Chapter2
Integratethemeterwiththecontrolsystem
Topicscoveredinthischapter
♦CongureChannelB
♦CongurethemAoutputs
♦Congurethefrequencyoutput
♦Congurethediscreteoutput
♦Conguredigitalcommunications
♦Congureevents
2.1CongureChannelB
Display
OFF-LINEMAINT→OFF-LINECONFG→IO→CHB→SETFO/SETDO
ProLinkII
ProLink→Conguration→Frequency/DiscreteOutput
Communicator
5,3,3,1
DetailedSetup→CongOutputs→FO/DOCong→Freq/DOSetup
TheI/Oterminalpairsonthetransmitterarecalled“channels”andareidentiedasChannelA,
ChannelB,andChannelC.YoucancongureChannelBtooperateasafrequencyoutputora
discreteoutput.Thechannelcongurationmustmatchthewiring.
Alwaysverifytheoutputcongurationafterchangingchannelconguration.Whenthe
congurationofachannelischanged,thechannel’sbehaviorwillbecontrolledbythe
congurationthatisstoredfortheselectedoutputtype,whichmayormaynotbeappropriate
fortheprocess.Toavoidcausingprocesserror:
▪Congurethechannelsbeforeconguringtheoutputs.
▪Whenchangingchannelconguration,besurethatallcontrolloopsaffectedbythis
channelareundermanualcontrol.
▪Beforereturningthelooptoautomaticcontrol,ensurethattheoutputiscorrectly
conguredforyourprocess.
2.1.1OptionsforChannelB
Table2-1OptionsforChannelB
ChannelOperation
Frequencyoutput(FO)ChannelB
Discreteoutput(DO)
CongurationandUseManualSupplement
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