1. Start ION Setup.
2. Open the Setup Assistant for your meter.
3. Click Onboard I/O > Digital Outputs and select a digital output tab. Configure the digital
output by selecting the parameter and clicking Edit. Enter the meter password if prompted.
Parameter Value/range Description
Source Digital/Boolean
Link this input to the value that drives the state of the
digital output.
If Source is not linked, the digital output state is
driven by the Force ON, Force OFF values.
Force ON Pulse
Link this input to a pulse that forces the digital output
on for the PulseWidth duration, regardless of the
Source input.
Force OFF* Pulse
Link this input to a pulse that forces the digital output
off.
Normal* Pulse
Pulsing this input will switch the driver of the digital
output from Force ON to Source.
Polarity Inverting/non-inverting
Specifies if the signal to the digital port is inverted or
not inverted.
PulseWidth 0–2,000,000
Specifies the duration of the pulse, in seconds.
Setting this parameter to 0 sets the digital output
continuously on.
Assigned Port -
The physical digital output port connection. Only
available ports are shown.
State
Open/Closed/Not
Available
Indicates the status of the digital output.
* These parameters are only valid when pulse width is set to 0.
Configuring option module digital outputs using ION Setup
To configure the option module digital outputs using ION Setup:
1. Start ION Setup.
2. Open the Setup Assistant for your meter.
3. Click Expansion Module > Option I/O Modules and select the module tab that
corresponds to the option module with the digital output you want to configure.
4. Select the digital output channel and click Edit. The setup screen for that digital output is
displayed.
5. Configure the digital output by selecting the parameter and clicking Edit.
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