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Remote Operation and Advanced Features Teledyne API M100E Analyzer Operation Manual
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7.2.1.1. IDAS CHANNELS
The key to the flexibility of the iDAS is its ability to store a large number of combinations of triggering events and
data parameters in the form of data channels. Users may create up to 20 data channels and each channel can
contain one or more parameters. For each channel one triggering event is selected and up to 50 data
parameters, which can be the same or different between channels. Each data channel has several properties
that define the structure of the channel and allow the user to make operational decisions regarding the channel
(refer to Table 7-6).
Table 7-6:
iDAS Da
ta Channel Properties
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION DEFAULT SETTING RANGE
NAME
The name of the data channel. “NONE” Up to 6 letters and digits
(more with APICOM, but only
the first six are displayed on
the front panel).
TRIGGERING
EVENT
The event that triggers the data channel to
measure and store its data parameters. Refer to
APPENDIX A-5 for a list of available triggering
events.
ATIMER Any allowed event.
NUMBER AND
LIST OF
PARAMETERS
A User-configurable list of data types to be
recorded in any given channel. Refer to APPENDIX
A-5 for a list of available parameters
1 - PMTDET Any available concentration,
temperature, pneumatic or
diagnostic parameter.
REPORT PERIOD
The amount of time between each channel data
point.
000:01:00 000:00:01 to
366:23:59
(Days:Hours:Minutes)
NUMBER OF
RECORDS
The number of reports that will be stored in the data
file. Once the specified limit has been exceeded,
the oldest data are over-written to make space for
new data.
100 1 to 1 million, limited by
available storage space.
RS-232 REPORT
Enables the analyzer to automatically report
channel values to the RS-232 ports.
OFF OFF or ON
CHANNEL
ENABLED
Enables or disables the channel. Provides a
convenient means to temporarily disable a data
channel.
ON OFF or ON
CAL HOLD OFF
Disables sampling of data parameters while
instrument is in calibration mode.
Note that - when enabled here - there is also a
length of the iDAS HOLD OFF after calibration
mode, which is set in the VARS menu (refer to
Section 7.2.2.11).
OFF OFF o
r ON
7.2.1.2. IDAS PARAMETERS
Data parameters are types of data that may be measured and stored by the iDAS. For each Teledyne API’s
analyzer model, the list of available data parameters is different, fully defined and not customizable. Appendix A-
5 lists firmware specific data parameters for the M100E. The most common parameters are concentrations of the
measured gas (SO
2
), temperatures of heated zones (converter, sample chamber, box temperature…), pressures
and flows of the pneumatic subsystem and other diagnostic measurements as well as calibration data (slope and
offset) for each gas.
Most data parameters have associated measurement units, such as mV, ppb, cm³/min, etc., although some
parameters have no units. The only units that can be changed are those of the concentration readings according
to the SETUP-RANGE settings. Note that the iDAS does not keep track of the unit of each concentration value
and iDAS data files may contain concentrations in multiple units if the unit was changed during data acquisition.
Each data parameter has user-configurable functions that define how the data are recorded (refer to Table 7-7).
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