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TPDIN-Monitor-WEB3
TPDIN3 Remote Monitor/Ctrl, Web Voltmeter
User Guide
Key Features:
• Measure Voltage and Current
• Four Programmable Dry Contact Relays
• Easy to use and program via advanced UI
• Interface with Tycon® MPPT Solar Controllers
• Programmable Email Alerts
$209.95
1351 in stock (can be backordered)
- Ships in 1-2 days
- No Risk Guarantee
- 2-3 Year Warranty
Features – Network Monitoring Tool
- Network Monitoring Tools
- Remotely Measure 4 Voltages, 4 Currents, 2 Temperatures
- Remotely Control Equipment with 4 Relays: 2 NC and 2 NO
- Interfaces to Tycon® MPPT Solar Controllers via Serial Cable
- Automatic Control of Relays by Volts, Amps, Temp, Ping, Time and MPPT Data
- Access via Web or SNMP. Automatically Send Email Alerts
- On-Board Datalogger and History Graphs
- Accepts power via PoE (802.3af or Passive) or wire terminal
- DIN Rail Mounting
Description
Unlock Advanced Remote Monitoring with the TPDIN-Monitor-WEB3
The TPDIN-Monitor-WEB3 is a cutting-edge remote Network Monitoring Tool and control system that puts the power of real-time oversight at your fingertips. Whether you’re an equipment designer or installer, this versatile tool ensures seamless access to monitor and control your equipment remotely. Here’s how it elevates remote site management:
Comprehensive Network Monitoring and Control
- Monitor Multiple Parameters: Track up to 4 voltages, 4 currents, and 2 temperatures in real-time.
- Effortless Equipment Control: Use 4 on-board relays to control power to your devices directly from the web interface.
With network access via web or SNMP, staying connected to your system is simple and reliable.
Seamless Solar Integration
- Enhanced Solar Monitoring: Integrate with Tycon® MPPT solar controllers using a single serial cable. Access PV volts, amps, battery status, and load data effortlessly.
- Remote Solar Control: Turn the MPPT solar controller load output on or off directly through the web interface, streamlining remote power system management.
This integration enables you to log and graph trends, receive email alerts, and trigger relay actions based on real-time sensor or solar controller data.
Built-In Protection and Data Logging
- Surge Protection: Safeguards your system from electrical surges, ensuring reliability.
- Data Logging and Graphing: View historical data trends and monitor real-time measurements through a user-friendly graphical interface.
Access your data on desktops, laptops, tablets, or smartphones. The Tycon® App for iOS and Android simplifies remote management.
Flexible Relay Functionality
- Customizable Relay Controls: Program relays to respond to voltage, current, temperature, time, ping watchdogs, or MPPT data.
- One-Click Device Reboot: Use the programmable cycle feature to power-cycle devices like PoE switches with ease.
- Efficient Relay Design: Relays use no power in their default positions. Channels CH1 and CH2 are Normally Closed, while CH3 and CH4 are Normally Open.
Advanced Current Monitoring
- Bi-Directional Current Ports: View current flow direction to monitor battery charging and discharging.
- External Current Shunts: Monitor large currents with ease, thanks to external shunt support and quick calibration options.
Simplified Installation and Maintenance
- Removable Wire Terminals: Easily troubleshoot and maintain the system without disturbing wiring.
- Customizable User Labels: Assign unique names to each parameter for easy identification in graphs and interfaces.
Unmatched Flexibility and Calibration
- Field Calibration: Compensate for line loss or measuring variations with programmable +/- offsets.
- Accurate Timekeeping: A real-time clock ensures precise data logging, synced to PC or internet time.
Streamlined Alerts and Automation
- Email Alerts: Receive periodic updates or alerts when parameters exceed preset limits.
- SNMP Integration: Build a fully automated data collection and control system for ultimate efficiency.
Simplified Network Management
- Discovery Tool: Quickly locate devices across subnets, even if the IP address is unknown.
- Unique Unit Naming: Assign distinct names to identify and manage multiple monitors within your network effortlessly.
Why Choose the TPDIN-Monitor-WEB3?
The TPDIN-Monitor-WEB3 delivers a robust, flexible, and user-friendly solution for remote network monitoring and control. Its integration capabilities, real-time data access, and extensive relay options make it the perfect tool for optimizing your system’s performance while maintaining simplicity and reliability for a network monitoring tools.
Experience unparalleled control and efficiency with the TPDIN-Monitor-WEB3—the smart choice for modern remote monitoring.
Technical Information
| Ship Weight | 0.9 lbs |
|---|---|
| Ship Dimensions | 6 × 5 × 2 in |
FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
Saving Power via Time of Day and Periodic Power Cycle Control – TPDIN-Monitor-WEB
Problem:
Sometimes your RemotePro® system doesn’t have enough power to keep your equipment alive for 24hrs per day and you really don’t need, for example a camera, to be powered on at night. Other times you want to be able to reduce your investment in solar panels and batteries because your equipment only needs to be powered up during certain times of the day.
