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HEATING CONTROL - USER MANUAL
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE INSTALLATION AND SETUP OF THE DEVICE
Instructions for the installation and setup
FOR THE MODEL:
HEATING CONTROL (HC 01/06/14)
Document version: 1.1
Date of last revision: 16 April 2015
Manufacturer: SOLAR controls s.r.o.
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www.solarcontrols.cz
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  • Page 1 Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz HEATING CONTROL - USER MANUAL FOR THE MODEL: HEATING CONTROL (HC 01/06/14) INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE INSTALLATION AND SETUP OF THE DEVICE Document version: 1.1 Date of last revision: 16 April 2015 Manufacturer: SOLAR controls s.r.o.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz TABLE OF CONTENTS General information ..............................4 Packaging contents ..............................5 Safety warnings ............................... 6 Instructions for the installation of the device ......................7 Configuration A ..............................10 Configuration B ..............................12 Configuration C ..............................13 Configuration D ..............................
  • Page 3 Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz Statistics tab ..............................37 Online chart ..............................37 Day ................................37 Week ................................38 Month ................................38 Year ................................38 Options and buttons ............................38 Time schedules dialog ............................38 Equitherm curve dialog ............................. 40 LED status ................................

  • Page 4: General Information

     2 blocks of status duplicate.  2 blocks of differential controllers for regulation of the solar circuit, etc.  Integration with the WATTrouter M system, which, together with a suitable type of heat pump, enables an efficient combination of heating on the basis of excess energy from the photovoltaic source with heating according to the requirements of the internal control.

  • Page 5: Packaging Contents

    Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz PACKAGING CONTENTS The packaging includes: 1 pc of a Heating Control device 1 pc of a USB cable 1 pc of a short manual with references to this manual, software and firmware updates. Instructions for the installation and setup of the device Page 5 of 58...

  • Page 6: Safety Warnings

    Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz SAFETY WARNINGS After receiving the parcel, check that the packaging has not been damaged. After opening the packaging, check that the controller has not been damaged. Do not install the controller if it shows signs of mechanical damage! Always have the controller installed by a person with the appropriate electrotechnical qualifications.

  • Page 7: Instructions For The Installation Of The Device

    Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE DEVICE The Heating Control device can be installed into a standard secondary electrical distribution board by fixing it on a 35mm DIN rail or by screwing it to a wall with two screws with round or countersunk heads of up to 6 mm in diameter.
  • Page 8 Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz  Tr1 – triac output 1 – anodes A1 and A2  Tr2 – triac output 2 – anodes A1 and A2  Ext1- – external output 1 – negative electrode (open collector)  Ext2- –...
  • Page 9 Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz  Configuration B: an outdoor unit of a heat pump with a gas bivalent system, an add-on solid fuel boiler, a storage tank, hot service water heating, heating and pool heating  Configuration C: an outdoor unit of a heat pump with an electrical bivalent system, a storage tank, hot service water heating and heating (minimum effective configuration) ...

  • Page 10: Configuration A

    Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz CONFIGURATION A Figure 2: Electrical diagram of configuration A. A PAST® storage tank is used; the heat sources primarily include an outdoor unit of a heat pump with direct condensation in the tank and a bivalent electrical heat source and also a solid fuel boiler without its own electronic control;...
  • Page 11 Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz Figure 3: Simplified heating diagram of configuration A. The yellow letters refer to explanatory notes of the function blocks, the blue letters refer to explanatory notes of the temperature sensors. The outdoor unit of the heat pump is connected to the exchanger in the storage tank by means of the refrigerant distribution in the direct condensation mode.

  • Page 12: Configuration B

    Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz CONFIGURATION B Figure 4: Electrical diagram of configuration B. A PAST® storage tank is used; the heat sources primarily include an outdoor unit of a heat pump with direct condensation in the tank and a bivalent gas boiler and also a solid fuel boiler without its own electronic control; the heat consumers include flow heating of hot water in the tank, one heating circuit with classic radiators and one heating circuit for heating the pool by means of a pool heat exchanger.

  • Page 13: Configuration C

    Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz CONFIGURATION C Figure 6: Electrical diagram of configuration C. A PAST® storage tank is used; the heat source is an outdoor unit of a heat pump with direct condensation in the tank and a bivalent electrical heat source; heat consumers include flow heating of hot water in the tank and one heating circuit with classic radiators.

