Frontier Wireless Sensor Kit Operating Manual

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Users Guide

PROFILER TECH LTD 2018

v1.0

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Contents

Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................................... 4

What does it do? ........................................................................................................................................................... 4

How does it work? ........................................................................................................................................................ 4

Why do I want it? .......................................................................................................................................................... 4

What’s in the Kit ................................................................................................................................................................ 5

Overview ....................................................................................................................................................................... 5

The Sender .................................................................................................................................................................... 5

The Receiver .................................................................................................................................................................. 6

Charger Cables .............................................................................................................................................................. 8

Pigtail Cable ................................................................................................................................................................... 8

Mounting Tape .............................................................................................................................................................. 8

How to use it ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9

1. Charge the Sender & Receiver .............................................................................................................................. 9

2. Attach the Sender to your accelerometer ............................................................................................................ 9

3. Mount the Receiver on your PDC ....................................................................................................................... 10

4. Turn the Frontier units on ................................................................................................................................... 11

5. Collect vibration data .......................................................................................................................................... 11

6. Connecting Bluetooth® Listening Headphones................................................................................................... 11

7. Using the Audio Filter.......................................................................................................................................... 12

8. Turn the Frontier units off .................................................................................................................................. 12

Appendix A: Troubleshooting ......................................................................................................................................... 13

Appendix B: Using the Sender & Receiver lights and buttons ........................................................................................ 14

Sender Lights and Buttons .......................................................................................................................................... 14

Receiver Lights and Buttons ........................................................................................................................................ 14

Appendix C: Updating the Firmware ............................................................................................................................... 16

Introduction

What does it do?

Frontier is an accessory product for any Portable Data Collector (PDC) that offers “cordless data collection with any
sensor and any instrument”.

It does for portable data collection what the cordless telephone did for your home phone by removing the cable
connecting your PDC to your accelerometer and replacing it with a wireless connection while keeping everything else
unchanged.

How does it work?

Frontier is a 2-piece product consisting of a Sender and a Receiver, which are small battery-powered devices used in
a pair:

• The Sender screws directly onto any standard 2-pin ICP/IEPE accelerometer in place of a conventional cable. It

powers the accelerometer and captures its output analog signal, and then continuously streams this over a Wi-Fi
connection to….

• … the Receiver, which feeds the signal into the ordinary analog input connector of any conventional PDC instead

of a conventional accelerometer cable. The Receiver can also connect wirelessly to Bluetooth® listening
headphones to allow you to listen to the vibration signal when collecting data.

Why do I want it?

Removing the cable tethering your PDC to the accelerometer improves:

• Safety: No risk of tripping over the cable of getting tangled in a machine

• Convenience: You no longer have to stand right next to the machine while collecting data, plus you can now

take recordings in places where you can’t when you have to use a cable

• Reliability: No wiring or connections to break or fail, and no cables getting covered in grease, oil & dirt

• Faster: Since you no longer have to constantly worry about cable management, collecting data with Frontier

is now simpler and quicker than using a tethered cable.

• Audio Support: Support for Bluetooth® listening headphones allows you to listen to the vibration signal as

you are recording it, without the need for more wires or extra listening amplifiers

Best of all you don’t have to do anything differently – the wireless connection provided by Frontier is invisible to
your PDC and you can continue to collect your data just like you always have without changing any settings or
configuration of your PDC or software. Frontier works with accelerometers of any sensitivity and so can be used
completely interchangeably with a conventional cable.

What’s in the Kit

Overview

Your Frontier includes:

• The Sender, which screws on to any standard 2-pin ICP/IEPE accelerometer of any sensitivity

• The Receiver, which is attached to the back of your portable data collector and is connected to it by a short

Pigtail Cable.

• 2 x Magnetic USB Charging Cables, allowing you to charge both Sender & Receiver at the same time

The Sender

The Sender has a cylindrical case with a keypad on the top:

The base of the Sender connects to any 2-pin ICP®/IEPE type accelerometer and is held in place by its screw-on
locking ring:

!! IMPORTANT NOTE !!

Do NOT attempt to unscrew the cylindrical casing from the base!

This cylindrical casing does not unscrew and attempting to do this will severely

damage the internal electronics.

Magnetic Charging

Connector

Red Charging

Light

Power Button

Green Power

Light

Locking Ring

Accelerometer

Connector