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The AFG has an audible and visual alarm feature which can
be set to trigger on pass, fail or sample break criteria.
To set an alarm, press and hold the MENU key until page 1
of the main-menu appears.
The cursor arrow will point to ALARM. Press the ENTER key.
The display will show ALARM OFF and SET.
Press ENTER to change ALARM OFF to ALARM ON.
Press DOWN to move the arrow cursor to SET and press
ENTER.
The display will now show the two limits LIMIT 1 (lower limit)
and LIMIT 2 (upper limit) plus the value they are set to and
whether they are in tension (TENS’N) or compression
(COMP’N). A diamond cursor will indicate which value is
selected. Use UP and DOWN keys to change the value,
press and hold to scroll values. When the correct value is
reached press ENTER to set LIMIT 1. Repeat procedure for
LIMIT 2.
Note: The alarm limits are not active below 1% of the
capacity of the gauge.
The display shows AUDIBLE, LED and BOTH with the arrow
cursor indicating which feature is selected. This menu selects
how the PASS/FAIL status of a value will be indicated.
AUDIBLE - Only the audible alarm will be activated when
the value is a PASS/FAIL.
LED - The green and red LED’s will indicate the PASS
/FAIL status.
BOTH - Both the LED and the audible alarm will be
activated above.
Use UP and DOWN to move the cursor and press ENTER to
select the desired feature.
ALARM
ALARM sub-menu 1
ALARM sub-menu 2
Torque sensors will show
CW for clockwise and
CCW for counter-
clockwise
ALARM sub-menu 3
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