VCTB-4000 Four Zone, 24 Volt DC Valve Gate Controller And Accessories VCTBA-01 thru -05 User Manual D-M-E Company D-M-E Company VCTB-4000 ED-0109-OT-024-( Preliminarry Rev E) Page 1
SAFETY D-M-E Company products have been designed to be safe and simple to operate. As with any electronic equipment, you must observe standard safety procedures to protect both yourself and the equipment. To Prevent Injuries: • To avoid electrical shock or fire hazard, do not apply voltage to a terminal that exceeds the range specified for that terminal. • To avoid mechanical injury, electrical shock or fire hazard, do not operate this product with covers or panels removed.
WARRANTY D-M-E Company warrants that this product will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of three (3) years from the date of shipment. If any such product proves defective during this warranty period, D-M-E Company, at its option, either will repair the defective product without charge for parts and labor, or will provide a replacement in exchange for the defective product.
VCTB-4000 Four Zone, 24 Volt DC Valve Gate Controller GENERAL DESCRIPTION This manual describes the installation, operation and servicing of the Valve Gate Controller. The VCTB-4000 Valve Gate Controller is designed to provide time based control of up to four 24 volt DC valves used to actuate pneumatic valve gate cylinders. It can also be used to operate some hydraulic valves. The VCTB-4000 is small in size so that it is extremely portable and requires minimal counter space.
Test buttons are available for each zone to assist in determining the correct hookup of each of the valves. Black A C B Red Shield UNPACKING AND INSPECTION After unpacking, inspect your controller and check for any damage that may have occurred during shipment. Check for proper operation of power switch by turning the switch on and off with no voltage applied. Check all electrical connectors for visual damage. If any damaged is observed, return the controller to D-M-E for repair or replacement.
timer. Timer 2 sets the duration the valve is open. This is referred to as the “on” timer. Use the SET/LOCK button on the front of the timer to select between the delay timer (Timer 1) and the on timer (Timer 2). The Timer unit front panel will display which timer is selected. (See page 8) Use the up and down arrow buttons below the display to set the desired time value. Each time value can be set to any value between 00.00 seconds to 99.99 seconds.
circuits. Replace defective fuses only after determining that the related valves and connections are in good order. The controller was designed to run valves with coil powers as high as 31 watts. CONNECTORS AND CABLES: The required power and trigger signal cables are provided with the controller. RETURN POLICY If the fuses on top of the solid state relays are good, it is possible that a solid state relay may require replacement. Replacement fuses and relays are available from DME. See page7.
4 2 1 3 5 2 TOP PLATE 1. Power switch 2. Main Fuses: replace with Bussman ABC-3 only! 3. Power Entry Cord 4. Valve Output Connector 5. Trigger Signal Input NOTE: TRIGGER INPUT #5 (Customer Connection to Trigger signal dry contact – Injection Forward) Black Red Shield A C B Trigger Signal Connection Note: Valve Output Valve # 4 Above PINS 1, 2, 3 and 4 supply +24 VDC Control power to valves 1, 2, 3 and 4, respectively. PIN 13 supplies ground to all of the valves.
2 1 INSIDE OF UNIT WITH REAR COVER REMOVED (AS VIEWED FROM REAR OF UNIT) 1. Solid State Relays (zone 1 closest, zone 4 furthest) 2. Solid State Relay Fuses (replace with T5 series, 4 amp, RPM-0098) TIMERS Use SET/LOCK button to change between T1 (delay) and T2 (on) timers. Use up and down arrows to change time values D-M-E Company TIMER SETUP TIMER TEST BUTTON Set all switches except 4 The button below each of the to ON (as shown). timers can be used to test the Switches are on right associated valve.
Instructions Installation Instructions for the VCTBA-01 Valve Gate Control Interface Accessory VCTBA01 ACCESSORY: VCTB4000 TO POLIVALVE 2X8 CONNECTOR ( Cable is wired for 8 zones, but only controls 4 zones when connected to the VCTB4000 as shown below ) VCTBA01 shown with 2x8 Polyvalve Assembly VCTBA01 shown connected to VCTB4000 & Polyvalve Assemby D-M-E Company VCTB-4000 ED-0109-OT-024-( Preliminarry Rev E) Page 10
Installation Instructions for the VCTBA-02 Valve Gate Control Interface Accessory & Support Accessories VCTBA-03, VCTBA-04 & VCTBA-05 D-M-E Company VCTB-4000 ED-0109-OT-024-( Preliminarry Rev E) Page 11
ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS Step 3. The VCTBA02 interface accessory is to be installed on the back side of the mounting plate. Use the (4) large flush head bolts provided in the kit. Step 1. Assemble the VCTBA03 “VCTB-4000 Mounting Plate” to the mainframe floorstand using the supplied hardware. The mounting plate is designed to work with either the standard “G” Series ® MFS512G or Integrity ® IFSS1000 or IFSA1000 (with or without the upright extension kit IFSE1000). Step 3a.
Step 4. Install the VCTBA02 on the studs installed in step 3 above. Note the direction of the control and trigger cables (in the upward direction). Step 5. Install the supplied zone labels and write the associated valve gate control zone number in the label box with an indelible marker. NOTE that each VCTB-4000 four controllers need to be grouped together. For example, VCTB-4000 #1 will become zones 1-4, VCTB#2 will become zones 5-8, and so on. Step 7.
- OR – Connect the VCTB04 eight zone control cable to the “alternate” output connector of the VCTBA02. Step 10. Mount the temperature control mainframe to the MFS512G mainframe floorstand. A standard MFP12G is shown above. To mount a standard MFP8G, use the mainframe adapter plates provided with the MFS512G floorstand kit. P/N: VCTBA05 A twelve-zone control cable connection can be made using the twelve-zone accessory output mating cable connector kit VCTBA05.
NOTES: ECN’S: ECN-0622 ECN-0627 ECN-0651 ECN-XXXX Changed Model Number from TGV-4000 to VCTB-4000 Changed pin out of valve connector Changed warranty period from 1 to 3 years Preliminary REV E - Added VCTBA-01, VCTBA-02, VCTBA-03, VCTBA-04, VCTBA-05 Assembly Instructions.
