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HPC+Droid
2019

HPC+Droid HART Pocket Communicator

Hand Held Rugged Palm.

Small size, rubberized enclosure.
Water proof IP68.
Chock proof MIL-SPEC-810G.
25+ years of HART experience.
Coverage for 370+ DDL devices.

Description Features
The HPC+Droid is a reliable HART hand held configurator • HART communicator for any environment, outdoors
for field devices. It simplifies configuration and data or indoors.
analysis in the field. The HPC+Droid has communication • Communication with HART 4/20mA via interface
compatibility with all HART field instruments used at wireless Bluetooth.
process control plants for commissioning, diagnosis,
• Software driver for over 370 existing HART
data monitoring and configuration changes of HART instruments.
instruments
• New driver can be developed upon customer
The new HPC+Droid is not just a hand held, it is a tool out specification or DDL source file.
of the fragile norm of computers. Built for strength and • Ability to install and run most Android applications.
endurance and yet utilizing the latest communication
technologies and electronics. It is chock proof in • Unblocked phone 3G/4G/LTE, WiFi, Bluetooth,
Camera, 32GB storage, and more.
conformance to MIL-SPEC 810G and water proof in
conformance to IP68, meaning submersion of 1 meter of • Small size 150x75x13mm, 220gram, high grip
water for 1 hour, and drop resistance of 1.8 meters directly rubberized enclosure.
into concrete floor. • 5” color display 1920x1080 pixels protected by
Corning Gorilla Glass 5.
On the bottom of all it is a cell phone, ideal tool for use on
construction sites, oil refineries, industrial plants, offices, • Long battery life, water and chock resistant to IP68,
rugged to MIL-SPEC-810G.
and at home.

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Table of Contents has the best water and chock resistance of its class,
its rubberized enclosure will give strong grip to avoid
1. General Overview...................................................................2 slipping though the hands.
2. Setup & Installation................................................................3
The color display offers bright and sharp images, the
3. Using the HPC+Droid Software..........................................4
Lion battery of 5000mAh is for long operational time,

General Overview cell phone compatibility for 3G, 4G or LTE networks, ….,
…, too much to list.

General Principles Most likely the HPC+Droid is the best hand held
industrial computer available.
The HPC+Droid is composed of 3 main components
plus accessories. These parts consist of the Rugged
Palm handheld (IP68 and MIL-SPE-810G), plus the HART Software Overview
wireless Bluetooth interface (IP67) plus the preloaded
The HPC+Droid run on Android operating system. The
software package with the applications HPC+Droid,
experience is very much like a Google launcher. There
HPCGen, HPCGraph and the HPCLogger.
are a few apps preinstalled, such as an app toolbox
The HPC+Droid is delivered ready to run with no (store front), camera, file browser, and power sharing
need for user installation and configuration. The utility. And it is open to installing whatever Android
Rugged Palm will be preinstalled with the HPC+Droid application available.
software package to run the HART communication
For the HART communication it will preinstalled with 4
and paired with the HART interface, therefore ready
software applications, HPC+Droid, HPCGen, HPCLogger
to communicate with any HART device. Power up
and HPCGraph.
the HPC+Droid, the HART interface, select the icon
HPC+Droid and start working. The main application HPC+Droid allows
communication, monitoring and configuration of HART
Hardware Overview devices. The HPC+Droid software is based on device
description source files (DDL) allowing access to all
The HPC+Droid is fully optimized for communication menus and parameters as designed by the instrument
with the HART interface wireless, the MAC address of manufacturer.
the Bluetooth interface is factory listed into the search
tables of the Rugged Palm yielding easy operation. The HPCGraph application allows device variables to be
trended over time in an easy to view graphical format.
It has also connection ports for mini-USB, micro-SD, SIM Device parameters can be simultaneously plotted in
and CHIP-ID to enable cell phone services, we strongly various colors for easy identification.
suggest to keep all these ports sealed while operating
in the field. The HPCLogger application allows device variables to
be logged over time. A wide range of variables can be
The HPC+Droid is housed in a rugged Rugged Palm that user selected or automatically selected over the time.
is widely used in construction sites, industrial plants These log files can be saved (proprietary format) and
and other demanding environments. It will work from transferred to another Rugged Palm for further analysis.
the freezing ranges of Alaska all the way to the boiling
swamps of Florida. The HPCGen software is the predecessor of the
HPC+Droid software. It allows the configuration and
Compliance with standard IP68 will assure HPC+Droid monitoring of HART devices for a number of legacy

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instruments such as the Smar line of HART instruments.

