" - channel type 195
Add a "Total flow" - channel type 201
Edit a "Total flow" - channel type 202
Add a new "Channel value level or range status" channel type 205
Edit a "Channel value level status" channel type 206
Edit a "Channel value range status" channel type 207
Add a "Velocity (depth corrected)" - channel type 208

Edit a "Velocity (depth corrected)" - channel type 208
Add a "Volume (using lookup table) - channel type 210
Edit a "Volume (using lookup table) - channel type 210
"Device battery voltage" - channel type 213
"Measure and Display" function 215
"Offset adjust" function 216
"2-Point Calibration" function 217
The "SDI-12 Master Utility" 219
"Address query" 220
"Acknowledge active" 221
"Send ID" 221
"User defined" 222
Calibrate - Flowrate (using pulse) function 224
Calculate a "K-factor" 224
Metric Example: 224
US Example: 225
Calibrate function: 226
"4-20mA" - output type 228
Add a new "4-20mA" output 229
Edit a "4-20mA" output 229
Test a "4-20mA" output 230
Remove a "4-20mA" output 231
"4-20mA" - output type 232
Add a new "4-20mA" output 233

Edit a "4-20mA" output 233
Test a "4-20mA" output 234
Remove a "4-20mA" output 235
"Pulse" - output type 236
Add a new "Pulse" output 237
Edit a "Pulse" output 237
Test a "Pulse" output 238
Remove a "Pulse" output 238
"Binary status" - output type 239
Add a new "Binary status" output 240
Test a "Binary status" output 241
Remove a "Binary status" output 242
XCi Display and Keypad Usage 243
"Force" a measurement 244
Reset a "Total" with the buttons 245
Test the LCD Display 246
Troubleshooting the XCi 247
I can't "Connect" to my XCi with FloCom+ 248
My XCi has power problems 250
My meter "Total" isn't right 251
My XCi has problems measuring the depth 252
My XCi has problems with the LCD 253
My XCi has problems when I'm connected to FloCom+ 254
How to update XCi firmware 255