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Configuring the DC Analog Module
Overview The ADAM
your order. Typically, all of the analog inputs will be configured the same way; for
example, they may all be configured to have a voltage range of +1 V.
In most cases, you will not have to reconfigure the DC Analog Input Module. You
may, however, want to change the following:
• Input type (voltage or current)
• Input range
Point descriptors
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The following procedure is intended as a high-level overview. For detailed
instructions and settings, refer to the following documents:
• ADAM 4000 Data Acquisition Modules User's Manual – Available from the
Advantech CD that shipped with your iBox Kit (accessible through Manual >
ADAM 4000 > ADAM-4000.pdf)
• Modbus
Digital Energy CD that shipped with your iBox Kit
• Calculator DTA Configuration Guide (A083-0CG) – Available from the GE
Digital Energy CD that shipped with your iBox Kit
Before you You need the following to configure the ADAM-4017+:
Start
• RS-485/RS-232 converter
• Cables to connect the RS-232 side of the converter to your PC COM port, and
the RS-485 side of the converter to your ADAM-4017+ DATA+ and DATA-
terminals.
• Phillips screwdriver, to disconnect field and communications wires to the
ADAM-4017+.
Needle-nose pliers to make jumpering changes, in the event that you want to
•
change the input types from voltage to current, or vice versa.
• PC equipped with:
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GE Information
®
-4017+ DC Analog Input Module has been pre-configured based on
®
DCA Configuration Guide (A059-0CG) – Available from the GE
ADAM-4000 Utility, available from the Advantech CD that shipped with
your iBox Kit
SGConfig, available from the GE Digital Energy CD that shipped with your
iBox Kit.
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