ERT-A2 ALERT2 Configuration Manual
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Discrete/Digital Input setup
Sensor input configuration is best completed after you have configured the Unit Config and
Communications as selected from main menu. Once you have this basic setup completed then
access the input setup through I/O Setup option from main menu. This menu is displayed below.
The current status of inputs will be displayed in the header of this menu. Sensor ID of 255 is used to
disabled/unused sensor and will have values that are bracketed with # and ID indicated with
–
as
shown below.
DI1
DI2
DI3
DI4
AI1
AI2
Raw
0
2
0
Off
0 mA
0 mA
ID
-
-
0
-
7
-
Value
#0#
#2#
0mm
#0#
-1250mm
#0#
I/O Setup Menu:
a) Digital 1
b) Digital 2
c) Digital 3
d) Digital 4
e) Status Sensor
f) Analog 1
g) Analog 2
h) Battery Voltage
i) Supply Voltage
j) RSSI
k) Internal Temp
l) Input mode Din1/Din2
m) SDI-12 Device config
n) Analog Sampling
The ERTA2 allows for each input to be configured with the sensor ID, transmitted data format,
Scale/offset and displayed units.
Digital inputs can be configured as simple on/off, pulsed (count) or combined for incremental or
quadrature shaft encoder.
Table below outlines the configuration options for each of the inputs:
Digital
Input
ON/OFF
Pulsed
Encoder
1
Y
Y
Y (with input 2)
2
Y
N
Y (with input 1)
3
N
Y
N
4
Y
N
N
Discrete input setup menu:
DI1
Mode
Incr
ID
-
