Ronan X11CA Hardware Manual - Manual (Page 5)

Rev 1.0 Series X11CA Hardware Manual
1. Overview
Hardware Control-© 2002 Ronan Engineering 1
1. Overview
The RONAN Series X11CA Computer Annunciator system is a state of art annunciator
group system, designed to provide the most advanced data acquisition and monitoring
system that meet the requirement of the process and power industries in the most
economic way.
The X11CA-Interface Module of the system provides advanced communication
protocols to interface the external host computer, local network or plant network. For
field contact repeater or remote group alarms it utilizes common trouble alarm and
auxiliary relay outputs.
The followings are some of its key features.
§ The system is offered in both the Window Annunciator model and the Remote
Chassis model.
§ The Window Annunciator model feature Monalarm, Binalarm, Trialarm and
Quadalarm within Ronan’s standard 3.5 inch (89mm) by 3.5-inch (89mm)
mechanical cabinet modules.
§ The Remote Logic system features high density input field contact capacity with
remote light indicators.
§ Each single plug-in module is internally expandable from one to four input
channels and Monalarm, Bialarm, Trialarm and Quadalarm display units.
§ It utilizes the state of art technology, Philips micro-controller.
§ It holds up to four input alarm circuitry of high-speed conventional CMOS
integrated circuit solid-state design with maximum noise immunity and reliability.
§ The polarity of each field contact is set as normally open or closed using jumper
switch for each channel.
§ The most popular industry-wide sequences of ISA, such as A-1, A-4, A-5, A-6,
F1A, F1M-1, F2A-1, F2M-1, F3A-1, and M-1 are available.
§ It is powered by external 24VDC power supply.