Application Notes

How to Use Cellular Telemetry for Remote Power Metering – 8400865

Cellular Telemetry for Remote Power Metering Defining the Problem: At a large military complex, current reporting of electrical usage is transmitted from Substations directly to the Electric Utility only. The Public Works division onsite would like to establish a data collection system of the power usage for energy auditing and optimizing operations. Due to obstructions…

How to Remotely Monitor Wind Turbines – 8400902

Remote Monitoring of Wind Turbines Defining the Problem: A large utility company has a requirement to monitor multiple data points on a wind turbine. The turbine head is 300 feet above the ground. The data must be sent to a ground station, saved to a data logger, and displayed on a Honeywell chart recorder. The…

How to Save Money Using i2o Over Cellular Networks – 8400921

Minimizing Costs When Transmitting Data Over Cellular Networks How to Save Money Using i2o Over Cellular Networks: Acromag has a peer-to-peer technology called i2o. It allows two or more modules to talk to each other; without a network master or special software. Additionally, i2o operates over any standard Ethernet media; Cat 5 or 6 copper,…

How to Communicate with Modbus/TCP Modules from Ignition Software – 8501121

Setting Up and Communicating with Acromag Series 9xxEN-40xx and XTxxx1-xxx Modbus/TCP Modules and EtherStax™ Modbus/TCP from Ignition Software This document illustrates a procedure for configuring OPC tags intended for Acromag BusWorks® Series Modbus/TCP modules using Windows software from Inductive Automation. It is assumed that the user has a working knowledge of OPC, Modbus TCP, and…

How to Monitor Pump Performance with a Panel PC, HMI & Ethernet I/O – 8400954

How to Monitor Pump Performance with a Panel PC, HMI & Ethernet I/O Defining the Problem: Pumps are integral to a wide variety of both industries and processes. When you monitor pump performance, you can lower operating costs, improve process throughput, and reduce downtime and schedule maintenance. An automation system is needed with local displaying…

How to Determine Flow Totalization Utilizing Analog Ethernet I/O – 8400956

Flow Totalization Utilizing Analog Ethernet I/O Defining the Problem: A municipality wants to monitor water usage and does not have the capability to scale analog data. They want an all-in-one solution which will read, scale, and totalize the inputs from the flow meters. System Requirements: Flow meters producing a DC current (±20mA, 0-20mA, 4-20mA) or…

How to Monitor a Remote Geothermal Steam Well for Power Generation – 8400965

Defining the Problem: Operations at a remote geothermal steam well are monitored by a PLC from the power plant. C&I personnel need to transmit conditions from the wellsite to the control room 2km away. A wireless communications network is available for Ethernet remote I/O. The modules can be installed at the wellsite for telemetry purposes….

How Can PMC FPGA Boards Excel at Image Processing? – 8400592

Acromag PMC FPGA Boards Excel at Image Processing Acromag has engaged in a number of image processing applications based upon implementations of Camera Link running on a Virtex-5 FPGA module. In several of these instances, LVDS signals are used to collect the image data through front and/or rear I/O connections on the PMC FPGA module….

How Can FPGAs Go Green with Wind Turbine Control? – 8400521

FPGAs Go Green in Wind Turbine Control Energy conservation is ever-growing in importance, both from environmental and personal perspectives. Using less energy will preserve resources and reduce consumer costs provided appropriate low-energy devices are made available, reliable, and put into commonplace use. Successful green power generation requires that: a) more power is produced than is…