MSA ULTIMA X5000 - Device Operation; Startup and Warm-up

4 Operation
WARNING!
Refertomanualaddendum(P/N10182779)forCertificationInformationandadditionalsafetyinformationbeforeinstallation
andoperation.
Failuretofollowthiswarningcanresultinseriouspersonalinjuryordeath.
TheULTIMAX5000Seriestransmitterisfactorycalibratedandshippedwiththemostcommondefaultoptionstominimize
setupeffort.Anyofthedefaultsettingscanbechangedtomeettheuser’sindividualneedsviatheEZtouchbuttonsonthe
displayoftheULTIMAX5000.
4.1 Startup
4.1.1 InitialStartup
ThefirsttimetheULTIMAX5000ispoweredon,theanalogoutputgoestotheMaintenanceModesetting(default3.5mA)
andthefollowingwillappearonthedisplaywhiletheLEDscyclefromGREEN,toRED,toAMBER,thentoGREEN:
• ULTIMAX5000LogowithSoftwareVersionNo.
• Tachometercountdown
• MSALogo
TheULTIMAX5000willremaininstart-upmodeinwhichthefaultrelayisde-energizedandtheanalogoutputisatits
maintenancelevel,3.5mAbydefault.ThetimetheX5000staysinstart-upmodeisdependentonthewarmuptimeofthe
sensor.See4.1.2SensorWarmUpTimesforeachsensor.Ifadualsensorconfigurationisdeployed,eachsensorisable
toexitwarmupindependently.
Afullcalibrationisrecommendedafteronehourofasensorbeinginstalled,poweredup,andacclimatedtothe
environmentalconditions.See5Calibrationfordetails.
4.1.2 SensorWarmUpTimes
WARNING!
Foroptimalsensorperformance,allowsensors24hours(72hoursforETO)toacclimatetoapplicationconditionsbefore
performinganinitialcalibration.
Failuretofollowthiswarningcanresultinseriouspersonalinjuryordeath.
XIRPLUS:≤5min CO:30min(seebelow) NO
2
:≤5min
H
2
S:≤5min O
2
:30min CLO
2
:≤5min
SO
2
:≤5min HCL:≤10min HCN:≤5min
Cl
2
:≤10min HF:≤5min H
2
:≤5Min
NH
3
:≤5min ETO:≤60min(seebelow) LowO
2
:≤30min
CatBead:≤5min NO:≤10min 
Carbonmonoxideandethyleneoxidesensors,gascodes10,11,12,14,and71mayrequireinitialwarm-upperiodslonger
than30minutes.Ifthe30-minutewarmupisover,thesensormayshowapositivereadingthatexceedsalarmlevels.Inthe
35 Ultima X5000 Gas Monitor US
4 Operation