Sutron 8310 Manual

8310 & 7310 Dataloggers
Operations & Maintenance
Manual
Part No. 8800-1185 Rev. 2.8
April 16, 2014

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Table of Contents
USING THIS MANUAL 14
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 15
8310 &7310 OVERVIEW 16
8310 FEATURES 16
7310 FEATURES 17
MODEL NUMBERS 17
WIDE RANGE OF APPLICATIONS 18
INPUTS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR HYDROMET APPLICATIONS 18
SIMPLE SETUP 18
EASY WIRING 18
SEALED ENCLOSURE 19
LARGE SECURE MEMORY 19
EASILY NETWORKED 19
CHAPTER 2: UNPACKING AND INITIALIZATION 20
UNPACKING 21
CONNECTING THE MAIN BATTERY 21
CONNECTING THE CHARGING VOLTAGE 21
QUICK TEST 22
CHAPTER 3: GETTING TO KNOW THE 8310 23
8310-N 24
8310-O 24
7310-O 25
THE DISPLAY 25
THE 6-BUTTON KEYPAD 25
STATUS AND CHARGING LED 26
TERMINAL STRIPS 26
SD CARD SOCKET 28
USB/COM1 SERIAL I/O PORT 29
ETHERNET 29
GROUND LUG 30
FRONT PANEL CONTROL OF THE 8310 30
TURNING THE DISPLAY UNIT ON AND OFF 30
CHANGING THE CONTRAST 30
THE 8310 MENU TREE 30
THE 8310 MENU TREE –TOP TWO LEVELS 31
THE 8310 MENU TREE –ALL LEVELS 32
POSITIONING WITHIN THE MENU TREE 38

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CHANGING VALUES AND EXECUTING FUNCTIONS 39
PC CONTROL OF THE 8310 40
STARTING THE PC SOFTWARE 41
THE 8310 MENU TREE 41
SELECTING OPTIONS AND CHANGING VALUES 42
TERMINOLOGY 43
MEASUREMENTS 43
INPUTS 43
PROCESSING 43
OUTPUTS 43
ALARMS 43
MORE ON MEASUREMENTS 44
OPERATING THE 8310 45
MAIN MENU 45
ERRORS 45
RECORDING 45
SD CARD 46
VIEWING OUTPUTS 46
VIEWING LOGS 47
DIAGNOSTICS 47
DIAGNOSTICS/INPUTS 48
DIAGNOSTICS/OUTPUTS 48
COMMUNICATIONS 48
SETUPS 49
THE SETUP LIST COMMAND 50
CHAPTER 4: MENU TREE REFERENCE 51
8310 MENU REFERENCE 53
MAIN MENU 55
STATION NAME/DATE/TIME 55
RECORDING 55
ALARM STATUS 55
SENDING ALARM TXS 56
MX.OX56
LOGGED DATA 56
STATION SETUP 56
TERMINAL OPERATIONS 56
DIAGNOSTICS 56
ALARM STATUS 57
LOGGED DATA 57
RECORDING 58
SD CARD OPERATIONS 59
SD CARD OPERATIONS/FORMAT SD CARD 59
SD CARD OPERATIONS/READ SETUP FROM CARD 59
SD CARD OPERATIONS/WRITE SETUP TO CARD 59
SD CARD OPERATIONS/READ BASIC FROM CARD 60
SD CARD OPERATIONS/WRITE BASIC TO CARD 60
SD CARD OPERATIONS/UPGRADE FIRMWARE 60

