help in configuring and connecting the measurement probes connected to the KC868-COLB

[IOTHDF]

                    Hello,

Thank you again for your invaluable help in configuring and testing your Kincony PLCs !

You will find attached the photos of the PLC arrangements and the wiring diagram of the probes connected to the KC868-COLB PLC.

As you know, kincony PLCs can only supply 500ma in 12Volts to the power supply output connectors used to power an outdoor sensor.

We cannot directly connect and supply the 3 measurement probes on the KC868-COLB PLC, we must supply the 2 remaining probes by a dedicated 220V to 12volts 2 ampere converter.

As we need to feed 3 probes:

1. a wind speed and outdoor light measurement probe (supplied directly by the power connectors of the KC868-COLB PLC, see attached photo Blue cable for – and white cable for +)
   
2. a soil humidity and temperature measurement probe (supplied directly by an energy converter 220V to 12 volts 2 amps)
   
3. a nitrate rate measurement probe (supplied directly by the same 220V to 12 volt 2 ampere energy converter).
   

Description of how these 3 probes are connected to the KC868-COLB PLC :

1. a wind speed and exterior light measurement probe (connected to the digital connector D1 + by the brown connector cable, see attached photo)
   
2. a soil humidity and temperature measurement probe (connected to the analog connector A1 + by the green cable; connected to the analog connector A2 + by the yellow cable)
   
3. a nitrate rate measurement probe (connected to the A3 + analog connector by the green cable).
   

Can you help us to correctly configure these 3 probes in the interface of your Kyncony SBC application?

What does the value: coefficient correspond to in the property of the analog measuring probe?

What must be specified for the coefficient value of the temperature probe in A1 + in green color?

What must be specified for the coefficient value of the humidity probe in A2 + colored yellow?

What should be specified for the coefficient value of the green A3 + nitrate probe?

Are the values entered correctly for the nitrate probe for the values minimum value = 0; maximum value = 500; unit = N; coefficient = 100 ?

Why in the dashboard of the Kincony SBC application, the digital probe which measures the wind and the lighting level does not display any of the 2 values and remains in gray for the 01 # button (see screenshot attached) ?

Is the connection of the brown wire on the KC868-COLB PLC to the D1 + connector correct?

Do you have to connect another wire, for example the black connector wire of the digital probe which measures the wind and the light level?

This black wire today is not connected to the PLC. Should it be connected? If so, which connector should we do it?

Looking forward to your response I wish you a good day,

Best regards IOTHDF member,

[KinCony Support]

Hello,

Thank you again for your invaluable help in configuring and testing your Kincony PLCs !

You will find attached the photos of the PLC arrangements and the wiring diagram of the probes connected to the KC868-COLB PLC.

As you know, kincony PLCs can only supply 500ma in 12Volts to the power supply output connectors used to power an outdoor sensor.

We cannot directly connect and supply the 3 measurement probes on the KC868-COLB PLC, we must supply the 2 remaining probes by a dedicated 220V to 12volts 2 ampere converter.

As we need to feed 3 probes:

1. a wind speed and outdoor light measurement probe (supplied directly by the power connectors of the KC868-COLB PLC, see attached photo Blue cable for – and white cable for +)
   
2. a soil humidity and temperature measurement probe (supplied directly by an energy converter 220V to 12 volts 2 amps)
   
3. a nitrate rate measurement probe (supplied directly by the same 220V to 12 volt 2 ampere energy converter).
   

Description of how these 3 probes are connected to the KC868-COLB PLC :

1. a wind speed and exterior light measurement probe (connected to the digital connector D1 + by the brown connector cable, see attached photo)
   
2. a soil humidity and temperature measurement probe (connected to the analog connector A1 + by the green cable; connected to the analog connector A2 + by the yellow cable)
   
3. a nitrate rate measurement probe (connected to the A3 + analog connector by the green cable).
   

Can you help us to correctly configure these 3 probes in the interface of your Kyncony SBC application?

What does the value: coefficient correspond to in the property of the analog measuring probe?

