Orion & Scorpio

FI300-OR

Scorpio/Orion Driver

Up to 8 Scorpio/Orions

Analog & digital inputs & outputs

Connects via standard RS232 interfaces

The MTX Pro-Pack Scorpio/Orion Driver provides access to data from Solartron Scorpio or Orion units of any type, including the 3530 'Alpha' and 'Delta' models, the popular 3531 disk-based loggers and the more recent Scorpio Data Loggers.

The driver software communicates with the Scorpio/Orion unit via the standard RS232 port available on all Data Logger models, and uses the standard 'COM' ports built-in to the PC. A second logger device can easily be connected via the PC's COM2 port, with further loggers, up to a maximum of eight, accessed via a multi-port serial interface plugged into the PC.

A simple menu offers quick and easy setup of the Scorpio/Orion sensor definitions, descriptors and engineering units for each channel. The driver software automatically uses 'Task One' within the logger to carry out the scanning, and sets this up entirely without intervention from the user. The other seven tasks within each logger are free to perform other jobs, either independently or in conjunction with the 'MTX Pro-Pack Task'.

The driver allows the full processing power of the Scorpio/Orion 'Delta BASIC' to be exploited by accommodating 'processed' results in addition to the normal 'channel' results.

Scorpio/Orion BASIC programs and entire task setups can be created and maintained on the PC using standard editors or word processors, and the resulting files automatically downloaded to the logger by the driver when MTX Pro-Pack is booted.

Loggers supported:

• 3530A Orion 'Alpha'

• 3530B 'Blind' Orion

• 3530D Orion 'Delta' with BASIC language

• 3530F 'Blind' Orion with BASIC language

• 3530E Slave expander

• 3531D Orion with MS-DOS disk

• 3531F Orion Front-End

• 3531G Orion Front-End with MS-DOS disk

• 3535D Scorpio with MS-DOS disk

• 3535F Scorpio Front-End

• 3535G Scorpio Front-End with MS-DOS disk