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Saab TankRadar PRO User Manual

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Summary of TankRadar PRO

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    User´s guide.

  • Page 2: User´s Guide

    I edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e saab tankradar ® pro user´s guide second edition copyright © september 1998 saab marine electronics ab.

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    Saab tankradar ® pro ii edition 3. Ref. No: 306010e copyright © march 1999 saab marine electronics ab the contents, descriptions and specifications within this manual is subject to change without notice. Saab marine electronics ab accepts no responsibility for any errors that may appear in this manu...

  • Page 4: Contents

    Saab tankradar ® pro iii edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e contents about this manual ........................................................ Vii 1 introduction............................................................ 1-1 the tankradar pro system ..........................................................

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    Saab tankradar ® pro iv edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e connecting to a trl2 bus interface ............................................ 3-6 connecting hart devices ............................................................ 3-7 active output (internal loop supply) .........................................

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    Saab tankradar ® pro v edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e setting measurement units ........................................................... 4-7 installing a pro transmitter .......................................................... 4-8 setting a general amplitude threshold ................................

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    Saab tankradar ® pro vi edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e display panel.................................................................................. 7-3 analog outputs .............................................................................. 7-3 8 troubleshooting ...................................

  • Page 8: About This Manual

    Saab tankradar ® pro vii edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e about this manual this user´s guide provides information about mechanical and electrical installation of a saab tankradar pro gauge. It also describes how to start up and configure the gauge. The main purpose of the book is to act as guide to inst...

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    Saab tankradar ® pro viii edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e.

  • Page 10: 1 Introduction

    Saab tankradar ® pro introduction 1-1 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e 1 introduction saab tankradar pro is a powerful radar level gauge suitable for non-contact level measurements in process tanks, storage tanks and other types of tanks. It is designed for easy installation and maintenance free operatio...

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    Saab tankradar ® pro introduction 1-2 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e if hart technology is used you can configure and monitor measurement data via a hand held communicator or a pc. For stand-alone systems, or as a complement to a pc or a control system, you can monitor level data using one or two analo...

  • Page 12: Measurement Principle

    Saab tankradar ® pro introduction 1-3 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e measurement principle the saab tankradar pro transmitter sends a microwave signal with a con- tinuously varying frequency towards the liquid surface. When the reflected signal returns to the antenna, it is mixed with the outgoing sign...

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    Saab tankradar ® pro introduction 1-4 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e urements in tanks with agitators, mixers and other disturbing objects. Saab´s echofixer provides a technique to adapt measurements to various situations, by using information from previous measurements. To further improve measurement ...

  • Page 14: 2 Mechanical Installation

    Saab tankradar ® pro mechanical installation 2-1 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e l max (mm): 300 (4” cone antenna) 410 (6” cone antenna) 525 (8” cone antenna) 600 (parabolic antenna) 150 (rod antenna) 300 (process seal antenna) Ø min (mm): 98 (4” cone antenna) 146 (6” cone antenna) 194 (8” cone antenna)...

  • Page 15: Free Space Requirements

    Saab tankradar ® pro mechanical installation 2-2 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e service space (mm): • cone antenna: 650 • rod antenna: 700 • process seal antenna: 800 • parabolic antenna: 700 maximum angle: • cone antenna: 1° • rod antenna: 3° • process seal antenna: 3° • parabolic antenna: 0.5° minimu...

  • Page 16: Dimensions

    Saab tankradar ® pro mechanical installation 2-3 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e 200 mm 150 mm (4” cone antenna) 260 mm (6” cone antenna) 370 mm (8” cone antenna) 395 mm 92 mm (4” cone antenna) 140 mm (6” cone antenna) 188 mm (8” cone antenna) dimensions tools the following set of tools is needed for in...

