SATEC PM296 - Manual (Page 34)

Chapter 4 Setup Menus 26
4.4 Pulse Counters Setup Menu
This menu is used to configure the 16 pulse counters provided by your
PM296/RPM096
instrument.
Any counter can be connected to one of the 12 digital inputs, to count incoming
pulses (in this event the connected digital input must be allocated as a pulse input
as directed in Section 4.3) or to count a wide variety of events via setpoints. Each
counter can be independently scaled (weighted) by specifying a scale factor in
the range of 1 to 9999. This means that each incoming pulse or an event will add
to a counter the specified number of units.
Counter setup To select and view a counter setup:
Press the up/down arrow keys to choose the desired counter.
To connect a pulse input to the counter:
Press to activate the middle window.
Use the up/down arrow keys to select the desired pulse input.
Selecting nonE disconnects pulse inputs from the counter.
To change the scale factor for the counter:
Press to activate the lower window.
Use the up/down arrow keys to set the desired scale factor.
Press to store your new counter setup.
To quit the setup without changes:
From the middle or lower window, press .
To quit the menu:
From the upper window, press or .
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ESC
ENTER
SELECT
SELECT
ENTER ESC
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