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8.1ExternalTimedProgramWindow

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ClearTable:DeletealldataintheDisplayTableandpreparefornewdataentry.

Run(Stop):TorunandstoptheTimedProgram.

RunningCycle:Enterthenumberofdesiredrunningcycleshere.

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Thenumericalrangeforcyclingis0‐999.Notethatthemaximumcyclescanbe setto‘infinite’

when“0”cyclesisentered.TheExternalTimedProgramallowstheusertosettheoutputeither

ONorOFFbyselectingtheboxesinthelastcolumn.

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8.2OutputON/OFFfunction

 OutputONTicked:OutputisONforthatstep

 OutputONUn‐ticked:OutputisOFFforthatstep.

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8.3AutomaticTimedOutputOperation

1.Clearolddatainthetablebyclicking[ClearTable].

2.Enterdatainthetableusing'Up‐Down‐Left‐Right'keysonPCkeyboardfornewlocations.

3.Datathatexceedtheratedvoltageandcurrentwillnotbeaccepted.

4.VoltagesthatexceedtheUVL(UpperVoltageLimit)

willnotbeaccepted.

5.Ifretrievedorentered,datathatexceedthepresetUpperorLowerLimitsettingforvoltage/

current/timeperiodswillswitchtoredincolorandwillnotbeaccepted.

6.Whentherunningtimeperiodofanystepissettozero

minutesandzeroseconds,thisstep

becomestheterminatingstepandthecyclewillendatthisstep.Intheaboveexamplethereare

4stepseachwitha2secondtimeperiod,ifstep3issettozerominutes&seconds,theprogram

willonlycyclestep1and

2andwillnotgotostep4.

7.Enterthenumberofdesiredrunningcycles.

8.Click[Run]toruntheExternalTimeProgram.TheExternalTimedProgramfeatureallowsthe

usertosettheoutputeitherONorOFFbyselectingtheboxesinthelastcolumn.