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STATION NAME/DATE/TIME 60
STATION NAME 60
DATE AND TIME 60
STATION SETUP 61
MEASUREMENTS () > 61
BASIC > 61
COMMUNICATIONS () > 61
LOGS () > 61
LOG RECORDS () > 61
LAN SETTINGS > 61
USERS () > 62
ADVANCED SETTINGS > 62
READ SETUP FROM FILE 62
WRITE SETUP TO FILE 62
CLEAR SETUP 62
SAVE FORMATTED SETUP 62
STATION SETUP/MEASUREMENTS 62
MX[*]: NAME STATUS > 63
ADD MEASUREMENT 63
DELETE MEASUREMENT 63
COPY MEASUREMENT 63
MOVE MEASUREMENT 63
STATION SETUP/MEASUREMENTS/MX63
MEASNAME 64
ENABLE 64
MEASTYPE 64
INPUTTYPE 78
MUX 90
SWITCHEDPWR 91
PROCESSING 91
CAL SLOPE/CALOFFSET 93
MX.IX93
MX.OX93
STATION SETUP/MEASUREMENTS/MX/MX.OX93
NAME 94
UNITS 94
RIGHTDIGITS 94
PROCESSING 94
DISPLAY 94
LOG 94
LOGGING INTERVAL 94
RECORDID 95
ADD ALARM,DELETE ALARM,ALARMDEADBAND,ETC. 95
ISSSPCURDATA 95
WEBDISPLAY 95
MODBUS 95
STATION SETUP/MEASUREMENTS/MX/MX.OX/TELEMETRY SETTINGS 97
TXCONTENT,DATAINTERVAL,DATATIME,NUMVALS,SEQUENCE 97
TXALARMMODE 98
ADDITIONAL TELEMETRY SETTINGS 98

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STATION SETUP/MEASUREMENTS/MX/SIMULATE 98
STATION SETUP/COMMUNICATIONS 99
LAN SETUP 99
STATION SETUP/COMMUNICATIONS/COMX DIRECT |RADIO |SSP 99
ENABLED 100
BAUDRATE 100
MASTERID 100
TXALARMRATE 100
TXNORMALRATE 100
SSP SETTINGS/CARRIERDELAY 100
SSP SETTINGS/REPLYDELAY 101
SSP SETTINGS ACKDELAY 101
SSP SETTINGS NUMRETRIES 101
SSP SETTINGS RETRYDELAY 101
STATION SETUP/COMMUNICATIONS/COMX ALERT 101
ENABLED 101
TXTIME 101
BAUDRATE 102
SELECT OUTPUTS 102
SELECT OUTPUTS/ALERT_ID 102
SELECT OUTPUTS/TXINTERVAL 102
SELECT OUTPUTS/TXEVENT 102
SELECT OUTPUTS/THRESHOLD 103
SELECT OUTPUTS/OVERRIDE 103
SELECT OUTPUTS/MIN 103
SELECT OUTPUTS/MAX 103
SELECT OUTPUTS/TXLIMIT 103
SELECT OUTPUTS/HOLDOFFSEC 103
SELECT OUTPUTS/TX NOW 103
STATION SETUP/COMMUNICATIONS/COMX IRIDIUM 103
ENABLED 104
TXINTERVAL 104
TXTIME 104
TXFORMAT 104
ALARMDATA 104
MSGINTERVAL 104
PWRONINTERVAL +PWRONTIME +PWRONDURATION 105
SETUPPASSWORD AND DATAPASSWORD 105
SYNCTIME +LOCALTIMEOFFSET 105
SELECT OUTPUTS 106
SELECT OUTPUTS/TXCONTENT 106
SELECT OUTPUTS/SEQUENCE 106
SELECT OUTPUTS/TXALARMMODE 106
STATION SETUP/COMMUNICATIONS//LAN >DETAILS 106
POWER 107
TXINTERVAL 107
TXTIME 107
TXFORMAT 107
ALARMDATA 107
PWRONINTERVAL +PWRONTIME +PWRONDURATION 108

