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Bürkert Communicator menus
Type ME64
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BürkErT cOMMunicaTOr MEnus
The overview below describes the device-specific settings of Type ME64 with the Bürkert Communicator
software. It does not describe the basic operation of the software.
Detailed information on using the Bürkert Communicator software can be found on the Bürkert
website at:
→
8920
→
Downloads “User Manuals”
The overview below shows the menus that are displayed in the “installer” user level. This user level has the
highest authorisation level.
10.1
Menus in the “Digital inputs” configuration area
Detailed view “Parameter”
Menu
Description
Setup
Execute the base settings of the input module using a wizard (see section
“9.4 Base settings of the input module” on page
).
Sample time
The shorter the sample time, the faster a signal change is detected.
The longer the sample time, the more accurate the frequency
measurement.
The longer the sample time, the lower the bus load.
Mark bus-outputs as
invalid
To detect faulty bus output values, the faulty values can be marked as
invalid. All other (correct) bus output values are not marked.
Channels 1 to 16
Operating mode
Channels 1 and 2 (connection X1) and 9 and 10 (connection X5) are multi
-
function inputs.
The following nominal operating modes are available for these channels:
Digital, Pulse counter, Frequency, Flow or Flow totaliser
Channels 3 to 8 and 11 to 16 only have nominal operating mode “Digital”.
Channel name
A user-specific name can be entered here for each channel.
The name then appears on the overview page of the Communicator. (The
overview page can be found by clicking on the device in the navigation
area; see
)
Inversion
Menu only available for nominal operating mode “Digital”.
The digital input is inverted if nominal operating mode is “Active”.
Wire break detection
Menu only available for nominal operating mode “Digital”.
Activate or deactivate wire break detection for this channel.
Wire break detection enabled:
In the case of a wire break, the device status “Error” is displayed
depending on the LED mode set. The channel status LED is glowing red.
An error message is entered in the logbook.
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