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e. Alarm status with time stamping, display of pump station conditions at shutdown and
restart. Alarms will be displayed in red when activated and a separate listing will be
displayed in green when the alarm is reset. Alarms will be logged to a compact flash disk
allowing the service technician to upload data to a spreadsheet type program.
f. Full control of and capability of monitoring, adjusting and viewing any
options present such as water level, inlet strainer, wye strainer,
filtration, chemical injection, or liquid tank levels. Adjustment of automatic/manual
pressure regulation set points.
g. Graphing capability for up to 1 full year detailing flow rate and pressure. Graphing function
shall give option to graph and plot a point every minute. The graph function will be
selectable by day, month and year as well as the time of desired graph. All data will be
logged to a compact flash disk allowing the service technician to upload data to a
spreadsheet type program.
5.9 WATERVISION REMOTE MONITORING SOFTWARE (OPTION: Must be called for in the
Technical Specification Section)
Pump station monitoring software (Watervision), will be fully compatible with Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, and
NT 4.0 for workstations. Software will include full graphical representation of the pump station and its features.
The software will be capable of communicating at rates up to 19200 baud to the pump station over direct wire,
dial-up telephone modem, cellular modem, radio modem, short haul modem, or over fiber cable. The software
shall also be capable of communicating over the Internet and Intranets including dial-up networking to the
computer connected to the pump station. One software package and installation procedure shall cover all
above connection types. All connections and setting shall be field configurable. The remote monitoring
software independent of connection type shall be capable of changing all operating parameters of the pump
station. A single copy or multiple copies of the software can be loaded on a single computer to communicate
to up to 256 different pump locations. A single site license will be supplied for each pump station location.
A. The pump station manufacturer will supply all required communication hardware except; computer
and computer accessories including phone modem, all necessary direct burial cable.
The remote monitoring software shall require a PC based computer with minimum requirements: Pentium
7
233MHz, 32MB RAM, 30MB of free hard drive space, VGA graphics card, one free serial port without IRQ
sharing, mouse or trackball, 9600 baud phone modem if communications to the pump station require.(Above
equipment by end user).
B. The remote monitoring software shall feature full data sharing interaction between leading irrigation
manufactures software using PumpLink.
C. The software supplied by the pump station manufacturer will include all of the following features as
standard, further customization to fit customer’s needs shall be available.
Graphical overview of system operations including Pump Status, Flow, Pressures and Regulate Set Points
Operational status of pumps; Enabled/Disabled, Running/Not Running, Position of Hand/Off/Auto switch
Total number of hours of each pump’s operation since first activation
Individual time of day lockout for each pump
Display of maximum GPM designed for each pump
Individual pump/motor alarm status such as overload relay trip due to excessive amperage draw and in
HC stations, pump case temperature alarm
View system Pressure and Flow in both digital and vertical bar graph form
View of Final Regulate pressure set point and Current Regulate system pressure status in digital numbers
View location for any current alarms with help screens for each. Alarms are: low pressure, high pressure,
phase loss, low/high voltage, low water level, (if desired), individual motor overload with I.D., PLC low
battery, VFD alarm, (if equipped), Pressurization Alarm, Final shutdown alarm
Alarm reset button, with digital read out of re-starts remaining before final shutdown