  • Page 14: Configuration D

    Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz CONFIGURATION D Figure 8: Electrical diagram of configuration D. This configuration demonstrates the interconnection of the Heating Control device with the WATTrouter M system thanks to which the outdoor unit of the heat pump can be used not only for meeting the present heating needs but also for the very advantageous transformation of excess energy from the photovoltaic power station into heat.

  • Page 15: Connection Of The Outdoor Units Of The Heat Pumps

    Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz Figure 9: Simplified heating diagram of configuration D. The explanatory notes are identical with configuration A. Block P refers to a three-phase electrical cartridge heater used as a bivalent heat source and block R refers to a three-phase electrical cartridge heater intended for using the excess energy by means of the WATTrouter.

  • Page 16: Other Connection Options

    Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz OTHER CONNECTION OPTIONS I > A1+ A2- Figure 12: Expansion of the number of power outputs by means of a solid state RGS1A relay with direct-current control, from the manufacturer Carlo Gavazzi, connected to the EXT1 and EXT2 outputs. Other SSRs with similar parameters (see the Chapter “Technics”) can also be used.

  • Page 17: Device Configuration

    Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz DEVICE CONFIGURATION In order to configure the device you will need a laptop or possibly a standard PC (placed close enough to the controller) and a USB interface and connection to the computer network by means of the Ethernet, Wi-Fi, etc. (hereinafter referred to as the computer).

  • Page 18: Configuration Of The Internet Connection

    Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz  Subnet mask: Enter the mask of your local network. In the overwhelming majority of cases the value is 255.255.255.0. This is also the pre-set subnet mask in the controller.  Default gateway: Set the IP address of the device which will be used for sending controller requests outside the local network.

  • Page 19: Setting Of The Control Functions

    Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz If your global (static or currently used dynamic) IP address is, for example, 80.200.50.6, then simply enter http://80.200.50.6:8080 in your web browser (we recommend that you create a bookmark in the browser) in order to access the controller from the Internet by means of the HTTP protocol. SETTING OF THE CONTROL FUNCTIONS The setting of the controller consists of several steps of varying significance –...

  • Page 20: Description Of Web Interface Items

    Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz a maximum (function MAX), of the function output of the relevant control blocks. After we have assigned the inputs and outputs, we can change other configuration fields of the control block if the default values do not suit us, and in the end we will again write the block configuration in the controller with the “Write”...
  • Page 21 Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz Digital inputs:  I1-3 – input designation.  Name field – it shows an input caption and makes it possible to enter this caption. The text can have a maximum of 16 characters in the ASCII code. ...
  • Page 22 Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz  “WATTrouter connection” – if connection with the WATTrouter is detected according to the “WATTrouter connection” configuration in the “Settings” tab, the red light is on.  “Output test is active” – it informs the user about a state in which one of the outputs is activated by the “TEST”...

  • Page 23: Heat Pumps Tab

    Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz HEAT PUMPS TAB It includes the control blocks for managing outdoor units of heat pumps. Note: This function is available only with the activated Heat Pumps SW extension. Outdoor units can be of two versions: a) invertor units with the option of PWM power control by an external signal, e.g.
  • Page 24 Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz  “Input – control temperature” – a temperature sensor according to which the power of the outdoor unit will be controlled. Typically it is located in the centre of the storage tank, near the offtake of the heating water into the system.
  • Page 25 Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz  “Bivalent 2 level request” – the internal control requires the operation of the 2 level of the bivalent heat source.  “Control temperature temporarily increased” – it indicates a state of a temporarily increased control temperature by 2 °C according to the “Enable temporary increase of control temperature”...

  • Page 26: Solid Fuels Tab

    Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz band, the heat pump runs on 100 %. If it is higher than this limit, the PID control runs. We recommend that you choose the values 4 to 5 °C. 2. In the two-state control mode (types according to b) it shows temperature hysteresis of the switching of the heat pump.
  • Page 27 Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz  “Input – output temperature” – the temperature sensor on the pipe exiting the boiler. Obligatory in all cases.  “Output – circulation pump” – it switches on the circulation pump of the boiler. ...

