SM500F
Field mountable paperless recorder
4 Operation
IM/SM500F Rev. Z
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4.4.1 Electronic Signatures
Entering an electronic signature is the equivalent to signing the chart of a conventional paper
recorder. Local procedures may require the approval of a record by an authorized signatory; for
this reason, an electronic signature is password protected.
Fig. 4.4 Entering an Electronic Signature
Note.
Up to 7 electronic signatures can be stored in the instrument’s memory. If 7 signatures exist and a
new one is created, the oldest is overwritten.
Invalid
Password
Entered
Enter Password
If more than one
process group is
enabled (see
page 74), assign the
signature to one or
more groups
Create a new signature
or…
Select one of 7 previously
defined signatures
(see
Note
below)
Valid
Password
Entered
Create new signature or
edit an existing one.
Electronic signature is entered into alarm log.
If Operator Message annotation is enabled
(see page 87), the electronic signature is also
displayed on the chart.