Manual
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Configure Your Thermocouple and RTD Input Modules with RSLogix 5000 Software Chapter 3
1. Choose from the options on the Alarm Configuration tab.
2. After the channels are configured, do one of the following:
• Click Apply to store a change but stay on the dialog box to choose
another tab.
• Click OK to apply the change and close the dialog box.
• Click Cancel to close the dialog box without applying changes.
Alarm Configuration tab
Field What to do Description
Channel Select a push button
to correspond to a
channel (0…3)
Click the channel that is being configured.
Process Alarms Type a value for each of the four alarm trigger
points that alert you when the module has
exceeded these limitations.
You also can use the respective slider icon to set a
trigger value.
The Unlatch buttons are enabled only when the
module is online.
High-High Set from
-32,768...32,767
Select a value so that any value out of range in this
field causes a profile validation error. This value
also appears in the HH slider on
this dialog.
High Set from
-32,768...32,767
Select a value so that any value out of range in this
field causes a profile validation error. This value
also appears in the HI slider on this dialog.
Low Set from
-32,768...32,767
Select a value so that any value out of range in this
field causes a profile validation error. This value
also appears in the LO slider on this dialog.
Low-Low Set from
-32,768...32,767
Select a value so that any value out of range in this
field causes a profile validation error. This value
also appears in the LL slider on this dialog.
Disable All Alarms Click to check the
checkbox
Check the box to disable all alarms.
Important: When you disable all alarms, you
disable process, and channel diagnostic alarms (for
example, underrange and overrange). We
recommend that you disable only unused channels
so extraneous alarm bits are not set.
Latch Process Alarms Click to check the
checkbox
Check the box to latch an alarm in the set position
even if the condition that causes the alarm
disappears.
Click to unlatch all alarms together. This feature is
disabled when offline