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Introduction Communication Data

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INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ 3 START COMMUNICATION ............................................................................................... 4 2.1 SELECT BAUD RATE/COM PORT ............................................................................................. 4 2.2 SELECT NET ADDRESS ............................................................................................................ 5 2.3 LOGGING OF DATA FROM SEVERAL MICS ................................................................................ 6

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DATA.................................................................................................................................. 9 3.1 SELECT THE DATA TO BE LOGGED ............................................................................................ 9 3.2 SELECT TIME INTERVAL OF DATA LOGGING ............................................................................. 10

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VARIOUS ......................................................................................................................... 11 4.1 SYNCHRONISATION AND RESET ............................................................................................. 11

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1. Introduction
Link to MIC uses the Modbus protocol (RS 485) to collect data from the MIC. For more details, please read the Designers Reference Handbook for the MIC. All data available in the MIC can be logged and stored in an Excel spreadsheet. The data can subsequently be used normally in Excel. After installation of the software, it will be placed on: C:\Program Files\Link to MIC The generated Excel sheets with data will be stored in: C:\Program Files\Link to MIC\ Export. Every day, the data logging programme is started, data will be stored in a new Excel sheet named with the current date. All data logged on this day, will be logged in this Excel sheet. If the data logging is running over midnight, the data will continuously be logged in this sheet until it is filled up (app. 65,000 loggings). A new spreadsheet will then be created and marked with the current date.

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2. Start communication
It is recommendable to put a shortcut on the desk.

Doubleclick this icon to open the programme.

2.1 Select Baud rate/COM Port

Click Communication Click Show monitor

Click Settings

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Click Port Change Baud Rate to e.g. 9600 (must be identical to the speed in MIC) Change COM port to e.g. COM1

2.2 Select net address

Click Show and select Devices

Double-click Modbus devices with groups

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Double-click ElCounter MIC and select the correct net address (same address as in the MIC)

2.3 Logging of data from several MICs

It is possible to log data from several MICs at the same time. When all MICs have been set up, subsequent operation will follow the descriptions of this document. Open the window Devices Mark ElCounter MIC doubleclick the right mouse button. Click Add device

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Enter the name of the new MIC (e.g. MIC 3) And the corresponding Modbus address

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Open the window Communication Show monitor Click Settings and Abonents Now, the MIC 3 is displayed

Click Right, and the MIC 3 is added to the list. Click Apply, Save and Exit

Now, the MIC 3 appears in the Excel sheet, and data will be stored.

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3. Data

3.1 Select the data to be logged

Click +Modbus devices with groups, +ElCounter MIC, +Real values, +Basic analogue measurements. Select the data to be logged one by one and finally mark them.

NB All available data is divided into different categories. The selected data will now be logged in an Excel spreadsheet, which starts automatically.

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3.2 Select time interval of data logging

Click Modbus devices with group, ElCounter MIC and set up the Arc. period. Please note that the accuracy on the logging interval can be a few seconds delayed.

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4. Various
4.1 Synchronisation and reset
It is possible to let the programme synchronise the time in the MIC with the time in the PC. To do this, follow the steps in section 3.2 Select time interval of data logging.

Furthermore, the programme can automatically reset the min/max values in the MIC. The interval can be set here.

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