  • Page 17: Mounting The Rod Antenna

    Saab tankradar ® pro mechanical installation 2-4 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e gasket loose flange wave guide tube o-ring nut mounting the rod antenna make sure that all parts are clean and dry when mounted. Tank flange diameter = 50 mm (2”) 1. Put a gasket on the socket and insert the antenna. 2. Mou...

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    Saab tankradar ® pro mechanical installation 2-5 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e flange adapter flange nut wave guide tube tank flange diameter = 65 mm (3”) 1. Carefully center the flange adap- ter on top of the tank flange. Use gaskets under and above the flange adapter. 2. Insert the antenna into the ...

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    Saab tankradar ® pro mechanical installation 2-6 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e locking ring wave guide unit adapter sleeve locking ring locking nut o-ring flange diameter=33 mm note! No gasket on top of this plate mounting the cone antenna - ptfe sealing 1. Mount the flange on top of the cone plate. M...

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    Saab tankradar ® pro mechanical installation 2-7 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e gasket protection sleeve adapter guide pins upper wave guide wave guide tube upper wave guide o-ring 5. Carefully fit the flange and the cone antenna on the tank nozzle. Tighten with screws and nuts. 6. Insert the wave guid...

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    Saab tankradar ® pro mechanical installation 2-8 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e locking nut locking ring adapter sleeve locking ring flange note! No gasket on top of this plate o-ring mounting the cone antenna - quartz sealing 2. Secure the flange with the locking nut. Make sure that the locking nut fi...

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    Saab tankradar ® pro mechanical installation 2-9 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e gasket protection sleeve upper wave guide guide pins adapter 5. Carefully fit the flange and the cone antenna on the tank flange. Tighten with screws and nuts. 6. Place the protection sleeve on the flange. Mount the transmi...

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    Saab tankradar ® pro mechanical installation 2-10 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e d d convex: ceramic window: d ptfe window: d concave: ceramic window: d ptfe window: d mounting the cone antenna - process seal preparations it is very important that the nozzle surface is flat. The maximum deviation must ...

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    Saab tankradar ® pro mechanical installation 2-11 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e to mount the antenna do the following: 2. Put the loose flange on top of the antenna 3. Tighten the flange to the antenna by using screws and nuts. Use lubricating grease to minimize friction when the screws are tightened....

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    Saab tankradar ® pro mechanical installation 2-12 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e nut wave guide tube wave guide 4. Insert the wave guide tube into the upper wave guide. 5. Mount the transmitter head onto the adapter. 6. Tighten the nut and make sure that the transmitter head fits tightly to the antenna...

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    Saab tankradar ® pro mechanical installation 2-13 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e table 1. Recommended torque for flange screws. ) m n ( e u q r o t d e d n e m m o c e r e f t p n i d e g n a l f 6 n p 0 1 n p 6 1 n p 5 2 n p 0 4 n p 0 0 1 n d 3 2 1 1 1 1 5 1 5 1 0 5 1 n d 2 1 5 1 5 1 i s n a e g n a l...

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    Saab tankradar ® pro mechanical installation 2-14 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e flange guide pin antenna feeder hole trl2 adapter guide pin guide pin mounting the parabolic antenna 1. Mount the flange on top of the antenna feeder. Use the screws and nuts delivered with the unit. Make sure that the gui...

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    Saab tankradar ® pro mechanical installation 2-15 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e flange antenna feeder gaskets angular rings nozzle lower flange parabola 3. Mount the antenna feeder to the tank nozzle. If necessary, use angular rings (inclination device) to align the antenna within ±0.5 o . The rings c...

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    Saab tankradar ® pro mechanical installation 2-16 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e tcp tube guide pins cover locking transmitter head trl2 adapter 5. Mount the tcp tube into the trl2 adapter. 6. Mount the transmitter head. Rotate the head and the trl2 adapter to align the cover locking at the back of the...

