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FCS - Operation Manual
7 CHANNEL SETTINGS AND CONFIGURATIONS
Channels can be enabled/disabled, named, defined, assigned alarm levels, priority levels and
relay and priority logic parameters.
7.1 Enable / Disable Channels, Assign ID, Channel Number &
Communication Type
This setting allows you to enable or disable each channel, and specify the channel ID number,
choose the communication type (analog or digital) and specify the channel sensor number.
Press Menu and enter passcode “3022” to enter the Config Channel menu and select
Channel Hardware.
If you want to review the current settings channel by channel, press the + or - buttons. To skip
ahead by 10 channels at a time, press the +10 button. To change the settings, choose the
channel number and use the + or - buttons to change the values, or press the yellow fields
and use the keypad.
For each channel you can enter:
Enabled or disabled:
If a channel is disabled, it will show on the normal display with a “d”
at the end of the line, unless that line has been removed from showing on the display.
NOTE:
A disabled channel acts as if it does not exist - it will not show gas readings and there
will be no data logging information gathered or saved while it is disabled.
Com Type: Analog or Digital
(communication type between the FCS and the Transmitter
assigned to that channel). “Analog” should be assigned to 4-20 mA transmitters and
“Digital” to digital (Modbus®) transmitters. If assigning a digital CXT, ART or CGAS
choose that name from the list. If connecting LPT-M or LPT-P Transmitters, choose
Digital. If the wrong Com Type is assigned to the transmitter the FCS will go into
Communication Fault.
ID No.:
(enter up to 3 digits). Analog transmitters have an ID starting at 1. Digital
transmitters have an ID starting at 101.
NOTE:
Choose ID No. 229 only if you want to remove all subsequent existing channel
configurations. For example, if you are editing channel 10 and you enter 229 in the ID No.