Ami286 Level Controller

 
The American Magnetics, Inc. (AMI) Model 286 Liquid Level Controller is

a microprocessor-based instrument designed to provide multiple sensor

capacitance-based monitoring and control of liquid levels.


See the user manual for more info.

 

Select the RS-232 port and open/close the connection

Strip chart of the levels over time.

EMail Alerts


If you enable email alerts you will be notified for about the following conditions:

  1. • If a valve changes state

  2. • If there has not been valve change state for a period of time

  3. • If there is a Hi, Low, or Expired alarm flagged by the unit


Alerts will be sent no more often than once per minute. If multiple events occur from the time that an email is first scheduled, all of the events will be listed in the email. A typical alert might look like the following example:


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Automatically generated by ORCA

Host machine:152.2.6.112

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     Level    Status   FillState  Last Change

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0:   0.0        Off     Off         07/02 09:38 AM

1:   0.0        Off     Off         07/02 09:38 AM

2:   0.0        N/A     N/A       07/02 09:38 AM

3:   0.0        N/A     N/A       07/02 09:38 AM

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Reasons this alarm was triggered:

EMailed originally triggered at 07/02 09:38 AM

Chan 0. As of 07/02 09:38 AM NO CHANGE to Fill state (now Off) for at least 60 minutes

Chan 0. Fill State Changed to On at 07/02 09:38 AM

Chan 0. Fill State Changed to Off at 07/02 09:38 AM


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Level data record:


The level data can be optionally inserted into the data stream during a run when ever the unit is polled. The data record format is:


xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx

^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^-----------------------data id

                 ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^-length in longs


xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx

                          ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^- device id

xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx  level chan 0 encoded as a float

xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx  time level 0 taken in seconds since Jan 1, 1970

xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx  level chan 1 encoded as a float

xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx  time level 1 taken in seconds since Jan 1, 1970

xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx  level chan 2 encoded as a float

xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx  time level 2 taken in seconds since Jan 1, 1970

xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx  level chan 3 encoded as a float

xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx  time level 3 taken in seconds since Jan 1, 1970

Set up a polling interval for reading the levels

Current status, fill controls, alarm status, and last measurement time

Write this dialog information to the hardware

The current level is shown here. The red arrows are the alarm levels -- you can drag them with the mouse or set the values in the table above

Levels can optionally be inserted into the data stream

When enabled, alarm alerts will be sent no more often than once per minute. If multiple changes occur that would trigger an email to be sent the changes will be listed in the email.