HITEC PMAC 3000 - Process Monitor Functions; Track

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PMAC 3000 Page4
Lefttoitself,dependingonthepowerdowntimersetting,thePMAC3000willpowerdownon
itsownwithnoactivity.TheusermayforceapowerdownbypressingandholdingtheONbutton
untilthedisplaysays“Releasebuttontopowerdown.”Thistakesabout2seconds.If,forany
reason,thePMAC3000 haslockedup,the  devicemayberesetinthismanneraswell.Inthis
case,however,itmaynotdisplay“Releasebuttontopowerdown.”Justholdthebuttonafew
secondsandreleaseit.
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ProcessMonitorFunctions
ThePMAC3000providessixprocessmonitoringfunctions:
 Track
 +Peak
 ‐Peak
 +/‐Peak
 AutoRecord
 ManualRecord
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Track
Track provides continuous monitoring of a process.The instrument takes readings at 10,000
readings/secondandaveragesthemtodisplay4readings/second.Trackisdesignedforslowly
changingprocesses.SeeFigure5forthetypicalTrackdisplay.
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Figure5–TrackScreen
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OfalloftheProcessMonitorFunctions,Trackisaspecialcaseinthatitistheonlyfunctionthat
doesnotrequireatripthroughthemenutoactivate.Moreonthisastheotherfunctionsare
discussed.
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