Selecting ‹Basic config.› in the ‹Device data› drop down menu opens a window to allow configuration of the basic parameters of the temperature converter or pulse isolator module. This will only appear if the password has been previously entered. This window shows the following data:
The first four fields are set on production and are therefore read only. Tag name, Descriptor and Date can be changed using the PCS45 software.
The Tag name and Descriptor have a maximum character length of 8 and 16 characters respectively. All lower case letters in these fields are converted to upper case automatically and illegal characters are suppressed.
The date is shown with 2 digits for the day and month and 4 digits for the year (in accordance with Windows® settings). A calendar is also given, which is opened using the arrow at the right hand side of the text box.