Banner A-GAGE MINI-ARRAY MAC Series - Creating New Parameter Setup Files (Psfs); Analysis Mode Assignment; Output Programming

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InstructionManual
5.5 Creating New Parameter Setup Files (PSFs)
5.5.1 Analysis Mode Assignment
OneortwoMeasurementAnalysismodesmaybeprogrammed.Meas1orMeas2
maybeassignedtooneorbothoutputs(Figure5-8).IfALLisselectedineither
Analysismode,allofthescanninginformationissentviatheserialconnectiontoa
hostcomputerorPLC.TheselectionofALLdoesnotallowoutputassignmentstobe
madetothatmeasurementmode.
TheavailableAnalysisModesarelistedonpage24anddescribedonpage28.
5.5.2 Output Programming
Thecontrolleroffers2,3,or16outputs,dependingonthemodel.Onescananalysis
modemaybeassignedtoOutput#1andasecond,different,analysismodemaybe
assignedtoOutput#2.Programmableoutputresponsecriteriaaredescribedinthe
followingsections.
All models except the 16-output modelshaveanoutputlabeledAlarm.Thisoutput
canbeprogrammedtofunctionasthealarmoutputforthecontroller’sself-diagnostic
circuitry,wheneverascananalysismodeisnotassignedtoit.Theoutputmayinstead
beprogrammedtoserveasatriggerinputtobeginthescansequenceofanother
MINI-ARRAYSystem.
Models MAC-1, MACP-1, MACN-1, MACV-1, and MACI-1 — Discrete Outputs
TheOutputAssignmentsportionofthePSFConfigurationscreen,shownin
Figure5-9,allowscompletecustomizationofresponseoftheselectedAnalysis
Mode(s).Withtheexceptionsnoted,eitherMeas1orMeas2canbeassignedtoOutput
#1orOutput#2.
Output #2maybeassignedasanAlarmoutputforthemodule’sself-diagnostic
circuitrywheneverascananalysismodeisnotassignedtoit.Output#2canalsobe
programmedtoserveasaTriggerinputtobeginthescansequenceofanotherMINI-
ARRAYSystem.TheTrigger valueisthebeamlocationalongthearrayatwhichthe
Trigger output(duringascan)occurs.
Set Point (Low and High)determineswherewithinthearraytheoutput(s)will
respond.Inthecaseoftotalorcontiguousbeamsmadeorbroken,thesesettings
determinetheminimumandmaximumnumberofbeamsrequiredforanoutput.
Figure 5-9. Output assignments portion of PSF Configuration screen
Figure 5-8. MINI-ARRAY Software Analysis
Mode Selection
Controller Configuration