  • Page 30: 3 Electrical Installation

    Saab tankradar ® pro electrical installation 3-1 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e fcc id k8cpro eex de[ib]ib iic t4(tamb-40°c, +70°c) i. S. Options: di 40 hm 40+is 40 xa 40+is 40 non-i.S. Options/power supply: ac 40 (85-260 vac, 10w) serial no: 1434 scs ex97d1028 ne pa s o u v r ir s o u s t e n sio n. H...

  • Page 31: Junction Box

    3-2 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e saab tankradar ® pro electrical installation primary analog output or serial communication (fm: conduit fitting) intrinsically safe analog outputs (or conduit for non-is outputs) connection for display panel cenelec: eexi (optional: eexe) fm: intrinsically safe (explo...

  • Page 32: External Connections

    Saab tankradar ® pro electrical installation 3-3 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e 5 4 3 2 1 x1 > a eexe 1 2 3 4 5 + t u o ) y r a m i r p ( - t u o ) y r a m i r p ( r e w o p + / 1 l / l r e w o p - / 2 l / n t o n d e t c e n n o c external connections non-intrinsically safejunction box -eex e this jun...

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    3-4 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e saab tankradar ® pro electrical installation 4 5 3 2 1 6 a eexi 1 2 3 4 5 6 + t u o ) y r a m i r p ( - t u o ) y r a m i r p ( + t u o ) y r a d n o c e s ( - t u o ) y r a d n o c e s ( + p d s p d intrinsically safe junction box - eex i this junction box is for int...

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    Saab tankradar ® pro electrical installation 3-5 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e 3 2 4 5 1 a eexi/e 1 2 3 4 5 d e s u t o n d e s u t o n + t u o ) y r a d n o c e s ( - t u o ) y r a d n o c e s ( t o n d e t c e n n o c alternative non-intrinsically safe junction box this is the standard intrinsically...

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    3-6 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e saab tankradar ® pro electrical installation field bus modem x1 1 2 3 4 5 junction box eex e 100-240 vac or 24-48 dc connecting to a trl2 bus interface use a field bus modem (fbm) for a pro transmitter equipped with a trl2 interface. Connect to the non-intrinsically s...

  • Page 36: Connecting Hart Devices

    Saab tankradar ® pro electrical installation 3-7 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e x1 junction box eex e 1 2 3 4 5 100-240 vac or 24-48 vdc 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 250 Ω v s x1 junction box eex e 1 2 3 4 5 100-240 vac or 24-48 vdc 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 voltage compli- ance 7-30 v input impedance connecting hart dev...

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    3-8 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e saab tankradar ® pro electrical installation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 analog instrument and/or dcs system hart interface hand held hart communicator rtg 40 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 hazardous area non-hazardous area rtg 40 zener barrier analog instrument and/or dcs system hand held ...

  • Page 38: Connecting The Display Panel

    Saab tankradar ® pro electrical installation 3-9 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e gnd gnd d vcc level 24500 menu item grph mm junction box eex i 6 5 4 3 2 1 x2 is ground dps dp + + gnd signal connecting the display panel the display panel is intrinsically safe and may only be used when permanently mounte...

  • Page 39: Cables

    3-10 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e saab tankradar ® pro electrical installation ne pa s o u v r ir s o u s t e n sio n. Ha za r d o u s a t m o s p h e r e s do n o t o p e n w h e n e n e r g iz ed . To p r e v e n t ig n it io n o f cables depending on local requirements, cable glands or explosion p...

  • Page 40: System Overview

    Saab tankradar ® pro electrical installation 3-11 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e system overview display panel connect the intrinsically safe display panel to terminals 5, 6 and ground in the intrinsically safe (eexi) junction box. Analog outputs there are two analog outputs which can be of passive or ...

  • Page 41: Internal Connections

    3-12 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e saab tankradar ® pro electrical installation x2 5 4 3 1 2 6 x5 x6 dps dp+ so- so+ po+ po- is gnd x7 di40 x7 p 5 4 3 1 2 x1 l+ l- po+ po- x3 x4 x4 d dc40 x4 a ac40 x2 6 5 4 3 2 1 x5 x6 x7 x1 1 2 3 4 5 x3 x4 non-intrinsically safe (eex e) intrinsically safe (eex i) int...

