Wireless Telemetry Industrial Base Station (T24-BSi)

The industrial base station is required for the configuration of all of the T24 modules and is greatly simplified by the T24 Toolkit software for Windows supplied free of charge upon purchase. Data can also be captured by the base station from an unlimited number of T24 acquisition modules to provide a radio telemetry data logger.

The options of USB, RS232 or RS485 interfaces enables this base station to connect to a wide range of devices such as PCs, PLCs, OEM hardware etc.The internal antenna provides up to 200m (650 ft) range.

For software developers a standard Windows DLL and COM driver are available to enable data collection from T24 Acquisition modules.

The licence free 2.4GHz direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) radio telemetry technology offers high integrity, error free communications which can co-exist with other wireless technologies such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth® and Zigbee®. ETSI, FCC and IC approvals.
 

T24-BSi

 *Maximum range achieved in open field site at height of 3 metres (9.8 feet) above ground.

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These are the following industries and applications in which this product has been used:

• Civil Engineering - Wireless Monitoring of Anchor Loads
• Construction - Wireless Monitoring of Anchor Loads

Q: What is the difference between the T24-SO Serial Output and T24 Base Stations?

A: The T24-SO gathers data from up to 8 acquisition modules and, on its serial output, provides a user configurable ASCII string. The output string can contain the summed value of the gathered data. This output can be used to drive serial displays, printers or to simply feed directly into a PC, PLC or other data acquisition systems.
The base stations communicate bi-directionally so are used to configure the devices as well as gather data. The communications protocol is binary and packet based and so requires processing to present the data to the application in a formatted manner.
 

Q: Can base stations integrate to other communications protocols?

A: Our SCADA software package ‘Visual Link’ interacts with all of our devices
allowing a PC to enact the conversion. In addition, with the use of the .DLL and
COM driver provided with the T24 Tool Kit, users can create tunnelling between the data provided by the base station to the PC and another communications protocols.
 

Q: Once an acquisition module has been configured, will it require regular connections to the base station?

A: No. Once an acquisition module has been configured it will remain stable for its lifetime providing its operating limits are not exceeded.

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Q: What is the function of the USB and industrial base stations?

A: Both provide users with a PC interface by which collect data from any acquisition module with in range and configure all devices in the T24 range.

Q: How is the industrial base station different to the USB base station?

A: The industrial base station provides not only USB interface but also RS232 and RS485 at multiple baud rates. This module can also be DIN rail mounted.

Q: How many acquisition modules can be acquired by the base stations?

A: Each base station can use one of 16 channels. From one of those channels a base station can collect data simultaneously from any number acquisition modules depending upon the frequency of readings being provided by the acquisition module.

Q: What is the difference between the T24-SO Serial Output and T24 Base Stations?

A: The T24-SO gathers data from up to 8 acquisition modules and, on its serial output, provides a user configurable ASCII string. The output string can contain the summed value of the gathered data. This output can be used to drive serial displays, printers or to simply feed directly into a PC, PLC or other data acquisition systems.
The base stations communicate bi-directionally so are used to configure the devices as well as gather data. The communications protocol is binary and packet based and so requires processing to present the data to the application in a formatted manner.
 

Q: How many T24 Acquisition modules can be controlled by one USB Base Station at the same time?

A: Acquisition modules are not controlled when providing data, rather data is provided at a user determined rate during configuration set up. The base station can gather data from any number of acquisition modules providing they are on the same channel. The number of modules a single base station can process depends upon the frequency of transmission from the acquisition modules that channel.

Q: Can base stations integrate to other communications protocols?

A: Our SCADA software package ‘Visual Link’ interacts with all of our devices
allowing a PC to enact the conversion. In addition, with the use of the .DLL and
COM driver provided with the T24 Tool Kit, users can create tunnelling between the data provided by the base station to the PC and another communications protocols.
 

Q: Once an acquisition module has been configured, will it require regular connections to the base station?

A: No. Once an acquisition module has been configured it will remain stable for its lifetime providing its operating limits are not exceeded.