UM344-2

INITIAL TRANSMITTER SET-UP

3.2ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION

SELECT FUNCTION

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MXC

 

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ANA- DIG- SRCH

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1.Connect the transmitter as shown in either Figure 3-1 or 3-2.

2.Apply power to the loop.

3.Press and momentarily hold the MXC's ON key. The first screen that will appear after the initial power up screens is the Main Menu, shown adjacent. Press FIND XMTR (F1) to have the MXC initially establish communication with the Model 344.

4.From the next screen, select either Analog, Digital, or Search Tag to begin communication with the transmitter. Read the following and then press one of the four following keys (F1, F2, F3, or END).

ANALOG (F1) - Press to search for an analog mode transmitter. Analog mode is used when there is one transmitter in the loop and it has an address of zero. If all Point-to-Point Network connections are correct, when the MXC finds a transmitter with an address of “0”, the MXC will display the ID and TAG. Go to Step 6.

If a problem exists in the Transmitter or Network Wiring, the MXC will show “NO TRANSMITTER FOUND”. Go to Section 6.3 Troubleshooting to confirm and resolve wiring problems.

DIGITAL (F2) - Press to search for a digital (multi- drop) mode transmitter. Digital mode allows up to 15 transmitters to be connected to the loop. Each transmitter in a loop is assigned a unique address between 1 and 15. Go to Step 5.

SRCH TAG (F3) - Press to search for a specific transmitter. Search can be used when the transmitter is in either Analog or Digital mode. Type the tagname (8 character alphanumeric string) of the transmitter that is to be configured or interrogated and press ENTER (F4). To edit the tagname, use the arrow keys to select any character that needs to be changed. Go to Step 6.

If a problem exists in a transmitter or loop wiring the MXC will show “NO TRANSMITTER FOUND”.

END - Press to return to the previous screen.

September 1995

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UM344-2 specifications

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