Introduction; Description - Omega PLATINUM Series User Manual

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PLATINUM S eries M eters U ser's G uide Introduction 6
1. Introduction
1.1 Description
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The P LATINUM S eries m eter o ffers u nparalleled f lexibility i n p rocess m easurement. W hile t he m eter i s
extremely p owerful a nd v ersatile, g reat c are h as g one i nto d esigning a p roduct t hat i s e asy t o s et u p a nd
use. A utomatic h ardware c onfiguration r ecognition e liminates t he n eed f or j umpers. T he P LATINUM
Series m eter d isplays o nly t he m enu i tems a ssociated w ith t he s ystem's c ustom c onfiguration.
Each u nit a llows t he u ser t o s elect t he i nput t ype f rom 9 t hermocouple t ypes ( J, K , T , E , R , S , B , C , a nd N ),
Pt R TDs ( 100, 5 00, o r 1 000 Ω , w ith a 3 85, 3 92, o r 3 916 c urve), t hermistors ( 2250 Ω , 5 K Ω , a nd 1 0K Ω ), D C
voltage, o r D C c urrent. T he a nalog v oltage i nputs m ay b e s ingle e nded b ipolar, d ifferential a bsolute o r
differential r atiometric a nd b oth v oltage a nd c urrent a re f ully s calable u sing a s ingle p oint o r 1 0-­‐point
linearization t o v irtually a ll e ngineering u nits w ith a s electable d ecimal p oint t hat i s p erfect f or u se w ith
pressure, f low, o r o ther p rocess i nputs. M ultiple A larms c an b e c onfigured f or a bove, b elow, h i/lo, a nd
band t riggering u sing e ither a bsolute o r d eviation A larm t rigger p oints.
The P LATINUM S eries m eter f eatures a l arge, t hree-­‐color, p rogrammable d isplay w ith t he c apability t o
change c olor e very t ime t he A larm i s t riggered. V arious c onfigurations o f m echanical r elay, S SR, D C
pulse, a nd i solated o r n on-­‐isolated a nalog v oltage o r c urrent o utputs a re a vailable. E very u nit c omes
standard w ith U SB c ommunications f or f irmware u pdates, c onfiguration m anagement, a nd d ata
transfer. O ptional E thernet a nd R S-­‐232 / R S-­‐485 S erial c ommunications a re a lso a vailable. T he A nalog
Output i s f ully s calable a nd m ay b e c onfigured f or r etransmission t o f ollow y our i nput s ignal. T he
universal p ower s upply a ccepts 9 0–240 V ac. T he l ow-­‐voltage p ower o ption a ccepts 2 4 V ac o r 1 2–36 V dc.
Additional f eatures u sually f ound o nly o n m ore e xpensive m eters m ake t hese t he m ost p owerful
products i n t heir c lass. S ome a dditional s tandard f eatures a re H igh-­‐high/Low-­‐low A larm f unctionality,
external l atch r eset, c onfiguration s ave a nd t ransfer, a nd c onfiguration p assword p rotection.