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Morrison Bros. Co. ‑ Dubuque, IA ‑ 800‑553‑4840
1218C‑0142 PP rev 11‑28‑2018
Operation ............................................................................................................................................................. 27
General ...................................................................................................................................................27
Sleep / Heartbeat / Wakeup ...................................................................................................... 27
Navigating the Display Data: What Am I Looking At? .........................................................................28
Normal, All is Well with the World, Home Screen .................................................................. 28
Filling and the Home Screen ...................................................................................................29
Alarms ....................................................................................................................................................30
Kinds of Alarms .......................................................................................................................30
Determining Exactly What Caused the Alarm .........................................................................31
Acknowledging / Silencing an Alarm ......................................................................................31
Navigating the Quick Menu ...................................................................................................................31
Entering and Navigating the Quick Menu ...............................................................................31
Quick Menu Options ................................................................................................................32
Event Logs .............................................................................................................................................33
Viewing Event Logs ................................................................................................................33
Downloading Event Logs ........................................................................................................33
Clearing Event Logs ................................................................................................................35
Navigating the Status Website Page .......................................................................................................35
Status Page ............................................................................................................................... 35
Info Page ..................................................................................................................................37
Maintenance ........................................................................................................................................................ 37
Periodic Maintenance ............................................................................................................................. 37
Testing – MONTHLY ..............................................................................................................37
Cleaning – ANNUALLY or as needed ....................................................................................38
Inspection - ANNUALLY ........................................................................................................38
Battery Replacement – EVERY FIVE YEARS .....................................................................................38
Fuse Replacement .................................................................................................................................. 41
Firmware Changes ................................................................................................................................. 43
Firmware Upgrades .................................................................................................................43
Reverting Firmware .................................................................................................................45
Factory Reset .......................................................................................................................................... 46
Conguration Menu Tree .............................................................................................................. 48
Quick Menu Tree ..........................................................................................................................50
The Anatomy of an Event Log File .............................................................................................. 51
Conguration Worksheets............................................................................................................. 52
Channel Conguration Worksheet .........................................................................................................53
System Level Settings ............................................................................................................................54
1218C Control Drawing ................................................................................................................ 56
The 1218C as a Remote Console ..................................................................................................58
Installation .............................................................................................................................................. 58
Wiring .......................................................................................................................................58
Conguration ............................................................................................................................59
Completion ...............................................................................................................................60
What It Does .......................................................................................................................................... 60
What It Doesn’t Do ................................................................................................................................ 60
How To Upgrade The Firmware When Needed ..................................................................................... 60
Congure Computer for Direct Connection to the 1218C ........................................................... 62
Installing Security Certicates on the Computer ......................................................................... 63
Conguring Microsoft Internet Explorer/Edge .............................................................................. 65
Modbus Registers .......................................................................................................................... 66
FuelCloud Activation ................................................................................................................... 70