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Diagnostic Parameters (F5)
The following parameters are available in the
Local Operator Interface program as diagnostic
parameters.
Force CHANNEL Digital Inputs
Forcing inputs permits debugging and trouble-
shooting to determine proper operation of the
hardware. Each CHANNEL input can be forced
ON therefore not requiring a hardware signal for
that input to become active. If an external hardware
input is present, a forced OFF command will have
no effect unless the hardware input is removed.
Force CHANNEL Digital Outputs
Forcing outputs permits debugging and trouble-
shooting to determine proper operation of the
hardware.
Force CHANNEL Analog Outputs
Forcing analog outputs permits debugging and
troubleshooting to determine proper operation of
the hardware.
PLOT DATA (F6)
This feature allows the operator to generate a
real-time graph of many of the process variables
to monitor the response of the system as it re-
lates to time. Up to four variables from any of
the configured guns can be graphed at any one
time. All four variable do not have to be from the
same gun. (e.g. The triggers from 4 guns can be
monitored at the same time.)
The following variables can be graphed:
- Trigger
- Requested Ratio
- Actual Ratio
- Requested Flow (both channels)
- Actual Flow (both channels)
- Requested Flow (Chan. A & B)
- Actual Flow (Chan. A & B)
- Control Pressure (Chan. A & B)
To select the data to be graphed, simply touch the
Plot Data button (F6) then touch the items you
wish to plot one at a time followed by touching the
Select Variable button (F1). (Up to four items can
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be selected.) Pushing the F3 button removes all
items from the selection list and allows the opera-
tor to make a new selection. Pushing F2 will start
the data acquisition graph running. Each of the 4
graphed values will be plotted in a different color.
A legend at the top left and top right of each of the
two graphs indicate which value is which color.
(F1) Time Base – This button allows the user to
switch the time base (resolution) of the graph. In
fast mode, the full screen width is graphed in 45
seconds. In slow mode, the full screen width is
90 seconds.
(F2) Single Plot – This button allows the user to
record one full screen of data (45 or 90 seconds)
at which point the graphing stops to allow the
user to examine the data. In continuous data
mode, when the cursor reaches the right end of
the screen, it automatically jumps back to the left
and over writes the old data.
(F3) Stop Plot – This button allows the user to
stop the data acquisition process temporarily and
freezes the display for analysis or to save the plot
to disk or memory stick.
(F5) Start Stop ß - This button allows the user
to move both the start-time cursor and the stop-
time cursor at the same time to the left.
(F6) Start Time ß - This button allows the user
to move the start-time cursor to the left.
(F7) Stop Time ß - This button allows the user
to move the stop-time cursor to the left.
(F8) Stop Time à - This button allows the user
to move the stop-time cursor to the right.
(F10) Save Plot – This button allows the user to
save the displayed pot to either the flash drive or
hard drive of the touchscreen or to a USB memory
stick. It is saved in a bitmap format (.bmp) so it
can be printed on any standard P.C. with a printer
attached. The file is saved based on the date and
time it is saved in the following format…
File Name: AABBCCDD.bmp where…
AA = Month, BB = Day of Month, CC = Number of
hours since midnight, DD = Minutes since last hour.