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STATION SETUP/COMMUNICATIONS/COMX GPRS 108
ENABLED 109
TXINTERVAL 109
TXTIME 109
TXFORMAT 109
ALARMDATA 109
PWRONINTERVAL +PWRONTIME +PWRONDURATION 109
SETUPPASSWORD AND DATAPASSWORD 113
SETUPUSERLIST AND DATAUSERLIST 113
SELECT OUTPUTS 115
SELECT OUTPUTS/TXCONTENT 115
SELECT OUTPUTS/SEQUENCE 116
SELECT OUTPUTS/TXALARMMODE 116
STATION SETUP/COMMUNICATIONS/COMX SATLINK 116
SATID 116
INITIALIZE SATLINK 116
LOCAL TIME OFFSET 116
SELFTIMEDSETTINGS/RANDOMSETTINGS 117
STATION SETUP/COMMUNICATIONS/COMX SATLINK/SELFTIMED SETTINGS 117
ENABLE 117
TIME 117
INTERVAL 117
CHANNEL 117
CENTER IN WINDOW 117
WINDOWLENGTH 117
TYPE 118
ANTENNA 118
FORMAT 118
APPEND LAT/LON 118
APPEND QUALITY 118
SELECT OUTPUTS (SELFTIMED SETTINGS) 118
STATION SETUP/COMMUNICATIONS/COMX SATLINK/RANDOM SETTINGS 119
ENABLE 119
NORMALRATE 119
ALARMRATE 119
BURSTRATE 119
NUMATTEMPTS 120
CHANNEL 120
TYPE 120
FORMAT 120
NUMVALS 120
GROUP LABEL 120
APPEND LAT/LON 120
SELECT OUTPUTS (RANDOM SETTINGS) 120
STATION SETUP/COMMUNICATIONS/COMX MODEM 121
STATION SETUP/COMMUNICATIONS/COMX VOICE 121
BAUDRATE 122
ENABLED 122
MASTERID 122
ANSWERMODE 122

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RINGTOANSWER 122
LANGUAGE 122
PHONENUMBERX 122
REDIALDELAY 122
NUMREDIALS 122
DIALINMSG 122
DIALOUTMSG 122
EXAMPLE DIALINMSG 124
STATION SETUP/COMMUNICATIONS/LAN 125
ENABLED 125
URLX126
TYPEX 126
USERNAMEX 126
PASSWORDX 126
PORTX 126
SENDTOALL 126
TXNORMALRATE 126
TXALARMRATE 126
STATION SETUP/COMMUNICATIONS/COMX MODBUS 126
SLAVE 127
DEVICEID 127
BAUDRATE 127
PARITY 127
PROTOCOL 127
RTSPREDATAMS 127
RTSPOSTDATAMS 127
WAITFORDSR 127
WAITFORCTS 127
RS485 127
STATION SETUP/COMMUNICATIONS/MODBUSTCP 128
ENABLE 128
PORT 128
ENABLELAN 128
STATION SETUP/BASIC 128
SATLINK SELFTIMED 128
SATLINK RANDOM 129
GPRS SELFTIMED 129
GPRS ALARM 129
IRIDIUM SELFTIMED 129
IRIDIUM ALARM 129
STATION SETUP/LOGS 129
ADD LOG 130
DELETE LOG 130
STATION SETUP/LOGS/LOG DETAILS 130
LOG SIZE 130
WRAP LOG WHEN FULL 131
IGNORE BAD DATA 131
HEADER ON EXPORT 131
BAD DATA VALUE 131
ADD NOTE TO LOG 131

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STATION SETUP/LOG RECORDS 131
ADD RECORD 132
DELETE RECORD 132
STATION SETUP/LOG RECORDS/LOG RECORD DETAILS 132
RECORDID 132
LOGFILE 133
INTERVAL AND TIME 133
SEPARATOR 133
HANGINGSEPARATOR 133
FIELDS (N) 133
STATION SETUP/USERS 133
USER NAME 133
PASSWORD 133
USER GROUP 133
TIMEOUT 134
ALLOW COMMAND LINE,SSP, TCP/IP, AND UI 134
STATION SETUP/ADVANCED SETTINGS 134
FIXEDINTERNALPORTS 134
DISPLAY TIMEOUT (S) 134
FLASH DURATION (S) 134
TERMINAL TEXT COLOR 134
TERMINAL BKGND COLOR 134
TERMINAL OPERATIONS 134
DIAGNOSTICS 135
COMMUNICATIONS (N) 136
INPUTS (N) 136
OUTPUTS (N) 136
I/O MODULES (3) 136
SDI TOOLS 136
SYSTEM STATUS 136
BASIC STATUS:RUN 137
CLEAR CAL DATA 137
DEBUG TO SYSTEM LOG 137
SELECT MUX CHANNEL 137
UPGRADE FIRMWARE 137
EXIT 8310 APPLICATION 137
DIAGNOSTICS/COMMUNICATIONS 138
DIRECT /MODEM /RADIO /RS485 /VOICE COMX:TEST 138
SATLINK COMX:TEST 138
IRIDIUM COMX:TEST 139
GPRS COMX:TEST 141
LAN DIAGNOSTICS MENU 143
RESET COM DEVICE 144
DIAGNOSTICS/INPUTS (N) 144
CALIBRATE 145
DIAGNOSTICS/OUTPUTS (N) 145
DIAGNOSTICS/I/O MODULES (N) 146
DIAGNOSTICS/SDI TOOLS 147
FIND SDI DEVICES 147
SHOW FOUND (N)SDI 147

