Specifications

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Sicontroller Metering Display:
The Sicontroller software gives you a quick overview of each channel bank of your Sicon-8. Each of the meters displays
the digital value of the channel and a simulated analog meter. The analog meter’s scale is normally green, but can be
configured to show user defined alarm limits as yellow and red regions on its scale.
Sicontroller Status Display:
The Sicontroller status display gives a quick visual representation of the state of all status indicators in the current channel
bank. Status colors can be user selected for each off and on indicator of every channel. For instance, “off” can be green
and “on can be red for one channel, but the opposite for the other. The status labels are also user-defined. Status alarms
that are detected by the Sicon-8 hardware will cause the status background to change color and flash similarly to the
meters. The status on/off labels can be set to change dynamically with on and off states.
Sicontroller Relays:
The Sicon-8’s relays close by clicking on them. In the case of momentary relays, they
will remain closed while the left mouse button is pushed. Latching relays do so as soon
as the left mouse button is pressed.
Custom text can be applied to both the main relay labels and to the individual buttons.
Additionally, latching relays can dynamically change their labels depending upon on &
off status.
The LEDs at left of each button turn green when that relay is “ON”. This indicator
action will be delayed or not displayed when monitoring via TCP/IP.
User Defined Channel Label
Meter scale with alarm limits
shown. Red = critical,
Yellow = warning
Green = Normal Range
Digital readout reports exact value
measured by Sicon-8. The number
of digits displayed is user defined.
User Defined Measurement Units
Left:
Example of a
typical Sicontroller meter
Hint:
Alarm limits, as shown
on the meter scale, give the
user a handy visual reference
but do not necessarily indicate
that alarm reporting has been
enabled for that channel. Alarm
limits are strictly viewable as a
visual reference within the
software environment and are
not stored on the hardware.
Actual alarm set points are
stored in the hardware and an
alarm condition that has been
detected by the Sicon-8
hardware can cause the meter
background & digital readout to
change color and flash.
“LEDs” indicate which alarms are
enabled. This meter has only the
upper critical alarm enabled.