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blocks where the default program and default run data commands reside. Column
L (controL inputs and keyboard) consists of blocks that assign the functions of the
control inputs and the front panel keys. All Eclipse units have these five columns.
Batchers, and totalizers equipped with the relay output board, will have column r
(relays). The blocks in column r assign the relay functions. Totalizers without relays
do not have column r.
All batchers come with column b (batch control functions) as standard equipment.
The parameter blocks in b determine what is shown to the operator in the batch
count display, manual or automatic timed batch operation, and the cycle counter’s
role in batching. No totalizer has column b.
The two remaining columns, C (Communications) and A (Analog Output), will ap-
pear in any unit that has respectively, the serial communications board option, or the
analog output board option installed. Column C sets the unit address, baud rate,
and parity. Column A assigns the analog retransmission function, and sets the
offset and full scale values.
The block diagram on page 20 shows all columns and all blocks. Only batchers
using the linearization method and with the communications and analog output
options will have all programming columns. Lesser units will have columns miss-
ing, appropriate to the functions that are missing. Additionally, totalizers will have
blocks missing in column L. Totalizers do not have start and stop keys, therefore
blocks L5 and L6, which program these keys, are AWOL.
Once in the program mode, the installer will use the front panel keys to navigate from
column to column and from block to block. While navigating around, the display will
show the block name; for instance, F1 or r3. The block name is like a front door
address that is used to locate each parameter that must be programmed. Behind
the front door is where the parameter value lives. The value is a number that tells the
parameter how to behave. Changing the value changes the behavior of the param-
eter. The majority of the remainder of this section will deal in detail with parameters
and their values, but before we can get into that, we must first discuss how to surf
from block to block.
Whenever you go into the program mode, you will always enter at block F1. Skeptics
are welcome to try this for themselves. Pressing the
View
Enter
key displays the block
name; in this case, F1. While holding the
View
Enter
key, pressing the
key scrolls
the display up through F6. Since F6 is the last block in the F column, scrolling up
from F6 wraps around back to F1. Scrolling down through a column is done by
holding the
View
Enter
key and pressing the
key, as illustrated on next page:
PROGRAMMING cont.
