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PPC2 AF OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE MANUAL
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3. OPERATION .................................................................... 17
3.1 GENERAL/MANUAL OPERATION .......................................................................................................17
3.1.1 THE MAIN RUN SCREEN ....................................................................................................................... 17
3.1.2 GENERAL OPERATING PRINCIPLES ................................................................................................... 18
3.1.2.1 MAIN KEYPAD LAYOUT AND PROTOCOL ........................................................................................ 18
3.1.2.2 DIRECT PRESSURE CONTROL KEYS .............................................................................................. 18
3.1.2.3 AUTOMATED PRESSURE CONTROL................................................................................................ 19
3.1.2.4 PRESSURE READY/NOT READY INDICATION ................................................................................. 21
3.1.2.5 MULTIPLE PRESSURE RANGES ....................................................................................................... 22
3.2 DIRECT FUNCTION KEYS....................................................................................................................23
3.2.1 RANGE.................................................................................................................................................... 23
3.2.2 UNIT ........................................................................................................................................................ 24
3.2.3 CONTROL ............................................................................................................................................... 25
3.2.3.1 EXECUTING AUTOMATED PRESSURE CONTROL COMMANDS..................................................... 26
3.2.4 UPPER LIMIT .......................................................................................................................................... 28
3.2.5 SEQ ......................................................................................................................................................... 29
3.2.5.1 SETTING UP/EDITING A QUICK SEQUENCE.................................................................................... 29
3.2.5.2 SETTING UP/EDITING A FILE SEQUENCE ....................................................................................... 31
3.2.5.3 RUNNING A SEQUENCE .................................................................................................................... 31
3.2.6 CUSTOM CONTROL............................................................................................................................... 33
3.2.6.1 TURNING-OFF CUSTOM CONTROL PARAMETERS......................................................................... 34
3.2.7 HEAD....................................................................................................................................................... 34
3.2.8 LEAK CHECK/PURGE ............................................................................................................................ 36
3.2.8.1 LEAK CHECK/PURGE MENU AND FUNCTIONS FLOW CHART................................................ 37
3.2.8.2 LEAK CHECK SCREEN FUNCTION ................................................................................................... 37
3.2.8.3 PURGE FUNCTION............................................................................................................................. 38
3.2.8.4 SETTING PRESSURES FOR LEAK CHECK/PURGE FUNCTION............................................... 39
3.2.8.5 TYPICAL USE OF THE LEAK CHECK/PURGE FUNCTION................................................................ 39
3.2.9 ANALOG.................................................................................................................................................. 40
3.3 SETUP MENU KEY ...............................................................................................................................40
3.3.1 CONTROLREF ........................................................................................................................................ 41
3.3.2 RESLTN .................................................................................................................................................. 41
3.3.3 SEQUENCE............................................................................................................................................. 42
3.3.4 DRIVERS................................................................................................................................................. 45
3.4 SPECIAL MENU KEY............................................................................................................................45
3.4.1 PRESU .................................................................................................................................................... 46
3.4.2 HEAD....................................................................................................................................................... 47
3.4.3 CONFIG................................................................................................................................................... 47
3.4.4 INTERNAL ............................................................................................................................................... 47
3.4.4.1 AUTOZ................................................................................................................................................. 47
3.4.4.2 CAL...................................................................................................................................................... 48
3.4.4.3 REMOTE ............................................................................................................................................. 48
3.4.4.4 DATE ................................................................................................................................................... 48
3.4.4.5 RESET................................................................................................................................................. 49
3.4.4.6 LEVEL.................................................................................................................................................. 50
3.4.4.7 ATM ..................................................................................................................................................... 52
3.4.4.8 MAINT.................................................................................................................................................. 53
3.4.5 DIAG........................................................................................................................................................ 53
4. REMOTE OPERATION....................................................... 55
4.1 OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................................55
4.2 INTERFACING.......................................................................................................................................55
4.2.1 RS232 INTERFACE................................................................................................................................. 55
4.2.1.1 COM1 .................................................................................................................................................. 55
4.2.1.2 COM2 .................................................................................................................................................. 56
4.3 COMMANDS..........................................................................................................................................57
4.3.1 COMMAND LIST ..................................................................................................................................... 57
4.3.2 ERROR MESSAGES............................................................................................................................... 58
4.3.3 COMMAND SUMMARY........................................................................................................................... 59