General Overview

The SA380 data loggers can be connected together to form a master slave system. Up to 7 SA380 slaves can be connected to a single SA380 master using ethernet. The following diagram illustrates the arrangement:

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• This creates a logger network which has the potential to record data from over 5000 digital inputs.
• The master logger records all data to its local storage
• All data can uploaded from the master logger.

Confirming normal operation

The master logger records two events which are used to indicate the state of any slave loggers. This can be seen in the following illustration:

and on the slave:

The following information is provided to help when a change to the configuration is required.

Normally, a master slave network will be configure by MPEC prior to logger delivery.

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• Master IP Address: A.B.X.1
• Slave 1 IP Addres: A.B.Y.1
• Slave 2 IP Addres: A.B.Y.2
• Slave 3 IP Addres: A.B.Y.3
• Slave 4 IP Addres: A.B.Y.4
• Slave 5 IP Addres: A.B.Y.5
• Slave 6 IP Addres: A.B.Y.6
• Slave 7 IP Addres: A.B.Y.7

Example Configurations:

1. MPEC Factory Default
   • Master:   10.0.1.1   /255.255.252.0, default gateway 10.0.0.138
   • Slave 1:  10.0.2.1    /255.255.252.0, default gateway 10.0.0.138
   • Slave 2:  10.0.2.1.2    /255.255.252.0, default gateway 10.0.0.138
   • Slave 3:  10.0.2.3    /255.255.252.0, default gateway 10.0.0.138
   • Slave 4:  10.0.2.4    /255.255.252.0, default gateway 10.0.0.138
   • Slave 5:  10.0.2.5    /255.255.252.0, default gateway 10.0.0.138
   • Slave 6:  10.0.2.6    /255.255.252.0, def route default gateway 10.0.10.138
   • Slave 7:  10.0.12.17    /255.255.252.0, def route default gateway 10.0.10.138
2. Alternative Example
   • Master: 192.168.0.1/255.255.252.0, def route default gateway 192.168.1.1
   • Slave: 192.168.2.1/255.255.252.0, def route default gateway 192.168.1.1

It is highly advisable that the loggers are all attached to the same hub, and that no other traffic is present on the master slave network.

Changing the configuration

Configuration is performed using the front panel on the display. For the master this will be the following sequence.

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and finally verify the settings.

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