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    Saab tankradar ® pro electrical installation 3-13 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e x2 5 4 3 1 2 6 hm40 x5 x5 1d x6 x7 is gnd is40 hm40 x5 1b dps dp+ so- so+ po+ po- x3 2a tm40 1c hm40 x3 5 4 3 1 2 x1 l+ l- po+ po- x3 x4 is40 x3 1a hm40 primary output non-intrinsic safety (eex e) intrinsic safety (eex i) ...

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    3-14 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e saab tankradar ® pro electrical installation x2 5 4 3 1 2 6 xa40 x6 x5 d x7 is gnd is40 xa40 x6 b dps dp+ so- so+ po+ po- x6 x2 5 4 3 1 2 xa40 x6 x5 c is40 xa40 x6 so- so+ po+ po- x6 a secondary output intrinsic safety (eex i) option description board a non-intrinsic...

  • Page 44: 4 Pro Setup Software

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro setup 4-1 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e 4 pro setup software the pro setup software is an easy to use pc program for con- figuration of the saab tankradar pro transmitter. It is designed to run under windows95/nt4.0. It also includes options for viewing tank data as well as op...

  • Page 45: System Requirements

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro setup 4-2 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e system requirements processor: pentium operating system: windows95/nt 4.0 memory: 16 mb hard disk space: 5 mb installing the pro setup software to install tankradar pro configuration software on your compu- ter do the following: 1 start ...

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    Saab tankradar ® pro pro setup 4-3 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e 4 choose installation directory. Program files\saab is the default directory. Click the browse button if you want to specify another installation directory. Click the next button. 5. Follow the instructions in the installation wizard. Cl...

  • Page 47

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro setup 4-4 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e 6 specify the com port and communication protocol you will use to connect the gauge. Com port and protocol can be changed later. 7 finish the installation..

  • Page 48

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro setup 4-5 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e starting the pro setup program do the following to start pro setup: 1 click the start button in the windows95 task bar. Note! While pro setup is running, the win95 task bar contains two buttons named “pro setup” and “saab tankradar io ma...

  • Page 49: Setting A Password

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro setup 4-6 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e setting a password you can set a password to prevent unauthorized changes of the transmitter configuration. Then you will have to enter the pass- word in order to obtain access to configuration and service op- tions. You do not need to e...

  • Page 50: Setting Measurement Units

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro setup 4-7 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e 2 select the desired units for level/ullage, level rate and volume. 3 click the store button. Logging on to a password protected system. To log on to a password protected system do the following: 1 select password from the setup menu. 2 ...

  • Page 51: Installing A Pro Transmitter

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro setup 4-8 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e installing a pro transmitter do the following to install and configure a pro transmitter: 1 connect to a tankradar pro transmitter. 1 select new tank from the file menu in the main window. 2 enter a tank name to associate with the tank a...

  • Page 52

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro setup 4-9 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e 2 enter protocol and address data. 1 in the protocol box specify the protocol that you will use for the serial communication. • choose hart if your gauge is equipped with an analog output and a hart interface (make sure that the hart int...

  • Page 53

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro setup 4-10 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e 2 set the communication address. To set a new address you have to know the current address or the unit id/long address (hart) to establish communication with the gauge. The default address is 0 for hart and 246 for modbus. To change the...

  • Page 54

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro setup 4-11 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e 3 select the start radar tab 1 click the read button. Response: the current settings and the start code are displayed. 2 check that the correct set of available options is displayed. Contact your local representative if you like to add ...

  • Page 55

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro setup 4-12 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e 5 in the tank environment and presentation standard tab there are two groups of parameters. In the environment box mark the check boxes that correspond to the conditions in your tank: rapid level changes optimizes the transmitter for me...

