elproMONITOR 3.1.x / Monitor (EN)

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In the interest of our clientele, we reserve the right to make changes due to technical advances. Therefore, schematics, descriptions and scope of delivery may be changed without prior notice. This manual is valid as of version 2017.

Liability

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  • In general, the legal provisions of Switzerland apply. The place of jurisdiction is the district court of Werdenberg-Sarganserland.

Warranty

  • The warranty obligations are limited, at ELPRO-BUCHS AG's discretion, to the repair, refund of the purchase price, repair free of charge or replacement of a defective product returned to ELPRO-BUCHS AG or a reseller approved by ELPRO-BUCHS AG within the warranty period.

  • There is no entitlement to free "on-site customer support" by an employee of ELPRO-BUCHS AG.

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  • Resellers approved by ELPRO-BUCHS AG are not authorized to provide a greater or other warranty on behalf of ELPROBUCHS AG.

  • ELPRO-BUCHS AG grants a warranty period of 24 months on the following new products:

    • Data logger

    • Brackets

    • Accessories, except sensors and third-party products

  • This warranty applies to material defects or production defects.

  • ELPRO-BUCHS AG grants a warranty period of 6 months for the following products and services:

    • All service work and repairs

    • Temperature sensors

    • Humidity sensors

  • ELPRO-BUCHS AG grants a warranty period of 90 days that the medium on which the software product was delivered is free from defects in material and workmanship under normal conditions. The software product conforms in all material respects to the operating instructions and the information in the help file.

  • The warranty does not apply to consumables, disposable batteries or any other product which, in the opinion of ELPRO-BUCHS Ltd:

    • abused

    • changed

    • replaced by a wrong product

    • has been operated and damaged outside the specification due to accident or operating or handling conditions.

  • Wear and tear, cable breakage and corrosion cannot be claimed under warranty.

  • For third-party products, ELPRO-BUCHS AG grants at most the warranty period of the manufacturer.

  • For discontinued products, ELPRO-BUCHS AG provides warranty work and customer support only for a limited period of time.

  • Warranty repairs are generally only carried out at the factory (ELPRO-BUCHS AG) or at an agency recognized by the factory.

  • ELPRO-BUCHS AG does not provide any warranty regarding the standard or SCS calibration of the data loggers and sensors. The specified data correspond to the situation during the calibration process

Software

  • The software products of ELPRO-BUCHS AG are subject to internal quality regulations and are regularly validated within the factory. In the event of any program errors, bypassing the error is considered as elimination.

  • Software operating instructions do not contain instructions on the basic operation of a computer or on basic functions of the Windows® operating system. For information on how to operate your computer or operating system, please refer to the appropriate manuals for your computer.

Data loggers, sensors and accessories

  • ELPRO-BUCHS AG uses the highest quality standards and a certified quality management system according to ISO 9001 for the production of data loggers and their accessories.

  • For information on the operation of the data loggers and their accessories, please refer to the corresponding product documentation provided by ELPRO-BUCHS AG.

  • When installing data loggers, sensors and accessories, the locally applicable installation regulations must be observed.

  • For applications in potentially explosive atmospheres, the zone assignment specified by ELPRO-BUCHS AG as well as the application and safety instructions must be strictly observed.

  • In the event of a warranty claim, the customer will receive a repair cost estimate from ELPRO-BUCHS AG in order to issue the appropriate authorization before work commences.

  • The transport costs for a repair at ELPRO-BUCHS AG will be borne by the customer. DAP (value added tax) will be borne by ELPROBUCHS AG.

  • ELPRO-BUCHS AG reserves the right to charge the purchaser for costs of repairs/parts replacement.

  • After repair, the product will be returned to the buyer with return shipping charges billed to the buyer (FOB shipping location).

Trademark

  • All listed company and product names and their trademarks are the protected property of their respective owners.

  • This product is subject to CE marking.

  • The manufacturer guarantees the conformity of this product to the corresponding directives: EN 61000-6-2 : 2001 and EN 61000-6-4 : 2001

  • FCC ID: Z45-E11645398

  • IC: 9954A-E11645398

  • This product must be disposed of in accordance with WEEE (Waste electrical and electronic equipment, 2002/ 96/EC)!

1. Overview Monitor

This application is used for monitoring, displaying and archiving the sensor data of the I/O modules (ECOLOG-PRO, ECOLOG-NET) and for forwarding alarm messages.

