Rockwell Automation 1734-IE4S POINT Guard I/O Safety Modules User Manual - Manual (Page 33)

Rockwell Automation Publication 1734-UM013J-EN-P - July 2014 33
Safety Inputs, Safety Outputs, and Safety Data Chapter 2
When a channel is configured for module sensor power, a sensor power
diagnostic is executed on that channel at powerup to make sure that the sensors
are not drawing over- or under-current and that channel-to-channel shorts are
not present.
Channel Offset
You can configure an offset when differences in the sensors nominal input signals
would otherwise exceed the desired discrepancy deadband. Use the Channel
Offset if you are using two sensors of different types to measure the same variable;
that is, sensors from two different vendors that may not give exactly the same data
value for a given temperature or pressure. Use the Channel Offset to bring the
data values back together. You can also use the Channel Offset with two identical
sensors that are physically offset from each other.
The channel offset is applied before the channel discrepancy is evaluated.
Process Alarms
Process alarms alert you when an analog input value has exceeded the configured
high or low limits for each channel. Process alarms are set at four configurable
trigger points.
• High High alarm
• High alarm
• Low alarm
• Low Low alarm
TIP When a sensor power over-current condition occurs, it may take as much as 15
seconds longer than the configured latch time for channel status to recover
after the over-current condition is cleared.
IMPORTANT If you use an external power supply, you must monitor the system for the
following:
• The supply voltage must be within the sensors’ operating range.
• The sensors’ current draw must not be over- or under-current, which could
indicate a problem with the components of the sensor.
• Channel-to-channel shorts must be detected, if they occur.
TIP The Channel Offset is applied only during the evaluation of discrepancy between
two channels configured for Dual Channel and is not applied to any of the Process
Alarms. Therefore, if you are using two sensors to measure the same process
variable, and these sensors read different values, you may need to set the Process
Alarms to different values based on the sensor readings.