Section VI. Extended Capabilities
Sensors may be activated and deactivated from the Edit mode. Deactivating a sensor means to
make the PMS II stop monitoring that point. Reasons this might be done are if the wire from the
sensor to the Data Remote Unit is broken, or the sensor has failed. in this case, the sensor
would give an erroneous reading, and possibly trip a setpoint alarm when in fact no alarm exists.
Rather than allow the PMS II to display misleading measurements and bogus alarms, the sensor
can be deactivated. When this is done, the alarm is canceled and the reading is replaced by the
bar message, 'DEACTIVATED'. When the wire or sensor has been repaired or replaced, the
sensor could be reactivated. Perform the following steps to activate or deactivate sensors;
1.
Press the '1' key (ACTIVATE/DEACTIVATE SENSORS)
2.
The screen will display a prompt to select the page to Edit. Press the key corresponding to
the page where the sensor you wish to Edit is located.
3.
The screen will display the monitoring page with prompts in the upper right corner and the
cursor on the first bargraph. Use the '1' (ADVANCE CURSOR) key to position the cursor
to the desired sensor. (Note: if the page flashes, and returns to the page select prompt,
there are no sensors on that page. Either select another page, or press the EDIT key to
return to the Edit menu.)
4.
Press '2' (EDIT THIS ONE)
5.
The screen will display the sensor information, with the sensor label on the top line, and
prompts in the upper right corner. if the sensor is an analog sensor, the sensor number will
be displayed as 2 digits separated by a dash (-): the first being the analog module
number, and the second being the position of that sensor on the analog module. if the
sensor is a rate sensor, the sensor number will be displayed as "R-", followed by a number
representing the position of that sensor on the rate module. (NOTE: Some rate sensor
numbers will not correspond to positions on the rate module. These cases apply to
multiple readings being generated from one signal, as in fuel flow rate and fuel consumed
being provided by one sensor. ) The cursor will be on the line with 'SENSOR ACTIVE".
6.
Press '2' (EDIT THIS ONE)
7.
The cursor will extend, press 'O' to activate
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