Monarch Instrument DC 2000 - Manual (Page 72)

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Chapter 5 Programming
Level”. Use the UP (
↑) or DOWN (↓) Arrow Keys to select a Dim Level and press ENTER. The Dim Level
selection will be one level less than the Brightness Level you set. For example, if you select “2” as the Bright
Level, you will be given the choice of 1 or OFF for the Dim Level. Next, enter the time out interval in minutes -
“minutes
→XXX←” and press ENTER. Setting the time out value to 0 never dims the backlight.
The display will go to the “Bright Level” when ACK button is flashing or when the touch screen is pressed. If an
alarm regularly goes off within the screen dimmer time out interval, the display will never go to the “Dim Level”.
NOTE: When selecting “OFF” as the Dim Level, the display does not turn off when programming.
5.5 Charts/Pens
This Programming menu item allows the user to program parameters directly affecting charts or pens. The Chart/
Pens programming menu is shown in Figure 5-4. Each programming item shown has further programming options
as listed below.
Speed ……… Set speeds
Autospeed
Scales ……… Scale #
Scale type
Scale ends
Scale grid
Scale units
Pens ……….. Pens assign
Abnorm. pen
Trace Width
Direction …… Vertical
Horizontal
5.5.1 Speed
This menu item establishes the Virtual Chart Speed and Units (Inches/Hour - Standard or Millimeters/Hour -
Metric) at which the virtual chart paper will advance. Display Update Rate or Virtual Chart Speed may be set
to Autospeed which enables chart speed to be changed via Alarm condition or external input. Set Speeds
enables the user to select the virtual chart speed. Virtual Chart Speeds are programmable within the following
limits:
Standard (0.5 in/hr to 600 in/hr) Metric (10 mm/hr to 15,000 mm/hr)
increments of 0.5 from 0.5-10 increments of 5 from 10-100
increments of 5 from 10-100 increments of 50 from 100-1000
increments of 50 from 100-600 increments of 500 from 1000-10,000
increments of 1000 from 10,000-15,000
Programming the Display Update Rates or virtual chart speeds - When in the Chart/Pens programming
menu, use the UP (
↑) or DOWN (↓) Arrow Keys to highlight “Speed” and press ENTER to select then use the
UP (
↑) or DOWN (↓) Arrow Keys to highlight “Set speeds”, or “Autospeed”. Press ENTER to accept the
displayed speed control of Autospeed or Set speeds. If Autospeed is selected, use the YES or NO keys to
change the display to read “autospeed = NO” or “autospeed = YES”. When the desired Autospeed function is
displayed, press ENTER to invoke the autospeed selection and return to the “Speed” menu item.
If Set speeds is selected, either the “standard*” or “metric*” menu item will appear. Use the UP ( ↑) or DOWN
(
↓) Arrow Keys to select the desired selection. Press ENTER at the desired speed type to set the low chart
speed. When “lo spd = X.X” appears, use the UP (
↑) or DOWN (↓) Arrow Keys to select the desired low chart
speed. Press ENTER and “hi spd= X.X” will be displayed. Use the UP ( ↑) or DOWN (↓) Arrow Keys to select
the desired high chart speed. Press ENTER when programming high chart speed is complete and the display
returns to the “Set speeds” menu item. Press EXIT three times to return to the Main Programming Button Bar.
Scales
Pens
Direction
Speed
Figure 5-4
Chart/Pens Menu