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Replacement value:Thisisusedintheeventofainputoroutputfailure(referalso
toStatusmonitoring).Thesettingsdependonthechanneltype.Forexample,
digitalinputsonlyhavetheoptionsOffandOn.
Force substitute value (simulation):Setsthechannel'soutputvaluetothegiven
substitutevalue.Thissettingisusefulduringinstallationtosimulatecertaincon-
ditionsoractivatesystemresponses.
Donotforgettodisabletheoptionfornormaloperation!
Inherited validity range(notavailableforallchanneltypes):Enterthevalidrange
inwhichmeasurementvaluesarevalid.
Dependingonthechanneltype,thevalidityrangecanbeoptionallyinherited.If
thevalidityrangecanbeinherited,thevaliditywillbeadopted,dependingonthe
channeltype,eitherfromscaling(seeMain settingstab)orthedatasourceofthe
channel.
Thevalidityrangeisalsousedfordisplayingpercentagetrend,thepercentage
datareductionandfordisplayingcertainvisualelements.
Data reduction(notavailableforallchanneltypes):Asignalisfedthroughthe
channelinput,processedwithinthechannelandthenreleasedatthechannelout-
put.Thetolerancespecifiestheextentofchangeasignalmustundergofollowing
processingbeforebeingoutput.TheData reduction functionpreventsthedevice
fromhavingtoprocess/storesuperfluousdata.TheData reduction functionpre-
ventsthedevicefromhavingtoprocess/storesuperfluousdata.
Thetolerancevaluecanbeexpressedasanabsolutemeasurementunitorasarel-
ativevalueinrelationtothevalidity range.
Somechanneltypesdonothaveavalidityrangeand,therefore,youcanonlygive
thetolerancevalueasanabsolutemeasurementunitofthechannel.
Formatting(notavailableforallchanneltypes):Heretheresolutionforthechan-
nel’svaluescanbeset.
Persistence(notavailableforallchanneltypes):Thecurrentlyvalidoutputvalue
(refertodatareduction)isstoredtoanon-volatilememory.Thechannelusesthis
valuefollowingarestartorpoweroutage.Thisfunctionisparticularlyimportant
foroutputsinordertoestablishadefinedstatefollowingpoweroutage.
4.4.2 Sensorcompensationtab
Inthistabyoucanspecifycorrectionsforsensors.Conversiontakesplaceaccord-
ingtoscalingsettingsintheMain settingstabforthesignaldeliveredbythe
sensor.
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