  • Page 56

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro setup 4-13 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e restricted to a region close to the tank bottom (related database register: full tank detection area, 1516). Do not set this parameter if the bottom echo is not visible. Slow search this variable controls how to search for the surface i...

  • Page 57

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro setup 4-14 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e see description of the tank environment parameters in the standard tab. Note! The tank environment parameter settings overrides some of the holding register settings. Tank obstacles tank environment this option is not used in the curren...

  • Page 58

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro setup 4-15 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e tank presentation level above min if the surface echo is lost in the vicinity of distance possible the antenna, full tank is indicated and searching for the surface echo is limited to a region close to the antenna. Predicting allowed im...

  • Page 59

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro setup 4-16 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e solved by changing the mechanical instal- lation. Related database register: doublebounceoffset (1522). Slow search see description of the standard tab pa- rameters. Related database register: searchspeed (1524). Double surface indicate...

  • Page 60

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro setup 4-17 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e invalid level is not set if the surface echo is lost close to the top if tank is full or empty or close to the bottom of the tank, the level value full/empty will normally be displayed as “invalid”. Set this parameter to suppress the “i...

  • Page 61

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro setup 4-18 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e 4 select the configuration tab 1 click the read button. Response: the current settings are displayed. 2 in the tank geometry box, enter values for distance offset (g), tank height (r) and minimum level offset (c). The distance offset (g...

  • Page 62

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro setup 4-19 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e the distance between the zero level and the tank bottom. Set c=0 if you use the tank bottom as zero reference point. The hold off (h)distance defines how close to the tr pro refer- ence point a level value is accepted. Normally the hold...

  • Page 63

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro setup 4-20 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e 5 select the analog outputs tab 1 click the read button. Response: the current settings are displayed. 2 if your transmitter is equipped with a hart ® modem select the analog out1 tab. (analog 1 is note available when using trl2 bus com...

  • Page 64

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro setup 4-21 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e calibrating the digital to analog converter (dac) the digital to analog converter (dac) is factory calibrated. How- ever, if you want to check the calibration by measuring the output current, do the following: 1 click the calibrate dac....

  • Page 65

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro setup 4-22 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e 5 click the set to 20 ma button. 6 enter the measured output current and click the store button. 7 click the cancel button to close the window and finish the calibra- tion..

  • Page 66

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro setup 4-23 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e 2 select a tank shape. Select one of the tank shape options. Choose none if you don´t want to use volume calculations. Use one of the ideal tank shape options if approximation of your tank with an ideal tank shape provides sufficient ac...

  • Page 67

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro setup 4-24 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e ideal tank use this option if approximation of your tank with an ideal tank shape provides sufficient accuracy. Enter the follwoing parameters: • tank diameter (or the length if it is a horizontal tank). • “distance between zero volume ...

  • Page 68

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro setup 4-25 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e 7 disturbance echo handling pro setup offers you powerful tools to handle disturbing echoes. The false echo tab displays a list of echoes detected by the pro transmitter. To optimize measurement performance you can register false echoes...

  • Page 69

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro setup 4-26 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e setting a general amplitude threshold 1 click the read button response: a spectrum is displayed showing the radar amplitude vs. Distance from the gauge to the product surface (ullage). 2 set the general amplitude threshold. Echoes with ...

  • Page 70

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro setup 4-27 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e to add points to the diagram: 1 place the mouse pointer in the diagram at the position where you want to add a point to the amplitude threshold curve. 2 click the right-hand mouse button and select add point, - or- click the add button ...

  • Page 71

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro setup 4-28 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e the following examples illustrate how the amplitude threshold table can be used: example 1: the amplitude threshold is used to remove the influence from the tank nozzle. Example 2: in this example the amplitude threshold is used to filt...

  • Page 72

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro setup 4-29 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e registration of false echoes the false echo function allows you to let the transmitter register disturbing echoes caused by objects in the tank. This makes it possible to detect a product surface close to a disturbance echo even if the ...

