You will use this channel for the procedures given in the following sections. For a
listing of all
preconfigured data channels in your particular system, see the print-
out in
Appendix A of your System 10 Guidebook.*
NOTE: While most CONDITIONER CARDS are ready to be calibrated as soon as
they are properly cabled to their respective transducers, a few of them require
special setup procedures under certain circumstances. Be sure to check the
section entitled “SETUP AND/OR OPERATING CONSIDERATIONS” in each card-
specific subsection of
System 10 Guidebook Section 1.E.2 that applies to your
system.
7
DATA CHANNEL CONFIGURATION
In this section, we will consider the configuration of your system’s REAL CHAN-
NELS. A “real channel” is an analog input channel containing physical measure-
ment data from the “real world.” There are other types of data channels that must
be configured before they can be used—including ANALOG OUTPUT CHANNELS,
PSEUDOCHANNELS, and CONVERSION CHANNELS. You need not worry about
these other types of channels right now.
NOTE: IN ALMOST ALL CASES, YOUR SYSTEM’S ANALOG-INPUT CHANNELS
WILL HAVE BEEN FULLY CONFIGURED AT THE FACTORY, IN ACCORDANCE
WITH SPECIFICATIONS GIVEN AT THE TIME OF ORDER. Therefore, you need not
normally concern yourself (at least initially) with the configuration procedure,
unless you need to
reconfigure your system, through the addition or removal of
one or more cards, the reassignment of transducer inputs, the physical inter-
change of cards within the mainframe, etc.
“Configuration” of a real channel ordinarily involves applying to that channel first a
TYPE (TYP) command and then a LOCATE (LCT) command. In the following
procedure, however, you will simply interrogate the system to confirm pre-
entered
TYP and LCT values for a few selected channels. YOU WILL NOT—AND
SHOULD NOT—CHANGE THESE VALUES AT THIS TIME. If, in the future, you do
need for some reason to reconfigure one or more real channels, refer to
Appen-
dix C
of the System 10 Guidebook.
In this section you will also learn how to use the keyboard’s
Step and Back
Space
keys for rapid sequential interrogations.
a. Turn to
Appendix A of your System 10 Guidebook.* There you will find a cus-
tomized printout, which we will call the “System 10 Data Sheet.” This is a com-
plete listing of all data channels in your system as shipped, giving important
setup information for each existing real channel, including
1. the MODEL NUMBER of the plug-in card that handles the channel
2. the “TYPE” designation for the channel
3. the “LOCATION” of the channel relative to the system’s A SLOTS
4. the initial DIGITAL FILTER SETTING for the channel (0 through 9)
5. the initial SCALING FACTOR (“EMM”) and ZERO OFFSET (“BEE”) values for
the channel
6. the initial LOW and HIGH LIMIT SETTINGS for the channel
7. the initial “LIMIT LOGIC” SETTINGS for the channel
A - 11
DATA CHANNEL CONFIGURATION
“O
NTHE
A
IR
” (A-S
IZED
)
* PLEASE NOTE: The System 10 Data Sheet will be included within the System 10 Guidebook
itself (as Appendix A) only when a printed version of the Guidebook is supplied with a specific
System 10. WHEN THE GUIDEBOOK IS PROVIDED ON CD OR OTHER ELECTRONIC MEDIUM,
THE DATA SHEET WILL BE PROVIDED AS A SEPARATE DOCUMENT.
To Next Page
Loading...