
Chapter 4 _________________________________________________________________ Operation
VAISALA ________________________________________________________________________ 21
Normal Operation Mode and Malfunction
Alarm
In the normal operation mode, a channel outputs voltage or current that
corresponds to the reading of the selected parameter.
If the transmitter is malfunctioning, the channel output is set to a pre-
defined level. This level can be changed using the AERR command; see
page 35.
NOTE
overrides the limit alarm mode. If the transmitter
is malfunctioning, the analog outputs are set to the levels specified with
the
AERR command, unless the malfunction prevents the outputs from
Limit Alarm
The limit alarm is activated when the measured parameter goes below the
low limit, or above the high limit. The alarm levels and limits are
configurable using the ALARM command (see page 36). By default, the
alarm levels are set as follows:
- For current output, an active alarm is indicated by the current being
at the maximum of the scale (20 mA).
- For voltage output, an active alarm is indicated by the voltage being
at the maximum of the selected scale. For example, if the voltage
output scale is 0 … 5 V, an output of 5 V indicates the alarm is active.
- For LED alarm, an active alarm is indicated by a lit LED. When the
alarm status is low, the LED is not lit. If the transmitter is
malfunctioning or it cannot measure for some reason, this causes the
LED to blink at 0.5 Hz frequency.
LED alarm indicator is integrated to a LED cable (Vaisala item
MP300LEDCBL) that can be ordered and used instead of a regular
connection cable.
Komentáře k této Příručce