Profiles/timers - Triggering mode: level (gate), edge (once), edge (retrig.)

• edge (once) – this means that the profile which was configured by the user Profile will be triggered by the rising edge signal (from values ≤ 0 to the value >

0) coming from the source signal. After the rising edge the Profile will be generated in whole (once), regardless of further changes to the signal source.

For more details see Chapter 7.12.2. Profiles/timers - Triggering mode: level (gate), edge (once), edge (retrig.),

• edge (retrig.) - this means that the profile configured by the user Profile will be triggered by the rising edge signal (from values ≤ 0 to the value > 0) that comes from the source signal. However, in this mode, unlike the edge (once) mode a defined Profile will be generated from the beginning every time the Triggering source signal will generate an edge, whether that Profile had been completed or not. For more details see Chapter 7.12.2. Profiles/timers - Triggering mode:

level (gate), edge (once), edge (retrig.),

• on time – in this mode the Profile/timer is generated in selected time (using parameter Triggering times). For more details see Chapter 7.12.3.

Profiles/timers - Triggering mode: on time, – Pause mode – way to pause a generated Profile/timer,

• disabled – Profile/timer can not be paused,

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• high level – Profile/timer will be paused when the channel's value in the Pause source parameter is greater than zero ( >0 ) and will be resumed when this value is lower or equals zero ( ≤0 ). If a Profile/timer is paused and a new trigger is detected, the Profile/timer will remain in the pause state. Additionally, when in the Section list parameter, Shape of Section num. 1 is set as const.value, then the Profile/timer will set itself on Final value of this section, and when in the Section list parameter, Shape of Section num. 1 is set as slope, then the Profile/timer will set itself on its Idle value.

• low level – Profile/timer will be paused, when the channel's value in the Pause source parameter is lower or equal zero ( ≤0 ) and will be resumed when this value is greater than zero ( >0 ). If Profile/timer is paused and a new trigger is detected, the Profile/timer will remain in the pause state. Additionally, when in the Section list parameter, Shape of Section num. 1 is set as const.value, then the Profile/timer will set itself on Final value of this section, and when in the Section list parameter, Shape of Section num. 1 is set as slope, then the Profile/timer will set itself on its Idle value.

• rising edge – Profile/timer will be paused when the device detects the channel's value change from lower or equal zero ( ≤0 ) to greater than zero ( >0 ) in the Pause source parameter, and will be resumed when the device detects another change like that in this channel. If Profile/timer is paused and a new trigger is detected, the Profile/timer will react to this trigger as if it wan not paused.

• falling edge – Profile/timer will be paused when the device detects the channel's value change from greater than zero ( >0 ) to lower or equal zero (

≤0 ) in the Pause source parameter, and will be resumed when the device detects another change like that in this channel. If Profile/timer is paused and a new trigger is detected, the Profile/timer will react to this trigger as if it was not paused.

– Pause source – this parameter is not visible when the Pause mode parameter is set as disabled. It contains the list of Logical channels, where the selected one will be a pause source for the Profile/timer,

– Idle value – the value before and after generating the defined Profile,

– Section list – submenu where the user can define Profile/timer consisting of up to 100 sections. For more details see below in this Chapter.

– Looping – each Profile has a possibility to repeat its generated signal. This parameter has the following options:

• disabled – the Profile is generated only once,

• counted – allows to generate Profile specified number of times defined in the Loop count parameter,

• from logical channel – this option allows the user to run a Profile a specified number of times set in the selected logical channel defined by the Looping source parameter,

• infinite – this option allows the user to repeat the generated Profile infinitely, – Loop count – this parameter is visible only when the Looping parameter is set on

counted. It allows the user to enter the number of generated Profile repetitions,

– Return to position – this parameter is invisible only when the Looping parameter is set as disabled. It allows the user to select a section from the list, from which any next generated Profile should start. In case when the Section list is empty, this parameter is also empty,

Section list sub-menu

It allows the user to configure Profile/timer consisting of up to 100 sections and for each of them the user can set: Duration, Unit, Shape and Final value.

This button allows the addition of a new section to a list.

This button allows the removal of a section from a list.