1.1. User Interface

After the successful login, elproMONITOR changes to the start window divided into 4 areas.

A - Sensor Analysis

Left-clicking on a specific line opens the sensor analysis for that line. >> 1.3 Sensor Analysis

I - Search & Sensor Groups

  • The search functions allow you to search according to the following criteria and narrow down the selection in the details column accordingly:

    • Sensor

    • I/O module

    • Alarm profile

  • By means of the radio buttons in the Sensor Status area, the selection in the details column can be narrowed according to the selected sensor status(es).

  • In the overview column all available sensor groups are listed. (e.g. All sensors, Lab, ...) Different sensors are assigned to each sensor group.

II - Detail column

This area contains all information about the sensors in the selected groups.

The following information is available for each sensor:

  • Sensor: Name of the sensor >> elproMONITOR / Settings / Sensors

  • I/O module: Name of the I/O module >> elproMONITOR / Settings / Device settings

  • Alarm profile: Assigned alarm profile >> elproMONITOR / Settings / Profiles

  • Value: Current measured value

  • Status: Current sensor status

Sort

The arrows to the right of the column labels can be used to sort the complete selection alphabetically in ascending (up arrow) or descending (down arrow) order. The sorting order changes with each mouse click and the current selection is indicated by highlighting the corresponding arrow.

III - Applicable Functions

Depending on the selected overview, different functionalities can be executed here.

Calibration

Calibration is only possible for the selected sensors of ECOLOG-PRO I/O modules.

The current time is entered as the start date in the calibration log and the sensor status changes to "Deactivated by calibration". After the calibration is completed, the status changes back to "OK". >> elproMONITOR / Calibration

Analysis

Switch to sensor analysis for all selected sensors. >> 1.3 Sensor analysis

Deactivate

Opens the window for deactivating the sensor alarm for all selected sensors.

  • Deactivate is possible only after selecting a comment template or entering a comment and authentication with the password.

  • Example: Maintenance work
    A sensor signal missing due to maintenance work will not trigger an alarm if the sensor is deactivated.

Activate

With Activate, selected deactivated sensors are enabled again.

Page management

 

Page management allows easy navigation within larger sensor groups or even in the "all sensors" group. The following functionalities are given:

  • First: Navigate to the first page

  • Previous: Navigate one page back relative to the current page

  • n / n: Current page and total number of pages

  • Next: Navigate one page forward relative to the current page

  • Last: Navigate to last page

  • Lines: Number of lines displayed

  • Dropdown: selection of the number of lines per page. Possible selection is 50 lines, 200 lines and all lines

1.2 Status

The priority defines which sensor status is displayed if a sensor has several statuses at the same time. The status with the highest priority is displayed in each case.

Status LED

Status

Priority

Description

Status LED

Status

Priority

Description

OK

1

All in order.

Weak radio strength

2

The radio strength of the corresponding module is too weak. The status is displayed immediately if an alarm profile with corresponding sensor alarm has been set. However, the alarm is only triggered after the delay time has elapsed.

Low battery level

3

The sensor supply has a low battery level.

Warning lower limit

4

The measured value is lower than the upper warning limit.

Warning upper limit

5

The measured value is higher than the upper warning limit.

Warning digital input

6

The state of the digital input corresponds to the alarm criterion.

Alarm lower limit

7

The measured value is lower than the upper alarm limit.

Alarm upper limit

8

The measured value is higher than the upper alarm limit.

Logger interval error

9

ECOLOG-NET - Incorrect recording interval parameterized for reloading.

Sensor malfunction

10

The sensor has failed.

No connection

11

elproMONITOR has no connection to the module / data logger to which the affected sensor is connected.

Reload

12

After a connection interruption, buffered values are reloaded in the module.

Deactivated by user

13

The sensor alarm was deactivated by the calibration process.

Deactivated by time control

14

The sensor alarm has been deactivated by the time control.

Deactivated by calibration

15

The sensor alarm has been deactivated by the user.

Retired

16

The sensor is no longer monitored and cannot be reactivated. The recorded measured values are not deleted and can still be called up via the sensor analysis.

1.3 Sensor Analysis

elproMONITOR has several functions for analyzing and exporting the recorded measured values.

