Hydronix - Sensor Calibration Software


HYDRO-COM SENSOR CONFIGURATION UTILITY (HS0068) This page contains the following Hydro-Com Overview Hydro-Com Software Firmware Upgrades System Requirements Hydro-Com User Guides OVERVIEW The Hydro-Com sensor calibration and configuration utility allows the Hydronix range of sensors to be configured by the user using a PC. The detailed user guide is available (below) in a number of languages and provides information about the software as well as broader information regarding moisture measurement and calibration. You may familiarise yourself with much of the sensor functionality and configuration settings by downloading both the user guide and software from this page. By installing the software onto a PC most of the configuration settings, flexibility and functionality of the sensors can be experienced without the need to communicate with a sensor.

			SENSOR NETWORKING The sensor page shows the status of all sensors connected to the network. It also allows users to add or remove, rename or readdress sensors as well as to monitor sensor outputs. Up to 16 sensors may be connected to a network, Hydro-com will show 6 simultaneously. A logging function is also available, shown below.

			SENSOR CONFIGURATION The software may also be used for diagnostics and upgrading sensor firmware. The utility also includes a comprehensive help file.

The configuration page shown above allows the user to scale and configure the analogue output (0-20mA (0-10V), 4-20mA). The digital input and input/output may also be configured for such uses as high/low alarms and automatic batch averaging by the sensor. Please refer to the Hydro-Com and individual sensor user guide for full configurable values and some useful recommendations.

			TRENDS AND DATALOGGING Trends over time may be recorded and visually displayed of multiple parameters. These may be saved and exported to other applications such as a spreadsheet for further analysis. The timescale is configurable. Values include :- Filtered and average moisture %, filtered and average unscaled values, material and sensor temperature.

			SENSOR CALIBRATION All Hydronix sensors may be configured to output either a real moisture % or a linear unscaled value of 0-100 unscaled units (scaleable). A linear unscaled value enables a simple material calibration in any 3rd part control system.

The calibration page is used to calibrate the sensor to output a real moisture %. A number of material calibrations may be named and stored in a database. A unique advantage of the Hydronix digital range of sensor means that each sensor has exactly the same measurement characteristics. This means that is is possible to store calibration data using the Hydro-Com software (or any 3rd part controls) and to quickly calibrate multiple sensors (or a replacement sensor) if required by programming calibration data over an RS485 network or simply with a PC and USB connection. The software contains a database of multiple calibration points for each material. For precise accuracy and maximum quality control the calibration page will record multiple samples and will perform a linear regression on user selected samples. This application is primarily intended to be used to calibrate the Hydro-Probe II sensor measuring materials in bins or on conveyors. In particular it will enable a user to sensibly calibrate the sensor when only one set of calibration data is available. Hydronix can supply default calibration coefficients for a number of materials upon request. The software also incorporates certain calibration rules and safeguards which will aid the user in obtaining reasonable and accurate results, these may be disabled if required but in many cases may be of assistance.

			SENSOR DIAGNOSTICS The diagnostics page contains data that may help to diagnose problems with a sensor in the field. The frequency response from the sensor can easily be checked along with minimum and maximum temperature values.

Status flags indicate if the sensor is reading within the set 'valid' ranges and that the digital inputs are functioning correctly. The facility to force the analogue output to predetermined values is available. This is used during commissioning when matching the sensor analogue output to a 3rd party control systems' analogue PLC input card. It is also a very useful diagnostics tool when checking a system. Factory calibration data is accessible but is password protected (see user guide) and the sensor firmware may be upgraded if required.


SOFTWARE (HS0068)
HS0068 version 1.6.0 released May 2008. The latest version includes updates and support for the Ethernet Adapter Download Hydro-Com HS0068 v1.6.0 (4,078 Kb). Please check that you have downloaded the full file size before clicking the .exe file to install. If you already have Hydro-Com installed on a PC it is recommended to uninstall all previous version prior to installing the latest version. Alternatively version 1.3 which is compliant with Windows 95/98 and ME, can be downloaded Download HS0068 v1.3. (4,383 Kb) Please note this version excludes Russian, Polish, Japanese and Chinese language support.

FIRMWARE UPGRADES Hydronix has developed a programme that will make it simpler to upgrade the firmware in all of its sensors. The download includes the latest version releases and will automatically detect the sensor and ugrade it accordingly. The firmware includes: Hydro-Probe II Firmware: HS0029 V3.0 HS0046 v1.31 Hydro-Mix V and VI Firmware HS0045 v1.56 HS0047 v1.31 HS0077 v0.62 Hydro-Trac - Hydro-Probe SE Firmware HS0048 v2.30 HS0070 v2.14 Hydro-Probe Orbiter Firmware HS0063 V2.14 HS0077 v0.62 Download HS0074 v1.0.6


SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS The program is designed to run on PC compatible machines running Microsoft Windows 98SE, ME and XP.


USER GUIDE Hydro-Com software has an integral multi-language help file, however, a more detailed user guide is available below.

Document	HD0273
Language	Version	File Size	File Type
Korean	1.0.0	614kb	.pdf
Vietnamese	1.0.0	833kb	.pdf
Polish	1.0.1	788kb	.pdf
Russian	1.0.1	885kb	.pdf
Japanese	1.0.2	807kb	.pdf
English	1.0.1	640kb	.pdf
Chinese	1.0.1	640kb	.pdf
Dansk	1.0.1	640kb	.pdf
Deutsch	1.0.0	640kb	.pdf
Español	1.0.0	640kb	.pdf
Français	1.0.0	640kb	.pdf
Italiano	1.0.0	640kb	.pdf
Nederlands	1.0.0	640kb	.pdf
Svensk	1.0.1	456kb	.pdf