SA380TX and SA380TX-L Training : Install
- Mark Beeson (Deactivated)
As an outcome of this section of the course, you will:
Appreciate where to locate the device
Know the recommended way to terminate instrumentation wiring
Know the recommended way to terminate power wiring
Know the recommended way to terminate RS485 wiring
Appreciate antenna placement and cable routing
Both SA380TX and SA380TX-L are designed to fit BR930 spec relay racking. Ideally this is where data loggers should be installed.
Mpec do however offer a hinged wall bracket to allow installation elsewhere:
Some types of older relay rackings will not expose all of the data loggers rear connectors. Be aware.
Analogue, Digital and RS485 connections can be extremely long. Hundreds of meters. The supplied power cable and GSM antenna cable are 3 meters long and difficult to extend. Longer cables can be supplied, but bear-in-mind when choosing your data logger location.
Analogue and digital input connections are made using 3.5mm pitch push-fit terminal blocks. As most wire terminations will utilise stranded cable, appropriately sized ferrule crimps should be used.
The most secure connection will be made if a rough-square-ended crimper is used, such as the one shown below.
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SA380TX and SA380TX-L power cables are supplied with the connector pre-wired.
Note the following points
The supplied cable is 3 meters long
Significant outer insulation will likely need to be removed to terminate BX, NX and EARTH connections.
The power connector for the SA380TX-L is not designed to be mated live.
The EARTH connection of the SA380TX does not require termination
The EARTH connection of the SA380TX-L does not require termination, but should be terminated if the installation racking does not provide a low impedance earth connection.
It is recommended to use 0.50 mm2Â twisted pair cable for this connection, terminated with a ferrule crimp.
Wire "A" to "A" and "B" to "B" on all devices.
If termination resistors are shown on installation diagrams, ensure they are installed at physical extremes of the RS485 data link.
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Do not try and shorten antenna cable
If the antenna cable is too short. Source a longer cable rather than extending cable.
Avoid tight radius bends
The radiation pattern of the supplied antenna is a torus (doughnut) about the horizontal plane.
There is zero reception directly above or below the antenna, there is maximal and even reception around the horizontal plane.
If a high-gain antenna is required, please contact Mpec.