The ER-2 event recorder system records, stores and displays the operating data of relay-based signalling equipment and supports its evaluation.
The system was developed for the relay-based equipment of Műszer Automatika Ltd., but it can also receive data from other equipment. In our own equipment the state (picked up or dropped) of every relay is monitored and recorded. From third-party equipment we can currently receive potential-free contacts or coil voltages.
Each event recorder can continuously monitor more than 600 channels and records every change with a time stamp accurate to 1 ms. This makes it possible to follow the operation of the equipment in full detail, to identify the actual sequence of operations and their timing, and so – in questionable cases – to find the cause of a fault or an event (traffic situation).
The system can also record other conditions: for example, the door contacts of the cabinet can be connected, and the internal temperature of the equipment can be logged every hour.
The event recorder installed on site logs the data and stores them for one month. Older data are deleted automatically; they can be archived on the workstations.
The system also provides remote access: the data can be retrieved remotely via modem. We currently use GSM modems, so no cable is needed for data transmission, and the data can be reached from (almost) anywhere in the world.
Several supervisory workstations can access the data independently of each other. On these workstations (PCs) the data can be archived, displayed and evaluated. The number of monitored installations and workstations, and their assignment to each other, is unlimited.
The ER-2 event recorder system is a compatible replacement for our earlier ER-1 (ELFIR) system, with better parameters in every respect.
Technical data
Event recorder
- Supply voltage: 24 V DC
- Current consumption: max. 1.5 A (with modem), max. 1.3 A (without modem)
- Data memory: 256 MB (with modem), 128 MB (earlier units)
Optical reader unit
- Supply voltage: 24 V DC
- Current consumption: max. 100 mA