ALPHA2 QUICK START MANUAL

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1. INTRODUCTION.................................................................3

1.1 AVAILABLE MODELS........................................................ 3

1.2 CAUTION........................................................................... 3

2. DIMENSIONS......................................................................3

3 INSTALLATION....................................................................3

4. WIRING DIAGRAMS.........................................................4

5. SPECIFICATIONS..............................................................6

6. SYSTEM MENU ..................................................................7

6.1 MENU OPTIONS INSTRUCTIONS................................... 7

6.2 THE STOP MODE............................................................. 7

6.3 THE RUN MODE TOP MENU ........................................... 7

6.4 THE EDIT MENU .............................................................. 7

6.5 THE FUNCTION BLOCK EDIT MENU.............................. 7

6.6 OPTION SCREEN SETUP ............................................... 8

6.7 BLOCK ITEMS .................................................................. 8

7. DIRECT PROGRAMMING...............................................8

7.1 BLOCK AVAILABILITY....................................................... 9

7.2 CONNECTING BLOCKS ................................................... 9

7.3 DISCONNECT TWO BLOCKS .......................................... 9

7.4 METHODS TO CREATE A FUNCTION BLOCK ................ 9

7.5 FUNCTION BLOCK EDITING............................................ 9

7.6 MOVEMENT BETWEEN FUNCTION BLOCKS ................ 9

7.7 USING KEYS AS INPUTS ............................................... 10

7.8 THE MONITOR MODE .................................................... 10

8. PROGRAMMING USING AL-PCS ............................. 10

8.1 OUTLINE......................................................................... 10

8.2 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION ........................................... 10

8.3 INSTALLING AND STARTING AL-PCS ........................... 11

8.4 STARTING AL-PCS ......................................................... 12

8.5 USING THE HELP FILES IN AL-PCS ............................. 13

9. FUNCTION BLOCKS...................................................... 15

9.1 LOGIC FUNCTION BLOCKS .......................................... 15

9.2 ADDITIONAL FUNCTION BLOCKS................................ 15

10. TROUBLESHOOTING.................................................. 17

10.1 INPUT STATUS ERROR ............................................... 17

10.2 OUTPUT STATUS ERROR ........................................... 17

10.3 TOP MENU IS NOT DISPLAYED .................................. 17

10.4 CANNOT ENTER RUN MODE ..................................... 17

10.5 INCORRECT CLOCK DATA .......................................... 17

10.6 THE “?” APPEARS ON THE DISPLAY .......................... 17

10.7 CANNOT USE AN OPERATION KEY ........................... 17

10.8 INCORRECT LCD DISPLAY......................................... 17

10.9 CANNOT COMMUNICATE WITH AL-PCS .................... 18

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