Installation manual

900M050U00  Athena Controls, Inc. 3-1

3. Configuring the Controller – Quick Setup

Instructions for PID Control

3.1 Introduction

If you are familiar with the 16C, 18C, and 25C controllers and plan to use PID control (the

default), the instructions in this section will serve as a quick refresher. The instructions in

this section assume that:

• the controller is already mounted and wired correctly in accordance with the

guidelines and diagrams in the installation manual supplied with each controller

• the controller is new, still set to its factory defaults, including access level

• the correct sensor type was specified when the controller was ordered (or

“calibrate all” was specified

), so that the controller has already been calibrated

for the type of sensor you plan to use, and the input jumpers settings on the

microprocessor board are correct. (Refer to 5.2 and 5.3 for details about input

type compatibility with the calibration and jumper settings.)

Before following the instructions in this section, read the precautions at the front of this

manual.

To determine whether the controller in hand was calibrated at the factory for all input types, check the

model number on the label on the controller. The meaning of each character in the model number is in

the installation manual supplied with the controller. If you specified “calibrate all”, then the input type and

input jumpers are set at the factory to receive input from a J thermocouple.