1. Setup & Installation Hardware Setup & Usage

Hardware Overview

HPC+DROID HART DEVICES

Fig. 2. - Connection to the HART network

SHARE THE POWER IP68 GO BEYOND RUGGED WATERPROOF TO 2M

Fig. 1. - HPC+Droid Box Contents Software Setup & Installation

The HPC+Droid is delivered with the HPC+Droid
The HPC+Droid is delivered with the following software package installed and ready to run. I will also
components: list the HART interface into the Bluetooth MAC available
address. There is no need to do any further action
1. Rugged Palm - The included Palm is pre loaded with
for start-ups and installation. For further details and
the HPC+Droid software package. The battery of the
troubleshooting please contact [email protected]
Rugged Palm may require charging. Please verify the
battery level before each use. The software package is already loaded with support
for devices from a range of manufacturers. In addition,
2. HPC+Droid HART Interface - This HART interface
new device drivers can be obtained at Springfield
with wireless Bluetooth connects Rugged Palm to the
Research website and added into HPC+Droid. For more
HART 4/20mA network. It will also serve as software key
information see the device drivers section.
for the HART application HPC+Droid. This interface is
battery operated and will require periodic charges. The HPC+Droid software requires factory registration,
unregistered software will not work. If for any reason
3. HPC+Droid Software package and Product
the registration code is lost the product can be re-
Documentation- Contains the documentation and
registered, in such cases please contact sales@springres.
HPC+Droid software. The HPC+Droid package is usually
com.
preloaded onto the Rugged Palm.

4. Power Supply Adaptor . used to charge the Rugged

Palm battery and the HART interface battery. A/C
Voltages from 100 to 240 Vac.
2. Using the HPC+Droid
Software Packge
All HPC+Droid applications are found under the
HPC+Droid icon viewed on the Rugged Palm
application screen.

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Once you click this icon it will be visible new icons for To poll for a single online device by address:
HPC+Droid, HPCGraph, HPCLogger and HPCGen. See
1. Select the checkbox next to the “Device Address”
figure 3.
option.

2. Choose the address of the device by selecting it from

The following sections will address feature of each one the drop down menu located next to “Device Address”.
of these programs. 3. Select the “Poll” button.

• Polling for Multiple Devices

Opening the HPC+Droid
To poll for multiple online devices within an address
The HPC+Droid Allows the user to poll for devices
range:
on the HART network and communicate with them
to configure or monitor their various parameters. 1. Select the checkbox next to the “From/To” option. 2.
Based upon Device Description files (DDL) the menus, Choose the start and end search addresses from the
variables and methods are supported as defined by the corresponding drop down menus located next to the
manufacturer source files. “From” and “To” options respectively.

The user interface of the HPC+Droid is self explanatory, 3. Select the “Poll” button.
find below a sequence of commands found in a daily
basis • Polling by Tag

To poll for an online device by tag:

1. Select the checkbox next to the “Tag” option.

2. Enter the tag of the device you are looking for in the
field located next to “Tag”.

3. Select the “Poll” button.

Navigating Device Parameters

Once a device is selected, the main menu of the device
will be opened.

Fig. 3. - HPC+Droid The main menu of most devices can lead to various
submenus, parameters and methods. Menus and
• Polling for Devices Methods are represented by buttons. Selecting a menu
The polling screen is automatically opened at the start button will open the corresponding submenu. Selecting
of HPC+Droid. As seen in Figure 4, the polling screen a method button will execute the corresponding action.
allows the user to choose a polling by device address,
Editable fields are available for changing various
address range (0-15) or by tag. After HPC+Droid polls
parameters of the device. Editable variables will include
the network, all found devices will be listed. To open a
either a text field denoted by a dotted underline or a
particular device, simply select it from the list.
drop down list denoted by an arrow. Examples of this
• Polling for a Single Device can be seen in the figure below. These variables can be

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edited by the user and sent to the device by selecting Rugged Palm.
the “Send” button at the bottom of the screen.
2- Stop the application HPC+Droid
At the bottom of every submenu there is three
3. Copy the file “mmddrr.prc” into Android/data/com.
buttons:“Send”,“Back”,and“Done”.The Send button will
springres.HPC+Droid/import
send any changes you have made to the editable fields
of the current menu to the device. Once the send is 4. Start HPC+Droid, the new device driver is now
complete, the values have been successfully sent to the available for use.
device. The Back button will return you to the previous
menu. The Done button will return you to the main
Starting HPCLogger
menu of the device.
To start HPCLogger, follow the steps below:
The HPC+Droid software is based on the Device
Description Language (DDL). This language define 1. Select the HPCLogger icon from the Palm application
a standardized method of detailing HART variables, menu.
commands and parameters of a specific device as well
2. Select the device via HART address, address range or
as to describe the menu structure and layout that the
tag of the device(s).
end user should see when communicating with such
device. The HPC+Droid software use the DDL definitions 3. The live list will show on screen, then select the target
to offer compatibility with a range of HART devices. device.

