User Manual For - CONTROLLER/DATA RECORDER MultiCon CMC-99/141
The channel for
Mode=disabled
has only one parameter - the
name
of the channel. In other
modes the
Logical channels
are
active
and may affect the processing and control data.
Parameters and blocks of parameters common for
active Logical channels
:
–
Name
- it gives the name to the logical channel,
–
Unit
- is related with a data source of channel,
•
for
Built-in modules
it will automatically use a default
Unit
,
•
for
Mode=Set point value
and
Mode=Controller
the
Unit
can be defined freely,
directly in the
Logical Channel
menu,
•
for other modes the
Unit
can be added only using the
Scaling
parameter (see
below in this
Chapter
for discussion about the
Scaling
parameter),
–
Mode
- in this parameter the user selects the source of the data for logical channel.
It is possible to select one of ten modes:
•
disabled
,
•
Hardware input
•
Hardware output monitor
•
Modbus
•
Set point value
•
Math function
•
Controller
•
Profile / timer
•
Profile/timer (cycle counter)
•
Data from other channel
–
Latch
parameter block - allows user to set the
latch function
which will hold the last
value of a channel; this block has the following parameters:
•
Mode
- this parameter allows the user to choose how to trigger the latch
function; there are 2 options:
◦
disabled
- the latch function is disabled,
◦
from logic channel
- the latch function is activated depending of the value
of channel selected in the
Triggering source
parameter,
•
Triggering source
- this parameter is only visible if user sets
Mode=from logic channel
; using this parameter the user chooses a logical
channel which is the triggering source of the latch function (when the value of
triggering channel is
≤0
the latch is
active
, for a value
>0
latch is
disabled
),
During device restart, the logical channels, which have the latch function enabled
have value: '
0
' and on the LCD screen blinking dashes '
----
' appear in place of the
value.
–
Processing
parameter block - is used for scaling and filtering data (for explanation
see below)
–
Displaying
parameter block - for these parameters the user selects the format and
range of the data displayed on the screen. For more information about
Displaying
parameters see below in this
Chapter
.
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