The arrows placed in the upper right corner of the screen allow switching between sections. The middle button allows a direct selection of a specific section.

The Section list parameters are:

– Duration – defines the duration of the section, it depends on the Unit parameter, – Unit – the user can select available options: second, minute, hour which sets a unit

of the duration,

– Shape – allows to choose the shape of the defined section (const.value, slope), – Final value – allows to set the level for const.value, or the end value for slope for

the selected Profile/timer,

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Fig. 7.99. Sample of Profile/timer configuration

Comments to the Looping parameter

If the user selects: counted or infinite repeats of the Profile/timer, the user has two alternatives:

– if the section from which begins the next repeat Profile/timer is a ramp, then in the whole duration of this section is linear generating the output signal from the final value of the previous section to final value of this section. This is shown in Fig. 7.100 (dashed line-run profile)

– if the section from which the next repeat of the Profile/timer begins is a constant value, then Profile signal quickly transient (0.1 seconds)from the final value of the previous section to a constant value in this section. This is shown in Fig. 7.100 (profile guided fine line).

Definition of parameters

1 2

3

5 4

6

Fig. 7.100. Sample of Profile/timer with description of parameters

7.12.2. Profiles/timers - Triggering mode: level (gate), edge (once), edge (retrig.)

The Profiles/timers parameters for triggering mode: level (gate), edge (once), edge (retrig.) are:

– Name – it gives the name to the Profile,

– Triggering mode – selects a way to generate a Profile/timer, there are five modes of triggering:

• disabled,

• level (gate) – this means that the Profile configured by the user when the source signal has the value > 0, otherwise (if source value ≤ 0) the defined Profile will not be generated. See Fig. 7.101 and example a) in Fig. 7.102,

• edge (once) – this means that the Profile configured by the user will be triggered by the rising edge (from values ≤ 0 to the value > 0) of the source signal. After the rising edge the Profile will be generated in whole (once), regardless of further changes to the signal source, see Fig. 7.101 and example b) in Fig. 7.102,

• edge (re-triggering) – this means that the Profile configured by the user will be triggered by the rising edge (from values ≤ 0 to the value > 0) of the source signal. However, in this mode, unlike the edge (once) mode the defined Profile will be generated from the beginning every time the Triggering source signal generates an edge, whether that Profile had been completed or not. See Fig. 7.101 and example c) in Fig. 7.102,

– Triggering source – allows to choose a triggering source of the Profile/timer from the logical channel list,

– Idle value – the value which occurs at the idle state which means before and after generating the Profile/timer,

– Section list – the submenu in which the user can define up to 100 sections generated by the Profile/timer. For more information see Chapter 7.12.1.

Profile/timer - General settings,

– Looping – each Profile/timer has an ability to repeat its generated signal, this parameter has the following options:

• disabled – the profile is not repeated,

• counted – allows to generate the profile a specified number of times defined in the Loop count parameter,

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Idle value

1 2

3 4

5 6

2

3 4

5 6

Legend:

2 1

Section for Profile without looping

Section for Profile with looping -> Return to position 1 (slope) Section for Profile with looping -> Return to position 2 (const. value)

Time

1 1

2 3

4

5 6

Final value for first section

• from logical channel - allows to run the profile a number of times that equals the value in the selected logical channel determined by the Looping source parameter,

• infinite – allows to repeat the generated Profile infinitely,

– Loop count – this parameter is visible only if the Looping parameter is set as counted, defines the number of repetitions of the generated Profile,

– Looping source – this parameter is visible only if the Looping parameter is set as from logical channel. It allows to choose a logical channel from the list, whose value will be compared with the number of already made cycles of the Profile,

– Return to position – this parameter is invisible if the Looping parameter is set as disabled, allows to select a fixed position from which every next generated Profile has to start,

Fig. 7.101. Sample of Profile/timer

1 2 3 4 5 6

Profile

Time [s]

Idle value

Section num.: 1 2 3 4 5

Fig. 7.102. Samples of Profile output waveforms defined in Fig. 7.101, triggered by signal selected in Triggering source parameter for Triggering mode: level (gate), edge (once),

edge (retrig.)