Banner A-GAGE MINI-ARRAY MAC Series - Page 27

P/N 43298 rev. E 27
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InstructionManual
MACV-1 and MACI-1 — Analog Outputs
TheMACV-1andMACI-1Controllersoffertwoindependentanalogoutputs.See
Figure5-9.
ForAnalogOutput#1andAnalogOutput#2,eachoutputisassignedtooneofsix
analysismodes,whichareselectedviatheEditPSFScreenofthesuppliedsoftware.
OncetheAnalysisModeSelectionisspecifiedforMeas1andMeas2,theAnalog
OutputcanspecifiedviatheAnalogOutputchoices.Theanalysismodeisselected
asMeas1,Meas2,orDisabled.TheDisabledoptionmeanstheoutputisnotutilized.
Meas1andMeas2reflectthechoicesprovidedwiththeAnalysisModeSelection.The
Scan#providesameanstoaveragefrom1to9scansbeforetheanalogoutputgets
updated.TheInvertoptionchangestheoutputfromarisingsignaltoafallingsignal.
Null/Span Adjustment
Theusercanadjustboththezeroandfull-scalereadingforbothanalogoutputsof
MACV-1andMACI-1Controllers.ThisadjustmentisimplementedviatheEditPSF
screenNull/Spanbutton,whichactivatestheNull/Spanmenu(Figure5-12).
Figure 5-12. Null/Span Menu
TheNull/Spanmenucausesthecontrollertotemporarilyrespondtoscaling
adjustments.TheNullandSpanrangescanbeadjustedasfollows:
Eachoutput’sNullandSpanisindependentlyadjustedviatheseparateslidingbars.
Whentheadjustmentsaremade,thenewvaluescanbetemporarilymonitoredby
selectingeithertheNull UpdateorSpan Updatebutton.TheOKbuttonsavesthe
newsettingsandinstructsthecontrollertoresumenormaloperation.Clickingthe
CancelbuttondisregardsanyNull/Spanadjustmentsandcausesthecontrollerto
resumenormaloperationwiththethepreviouslysavednullandspansettings.
TheMACcontrollerhasafour-minuteNull/Spantime-outfeaturethatcausesthe
controllertoleavetheNull/SpanadjustmentprocedurewhenneithertheNullUpdate
northeSpanUpdatefunctionsareaccessed.Whenthistime-outconditionoccurs,the
MACcontrollerautomaticallycancelstheNull/Spanadjustmentprocedureandreturns
tothepreviouslysavedsettings.
Model
Null Span
Min Max Min Max
MACV-1
10mV 2.3V 4.8V 10.1V
MACI-1
3.9mA 7.8mA 11.9mA 20.2mA
Controller Configuration