1.3.1 Select Period for Sensor Analysis

Period sensor analysis

Specification of the time range of the recorded data displayed in the chart. By limiting the time range, the displayed range is zoomed. The time range can be specified in different ways:

  • Quicklinks

  • Time range From ... To: and "Display" button

  • Previous" and "Next" button

  • Zoom in the graphic

 

Period Sensor Analysis - Quicklinks

The preset quicklinks allow quick selection of typically required time ranges:

  • Last 7 days - The measured values of the last seven days including the current day are displayed.

  • Previous week - The readings of the previous week from Monday to Sunday are displayed.

  • previous calendar month - the readings of the previous calendar month from the first to the last day are displayed.

  • last year - The measured values of the last full year from the first to the last day are displayed.

 

 

 

Period Sensor Analysis - Zoom

By marking a subrange of the graph, this time range is displayed.

 

 

1.3.2 Applicable Functions

Export

Export" exports the data for the selected period of sensor analysis in tabular form as an MS-EXCEL file.

Report

The Sensor Analysis report includes an overview graph on the first page followed by measurement graphs and event data for each selected sensor in the selected time period. In this report, sensors and digital inputs are treated equally, i.e. the size (number of pages) of the sensor analysis created as a *.pdf file is determined by the number of sensors and digital inputs as well as the selected time period of the sensor analysis.

Report - Overview Graphic

Report - Graphic Sensor 1

Report - Events Sensor 1

Close

Closes the current window and returns to the Monitor overview.

1.3.3 Details Sensor Analysis

Sensor group and graphic

In the left area of the sensor analysis all sensors of the sensor group selected for the sensor analysis can be selected. By selecting single and multiple sensors in combination with a time period, the corresponding measured values can be loaded.

By simply clicking on selected sensors in a multiple selection, the measured values and highlighted statuses (time period for calibrating, deactivating and reloading) can be displayed emphasized.

With multiple selection, up to two measured value units are displayed on the Y-axis. (e.g. °C and %RH). On the X-axis of the graph, the date and time of the measured values are indicated, which can be measured even more precisely with the cursor.

Interruptions in the graph are due to periods of sensor malfunction or lack of power supply at the corresponding module.

Measuring with the cursor

By moving the mouse pointer over the displayed curve, it can be measured and the following data is given for each data point:

  • Sensor name (e.g. Warehouse Temperature 1)

  • Date (e.g. 08.Mar.2022 04:30)

  • value (e.g. 29.2 °C)

highlighted status

In the graph, the following important periods of important statuses are highlighted by means of an appropriate background color:

  • Gray: deactivated sensor alarm

  • Green: Reloaded values

  • Orange: Active calibration

Details

Below the graphic, detailed information and statistical data for each individual sensor are available as a list and can be expanded and collapsed by clicking on the sensor name. In case of multiple selection, the details of all selected sensors are displayed one after the other. This information always corresponds to the selected time period.

Statistical data:

  • Average

  • Lowest/highest value - The minimum or maximum value measured in the corresponding time interval is determined.

  • MKT - Mean Kinetic Temperature, for information on the theory of MKT calculation, see relevant technical literature.

Event log

Below the details, a chronological event log for all selected sensors is available as a list and can be expanded and collapsed by clicking on the on events. This information always corresponds to the selected time period.

The logged events contain the following data:

  • Date & Time

  • Event - description of the event

  • User - this can be a logged in user or elproMONITOR itself

  • Incident No. - Unique sequential number for each event. Incidents belonging to the same event are documented with the same incident number, for example, all events belonging to the same alarm.

  • Type - information group to which an event can be assigned.

    • Information

    • Warning

    • Error

    • Alarm

  • Priority - criteria for events that have similar importance

    • high

    • normal

    • deep

  • Entry and value - Each event logs specific entries

1.3.4 Reload measured values

After a system failure, elproMONITOR reloads the missing measured values from the internal memory of the data loggers. This procedure automatically replenishes missing data and closes existing recording gaps. User receives a notification for the deviations or sensor issues during the reloading of the data if, any occured during the period of system failure.

The current connection status of the module is indicated by the following statuses (see >> 1.2. status):

  • OK

  • no connection - system failure or connection interruption

  • Logger Interval Error- Error message: Logger Interval Error, for an ECOLOG-NET logger with wrong logging interval. No data is reloaded!

  • Reload - After a connection interruption, buffered values are reloaded in the module.

Reloaded values are highlighted in the sensor analysis. See >> 1.3.3. details sensor analysis

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