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Chapter 3 Getting Started
3.6 Programming Points
The
points
are the input or calculated channels that are assigned to the display or are recorded. It is recommended
to clear all points before reassigning them in case there is any incorrect point data stored.
To clear all points:
1. From the
Main Button Bar
press the
MENU
button and then the
Upper right corner
to get the
Hidden
menu.
2. Use the
UP (
↑↑↑↑↑
)
or
DOWN (
↓↓↓↓↓
)
button to highlight
Initialize
and then press the
ENTER
button.
3. Use the
UP (
↑↑↑↑↑
)
or
DOWN (
↓↓↓↓↓
)
button to highlight
Clear points
and then press the
ENTER
button.
4. You will then be asked whether or not you wish to “
clear?
” the points. Press the
ENTER
or
YES
button.
5. Press the
EXIT
button twice to return to the
Command Menu Button Bar
.
To program a point:
1. From the
Command Menu Button Bar
press the
PROG
button.
2. Use the
UP (
↑↑↑↑↑
)
or
DOWN (
↓↓↓↓↓
)
button to highlight
Points
and then press the
ENTER
button.
3. Use the
UP (
↑↑↑↑↑
)
or
DOWN (
↓↓↓↓↓
)
button to highlight
Prog point
and then press the
ENTER
button.
4. You will then be presented with an alphanumeric keypad and asked which “
point?
” you wish to program (1-9 or
A-F). For this example, press the
1
button and then press the
ENTER
button.
5. Use the
UP (
↑↑↑↑↑
)
or
DOWN (
↓↓↓↓↓
)
button to highlight
Setup pt
and then press the
ENTER
button.
6. You now have a selection of various ways in which this point can be programmed. These include
Linear
,
Industrial square root (
Ind sqrt
),
Log linear
, thermocouple (
T/c
),
Rtd
,
Calculated
,
Conditional
, or
External
.
To program a
Linear
point in this example, use the
UP (
↑↑↑↑↑
)
or
DOWN (
↓↓↓↓↓
)
button to highlight
Linear
and then
press the
ENTER
button.
7. You now have to choose the full scale input range for this point. Program this point for one volt full scale input
by using the
UP (
↑↑↑↑↑
)
or
DOWN (
↓↓↓↓↓
)
button to highlight
1.25V
and then pressing the
ENTER
button.
8. You will now be presented with the
Point Setup
menu that enables programming of various options pertaining
to this particular point in the one volt full scale mode. These include the
Point tag
,
Input scale
,
Output scale
,
Exc. Currents
,
Filter
,
Eng
ineering
units
,
Alarms
,
Chart scale
, and
Output mode
. Refer to Chapter 5 for
detailed information on the items not covered below.
3.6.1 Point Tag
The
Point tag
is an alphanumeric indication of what the point represents and is generally located or displayed
at the bottom of the bar graph or on the chart itself. This information is also stored to disk/card to uniquely
identify the point.
To add a
Point tag
:
1. From the
Point Setup
menu use the
UP (
↑↑↑↑↑
)
or
DOWN (
↓↓↓↓↓
)
button to highlight
Point tag
and then press the
ENTER
button.
2. You will be presented with the first page of an alphanumeric keypad. There are four pages available which
include all the upper and lower case alphabet characters, numerics and various signs and symbols for
programming engineering units. Up to ten characters for the point tag may be entered (only eight will be
displayed on the screen). To access characters on another page, simply press the
PAGE
button. The
space button is “
SPC
”, the
LEFT (
←
←
←
←
←
)
and
RIGHT (
→
→
→
→
→
)
buttons move the cursor to the position you wish
to edit or enter.
3. Use the letter/symbol buttons to program the
Point tag
as “
EXAMPLE
” and then press the
ENTER
button
to return back one menu. To exit without programming a tag, press the
EXIT
button to return to the
Point
Setup
menu.
The way data is displayed on the chart or recorded to disk/card is a function of three things: the input scale, the
output scale and the chart scale. These may be programmed independently to provide a full scale output of any
range of the input.
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