STYLITIS-10…offers high performance data acquisition and control in a competitive price

1. MAIN FEATURES• 8 multi-function channels, which can be used as: - Measurement inputs: 1-2 Counter and 6-7 Analog channels (Ch8 can operate as both)

- 7 digital inputs (the analog ones). - Control outputs (they change either manually or as a function of input values).

• Sampling once per second. • Math statistics (Average, Min, Max, Sdv) recorded per interval (from 1 sec to 1 hour). • Recording in internal 4MB Flash memory. • Modbus and SDI-12 Interfaces.• 2 serial communication ports: 1 DTE (COMMUNICATION port) and 1 DCE (PERIPHERAL port). • Precision current (0.5 mA) and voltage (2.5 V) excitation outputs.

2. PHYSICAL FORM AND SHELTER BOXStylitis-10 features:•Control

- LCD screen and 4-button keyboard local, brief operation- Total control via our Opton software

•Com Ports: 2 serial communication ports: 1 DTE and 1 DCE •INPUT CONNECTORS: Removable screw terminal strips on front panel•ENCLOSURE:

- Small, portable- Plastic ABS, either Desktop or wall mounted- DIMENSIONS: 18 x 10 x 4cm- WEIGHT: 200g

•SHELTER BOX (Optionally, if the logger is used for outdoor use, in harsh environments) - Any IP65 box should be OK- Advised minimum dimensions: 275x370x140 mm

In the Shelter box, you can additionally install other accessories of yourmeasuring system, such as a lead acid battery and a charge controller (connected with a solar panel) for the system’s power supply

3. SCREEN AND KEYBOARD

Stylitis-10 has an LCD screen and a 4-button keyboard. Most operations are performed via Opton, its free operating software. However, via the screen and keyboard you can:

•View instantaneous channel values.•View logger time and recording interval.•Change the acquisition status (ON/OFF).•Activate or deactivate the internal module (modem or Ethernet), if there is one. •View the internal modem’s signal strength (if there is one, and if it is in GSM data mode).

4. COMPATIBLE COUNTER SENSORS

• Stylitis-10 supports a wide variety of measurements and sensors.• Indicatively, some counter sensors are:

…and many more

MEASUREMENT SENSORS

Wind Speed Horizontal • NRG #40, #40H• YOUNG 05103 Wind Speed Sensor• Vector A100-L2, -R, -K, -LM• Thies First Class Anemometer

Electrical energy • Revalco 1RCEM series, 1RCETM series• ABB ODIN4165

Rain Height • NRG RainGage• Vector Tipping Bucket

5. COMPATIBLE ANALOG SENSORS

• Indicatively, some analog sensors are:

…and many more

MEASUREMENT SENSORS

Wind Direction • NRG 200P• Vector W200P• Thies First Class Wind Vane• Young 05103 Wind Direction Sensor

Temperature/Humidity • Temperature: Vector T351, etc (PT-100), NRG 110S• Both sensors: DeltaOhm HD9009TR

Barometric Pressure • Vaisala PTB10- series, PTB210- series

Water Depth, pH (4~20mA Transmitters)

• Global Water WQ201, WL400, WL450

Solar Radiation • LiCor LI-200SA, Skye SKS-1110• Kipp&Zonen CMP series• Apogee SP-110, SP-212, SP-215

6. COMPATIBLE DIGITAL BUS SENSORS

• Stylitis-10 can optionally be upgraded to support digital bus sensors (via the MODBUS RTU and SDI-12 interfaces).

• Indicatively, some digital bus sensors, along with some measurements they support, are:

…and many more

INTERFACE SENSOR MEASUREMENTS

MODBUS RTU Revalco 1RAEM4SC485 • Voltage_AC (phase and polar)• Current_AC• Real, reactive, apparent

Power/Energy• Power factor

SDI-12 Gill WindSonic • Average Wind Speed+ Direction• Max Wind Speed +

Corresponding Direction• Same analyzed to UV and polar

coordinates

7. STYLITIS-10 MODELS (VERSIONS)

The datalogger is available either as plain or with additional modules for remote communication. Therefore, its versions are:

•Plain Stylitis-10. No additional modules are available.•Stylitis-10+GSM. The logger features a built-in internal modem.•Stylitis-10+Ethernet/WiFi. The logger features a built-in Ethernet module (Wired or WiFi).