Solution:
With the TPDIN® Monitor you can program Relay 1 (CH1) and Relay 2 (CH2) to operate only during certain times of the day. To set the unit to power up equipment only during certain hours connect one side of the power going to the equipment through Relay 1 (CH1) or Relay 2 (CH2).
Then set the Time Control for an ON time and an OFF time. The equipment will turn on at the ON Time and turn off at the OFF time.
This will reduce the daily power consumption by only turning on the equipment during the hours that it is needed. In the example on the right, the Relay 1 will turn the equipment on at 6AM and off at 9PM. You can also combine both time-of-day control and periodic control by using both the Ping Control and Time Control. For instance, I may want to power up my camera and wireless only once every 30 minutes during the daylight hours for 3 minutes to transmit an image and then shut them down to conserve power. This can be accomplished by using the Ping Control and Time Control together.
- Set the Time Control for the desired-ON time and OFF time. In this case it’s ON at 6AM and OFF at 9PM
- Set the Ping control to ping a non-existent IP address.
- Set the Every(secs) to 180. This defines the ON Time for the relay. In this case we are setting to 180secs or 3 minutes.
- Set the Fails = 1 and Wait(secs) = 0.
- On the System Configuration page set the Cycle Delay to 1800 this defines how long the Relay will be Off. In this case it’s 1800 secs or 30 minutes.
My WEB3 is connected to the MPPT solar controller with an RS485 serial cable but the current readings are all zero on the MPPT display and in the WEB3 MPPT page
The ground between the V- load output on the MPPT solar controller and the TPDIN-Monitor-WEB3 V- needs to be isolated for the MPPT controller to sense the currents properly.
A TP-DCDC-1224 DCDC converter can be used to isolate the power and solve this issue.
My WEB3 is connected to the MPPT solar controller with an RS485 serial cable but the current readings are all zero on the MPPT display and in the WEB3 MPPT page
The ground between the V- load output on the MPPT solar controller and the TPDIN-Monitor-WEB3 V- needs to be isolated for the MPPT controller to sense the currents properly.
A TP-DCDC-1224 DCDC converter can be used to isolate the power and solve this issue.
My real time clock isn’t updating on my TPDIN®
Make sure the unit is connected to the internet.
If set for static IP check to make sure on Network Page:
- Default Gateway address = address of your router
- DNS Address = valid DNS address.
Use Google DNS address 8.8.8.8 if you don’t have alternate DNS.
I was updating the firmware on the TPDIN-Monitor-WEB2 and now I can’t access the unit?
A communications problem during upgrade may have caused corruption in the flash memory or the “Upgrade and Reboot” button was double clicked or pressed twice.
Follow these steps to recover:
- Press and hold the reset button while powering up the unit.
- Release button as soon as you see a green Link LED on the RJ45 connector.
- Access the unit via the Discovery Tool or on its previous IP address and immediately go to Upgrade and re-load the firmware. Be careful not to double click the “Upgrade and Reboot” button.
I cannot send email from my TPDIN® series product?
Following are the existing TPDIN products and what type of SMTP they support:
| TPDIN-Monitor-WEB | Non SSL – Port 25 |
| TPDIN-Monitor-WEB2 | Non SSL – Port 25 ; SSL – Port 465 |
| TPDIN-Monitor-WEB3 | Non SSL – Port 25 ; TLS – Port 587 |
| TPDIN-SC48-20 V1 | Non SSL – Port 25 |
| TPDIN-SC48-20 V2 | Non SSL – Port 25 ; TLS – Port 587 |
How to Setup for Non SSL
In order to send email alerts with the TPDIN® series of products that don’t support SSL/TLS you will need to be able to send non-encrypted email via SMTP port 25.
If you don’t have access to a non-encrypted SMTP server on port 25, you can use the Google SMTP server address aspmx.l.google.com
Note: This SMTP server will only allow sending to a gmail address. If you need to send to a different address you can always forward the emails in the GMAIL settings.
When using this service leave the user name and password fields blank. Make sure to check the box on the TPDIN that says “Use user name as from field” if it exists.
How to Setup SSL/TLS
You can use GMAIL to send to any email address. GMAIL supports both SSL and TLS.
Use server “smtp.gmail.com” on port 465 for SSL or port 587 for TLS
3. At the bottom of the screen:
- Select app and choose “mail”
- Select device and choose “other”
- Click on Generate
- This is the password you will use on your device(s).
- Enter the App Password that is a 16-character code in the yellow bar into your TPDIN email settings password field. You can copy and paste to do this. Click Save Email Settings and then Test Email Settings. Verify it will now send an email.
- If you don’t have the google account setup correctly at google, you will get a “Bad Username or Password” error from the TPDIN.
How many characters for username and password in the TPDIN® products?
TPDIN-Monitor-WEB: username and password fields on the Network Page accept up to 10 characters.
TPDIN-Monitor-WEB2: username and password can accept up to 20 characters.
TPDIN-Monitor-WEB3: username and password can accept up to 24 characters.
TPDIN-SC48-20: username and password can accept up to 20 characters.
