Owner`s manual

5 BASE UNIT OPERATION

5.1 BASE UNIT USER-PROGRAMMABLE

FEATURES

You can program the year, month, day, hours, minute,

and second for the main unit. All modules derive their

time from the base unit's time-of-day clock. You can

also program the Unit Number from 1 to 30.

5.2 BASE UNIT BASIC OPERATION

The M Series base unit acts as a switch between the

host control module(s) and the I/O modules. The base

unit also allows configuration for the entire M Series

system from the service port or service modem and

limited configuration from the front panel.

The base unit contains the system power supply (M8 &

M16 only), an optional LCD display with front panel

controls (optional on M8 & M16), or LEDs (available on

all units), a service port, an optional service modem, a

main unit PC board with system control firmware and

time-of-day clock(optional on M3 & M4), multiple

expansion slots for host control modules and I/O

modules, a POWER LED, and a power ON/OFF switch.

When the unit is powered up, the POWER LED

illuminates. Units equipped with LEDs go through a self

test before the LEDs turn off. Units equipped with LCD

and front panel controls scroll through several menus as

shown below and on the following page for the M16.

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