Setting Up Inputs/Outputs; Selecting Error Handling - GE DigitalFlow DF868 Programming Manual

Setting Up Inputs/
Outputs

Selecting Error Handling

Programming Site Data
Set up the DF868's inputs and outputs using the five options in the
submenu. While following the programming instructions, refer to
Figure A-3 in Appendix A, Menu Maps.
•
ERROR
- program the meter's response during an error condition
•
OPTN Slot 0
- set up the
•
ZERO
- set the meter's zero point cutoff value
•
E IN -
set energy inputs
•
F IN -
set temperature inputs
Note: The
E IN
option appears only if you have enabled the Energy
SYSTM
Option in the
I/O
1. To enter the submenu, press
screen.
[F1]-[F4]
2. Use the and [→] keys to select the desired I/O option.
Note: In this section, a slot's number will appear on the option bar
only if an option card is installed in that slot. The generic
Slot x
designations
expansion slots and the function key used to select it.
Proceed to the appropriate section to program the option selection
made at the above prompt. Remember to record all programmed data
in Appendix B, Data Records.
This menu option permits programming of the manner in which the
Model DF868's totalizers respond during an error condition. See
Chapter 2, Error Codes and Screen Messages, of the Service Manual
for a discussion of the built-in error codes.
1. At the I/O screen, press
[F1]
2. Press if you want the DF868 to Hold the last "good" reading
and continues to totalize, based on that reading, or press
No Up,
if you want the meter to stop totalizing.
3. The program asks for the Error-Handling Delay time, the number
of seconds before the meter reports than an error has occurred.
Use the numeric keys to enter the number of seconds, and press
[ENT].
[EXIT]
4. Press to return to the main I/O screen.
analog outputs and any option cards
submenu.
[F4]
at the initial User Program
Fx
and are used to indicate any one of the
[F1]
to select the Error option.
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I/O
[F2],
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