Technical Note: Miro Points Condition Monitor
(PCM) Button Interface
This guide introduces the Miro PCM button interface and
the different functionalities they offer.
Introduction
The Miro Points Condition Monitor (PCM) has a button user
interface to allow the instrument to be put into training and
maintenance modes on-site, without needing to connect
locally or remotely with a PC. Both the Pneumatic (Miro
PCM-P) and Electric (Miro PCM-E) variants use this same
interface.
Buttons
Two buttons are available, ‘F1’and ‘F2’as seen in Figure
1. ‘F1’is used for ‘forward’or ‘OK’, while ‘F2’is used for
‘back’, ‘next option’or ‘cancel’.
LCD Pages
The function of the buttons varies depending on which LCD
page is currently being displayed. For a point monitoring
application, disabling every LCD page except Points in the
Configurations tab via Citrus can simplify the use of the
buttons (Figure 2).
If not currently displayed, the user can quickly switch to the
Points pages (or any other enabled pages) using the
buttons as described in the next section.
If the Points pages need to be hidden, deselect Points in
the configuration. This will prevent the LCD auto scrolling to
the Points pages, though the Points sub-pages can still be
accessed manually via the buttons as described in the
‘Points Menu’section of this note.
Other Pages
When the LCD is displaying a page that is not part of the
Points pages, the buttons work as follows:
Pressing the ‘F1’button switches to the next page.
Pressing the ‘F2’button switches to the previous page. If
Points was selected in the LCD configuration page and if
any of the Points pages is currently being shown on the
LCD, pressing ‘F1’or ‘F2’will make the LCD only scroll
through the 3 different Points pages. To leave the Points
pages, wait for the LCD to auto-cycle back to the non-Point
pages.
Pressing both ‘F1’and ‘F2’buttons simultaneously will
always open the Points Menu.
Points Pages
The ‘F1’and ‘F2’buttons can be used to step through the
3 different Points pages:
•Status.
Voltage/current (for Miro PCM-E) or pressure/flow
(for Miro PCM-P) for all channels
•Last A-Side operation (Normal or Reverse)
•Last B-Side operation (Normal or Reverse).
Applies only to the Miro PCM-E.
The 3 different pages can be seen below in Figures 3 to 6.