1. Cutsforth Support
  2. Erbessd Wireless
  3. Installation Planning Guide – Wireless Condition Monitoring – EZDP-2154

Configuring InsightCM for Wireless Monitoring Assets

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Configuring Phantom Sensors

InsightCM supports the following Erbessd Phantom wireless sensors: V10E, V11E, ATX15, ATX16, T20, T25, T70, and S40.

Commission Phantom Gateway

Before adding Phantom wireless sensor assets, commission the Phantom Gateway so it connects to InsightCM.

  1. Plug an ethernet-wired connection into the Phantom Gateway.

  2. Power on the Gateway.

  3. Note the displayed IP address on the Gateway screen.

  4. Open a web browser window and access the Gateway IP address.

  5. Update the firmware of the Phantom Gateway:

    • Contact Cutsforth support to download the Phantom Gateway firmware officially supported by InsightCM.

    • Manually apply the firmware update on the System tools tab.

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  6. Pair Phantom Sensors to the Gateway using the Live State menu. Click the Pair button before configuring the sensor in InsightCM.

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  7. Within the General menu, ensure that “Send data to EI Monitor/PhantomLib” and “Store data offline until manually collected” are both checked.

    EI-Plantom_General.png

Optional: Within the General menu one has the options to setup a static IP address, and enable Wi-Fi and unplug the ethernet-wired connection after Wi-Fi configuration.

Add Phantom Equipment Sensors

  1. Click the Configuration Wrench.png button and ensure that you are on the Asset Configuration page.

    Note

    Ensure that the equipment asset is defined and the monitor type is configured as “Wireless (Phantom)” for the Phantom sensor you are adding.

  2. In the right-side configuration panel, select the Sensors tab.

  3. Enter the Gateway IP address in the IP address textbox.

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  4. Click Add, select Vibration » Phantom in the New Asset dialog box, select the desired Phantom sensor and click OK.

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  5. Optionally enter the Gateway Password in the textbox, if the Gateway has a password previously configured using the Security menu on the Gateway configuration web page.

  6. Click on the Equipment node in the asset tree and within the Monitor tab in the right-side configuration panel click on Update Configuration. Please note that the Update Configuration button needs to be clicked anytime a change is made to Phantom sensors or equipment nodes to apply changes.

  7. In the Sensors tab, click on Discover.

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  8. Sensors within range of the Gateway will appear. Select a paired sensor and click OK.

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  9. New sensor nodes will appear in the left asset tree.

    a. Alternative: Instead of using Discover, users have the option to manually add sensors in the asset tree list first.

    1. Click Add and select Sensors » Phantom and select the appropriate sensor. Within the right Properties tab enter the Serial Number.

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    2. After specifying a serial number, click the Add button on the Sensors tab to add them to the equipment node.

Phantom Node Properties

  • Rotating Equipment has three Speed Types available in the Monitor tab: Fixed Speed, Phantom Speed Sensor, and Data Source Speed.

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  • Phantom sensors have properties to configure their collection settings. Note, these settings may have an impact on sensor battery life. Please refer to the Erbessd website for Phantom sensor property details.

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Acquiring Data for Wireless Devices

When the wireless gateway is online with all endpoints mapped to sensor assets, you can test your wireless device's ability to acquire data. Automatic acquisitions occur periodically, but you can force an acquisition at any time by using Force Trigger.

Complete the following steps to acquire data from one of your endpoints.

Note

Acquiring data from all of a device's endpoints can create network congestion.

  1. Click the Data Viewer (noloc_env_dataviewer.png) button.

  2. Expand one of the wirelessly monitored equipment assets, select a sensor asset, and then select one of the features. By selecting a feature, you activate the Trend viewer chart.

  3. In the Trend viewer chart, click the Action menu (noloc_env_action.png) and select Force Trigger to acquire data from the endpoint mapped to this equipment asset.

  4. Wait several seconds for the acquisition to complete and click the Refresh button to confirm that your device received new data points.

    Note

    If you force an acquisition for all endpoints, it could take several minutes for the wireless gateway to complete the acquisition.

  5. Repeat the force acquisition several times to acquire multiple data sets.

    Note

    Before the data is available, devices must finish performing the acquisition and the InsightCM server must receive and store the data. You can change the duration of force-triggered acquisitions on the Operating States tab for the equipment being monitored on the Asset Configuration page.

For a complete list of ways you can configure a device to perform acquisitions, refer to the Adding Wireless Monitoring Devices and Endpoints section in the InsightCM manual.

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