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Configuring the GX/GP and Viewing the Settings
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1.2.2 Setting Alarms
Path
GX/GP: MENU key > Browse tab > Setting > Setting menu AI channel settings or AI(mA)
channel settings > Alarm
Web application: Config. tab > AI channel settings or AI(mA)channelsettings >
Channel range (display example: 0001-0010) > Alarm
Hardware configurator: AI channel settings or AI(mA)channelsettings > Channel range
(display example: 0001-0010) > Alarm
Description
Setup Item Selectable Range or Options Default Value
First-CH AI channel —
Last-CH AI channel —
First-CH, Last-CH
Set the target channels. The channels that you can specify appear depending on the module
configuration.
Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, Level 4
Setup Item Selectable Range or Options Default Value
On/Off Off, On Off
Type
1
H: High limit, L: Low limit, R: High limit on rate-of-
change, r: Low limit on rate-of-change,
T: Delay high limit, t: Delay low limit,
h: Difference high limit,
2
l: Difference low limit
2
H: High limit
Value
1, 7
Within the setting range 0.0000
Hysteresis
1, 4, 7
Numeric value
When Calculation is set to Off or Delta: 0 to 5% of
range setting
When math is set to Linear scaling or Square root:
0 to 100000
0.0005
Logging
1
Off, On On
Output type
1
Off, Relay
5
, Internal switch
6
Off
Output No.
3
DO channel or internal switch —
1 Appears when Level (1 to 4) is set to On.
2 Appears when Calculation of the range setting is set to Delta.
3 Appears when Output type is not set to Off.
4 Appears when Type is set to high limit, low limit, difference high limit, or difference low limit.
5 Appears when the range type of any of the DO channels is set to Alarm.
6 Appears when any of the internal switch type is set to Alarm.
7 The default values of AI (mA) channels are 0.00 for the Alarm value and 0.05 for Hysteresis.
On/Off
To use an alarm level (1 to 4), set this to On.
1.2ConfiguringAIChannels(Analog(includingDI)input)channelsandAI(mA)channels