The emphasis is on flexibility yet the 3500 controllers still maintain ease of use. A simple ‘Quick Start’ process is used to configure all the basic functions essential to controlling your process. This includes input sensor type, measurement range, control options and alarms making 'Out the Box' operation truly achievable. More advanced features are configured using a PC based graphical configuration tool enabling users to pick function blocks from a library then connect them together using soft wiring.
The Eurotherm 3500 series includes the Eurotherm 3508 (1/8 DIN vertical size), and Eurotherm 3504 (1/4 DIN size).
Standard features include:
- 1 PID control loop
- 1 Universal Process Input (Thermocouple, RTD, milliamps (external shunt), volts, millivolts)
- Change-over Relay output
- 2 Digital Inputs
- Real text display with scrolling text messages to help to describe settings
- Bar graphs
- 5 digit display - 3508 : 4 1/2 digits (1999.9 max), 3504 : 5 digits (9999.9 max)
- Fast input sample rate, 110ms (9Hz)
- Modular I/O & Comms:
- 3508: 3x I/O slots, 2x Comms slots
- 3504: 6x I/O slots, 2x Comms slots
- Configuration by a 'Quick Code' with templates for common applications
- Suitable for use in Nadcap AMS2750 heat treatment applications (in conjunction with suitable calibration etc regime)
- User function block wiring: maths, logic, totaliser, counter, multiplex, BCD converter, timer, user values/variables. (Requires configuration on a PC via comms option or optional USB adaptor.)
- IrDA (optical wireless) configuration port on the front panel for configuration without accessing inside the panel. (Requires option IrDA front panel USB lead.)
Optional features include (some are mutually exclusive):
- 2 PID loops
- Programmer function with maximum of 50 programs with 500 segements total.
- Up to 4 (3504) or 2 (3508) additional Universal Process Input (Thermocouple, RTD, milliamps (external shunt), volts, millivolts)
- Up to 18 (3504) or 9 (3508) additional outputs: Logic, Relay, Analogue DC, Triac
- Up to 18 (3504) or 9 (3508) additional Digital Inputs
- Ethernet RJ45 port, for network connection to other devices or computers, Modbus TCP.
- Digital Communication: RS232 Modbus RTU, RS485 Modbus RTU, Profibus DP, DeviceNet
- Configuration by USB adaptor lead, IrDA front panel USB lead or over Ethernet connection with free iTools PC software.
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