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ERX 350 Recorder Quick Start Guide FD-604 | Version 1 | October 2017 Honeywell Process Solutions | Mercury Instruments 512 Virginia Drive, Ft. Washington, PA 19034 USA 855 251-7065 – United States & Canada 302 669-4253 – Outside the United States...
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PC, mobile devices, or remotely via modem. ERX 350 Recorder is capable of recording audit trail data into (up to five) independent Loggers. Each of the loggers can be configured for; number of items, logging interval and record size.
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2 Powering the ERX 350 2.1 Battery Power Units The Connections are made at P5 connector on the ERX 350 I/O Board. The ERX 350 unit can be operated from the following battery power: 40-6050 (4-cell Alkaline) – 5 year operating life under specified conditions 40-6048 (2-cell Lithium) Dual set of 40-6048 (2-cell Lithium) –...
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2 Powering the ERX 350 The graphic below shows an alkaline battery pack connected. The ERX 350 I/O Board is on the right. Note the twin connector (two connector pair) provided for the battery connection. Only one is being used in this photo.
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2 Powering the ERX 350 2.2.2 General Power Supply Notes: Supply power is measured on a 10-minute interval (battery / external supply voltages) An Item is not used to choose between externally supply and battery powered For Alarm triggering – three (3) consecutively low readings are required to the trip the associate Alarm. ...
3.1 I/O Board Connections Note: ERX 350 does not use Pulse Outputs A – B – C Metrological Jumper is generally not required for ERX (Recorders) Digital Input connections are made at: SW1 – SW2 – SW3 (Input ‘SW4’ is not utilized) See Items 762 –...
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Use a pressure connector kit to connect the required pressure line(s) to the ¼ inch NPT fittings on the back side of the ERX 350 enclosure. Hold pipe wrench on flats when installing a pressure line on the pressure transducer connector to ensure proper sealing and to avoid stress loading on the composite case.
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5 Pressure / Temperature Key Items 5 Pressure / Temperature Key Items The ERX 350 can be configured to measure Gas Pressure from two independent Digital Pressure Transducers as well as Gas Temperature from a Thermistor-based Temperature Probe. Listed here are...
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6 IrDA Connection via USB Cable Connect the IrDA communication USB cable to ERX 350 as shown in the image below. Connect the other end of the cable to a USB port on the computer where MasterLink is installed. See second image.
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7 Serial Connections via RS-232 or RS-485 7 Serial Connections via RS-232 or RS-485 Connections to the ERX 350 serial communication interface are shown in the image below. Interface options at TB4 on the I/O Board allow for RS-232 or RS-485 (2-wire).
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Structured menu format with submenus used for viewing and configuring many of the parameters (Items) of the ERX 350. A passkey is required to access this mode. Level-2 menu also includes submenus to check/validate P and T measurements, Clear Alarms, Force Alarm/Schedule Call-Ins, enter User Shutdown mode, Reset or Change Battery, etc.
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9 HMI Menu Navigation Buttons (Capacitive Touch Keys) 9 HMI Menu Navigation Buttons (Capacitive Touch Keys) The ERX 350 has six capacitive touch keys (button) that are used to operate the HMI. Figure 9-1: HMI Menu Navigation Buttons When the HMI is inactive (units is displaying normal Recorder screen) – the six keys are in a ‘locked’...
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LCD to indicate HMI User Access is enabled. to navigate up / down to any of the four HMI Menus Levels L0 – L3. To select a particular menu Level 0 - 3 press Honeywell | 12...
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3. Once you have scrolled down to the desired L2 or L3 Main Menu selection screen - Press to view the Passcode main screen 4. Passcode screen will not appear if you have already properly entered the passcode for that Level. Honeywell | 13...
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Finally – press when value is set properly to store in non-volatile memory. Example below – change SITE ID 1 from 00000000 to 00001000. Honeywell | 14...
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HMI. On indicate key should be functional. D Icon indicates Alarm Output hardware signal is turned on. A-B-C Icons are not used for ERX 350 Smile: indicates the HMI is active. The navigation keys are functional. Star / Asterisk: indicates a measurement is in process. (e.g. P1 being updated)
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14 Cloud Link 4G Modem (Optional Modem Interface) The Cloud Link 4G Modem is connected to the ERX 350 using an RS-485 interface. Connections are made at the TB4 terminal block on the I/O Board (pins 1, 2, and 5).
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15 ERX 350 Call-In (Optional Modem Interface) The ERX 350 can be operated to call in to Host systems due to Alarm condition events and/or on a Schedule (as configured per date and time). Listed here are key configuration Items for the ERX 350 for Call-In operations: 333 (Call-In Trigger) –>...