TPDIN-SC48-20 v2: username and password can accept up to 24 characters.
How do I login to the TPDIN-SC48-20?
When you first receive the managed switch you will want to power it at 48VDC and then connect an RJ-45 from the unit to your network (switch, router etc.). Use the Tycon discovery tool to view the new device and double click on it to access the GUI. From there you can change the ports to different voltages.
How can I reset my TPDIN® product to factory defaults?
TPDIN-Monitor-WEB: Hold down the reset button while powering up the TPDIN-Monitor-WEB and hold for 15 seconds then release reset button. This should set the unit back to factory defaults.
Note: Resetting to factory defaults doesn’t affect the IP address settings.
-TPDIN-Monitor-WEB2 and the TPDIN-Monitor-WEB3:
- Power up the unit. Wait at least 20 seconds. Press the reset button and hold for 10 seconds to reset to factory defaults.
- If the reset button is held for longer than 30 seconds, the unit will roll back to the last stable factory firmware.
- Only use this if the unit has an unrecoverable error.
TPDIN-SC48-20:
- There is a button on the top of the controller labeled FACTORY DEFAULT.
- Pressing and holding this button for over 5 seconds will reset to factory defaults.
How can I enable or disable relay functions in the TPDIN-Monitor-WEB2 via Linux scripting?
You can use HTTP GET requests to enable or disable the relay controls. Assume the IP address of your unit is 192.168.1.77 Click here for the Linux Scripting.
How can I change my TPDIN-Monitor-WEB2 relays to Normally Closed (NC)
Unofficial hack.
Note: This is an unofficial hack. Do this at your own risk.
You can change the CH3 and CH4 relays to Normally Closed by changing the position of a soldered jumper wire inside the unit.
Open the unit by removing all screws. Unsolder and move jumper from NO to NC. Make sure soldering is good. Be sure not to damage any surrounding components.
If you need to return the product for warranty, you must put the unit back to original configuration or the warranty request may be rejected and/or you may be charged a restocking fee.
Email setup information for TPDIN®
Following are the existing TPDIN products and what type of SMTP they support:
| TPDIN-Monitor-WEB | Non SSL – Port 25 |
| TPDIN-Monitor-WEB2 | Non SSL – Port 25 ; SSL – Port 465 |
| TPDIN-Monitor-WEB3 | Non SSL – Port 25 ; TLS – Port 587 |
| TPDIN-SC48-20 V1 | Non SSL – Port 25 |
| TPDIN-SC48-20 V2 | Non SSL – Port 25 ; TLS – Port 587 |
Setting up Non SSL
- In order to send email alerts with the TPDIN® series of products that don’t support SSL/TLS you will need to be able to send non-encrypted email via SMTP port 25.
- If you don’t have access to a non-encrypted SMTP server on port 25, you can use the Google SMTP server address aspmx.l.google.com
- Note: This SMTP server will only allow sending to a gmail address. If you need to send to a different address you can always forward the emails in the GMAIL settings.
- When using this service leave the user name and password fields blank. Make sure to check the box on the TPDIN that says “Use user name as from field” if it exists.
Setting up with SSL/TLS
- You can use GMAIL to send to any email address. GMAIL supports both SSL and TLS.
- Use server “smtp.gmail.com” on port 465 for SSL or port 587 for TLS
Communicating with TPDIN-Monitor-WEB via TELNET
NOTE: This only works with the original TPDIN-MONITOR-WEB.
It is not implemented in the newer TPDIN-MONITOR-WEB2. You can use the ability of telnet to connect to the TPDIN-Monitor-WEB TCP port and use the HTTP interface to control the unit. Connect to the device through telnet by designating the TPDIN-MonitorWEB units IP address and the communications port (typically port 80) as follows:
- telnet (ip address: 80)
To get the present values of the TPDIN-Monitor-WEB issue the following telnet command:
- GET /status.xml HTTP/1.1
TELNET will respond with latest data readings in the following format:
- HTTP/1.1 200 OK Connection: close Content-Type: text/xml Cache-Control: no-cache
1 1 1 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 45.1 24.0
To toggle a relay from one state to another, for instance ON to OFF, use the following command and define which relay(led) to toggle.
Note: led1=relay1, led2=relay2, etc. Running the command again will toggle the relay from OFF to ON. GET /leds.cgi?led=1 HTTP/1.1 GET /leds.cgi?led=1 HTTP/1.1
Accessing Data and Controlling Relays on TPDIN-Monitor-WEB2 via HTTP
You can access the real time readings and control relays on the TPDIN-Monitor-WEB2 via HTTP.
To access the real time readings: HTTP://(ip address of device)/status.xml
The xml result will look like this:
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We use this TPDIN to measure 2-48VDC Battery Banks, 1- 12VDC Battery Bank, Control 2 Fans, measure shelter temps and turn on our Generator. I could go on and on because we have several of these deployed throughout Arizona where the temps can rise up to 120 degrees F. This device does it all. I highly recommend this to anyone who wants ultimate control of their devices.