GD Commerce EDA-M350 Computer Hardware User Manual


 
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Timeout Values The system has many settings or operations, which after a predetermined period of time
automatically cancel. This is where these values are set. Refer to the EDA-M100 manual for descriptions of
these values
Analogue Global Options Only required for analogue systems that use the analogue range of detectors. %
level changes when changing from day to night mode. + sets the units more sensitive, - sets the units less
sensitive. The pre alarm level is a % of the alarm value and should be defaulted to 95% . The head dirty is
a percentage of the alarm level and should be set to approximately 85%.
Save as Default Once the default values are set they can be saved as the defaults and loaded for the next
new system. To do this click ‘Save as Default’
Load Defaults If previously the settings have been saved as default they can be reloaded into the system
by clicking ‘load default’.
Exit and Save To return to the main screen press exit and save. Any values changed on the screen will
now be stored. If there are any values that are incorrect they must be corrected before exiting this screen.
5.7 Saving Settings to Disk
Once the messages and cause and effects have been completed they should be saved to disk. As a pre-
cautionary measure it would be worth while saving the information to the disk drive on regular occasions
throughout entering lots of information in case of problems with the PC. The system does not auto-save the
work.
Click on ‘Save to Disk’ and the following screen will be displayed.
Select the appropriate directory. Type the file name to be saved or click on the existing file if to be over writ-
ten and then click on the save button.
5.8 Sending Settings to Panel
When the messages and cause and effects have been programmed correctly, the information is required to
be downloaded into all the panels.
Messages and options are required to be loaded into display panels whereas only options are required to
be loaded into booster. This must be performed to ensure correct operation of the system. .
If only defaults are used (including zones) options do not require loading into panels.
Having clicked on the ‘Download to Panel’ button the screen as shown in figure 5.8 appears.
In order to download the correct information, the following parameters have to be set.
Messages/Options Allows the user to select whether to down load options, messages or both.
M100/M200 Select panel type being down loaded
Panel Port Select front panel port for the particular lead being used.
Com Port Select PC Comm port being used
Panel Software Select appropriate version of software
Status Information This details the amount of options/messages loaded