8.4 Groups

Accessible via: Section 7.4, “Main menu”

By default there are two groups on the hot runner control and further “own groups” can be created:

All Channels
In this group always all channels are included, including the channels of coupled devices, even if they are also in “Own groups”.
Standard group (Std. Group)
All channels are assigned to the standard group. Without “Own groups”, the channels are the same as in “All channels”. As soon as channels are assigned to their own groups, they are no longer assigned to the “Standard group”.

NOTE

That means, a channel is always in “All channels” and additionally in the “Standard group” or an “Own group”!
Own groups
…are created using the Section 8.1.3, “Special functions” button. First select the channels of the new group. Channels from different coupled devices can also be combined in groups.

NOTE

To remove channels from a group, they must be assigned to the standard group (Standard group) using the special function “Group”.
(1)The column headers. The last column changes its display, heading and values together:
Channels: actual output level, actual current, actual power
Groups: range of output level, range of power, total power, range of current, total current (effective values in each case)
(range means: minimum and maximum value of a single channel in the group).
(2)The collective row “All channels” with the total number of channels in brackets. It summarises all groups; the triangle expands and collapses the list.
(3)A group row: name, number of its channels in brackets and the state of the whole group. The symbol on the left shows whether all channels of the group are ready for operation (ⓥ) or not (◯); if a single channel has an error, the whole group is marked (ⓘ).
(4)The channel rows of the expanded group. Selected channels have a dark blue background – commands from the lower menu bar affect only these.
(5)With the “Rename” button, channels and groups can be given an individual name.

NOTE

Groups are automatically deleted if you do not have an individual name, do not contain channels anymore and are no longer defined as reference for “device” “inputs / outputs”.