Configuration 
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Function Prompt  
Lower Display 
Selections or  
Range of Setting  
Upper Display 
Parameter  
Definition 
NOTE 8: The PV HOLD alarm will turn on whenever the instrument is put into the PV HOLD mode. The 
Alarm Setpoint Value for this alarm is the number of seconds before the alarm turns on after the PV 
HOLD mode starts. 
NOTE 9: The setpoint values for Healthwatch Timer Alarms are in Hours and fractions of an hour. For 
example, a setpoint value of 20.10 would be for twenty hours and six minutes. 
NOTE 10: When both alarm setpoints for a particular alarm are configured for the same Healthwatch 
timer or counter, then the Setpoint 1 value turns on the alarm while the Setpoint 2 value turns off the 
alarm and resets the timer or counter. For example: 
    If: 
  Alarm 1 Setpoint 1 (AL1 SP1) is configured for TIMER 2 
  Alarm 1 Setpoint 2 (AL1 SP2) is configured for TIMER 2 
  Alarm 1 Setpoint 1 Value (A1S1 VAL) is configured for 10.00 (ten hours) 
  Alarm 1 Setpoint 2 Value (A1S2 VAL) is configured for 11.00 (eleven hours) 
 
    Then: 
  When Timer 2 reaches 10.00 hours, Alarm 1 will turn on 
  When Timer 2 reaches 11.00 hours, Alarm 1 will turn off and Timer 2 will be reset to 0.00 
NOTE 11: The setpoint value for PV Rate alarms is in Engineering Units (EU) per minute. 
A1S1 VAL 
Value in Engineering 
Units 
ALARM 1 SETPOINT 1 VALUE—This is the value 
at which you want the alarm type chosen in prompt 
A1S1TYPE to actuate. The value depends upon 
what the setpoint has been configured to represent. 
No value is required for alarms configured for 
Controller Mode, Communications Shed, Failsafe, 
Thermocouple Warning, Thermocouple Fail or 
Digital Inputs. For SP Programming events, the 
value is the segment number for which the event 
applies. 
 
 
 
A1S1 H L 
 
 
 
If Setpoint Programming is disabled or if the 
Alarm Type is not configured for Event On/Off: 
ALARM 1 SETPOINT 1 STATE—Select whether 
you want the alarm type chosen in prompt 
A1S1TYPE to alarm High or Low. No value is 
required for alarms configured for Healthwatch 
items. 
 
HIGH 
LOW 
HIGH ALARM 
LOW ALARM 
 
 
A1S1 EV 
 
If Setpoint Programming is enabled and if the 
Alarm Type is configured for Event On/Off: 
ALARM 1 SEGMENT EVENT 1—Select whether 
you want the alarm type chosen in prompt 
A1S1TYPE to alarm the beginning or end of a 
segment in setpoint Ramp/Soak programming.