2680A/2686A Large Data Acquisition System

The Fluke 2680 Series offers network data acquisition, standalone data logging, or a combination of both. Choose from two base chassis models:

2680A Data Acquisition System Chassis
The Fluke 2680A Data Acquisition System is the choice for multi-channel applications that require reliable Ethernet communications. It features a front-end data acquisition system that can communicate and distribute data to any desired location. 10BaseT and 100BaseT communication interfaces make it compatible with new and legacy network infrastructure.

2686A Data Logging System Chassis
The Fluke 2686A Data Logging System writes data to a memory card for easy retrieval and storage, making it ideal for remote and mobile offices, or non-computer-assisted data logging applications. The system is equipped with a 16 MB ATA memory card and supports ATA flash cards with up to 1 GB to provide the required memory capacity. The 2686A can be easily configured for standalone data logging operation by simply selecting a preset configuration from the memory card. It can also be networked in series with the 2680A to provide additional memory card data security.

Expand your system to meet your needs
With the Fluke 2680A and 2686A, you can seamlessly expand your system from 20 channels to more than 2,000 channels simply by adding modules and chassis. Both models have 6 slots per chassis, which users can fill with modules as needed to meet application needs. Five slots in each chassis can be used for any combination of 20-channel analog input modules. The sixth slot can also be used for a digital I/O relay module to add system control capabilities. If the sixth slot is not needed for control, additional analog input modules can be inserted to increase the number of input channels in a single chassis to 120.

You can also seamlessly link multiple 120-channel systems to provide you with powerful data monitoring capabilities. Using TCP/IP connections, you can connect it to an existing LAN and share information anywhere you need it.

Whether you need speed, throughput, isolation accuracy, or digital I/O and relays, the Fluke 2680 Series can scale to thousands of channels. Purchase only the modules you need in the combination you want, and expand your system as your needs grow.

2680A-FAI: Capture dynamic process changes at speed
When you need a lot of information at a moment's notice while still maintaining high-precision measurements, the Fluke 2680A-FAI (Fast Analog Input) is the perfect choice. The 2680A-FAI module provides chassis throughput rates of over 3,000 channels per second. Specially manufactured field effect transistors (FETs) allow inputs up to +50 V, far exceeding the 15 V industry specification for channel-to-channel isolation, giving you greater measurement integrity.

2680A-PAI provides high accuracy and high isolation for demanding jobs
The Fluke 2680A-PAI (Precision Analog Input) 20-channel high-accuracy, high-isolation module is designed to handle jobs that require accuracy and isolation. Some common applications for this module include semiconductor temperature measurement, pharmaceutical manufacturing, and nuclear power plant performance monitoring. The 2680A-PAI module provides 300 V isolation on two channels, 150 V isolation on 18 channels, 18-bit resolution, and excellent thermocouple measurement accuracy, all in one scalable system.

Both the 2680A-FAI and 2680A-PAI modules support a wide range of inputs including DC voltage, AC voltage, RTD, resistance, thermocouple, thermistor, DC current, AC current, and frequency. Other sensors such as load cells, pressure sensors, and displacement sensors can be easily added to the measurement system.

2680A-DIO: Digital I/O and Relay Outputs Add Control
For data acquisition systems that also require control capabilities, the Fluke 2680A-DIO digital I/O and relay output module provides 20 digital I/O and 8 hard-contact 1-amp Form C relays. This allows each chassis to respond to a variety of alarm or control situations. The 2680A-DIO also includes an up/down counter with a preset start count function, so all counts do not need to start at 0.

2680A-180: Universal Input Module Eliminates External Signal Conditioning
Fluke's Universal Input Module is a special connector included with Fluke data acquisition products that provides unmatched thermocouple accuracy and compatibility with a wide range of diversified inputs. With the signal conditioning built into Fluke data acquisition products, you can easily measure virtually any electrical or physical parameter without changing hardware or adding external signal conditioning. You can connect any combination of DC voltage, AC voltage, thermocouple, current, RTD, resistance (2 or 4 wire), or frequency measurement inputs directly to the Universal Input Module.

Fluke DAQ software allows easy configuration of data
Each Fluke 2680A and 2686A is equipped with the powerful, highly flexible and easy-to-use Fluke DAQ configuration software. Fluke DAQ allows you to configure the following parameters of the 2680 series:

• Input Type
• Call the police
• Calculation function
• Accumulator function
• Digital I/O
• Scan speed
• Scanning interval
• Trigger Type

You can also use Fluke DAQ software to set up data files, collect real-time or historical data and plot it into charts, and manage PC card files. With Fluke DAQ software, you can collect data from your system the way you want and distribute it to the places you want. You can share data with others anywhere on your local area network or around the world using a web server.

Fluke DAQ software also lets you integrate Fluke NetDAQ® data acquisition products (2640A and 2645A) into a 2680 Series system, providing virtually unlimited channels that work together seamlessly.

Optional Software Expands System Capabilities
Fluke 2680A-904: Trend Link Software
Trend Link for the 2680 Series is a comprehensive and powerful trend plotting software package. Trend Link software allows users to access, view and analyze large amounts of historical and real-time data in a trend graph or display similar to a chart recorder. With Trend Link, you can zoom in on a point of interest in the data, or zoom out to display a view of a long-term trend. It can calculate basic statistics such as the mean and standard deviation of individual trends. Trend Link can define, save and display multiple graphs to view recorded data in different ways or combinations. Trend Link can also export selected data areas for analysis or manipulation in other software.

Fluke has partnered with industrial software developer Indusoft to develop additional tools to expand the capabilities of the Series 2680 system. These optional software tools allow you to create HMIs and develop custom applications that interact with other devices and software packages.

Fluke 2680A-DEVSW: HMI Development Software
Optional 2680A-DEVSW Indusoft Web Studio development software is an object-oriented development program that works with Fluke DAQ software. Using this unique development software, programmers and non-programmers can develop modern human-machine interaction interfaces HMIs, such as graphical windows, for applications.

Fluke 2680A-OPC: Communicate with any application supporting OLE for process control
This OPC server software provides the configuration interface for the 2680 Series and a universal communication link to any software package that supports OPC. Use the 2680A-OPC software to create custom applications and with nearly any common industrial software package, such as Wonderware™, LabVIEW™ Test Point, or Indusoft Web Studio, as well as software from companies such as Canary Labs and Daisy Labs. Open, non-proprietary OPC support enables you to use software of your choice or creation.

Fluke 2680A-DLL Library: For Developing or Modifying Applications
The 2680A DLL Library provides application software developers with a complete DLL toolbox that they need to write original programs for the 2680 Series using Visual C++, Visual Basic, and other languages.