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1.2 SCOPE OF BOOK
Information in this book is presented as text, visuals, and tables. All three are required, but the
text has been minimized wherever possible. The tables provide either summary information or pro-
cedural steps to perform a specific task.
Figure 1-3 illustrates the information layout of this book which is described as follows:
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Section 1, Introduction - it contains product overview information that includes a brief de-
scription of the six operator displays, front panel push button operation, descriptions of the
instrument’s physical attributes, and functional descriptions of the major elements identified
in a simplified input/output diagram. It also provides a product model number breakdown,
and product specifications.
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Section 2, Installation - this section provides instrument mounting information, and power wir-
ing, signal wiring, and communications wiring instructions.
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Section 3, Displays and Push Buttons - it provides illustrations with item call-outs of the six
operator displays, alarm overlays, and engineering mode overlays; a description of the front
panel push button functions; and procedures to enter a password, display a datapoint, and
alter a datapoint. Also provided are operating procedures for the Hand Held Configurer.
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Section 4, Configuration Parameters - this section describes the data format types, the fac-
tory standard default selections for the instrument, and presents the database configuration
parameters in module tables by function.
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Section 5, Maintenance - this section provides the calibration information for the analog in-
put/output zero and span settings. It also has the hardware reset procedure, parts list, and il-
lustrated parts breakdown of the instrument.
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Appendix A, Discrete Contact Output - this appendix illustrates various circuit layouts for the
Discrete Contact Output.
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Appendix B, Communications - this appendix provides reference information for the binary
communication mode.
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Appendix C, Database - this appendix lists all of the database parameters in alphanumeric
order.
Section 1. Introduction
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