Chapter 3 Getting Started
3.1 Moving About the Screen .......................................................................................................................... 3-1
3.1.1 Status Bar ...................................................................................................................................... 3-1
3.1.1.1 Disk Status ........................................................................................................................... 3-2
3.1.1.2 Status Line ............................................................................................................................ 3-2
3.1.1.3 Alarm Acknowledgment ......................................................................................................... 3-2
3.1.2 Button Bar ...................................................................................................................................... 3-3
3.1.2.1 VIEW Button ......................................................................................................................... 3-3
3.1.2.2 BROWSE Button .................................................................................................................. 3-3
3.1.2.3 JOG Button ........................................................................................................................... 3-3
3.1.2.4 MENU Button ........................................................................................................................ 3-3
3.1.3 Graphics Area ................................................................................................................................. 3-4
3.1.3.1 Bar Charts ............................................................................................................................. 3-4
3.1.3.2 Digital Windows..................................................................................................................... 3-4
3.1.3.3 Alarm/Event Data Window ..................................................................................................... 3-5
3.1.3.4 Trend Chart Windows ............................................................................................................ 3-5
3.1.3.5 Pop Up Windows ................................................................................................................... 3-6
3.2 Getting to the Points ................................................................................................................................ 3-7
3.3 Using Chart Scales .................................................................................................................................. 3-8
3.4 Programming............................................................................................................................................ 3-9
3.5 Programming Time and Date .................................................................................................................... 3-9
3.6 Programming Points ............................................................................................................................... 3-10
3.6.1 Point tag ....................................................................................................................................... 3-10
3.6.2 Input Scale ................................................................................................................................... 3-11
3.6.3 Output Scale ................................................................................................................................ 3-11
3.6.4 Engineering Units ......................................................................................................................... 3-11
3.6.5 Chart Scale ................................................................................................................................... 3-11
3.7 Programming Point Scales ..................................................................................................................... 3-12
3.7.1 Scale Type .................................................................................................................................... 3-12
3.7.2 Scale Ends ................................................................................................................................... 3-12
3.7.3 Scale Units ................................................................................................................................... 3-12
3.8 Recording Data ...................................................................................................................................... 3-13
3.8.1 Using the Recorder to format a floppy disk or CompactFlash™ card. ............................................ 3-13
3.8.2 Programming the unit for recording ............................................................................................... 3-14
3.8.2.1 Setting Which Points to Record .......................................................................................... 3-14
3.8.2.2 Setting the Record Rate ...................................................................................................... 3-14
3.8.2.3 Setting the Fill Mode ........................................................................................................... 3-14
3.8.2.4 Setting the Data Mode ......................................................................................................... 3-15
3.8.2.5 Arming Record Data on/off ................................................................................................... 3-15
3.8.3 Starting Recording ........................................................................................................................ 3-15
3.8.4 Stopping Recording ....................................................................................................................... 3-16
3.9 Hot-Swap ............................................................................................................................................... 3-16
3.10 Changing File Names ........................................................................................................................... 3-16
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