Each Stylitis-10 version is suitable for specific communication methods. These methods are presented in the next chapters.

8. COMMUNICATION METHODS

Communicate with the datalogger via Opton, its operating software, in various ways, according to the model used:A.Plain Stylitis-10

1. Locally2. Via Satellite3. Via RF modems4. Measuring network via RF modems5. Remote measuring network via RF modems

B. Stylitis-10+GSM– Via a GSM data call.– Via GPRS, using a cheap Dynamic IP SIM Card (via Symmetron’s Diameson Server)– Via GPRS, using a static IP SIM Card

C. Stylitis-10+Ethernet/WiFi1. Via Ethernet (local network or a static IP internet connection)2. Via a dynamic IP internet connection (via Symmetron’s Diameson Server)

9. LOCAL COMMUNICATION

1.Locally

RS-232

Serial Communication is available in two ways:

•Connect via a straight serial cable your computer COM port to the logger’s DCE port.•Connect via a null modem serial cable your computer COM port to the logger’s DTE port.

Stylitis-10

10. SATELLITE COMMUNICATION

2. Via Satellite

RS-232 RS-232

•Two satellite iridium modems are required: One connected to the computer’s COM port and one to the datalogger’s DTE port.•Communication is achieved via satellite.

Iridium modemStylitis-10 Iridium modem

11. RF COMMUNICATION

3. Via RF modems

RS-232 RS-232

•Connect one RF Modem to Stylitis-10’s DTE port and one to the computer’s COM port.•Achieve remote connections without a SIM card, for a limited distance (usually a few kilometers) between modems.

Radio Modem Radio ModemStylitis-10

12. COMMUNICATION VIA RF NETWORK4. Measuring network via RF modems

RS-232

RS-232

RS-232

•Capability of communication with multiple dataloggers (one at a time), by using an RF modem for the computer (as a Master) and one for each datalogger (as Slaves).•Again the distance between the Master modem and each Slave modem is limited (usually a few kilometers).•Each datalogger modem is set to have a unique address. Communicate with one at a time.

Stylitis-10 Radio Modem

Stylitis-10 Radio Modem

Radio Modem

5. Remote measuring network via RF modems

Sym-o-netInternet

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13. COMMUNICATION VIA REMOTE RF NETWORK

Stylitis-10

Radio Modems

Diameson Gateway

• Same method as before, with the difference that the modem network can be remote, regarding the computer.

• The Master modem can be accessed via the GPRS network via Symmetron’s Sym-o-net modem.

• Sym-o-net can connect as a client to Diameson Gateway, Symmetron’s server software, via a dynamic IP SIM card.

• For more information about Diameson, see Chapter 15.• Again the distance between the Master modem and each

Slave modem is limited (usually a few kilometers).

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14. GSM COMMUNICATION

6. Via a GSM data call

RS-232

•Connect a GSM modem to a computer COM port.•Call the logger’s modem, provided that both modems’ SIM cards support GSM data calls.

Stylitis-10+GSM GSM modem

15. GPRS COMMUNICATION VIA DYNAMIC IP SIM

7. Via GPRS, using a cheap Dynamic IP SIM Card (via Symmetron’s Diameson Server)

Virtual COM

7. Neither ADSL (static IP) connection is required for the logger nor expensive static IP SIM cards.8. A cheap dynamic IP GPRS SIM card is required.9. Low operation cost: The datalogger is permanently online, but only data exchange is charged.10. Devices (Dataloggers and Sym-o-nets) and Computers are connected as clients to Diameson

Gateway, Symmetron’s server software.11. Symmetron’s Diameson is available for connections, but you can use your own Diameson, to

manage your own dataloggers.

