0 introduction, 1 product overview – Micromod Micro-DCI: 53ML5100A LOADING STATION User Manual
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1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW
The 53ML5100 Manual Loading Station provides the capability to manually adjust and display
one or two current outputs. Each output is independently configurable as a 0-20 mA or 4-20 mA
signal. The Manual Loading Station can also accept two input process variables that are each pre-
sented on separate displays. The two input process variables have independent configurable input
current/voltage ranges (0-20 mA, 4-20 mA, 0-5 V, 1-5 V), with linear or square root signal extrac-
tion, and smoothing selections from 0 seconds to 1638 seconds (first order filtering). Axis scale
ranges, tag names, measured units, and forward/reverse valve indicators are configurable display
attributes. A suite of six operator displays is used to monitor the two input process variables
and the two manually controlled current outputs. The displays are a mix of dynamic bar graphs
that include a Dual Channel Manual Loader Display (Channels 1&2)
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a Single Channel Man-
ual Loader Display (Channel 1 only)
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two Manual Loader with Analog Input Displays (Chan-
nel 1 and Channel 2)
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and two Analog Input Indicator with Setpoint Displays (Channel 1 and
Channel 2). Presentation order of the six operator displays is configurable. The operator displays
are paged forward or back, in the order configured, by pressing a 2 (page forward) or a 1 (page
back) push button on the horizontal keypad of the instrument. The operator display suite is illus-
trated in Figure 1-1 and the instrument horizontal keypad is identified in Figure 1-2.
Dual Channel Manual Loader Display (Channels 1&2) - both channel outputs are presented as
horizontal bar graphs with tag names and digital readouts of the output percentage. Channel 1
(Analog Output 0 [ANO-0]) occupies the upper half of the display and channel two (Analog Output
1 [ANO-1]) occupies the lower half of the display. A thick border around the perimeter of the upper
or lower display half indicates a selected channel for manual output control. The thick border alter-
nately appears on the upper or lower display halves each time the 3 push button is pressed. This
display focuses attention on the channel 1 and 2 outputs.
Single Channel Manual Loader Display (Channel 1 only) - channel 1 (ANO-0) output is pre-
sented as a horizontal bar graph with a tag name and digital readout of the output percentage.
It has a permanent thick border to indicate selection for manual output control. This display ap-
plies when a single output is required and focuses attention on that output.
Manual Loader with Analog Input Displays (Channel 1 and Channel 2) - two displays, one for
each channel. Each display has a vertical bar graph for analog input process variable (PV) indica-
tion and a horizontal bar graph for analog output manual control indication. The vertical bar graph
has a 50 segment axis and the horizontal bar graph has a 40 segment axis. Also, the vertical axis
has a numeric range (zero and span) and the horizontal axis has the forward/reverse valve indica-
tors (C for close, O for open). An input channel tag name appears in the upper left corner of the
display. A digital readout with measured units for the analog input channel appears under the let-
ters PV in the upper half of the display. A digital readout for the analog output channel appears un-
der the horizontal bar graph. These two displays are in standard F&P MICRO-DCI format.
Analog Input Indicator with Setpoint Displays (Channel 1 and Channel 2) - two displays, one
for each channel. Each display has a vertical bar graph for analog input process variable (PV) indi-
cation and a setpoint (SP) arrowhead for analog output manual control indication. The vertical bar
graph appears on the left side, parallel to a 50 segment vertical axis. The setpoint arrowhead ap-
pears on the right side of the vertical axis. Also, the vertical axis has a numeric range (zero and
Section 1. Introduction
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