Pointwatch (PIRECL) IR Gas Detector

Product catalog summary

Overview: The PointWatch Eclipse® (PIRECL) is a high-performance infrared hydrocarbon gas detector designed for reliable operation and life-safety control. It offers advanced features and certifications that ensure safety and efficiency in industrial environments.

Reliable Operation:

Third-party SIL-2 certification ensures high safety standards.
Large installed base with a 5-year warranty.
Reduced lifecycle costs and increased uptime due to low maintenance requirements.

High-Performance Functionality:

Equipped with a multi-layer weather baffle to protect optics in harsh environments.
Requires infrequent calibration, enhancing uptime and reducing ownership costs.

Flexible Options:

Offers life-safety control functions and ancillary communication options.

Factory Calibrated: The Eclipse is pre-set and calibrated for gases like methane, propane, ethylene, or butane, ensuring accuracy and reliability.

Performance and Fit-for-Use Approvals:

Certified to ATEX EN60079-29-1, FM 6310/6320, and CSA 22.2 No. 152 standards.
Holds additional safety certifications including DNV and MED offshore certifications.

Design Features:

Integral wiring termination compartment eliminates the need for extra termination boxes.
Weather baffle protects sapphire-coated optics, ensuring durability in industrial settings.

Control and Communication Options:

Life-safety control outputs via 4-20 mA HART, LON, relays, and more.
Ancillary communication through HART and RS-485 modbus RTU.

Contact Information: Detector Electronics Corporation, Minneapolis, MN, USA. Phone: 952.941.5665 or 800.765.3473. Fax: 952.829.8750. Website: www.det-tronics.com

Catalog excerpts

PointWatch Eclipse® (PIRECL) Infrared Hydrocarbon Gas Detector Factory Calibrated The Eclipse is third-party approved to be factory set and calibrated to methane, propane, ethylene, or butane. A high-performance hydrocarbon gas detector meets expectations, but Eclipse goes further. Increased Uptime Infrequent calibration requirement means increased uptime and low cost of ownership as compared with other gas detection technologies. Performance and Fit-for-Use Approvals The Eclipse is performance certied to: • ATEX EN60079-29-1 • FM 6310/6320 • CSA 22.2 No. 152 In addition, it has Safety and Fit-for-Use Approvals including: • SIL-2 certication • DNV and MED offshore certications Eclipse goes above gas detection to certied life-safety control. The Eclipse can annunciate and initiate lifesafety executive control functions. Reliable Operation • • • Provides 3rd-party SIL-2 certification Has a large installed base with an industry-leading, 5-year warranty Offers reduced lifecycle costs, low cost of ownership, and increased uptime High-Performance Functionality No Termination Boxes • The Eclipse integral wiring termination compartment removes the need for extra wiring/termination boxes. • Provides a multi-layer weather baffle that protects the optics from harsh environments Requires infrequent calibration and maintenance tasks Flexible Options • • Offers life-safety control functions Provides ancillary communication options The weather bafe protects sapphire-coated optics to further ensure uptime in harsh industrial environments. 92-1063-1.1 12/11 www.det-tronics.com

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For ancillary communication functions, the Eclipse can communicate via • HART to handheld communicator or HART-based asset management software • RS-485 modbus RTU to PLCs 4-20 mA HART to Optional Local Display LON to Eagle Quantum Premier Safety System Relays to Annunciation or Activation Devices 4-20 mA to Conventional Gas Controller Ancillary Functions For life-safety control functionality (as tested to the ANSI/ISA-12.13.01: 2000 standard), the Eclipse can provide output via • 4-20 mA HART to optional local displays such as the Det-Tronics FlexVu® Universal Display • LON to Eagle Quantum Premier...

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