InternetDiameson GatewayStylitis-10+GSM

8. Via GPRS, using a static IP SIM Card

Virtual COM

•A GPRS static IP SIM card is required.•Again, only data exchange is charged.•The datalogger acts like a server, and the computer connecting to it acts as its client.

16. GPRS COMMUNICATION VIA STATIC IP SIM

InternetStylitis-10+GSM

17. STATIC IP ETHERNET/WIFI COMMUNICATION

9. Via Ethernet/WiFi (local network or a static IP internet connection)

•Connect the datalogger to a LAN or to the internet•An ADSL connection (a static IP) for the logger is required only to connect the logger to the internet.

LAN/ internetADSL RouterStylitis-10+ Ethernet/WiFi

18. DYNAMIC IP ETHERNET/WIFI COMMUNICATION

10. Via a dynamic IP internet connection (via Symmetron’s Diameson Server)

•Connect the datalogger to the internet.•By using Diameson Gateway, Symmetron’s server software, you do not need a static IP ADSL connection.

InternetDynamic IP

ADSL Router

Stylitis-10+ Ethernet/WiFi

Diameson Gateway

Opton is Stylitis-10’s free operating software.

•Start up with Opton, by creating Site folders and Connections. - Create one unique site folder for each datalogger.- In each site folder, multiple (different types of) connections can be created for the logger. The

different connection types correspond to the communication methods, discussed before.- The connections created are saved as windows files, which are recognized by Opton in a folder

interface, along with the compressed and decompressed data files (see Chapter 20), and setup files, ie logger settings (see next Chapter) saved in a file.

Refer to the corresponding screen shot in Chapter 22.

•After achieving a connection, you can communicate with the logger. Besides changing its settings and download data, you can view some features, and specifically:

- View the logger’s status: Instant parameters, such as the date and time, the current data file being recorded, the recording time remaining, etc.

- View the instant channel values. - View an Online plot of the selected channels’ values. All samples are plotted (every second).

Appropriate units appear on the plot.Refer to the corresponding screen shot in Chapter 22.

18. OPTON: STARTING UP AND VIEW

19. OPTON: SETUPConnect to the datalogger, via Opton, via one of the connections you created and modify its setup. CHANNEL

SETTINGS•Channel 1 is a counter channel, Ch2~7 can be set as analog ones or digital inputs, Ch8 can be both and Ch9 measures the logger’s battery.•Besides that, channels 1~8 can also be set as digital outputs active low, to drive small relays. Set conditions regarding other channel values (inputs) to control the output state or set it manually.•Stylitis-10 can also be upgraded to support digital bus (MODBUS RTU and SDI-12) channels.•The settings of all channels can be changed in two ways:

- Manually. Change settings manually: gain (for analog channels), level (for counter ones), type, Slope and Offset (for both ones), conditions (for digital outputs), address and register (for digital bus ones).

- Via Opton’s Sensor Library. Instead of changing settings manually, select a specific measurement and a sensor, related to this measurement. Optionally, also change the measuring units. All settings are updated automatically.

Refer to the corresponding screen shots in Chapter 22.REMAINING SETTINGS

•There are other settings to be adjusted, such as the recording interval (selectable from 1 sec to 1 hour) the logger’s site name, the data recording mode within the interval (only average values or average, min, max and sdv values) and the GPRS settings (APN, User Name, Password).•More specifically, there is another option. You can receive SMSs and Emails: Receive the daily data file via Email (Available in both the GSM and the Ethernet version). Receive SMSs (GSM version): the average channel values every interval or every day, an alarm if a control output changes state, or a PhotoVoltaic (PV) alarm indicating faulty operation in a solar plant with multiple inverters.•Alternatively, in dynamic IP GRPS connections (via Diameson server) and in the Ethernet version (also via Diameson), instead of SMS, data and alarms can be sent to a web database, Captum, to a specific user account and to this account’s email. Interval data and alarms can be plotted in Captum, alarms can be shown in a table, while data statistics are presented in bar graphs per hour, per day of the month, per day of the week and per month. Refer to the corresponding screen shots in Chapter 23.