HPC+Droid is preloaded with all supported devices at • Selecting Logged Variables

the time of purchase. The various device parameters,
By default, the device variables are PV (primary device
menus and methods can then be accessed as suggested
variable), PV%, Out (mA), and
by the manufacturer.
SV (secondary device variable). If the device supports
Uninstalled or Unsupported Devices
HART command 33 then you can log many other
When an uninstalled or unsupported device is found variables.
by HPC+Droid, the software will display a device driver
(After you have started HPCLogger and polled for
number. New drivers can be requested to be added by
devices (see section 3.3.1) follow these steps to select
sending its DDL source codes to [email protected].
non-default variables: )
Even if the device is not supported it can be accessed
• To start logging:
in generic mode via the HPCGen software, this
4. From the Live List screen, enter the desired sample
communication mode is still a power tool that can
time in minutes (Figure 9) .
resolve most of the configuration needs.
5. Select the “Start Logging” button to go to the logging
All available HPC+Droid Device Driver Library can be
screen (Figure 10).
found at www.springres.com.
6. From the logging screen you can select to automatic
• To add a new device driver to HPC+Droid:
log or manual log. Automatic logging will log the
1. Download the device driver file “mmddrr.prc” from variables at the interval previously defined, while
the www.springres.com HPC+Droid device driver manual logging requires the user to select each time
library or received via e-mail, save it to a location at the the variables should be logged.

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• For automatic log: current value and color.

7. Select the “Auto Log” button. • Graphing Window - This is the area where the 4
variables will are plotted.
• For manual log:
• Ymax,Ymin,Xmax,Xmin - The X & Y scale configurable
8. Select the “Manual Log” button.
by the “Settings” button.
9. Select “Log Now” every time necessary (Figure 11).
• Settings Button - The scale of the graph can be
10. Select the “Done” button when finished. changed (Figure 15) for new values of the vertical
(Ymax,min) and horizontal (Xmax,min). Select “Done” to
return to the graph screen.
HPCGraph
• Start Button - This will start the graphing of the
The HPCGraph application allows plotting on screen up
selected variables.
to 4 variables from the field device. These graphics can
be customized and saved for offline viewing. • Stop Button - This will stop the graphing of the
selected variables.
• Starting HPCGraph
To start HPCGraph, follow the steps below: • Done Button - To stop the graphing and exit. The data
will be automatically saved.
1. Select the HPCGraph icon from the HPC+Droid
application menu. • Offline Graphing - Any graphing data is always stored
to the Palm for later review. The “Offline” graphs can be
2. Select the device via HART address, address range or
accessed from the polling screen. To open and view an
tag of the device(s).
offline graph:
3. The live list will show on screen, then select the target
1. From the main polling screen of HPCGraph, select the
device.
“Offline Graphics” button.
• Selecting Variables to Graph
2. All currently available offline graphs will be displayed
By default, the device variables are PV (primary device (Figure 16). Select a file to be loaded (Figure 17). The
variable), PV%, Out (mA), and offline graph files will follow the name convention
dMMDDXXXXXXgf where:
SV (secondary device variable). If the device supports
HART command 33 then you can log many other MM is the devices manufacturer code in hexadecimal
variables. format (for example, 3e for Smar)

4. Check the boxe next to each the variables to plot. The DD is the devices type code in hexadecimal format (for
colors underneath correspond to each line of the graph example, 01 for the LD301)
(Figure 5). If the device supports HART command 33
XXXXXX is the devices serial number in hexadecimal
then you can log many other variables.
format.
5. Select the “Graph” button after selection, then the
• HPCGen
plotter will start working as per figure 14 as detailed
The HPCGen software can be used to access devices
below.
in generic mode which do not currently have a Device
• Variable List - at left side column, the variable name, Driver in HPC+Droid. The usage of HPCGen is similar to

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HPC+Droid, poll for devices from the polling screen and

navigate the device parameters. HPCGen can access any
HART device in generic mode as well as fully support for
a collection of specific HART devices including the full
line of Smar HART devices. For more information on the
operation of the HPCGen, contact Springfield Research
Corp.

ear phone

data ports
power

Chip ID volume
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