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Dual channel monitors
It is possible to set up different PU Cut-off temperatures for channel 1 and channel 2
on dual channel monitors. This can be useful when setting up a pasteuriser and
when comparing the effect that changes in the Cut-off temperature have on total PU
achieved.
It is also possible to turn off the PU calculation on channel 2 of a dual channel
monitor. Where the second channel is monitoring pasteuriser spray temperature
there is no requirement to calculate the PU total achieved and the lack of PU figures
make the results easier to read. You will be asked the question PU
ON
C
HANNEL
2?
with buttons marked Y
ES
and N
O
for your reply.
The PU calculation and Cut-off that you choose are printed on the Status Report for
the RPC-80. See Manual-1.
100 & 300 Series PU monitors
The PU calculation and Cut-off temperature that you choose will apply to all PU
monitors that use this RPC-80 playback unit. This means, for the 100 & 300 Series
monitors, that their own internal settings for PU calculation and Cut-off will be over-
ridden. You may therefore get different results when you print out the 100 Series
monitor on the older RPC-42 printer/charger or display the results on the monitor's
own display. The advantage of having all the control in the RPC-80 playback unit is
that it is very easy to maintain a common standard across all the monitors in an
installation. Changes in that standard are easily handled without individual
modifications to all the monitors.
PU cut-off and the graph
The PU Cut-off temperature is printed on the graph as a dashed line so that it is easy
to see the area where the temperature trace exceeds the Cut-off and where PUs are
being added to the total.
In the case of two different Cut-off levels being set, they cannot both be shown on
the graph when the RPC-80 is used with a multi-channel monitor. However, the
channel 1 Cut-off will be shown when the RPC-80 is used with a single channel
monitor. If there is no PU calculation on channel 2 then the Cut-off will only be shown
on the graph if channel 1 is active.