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1. LDB-CR Series
Large format industrial meters with chronometer and me counter funcons
Large format meters for long distance reading, for industrial
applicaons. Dierent formats available with 4 and 6 digits,
with 60 mm and 100 m digit height. Front keypad to access the
conguraon menu, and oponal remote keypad.
Mulple reading me formats in hours, minutes, seconds,
cents of seconds and days. Congurable for decimal or
sexagesimal reading (me format). Funcons for up and down
counng, with preset value congurable.
Controls
Independent controls for ‘start’, ‘stop’ and ‘reset’ through
free potenal contacts. Congurable for acvaon with other
control signals (NPN, PNP, inducve, ...).
Reset
External reset control, with acvaon congurable by edge or
by level, front reset and automac reset congurable when
reaching an alarm setpoint.
Special funcons
Special funcons with acvaon by external connecon:
counng direcon, total accumulated mes, total exceeded
me, display hold, and memory of events, maximum and
minimum (see secon 1.14.6).
Alarms
Independent alarms congurable as maximum or minimum,
with congurable acvaon and deacvaon delays and
oponal inverted relay acvaon and relay manual unlock-
ing. Alarms with ‘repeat’ mode with acvaon at mulples of
congured me (see secon 1.14.12).
‘On_alarm’ parameter to link funcons to alarm acvaon;
1. Idenfy the instrument format (see secon 1.4)
2. Power and signal connecons
- open the instrument (see secon 1.5)
- connect the power (see secon 1.7)
- connect the signal (see secon 1.8)
- close the instrument (see secon 1.5)
3. Congure the instrument (see secon 1.14)
- select the reading format, counng direcon and preset
value (see secon 1.14.2)
4. Advanced conguraon (oponal)
- funcons ‘on power up’, external reset and ‘B’ funcon
(see secon 1.14.7)
- control conguraons (see secon 1.14.10)
- congure the alarms (see secon 1.14.12)
1.1 How to use this manual
If this is the rst me you are conguring a large format
meter, below are the steps to follow to install and
congure the instrument. Read all the manual secons in
order to have a full and clear view of the characteriscs
of the instrument. Do not forget to read the installaon
precauons at secon 1.20.
- congure the fast access (see secon 1.14.14), and key
‘LE’ (1.14.15)
- congure other funcons (see secon 1.14.16)
5. If the instrument includes analog output (AO) or serial
communicaons (RTU, S4, S2)
- to include an opon to an instrument see secon 1.6
- to congure an installed opon, access the opon
conguraon menu (see secon 1.14.23)
- see secon 2 for informaon regarding the output and
control opons available
6. Install the instrument
- mount on panel, wall or hanging (see secon 1.19)
- adjust the brightness level according to your
environmental needs (see secon 1.14.22)
7. Check applicaon examples at secons 1.15 and 1.16
connue, reset to ‘0’, load ‘preset’ value or stop counng
(see secon 1.14.12).
Flash
Congurable display ashing in case of ‘stop’ counng, ‘start’
counng, or alarm acvaon.
Security on start-up
‘On power-up’ funcon to dene inacvity mes aer
power-up, congure the counter status (‘start’ or ‘stop’) aer
power-up, and the opon to apply a reset aer power-up.
Memory
The instrument saves and recovers the last reading value in
case of power-loss.
Congurable ‘fast-access’ menu
The front key ‘UP’ () gives access to a user congurable menu
with direct access to several useful funcons such as alarm
setpoints and/or preset value (see secon 1.14.14).
Congurable ‘Fast access’ to selected funcons with key ‘UP’
(5) (see secon 1.14.14), typically alarm setpoints and preset
values.
Control and retransmission opons
Output and control opons with 1, 2 and 3 relays, transis
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tor outputs, controls for SSR relays, isolated analog outputs,
communicaons in Modbus RTU, RS-485 ASCII and RS-232.
Mechanical and mounng
Sturdy metal housing with full IP65 protecon. Internal
connecons by plug-in screw clamp terminals, and output
through cable glands. Housing prepared for panel, wall and
hanging mount.