Addressable Gas Detection System Manual
Addressable System Manual
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Issue 2, January 2015
3) SYSTEM POWER UP AND OPERATION
The chapter explains the procedures for the operation, the commissioning and the
maintenance of the control unit Hydra
256.
For the programming of the
Hydra
256
control panel the PC software is required.
3.1)
Power ON
After ensuring correct installation of the Hydra
256
, the unit can be switched on.
When first switched on, after the “Warm Up” time (3 minutes by default), the display
will show an empty picture without any indication because, at the first switch ON, the
control panel needs programming.
Fig. 3.1 a) Warm Up screen.
The control panel programming must be performed just by the Personal Computer
with the dedicate configuration software (see the previous paragraph for the
connection of the control panel to the PC). Refer to the next chapter No. 4 for the
configuration software instructions.
For an already configured control panel, the normal screen will show eight channels
(detectors) with their status:
Fig. 3.1 b) Typical NORMAL state screen.
