User Manual for LEVIFLOW
®
LFSC-D Flowmeters
www.levitronix.com
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4.4 System Operation with LFC-6CIO-PC
4.4.1 Standard Operation with PLC Interface
for the analog outputs and
for the digital in/outputs shows the standard configuration of
the electrical interface (PLC). For other configurations the
Levitronix
®
Service Software
has to be used (see
reference on title page of this manual). The hardware configuration is the same as for the PLC of the
LFC-
1C-PC
. Therefore, the same typical setup applies as described in
Section 4.2.2
4.4.2 Operation with RS485
Standard operation with
LFC-6CIO-PC
is done with the
RS485
interface. The according
MODBUS
protocol
can be requested at
Levitronix
.
4.4.3 Standalone Operation with Display
The
LFC-6CIO-PC
can be used as standalone device, where the flow values can be read on the display. The
channel to be read can be chosen with the channel selection potentiometer on the display (see
The 6-channel converter
LFC-6CIO-PC
displays basically the same messages as the single channel
converter
LFC-1C-PC
(see
Section 4.2.1
Additionally,
LFC-6CIO-PC
shows on the display on the right side six LEDs (see
). These LEDs
indicate which channel has measurement error active (when channel selection is set to a specific channel 1-
6) or indicates, which flow is shown in display (when channel selection is set to 0).
4.4.4 Operation with Levitronix
®
Service Software
For debugging, data collection and configuration of the flowmeter system the
Levitronix
®
Service Software
is
available at
Levitronix
®
. Contact
Levitronix
®
for a sample of the service software and the according manual
(see reference on title page of this manual). An approved USB to RS485 adaptor with the according
connection cable can be ordered according to the information in
