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RECEIVER CONTAMINATION LIMITS  
WARNING LIMIT (    200)   
ALARM LIMIT (    500) 600  
ALARM LIMIT UPDATED  
The receiver values are expressed in hertz (Hz). The measurement range 
is 0 ... 10 000 Hz, where 10000 Hz is a blocked lens. A contamination 
change of 500 Hz represents about a 10% decrease in the receiver's lens 
transmittance. 
Hood Heaters 
By default 0, no hood heaters are used. The hood heater option is factory 
installed and may be used or disabled in the CONF session. All the 
PWD32 heaters are switched ON below 2 °C and OFF at 5 °C. When 
using hood heaters, separate 24 V heating power must be supplied. Hood 
heating power is 30 W for each hood. 
BAUD 
The baud rate and communication type can be changed by the following 
operator command: 
BAUD value communication_type 
Baud rates 300, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600 
Communication types E (7E1) and N (8N1) 
The new value is saved in EEPROM and it is used also after reset or 
power up. The default baud rate set at the factory is 9600 bps (8N1) in 
FS11P use. The communication type definition is optional. It does not 
change if the baud rate is changed. 
The BAUD command displays the current baud rate and communication 
type. 
BAUD RATE: 9600 N81