Alarm silencing, Alarm blocking, Using lockout to hide pages and menus – Watlow EZ-ZONE ST User Manual

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Chapter 7 Features

Alarm Silencing

If alarm silencing is on the operator can disable the

alarm output while the controller is in an alarm state.

The process value or temperature has to enter the

normal operating range beyond the hysteresis zone to

activate the alarm output function again.

An active message, such as an alarm message, will

cause the display to toggle between the normal set-

tings and the active message in the upper display and
[Attn]

in the lower display.

Push the Advance Key

to display [ignr] in the

upper display and the message source in the lower

display.

Use the Up ¿ and Down ¯ keys to scroll through

possible responses, such as Clear [`CLr] or Silence
[`SiL]

. Then push the Advance

or Infinity ˆ key to

execute the action.

See the Keys and Displays chapter and the Home

Page chapter for more details.

Turn alarm silencing on or off with Silencing

[`A;Si]

(Setup Page, Alarm Menu).

Alarm Blocking

Alarm blocking allows a system to warm up after it

has been started up. With alarm blocking on, an alarm

is not triggered when the process temperature is ini-

tially lower than the alarm low set point or higher

than the alarm high set point. The process tempera-

ture has to enter the normal operating range beyond

the hysteresis zone to activate the alarm function.

If the EZ-ZONE ST has an output that is function-

ing as a deviation alarm, the alarm is blocked when

the set point is changed, until the process value re-

enters the normal operating range.

Turn alarm blocking on or off with Blocking

[`A;bL]

(Setup Page, Alarm Menu).

Using Lockout to Hide Pages and Menus

If unintentional changes to parameter settings might

raise safety concerns or lead to downtime, your can

use the lockout feature to make them more secure.

Each of the menus in the Factory Page and each

of the pages, except the Factory Page, has a security

level assigned to it. You can change the read and write

access to these menus and pages by using the param-

eters in the Lockout Menu (Factory Page).

Lockout Menu

There are five parameters in the Lockout Menu (Fac-

tory Page):
• Lock Operations Page [LoC;o] sets the security lev-

el for the Operations Page. (default: 2)
Note:
The Home and Setup Page lockout levels are fixed

and cannot be changed.

• Lock Profiling Page [LoC;P] sets the security level

for the Profiling Page. (default: 3)

• Password Security Enable [pas;e] will turn on or

off the Password security feature. (default: off)
• Read Lockout Security [rLoC] determines which

pages can be accessed. The user can access the se-

lected level and all lower levels. (default: 5)
• Set Lockout Security [SLoC] determines which pa-

rameters within accessible pages can be written to.

The user can write to the selected level and all

lower levels. (default: 5)

The table below represents the various levels of lock-

out for the Set Lockout Security prompt and the Read

Lockout Security prompt. The Set Lockout has 6 levels

(0-5) of security where the Read Lockout has 5 (1-5).

Therefore, level "0" applies to Set Lockout only. "Y"

equates to yes (can write/read) where "N" equates to

no (cannot write/read). The colored cells differentiate

one level from the next.

Lockout Security [SLoC] & [rloC]

Lockout Level

0

1

2

3

4

5

Home Page

Y Y

Y Y Y

Y

Operations Page

N N

Y Y Y

Y

Setup Page

N N N N Y

Y

Profile Page

N N N Y Y

Y

Factory Page

Custom Menu

N N N N N Y

Diagnostic Menu

N Y

Y Y Y

Y

Calibration Menu N N N N N Y

Lockout Menu

[LoC;O]

N Y

Y Y Y

Y

[loC;p]

N Y

Y Y Y

Y

[pas;e]

N Y

Y Y Y

Y

[rloC]

Y Y

Y Y Y

Y

[sloC]

Y Y

Y Y Y

Y

The following examples show how the Lockout Menu

parameters may be used in applications:

1. You can lock out access to the Operations Page but

allow an operator access to the Profile Menu, by

changing the default Profile Page and Operations

Page security levels. Change Lock Operations

Page [LoC;o] to 3 and Lock Profiling Page [LoC;P]

to 2. If Set Lockout Security [SLoC] is set to 2 or

higher and the Read Lockout Security [rLoC] is

set to 2, the Profiling Page and Home Pages can be

accessed, and all writable parameters can be writ-

ten to. Pages with security levels greater than 2

will be locked out (unaccessible).

2 If Set Lockout Security [SLoC] is set to 0 and

Read Lockout Security [rLoC] is set to 5, all pages

will be accessible, however, changes will not be al-

lowed on any pages or menus, with one exception:

Set Lockout Security [SLoC] can be changed to a

higher level.

3. The operator wants to read all the menus and not

allow any parameters to be changed.

In the Factory Page, Lockout Menu, set Read

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