SM500F
Field mountable paperless recorder Appendix F – Batch Recording
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F.3 Operation
F.3.1 Overview
Batch recording can be started and stopped either automatically using a digital signal source (see page
179) or manually from any of the vertical or horizontal chart view operator menus.
Batch start and stop events are recorded in the Alarm Event Log. The icon is displayed in the log when
a batch is started and the icon is displayed when a batch is stopped. If 'Field 1' is defined during
configuration (see page 179) and the operator has entered text in the field (see below), that text is displayed
in the 'Event Tag' field of the Alarm Event Log. The batch number or label is displayed in the 'Source Tag'
field. The date and time of the event are also displayed.
If 'Chart Annotation' is enabled, batch start and stop events are also displayed in the selected chart view in
the format <icon> <time> <Field 1 text> <batch no.>, for example:
.
F.3.2 Starting a Batch Manually
Note. A batch can be started only from the vertical or horizontal chart view operator menus. Press the
key to open the menu.
Note. Displayed only if batch recording has been enabled during Group
configuration and a batch is not running.
Select to start batch recording. A dialog box is displayed to enable the
operator to edit the batch details.
Note. If 'Security system' is set to 'Advanced' (see Section F.4.1,
page 177) and the operator has the necessary access rights (see
Section F.4.2, page 178) and 'Operator login' is set to 'Start' or 'Start
and Stop' (see page 179), a password entry dialog box is displayed. The
correct operator password must be entered to enable the batch to be
started.
Enter or edit the batch number or label.
If 'Batch Number' is set to 'Automatic' during configuration (see page
180), this field increments automatically by one each time a batch is
started. A number entry pad is displayed when the edit button is
selected to enable the batch number to be edited manually.
If 'Batch Number' is set to 'Off' during configuration, this field is blank. A
number entry pad is displayed when the edit button is selected to enable
a batch number to be entered manually.
If 'Batch Number' is set to 'Text' during configuration, this field is blank.
A text entry keyboard is displayed when the edit button is selected to
enable a batch label to be entered manually (max. 20 characters).
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