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IO Cards
(Main Menu > Status > System > IO Cards)
This will display the Slot position of each card in the recorder. The Card Type is identified
as Analogue I/P, Alarm/Digital I/O, Analogue O/P or Pulse Input. The number of Channels
on each card eg. Digital I/O 1-16. The Firmware Version of the card is displayed and the
Board Revision.
Go Back to return to the previous screen or select Print to print the screen.
Pen Overview
(Main Menu > Status > Pen Overview)
Each pen is displayed with full configuration details.
• Pen - Displays the pen number and ticked if it is enabled
• Value - Displays the current reading for this pen
• Name - Pen name or number
• Maths - Displays any Maths calculation applied to this pen or the Analogue Input chan-
nel for this pen. Summarised to M for any Maths expressions.
• Scale - Displays the High and Low limits of the scale range for this pen
• In Alarm - Displays the current status of the alarm, tick = active and a cross = inactive.
• Pen Rate - This displays the fastest of all dependencies
• Alarm - Displays how many alarms are enabled on this pen
• Total - This will be ticked if a totaliser has been enabled on this pen
• Group - Displays the group number if this pen has been allocated to a group.
Go Back to return to the previous screen or select Print to print the screen.
Table 4.11 : Example of IO Card Status for a Minitrend QX
Slot Card Type Channels FW Version Board Revision
A Analogue I/P 1-8 A*-00* 0
B Pulse 9-12 A*-00* 1
G Digital I/O 1-16 A*-00* 0