Outputs - Thermo Scientific APEX 100 User Manual

Outputs

The outputs menu allows you to manage the detector's physical and logical outputs. The
detector's physical outputs are found on the detector's wiring board, where there are six
output connectors (labeled Output 1–6). (For more details about the detector's output-
wiring board, see page 290.) In contrast, the detector's logical outputs are controlled
using the output menu, meaning you (the user) assign what you want the detector's
outputs to operate. In addition, the outputs menu allows you to assign a polarity (+ or –
) to the voltage signal sent by the detector to your output devices.
Let's look at an example. In a conveyor application, you have physically connected your
main (Reject 1) device to Output 1 on the detector's wiring board, and the reject device
operates whenever it receives a voltage signal. You decide you want to move your
Reject-1 device to Output 6, so you move the wires from Output 1 to Output 6 on the
detector's wiring board, which is a physical change. Next, you access the detector's
output function (described in this section) and tell the detector your reject device is now
connected to Output 6, which is a logical (software-based) change.
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Navigating to the Outputs Menu
To navigate to the outputs menu, do the following.
1) Follow steps 1–4 in the "Inputs and Outputs" section above (pages 220–21).
2) Press the right-navigation button to highlight the outputs menu.
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