System and Control Options
9.3.1Change Label (Name of Input)
Each input has a default label (Input_01, Input_02, etc.) that you may change to a more descriptive name for ease in recognizing alarms and events associated with the input. The label may consist of up to eight characters (see Table 20 for valid characters).
•From the Setup Input Menu, choose Label for the selected
•To change the input’s label, which may consist of up to eight char- acters:
•Use the arrows ↑ ↓ to choose a character.
•Press Enter ↵ to advance to the next character position.
•When finished, press Enter ↵ again.
Setup Input Menu
SETUP INPUT_01
> LABEL: INPUT_01
NORM OPEN/CLOSE: NO | |
ALARM/EVENT: AL | |
↑ ↓=NEXT | ↵ =SELECT |
LATCHED: N
DELAY: 00:01
Change Label
CHANGE LABEL
INPUT_01
↑↓=SELECT ↵ =NEXT/END
9.3.2Define Input as Normally Open or Normally Closed
Each input may be set up as Normally Open (NO) or Normally Closed (NC). The default setting for all input points is NO (Normally Open).
If you require an input to be a supervised point, define the input as Normally Closed (NC).
•From the Setup Input Menu, choose Norm Open/Close, as shown at right, and press Enter ↵ .
•To change the normal state for this input, use the arrows ↑ ↓ to choose NO (Normally Open) or NC (Normally Closed), then press Enter ↵ .
9.3.3Define Input as Alarmable or Event
Each digital input may be defined as Alarmable (AL) or as an Event (EV).
•For a digital input defined as alarmable, the following alarm reac- tions occur when the status of the monitored input device changes: the LCD flashes, the audible horn sounds, configured pager num- bers will be notified and a record is entered in the Alarm Log.
•For a digital input defined as an event, the status change is recorded in the Event Log.
By default, all digital inputs are set up as AL (Alarmable).
•From the Setup Input Menu, choose Alarm/Event, as shown at right, and press Enter ↵ .
•To change the type of digital input, use the arrows ↑ ↓ to choose AL (Alarmable) or EV (Event), then press Enter ↵ .
Setup Input Menu
SETUP INPUT_01
LABEL: INPUT_01
> NORM OPEN/CLOSE: NO
ALARM/EVENT: AL | |
↑ ↓=NEXT | ↵ =SELECT |
LATCHED: N
DELAY: 00:01
Normally Open / Closed
IS INPUT NORMALLY OPENED OR CLOSED? NO
↑ ↓=NO/NC | ↵ =END |
Setup Input Menu
SETUP INPUT_01 LABEL: INPUT_01
NORM OPEN/CLOSE: NO
> ALARM/EVENT: AL | |
↑ ↓=NEXT | ↵ =SELECT |
LATCHED: N
DELAY: 00:01
Alarmable / Event
IS INPUT AN ALARM OR EVENT? AL
↑ ↓=AL/EV | ↵ =END |
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