Hello there. I am Rhys Griffiths, Service & Technical Support Manager at Pulsar Measurement.
Today, I'd like to show you how to set up non-contacting & non-invasive volume measurement
with the Ultra 4 controller and mmWAVE radar. We'll be measuring the volume of water inside this
standard IBC container. It's an enclosed plastic vessel, which makes it ideal for radar technology
as the energy can pass through the top of the tank and reflect off the water surface within.
Before we start, we will need to decide upon the units of measurement for our application dimensions,
the units for our volume measurement, the vessel dimensions, the distance
from the sensor to the bottom of the tank, the distance from the sensor to the top of the tank,
our span for the application, and any control or alarm relays setpoints. These are the dimensions
of the IBC container. The empty distance can be calculated by adding the height of the tank
to the distance of the sensor above the top of the tank. The transducer is already connected
and the Ultra 4 is powered up and ready to go. So, we can start programming.
You can enter program mode by entering the passcode 1997 and pressing enter. We will use the Quick Setup Menu, so we
can press enter. And press Enter to enable it. The Quick Setup Menu asks for the required information
to make the measurement. We can use the arrow keys and Enter to select an option, and we can use
the numeric keys to enter measurements and dimensions. We will be using volume measurement.
We won't have any control relays.
We'll have one alarm relay. And we will assign that to a low identifier.
The low alarm relay will be assigned to relay #1. The transducer we're using is the dBi.
And it is a closed tank application. Our measurement units are millimeters.
The empty level is 1,030 millimeters. Our span is 833 millimeters.
Our vessel shape is a rectangular flat base. The width is 1,200. The breadth is 1,000.
And we will be measuring volume in liters. This is the indication of a maximum volume.
We can press enter to have some more options. Here we can choose to change
our relay setpoints if we want, but we are happy with where we are at the moment.
We can adjust our mA output range, and we can also adjust out fill and empty damping. So we can set
this to 50 millimeters per minute. This is more suitable for our application. As we are using a
radar transducer to chute through the top of the tank, we need to take into account the signal from
the top of the tank itself. We can easily do this by increasing the near blanking distance.
The near blanking can be adjusted by going to the the application menu and the distances submenu.
Scroll down to near blanking, enter our new value, which would be 120 millimeters.
Now we can return to run mode, and we can see our main volume measurement on the screen,
we can see the bar graph indicating the level on the left hand side,
and we can also see the indication of the alarm relay.
We could also see the level of water in the IBC against the markings molded into the container.
That's how easy it is to set up a volume measurement with the Ultra 4 and the mmWAVE radar.
Thanks for watching. If you'd like to know more about the equipment used today
or discover more Pulsar Measurement equipment, please visit pulsarmeasurement.com.