{"id":6063,"date":"2023-08-08T14:18:50","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T06:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dcl-controls.com\/?p=6063"},"modified":"2023-08-08T14:18:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T06:18:50","slug":"calibrate-4-20ma-input","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dcl-actuator.com\/en_us\/2023\/08\/08\/calibrate-4-20ma-input\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I calibrate (align) the input signal of an actuator?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6063\" class=\"elementor elementor-6063\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-05aec29 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"05aec29\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4dc31e3\" data-id=\"4dc31e3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11f2047 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11f2047\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When there is a deviation between the valve position positioned by the actuator and the input signal when 4~20mA is input (at this time, there is also a deviation between the feedback signal and the input signal), you can eliminate this deviation by calibrating (aligning) the input signal of the actuator.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73c3568 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"73c3568\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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gear.<\/li><li>Press and hold the Set button until the L2 red light comes on. (L2 blinks after release)<\/li><li>Press and hold Open and Shut at the same time within 5S, and the L2 blinking changes to L3 blinking. At this point, the control module enters the mode of input signal calibration (calibration).<\/li><li>Use the signal source to input 4mA, press and hold Set and Shut at the same time until L4 lights up, 4mA calibration (calibration) is complete.<\/li><li>Use the signal source to input 20mA, press and hold Set and Shut at the same time until L4 lights up, 20mA calibration (calibration) is complete.<\/li><li>Press and hold the Set button until L3 stops flashing and goes out. The module exits the input signal calibration (calibration) mode.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8dc932e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8dc932e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>View the operation video &gt;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-15ff962 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"15ff962\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f8923d\" data-id=\"0f8923d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d50dfba elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d50dfba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"\/en_us\/tech\/set-up-dcl-actuator\/\">Previous\uff1aHow to set the regulation type electric valve?<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-eb73e3e\" data-id=\"eb73e3e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7625bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c7625bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"\/en_us\/tech\/set-hysteresis\/\">Next\uff1aHow to set the dead zone of the actuator?<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When there is a deviation between the valve position positioned by the actuator and the input signal when 4~20mA is input (at this time, there is also a deviation between the feedback signal and the input signal), you can [...]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5319,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[52,53,56,57,64,65,66],"class_list":["post-6063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech","tag-fast-move-actuator","tag-actuator","tag-user-manual","tag-general-actuator","tag-servo-actuator","tag-very-small-actuator-tag","tag-explosion-proof-actuator"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dcl-actuator.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dcl-actuator.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dcl-actuator.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dcl-actuator.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dcl-actuator.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dcl-actuator.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dcl-actuator.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dcl-actuator.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dcl-actuator.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dcl-actuator.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}