Badger Meter Series 310 Analog Transmitter - Manual (Page 3)

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Location of the
DIC Communication Port
Communications cable wiring
Field calibration requires a Data Industrial A310 Pro-
gramming kit (consisting of a custom cable and soft-
ware) and a PC running Windows® 9x, ME, NT, 2000
or XP. In order to program the Model 310 it must be
connected to Loop-
Power and the A301
cable must be con-
nected between the
Model 310 Comm
port connector and an
available DB9 COM
port on a computer.
Note:
The Data Industrial A301 Cable will work with all 300
Series products. However the older version of the cable
(A300) does not have sufficient bandwidth to work with
the newer 340 Series Transmitters or SDI Flow Sen-
sors.
Data Industrial provides free programming software up-
dates via the Internet for all of 300 Series devices. Go
to www.dataindustrial.com for these updates.
Programming Software Installation
Floppy Installation
Place the software installation Disk 1 into the floppy
drive and run the setup.exe program to install.
CDROM Installation
Place the software CD into the CDROM drive and it
should autostart. Click programming software, then click
the Model 310 and the software installation will begin.
Web Installation
The Installation software can be found at the Data
Industrial web site (www.dataindustrial.com) in the sup-
port section.
Model 310 Programming
Programming the Model 310 is accomplished by install-
ing the Data Industrial programming software on a com-
puter and entering data on templates of the Windows®
based program.
1. Install the 310 PC Interface Software into the com-
puter.
2. Connect the computer to the Model 310 transmit-
ter using the Data Industrial A301 communications
cable. Plug A301 cable to the socket labeled “D.I.C
Comm Port” taking care to properly align the tab on the
plug and socket to maintain polarity then plug the DB9
connector of the Data Industrial A301 communications
cable to an avaliable PC com port that has the Model
310 software installed.
3. Connect the Model 310 transmitter to a powered
4-20mA loop. (if setting up in the office a 9-24VDC
power source can be used to simulate the loop).
4. Open the interface software and select the appro-
priate COM PORT as shown in the dialog box below.
5. Open the Parameters Screen as shown below.
6. Program using diagram below as a reference.
Note #1
Sdi - If the SDI sensor type is selected the required
K and offset values can be found the the SDI owners
manual.
4000 - If the 4000 sensor type is selected, click the
choose button and select the sensor from the pull down
box that appears.
Sine - Provided for connection to sensors which have a
sine wave output. Please consult sensor manufacturer
for the calibration settings.
200 Insert Type - If the 200 Insert Sensor type is
selected the required K and offset can be found the
the 200 owners manual or if the manual is not handy
the calculate button can be pushed and an inside pipe
diameter can be entered and once calculate is pressed
a K and offset will automatically be entered in.
200 Tee Type - If the 200 tee type is selected, click the
choose button and select the sensor from the pull down
box that appears.