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3 Basic operation
3.1 General
AFLOW‐SMSinstrumentisequippedwithadigitalelectronic‘Multibus’pc‐board.Theseelectronicsconsistofa
micro‐controllerwithperipheralcircuitryformeasuring,controllingandcommunication.Theflow/pressuresignal,is
measuredanddigitizeddirectlyatthesensorandprocessedbymeansoftheinternalsoftware(firmware).
Processedvaluescanbemeasuredand/oroperatedbymeansof:
Analoginterface(0...5Vdc/0...10Vdc/0...20mA/4...20mA)
DigitalRS232FLOW‐BUSinterface(connectedtoCOM‐portbymeansofspecialcableon38400
Baud)
DigitalRS485Modbusinterface
DigitalProfibusinterface
DigitalDeviceNetinterface
DigitalEtherCATinterface
Operationviaanalogordigitalinterfacecanbeperformedatthesametime.Aspecialparametercalled“control
mode”indicatestowhichsetpointthecontrollershouldrespond.
3.2 Analog operation
Atanalogoperationfollowingsignalsareavailable:
measuredvalue(analogoutput)
setpoint(analoginput)
valvevoltage(controllersonly)
Thetypeofinstalledanaloginterface(0‐5V,0‐10V,0‐20mAor4‐20mA)canbefoundinthemodelkeyofthe
instrument.Refertoparagraph2.14.
Setpointsbelow2%ofthefullscalewillbeinterpretedas0%setpoint.
Whenoperatingtheinstrumentthroughtheanaloginterfaceitispossibletoconnecttheinstrument
simultaneouslytoRS232forreading/changingparameters(e.g.controllerresponseorotherfluid
selection).
3.3 Manual interface: micro-switch and LED’s
Bymeansofmanualoperationofthemicropush‐buttonswitchsomeimportantactionsfortheinstrumentcanbe
selected/started.Theseoptionsareavailableinbothanalogand digital/fieldbusoperationmode.
Thesefunctionsare:
‐reset(instrumentfirmware‐programreset)
‐restorefactorysettings(incaseofunaccidentlychangingofthesettings)
TheLED’sontopoftheinstrumentcanalsobeusedformanualoperationofsomeoptions.ThegreenLEDwill
indicateinwhatmodetheinstrumentisactive.TheredLEDwillindicateerror/warningsituations.
Fordetailssee“manualinterface”inOperationInstructionsDigitalInstruments(documentnr.
9.17.023,Chapter10)
3.4 Basic RS232 FLOW-BUS operation
Digitaloperationaddsalotofextrafeatures(comparedtoanalogoperation)totheinstruments.
Suchas:
‐setpointslope(rampfunctiononsetpointforsmoothcontrol)
‐8selectablefluids(calibrationsettingsforhighaccuracy)
‐directreadingatreadout/controlmoduleorhostcomputer
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