Dillon FI-127 - Manual (Page 59)

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Whenever a ‘Capture’ action (assigned to hardware input and/or a serial input
character and/or Capture Start in the user menu) is executed, data capture is
initiated. The current time and date are saved, and points are stored in memory at
the configured capture rate. A ‘Stop Cap.’ action (assigned to hardware and/or a
serial input character and/or Capture Stop in the user menu) may be used to halt
the data capture. Otherwise, it continues until the specified number of points have
been stored or until stopped as described below.
While data capture is in progress, the first character of the display, in Force, Peak
or 1st Peak display modes, is set to display “C” (If Frozen Force is displayed, a “b”
is displayed instead of “C” or “F”. (Serial output formatting is unaffected by this
status indication.)
The front panel keys perform their usual functions with the following modifica-
tions:
ZERO and PEAK RESET also stop data capture in addition to their usual
functions.
ESCAPE and ENTER do not stop data capture. They are available to “unfreeze”
the force display without interfering with the data capture function.
Entering the service menus halts data capture.
Changing loadcell selection (under the F1 key) halts data capture and deletes
points.
Start and Stop are available under Capture in the user menu.
The menus under Capture in the user menu provide access to display, send and
delete captured points and related statistical data.
All outputs are unaffected by data capture.
The stored data are deleted in the following circumstances: via the Delete menus
under Capture in the user menu, whenever the Setup menus are entered, when-
ever Reset Setup is performed.
Hardware input and serial input can start and stop the data capture only while the
instrument is in the display mode.
Low Voltage, Load Cell Error or Lockup all cause the Data Capture to be halted.
Overranged values are still stored, but displayed and printed in the same manner
as other overranged values.
Data capture is disabled if the Capture Interval is set to zero or if Capture Points
is set to zero.
Data Capture
Control
Display
Keypad
Outputs
Notes