  • Page 73

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro setup 4-30 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e • make sure that the level is stable before you register a disturbance echo. A fluctuating level may indicate a temporary disturbance which is not due to an interfering object. • do not register a disturbing echo if the amplitude is bel...

  • Page 74

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro setup 4-31 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e response: the echo is displayed in the table of registered echoes. 2 click the add echo button. 3 repeat step 2 until all echoes that you want to register as interfering echoes (see recommendations on the previous page) are added to the...

  • Page 75

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro setup 4-32 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e to manually add items to the list of registered disturbing echoes you can manually enter disturbing echoes which are not present in the list of automatically detected echoes. This function can be useful if there are objects below the pr...

  • Page 76: Viewing Level Data

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro setup 4-33 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e viewing level data to view level data do the following: 1. Start the pro setup program. 2. Open a tank file by choosing open tank from the file menu or by clicking the open tank button. 3. Select the tank display option from the view me...

  • Page 77: Service

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro setup 4-34 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e service the following options are available from the service menu: diagnostics this option allows you to view the tankradar pro status regis- ters. Input and holding registers you can view the input registers as well as the holding regi...

  • Page 78: Main Menu

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro display panel 5-1 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e main menu view... Service... Setup... Next operation you can use the display panel (dp) for configuration as well as for viewing tank data. The four softkeys allow you to navigate through the different menus, and to select variou...

  • Page 79: * *

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro display panel 5-2 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e give password: 2 1 "231" 3 * * ok level 24.500 menu item grph m adjusting the lcd contrast the lcd contrast can be increased by simultaneously pressing the two buttons on the right-hand side. Press the two left-hand buttons to de...

  • Page 80

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro display panel 5-3 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e back to previous menu move cursor up/down submenus softkeys open the selected submenu softkeys the softkeys have different meanings depending on which win- dow that is open. Use the arrow buttons to move the cursor up and down (o...

  • Page 81

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro display panel 5-4 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e m measurement indicator invalid data measurement unit measured variable measured value back to view menu change measurement variable to be displayed change display mode presentation of measured data when viewing measurement data,...

  • Page 82

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro display panel 5-5 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e cancel input and return to previous menu select item at cursor move cursor down save the current setting selecting between different alternatives when you configure tankradar pro, the softkeys will take on definitions which allow...

  • Page 83

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro display panel 5-6 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e cancel input and return to previous menu each click increases the numerical value one step each click moves the cursor one step to the right save the current setting entering numerical values use the button to enter the desired v...

  • Page 84: View Menu

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro display panel 5-7 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e view menu display standard data next back viewing level data the view menu the view menu includes options for viewing tank and gauge related data: • press the back button to return to the main menu. • use the or the button to mov...

  • Page 85: L E V E L

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro display panel 5-8 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e l e v e l m menu item grph display select the display submenu to view measured data: press the item button to choose between the different options: • level • ullage • level rate • volume • signal strength the grph button allows y...

  • Page 86: Setup Menu

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro display panel 5-9 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e next back setup menu display panel guided... Advanced... Main menu view... Service... Setup... Next installing a pro transmitter select setup from the main menu and choose one of the options to configure the transmitter. The setu...

  • Page 87

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro display panel 5-10 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e display panel setup use this option to set presentation units, language and password. If you do not want to change the default settings, you can skip this step and go to guided or advanced setup. To configure the display panel d...

  • Page 88: * *

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro display panel 5-11 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e give password: * * ok guided setup the guided setup includes the basic steps to start the transmit- ter. By using this option you are guided step by step through a se- quence of configuration windows. The windows are automati- c...

  • Page 89: Setup Menu

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro display panel 5-12 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e next back setup menu display panel guided... Advanced... Save mark cncl set antenna type user defined std cone 4" p std cone 4" q hp cone 4" p hp cone 4" q std cone 6" p 481a70e9705159f2 3 . Select “guided...” from the setup men...

