PortaSens
III
Portable Gas Leak Detector, Model D16
Operation and Maintenance Manual
Rev-A Feb 2018
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Configuring Alarms
The three gas level alarms are configured using Table 9 below.
Table 9 Configuring alarms.
Description
Display
Alarms Menu
On the “Main Display” page, touch the “Menu”
button, and then touch the “Alarms” button. This
will present the “Alarms Menu” page, as shown on
the right.
The three alarms appear from top to bottom as
rows in a table. The name of the alarm appears in
the first column, the alarm’s “Type” setting is in the
second column, and the alarm’s “Level” setting is in
the third column.
Alarm Type
On the “Alarms Menu” page, touch the setting
value in the “Type” column, in the alarm’s row. A
“spin” edit control will appear and display the
current value, as shown on the right. Touch the up
or down arrow to change the setting, then touch
the “Ok” button to save it. Touch the “Back”
button to close the control and return without
saving. The value may be set to one of the
following.
·
High
– active at or above the “Level”
setting
·
Low
= active at or below the “Level”
setting
·
Off
= alarm disabled
Alarm Level
On the “Alarms Menu” page, touch the setting
value in the “Level” column, in the alarm’s row.
The numeric keypad control will appear and display
the current value, as shown on the right. Use the
keypad to enter the new value, then touch the “Ok”
button to save it. Touch the “Back” button to close
the control and return without saving.
Setting range
: -20% full scale range (“Range”)
to 120% of the upper range limit. The upper range
limit is displayed on the “Sensor Information” page
(see
Figure 19
on page 33).
Warning
: Alarm levels do change when the sensor
full scale range is changed. Care should be taken
to ensure alarm levels are not configured above the
full scale range of the sensor.