RHOTHETA User Manual RT-800
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Pressing the ”High active” hotkey sets the active direction of the alarm pulse to “LOW”.
That means, the default state of the alarm output is high and an alarm is indicated by
the low state.
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Pressing the ”Set Default” hotkey sets the alarm output to the default value, which is
“HIGH”.
Alarm mode
setting defines, how the alarm output behaves during the alarm state (alarm
mode continuous or pulsed).
This setting is changeable using the hotkeys “CONT.” / “PULSE” or “Edit Value” (s. Fig. 107,
numbers 3, 4 and 5), whereat using the first two hotkeys will change the value without
opening the separate dialog.
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By pressing the hotkey “Edit Value”, the dialog for changing the alarm mode of the
alarm output will be opened. The handling of this dialog is shown in Fig. 109.
Setting the
alarm mode to
“Pulse”
Setting the
alarm mode to
“Continuous”
Fig. 109 Alarm mode dialog
Selecting the
default value
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Pressing the ” CONT.” hotkey sets the alarm mode of the alarm pulse to “Continuous”.
That means the output is high or low as long as the alarm condition exists.
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Pressing the ”PULSE” hotkey sets the alarm mode to “Pulse”, which means that the
output is pulsed as long as the alarm condition exists. The pulsed signal is defined by
the settings “Active Direction”, “Time Off” and “Time On”.
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Pressing the ”Set Default” hotkey sets the alarm output to the default value, which is
“Pulse”.
Time Off
This setting defines the time of the absence of the alarm indication (the duration of the alarm
absence), e.g. using the default value of 5 seconds will stop the alarm indication for 5
seconds after period of the alarm-on time, which is adjusted in the “Time On” setting ”.
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To change the “Time Off”- time, press the hotkey “Edit Value” (s. Fig. 107, position 5).
The related dialog will open (s. Fig. 110).