newchan

Purpose:

Activate a new input channel.

Enter:

newchan [+c]

Where:

+c

Optional. Specify this flag to obtain the specification files from the /cell directory. The default is to activate new input channel that was added to the inpt_specs.nnn file.

Example:

newchan

The above command activates a new input channel that was added to the inpt_specs.nnn file. 

Notes:

 new_chan is a script that runs newchan after running cyflexlogevent. Do not use this script unless during commissioning a test cell.

When the command is entered, the following happens:

1. The continuous sampling on all input channels is stopped.

2.  The continuous sampling of input channels is restarted.

3.  The command ‘bld_tables’ is executed.

4.  The command ‘ai_specs’ is executed.

5.  The command ‘fici_specs’ is executed.

6.  The command ‘di_specs’ is executed.

7.  The command ‘spcl_chans’ is executed.

See Also:

bld_tables, ai_specs, fici_specs, di_specs, spcl_chans, cyflexlogevent