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O P E R A T I N G IN S T RU C T I O N S
Title
Installation
Operation
Maintenance
VM400
Single Point Air Velocity Monitor
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VM400 · Operating Instructions · 8013565/YT09/V2-0/2016-02 · © SICK Engineering GmbH
Document Information
Product
Product name:
VM400
Versions:
VM400S-AL
VM400E-AL
Document ID
Title:
Operating Instructions VM400
Order No.:
8013565
Version:
2-0
Release:
2016-02
Manufacturer
SICK Engineering GmbH
Bergener Ring 27 · D-01458 Ottendorf-Okrilla · Germany
Phone:
+49 35 20552410
Fax:
+49 35 20552450
E-mail:
[email protected]
Trademarks
IBM is a trademark of the International Business Machine
Corporation.
Windows is a trademark of the Microsoft Corporation .
Other product names used in this document may also be trade-
marks and are only used for identification purposes.
Guarantee Information
Specified product characteristics and technical data do not serve
as guarantee declarations.
© SICK Engineering GmbH. All rights reserved.
VM400 · Operating Instructions · 8013565/YT09/V2-0/2016-02 · © SICK Engineering GmbH
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Warning Symbols
Warning Levels / Signal Words
DANGER
Risk or hazardous situation which will result in severe personal
injury or death.
WARNING
Risk or hazardous situation which could result in severe personal
injury or death.
CAUTION
Hazard or unsafe practice which could result in personal injury or
property damage.
NOTICE
Hazard which could result in property damage.
Information Symbols
Hazard (general)
Hazard by voltage
Hazard for the environment/nature/organic life
Important technical information for this product
Important information on electric or electronic func-
tions
Nice to know
Supplementary information
Link to information at another place
Contents
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VM400 · Operating Instructions · 8013565/YT09/V2-0/2016-02 · © SICK Engineering GmbH
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For your Safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.1
Operating safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.2
Intended use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.2.1
Purpose of the device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.2.2
Application limitation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.3
Responsibility of user. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.3.1
Intended users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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Product Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.1
Product identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.1.1
Features of the VM400. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.2
Device description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.2.1
Measuring principle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.3
Signals and interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.1
Scope of delivery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.2
Preparation of the measurement point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.2.1
Short safety hints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.2.2
Work/activities carried out by the customer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.2.3
Possible arrangement on the measuring location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.3
Installation of the VM400 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.3.1
Installation steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.3.2
Interface protocol “Message” (VM400E only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
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Commissioning / Switch on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
4.1
Necessary know-how for commissioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4.2
Commissioning of device VM400 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4.2.1
Switching on the power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4.2.2
Checking of the device operation state (visual inspection) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4.2.3
Checking of possible malfunction indication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4.2.4
Checking of measuring values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4.3
Commissioning of device VM400E using SOPAS ET. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
4.3.1
Installing the SOPAS ET Operation and Configuration Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
4.3.2
Information for using the program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
4.3.3
Navigation in SOPAS ET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
4.3.4
Possible parameterization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
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Decommissioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
5.1
Preparations for the decommissioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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