  • Page 28: Heating Circuits Tab

    Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz  “P-component” – in the case of a PWM-controlled circulation pump it shows the P-component of the controller of the circulation pump power. You should increase the value only if the pump power for the given temperature difference is insufficient and if high temperature overshoots occur when the heating of the boiler is started.

  • Page 29: Pools Tab

    Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz  “Circulation pump request” – one of the controls requires the switching on of the circulation pump.  “Low heat power indicator” – it indicates probable insufficient heating power in the given heating circuit. This indicator shows in the case of control according to a) when the thermostat continues to be switched on for more than 30 minutes and in the case of control according to b) when the measured room temperature is lower than the required temperature minus 1 °C again for more than 30 minutes.
  • Page 30 Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz The pool heating is controlled on the basis of periodical determination of the temperature of the pool water and the subsequent heating of the pool by means of a pool heat exchanger. The water temperature is determined using the same technical means which are used in the subsequent heating, i.e.
  • Page 31 Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz  “Checking water temperature” – the temperature of the water is being determined. Apart from the time condition given in the previous point, other conditions must also be met (the validity of the measured temperatures, the output is not restricted by a time schedule). ...

  • Page 32: Others Tab

    Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz the temperature sensor from the controller we recommend that you choose a digital sensor for monitoring the pool water temperature.  “Thermal diff. to switch on” – the thermal control is activated only when the difference between the heat source temperature and the pool water temperature exceeds this limit.

  • Page 33: Status Duplicate Block

    Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz 1. When the outdoor unit of the heat pump is used, it is equal to the “Input – temperature bottom” sensor because it is necessary to maintain the low temperature of the return refrigerant for the correct functioning of the heat pump. 2.

  • Page 34: Differential Controller Block

    “Condition met” – it signals a met condition for the switching on of the conditioned output. DIFFERENTIAL CONTROLLER BLOCK This control block is also simple and it allows you to control, for example, the solar circuit, the storage tank destratification circuit or other control automatisms on the basis of a difference between two temperatures.

  • Page 35: Settings Tab

    Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz  “Thermal diff. to switch off” – the control will deactivate when the difference between the input and output temperatures drops under this limit.  “P-component” – in the case of a PWM-controlled circulation pump it shows the P-component of the controller of the circulation pump power.

  • Page 36: Low Tariff

    Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz LOW TARIFF It sets the low tariff signal source. The low tariff signal can be connected either to the digital input (via an auxiliary switching relay) or it can be received from the WATTrouter M via Ethernet. ...

  • Page 37: Statistics Tab

    Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz  “Default tab” – select a tab which should be displayed after the loading of the web interface.  “Search for digital temperature sensors” – it starts the function of determining the digital sensors connected on the bus.

  • Page 38: Week

    Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz Caution: The daily statistics are always reset immediately after midnight, i.e. at 12:00 am. At the same time the values of the just finished day are transferred to the history. When you change the date in the controller, the saved history may be irretrievably erased! WEEK It shows a subset of selected data (temperatures) for the last week in a graphic representation.
  • Page 39 Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz Description of configuration and status elements:  “Mode” – it allows you to select the mode of a time schedule. 4 modes are available: 1) “Not used” – the time schedule is not used. 2) “Temperature”...

  • Page 40: Equitherm Curve Dialog

    Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz EQUITHERM CURVE DIALOG This dialog is available in certain control blocks and it allows you to optimize the control of heating water temperature on the basis of an equitherm curve. Description of configuration and status elements: ...

  • Page 41: Led Status

    Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz LED STATUS The following table lists the possible states of the indication LEDs of the controller. Status Note LED PWR (green) The controller is under voltage, no input is active (switched on). Flashing The controller is under voltage, some output is active (switched on).

  • Page 42: Configuration Examples

    Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz CONFIGURATION EXAMPLES Due to the high number of the various possible configurations examples of setting are available only online on the website of the manufacturer. DESCRIPTION OF XML COMMUNICATION Monitoring and configuration of the controller activity can be implemented in any superior whole which supports reading of XML data.