  • Page 90: R E F . P O I N T

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro display panel 5-13 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e o f f s e t d i s t ( g ) i s t h e d i s t a n c e f r o m d i p p i n g m a r k t o t r p r o r e f . P o i n t 0 . 0 0 0 m save cncl ta n k h e i g h t ( r ) i s t h e d i s t a n c e f r o m d i p p i n g m a r k t o z e r o...

  • Page 91

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro display panel 5-14 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e advanced setup use the advanced setup if you want to make a complete con- figuration of the transmitter:.

  • Page 92: * *

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro display panel 5-15 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e give password: * * ok next back setup menu display panel guided... Advanced... To configure a radar gauge using the advanced setup option: 1 . Choose setup from the main menu. Response: a request for password is displayed. 2 . E...

  • Page 93

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro display panel 5-16 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e save mark cncl set antenna type user defined std cone 4" p std cone 4" q hp cone 4" p hp cone 4" q std cone 6" p 481a70e9705159f2 1 choose the start code option. 2 confirm your start code by selecting the save button. The transm...

  • Page 94

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro display panel 5-17 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e 5 choose the tank environment option. Select appropriate surface condi- tions. Mark the options that de- scribes the conditions in your tank by using the mark button. You should not choose more than two options for best performa...

  • Page 95

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro display panel 5-18 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e g r c g>0 g 5 . Select the calibration option from the advanced setup menu. The tank calibration distances are defined as illustrated on the next page. 1 set the distance offset (g). The distance offset is defined as the distanc...

  • Page 96

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro display panel 5-19 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e note! See chapter tank distances for further information on how to set the tank geometry parameters. The following steps are only applicable when a non-standard antenna is used. 5 set the holdoff distance (h). The hold off dista...

  • Page 97

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro display panel 5-20 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e c o n f i g . A o u t 1 s o u r c e l e v e l 4 m a 0 . 0 0 0 m 2 0 m a 0 . 0 0 0 m a l a r m h o l d l a s t d / a tr i m . . . Edit cncl ok cncl da trim - aout 1 setting aout 1 to 4 ma 6 . Select the analog output1 option from...

  • Page 98

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro display panel 5-21 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e done da trim - aout 1 enter meter value 4000 µ a 3 enter the measured value that corresponds to the 4 ma setting. 4 click the done button. Response: the analog output is set to 20 ma. 5 enter the measured value that corresponds ...

  • Page 99

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro display panel 5-22 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e edit cncl tank echoes surface 10.543 m echo 1 -0.213 m echo 2 1.629 m echo 3 7.867 m echo 4 20.620 m echo 5 21.001 m tank echoes reg. False echoes false echo back next 8 . Select the false echo option from the advanced setup men...

  • Page 100

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro display panel 5-23 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e cncl 1 0.56 m 2 8.45 m 3 14.20 m 4 15.37 m 5 32.00 m edit reg. False echoes 3 select the remove echo option and click the mark button. 4 click the save button to remove the selected echo. Mark the add new false option if you wan...

  • Page 101

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro display panel 5-24 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e 9 . Select the volume option from the advanced setup menu (optional). The volume option allows you to setup the pro transmitter for volume calculations. You can choose between using either a predefined tank shape like a sphere o...

  • Page 102: Service

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro display panel 5-25 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e service the service menu allows you to view the configuration status, edit holding registers, reset holding registers to factory values, do a software reset or to start a search for the surface echo. Informa- tion about antenna ...

  • Page 103

    Saab tankradar ® pro pro display panel 5-26 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e.

  • Page 104: 6 Tank Distances

    Saab tankradar ® pro tank distances 6-1 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e g r c h g>0 g 6 tank distances definitions the distance offset (g) is defined as the distance between the upper reference point and the flange (the flange is referred to as the tank radar pro reference point). You can use g to speci...

