MSA ALTAIR 5X PID Operating Manual page 40

5 Operation
Configuration page
VOC Gas Selection
Custom Gas Setup
2. Highlight the gas to add to the Favorites and select OK.
A Confirmation Screen will be displayed showing the gas to be replaced and the gas to be
added to Favorites.
Selecting YES will return to the Favorites list showing the new gas, selecting NO will
return to the Favorites list showing the previous Favorites and selecting ABORT will
return to the menu page.
This menu displays all of the gases available for detection by this PID sensor type. The gases
are listed by an 8 character abbreviation. The full gas names are listed
Table of this manual. The first 10 gases listed are the Favorites gases followed by options for the
All Gas List and the Custom List. Gas names starting with the letters A-Z are listed
alphabetically. Each page contains 14 gas names.
1. Select the gas of interest by using the q or p button to highlight then select OK.
Holding down the q or p button for more than 2 seconds will scroll a full page at a time.
Selecting OK will display a confirmation page that contains the following information:
• 8 character short name
• Response Factor (RF) for the selected gas
• Maximum Value of that gas (Full scale sensor value x RF). The Maximum Value is
calculated by multiplying the sensor range by the RF. For example, the Max Value for
Hexane is 2000 *4.5 = 9000ppm. The maximum value cannot exceed 9999ppm due to
display resolution limitations.
• High Alarm - this reflects the current High Alarm value. Change if necessary for the chosen
Response Factor
• Low Alarm - this reflects the current High Alarm value. Change if necessary for the chosen
Response Factor
The Custom Gas Setup allows a unique 8 character gas name and associated Response Factor
to be entered for up to 10 Custom gases.
1. Select which Custom Gas (1 - 10) to enter or replace.
a. Confirm with OK.
2. On the next screen, enter the 8 character gas name using the q or p buttons to select
letters and numbers.
a. Select OK when the appropriate alpha-numeric characters are reached.
3. After the 8th character is entered, enter the Response Factor (0.1- 40.0).
Once the RF is complete, a final confirmation page will display.
4. Select OK to apply the Custom Gas as the current gas or select NO and abort to the menu
page.
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