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Access to Setup menus
Device settings are entered via the setup parameters which you can display and modify from the specific
Parameters
menu or directly from the toolbar by clicking on the matching icon. If you have not entered the
password previously, only the current settings are displayed without transmission of modifications to the
device.
This method of accessing ATL settings is handier and more immediate compared with direct access from the
front keypad as, using the PC; the following are displayed:
•
Code of the parameter
•
Description in the language set
•
Value set
•
Graphic box or drop-down box with possible options
The parameters have been grouped in several menus that reflect the organization described in the
operations manual.
•
P1 - Rated data menu
•
P2 - General data menu
•
P3 - Line 1 voltage control
•
P4 - Line 2 voltage control
•
P5 - Programmable inputs
•
P6 - Programmable outputs
•
P7 - Serial interface ports
•
P8 - Automatic test
You can save the complete series of settings of an device in a file so as to re-use these to set another device
with the same settings.
You can save the complete series of settings of a ATL on the disk of the PC in an ASCII text file for fast,
easy reloading of these in another device. This function is useful when programming a number of control
units with the same settings or in order to maintain a master file of the original settings of a system.
Online Programming
When the PC is connected to a device (Online mode) the parameter transfer is always done from/to the
device internal memory. In this mode, the user can:
•
View and modify the parameter values into the device (menu
Parameters-Edit setup parameters
then use buttons
Transmit
and
Receive
)
•
Load a file from disk and transmit it to the device (
Parameters-Load file
)
•
Download the device settings and save them into a file (
Parameters-Save file
)
•
Print the device settings (
Parameters-Print
)
Offline Programming
When the user is working without an ATL device connected to the PC (Offline mode), then all the transfers
are from/to the hard disk. In this mode it is possible to:
•
Load an existing file from disk, show its content on the setup table window (
Parameters-Load file
).
From the setup table window is then possible to edit parameters and save them back to disk (button
Save
) or print them (button
).
•
Create a new parameter file with the factory default settings (
Parameters-New default file
). In this
case the user will be prompted to specify the device model (ATL20 or ATL30) and the software
revision level of the destination device (shown on the device display at power-up). The default
revision is the most recent.
•
Re-open the setup table to edit parameters (
Parameters-Edit setup parameters
). If the user tries to
edit parameters before having loaded a file, the system will act like when creating a new file.
