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Using ProLink
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Software with Micro Motion
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Transmitters
Configure Menu: Events
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Current levels for milliamp events
Event setpoints
Any value of the assigned process variable can serve as the setpoint at
which the event switches states. Enter the setpoint into the Setpoint text
box under Event 1 or Event 2.
• Before establishing the setpoint for any process variable, assign a
process variable to the event as instructed on page 128.
• Before establishing the setpoint for a total or inventory, configure
outputs to indicate forward, reverse, or bi-directional flow, as
instructed in
Section 9.6
, page 104.
12.3 Current levels for milliamp
events
Use the Configure Outputs dialog box to set low and high current levels
for a milliamp event indicator. Open the Configure menu, then choose
Transmitter Outputs.
• Enter the desired low current level into the 4 mA text box under
Milliamp 1 or Milliamp 2.
• Enter the desired high current level into the 20 mA text box under
Milliamp 1 or Milliamp 2.
If a milliamp output functions as an event indicator, the output produces
the programmed high current level in an ON state, and the low current
level in an OFF state. The programmed low current level must be lower
than the high current level.
The low or high configuration of the alarm determines when the output is
ON or OFF, as shown in the following example.
12.4 Reading event states
The View menu enables the user to read the ON or OFF states of events
in two different windows:
• Event 1 On and Event 2 On indicators in the Informational frame of
the Status window indicate event states. To view the Status window,
open the View menu, then choose Transmitter Status.
• Indicators in the Output Levels window also show the ON or OFF
state of Event 1 and Event 2. To view the Output Levels window,
open the View menu, then choose Transmitter Outputs.
Example:
Given:
The primary milliamp output indicates Event 1. Density is the
process variable.
Problem:
With Event 1 configured as a low alarm, set the output to
produce an 18 mA current while density remains below the setpoint,
and a 10 mA current if density exceeds the setpoint.
Solution:
Open the Configure menu, then choose Transmitter Outputs
to open the Configure Outputs dialog box.
• Enter a value of 10.00 into the 4 mA text box under Milliamp 1.
• Enter a value of 18.00 into the 20 mA text box under Milliamp 1.
The primary milliamp output will remain ON and produce an 18 mA
current unless density exceeds the setpoint.
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