MULTICHANNEL SIGNAL CONDITIONER MODEL 482C27 GENERAL OPERATION MANUAL
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1-4.2c Directly setting the gain
To enter the submenu for the incremental gain in the 482C27, place the cursor over the word GAIN in the main menu.
This is shown as:
GAIN
SENS
INPT
FSOT
FSIN FLTi
By pressing the ENTER button, the submenu for changing the gain of any channel appears on the display. The submenu
pertaining to the GAIN selection appears as:
Channel
Gain
1
001.0
Example:
To set the gain of Channel 2 to x10, perform the following steps:
The flashing cursor appears over the channel selection. Choose the channel you wish to change by using the up
or
arrows. Once you have selected the channel, use the left/right
arrow key to move the flashing cursor over to the
gain column.
Channel
Gain
2
001.0
To change the gain, use the up
and down
arrow keys to scroll through the options. Model 482C27 has incremental
gain selectable from .1 to 200.0 (step of .1). Use the left/right
arrow key to move the flashing cursor over any digit
in the gain column to select an appropriate value.
In this example, a gain of 10 is selected (see example below). As with all setting changes, the actual gain internal to the
unit is changed when the ENTER button is pushed.
Channel
Gain
2
010.0
To set the next channel, press the left right
arrow key to resume channel control, then press the up
or down
arrow keys to select a different channel. Continue making selections with the directional keys until all desired channels
are set, then press the ENTER key to return to the option menu.
NOTE:
To do a global change (set all the channels to the same gain) set the channel to ALL. If the global method of
changing channel gains is employed and one or more channels are set to input types that do not support the selected gain
setting then those channels will be set to their maximum value. For example, if channels 1 & 2 are set to Full Bridge and
3 & 4 are set to ICP® and the user sets the gain channel option to ‘ALL’ with a value of 1000, then the Bridge channels
