Watlow ANASCAN - Manual (Page 9)

INTRODUCTION
ANASCAN User’s Guide 1
INTRODUCTION
ANASCAN is a user friendly, menu driven software package. It
interfaces the Compact Alarm Scanner (CAS) system to monitor inputs
and alarms for up to 16 independent channels.
You may have only one CAS or a plant wide system with numerous
units. ANASCAN includes numeric and graphic displays, data and
alarm printing, data and alarm logging in text or LOTUS compatible
files, and graphic trending. It runs on an IBM AT 286, 386, or 486, and
true compatible computers. A question and answer format enables
users to quickly define and setup any measurement or application.
NOTE
ANASCAN is sold with a license agreement and can be operated
only on one computer. The license agreement requires registration
with Watlow Anafaze. Watlow Anafaze will send updates at no
charge only to registered users. See registration form at the end of
this manual.
ANASCAN Features
ANASCAN provides these features:
• Process overview screens
• Channel setup screen, individual channel parameters editing
• Maintaining a directory of job files
• Displaying and logging process variable alarms
• Password protection for various levels of program
• Software grouping of Channels
• Graphic trend plotting of process variabilities points and output val-
ues in real time
• Definable startup sequences
• Power failure recovery
• Printer and disk data and alarm logging