Instruction manual

GENERAL INFORMATION
ABOUT THIS MANUAL
It is essential that this instruction manual be referred to during
the installation and start up of the Milltronics BIC-II.
The intent of this manual is to give the user the required information for installation, start up and application of
the BIC-II.
If the optional MillView software program is to be used (refer to the associated instruction manual), then the
customer need only concern himself with the Installation and Start Up sections.
If the customer is supplying his own computer program for data manipulation, then he should also refer to the
Applications, Functional and Protocol sections. These sections give the additional information required for
programming.
If a PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) is used, refer to Appendices/PLC Requirements
SPECIFICATIONS : lists the environmental, physical, and operational characteristics associated
with the normal operation of the BIC-II.
INSTALLATION : indicates the typical BIC-II mounting and interconnection procedure.
START UP : provides the initial set up and start up procedure.
FUNCTIONAL : describes some of the important BIC-II operational features.
APPLICATIONS : provides practical examples of typical BIC-II applications.
PROTOCOL : describes the BIC-II communication protocol information, required for
custom software development or PLC programming.
TROUBLESHOOTING : provides the information required to diagnose and correct conditions which
may interfere with normal operation.
APPENDICES : includes an introduction to the BIC-II Test Disk, Modbus Register Maps and PLC
Requirements.
FIGURES : includes outline, installation, interconnection and schematic drawings
for the BIC-II.
ABOUT THE BIC-II
The Milltronics BIC-II, Buffered Interface Converter, is an interface device that allows communication between
Milltronics products equipped with an ASCII bipolar current loop and a host device. The host device may be a
computer or programmable logic controller (PLC) equipped with an RS-232 or RS-422 port.
Up to six Milltronics products may be connected to a BIC-II and up to 31 BIC-II’s may be interconnected,
creating a plant wide network linking the data from various process measurements to the customer’s host
device.
Milltronics offers an optional IBM PC compatible computer software program, the
Millview Level Display
System
. It is designed to display data retrieved from Milltronics ultrasonic level monitors. Otherwise, data
acquisition and analysis for the computer or PLC must be accomplished by a customer supplied program.
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