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ANASOFT User’s Guide 33
Alarm parameters and controller information
The diagram below shows the different alarm types.
The text you see on the Alarm
screen (F5). It’s the user
selected massage for alarms.
Alarm deadband. Applies to
the high process, low pro-
cess, high deviation, and low
deviation. Use it to avoid
repeated or nuisance alarms
as the PV cycles slightly
Delays all the alarms until the
alarm condition exists longer
than the delay time you set.
Controller information
Alarm digital output. Can be set for
high process, low process, high
deviation alarm, and low deviation
alarm. You can set these parameters
to one of three options:
The high and low values for your
high and low process alarms.
The spread from setpoint for your
high and low deviation alarms.
High Alarm Limit
Setpoint
Low Alarm Limit
SP + Deviation
SP - Deviation
} Deadband
} Deadband
} Deadband
} Deadband
High deviation alarm on
High deviation alarm off
Low deviation alarm on
Low deviation alarm off
High process alarm off
High process alarm on
Low process alarm on
Low process alarm off