| KAPP Engineering has developed an SMS Alarm Paging
and Reporting System which can be added on to any
Koyo DL06, DL250, DL260 or DL450 PLC. |
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Features:
Alarm Paging Function:
• Up to 5 mobile phone numbers can be assigned
as SMS recipients
• Up to 20 Alarms, each with user-definable
text
• Each Alarm remains active until the alarm
has been acknowledged by the local operator. Alternatively,
an “Auto-Acknowledge” function
(available for the first 8 alarms only) allows alarms
to be automatically
acknowledged without operator intervention
(ideal for monitoring applications)
• Up to 5 Primary Recipients and 5 Secondary
Recipients can be assigned for each alarm
• “Secondary SMS Delay” time for
each alarm (defined in minutes) allows the user
to define the time between
contacting the Primary SMS Recipient(s) and
the Secondary SMS Recipient(s). Secondary SMS Recipient(s)
will only
be notified if the alarm has not been acknowledged
within this specified time. SMS messages will be
continually sent
to the Secondary Recipient(s) until the alarm
is acknowledged
• “Enabled” button for each Alarm
allows the user to ignore/disable nuisance alarms
• “Test” button for each alarm
allows the user to force the system to send an SMS
message
• All SMS alarm messaging can be disabled
via a single button on the touch screen
• Alarms are assigned to PLC C-bits, allowing
the user to assign any existing tags as the alarm
trigger conditions
Scheduled Report Function:
• Automatically sends an SMS report to any
(or all) of the 5 mobile phone numbers
• Report can be scheduled to be sent on any
selected day(s) of the week
• Report can be configured to be sent up to
8 times per day (each time of day entry is configurable)
• Report can be configured to contain the
following information:
• Number of active (unacknowledged) alarms
• Either of the following:
(a) Up to 6 analog values (4-digit integer
values read from PLC registers), including user-defined
names
and engineering units for each, OR
(b) Up to 4 x alarm messages for any
active (unacknowledged) alarms. If more than 4 alarms
are currently
unacknowledged, then only the 4 highest priority
alarm messages will be sent
• Each Report comprises 1 x 160 character
SMS Message
General Features:
• Automatic Modem Reset function prevents
modem “hang-ups” by forcing a hard reset
of the GSM modem once a day.
Time of day at which modem is reset time
is user-configurable
• GSM Modem can be used to access the PLC
remotely (NOTE: this requires the Data line on the
SIM Card to be
activated). This allows for remote monitoring
and/or control via DirectSOFT or SCADA application
• Ladder Program can be appended to any existing
Koyo DL06, DL250, DL260 or DL450 PLC (provided CPU
has
sufficient memory available)
• If the PLC’s Communication port is
not available to connect to the GSM Modem, a Basic
Co-Processor Module can
be installed
• PLC type is selectable via the touch screen
• Touch Screen program can be appended to
any existing C-More touch screen (provided sufficient
memory is available)
The following screen captures are for the reduced
version, which contains 16 alarms and 3 Phone Numbers
and is designed to be operated from a 6” Greyscale
C-More touch screen. The full version (which includes
20 alarms and 5 phone numbers) is designed to be
operated from an 8”, 10”, 12 or 15”
C-More touch screen. |
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Users can select primary
and secondary recipients for each alarm
condition via a simple matrix |
The system can be configured
to perform a “hard reset” of
the GSM modem at a particular time of day.
The Koyo PLC type can be selected via the
radio buttons |
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The SMS text message
for each alarm can be entered by the user
via a pop-up keypad (max = 32 chars). This
is the actual text that the recipient(s)
will receive as an SMS message |
The Scheduled Report
can be configured by the user to automatically
send an SMS message on any selected day(s)
of the week, up to 8 times a day |
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Up to six (6)
analog values can be included in
the Scheduled Report. The Title
and Units for each analog can be
entered by the user via a pop-up
keypad. Alternatively, the report
mode can be changed to replace the
analog readings with up to 4 x unacknowledged
alarm messages |
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