epro MMS 6000 - Page 22

 MMS6110Directionforuse
 Configuration  Page20
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ListfieldLatchingactive
Ifthisfunctionhasbeenactivated,thealarmoutputwillbesettolatchingafterthelimitwas
exceeded.Thealarmisresetagainonlywhenthelimitvalueisnotexceededanymoreand
whencommandResetlatchchannel1resp.channel2isgivenbytheconfiguration
softwareinmenuExtras>Commands.
ListAlarmdelay
Withthisparameterfieldtheresponsedelayofthealarmsmaybesettoanyvalueofbe-
tween0...5seconds.Theresponsedelaytimeindicates,howlongalimitvaluemustbeex-
ceededbythemeasuringvaluebeforeanalarmistriggered.
ListTimeconstantcurrentoutput
Inordertoavoidunstablemeasuringresultswhenmeasuringatveryslowspeeds,theoutput
currentcanbesmoothedwithatimeconstantwithavalueofbetween=0and10sec.This
timeconstanteffectsaslowchangeofthecurrentevenwhenthevalueofthevariable
changesquickly.Withatimeconstantof10secandasuddenchangeofthemeasuring
valuefrom100%to0%,itwilllastappr.10sectilltheoutputcurrenthaschangedby63%.
Thecharacteristicofthechangescorrespondtothee-function,i.e.thechangingrateofthe
amplitudedecreasesresp.increasesoverthetime.
ListCurrentoutput
Bymeansofthislisttherangeoftheoutputcurrentmaybesettoeither0...20mAor
4...20mA.
ParameterswitchCurrentsuppression
Thecurrentsuppressioncanonlybeactivatedwhenthecurrentoutputrangeissettolife
zero(4...20mA).
Withtheactivatedcurrentsuppressiontheoutputcurrentwillbesetto0mAifachanneler-
rorhasbeendetectedorduringthesettlingtimee.g.afterpoweron(refertosection4.2.1.of
thefunctiondescription).
ParameterswitchActivatebreakpoint
EntryfieldsIndicationbreakpointandbreakpoint%scalereading
ByactivatingparameterActivatebreakpoint,thescaleoftheoutputcurrentwitha
normallylinearcoursefrom0to100%,willbesplitted.Byenteringaindicationvalueandthe
relevantoutputvaluein%ofthemeasuringrangethebreakpointwillbedefined,whichsplits
thecharacteristicalcurveintwolinearparts.