HBC-4301 Operators Manual - Novatech Controls

8 Configure the temperature profile, stage 1 ................................................................... 66
9 Configure the temperature profile- Vacuum level, stage 1 ........................................... 66
10 Configure the temperature profile, stage 2 ................................................................. 67
12 Configure the temperature profile, stage 3 ................................................................. 67
14 Configure the temperature profile, stage 4 ................................................................. 67
16 Configure the temperature profile, stage 5 ................................................................. 67
18 Configure the temperature profile, stage 6 ................................................................. 67
20 Vacuum control mode .................................................................................................. 67
21 Vacuum manual setting (Skipped unless Manual selected) ......................................... 67
22 Vacuum control sensor (Skipped if Manual selected) ................................................. 67
23 Vacuum control level (Skipped unless Auto selected) ................................................. 68
24 Vacuum menus enable ................................................................................................. 68
25 Vacuum alarm sensor .................................................................................................. 68
26 Vacuum low alarm level .............................................................................................. 68
27 Vacuum high alarm level ............................................................................................. 69
28 Set zone power mode ................................................................................................... 69
29 Manually set zone power / temperature ...................................................................... 69
30 Set the PID values ....................................................................................................... 69
31 External inputs ............................................................................................................. 70
32 Units selection ............................................................................................................. 70
33 Start and stop function ................................................................................................. 71
14.5 RUNNING A JOB FROM THE CONTROL CASE .................................................................... 72
14.5.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 72
14.5.2 Configuring the temperature profile...................................................................... 73
14.5.3 Starting and stopping the temperature profile ...................................................... 73
14.5.4 Data logging in the control case ........................................................................... 74
15. REVIEWING A PREVIOUS REPAIR .......................................................................... 75
15.1 THE CONCEPT OF A BACKUP SYSTEM .............................................................................. 75
15.2 SAVING THE CURRENT JOB WHEN FINISHED ................................................................... 75
15.3 RETRIEVING A PREVIOUS JOB ......................................................................................... 76
15.4 ADDING A LINKED FILE TO A PREVIOUS JOB .................................................................. 76
15.5 TRANSFERRING A JOB FILE TO ANOTHER HBC-4301 COMPUTER .................................... 77
16. TUNING THE CONTROLLER USING THE PID VALUES ..................................... 79
16.1 BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................... 79
16.2 CHANGING THE PID VALUES ......................................................................................... 79
16.3 PROPORTIONAL VALUE .................................................................................................. 80
16.4 INTEGRAL VALUE .......................................................................................................... 80
16.5 DERIVATIVE VALUE ...................................................................................................... 81
16.6 TUNING THE PID VALUES .............................................................................................. 81
17. TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE ..................................................................................... 83
17.1 A ZONE DOES NOT HEAT UP ............................................................................................ 83
17.2 A ZONE HEATS ABOVE THE SET POINT TEMPERATURE .................................................... 83
17.3 THE COMPUTER KEEPS 'BEEPING' ................................................................................... 83
17.4 THERE ARE TOO MANY 'TEMPERATURE TOO HIGH / LOW ALARMS' .................................. 83
17.5 THE SCREEN OF THE PC GOES BLANK ............................................................................. 83
17.6 THE TEMPERATURE DOES NOT CONTROL TO THE SET POINT ........................................... 83
17.7 A TEMPERATURE IS READING ―O/C‖ ............................................................................... 84
17.8 THE TEMPERATURE IN ONE ZONE GOES HIGH WHILE THE OTHER ZONE GOES LOW .......... 84
17.9 THERE IS A ―HEATER FAIL‖ ALARM ............................................................................... 84
17.10 THE VACUUM FLUCTUATES TOO MUCH IN AUTOMATIC CONTROL MODE ...................... 84
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