Product Specifications

VC-6000 Monitoring System

Description of Functionality – Overview

The VC-6000 Monitoring System is used for both stand-alone safety monitoring and condition monitoring using
the Compass 6000 monitoring software modules and database. The VC-6000 offers various standard
monitoring modules, power supply modules and communication modules. This document is an overview of the
VC-6000 system and its individual components.

Applications
The VIBROCONTROL 6000 monitoring system (VC-
6000) is a modular 19” rack based system designed
for continuous monitoring of machines using a wide
range of permanently installed sensors.

As a safety system, the API-670 compliant VC-6000

has voting logic programmable relay control with
redundant power supply security. Dual MODBUS can
be used for process visualization and relay re-
resetting. For condition monitoring applications, the
Compass 6000 Monitoring Software - completely
independent of the safety functions - accesses the
VC-6000 signals and time series via an OPC Features
interface for post-processing, analysis, monitoring • Modular design allows systems to be tailored
and storage in a database. specific to the application.
• Completely self-sufficient and independently
The VC-6000 is used in a number of industries operating monitoring modules each with up
worldwide such as Oil & Gas, petrochemical, power to 12 input channels
and other heavy process industries, including
• Meets the important requirements in the
intrinsic-safety applications. It is scalable and can be
details of all appropriate standards (API 670,
used in a plant-wide monitoring application with a
rev. 4; DIN ISO 10816; DIN ISO 7919)
wide range of machines such as steam turbines, gas
• 19” Module Housing in reduced height
turbines, hydro turbines, axial and centrifugal
(3HE), suitable for installation into cabinets
compressors, reciprocating compressors, motors,
with 400 mm depth. Thus smaller machines
generators, pumps, ventilators, extruders, agitators,
can be efficiently monitored with
gearboxes, etc.
instrumentation for up to 24 or 36 channels.
• Use of common control signals between
multiple racks when the instrumentation is for
larger machines with more than 48 channels.
• High level of system reliability through
extensive self-monitoring and individual OK
relays in the monitoring modules
supplemented by a central OK relay for the
complete monitoring rack.
• Processes signals from all commonly used
sensors.
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• Digital signal processor (DSP) allows multi- Over-range recognition and sensor OK
faceted and high-speed processing with high monitoring
reliability through the use of less
Detectors at all inputs prevent false alarms due to
components.
sudden, short-term spikes on the input signals or
• Flexible monitoring functions with extensive cable faults. An over-range is registered in the event
performance limits for special applications; of a faulty input signal. An alarm is activated more
minimum reaction times of typically 10 ms. than once only if the violating signal remains for more
• Potential-free relay outputs for alarms and than 10 s. Programmable input ranges allow the
messaging to external electronics; relays can system to be adapted to practically all commercially
also be selectively controlled by logic available sensors. This heightens the level of
selection to maximise the reliability of monitoring functionality.
machine shutdown.
• “Fail-safe” operation guarantees optimum Over-voltage protection
machine protection in the case of system
disturbances or sensor faults. All inputs and outputs are secured against voltages
• Wide range AC and DC power combined in a of ± 50 V and higher. This protects the hardware
standard power supply. against damage due to installation errors.
• For additional operational security, a number
of power supply modules can be redundantly Power supply monitoring
connected together. The supply voltage, supply current and all internal
• Complete plant-wide system integration with operating voltages are continuously monitored to
Compass 6000 is possible with numerous certain limits and tolerances. In the event of a fault,
communication interfaces (RS-232, RS-485, the power is automatically switched off.
and 100Mbit Ethernet).
• OPC-interface for optional connection with Redundant power supply
an MS-Windows PC (for process
visualization, data export, data storage or To increase the system availability VC-6000 can be
plant-wide system integration). powered by a number of power supplies. All power
• Optional interface for MODBUS RTU and supply voltages are connected to each individual
dual MODBUS RTU. monitoring module, which automatically selects and
monitors its own power source.

System Description "Watchdog" function

This function eliminates false alarms due to the
Self-sufficient monitoring modules possibility of faults in a monitoring module. If the
signal processor does not set an interval-timer back
All monitoring modules in the VC-6000 operate
after a preset count, a hardware reset is
completely independently of one another. Self-
implemented for it.
contained functions include real-time signal
processing of the permanently installed
Differential inputs
measurement channels, monitoring with reference to
alarm limits, relay signaling to peripheral equipment, Noise can often cause problems in vibration
extensive self-monitoring and the individual control of measurements limiting the amount of measurable
a built-in OK relay. information. Therefore most input channels of the
VC-6000 are laid out as differential inputs. This
Digital signal processing (DSP) collectively suppresses common-mode interferences
such as ground loops or cable noise.
DSP technology requires considerably fewer
electronic components than comparable expensive
analogue systems with the same performance. This
markedly increases the reliability of all electronic
functional component groups as measured by the
failure rate or the mean time between failures
(MTBF).

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System Configuration

Figure 1. VC-6000 configuration as a safety monitoring system.

Figure 2. VC-6000 configuration as a combined safety and condition monitoring system.

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System Components Setup and Data Display Software – Type 7126
The Type 7126 is the basic software used for setting
up the monitoring hardware and communications of
the VC-6000. The Windows-based software can be
used as a control room user-interface for displaying
measurement data and for acknowledging alarms
from any number of VC-6000 monitors. During
machine commissioning, all measurements can be
stored at regular intervals in a file for baseline
documentation.

See the 7126 Product Specifications (lit. no.

BPS0056) for more information.

Figure 3. VC-6000 system components

Monitoring Modules – SM-610-xxx

There are a number of SM-610 Monitoring Modules
available, each one operating completely
independently for a specific monitoring task. A
combination of various add-on input/output hardware
modules and firmware make each SM-610
Monitoring Module unique. Each SM-610 is
responsible for measurement data acquisition, alarm Power supply Module – PS-610
activation, relay control and time stamping of events This module provides power to a fully equipped RC-
that occur. 600 rack with up to 48 inputs and a number of DC
outputs and relay outputs.
See the SM-610-xxx Product Specifications for more
information about each module. See the PS-610 Product Specifications for more
information.
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Communication Interface Modules – CI-6xx See the RC-600 Product Specifications for more
information.
Handles all communications data of the SM-610-xxx
Monitoring Modules for setup, visualisation, post-
processing and storage using an OPC interface,
MODBUS and LAN.

See the CI-6xx Product Specifications for more

information.

The RC-610 rack holds up to six PS-610 Power

Supply Modules for powering up to six racks
containing SM-610-1xx Monitoring Modules.

See the RC-610 Product Specifications for more

information.

19” Racks – RC-6xx

The RC-600 rack holds up to four SM-610-xxx
Monitoring Modules, up to three PS-610 Power System Reliability Assessment
Supply Modules and a CI-6xx Communication
Interface Module for mounting to a 19” cabinet frame. Contact Brüel & Kjær Vibro for System Reliability
The rear panel of the rack has connecting plugs for Assessment sheets that describe the mean time
all inputs and outputs and includes a system bus. before failure (MTBF) for each individual VC-6000
module.

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SM- Input Channel Types Additional Measur. Output