What must be specified for the coefficient value of the temperature probe in A1 + in green color?

What must be specified for the coefficient value of the humidity probe in A2 + colored yellow?

What should be specified for the coefficient value of the green A3 + nitrate probe?

Are the values entered correctly for the nitrate probe for the values minimum value = 0; maximum value = 500; unit = N; coefficient = 100 ?

1.Algorithm is true
2.The parameters set for other sensors are correct
3.The range of the nitrogen sensor is 0-2000 ，units are mg/kg, and the coefficient is 2000/5=400

Why in the dashboard of the Kincony SBC application, the digital probe which measures the wind and the lighting level does not display any of the 2 values and remains in gray for the 01 # button (see screenshot attached) ?
4、Measure the 12V voltage output from the control box (voltage between the blue and white lines)
Is the connection of the brown wire on the KC868-COLB PLC to the D1 + connector correct?

Do you have to connect another wire, for example the black connector wire of the digital probe which measures the wind and the light level?

This black wire today is not connected to the PLC. Should it be connected? If so, which connector should we do it?

Looking forward to your response I wish you a good day,

Best regards IOTHDF member,

[IOTHDF]

Thank you for your answers.

That said, I do not understand your sentence : Measure the 12V voltage output from the control box (voltage between the blue and white lines).

I confirm that the power supply output on the KC868-Colb PLC does supply a voltage of 12 volts to the wind sensor whose blue wire (negative pole) and white wire (positive pole) are connected.

However, if the wind sensor is configured correctly, why is the Kincony SBC app not showing any numeric input value?

I specify that this wind sensor should normally provide three types of measurements which are the measurement of the wind speed, measurement of the level of rain and the measurement of the luminosity.

Apart from only one, the brown wire is connected to the digital input D1 + of the PLC.

How does the PLC read the 3 measurements (wind, rain and light) with a single wire connected to the KC868-Colb PLC ?

On the 4 wires coming out of the wind sensor, the black wire is not connected. Should it be connected to the PLC? If so at what location?

I would like to point out that this sensor was purchased on your Kincony online web store and that it was delivered to us naked without any user manual, with a diagram explaining how to connect it to the PLC and how to adjust it.

Thank you for enlightening us on these points.

Looking forward to your response, best regards, IOTHDF Member.

[KinCony Support]

Thank you for your answers.

That said, I do not understand your sentence : Measure the 12V voltage output from the control box (voltage between the blue and white lines).

I confirm that the power supply output on the KC868-Colb PLC does supply a voltage of 12 volts to the wind sensor whose blue wire (negative pole) and white wire (positive pole) are connected.

However, if the wind sensor is configured correctly, why is the Kincony SBC app not showing any numeric input value?

I specify that this wind sensor should normally provide three types of measurements which are the measurement of the wind speed, measurement of the level of rain and the measurement of the luminosity.

Apart from only one, the brown wire is connected to the digital input D1 + of the PLC.

How does the PLC read the 3 measurements (wind, rain and light) with a single wire connected to the KC868-Colb PLC ?

On the 4 wires coming out of the wind sensor, the black wire is not connected. Should it be connected to the PLC? If so at what location?

I would like to point out that this sensor was purchased on your Kincony online web store and that it was delivered to us naked without any user manual, with a diagram explaining how to connect it to the PLC and how to adjust it.

Thank you for enlightening us on these points.

Looking forward to your response, best regards, IOTHDF Member.
you can watch this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxoWdEbd...K&index=12

Wind, light, rain any sensor triggered the brown line will send a DI signal
you can connect the brown line to DI2+ Or other DI+ 

This is the parameter adjustment knob, you can set it.

[IOTHDF]

Hello,

Thank you for your video link and your explanations.

Our three sensors are now correctly connected to our KC868-COLB PLC but we have questions for you because we do not understand certain things.

We thank you in advance for answering point by point to the following 6 questions:

1 - The wind, rain and light sensor is connected to the digital input D1+ of our KC868-COLB PLC but on the dasboard of the Kincony SBC application only a button named "01 #" displays two states of the button, or it appears in green, or it appears in gray.

