MSA General Monitors OBSERVER-i - Table of Contents

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Table of Contents
OBSERVER-I ............................................................................................................................. 0
TABLE OF TABLES.................................................................................................................. V
TABLE OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................ V
1.0 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 6
1.1 SCOPE ....................................................................................................................................... 6
1.2 PURPOSE .................................................................................................................................. 6
1.3 REFERENCES ........................................................................................................................... 6
2.0 DEVICE IDENTIFICATION ................................................................................................... 6
3.0 PRODUCT OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................ 7
3.1 GETTING STARTED ................................................................................................................. 7
4.0 PRODUCT INTERFACES..................................................................................................... 8
4.1 PROCESS INTERFACE ............................................................................................................ 8
4.2 HOST INTERFACE .................................................................................................................... 8
4.3 LOCAL INTERFACES, JUMPERS, AND SWITCHES .............................................................. 8
5.0 DEVICE VARIABLES ........................................................................................................... 8
6.0 DYNAMIC VARIABLES ........................................................................................................ 8
6.1 PRIMARY VARIABLE = DECIBEL (dB) ..................................................................................... 8
6.2 SECONDARY, TERTIARY, AND QUATERNARY VARIABLES: NOT APPLICABLE .............. 9
7.0 ERROR/STATUS INFORMATION ........................................................................................ 9
8.0 UNIVERSAL COMMANDS ................................................................................................. 10
9.0 COMMON PRACTICE COMMANDS .................................................................................. 10
9.1 SUPPORTED COMMANDS .................................................................................................... 10
9.2 BURST MODE ......................................................................................................................... 10
9.3 CATCH DEVICE VARIABLE .................................................................................................... 10
10.0 DEVICE SPECIFIC COMMANDS ........................................................................... 11
10.1 COMMAND #132: DO ALARM TEST ...................................................................................... 11
10.2 COMMAND #136: SET ALARM LEVEL .................................................................................. 11
10.3 COMMAND #139: RESET ALARM .......................................................................................... 12
10.4 COMMAND #141: SET ALARM RELAY CONFIGURATION .................................................. 13