MODEL 2310 AL MCS-11 REMOTE ENCODER
FIAL INCORPORATED
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Figure 11. RSS OR RDS PAGE
The RSS or RDS Pane is used to specify which scanner will receive the alarm and status points,
set up a summary bit in the RSS (for the RDS), specify for each point if it is an alarm point or a
status point, and specify an optional delay for each point. You can also specify that the summary
relay will be closed when there are one or more alarms asserted in the designated RSS or RDS.
CHOOSE SCANNER TO RECEIVE DISCRETE INPUTS:
This drop-down list box is used to select
the scanner used for the 32 alarm inputs. The choices are; the RSS scanner, or any one of the 15
possible RDS scanners (
A
through
R
). An RSS scanner contains 32 points. Each of the RDS
scanners contain 72 points, only the first 32 points of which can be used. If the 32 inputs of the
2310 AL are placed into an RDS, then a 'Choose Summary Point' drop-down list box appears. You
choose a summary point to assert in the associated RSS in order to trigger an automatic poll of the
RDS.
It is possible to avoid using a 2310 AL RSS summary point by choosing 'No Summary Point'. In
this case, the RDS must then be read by triggering an external RSS summary point with the
Summary Relay. Check the ‘Trip Summary Relay’ box for this option. A less desirable possibility it
to put the RDS in cyclic poll (this greatly slows down MCS-11 system polling).
CHOOSE SUMMARY POINT:
Use this drop-down list box to select the desired RSS summary
point to assert when any alarm point in the chosen RDS scanner becomes asserted (active). You
may select No Summary Point if you do not want to assert an RSS summary point. This box is not
