1.2 Front-Panel Operation
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proximately 1 Hz. This mode is intended to help facilitate mechanical
alignment and identification of the shutter heads. This function is
only available when connected shutter head is enabled and in the
Manual
control mode.
1.2.2
Global controls
The four keys in the Global Control section of the front panel provide
functions that address all four channels or the instrument as a whole.
1.2.2.1 Global manual control: Set and Reset
The top half of the Global Control section has two keys,
Reset
and
Set
. These keys a
ff
ect all channels that are currently enabled
and in the
Manual
source mode, and are only operational when the
instrument is under local control. Pressing
Set
commands each
a
ff
ected shutter channel to its
Normal
state, and pressing
Reset
returns each a
ff
ected shutter channel to its
Normal
state.
If a shutter channel is not in
Manual
mode when
Reset
or
Set
is pressed, the saved “manual state” will be updated for when the
channel is eventually returned to manual control.
Holding down either
Reset
or
Set
for approximately two seconds
will
force
global Set
/
Reset, meaning that all four channels will be
placed in the
Manual
source mode and all enabled channels will be
commanded to their respective
Normal
/
Normal
states.
Each shutter channel on the SR474 can independently be configured
to be normally open or normally closed by setting rear-panel DIP
switches (
§
1.3.7).
1.2.2.2 Alarm key
The
Alarm
key toggles the configuration of the SR474 audio alarm
between the states of
Audible
and
Mute
.
The rear-panel
Alarm
output (
§
1.3.6) is asserted (pulled low) when-
ever at least one of the four shutter channel
FAULT
indicators is lit.
In the event that an alarm is asserted, the SR474 will continuously
emit a loud siren-like noise to attract attention if the
Audible
mode
is selected. No alarm noise will be made while the
Mute
mode is
selected.
An active audio alarm can be silenced by pressing the
Alarm
key,
switching the unit to the
Mute
state. An alarm can also be silenced by
clearing the fault that is causing the alarm– for example, by pressing
SR474 Four Channel Shutter Driver