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CHAPTER 8: I/O CONFIGURATION PAGE
Click on the I/O Configuration button on the navigation panel located at the left part of the user
interface. Explanation is provided whenever is necessary.
Digital Input
Once you clicked the IO configuration page you will be directed to this page. This page shows
the template for defining digital input description as well as the status. Each input can assume 2
states, one is when the input contact is closed and another when the input contact is opened.
The administrator is free to define the labels according to the device characteristics.
Each digital alarm input has a set of variables for the user to enter. Following is the description of
each field that the user can identify and configure. FMGuard has 8 digital inputs, X1-X8.
Input Description:
This field is for the user to provide meaningful name for the point to be
monitored. The description can be up to 40 characters long.
Open Status:
This field describes the state of the input when the contact is an open state.
It can be of any wordings up to 15 characters long. Examples are
Alarm, Normal, Start,
Stop, System Reset, Fault etc.
Trigger Delay Close -> Open:
A unique feature of FMGuard allowing user to define a
valid input change time. This is used to delay a triggering from close to open until the
input is stabilized. The time delay is can be set between 0.2-30 sec, where in 0.2s is the
default delay.
