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Configure Analogue Input

  1. Auto Discover WEMScontroller3.
  2. Configure Fuel Tank Control Points.

This guide covers the first-time setup of an Fuel Tank, and assumes that a WEMScontroller3 has already been through Auto Discover.

  1. Select the channel type as Analogue Input in order to configure the input.
  2. Select Multifunction Sensor 1, and then click Next.

First-time setup

  1. Select Temperature Sensor, and then click Next.

First-time setup

  1. Choose the properties for the channel, and then click Next.

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  • Desired Range: Only applicable when reading a 0–10 voltage in the analogue input. This is the maximum value of the unit being measured or what the reading will be at 10 volts. Example: for a CO2 sensor that reads 0–2000 ppm (parts per million), the desired range would be set to 2000. The unit depends on what is being measured.
  • Desired Offset: Only applicable when reading a 0–10 voltage in the analogue input. This is the minimum value of the unit being measured or what the reading will be at 0 volts. Usually set to 0 unless the lowest reading is not 0. The unit depends on what is being measured
  • Desired Sample Rate: The number of seconds between each read of the analogue value being measured (temperature, light etc.).
  • Desired Average Value: The number of analogue reads over which the average is calculated. Example: a temperature sensor will read every 5 seconds and then after 30 readings it will display the average temperature of those 1–30 readings. When the next sample read comes in (reading 31) it will then average readings 2–31 so it becomes a rolling average. These average values are not visible in the system. The calculations and data are kept locally on the device PCB.

First-time setup

  1. Set the Object type to Fuel Level, and then click Next.

First-time setup

  1. Enter a description for the Fuel Level Object, and then click Next.

First-time setup

  1. Choose a location, and then click Next.

First-time setup

  1. Click Next to the confirmation message.

First-time setup

  1. No other channels need to be configured, so click Finish to exit the Channel Setup Wizard.

First-time setup

The Channel Setup Wizard is now complete and control is returned to the Floorplan.

A new Fuel Tank icon appears in the Safety/Metering Layer of the Floorplan.

First-time setup

Fuel Tank icon shown on Safety/Metering Layer

Final Step

The Auto Discover and Channel Setup of the WEMScontroller3 is now complete.

The final step is to Configure Fuel Tank Control Points.

WEMS User Guide version 4.0 20150130.
This guide relates to features up to and including 1.18.0.3