Patrol Operation - Panasonic CS-NE9LKE Service Manual

12.11. Patrol Operation

A. Purpose
To monitor air dirtiness level by using Patrol sensor and to maintain air freshness by activates e-ion operation.
B. Control Condition
a. Patrol operation start condition
• When the unit operation is started with "OFF/ON" button.
• When the unit stops, "Patrol" button is pressed, Patrol individual operation will start.
• During cooling only operation, "Patrol" button is pressed.
b. Patrol operation stop condition
When any of the following condition is fulfilled:
• When "OFF/ON" button is pressed.
• During any operation with Patrol, "Patrol" button is pressed again.
• When "e-ion" button is pressed.
• When OFF Timer activates.
c. Patrol operation disable
• To disable the Patrol Operation during unit start (default) with "OFF/ON" button, press "Patrol" button and hold for 5 seconds,
then release.
• To disable the Patrol Operation, press "Patrol" button and hold for 15 seconds, then release.
C. Control Content
a. Patrol Sensor Control
• First 2 minutes from Patrol function activates is stabilization time, during stabilization time, no air dirtiness level is monitored.
The Air Dirtiness level is set to level 2.
• After that, gas sensor starts to record the resistance value at fixed interval. Higher resistance value indicates cleaner air.
• The air dirtiness level is monitored by comparing the current resistance value with maximum resistance value from time to time
to get the Air Dirtiness Value.
• There are 3 air dirtiness levels, based on the Air Dirtiness Value:
- Air Dirtiness level 0: Clean
- Air Dirtiness level 1: Moderate
- Air Dirtiness level 2: Contaminated
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