Alarms – Teledyne 3000MA - Paramagnetic oxygen analyzer User Manual

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4 Operation

Model 3000MA

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for the first

Slope value to display. Slope indicates rate of change of the

Span reading. It is a sensitive indicator of stability.

#### % Span

Slope=#### ppm/s

When the

Span value displayed on the screen is sufficiently stable,

press

Enter

. (Generally, when the

Span reading changes by 1 % or less of

the full scale of the range being calibrated for a period of five minutes it is
sufficiently stable.) Once

Enter

is pressed, the

Span reading changes to the

correct value. The instrument then automatically enters the

Analyze

func-

tion.

4.5

The

Alarms

Function

The Model 3000MA is equipped with 2 fully adjustable concentration

alarms and a system failure alarm. Each alarm has a relay with a set of form
“C" contacts rated for 3 amperes resistive load at 250 V ac. See Figure in
Chapter 3, Installation and/or the Interconnection Diagram included at the
back of this manual for relay terminal connections.

The system failure alarm has a fixed configuration described in chapter

3 Installation.

The concentration alarms can be configured from the front panel as

either high or low alarms by the operator. The alarm modes can be set as
latching or non-latching, and either failsafe or non-failsafe, or, they can be
defeated altogether. The setpoints for the alarms are also established using
this function.

Decide how your alarms should be configured. The choice will depend

upon your process. Consider the following four points:

1. Which if any of the alarms are to be high alarms and which if any

are to be low alarms?

Setting an alarm as HIGH triggers the alarm when the oxygen
concentration rises above the setpoint. Setting an alarm as LOW
triggers the alarm when the oxygen concentration falls below the
setpoint.

Decide whether you want the alarms to be set as:

•

Both high (high and high-high) alarms, or

•

One high and one low alarm, or

•

Both low (low and low-low) alarms.

2. Are either or both of the alarms to be configured as failsafe?