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Campbell CRS451 User Manual

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Manual is about: Submersible Water-Level Recording Sensor

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    Crs451/crs456 submersible water-level recording sensor issued: 3.3.14 copyright © 2013-2014 campbell scientific, inc. Printed under licence by campbell scientific ltd. Csl 996 user manual.

  • Page 3: Guarantee

    Guarantee this equipment is guaranteed against defects in materials and workmanship. This guarantee applies for twelve months from date of delivery. We will repair or replace products which prove to be defective during the guarantee period provided they are returned to us prepaid. The guarantee will...

  • Page 5: Please Read First

    Please read first about this manual please note that this manual was originally produced by campbell scientific inc. Primarily for the north american market. Some spellings, weights and measures may reflect this origin. Some useful conversion factors: area: 1 in 2 (square inch) = 645 mm 2 length: 1 ...

  • Page 7: Contents

    I contents pdf viewers: these page numbers refer to the printed version of this document. Use the pdf reader bookmarks tab for links to specific sections. 1. Introduction ....................................................... 1 2. Cautionary statements ..................................... 1 3. Ini...

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    Ii appendices appendix a. Calibration certificate ................................................................... A-1 appendix b. Conversion to units of measurement ............................................ B-1 table b-1. Conversion factors .......................................................

  • Page 9: Crs451/crs456 Submersible

    1 crs451/crs456 submersible water-level recording sensor 1. Introduction the crs451 consists of a water-level and water-temperature sensor that has its own time clock and memory to store the collected data, in a compact stainless- steel case. This frees users to place the sensor in remote sites and ...

  • Page 10: 4.  Overview

    Crs451/crs456 submersible water-level recording sensor 2 3.1 ships with #27555 usb 2.0 cable type a male to micro b male, 6ft #29225 hydrosci software on cd 4. Overview the crs451/crs456, submersible water-level recording sensor, provides reliable, accurate pressure/level measurements that are fully...

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    User manual 3 data retrieval through sealed usb connector measurement time: output: micro usb internal data collection memory: 4 mb hydrosci supported operating systems: windows xp, windows vista, or windows 7 logging/scanning modes: standard, delta, logarithmic power requirements: internal user-rep...

  • Page 12: 6.  Installation

    Crs451/crs456 submersible water-level recording sensor 4 weighted and npt material: stainless steel dimensions length: 22.23 cm (8.75 in) diameter: 2.22 cm (0.875 in) weight: 230 g (0.51 lb) 1 the crs451 is a sealed gauge sensor and when not submerged will read approximately 1 bar at sea level and l...

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    User manual 5 the water body is at risk of freezing solid, placing the sensor in a stilling well that extends below the frost line will protect the sensor from freezing water. 6.3 dislodge bubbles while submersing the csr451/crs456, air bubbles may become trapped inside the nose cone, causing small,...

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    Crs451/crs456 submersible water-level recording sensor 6 6.7 attaching suspension cable to crs451/crs456 attach the split ring to the crs451 cap..

  • Page 15: 7.  Programming

    User manual 7 7. Programming communicating with the crs451/crs456 requires a micro usb cable and hydrosci software running on a computer with windows xp or later. The crs451/crs456 is configured using the hydrosci software provided with the unit. A dvd containing hydrosci is shipped with the crs451/...

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    Crs451/crs456 submersible water-level recording sensor 8 7.2 connect to the crs451/cr456 1. Select crs45x from the left margin. 2. Select appropriate com port. 3. Click connect button. 7.3 configure crs45x for measurements 1. Click configuration. 2. Select create new configuration button located at ...

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    User manual 9 3. Select the type of measurements you want to make. A) barometer pressure reference should be selected if you want to use cr45x sensor as a barometer to compensate for changes in barometric pressure. B) disable: to preserve battery between deployments always configure the sensor for s...

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    Crs451/crs456 submersible water-level recording sensor 10 5. Select a start and stop time. A) select a time in the future when measurements should begin. Selecting a time in the past will force the sensor to begin making measurements immediately at the indicated frequency. If an offset calculation w...

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    User manual 11 b) if desired, select time in future when measurements should cease. C) select the rate at which measurements will be made. This does not configure the senor for data storage, only the rate at which measurements are made..

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    Crs451/crs456 submersible water-level recording sensor 12 6. Select and name data tables for datalogging. A) up to four different data tables can archive data at independent intervals with any combination of elements (samples, averages, maximum, etc). B) contents of the data table are selected in th...

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    User manual 13 7. Select which data, in which format and unit of measurement, is to be included in each of the data tables selected in the previous screen. 8. Once the data tables have been configured, the configuration process is finished and the finish button can be selected..

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    Crs451/crs456 submersible water-level recording sensor 14 9. Once the configuration is complete, it must be copied to the crs451 before it will take effect. Click on apply configuration to crs45x to start this process. Before sending the configuration file to the crs45x, hydrosci may provide a warni...

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    User manual 15 7.4.1 using an additional crs45x one simple way to complete this correction is to deploy an additional crs45x as a reference sensor. For this method, in the select field application window, choose barometer pressure reference (see section error! Reference source not found., configure ...

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    Crs451/crs456 submersible water-level recording sensor 16 2. Select a data file you wish to be corrected by barometric pressure values. A) the field application used to produce collected measurement data information will be shown based on the collected data file selected. 3. Press the browse button ...

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    User manual 17 4. Select a data file you wish to use as the barometric pressure reference data file. A) use the drop-down list to select the barometric pressure reference column in the data file. The reference column must be a measurement of pressure or level. If from a nearby campbell scientific we...

  • Page 27: 8.  Maintenance

    User manual 19 an example of the measured data and the barometric pressure compensated data is shown here. The original data are shown in blue and the compensated data are shown in red. The barometric pressure sensor data are shown below, also in blue. 8. Maintenance campbell scientific recommends t...

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    Crs451/crs456 submersible water-level recording sensor 20 check battery condition by using a laptop and hydrosci software to view the battery voltage (see section 6.6, battery voltage reading). The battery replacement procedure is provided in section 8.3, battery replacement. Check all readings; adj...

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    User manual 21 unplug the connecter..

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    Crs451/crs456 submersible water-level recording sensor 22 gently pull the battery out the end. Disconnect the battery. Remove the battery. Slide in the new battery. Plug in the new battery..

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    User manual 23 slide the battery into the housing. Reconnect the cable..

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    Crs451/crs456 submersible water-level recording sensor 24 gently slide the end piece with its o-rings into the housing. Nicking the o-ring could result in a leak. Line up the holes and insert the set screw. Do not over tighten the set screw. Note.

  • Page 33: 9.  Troubleshooting

    User manual 25 9. Troubleshooting the most common causes for erroneous pressure transducer data include: low battery damaged crs451/crs456 water damage damage to diaphragm due to excessive pressure atmospheric pressure not subtracted from pressure reading problem: unit will not respond when attempti...

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    Crs451/crs456 submersible water-level recording sensor 26.

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    A-1 appendix a. Calibration certificate each crs451/crs456 has been calibrated to meet printed accuracy specification at multiple temperature and pressure ranges. If additional verification is required, a calibration certificate can be purchased for each crs451/crs456 water-level recording sensor. T...

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    Appendix a. Calibration certificate a-2.

  • Page 37: Measurement

    B-1 appendix b. Conversion to units of measurement table b-1. Conversion factors unit of measurement factor of conversion feet 2.3066587369 inches 27.679904843 metres 0.1019716213 millimetres 101.9716213.

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    Appendix b. Conversion to units of measurement b-2.

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