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SEND SDI-12 COMMAND 148
DIAGNOSTICS/SYSTEM STATUS 148
RECENT MESSAGES 148
8310 VX.X.X148
COMMUNICATIONS 148
COM STATUS:WAITING. 149
COM1: NEXTST:--:--:-- LAST ALARM:--:--:-- LASTST:--:--:-- 149
RADIO2: NEXTST:12:10:00 LAST ALARM:12:05:40 LASTST:12:00:00 149
SL3: STARTED 149
BASIC STATUS 149
I2C STATISTICS 149
SERIAL NUMBER 149
NUM RESETS 149
CPLD VERSION 149
CHAPTER 5: QUICK SETUP 150
REVIEW 151
CREATING THE SETUP 151
MORE COMPLEX MEASUREMENT SETUPS 152
TELEPHONE WITH SPEECH/MODEM 153
LOS RADIO 153
SATELLITE UNITS -- SELF TIMED REPORTING 154
SATELLITE UNITS -- RANDOM REPORTING 154
RECORDING:OFF/ON 155
CHAPTER 6: CONNECTING SENSORS 157
CONCEPTS 158
ANALOG SENSORS 159
DIGITAL INPUTS 160
COUNTER/FREQUENCY SENSORS 160
SHAFT ENCODER (QUADRATURE)SENSORS 161
SDI SENSORS 161
INPUTS AND INPUT CONNECTIONS 161
GROUNDS 162
SENSOR SETUP EXAMPLES 162
SHAFT ENCODER (QUADRATURE) 162
WIRING 162
MEASUREMENT SETUP 163
WIND SENSOR (WITH AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT) 163
WIRING 163
MEASUREMENT SETUP 164
AIR TEMPERATURE/RELATIVE HUMIDITY 165
WIRING 165
MEASUREMENT SETUP 165
DEWPOINT 165
WIRING 165

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MEASUREMENT SETUP 166
THERMISTOR 166
WIRING 166
MEASUREMENT SETUP 167
FUEL TEMPERATURE PROBE 168
WIRING 168
MEASUREMENT SETUP 168
BAROMETRIC PRESSURE SENSOR 169
WIRING 169
MEASUREMENT SETUP 169
ADDRESS 170
TAKE MEASUREMENTS 170
SETTING MEASUREMENT PREFERENCES 170
LOAD CELL 171
WIRING 171
MEASUREMENT SETUP 171
TIPPING BUCKET (TOTAL ACCUMULATION) 173
WIRING 173
MEASUREMENT SETUP 173
TIPPING BUCKET (HOURLY AND DAILY RAIN) 173
WIRING 173
MEASUREMENT SETUP 173
PRESSURE TRANSDUCER 174
CHAPTER 7: HOW TO... 175
COMPUTE THE SLOPE AND OFFSET FOR A SENSOR 176
LET CALIBRATE COMPUTE THE SLOPE AND OFFSET FOR YOU 177
PRINTING THE SETUP 177
UNDERSTAND THE MEASUREMENT PROCESS 177
UNDERSTAND ALARMS AND ALARM TRANSMISSIONS 178
ALARM LOGGING 179
TRIGGERING AN ALARM TRANSMISSION 179
STORE AND FORWARD AND CROSS DEVICE REPEATING SSP MESSAGES 179
USE MODBUS WITH THE 8310 180
RESERVED MODBUS REGISTERS 180
CHAPTER 8: INSTALLATION 182
ENVIRONMENT/ENCLOSURE 183
POWER BUDGET 186
CABLING 188
SURGE AND LIGHTNING PROTECTION 188
BENCH TESTING 189
TEST BEFORE YOU LEAVE 189
GOES ANTENNA POINTING 190
CHAPTER 9: RETRIEVING YOUR DATA 191