Protects Equipment and Prevents Ground Loops       with 1800V Isolation

Easy Field Configurable Input Ranges: 10mV to       100V, 1mA to 100mA

Five Field Configurable Output Ranges: 0-5V, 0-      10V, 0-1mA, 0-20mA, 4-20mA

TouchCAL™ Technology for Easy, Non-       Interactive Zero and Span Adjustments

High Density DIN Rail Mounting

SnapLoc™, Plug-In Terminals for Low MTTR

Universal AC Power 100 to 240VAC

ASIC Technology for High Reliability

The ActionI/Q model Q406 is an AC powered, DIN rail mount, DC input signal conditioner, with 1800V isolation between input, output and power. The field configurable input and output feature offers flexible, wide ranging capability for DC current and voltage signals.

Advanced technology has added two significant improvements to this new DC to DC signal isolator.

First, advances in surface mount design and switching power supply technology allow multi-channel density. The Q406 is available as a single channel signal conditioner (1 input / 1 output) or as a multi channel signal conditioner (1 input / 2 outputs, or 2 inputs / 2 outputs). All models maintain the high 1800V isolation level from channel to channel, as well as input to output to power.

Second, low-cost microprocessor technology has enabled replacement of zero and span adjustment potentiometers with push-button, “TouchCAL” technology. In essence, the thermal drift and mechanical variability of the potentiometers have been removed and replaced with a digitally stable circuit. Additionally, the inherent zero and span interactivity of analog amplifier circuitry is removed, providing 100% non-interactive adjustment.

The field configurable input of the Q406 can be set via DIP switches for any one of 12 voltage ranges from 20mV to 100V or 6 current ranges from 2mA to 100mA (see Table 1). The field configurable output is linear to the input and can be set for either 0-5V, 0-10V, 0- 1mA, or 4-20mA. TouchCAL Technology enables precise calibration, providing more than 90% offset of the zero value and adjustment down to 10% of the full scale input span for each of the 18 switch selectable input ranges. For example, the DIP switch configured 0- 20mA input range could be calibrated via push button for 0-8mA (i.e. 60% span reduction) or offset to a range of 12-20mA (i.e. 60% offset and 60% span reduction). If the output was configured for 0-10V, then 12-20mA input would correspond to the 0-10V full scale output. Thus, input ranges such as 18-20mA or 0- 2mA are possible using the 0-20mA range.

Advanced digital technology combined with Action’s ASIC technology allows the Q406 to be field configured for virtually any DC input to DC output within the limits specified. Calibration utilizes “TouchCAL” technology where the user simply configures the input for the current or voltage range via switches, then follows the Calibration Flow Chart. The output is set by adjusting the input until the desired output is present and then pressing the CAL button to store the output level.

An optional feature of the Q406 is a 24VDC excitation source (20mA max.) common to the input and isolated from AC power. This can power a two-wire transmitter or a three-wire transducer. The Q406 will accept power between 85 to 265VAC.