Owner`s manual
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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.
Modules Installed
01 02 03 04 05 06
07 08 09 10 11 12
13 14 15 16