Introduction to T24 2.4Ghz Radio Telemetry System from Mantracourt

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This video is a short presentation of the new Mantracourt wireless radio telemetry acquisition system.

The beginning of any measurement is the acquisition, for this we have a strain gauge or load cell acquisition module which has 5 volt excitation and ratio metric return designed for use with strain gauges and load cells, a voltage input which is 0-10 V and a current input with which is 0-20 mA

All of the modules have a common radio, this radio comes in two variants with an integral or external antenna. Of the external antennas there is a PCB and a rubber dongle antenna. These have ranges varying from 100 metres line of sight to up to 200 metres recorded line of sight using the antenna B.

To support these products we supply no less than IP65 NEMA 4 water proof rated housings as well as battery charger units, one for small lithium ion batteries for low power consumption and one for larger lithium ion batteries for higher capacities.

These units are linked to radio telemetry display handhelds, this is the advanced version handheld, with the capabilities to handle readings from 12 different acquisition modules and sum them together, and the simple handheld for a one-to-one link with any wireless acquisition module.

All the wireless telemetry acquisition modules, display handhelds and output devices are configured using a free issue user-friendly Windows software toolkit on a PC, this is connected via a USB wireless base station in this case or a BSi which is an industrial base station which has USB, RS232 and RS485 connectivity. All other output modules that are supported in the range include a serial output module, which is fed to Mantracourt's serial display, an analogue output module which gives a 0-10 +/-10 and 0-20 mA output for any input from a radio telemetry acquisition module, units such as this printer module which can be triggered via a handheld to print the value displayed on the radio telemetry handheld.


Here on this crane demonstration we have a small strain gauge to radio telemetry converter linked to a strain element inside this box with a charger module with battery included taking the measurement of this weight. This weight is then transmitted out to the radio telemetry handheld which can then be relayed to the wireless load cell printer and is also displayed via a wireless to the serial output and displayed here.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• wireless sensing
• 2.4Ghz
• radio telemetry
• strain gauge
• current voltage
• acquisition