Cooper Instruments & Systems DFI 1650 Multi-Channel Digital Force Indicator - Manual (Page 74)

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• “6 DIGIT-UNIPOLAR” displays positive numbers with six full digits (999999) and negative numbers with five full
digits (-99999).
• “7 DIGIT UNIPOLAR” displays positive number with seven full digits (9999999) and negative numbers with six
digits (-999999).
DISPLAY.DECPT Menu Item
Selects the decimal point location on the channel’s display and serial communications output. Use the [UP] and
[DOWN] buttons to move the decimal point to the right and left.
DISPLAY.COUNT-BY Menu Item
Determines by what values the display increments or decrements. This will make the display less sensitive to a
noisy signal. The choices are:
• “00001”
• “00002”
• “00005”
• “00010”
• “00020”
• “00050”
• “00100”
• “00200”
DISPLAY.UNITS Menu Item
Specifies the four-character label that is displayed to the right of the channel’s values. This menu item doesn’t
change the mathematical scaling of the channel’s values; that is determined by the “CALIBRATION DATA->FULL
SCALE VALUE” menu item.
When a character position is flashing press the [UP] or [DOWN] button to change the character. Press [ENTER] to
advance to the next character.
DISPLAY.AVERAGE Menu Item
Controls the speed with which the channel’s display values will update. The choices are:
• “ON” means that the display will update four times each second. The channel’s values will be averaged for ¼
second, then displayed.
• “OFF” means that the channel’s display will update as quickly as possible.
16.4.6 POWER-ON SOURCE Menu Item
This menu selects which value is displayed by the channel when first entering the RUN mode.
For single-line displays, the choices are:
• “TRACK” means the live tracking value of the channel.
• “PEAK” means the highest value of the channel.
• “VALLEY” means the lowest value of the channel.
For multi-line displays, the choices are:
• “TRACK” means the live tracking value of the channel.
• “PEAK” means the highest value of the channel.
• “VALLEY” means the lowest value of the channel.
• “TRACK/PEAK” means the live tracking value and the highest value of the channel.
• “TRACK/VALLEY” means the live tracking value and the lowest value of the channel.
• “PEAK/VALLEY” means the highest and lowest values of the channel.
16.5 Troubleshooting
See “Error Messages” in Chapter 17 for information relating to error messages.
The instrument’s System Calibration Sheet contains important information about what indicator lights and which
Function Input pins and/or Limit Output pins of the System connector are used.