Individual Rates; Autorate; Disk Full Alarm; Disk Full Setpoint (Full Setpoint) - Omega RD8800 User Manual

Chapter 5 Programming

5.7.6.2 Individual Rates

To set the individual Record Rates per channel:
From the Record Rate menu use the UP (↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ) or DOWN (↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ) button to highlight Individual Rate and press
the ENTER button. You will be presented with a point selection keypad that enables the selection of the
specific point to be programmed. Use the keypad to enter the desired point number and press the ENTER
button. You will be prompted with "secs(lo)→XXX←" where XXX is the current low sampling rate in seconds.
Use the numeric keypad to enter the desired Record Rate (from 0 to a maximum of 600 seconds) and then
press the ENTER button. You will be prompted with "secs(hi)→XXX←" where XXX is the current high
sampling rate in seconds. Use the numeric keypad to enter the desired Record Rate (from 0 to a maximum
of 600 seconds) and then press the ENTER button to return to the Record Rate menu. Repeat the above
procedure for each point to be programmed. Press the EXIT button at any time to return to the Record
Rate menu without altering the settings.

5.7.6.3 Autorate

The Autorate option enables the Record Rate to be changed on an Alarm event. If the digital I/O option is
fitted, the switch inputs can be set to change the Record speed. An active input selects the High speed,
and an inactive input selects the Low speed. The inputs can be overridden in the FUNCtion menu until a
change of input state takes place.
The logic for external Record Rate change is as follows:
SWITCH
To enable Autorate change:
From the Record Rate menu use the UP (↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ) or DOWN (↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ) button to highlight Autorate and press the
ENTER button. The display will read "autorate=NO" or "autorate=YES". Press the YES button to enable or
the NO button to disable the Autorate change on Alarm option and then press the ENTER button to return
to the Record Rate menu.

5.7.7 Disk Full Alarm

The Disk Full Alarm option allows the user to set a threshold to indicate when the disk/card is full. The
indication is via a pop-up window on the screen, or if the relay option is fitted, via a contact closure. The
threshold limit may be set by the user to any value between 1 and 100 percent. Setting the limit to 100%
prevents the Disk Full Alarm from activating.
To set the Disk Full Alarm options:
From the Record Setup menu, use the UP (↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ) or DOWN (↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ) button to highlight Disk Full Alarm and press the
ENTER button. The Disk Full Alarm Setup menu will be displayed with three options: Full setpoint, Full
contact #, and Rec. contact #.

5.7.7.1 Disk Full Setpoint (Full setpoint)

The Full setpoint option sets the Disk Full Alarm threshold.
To change the Disk Full Alarm threshold:
From the Disk Full Alarm Setup menu use the UP (↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ) or DOWN (↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ) button to highlight Full setpoint and
press the ENTER button. Use the numeric keypad to enter the percentage point (1 to 100 percent) at
which the disk/card will indicate nearly full and press the ENTER button to return to the Disk Full Alarm
Setup menu.
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