8.4 Setting Channels to Use (Extending the Recording Length)
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This applies to the Memory function only.
Select the analog and logic channels to use.
Maximum recording length is available when the fewest necessary channels are enabled for use.
Minimizing the number of channels in use allows memory to be reallocated to
those channels being used.
Logic channels
that can be used
When [Used Ch] is set, the available logic channels of Model 8973 are as fol-
lows.
8.4 Setting Channels to Use
(Extending the Recording Length)
Procedure
To open the screen: Press the STATUS key → [Status] sheet
Move the cursor to the [Used Ch], and select the number of
channels to use.
Ch1 - 2 / Ch1 - 4 / Ch1 - 8 / Ch1 - 16 (default setting)
The standard logic channels LA - LD are stored using 4 bits of the analog chan-
nels Ch1 - Ch4.
Used channel Available logic channel
Ch1-2 L1
Ch1-4 L1 and L2
Ch1-8 L1 to L4
Ch1-16 L1 to L8
Note that the maximum number of logic modules that can be used is three.