EchoSmart Interface Level Analyzer

EchoSmart is an exciting new development in interface level analyzer technology.

EchoSmart Architecture

EchoSmart puts the brains of the system in the sensor and provides options to interlink up to 16 sensors in a wired or wireless network.

EchoSmart Sensor

EchoSmart introduces the first-of-a-kind Smart Sensor for interface level measurement. With EchoSmart, the sensor doesn’t just generate the raw signal. It performs all signal control and enhancement functions, interprets the signal, produces the measurement, and outputs analog and digital information (4-20mA and RS-485 Modbus).

The sensor is truly the Smart device and does most of the work that previously could only be accomplished by a separate analyzer. It’s this capability that enables operation using an inexpensive EchoSmart Power Supply Unit for integration into an EchoSmart Field Network, as described below.

EchoSmart Controller

The EchoSmart Controller is the graphical user interface, and it supplies main power to the sensor. It is also a communications hub that facilitates information exchange between the sensor and the outside world and provides for output signal cable connections. Its on-board processors translate data from the sensor to support a variety of digital communication capabilities (Release of some functions is subject to final development).

Graphical User Interface

 

Communications Hub

The Controller can also be fitted with a fully integrated radio module to support field networking of multiple sensors.

EchoSmart Power Supply Unit

 

EchoSmart Power Supply Units will be used when sensors are interlinked in a wired or wireless field network. The Power Supply Unit provides main power to a sensor and provides RS-485 serial communication and analog output wiring connections. These inexpensive units can be outfitted with radio modules to be included in a wireless field network.

EchoSmart Field Network

While EchoSmart instruments are priced competitively in stand-alone version (Smart Sensor +Controller), an EchoSmart Field Network offers a tremendous opportunity to offer the most flexible and inexpensive solution possible for multiple application installations.

An Echosmart Network consists of 2-16 Smart Sensors. Each sensor is connected locally to either a Controller or a Power Supply Unit. Controllers and Power Supply Units are interconnected via hardwire (RS-485 Modbus) or by fully integrated wireless ZibBee Compliant RF Module. There must be at least one Controller in a network (Multiple networks can be connected by RS-485 to integrate up to 128 sensors with the customer SCADA or DCS).

 

An EchoSmart wired network is easily included in the design of a new plant or plant expansion. But conduit and cabling requirements may make it less advantageous for instrumentation upgrades or replacements. That’s where an EchoSmart Wireless Network offers a cost-effective solution. Simply install an EchoSmart Sensor and Controller or inexpensive Power Supply Unit at each application and the wireless modules do the rest!

And, remember, EchoSmart employs fully integrated RF modules. These radios use self-healing mesh communication to eliminate most sources of interference from buildings and other obstructions by relaying signals through all available modules to secure optimal communication.

Advanced Communication Capabilities

Controllers not only provide a platform for communicating RS-485 and passing analog signals that are received from the sensor, they also facilitate Ethernet, Profibus, Foundation Fieldbus, and HART Protocol digital communication (Some digital communication capabilities are subject to future release).

EchoSmart . . . Smart, Flexible, Friendly!

 

Expansion Pro Analyzer 2000 - Filter Backwash Monitor 

    
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Auto-Clean Sensors
Air bubbles, slime and other accumulations on the face of the sensor can result in loss of signal and measurement failure. In many applications a surface skimmer rotates the sensor out of the clarifier and allows it to splash into the water as it passes. This action typically keeps material off the face of the sensor and supports extended performance without additional cleaning. In installations with no surface skimmer, signal deterioration is common and a self-cleaning transducer is required to assure uninterrupted service. Our integrated wiper-blade sensor provides effective automatic cleaning at low cost and is a direct replacement for our standard transducer.

 

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