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Marathon Monitors Inc.

AACC 2000 Carbon Nov. 1, 1997

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PARAMETERS AND HOW TO ACCESS THEM

Parameters are settings, that determine how the controller will operate. For
example, alarm setpoints are parameters that set the points at which alarms will
occur. For ease of access, the parameters are arranged in lists as shown in the
navigation diagram on Pages 2-10 and 2-11. The lists are:

Home list
Probe list
Care list
User list
Alarm list

Autotune list
PID list
Motor list
Setpoint list
Input list

Output list
Communications
list
Information list
Access list.



Each list has a ‘List Header’ display.
List header displays


Figure 2-5 Typical list header
display



List name


Always displays

LiST



A list header can be recognized by the fact that it always shows ‘

LiSt’ in the

lower readout. The upper readout is the name of the list. In the above example,

AL’ indicates that it is the Alarm list header. List header displays are read-

only.

To step through the list headers, press

. Depending upon how your controller

has been configured, a single press may momentarily flash the display units. If
this is the case, a double press will be necessary to take you to the first list
header. Keep pressing

to step through the list headers, eventually returning

you to the Home display.

To step through the parameters within a particular list, press

. When you

reach the end of the list, you will return to the list header. From within a list you