Datalogger ESC8800 communication protocol

Supported device types and versions
Communication line configuration
Communication station configuration
I/O tag configuration
Literature
Changes and modifications
Document revisions

Supported device types and versions

The protocol supports communication with ESC 8800 dataloggers.

Implementation was performed and verified according to the ESC Model 8800 – datalogger Engineering Manual – TIN 97-1023, February 1997 documentation for the datalogger software version 6.

Communication includes:

Table 1

Communication line configuration

• Communication line category: Serial
• Baud rate according to the ESC datalogger settings - the command CENTRAL SPEED,
• 1 stop bit,
• 8 data bits,
• No parity,
• No handshaking.

Communication station configuration

• Communication protocol: ESC 8800.
• Station address is a decimal number within the range of 0..255. Station address must be identical with the datalogger settings - the command SET ID.

Station configuration is different from implementation in the versions D2000 v3.XX. There are used station time parameters and their priorities, one datalogger must be divided into logical stations as follows:

• Current values - delay - at least 1 second, station priority - 0. Current measurements of channels and digital inputs are configured on the station. Logical station with the lowest priority, the parameters delay may not be less than 1 second. Note: datalogger 8800 does not provide any current data - the data are acquired from one-minute averages. Therefore it is not necessary to create the station.
• 1m averages - period - 1 minute, offset - 5..10 seconds, station priority - 1. There are configured 1m averages of channel measurement on the station. Logical station with a higher priority, the parameter offset couldn't be less than 5 seconds - time for datalogger for processing values.
• 30m averages - period - 30 minute, offset - 5..10 seconds, station priority - 2. There are configured 30m averages of channel measurements on the station. Logical station with even higher priority, the parameter offset couldn't be less than 5 seconds - time for datalogger for processing values. The period of 30 minutes must initialized in the datalogger by using the command SET INT 30
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• Calibrations – station with required period for reading calibration results.

Station protocol parameters

There can be defined the following station protocol parameters:

Table 2

String containing the protocol parameters is being defined as follows:

Keyword=value;Keyword=value; ...

Example:

RC=1;RT=500;MWR=10;

If there is used a keyword with an invalid value in the initialization string, there will be used corresponding default value according the table 2.

I/O tag configuration

Support of communication with ESC 8800 comprises acquisition and setting of the following values:

• reading current values of measured parameters with flags,
• reading 1m, 60m averages with flags,
• reading current states of digital inputs,
• reading calibration results.
• setting the real time.

Current value configuration

I/O tag type is Ai, measurement type is ACTUAL. Channel number is defined as a decimal number within the range of 0..99.

Configuration of current value flags

Current values flags are DI type (Digital Input). Measurement type is ACTUAL Flag.

Note: At defining the No missing data <blank> flag, you can use the character _ (underline) for transparency.

Configuration of 1m, 30m and 60m averages

Averages are values of AI type (Analog Input). Measurement type is 1m AV for one-minute averages, 30m AV for half-hour averages and 60m AV for hour averages. Channel number is defined as a decimal number within the range of 0..99.

Flag configuration of 30m and 60m averages

Flags of averages are values of DI type (Digital Input). Measurement type is 30mAV FLAG for half-hour averages and 60mAV FLAG for hour-averages.

Note: At defining the No missing data <blank> flag, you can use the character _ (underline) for transparency.

Digital input configuration

Digital inputs are value of DI type (Digital Input). Measurement type is Dig.Input. Digital input number is defined as a decimal number within the range of 0..999.

Configuration of calibration results

Calibration results are values of AI type (Analog Input). Measurement type is CAL-Ph1 for the first calibration phase or CAL-Ph2 for the second calibration phase. Channel number is defined as a decimal number within the range of 0..99.

Real time I/O tag configuration

For each station (on logger ESC8800 physically), there can be configured one I/O tag of TOA type containing real time. The I/O tag is necessary for real time synchronisation - datalogger -> computer.

Acquisition of archive (stored) values

Logger ESC 8800 executes a local archiving of measured values. The values can be requested automatically on a dispatcher system breakdown or directly by the dispatcher (D2000 HI, D2000 EventHandler) to complete the D2000 dispatcher system archive.

The method described above allows to acquire calibration values, which are 30 day old, 30m averages for last 31 days and 1m averages for the last 60 minutes.

Literature

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Changes and modifications

• November 1999 - possibility to set a validation percentage individually for each station.

Document revisions

• Ver. 1.1 – February 8th 2000 – Document update.