DCP200 Profile Controller & Recorder -Product Manual
51-52-25-150, Issue 1 –April 2009 Configuration & Use Page 59
Profile Header Details
Profile Header: Settings that apply to the chosen profile as a whole
Enter Profile Name Up to 16 characters can be used to name each profile
Profile Starting
Point
The setpoint value to be used at the beginning of the first segment.
From: Actual Setpoint or Process Variable value at the time the
profile starts.
Profile Start
Trigger
From: None (profile start is not delayed); After Delay or Day and
Time (Recorder version only).
Profile Start Time The time (hh:mm:ss) when the profile should run. –This applies only
if Day and Time is the Profile Start Trigger. Caution: Take care not
to clash with other profiles. A Profile cannot start if another is
running.
Profile Start Day(s) The Day(s) when the profile should run. From: Mon; Tue; Wed; Thu;
Fri; Sat; Sun; Mon-Fri; Mon-Sat; Sat-Sun or All. –This applies only if
Day and Time is the Profile Start Trigger.
Profile Start Delay The delay time, up to 99:59 (hh:mm), for a profile to begin after the
start request has been given.
Profile Recovery
Method
The power-on action if profile was running at power-down (e.g. after
a power cut), or following correction of a signal break. From: Control
outputs off; Restart profile from the beginning; Maintain last profile
setpoint; Use controller setpoint; Continue profile from where it was
when power failed.
Profile Recovery
Time
The Recovery Method is ignored (the profile continues from where
power failed), if power off for less than this time. Max 99:59
(hh:mm). - Recorder version only.
Profile Abort
Action
Action after profile has been forced to stop before its end. From:
Control outputs off; Maintain last profile setpoint or Use controller
setpoint.
Profile Cycles The number of times the program should run each time it is started
(1-9999 or Infinite).
Profile Segment Details
Profile Segments: Settings that apply to individual profile segments
Segment Number Shows the number of the profile segment being created from 1-255
Segment Type Set the segment type from: Ramp Time (time to reach target SP);
Ramp Rate (rate of change towards target SP); Step (jump to target
SP), Dwell (keep current SP); Hold (hold the profile until released);
Loop (back to aprevious segment); Join (join to another profile);
End (end the profile) or Repeat Sequence Then End (repeat a
sequence of joined profiles –of which this is the last). A Join, End or
Repeat Sequence Then End will become the last segment in the
profile.
Segment Target
Setpoint
The setpoint value to be reached by the end of this segment, if the
segment type is Ramp Time, Ramp Rate or Step.
Segment Ramp
Time
The time (hh:mm:ss) to reach the Segment Target Setpoint if the
segment type is Ramp Time.
Segment Ramp
Rate
The rate of change towards the Segment Target Setpoint if the
segment type is Ramp Rate. The rate can be set from 0.001 to
9999.9 display units per hour.
Segment Dwell
Time
The time (hh:mm:ss) to maintain the current setpoint if the segment
type is Dwell.