Use the Data Point and Settings tab in Unit Admin to set up ICP+ data points. Settings include those for analog, digital, and counter data points. Buttons in the navigation pane allow you to add unit groups and units and toggle the active state.
To display the navigation pane or Data Point and Settings tabs in Unit Admin:
- Click All Units in Unit System Status.
- Select a unit in the Unit column of All Units View to display Unit Detail.
- Click Settings or the pencil icon to display Unit Admin.
- Select an analog, digital, or counter data point. For example, click Analog Channel 1 (AnCh1).
- The Data Point tab displays on top by default. Click Settings to display the Settings tab.
Use any of the features in the following list to set up an ICP+ Unit Admin:
- Toggle Active (Unit Admin navigation pane): Click to activate or deactivate a unit group and related units; units and related data points; and one or more data points. The navigation pane hides deactivated unit groups and units except when viewing the All Units group. Deactivated units also continue to trigger alerts and notifications. Refer to Unit Admin for more information.
- Data Point tab: ˆtop of pageˆ
- Alias: Use the Alias field to enter a user-friendly name for a data point. Enter a description that is meaningful to your company, such as a unique part number or other type of identifier.
- Display As: Analog only. Use Display As to identify the output of the data point. Options are As Is (Value as Decoded), Value Converted °C to °F, Value Converted °F to °C, or Descriptions for Values.
- State Conversions (Conversion Labels): Digital only. Use fields in the Conversion column to enter a description for one or more Value fields (labeled ON and OFF). Optionally, select an icon that will display when viewing Run Time data in Unit Detail. For example, enter Open for ON, Closed for OFF, or a description typically used by your company.
- Decimal Places: Analog and counter only. Use Decimal Places to identify how many numbers appear after the decimal in measurement readings.
- Offset: Analog only. A decimal number added to the Data Point display value; shown in engineering units. Default is 0.
- Correction Factor: If required, type an accumulator correction factor in the Correction Factor field. The manufacturer of the accumulator determines which correction factor you may need to provide.
- Engineering Unit Label: Use this field to identify the unit of measurement for the option selected in the Display As field. For example, if Display As is Volts, type V, VAC, VDC, volts, or a similar description.
- Value Descriptions: Analog only. Displays code values and their description.
- Add Description: Identifies a code value and description. Enter a description of the code in the second field.
- Save / Reset: Click Save to save settings. Click Reset to cancel changes and return to the last, saved setting.
- Settings tab: ˆtop of pageˆ
- Channel In Use: Analog and digital only. Click to enable or disable an analog or digital channel for service when sending over-the-air (OTA) commands to the ICP+ unit. A check mark inside the check box indicates the channel is enabled. Click the check box again to remove the check mark and disable the channel.
- Engineering Unit: Analog only. Use this field to identify the data point unit of measurement. For example, enter Volts if the data point is measuring rectifier voltage or Amps if measuring the millivolt drop across a shunt. If the data point is measuring rectifier instant OFF potentials, enter Instant Off, IR Free, or P/S (pipe-to-soil).
- Voltage Card: Analog only. Identify the type of voltage card installed in the analog channel of the ICP+. Options are ±100V, ±10V, ±100mV, ±250V, ±25V, and No Card Selected.
- Filter Value: Analog only. Use this field to apply a filter to analog measurement readings when the output voltage of the input device fluctuates due to excessive noise in the signal. The field accepts any value from 0.000 to 1.000. Values closer to 0.000 apply less filter while values closer to 1.000 apply more filter. Entering 0.000 applies no filter.
- Alarm Enabled / Alarm Trigger: Digital only. Use these fields to have the ICP+ send an alert based on a contact closure state. Click Alarm Enabled and then select an Alarm Trigger in the drop-down list (High or Low).
- Channel Number: Digital out only. Use this field to assign a number to the channel.
- Channel Digital State: Digital out only. Select a value from the drop-down list (Closed/Low or Open/High).
- Save / Reset: Click Save to save settings. Click Reset to cancel changes and return to the last, saved setting.
- Send Settings: Click to display the Send Unit Settings window and then click Sync Unit Settings to send settings to the ICP+.
- Raw Input High / Raw Input Low: Analog only, Scaling & Alarms tab. Scale the data point by entering a value in each field that is within the voltage range of the voltage card specified in the Analog Channel tab.
- Engineering Units Max / Engineering Units Min: Analog only, Scaling & Alarms tab. Scale the sensor of the asset by entering a value in each field that is within the voltage range supported by the asset.
- High Alarm: Analog only, Scaling & Alarms tab. Enter a voltage level that triggers a high alarm alert.
- Low Alarm: Analog only, Scaling & Alarms tab. Enter a voltage level that triggers a low alarm alert.
- Hi Alarm Trigger D/O 1 and D/O 2: Analog only, Scaling & Alarms tab. Select the contact closure state of the digital output channel when the analog channel is in High Alarm.
- Lo Alarm Trigger D/O 1 and D/O 2: Analog only, Scaling & Alarms tab. Select the contact closure state of the digital output channel when the analog channel is in Low Alarm.
- Counter Alarm: Counter only. The ICP+ sends an alert when the accumulated count reaches the value entered in the Counter Alarm field.
- Counter: Counter only. The ICP+ resets the counter when the accumulated count reaches the value entered in the Counter field.
- Calculated Use Date: Counter only. This field is used in reports as a base date for calculating the difference in measurement readings.