User`s guide

Chapter 1: System Overview Series D8 User’s Guide
2 Watlow Anafaze Doc. 0600-3120-2000
Getting Started
Safety Symbols
These symbols are used throughout this manual:
WARNING!
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation
which, if not avoided, could result in death or
serious injury.
CAUTION!
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation
which, if not avoided, could result in minor or
moderate injury or property damage.
NOTE!
Indicates pertinent information or an item
that may be useful to document or label for
later reference.
Initial Inspection
Accessories may or may not be shipped in the same container
as the D8, depending upon their size. Check the shipping in-
voice against the contents received in all boxes. If you are un-
certain whether you have received all of the items you
ordered, contact your vendor or Watlow Anafaze.
Product Features
D8 series controllers offer high-performance closed-loop con-
trol.
The D8 provides four or eight independent control loops with
analog inputs — thermocouples, RTDs and process — and
features DeviceNet communications.
When used as a stand-alone controller, you may operate the
D8 via the two-line 16-character display and touch keypad.
You can also use it as the key element in a computer-super-
vised data acquisition and control system. The D8 can be lo-
cally or remotely controlled via its DeviceNet communica-
tions interface.
D8 features include: