Auto Mode Help Page
This screen is used
to set-up starting a profile that has been created and saved in memory. In addition to selecting the profile to run,
the start mode and test alarm limits are defined. When all information has been defined, the profile
can be started.
In addition to the standard
menu bar at the bottom of the screen, the following touch keys are available:
Select a Profile - Touching
the box to the right of the SELECT A PROFILE text will allow opening a
pre-defined profile from memory. A list
of all saved profiles will appear.
Select the profile by touching its name.
Current Profile - This box displays the name of the currently running
profile. This box will be empty until the selected profile is actually
started.
Control The - Touching this box will allow
selecting whether the controller uses the PART TEMPERATURE thermocouple control
signal or the AIR TEMPERATURE thermocouple (located in the plenum) as the
control signal.
Select a Start Mode - Touching the box to the right of the SELECT A
START MODE text will give a multiple choice box. The start modes available are:
On Command This start mode will start the profile
as soon as the START button is touched.
Delay Start This start mode will start the profile
after a specified time delay.
@ Specified Time This start mode will start the
profile at a specified time and day (Thursday, April 4, 10:00:00 am for
example).
Remote Start This start mode will start the profile
based on a remote signal that comes to the PLC controller on digital input #X.
Enter Delay Time These three fields only need to be entered if DELAY
START is selected as the start mode.
Enter the data by touching each box under the HRS, MIN, and SEC
labels. This will bring up keypads to
enter the data. If DELAY START is not
selected, the header test will disappear. The data entry boxes will be
visible; however, the PLC will force these entries to zero if DELAY START is
not selected.
Enter Specified Time These
fields only need to be entered if @ SPECIFIED TIME is selected as the start
mode. Enter the data by touching each
box under the MO, DAY, HR, MIN, and SEC fields. This will bring up keypads to
enter the data. If
@ SPECIFIED TIME is not selected, the header test will disappear.
The data entry boxes will be visible; however, the PLC will force these entries
to zero if @ SPECIFIED TIME is not selected.
Profile Alarm Limits Each of these limits are changed by touching the
box next to the label. These levels can
be changed each time a profile is run.
Start Touching this button
will start the profile if ON COMMAND was chosen as the start mode. If DELAY START was chosen as the start mode,
then touching the START button will start the timer. When the timer count reaches zero, the
profile will start. If @ SPECIFIED TIME
was chosen as the start mode, the controller will start watching for the
specified day/time and then start the profile.
If REMOTE START was chosen as the start mode, the controller will watch
for the remote signal and start the profile at that time.
Views Touching this button
will bring up the first of three different screens used to watch the chamber
while running a profile. The first
screen is a large trend chart, the second screen is a small trend chart and
digital values, the last screen is large digital
values.
Stop Profile To immediately stop a profile and shut down the chambers
outputs, touch the STOP PROFILE button.