Application Bulletin 435/1e
Connection of the Eco Titrator to the PC
Branch
Method 1 – Software-based
General analytical chemistry, private laboratories; water
wastewater, air, environmental protection; pharmaceutical solution
industry; petrochemistry, biofuel; food, stimulants,
Prerequisites
beverages, flavors; metals, electroplating; detergents,
surfactants, cosmetics; energy, power plants • Eco Titrator
• PC with LAN interface
• LAN cable
Keywords
Eco Titrator; Eco; PC/LIMS; PC; LIMS; connection; Advanced
serial data logger; HW VSP3; Virtual Serial Port; Software
documentation; 6.2134.040; 6.2148.050; LAN cable; branch Advanced serial data logger standard License
1, branch 2; branch 4; branch 5; branch 7; branch 10; branch (ItemID:186168, costs:
12; branch 16 https://www.aggsoft.com/serial-data- 70 EUR
logger/buy.htm)
Summary HW VSP3 – Virtual Serial Port Freeware
Eco Titrators provide the capability to send PC/LIMS reports (https://www.hw-group.com/software/hw-
directly to a PC. This feature is mainly used to transfer data vsp3-virtual-serial-port)
to an external LIMS system or to simply store the data in a
digitally on the PC. Additionally, it is possible to control the Both softwares are necessary for the connection of the Eco
Eco Titrator by RS232 commands if the connection is set up Titrator to a PC. The “HW VSP3 – Virtual Serial Port” creates
according to the procedure described below. a virtual COM port, which links to the IP address of the Eco
The data transfer from the Eco Titrator to a PC can be done Titrator. The “Advanced serial data logger standard” creates
by a software- or a hardware-based option. Additional for each PC/LIMS report a separate file in a defined folder.
accessories are needed for the hardware-based option
whereas for the software-based option two additional
Connection of Eco Titrator to PC
softwares must be installed. Both solutions are described in
this document. The Eco Titrator must be connected to the PC by a LAN cable
via the corresponding plug on the backside of your Eco
Titrator and the other end to the Ethernet port of the PC. You
might also use a splitter to expand the number of Ethernet
ports of your PC.
Application Bulletin 435/1e
Connection of the Eco Titrator to the PC
Configuration of Eco Titrator After configuration of the software, choose the button “create
COM”. If the IP address is entered correctly, a COM port will
be created and the device is then connected:
Choose “Ethernet/RS232” on the Eco Titrator under
“System > External devices” to send the PC/LIMS report.
Configuration of HW VSP3 – Virtual Serial Port
Open the “HW VSP3 – Virtual Serial Port” software and
choose a serial port, which is not already existing on the PC
under Device manager > COM ports. In this example,
COM 20 is chosen to connect the Eco Titrator. Please make Now, the COM port is linked with the IP address of your
sure that the entry in the field “IP address” corresponds to the device. To save each PC/LIMS report in a separate file,
IP address of your Eco Titrator In this example, the IP please continue with the next step.
address of the device is 169.254.132.100.
Configuration of Advanced serial data logger standard
Open the software “Advanced serial data logger standard”
and click on the green “plus” button:
The “configuration options” window opens. Choose the
corresponding COM port (in this example, COM 20) and set
the following connection parameters.
Polling mode: Use event work
Baud rate: 9600
Data bits: 8
Parity: None
Stop bits: 1
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Click on “Log file” and choose “Log rotation”. Tick the option
“Create log files on disk”. Then choose the following options,
where the log file path can be defined by the user:
If desired, the log path name can be modified by adding a file
name prefix or a file name extension.
Now PC/LIMS reports can be sent to the PC and are saved
in the appropriate folder.
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Method 2 – Hardware-based browser (Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer, …). The default
IP address can be found on the device itself:
solution
Prerequisites
• Eco Titrator
• Windows-based OS
• Moxa NPort 5110A (must be bought from a local
supplier)
• USB/RS232 converter 6.2148.050
• RS232 cable 6.2134.040
• LAN/ethernet cable
Software
Advanced serial data logger standard License
(ItemID:186168, costs:
https://www.aggsoft.com/serial-data- 70 EUR
logger/buy.htm)
The “Moxa NPort” and the software “Advanced serial data
logger standard” are necessary for the connection of the Eco
Titrator to the PC via RS232. The “Moxa NPort” device
connects the RS232 interface to the IP address of the Eco
Titrator. The “Advanced serial data logger standard” creates
a separate file in a defined folder for each PC/LIMS report.
Setup
Press on the “Quick Setup” button.
The USB/RS232 connector is attached to the USB port of the
PC. The cable 6.2134.040 is linked in between the
USB/RS232 connector and the “Moxa NPort” device. The
“Moxa NPort” and the Eco device are then connected via
Ethernet cable Cat 6 to the Ethernet port of the Eco Titrator.
Remark: Before starting the configuration of the “Moxa On the next screen (Step 1/3) press Next.
NPort” and the Eco Titrator, ensure that both IP
addresses which are used are in the same subnetwork.
On the next step (Step 2/3) choose “TCP” and tick the
checkbox “Device is TCP client”. Under destination IP
Configuration of the “Moxa NPort” Device address, enter the IP address of your Eco Titrator. Ensure
that both IP addresses are in the same subnetwork.
Connect the “Moxa NPort” Device to your PC or switch via
LAN cable and enter the IP address of your device into a Important! Designate the Port field as 8005. Otherwise it will
not work.
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Additionally, choose under “System External devices”
Ethernet/RS232 under PC/LIMS report.
Click on Next and choose the following parameters:
Configuration of the COM Port at the target PC
Open the device manager of the target PC and search to find
which COM port your USB/RS232 device belongs to. In this
example, it is COM8:
Press next and then Save/Restart. A screen will appear which
indicates “settings saved / Restarting... ”. Your “Moxa NPort”
Device is now ready to use and configured to send PC/LIMS
reports.
Configuration of the Eco Titrator
Define a corresponding static IP address at the Eco Titrator Start the program “Advanced serial data logger” and add a
under System Ethernet. new configuration by pressing green “plus” button.
Make sure that both IP addresses (Eco Titrator and “Moxa
NPort”) are in the same subnetwork!
Choose the corresponding COM port to which the Eco
Titrator is connected and adjust the connection parameters
accordingly.
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Click on “Log file” and choose “Log rotation”. Tick the option
“Create log files on disk”. Then choose the following options,
where the log file path can be defined by the user: The folder now contains the sent PC/LIMS report.
Date
August 2019
Now PC/LIMS reports can be sent to the PC, and are saved
Author
in the selected folder.
Competence Center Titration
Metrohm International Headquarters
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