Specifications

Riverside Hydronics
®
, LLC – 34-160 10/11
990 Haltom Road - Fort Worth, Texas 76117 - Tel 1-800-990-5918 Page | 3
The OnTrac® Boiler Management System is designed to perform all of the function of a typi cal BMS.
OnTrac®howeverisdesign edtoworkinconcertwiththeindividualboilercontro lstomaintainoptimum
loadmatchingandbalancedboilerruntime.OnTrac®willcommu nicate withtheboilercontrolsoveran
RS485 Serial
Bus and through the Modbus RTU protocol. Communicating with the existing boiler
controls accomplishes complete coordination without di minishing the unique operational features of
theboiler.
OnTrac® also has the capability of operating a “2 Tier” hydronic boiler system. This frontend loaded
system uses high efficiency condensing boilers to serve as
the primary heat source for the majority of
theheatingseasonbutuseslessexpensivenoncondensingboilersforadditionalheatwhenthesystem
loadisexceptionallyhigh.
Much oftheinformationcontainedin this document is also presentonthe HelpScreensaccessibleon
theOnTrac®.
The Main Menu will appear when the control is powered up.From this s creen most user adjustable
parametersareaccessible.
The QUICK SETUP screen may
bethefirstscreentheuserwill
access in order to set up the
mostbasic system. This screen
allows the user to quickly
commission
most hydronic
boilersystems.
The LEAD/LAG SETUP TIER 1
screenwillgivetheuseraccess
to all the parameters needed
to set up the most com mon
single Tier boiler system. This
screen contains parameters
such as the numb e r of boilers
andtheSystemSetPoint.
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