• After writing the desired setup in the datalogger, enable/ disable data acquisition to create data files, stored in the 4MB memory. When enabling acquisition, a new file begins.

• Files are stored in the logger’s memory in compressed form.• When downloaded, a compressed file is decompressed into a data file, which can be viewed

via a text editor. Compressed and decompressed data files are stored in the logger’s site folder, as mentioned in Chapter 18.

• Data download can be achieved either manually or automatically via AutoConnect software (see Chapter 24).

MANUAL DOWNLOADThere are 2 types of manual download:• Download the most recent file. If Acquisition is ON, this is the current file. In this case, the

current file is firstly closed (the next file begins) and then downloaded. • Download one or more consecutive previous files, by typing their number.

20. OPTON: ACQUISITION AND DOWNLOAD

After downloading the data files in the site folder, you can manage them offline. Opton offers some useful tools for offline management and presentation:

•Plot. View the selected channels’ plot, in up to 3 graph groups. View values at aspecific moment with the channel units.Refer to the corresponding screen shot in Chapter 23. •Data File Processing. Check the integrity of a folder’s files, ie check for missing or duplicate records or if the interval is the same for all files.•Statistics. Statistics of the file’s data can appear per hour, per day, per month and per year. Statistics include be the average values of the data (within the hour, day, month or year), the max, min or sdv values, or sum of all values. They are presented via a bar graph or a dot plot.Refer to the corresponding screen shot in Chapter 23.•Export to WindRose/Excel/.CSV/.TAB file. Export a file’s data to an Excel, a comma delimited or a tab delimited file. Especially for wind data (speed and direction channels), you can export them to WindRose, the wind analysis software, add-in to the Microsoft Excel, which is manufactured by CRES and distributed by Symmetron.For WindRose, refer to the corresponding screen shot in Chapter 23.

21. OPTON: OFFLINE DATA MANAGEMENT

22. OPTON: SCREEN SHOTS (PART 1)

Site folders and files interface Online plot

Channel Setup (manually) Channel Setup (via Sensor Library)

23. OPTON: SCREEN SHOTS (PART 2)

Captum Statistics per weekday Data file plot

Captum Plot Data file statistics per hour

24. AUTOCONNECT SOFTWARE

• As stated before, data files can be downloaded manually, via Opton, via any connection. • However, data download, along with other actions as well, can be preformed automatically, in a

regular basis, via the additional free software AutoConnect.• The datalogger can perform a different action each weekday:

- Download Data: All data files missing from the folder.- Download Status: Instant parameters, such as the current file,

the recording time remaining, etc.- Download Current Values. Get the instant channel values.

• The selected action of a weekday can be performed once a day at a specific selected time, or infinite connections can be made that weekday every as many minutes as you wish.

• Besides editing the auto connections (like in Opton) via AutoConnect’s interface, you can:

- View a list of all your automatic connections and execute one or more manually.- Check each connection’s latest status, ie if it succeeded, or failed and why.- View the date and time of last connection and last successful download for each one.

25. MAIN APPLICATIONS AND CONCLUSIONStylitis-10 could be used in:

•Electrical Measurements. •Weather stations.•Wind energy assessment.•Solar plant monitoring and faulty operation detection via alarm. •Remote control of relays. •Fire prevention networks.

…and many more

Summing up, its main advantages are:

•Combination of analog and digital bus channels in a competitive price.•Variety of communication methods.•Free operating and automatic connection software.•Combination of input channels with control outputs.•Portability, thanks to its small size.•Alarm and data SMS and data Emails sent to a specified recipient.•Data and alarms sent to a web database, accessed via your personal account.

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