User manual

3200iSeries Indicators
44 Part No HA029006 Issue 5.0 Sept-12
10.3 Alarm Parameters
Four alarms are available. Parameters do not appear if the Alarm Type = None. The following table shows the
parameters to set up and configure alarms.
ALARM LIST ‘ALARM ’
Name Scrolling Display Parameter Description Value Default Access
Level
A1.TYP ALARM 1 TYPE Selects the type of alarm
none
Alarm not
configured
As order
code
Conf
Hi
Full Scale High
Lo
Full Scale Low
r.roc
Rising rate of
change
F.roc
Falling rate of
change
A1.--- ALARM 1
SETPOINT
Alarm 1 threshold value.
The last three characters show
the type of alarm configured from
the above list
Instrument range
0
L3
A1.STS ALARM 1
OUTPUT
Indicates the status of the alarm
OFF
Alarm off Read
only
On
Alarm on
A1.HYS ALARM 1
HYSTERESIS
See description at the beginning
of this section
0 to 9999 Conf
A1.LAT ALARM 1
LATCHING TYPE
See description at the beginning
of this section
none
Non-latching As order
code
Conf
Auto
Latching with
automatic resetting
Man
Latching with
manual resetting
Evt
Event (no alarm
flashing beacon but
messages can be
displayed)
A1.BLK ALARM 1
BLOCKING
See description at the beginning
of this section
No
No blocking
No
Conf
yes
Blocking
A1.DLY DELAY TIME The alarm will not be indicated
until the set time has elapsed
0:00 to 99:59 mm:ss
0:59 = 59 seconds
99:59 = 99 minutes 59
seconds
0:00
A1.OFS ALARM
SETPOINT
OFFSET
Applies a fixed offset to a full
scale high or full scale low alarm
setpoint. This may be useful
when used in conjunction with
digital communications, where a
variable value may be
downloaded during different
parts of a process.
Instrument range
0
L3
P1.OFS PRE ALARM
OFFSET
Pre alarm setpoint set as a
deviation from the ALARM
SETPOINT.
Only shown if the alarm is high or
low.
See section 10.1.4.
Instrument range
0
L3
The above parameters are repeated for Alarm 2, A2; Alarm 3, A3; Alarm 4, A4