  • Page 43: Hc Downloader Software

    Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz HC DOWNLOADER SOFTWARE The HC downloader program can be used for the (first) configuration of the network connection and access data and for loading firmware updates in the controller. All these activities can be performed by means of the Ethernet interface and by means of the USB interface.
  • Page 44 Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz 5. Click on the item: “No, not now”. In the following window click on the item: “Install from list or the given location (for experienced users)”. 6. Select the path to the driver: Instructions for the installation and setup of the device Page 44 of 58...
  • Page 45 Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz 7. The driver has been installed if the following window appears: 8. If during the installation a notification appears warning you about an invalid digital signature of the driver, ignore this warning. The device will identify itself as a USB serial converter (menu Universal Serial Bus Controllers) in the Device Manager.

  • Page 46: Installation Of The Hc Downloader Program

    Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz 9. Install the second USB Serial Port device in the same way (however, it is not necessary because the HC downloader program does not use this interface). INSTALLATION OF THE HC DOWNLOADER PROGRAM 1. Download the software from the website of the manufacturer. 2.

  • Page 47: Buy Optional Functions Window

    Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz and its duration depends on the type and speed of your connection from 20 s to 60 s. Updating via the LAN interface is protected against unauthorized access by authorization. Updating of the original firmware is completely safe. The system fully checks the integrity of the update file and the integrity of the data after loading them in the unit.

  • Page 48: Usb Interface Driver Configuration Window

    Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz 6. Then connect to the Internet again, enter the access data to your user profile on the manufacturer’s website and press the “Activate” button. The same user profile as the one which was used for purchasing the optional functions must be used for activation.
  • Page 49 Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz  “Timeout after reset” – if you are connected via LAN, the “reestablishment” of the connection after the controller reset takes longer than if you are connected via USB. Change (increase) the value only if you experience communication problems after the reset of the controller (typically after you have loaded new firmware in the controller).

  • Page 50: Troubleshooting

    Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz TROUBLESHOOTING The following table shows the most common causes of problems and their solutions: Problem description Possible causes Solution The controller has been installed The circuit breaker is on, Check or measure if the mains voltage is according to the instructions, but but there is no supply really connected to the L and N terminals.
  • Page 51 Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz of the IP address and the UDP port. Connect to the controller by the HC downloader program by means of USB in order to determine the current network configuration in the controller. IP addresses and UDP ports must have the same configuration.
  • Page 52 Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz the supply impedance. Sensor or controller fault Replace the sensor or the controller. Some digital input is not working The signal from the output Use only output potential-free contacts is not a supported impulse (relay outputs or an optoisolator open signal.
  • Page 53 Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz Alternatively, set different conditions for the bivalent heat source, change the “Max. outside temperature to run bivalents” and “Bivalent 1 level on-delay” parameters. The bivalent heat source In the case of electrical bivalence add the does not have the level or replace the cartridge heater necessary power...
  • Page 54 Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz this will result in increasing the pump power. Instructions for the installation and setup of the device Page 54 of 58...

  • Page 55: Maintenance And Repairs Of The Device

    Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS OF THE DEVICE The controller has been designed as a maintenance-free device provided that it is configured correctly and installed in accordance with these instructions. We recommend inspecting the operation of the entire system in regular intervals (at least once a month), this applies especially to checking the functionality of the switching of the individual devices within the entire heating system.

  • Page 56: Technical Specifications

    Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Parameter Value, notes Main parameters Supply voltage 230V, 50Hz Power consumption – stand-by mode <3VA Power consumption – 1 triac output approximately 1W/A Power consumption – 1 relay output 0.4W Power consumption – all outputs switched on and loaded with maximum allowable currents Parameters of inputs and outputs Input L...

  • Page 57: Recycling

    Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz and additional galvanic isolation according to IEEE 802.3 Other parameters Maximum length of sensor data bus T1-8 50 m Maximum length of external equipment or SSR 10 m control by means of outputs EXT1 and EXT2 Working position Mounting DIN 35mm or 2 screws with round or countersunk...

  • Page 58: Ec Declaration Of Conformity

    Heating control - user manual www.solarcontrols.cz EC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Company: SOLAR controls s.r.o. Company Reg. No.: 29109795 (manufacturer name), Brojova 25, Plzeň, 32600, Czech Republic (registered office of the manufacturer) hereby declares at its full responsibility that the product:...

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