Specifications
3.
TheunitcontrollershallmonitortheHighPressure
switchandLowPressureswitchseparatelyforeach
refrigerationcircuit.
4. Theunitcontrollershallhavea30secondLow
PressureSwitchbypasswhenitstartsany
compressor.
5. Ahardcompressorlockoutshalloccuriftheunit
controllerdetectsthesameswitchtripthreetimesina
two-hourwindow,whichstartswhenthefirsttrip
occurs.Onthefirstandsecondtrips,theunit
controllerwillturnthecompressoroffandwaitfive-
minutesaftertheswitchrecloses,beforerestartingthe
compressor.
6. Theunitcontrollershallbecapableofoperatingboth
compressorsandtheeconomizerwhenthereisacall
forbothstagesofcooling.
7. Theunitcontrollershallhaveameansoflockingout
mechanicalcompressionbelowaprogrammablelow
ambienttrippoint.Thismustbedonewithoutadding
extracomponentstotheunit.
8. Theunitcontrollershallhaveameansoflockingout
themechanicalcompressionwhentheeconomizeris
operatinginfreecoolingmodewithoutadditional
components.
9. Theunitcontrollershallhaveameansofstartingthe
compressorbeforetheindoorFancomesonwhen
operatingwithaThermostatintheAUTOFANmode.
EQUIPMENT CONTROL FEATURES
1. Theunitcontrollershallbecapableofcommunicating
ontheStandardOpenprotocol,MODBUSRTU.
2. TheregisterdatafortheMODBUSshallbepublicly
availableandopen.
3. Monitoringsoftwareshallbeprovidedatnocost.The
monitoringsoftwareshallhaveaflashingiconwhen
anyunitwiredtothecomputerhasanalarm.Clicking
theflashingiconshalldisplaythefaultcodeandthe
detailsofthefault.
4. Thenetworkingsetupshallbecompletedby
connectingathree-wiredaisychaincabletoeachunit,
thenpoweringalltheunitsupandpushingabuttonon
eachcontrol.Thereshallnotbeanydipswitchesto
configurethenetworkaddress.
5. Theunitcontrollershalluseacommunicationdriver
thatiscapableofhaving64nodesonthebusbeforea
repeaterisneeded.
6. Theunitcontrollershallusenon-volatilememoryto
storethelastfivealarms.Thereshallbeasingle
buttontopushtorecalltheselastfivealarms.The
alarmsshallbestoredfirstinlastout.Thefirstflash
codeshallbethe
lastalarmthatoccurred.Thereshallbeabutton
presssequencetoclearthealarmsinnon-volatile
memory.
7. Theunitcontrollershallhaveabuttontoreset
compressorlockoutswithoutpoweringtheunitdown.
8. Theunitcontrollershallhaveabuttontoclear
compressorAnti-ShortCycleDelays(ASCDs).When
thisbuttonispresseditwillonlycleartheASCDsfor
onecycleonlyandnotpermanently.
9. TheunitcontrollershallbecompatiblewithanyBAS
(BuildingAutomationSystem).AnyBASshallbeable
tocontroltheequipmentwhenwiredtothecontrol's
ThermostatTerminalStrip.
10. Theunitcontrollershallhaveloadingofatleast25
milliampsonallthermostatinputsforcontrollersand
thermostatsthatuseoutputTRIACs.
11. TheunitcontrollershallhaveaSmokeDetector
Shutdowninputontheboard.Theunitcontrollershall
bepoweredthroughthisinput,sowhentheSmoke
Detectortrips,theunitcontrollerwillshutdownthe
unitimmediately.
12. Theunitcontrollershallhavelowvoltageprotection
forthecontactorsandwillnotenergizeacontactorif
thevoltageisbelow19.2VAC,toinsurecontactor
pull-in.Iftheunitcontrollerhasacompressor
contactorenergizedwhenthevoltagedrops,itshall
notde-energizethecontactoruntilthevoltagedrops
below16VAC,whichisthedropoutvoltageformost
contactors.
13. Theunitcontrollershallhaveameansoflowambient
controlwithoutaddinganyadditionalcomponents.
Theunitcontrollershallhaveameansofcyclingthe
compressoronfor10minutesandofffor5minutesto
defrosttheindoorcoilwhentheoutsideambientis
belowalowambientswitchpointwithoutadding
additionalcomponents.
14. Theunitcontrollershallhaveameansofstoring
compressorruntime.Thisdatashallbeavailable
throughcommunication.Theunitcontrollershallhave
theabilitytoclearthisdatawhenacompressoris
replaced.
15. Theunitcontrollershallhavetheabilitytostorea
nameofatleast26charactersinlength.Theunit
controllerwillleavethefactorywiththeserialnumber
oftheequipmentitisin,storedinnon-volatile
memoryintheNamelocation.
16. Theunitcontrollershallhavetheabilitytostorethe
modelnumberoftheequipmentofatleast26
charactersinlength.Theunitcontrollerwillleavethe
factorywiththemodelnumberoftheequipmentitis
in,storedinnonvolatilememory.
17. Theunitcontrollershallhavetheabilitytostorethe
serialnumberoftheequipmentofatleast26
charactersin
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