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IM 04L42B01-01E
Computation and Report Functions (/M1 and /PM1 Options)
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• SpanLower,SpanUpper
Set the measurement range.
Selectable range of values: –9999999 to 99999999
Selectable decimal places: X.XXXX, XX.XXX, XXX.XX, XXXX.X
• Unit
Set the unit of the computed value (Up to 6 characters,
).
• Alarm
The available alarm types are high limit alarm, low limit alarm, delay high limit alarm,
and delay low limit alarm.
The range of alarm values is as follows:
Type Value
H, L, T, t Within –9999999 to 99999999 excluding the decimal point
For details on setting alarms, see section 3.7.
* If the Math On/Off or calculation expression is changed, the alarms for that channel are turned
Off.
• Alarmdelay>Time
Set the alarm delay time using an integer in the range of 1 to 3600 s.
• Tag>Comment
Sets the tag comment. On a DX with a release number of 3 or later, you can enter up
to 32 characters. On a DX with a release number of 2 or earlier, you can enter up to
16 characters. The characters that can be entered are:
.
• Tag>No.(Releasenumber3orlater)
This setting only appears when you have enabled the use of tag numbers.
Sets the tag number. (Up to 16 characters:
)
• Constant
• Numberofconstant
Select the constant (K01 to K60) to set.
• Value
The selectable range is as follows:
–9.9999E+29 to –1.0000E–30, 0, 1.0000E–30 to 9.9999E+29
The number of significant digits of a constant is five. When specifying the
constant using exponential notation, set the mantissa less than or equal to 5
digits and the exponent less than or equal to 2 digits.
• TLOG
• Timertype
You can set the timer type to Timer or Match T (match time timer).
• TimerNo.
Select the timer number to use.
For details on setting the timer, see section 7.1.
For match time timer setting instructions, see section 7.1.
• Sumscale
Set the sum scale to /s to /h to match the unit of the measured value.
Example: If the unit of the measured value is “m
3
/min,” select /min.
Off: Sums as-is the measured data per scan interval.
• Reset
To reset the TLOG computed value at each interval, select On.
9.1SettingtheExpression,MeasurementRange,Alarm,Tag,andDataStorageonComputationChannels