Burkert Type 8620 - Manual (Page 55)

mxCONTROL Type 8620
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12 Inputs
Depending on the hardware version, the „Type 8620 mxCONTROL“ has digital and analog inputs
which can be configured according to the user requirements.
Configuration via the configuration file:
• Enabling and labelling the desired inputs
• Activation of special input functions
Configuration via the configuration file but also directly on the „Type 8620 mxCONTROL“:
• Scaling and filter settings
• alarm
settings.
Inputs of a configuration can be enabled or disabled directly at the device by enabling or disabling
them in the main menu item “Configuration”.
12.1 Digital Inputs
The digital inputs of the „Type 8620 mxCONTROL“ can be configured as follows:
• as binary input (for e.g. the Flow Switch and System Switch override functionality) or
• as pulse counter input (e.g. for the batch module) or
• as frequency input.
The type configuration has to be done with the configuration file.
The following table lists the accepted signals, depending on the input type.
Digital input type Configuration as Accepts signals from
Binary push-pull-output Binary input
potf.Binary
Pulse counter input PulseC
Frequency input Frequency
- open collector (npn, pnp)
- hall effect
- reed switch
- micro switch
Configuration (CodeLevel: Specialist)
Confi-
gura-
tion Access
via Cfg.-
menu Access
via XML-
Cfg.-File Abbre-
viation
(menu) Range Default values
(after factory reset or
at start of Cfg-File-
Download)
Type r rw Type Binary (0/24 V DC binary input),
potf.Binary (dry contact binary input),
PulseC
(pulse counter input),
Frequency (frequency input),
(none)
(none)
Disabled inputs can no longer be accessed via the "Process Data" menu after returning to
the main menu.
Reactivation
is possible via the "Configuration" menu or by loading the original configuration.
Disabling inputs may result in configuration errors with their associated modules which
may then possibly no longer work correctly.