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Software User Guide 151
Automation Tab
selected,thelongintegerinputregisterincreasesfrom0to4.2949673E9,then‐4.2949673E9andbackto0.Themenu
selectionsforthisoptionsarelistedbelow:
Note:WhentheInputModeissettoSlowResponse(filtered)someoftheCounterModeoptionsarenotparticularlysuitedsince
themaximumcountis10Hz.Forexample,FrequencyRate0.1swouldonlybecapableofmeasuringonecount.
Up:Upwardaccumulatorofinputpulses
Runtimesec:Thisisthe
on‐timetimerfeaturethatcountsthetimetheassociatedinputisintheONstate.Theoutputfor
thisoptionisinseconds.
Runtimemin:Thisistheon‐timetimerfeaturethatcountsthetimetheassociatedinputisintheONstate.Theoutputofthis
option
isminutes.
Freq.Rate:Dependingonthefrequencyrateselected,thepulsesareaccumulatedfor100ms,200ms,500ms,1second,2
seconds,5seconds,10seconds,30seconds,60secondsor60minutes.
ONPulseWidth:Widthtimeismsbetweenconsecutiveleading(OFFtoON)andtrailing(ONtoOFF)
edges.
OFFPulseWidth:Widthtimeismsbetweenconsecutiveleading(ONtoOFF)andtrailing(OFFtoON)edges.
• Pulseslongerthanthemaximumsizeallowedbytheregisterwi llresultinanoverflowcondition(fullscale16‐bit
valueequalto65535)
• Pulsesshorterthan1mswillnotbe
accuratelydetectedresultinginerroneousvalues.
• Ifnoedgeiseverdetectedbyaninput,theresultwillreadas$0000.Timingonlybeginswhenanedgeisdetected.
Note:Countersarevolatile(theywillforgettheircountsifpowerislost).Typically,retentionofthevaluesandresettingthecounts
isaccomplishedinsoftwareatthehostcomputerthatpollstheseinputs.
CNTModbusAddress:Configurationmustbesequential,CNTaddressesaresequentialbytworegistersfromthebase
address.
DiscreteOutput
• ClickontheDiscreteOutputbuttonandthefollowingdialogwindowwillappear: