Chapter 4: Setup Page; Parameter Setup Order - Watlow F4P Series User Manual

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Chapter Four: Setup Page

Parameter Setup Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4.1

Customizing the Main Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4.2
Static Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4.2
This chapter explains how to configure the controller
software through the Setup Page menus. Setup Page pa-
rameters affect the way the controller responds to your
application, which parameters and functions are visible
in other pages, and the way information is displayed on
the Main Page. Set up the controller properly to provide
a sound foundation for settings in other pages.
For ranges, defaults and other information about specific
parameters, see the Parameters Chapter. Record your
settings in the Parameter Setup Record, also in that
chapter.
For background information about inputs, outputs,
alarms and other features, see the Features Chapter.
Parameter Setup Order
Initial configuration of the Series F4P is best done in the
following order:
1. Go to the System Menu (Setup Page) to configure:
• PID units — SI (Integral, Derivative) or U.S. (Re-
set, Rate);
• Celsius or Fahrenheit scales;
• display of units in the controller's upper display;
• Autotune set point;
• open-loop detection warnings; and
• controller response to a power outage.
2. Go to other menus on the Setup Page to configure:
• Analog Input x (1 to 3);
• Digital Input x (1 to 4);
• Control Output x (1A, 1B);
• Alarm Output x (1 or 2);
• Retransmit Output x (1 or 2);
• Communications; and
• Custom Main Page and Custom Messages.
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3. Go to the Operations Page to tune the PID sets.
4. Go to the Operations Page to set the alarm set
points.
After this initial configuration, the most frequent
changes will be to the Operations Page (alarm set points
and PID sets).
If the Series F4P is already installed in an environmen-
tal chamber, oven, furnace or other equipment, most pa-
rameters will already be configured and access to the
Setup Page may be limited (see Chapter 5, Factory
Page).
Changing Setup Page parameters may change other pa-
rameters. In some cases, a change in one parameter will
affect the defaults of others. To see how all the pages,
menus and parameters are grouped, see the software
map on the inside back cover of this manual.
Note: For more information about how parameter set-
tings affect the controller's operation, see the Features
Chapter.
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WARNING: Only authorized and qualified personnel
should change the factory-default settings, which may
cause changes in other settings. Failure to comply with
this recommendation may result in damage to equipment
and property and injury to personnel.
Setup Page 4.1