  • Page 105

    Saab tankradar ® pro tank distances 6-2 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e the tank height (r) is defined as the distance between the upper reference point (specified by the distance offset g) and the lower reference point (zero level). If no datum plate or zero level exist the tank bottom usually is used ...

  • Page 106: Examples

    Saab tankradar ® pro tank distances 6-3 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e l e v 4 . 0 0 0 m u l l 6 . 0 0 0 m l r a t 0 . 0 0 0 m / s s i g n 3 5 0 m v vo l 0 m 3 s tat u s va l i d back u=ullage l=level g=-0.5 m r=10 m “0” u l 0 4 10 height (m) upper reference point lower reference point examples the fol...

  • Page 107

    Saab tankradar ® pro tank distances 6-4 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e l e v 4 . 0 0 0 m u l l 6 . 5 0 0 m l r a t 0 . 0 0 0 m / s s i g n 3 5 0 m v vo l 0 m 3 s tat u s va l i d back u=ullage l=level g=0 r=10.5 m “0” u l 0 4 height (m) 10 rtg reference point (upper reference point) lower reference poi...

  • Page 108

    Saab tankradar ® pro tank distances 6-5 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e l e v 4 . 0 0 0 m u l l 7 . 0 0 0 m l r a t 0 . 0 0 0 m / s s i g n 3 5 0 m v vo l 0 m 3 s tat u s va l i d back g=0.5 m r=11 m “0” u l 0 4 height (m) 10 rtg reference point ullage reference point (upper reference point) lower refer...

  • Page 109

    Saab tankradar ® pro tank distances 6-6 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e l e v 3 . 8 0 0 m u l l 7 . 0 0 0 m l r a t 0 . 0 0 0 m / s s i g n 3 5 0 m v vo l 0 m 3 s tat u s va l i d back g=0.5 m r=10.8 m “0” u l 0.2 m 0 4 height (m) 10 rtg reference point ullage reference point datum plate example 4 if yo...

  • Page 110: 7 Technical Information

    Saab tankradar ® pro technical information 7-1 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e 7 technical information technical data power supply 100-240 vac or 24-48 vdc power consumption maximum 15 w output cabling twisted and shielded pair, min. 0.5 mm 2 cable glands eexe approved (cenelec) tank temperature -40-400...

  • Page 111

    Saab tankradar ® pro technical information 7-2 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e ex approval transmitter head cenelec: including display panel eex de [ib] ib iic t4 fm: explosion proof/ is class i, div. I & 2, groups a, b, c and d pressure -1 to 20 bar (vacuum to 300 psi) antennas rod, cone, process seal ...

  • Page 112: Display Panel

    Saab tankradar ® pro technical information 7-3 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e display panel • for presentation of measured values and configuration of the transmitter • graphical lcd display 128 x 64 pixels • four softkeys • text: 7 lines with 16 characters • graphics up to 128 x 56 pixels • supports s...

  • Page 113

    Saab tankradar ® pro technical information 7-4 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e.

  • Page 114: 8 Troubleshooting

    Saab tankradar ® pro troubleshooting 8-1 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e 8 troubleshooting symptom action no level reading check the power supply. Check the cables for serial data commu- nication. Incorrect level reading check the transmitter calibration. Check that the transmitter has not locked on an ...

  • Page 115: Display Panel Error Messages

    Saab tankradar ® pro troubleshooting 8-2 edition 2. Ref. No: 306010e display panel error messages user input errors this message appears if you try to enter an unvalid value into a holding register. Internal software errors this message indicates an error in the display panel software. Main menu vie...

  • Page 116

    Saab tank control local representative: second edition. September 1998. Ref. Nr . 306010 e. Saab tank control box 13045 s-402 51 göteborg sweden phone: + 46 31 337 00 00 fax: + 46 31 25 30 22 e-mail: sales.Stc@marine.Combitech.Se internet: http://www.Saab.Tankradar.Com.