P/N 43298 rev. E 5
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MINI-ARRAY
®
InstructionManual
System Overview
1.1.1 Model-Specific Features
Models MAC-1, MACN-1, and MACP-1
•SupportsserialcommunicationwithahostcomputerorPLCviaRS-232orRS-485
interface;enablesacomputerorPLCtoprocessscandataand/orinitiatescans;
serialdatamaybeeitherASCIIorbinary.
•Upto15controllersmaybeassignedseparateIDsandplacedonRS-485partyline.
•MAC-1:Twooutputs:onereedrelayandoneNPNtransistoroutput;eitheroutput
maybeinverted(i.e.,programmedfornormallyopenornormallyclosed).
• MACN-1 and MACP-1:Twodiscreteopen-collectorPNP(currentsourcing)orNPN
(currentsinking)transistoroutputs,dependingonmodel.
Models MACV-1 and MACI-1
•AnalogoutputnullandspancanbeadjustedviaPCinterfaceandsuppliedsoftware.
•Analogoutputsignalcanhaveeitherarisingorfallingslope.
•Analogoutputswillautomaticallyadjusttosensorlength.
•Discreteoutputisanopen-collectorNPN(currentsinking)thatcanbeusedasan
alarm,atrigger,orusedwithanAnalysisModeSelection(outputcapableofbeing
invertedinAnalysisMode).
•MACV-1: Twolinearsourcinganalogvoltageoutputs(0to10volts)andoneNPN
transistoroutput.
•MACI-1: Twolinearsinkinganalogcurrentoutputs(4to20mA)andoneNPN
transistoroutput.
Models MAC16N-1 and MAC16P-1
•Twoadditionalmeasurementmodes:
TRNmodecountsthenumberofclear-to-blockedandblocked-to-cleartransitions;
SEGmodepartitionsthearrayintoupto16regions.
•Controllerhasflexibleblankingcapabilitieswithunlimitedblankingconditions.
Blankingmaybesetautomatically(AutoBlanking)orspecifiedusingthesuppliedPC
software.
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MAC16N-1:16discreteopen-collectorNPN(currentsinking)transistoroutputs.
• MAC16P-1:16discreteopen-collectorPNP(currentsourcing)transistoroutputs.