610-
Two- One- Axial RPM Rod Rel. Eccen. DC Binary Vector BP Track. DC Relay
xxx
point point Pos. Drop Exp. BP
Vibr. Vibr.
(ISO) (ISO)
101 121
102 4 2 3 1 3 8 4
107 8 2 3 6 6
108 8 8 8
109 6 2 3 8 6
110 8 2 3 6 2
112 3 1 4 8 8
113 12 12
114 6 6 12
115 10 6 10
116 3 3 3 6 12
117 12 12
118 12 12
119 8 8
121 8 3 1 3 10
123 4 2 3 1 3 8 4
125 4 2 3 1 3 10
129 4 2 2 3 8 6
134 1 4 1 2 6 10
137 6 1 3 65 12
138 4 1 3 45 7 8
139 4 4 8 8
140 3 6 3 12
141 8 3 1 10 2
145 4 2 3 1 3 45 8 4
153 43 2 1 46 7 8
158 4 4 3 6 4
159 4 8 12
160 2 3 2 2 6 8
167 6 3 2 1 3 45 8 2
A012 Up to Up to Up to 2 Up to 2 1 Up to Up Up Up to
A02 84 84 24 14 44, 7 to to 2 8
43
1
Accelerometers only (constant current supply)
2
SM-610-A01 has single-ended inputs. SM-610-A02 has differential inputs as the other SM-610 modules
3
The Smax/Max(X-Y) is for condition monitoring only, they are not monitored to alarm limits. The X and Y bandpass values are monitored
to alarm limits
4
There is a maximum of 8 vibration inputs, but several combinations are possible (see the SM-610-A01, A02 Product Specifications)
5
All vector values (1n, 2n, Jn, Kn magnitude and phase, residual values, and overall RMS) are for condition monitoring purposes only
6
Only 1n magnitude is monitored to alarm limits, the other vector values (1n phase, 2n, Jn, Kn magnitude and phase, residual values, and
overall RMS) are for condition monitoring only
7
Only 1n magnitude is monitored to alarm limits, the other vector values (1n phase, 2n magnitude and phase, residual values, and overall
RMS) are for export only

Table 1. Channel input and output configuration for the various SM-610 Monitoring Modules.

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Technical Specifications
Technical Specifications are given for VC-6000
accessories in this document. See the respective
Production Specifications for the individual SM-610-
xxx Monitoring Modules, CI-6xx Communication
Interface Modules, PS-610 Power Supply Modules,
RC-6xx 19” Racks and the Type 7126 Setup and
Data Display Software. Technical Specifications for
condition monitoring applications of the VC-6000 can
be found in the respective Compass 6000 Product
Specifications. Features
■ Provides 12 BNC sockets
■ Arranged for magnet mounting
Conformance with standards ■ 1.5 m connection cable with 26-pol D-Sub plug

The CE mark verifies conformance with Mechanical

EC guideline 89/336/EWG and the low-
voltage guideline 73/23/EEC Aluminium housing with IP-20 protection:
Width ............................................................100mm
Safety Height...........................................................160mm
Depth..............................................................42mm
EN 61010-1 (2002-08) “Safety requirements for Weight ................................................ approx. 2.5kg
electrical equipment for measurement, control and
laboratory use”. Environmental
EMC interference emission and interference Operating temperature range................... -40 to +85°C
immunity Operating and storage humidity..... 95% RH non-cond.
DIN EN 61326 (2004-03) “Electrical equipment for
Terminal Block for Diagnostic Access – AC-
control and laboratory use – EMC requirements”.
4606
Temperature and humidity Accesses raw AC/DC signals supplied from the SM-
DIN EN 60068-2-1 (1995-03):........ cold down to -40°C 610 Monitoring Modules for permanent wiring to
DIN EN 60068-2-2 (1994-08):........dry heat up to 65°C peripheral equipment.

Mechanical strain
DIN IEC 60068-2-6 (1996-05):.....vibration (sinusoidal)
DIN IEC 60068-2-27 (1995-03):.......................... shock
DIN IEC 60068-2-29 (1995-03):...........................bump

Housing
IEC 60529 (2001), housing protection class ........ IP-20

Accessories
Diagnostic Panel - AC-4605

Accesses raw AC/DC signals supplied from the SM-

610 Safety Monitor Modules for diagnostic evaluation
using a portable measuring instrument.

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Features
■ Provides terminals for 12 buffered raw signal outputs Mechanical
■ Mounts into the RC-600, RC-610 Width ..............................................................73mm
■ Connection to SM-610 Safety Monitor module by HD- Height.............................................................90mm
Sub socket Depth..............................................................70mm
Weight ................................................ approx. 0.3kg

Environmental
Operating temperature range................... -40 to +85°C
Operating and storage humidity..... 95% RH non-cond.

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