Installation manual

FuelMaster
®
Installation Manual
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Specialty Equipment:
Syn-Tech may be tasked to supply an assortment of specialty
equipment with your order. We have supplied such things as solenoid valves, pulse output boards
for dispensers, computers, monitors, tank monitor RS-232 boards, etc. If you are having difficulty
locating what you need, call us. We may have the part on our shelf, or a convenient source of
supply.
Tank Monitor/Tank Gauge Interface: Tank monitors may be interfaced to FMUs through a
communications connection to download reports. An RS-232 input is standard equipment with some
tank monitors, and an option with others. When communications to the FMU have been established
through the software program, the option for “TMU Interface” may be selected to download tank
monitor reports. The reports may be collected at the same time fuel transaction information is
downloaded. This will ensure the best possible accuracy for reconciliation between FuelMaster
®
and
the tank monitor.
For distances in excess of the manufacturer’s recommendation, communications may originate at
the FMU as RS-422 and step down to RS-232 at the tank monitor using an RS-232/RS-422
converter. An RS-232 cable pre-configured with a DB-25 connector is available in 25 and 50 foot
lengths for making connections to tank monitors using pins 2, 3, 5 for the RS-232 connection.
Tank monitor interfaces currently available in the software are: Autostik, Autostik II/Jr., Emco TLM-II,
Emco Wheaton, Gilbarco TM2/TM3, Gilbarco ATS, Gilbarco EMC, Incon TS-1000/TS-2000, L&J
1100/8100, Omntech, Petrosonic III, Pneumercator LMS-750, Pneumercator LDE-700,
Pneumercator E-700-1, Pneumercator LDE-740, Pneumercator TMS 3000, Red Jacket 5000/5001,
Ronan X76, Soil Sentry, Veeder-Root TLS 250, Veeder-Root TLS-250i, Veeder-Root TLS-300,
Veeder-Root TLS-300i, Veeder-Root TLS-350. Other tank monitors not listed here may be
interfaced if they support Veeder-Root emulation, and offer an RS-232 interface.
Telephone Line Extender: this is not an option offered by Syn-Tech Systems, Inc., but an
option available through vendors to enable telephone communications to the FMU through RF (radio
frequency) transmitters and receivers. Credit card authorization may not be possible through other
wireless means. Use of the Phone Line Extender precludes the need for conduit to carry a
telephone line to the FMU. Call your FuelMaster
®
salesman or the Customer Satisfaction Center for
the name of a vendor with proven equipment.
Transaction Printer: an on-site, real-time serial printer may be connected to the Master FMU
to print a record of each transaction as it occurs as well as historical data of FMU operation (i.e., every
power fail, every modem logon, every Supervisor Key insertion, etc). Transaction printers are hard-
wired to the Master FMU. As such, the printer must be located close enough to the FMU to permit the
hardwire connection. If the hardwire connection requires more than 300 feet of cable, short haul
modems should be used to boost the print signal. RS-232/RS-422 converters at both ends of the
printer cable will perform the same function as a short haul modem.
Transaction printers purchased from Syn-Tech Systems include a 25 or 50 foot serial cable with an
attached DB-25 connector, and printer surge protection. The cable or surge protection may also be
purchased separately.
Wired and Wireless Network Communications: an FMU network card is available to
facilitate network communications between the Central Controller and Master FMU. The network
card will support copper cable or fiber optic connections. If it is desired to interface the network
interface card directly with fiber optics, it must be specified when requesting the card as an option or
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