What we want is to read precisely the digital value of each measurement provided by the wind, rain and light sensor.

How do you read the 3 measurements in numerical values for each of the values independently; wind measurement, rain measurement and light readings?

How do you program the independent reading of these 3 digital measurements?

2 - How do you keep the history of all the digital and analog values of the sensors connected to the KC-868-COLB PLC over a week, a month, or a year of these 6 values captured by your Kincony SBC application (1 digital sensor and two analog probes)?

3 - Is the Kincony SBC application suitable for reading and storing the history of analog and digital values supplied by the sensors connected to the KC-868-COLB PLC?

4 - If not, should we do it via an application like Node Red under Raspberry Pi or the Domoticz application or the OpenHAB application?

5 - If YES, can you please tell us the video tutorial link to do it for these applications?

6- We also purchased a second KC868-H32B reference PLC from Kincony which we connected to our KC868-COLB PLC with a serial cable provided. (photo is atached to our previous message)

However we do not know how we configure the KC868-H32B PLC to communicate with the KC868-COLB PLC from the Kincony SBC application?

If the Kincony SBC application is not the right application suitable for the dialogue between the 2 PLCs, can you please indicate the correct application and send us the tutorial video link to configure it?

We believe that your PLCs and your IOT technology are very interesting to deploy for our customers.

We appreciate all the support you provide to us in understanding how it works and how easily and quickly we can adapt it to our customers' demand.

Awaiting your reply, IOTHDF Member

I wish you a good day,

Best regards,

[KinCony Support]

Hello,

Thank you for your video link and your explanations.

Our three sensors are now correctly connected to our KC868-COLB PLC but we have questions for you because we do not understand certain things.

We thank you in advance for answering point by point to the following 6 questions:

1 - The wind, rain and light sensor is connected to the digital input D1+ of our KC868-COLB PLC but on the dasboard of the Kincony SBC application only a button named "01 #" displays two states of the button, or it appears in green, or it appears in gray.

What we want is to read precisely the digital value of each measurement provided by the wind, rain and light sensor.

How do you read the 3 measurements in numerical values for each of the values independently; wind measurement, rain measurement and light readings?

How do you program the independent reading of these 3 digital measurements?
    This is a digital sensor, it just send on or off signal. wind  rain or light one of these three sensor is triggered, it will send signal to brown line, it can't measure which sensor had triggered.

2 - How do you keep the history of all the digital and analog values of the sensors connected to the KC-868-COLB PLC over a week, a month, or a year of these 6 values captured by your Kincony SBC application (1 digital sensor and two analog probes)?

3 - Is the Kincony SBC application suitable for reading and storing the history of analog and digital values supplied by the sensors connected to the KC-868-COLB PLC?

4 - If not, should we do it via an application like Node Red under Raspberry Pi or the Domoticz application or the OpenHAB application?

5 - If YES, can you please tell us the video tutorial link to do it for these applications?
The software won't save the sensor's history data. but it can save the IFTTT commands in data file.

6- We also purchased a second KC868-H32B reference PLC from Kincony which we connected to our KC868-COLB PLC with a serial cable provided. (photo is atached to our previous message)

However we do not know how we configure the KC868-H32B PLC to communicate with the KC868-COLB PLC from the Kincony SBC application?

If the Kincony SBC application is not the right application suitable for the dialogue between the 2 PLCs, can you please indicate the correct application and send us the tutorial video link to configure it?
The KC868-H32B and KC868-COLB are connected through a serial cable. The then command can be set in Kincony_SCB software to turn relays on or off. this is the video  https://youtu.be/CUGD5YWwfoE
at 3:29 it will show you to set the then commands to control the Relays.

We believe that your PLCs and your IOT technology are very interesting to deploy for our customers.

We appreciate all the support you provide to us in understanding how it works and how easily and quickly we can adapt it to our customers' demand.

Awaiting your reply, IOTHDF Member

I wish you a good day,

Best regards,[/quote]