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EXPERT WW Temperature controller User’s Manual...
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Every effort has been made to ensure that this manual is complete, accurate and up-to-date. The information con- tained in it is however subject to change without notice due to further developments. EXPERT WW rev.12...
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14.2. Accessing the Transfer Menu ......43 14.3. Configuration Transfer ........43 14.3.1. Installing a New Configuration ....43 14.3.2. Saving a Configuration on the Card .... 43 14.4. Firmware Update ..........44 14.5. Erasing the Memory Card ........44 INDEX ...............45 EXPERT WW rev.12...
1. INTRODUCTION 1.2. Symbols of the Manual 1.3. Controller’s Overview Warning. Read the following text The EXPERT WW is an electronic device 1.1. Precautions carefully; it contains important used for environmental control in livestock information which, if ignored, may buildings. It combines sidewall and tunnel cause the controller to operate ventilation into one powerful system.
3.4 for further information about these LEDs. Backlight button — Press this button to light up the LCD screen. potentiometer fo r th e LC D contrast Page-up Page- down Back Navigation Adjustment buttons buttons Backlight Main menu button short-cut key EXPERT WW rev.12...
Hi or Lo fire heating step is on MISTING Solid LED: the misting output is active. COOL CELL Solid LED: the cool cell output is active. 0-10V OUTPUT Solid LED: 0-10V output #1 is active. CLOCK 1-2 Solid LED: clock output #x is active. EXPERT WW rev.12...
0000 grams in use and to enable or disable the * A password may be required to access this menu. automatic program switch (section 4.5). 2. The password of all user levels are dis- played on screen. EXPERT WW rev.12...
(i.e., it is not selected as a function of the day transfer is over. and/or outside temperature). Select the run- ning program. *Only programs that are enabled in the Installation Setup are available (see sec. 4.5). The day number refers to the animal age. EXPERT WW rev.12...
Use Heater Lo/Hi Fire? — Select “Yes” to acti- ates according to the static pressure level. is enabled above and it is common to all programs. vate the heating outputs’ Lo & Hi fire option. This function allows doubling the number of EXPERT WW rev.12...
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Use password? — Select “Yes” to enable the Misting — The controller can control one mist- password protection or “No” to disable it. ing output. Select “Yes” to enable this output. *[This parameter is common to all programs]. EXPERT WW rev.12...
Static pressure (SP) probe — Select “Yes” if levels are too high. Select “Yes” to use this from 1 to 100 gallons (or liters) per pulse. a static pressure sensor is connected to the compensation method. controller. EXPERT WW rev.12...
2. Select a relay then set its status as fol- are connected to these relays, their open and the end of this manual. lows: close relays can never be activated at the same time. EXPERT WW rev.12...
Test Mode — Switch on the test mode status and then set the simulated temperature to the desired value. The test automatically ends after 15 min- utes of inactivity. It can also end sooner by switching the test mode status back to “Off”. EXPERT WW rev.12...
Installation 1. Select: Setup (sec. 4.5). Main menu Set Points 2. Set the following parameters: Static Pressure* Static pressure set points must be defined separately for each program of the controller. EXPERT WW rev.12...
Status — Select “Yes” to activate the curve. Once the curve is on, the controller auto- matically adjusts the set point automatically between consecutive points of the curve; for this reason, curve steps cannot be modified while the curve is running. EXPERT WW rev.12...
“On Time” of minimum venti- lation cycles between consecutive points of a) The highest possible day number is 450. the curve; for this reason, curve steps cannot b) Decreasing day numbers is not allowed. be modified while the curve is running. EXPERT WW rev.12...
(sec. 4.8), set the “On Time” the differential of stage 1 in section 6.2.3. and the “Off Time” of each timer-based relay. These “On & Off Times” can be adjusted from 0 to 15 minutes in increments of 15 seconds. EXPERT WW rev.12...
Refer to the Clean Mode chapter of this manual for further information (see Stop at — This is the temperature below section 4.10) which the 0-10V output stops. EXPERT WW rev.12...
Transition from natural to tunnel ventilation: When the natural ventilation curtain is opened and the room temperature reaches the start temperature of the first tunnel stage, the con- troller waits for the “Tunnel Close Delay” then fully closes the natural ventilation curtain. EXPERT WW rev.12...
Time” is common to both cycles). The open From natural to tunnel ventilation GRAPH 2 and close times range from 1 to 900 seconds From tunnel to natural ventilation (15 minutes); the “Off Time” ranges from 0 to 900 seconds (15 minutes). EXPERT WW rev.12...
Compensation interval Current Outside T° Outside T Set Point Room T° Fan output Room T° The fans restart The curtain when the whisker reaches the switch is released. Whisker switch: the fans turn off. EXPERT WW rev.12...
It opens the doors when the pressure Wind Effect level exceeds the high pressure set point Delay and closes them when the pressure level is Time EXPERT WW rev.12...
Minimum age — Select the animal age below which both tunnel doors remain closed. Ad- justable from 1 to 450 days (or select Off to disable this function). *Available if age-based functions are enabled in the Installation Setup (section 4.5). EXPERT WW rev.12...
Room T° at which vent doors (inlets) reach their over- Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Last Stage bandwidth starts starts starts starts starts opening position (Start T° of the last stage + over-opening bandwidth). EXPERT WW rev.12...
This the actuator (as defined in section 6.5.1.2). way, the vent door (inlet) never closes when the room temperature already asks for a wide EXPERT WW rev.12...
Wind the delay has elapsed. This way, vent doors Effect Delay (inlets) do not move if a wind draft causes Lo pressure limit fleeting changes in the pressure level. Wind Effect Delay Time EXPERT WW rev.12...
Over Opening settings Opening 100 % Pre-opening Delay — Set the time that is Bandwidth 5.0 °F required to pre-open the vent door (inlet) before activating minimum ventilation fans. Adjustable from 0 to 120 seconds. to navigate EXPERT WW rev.12...
Heater 1 Lo fire On 73.0 °F Off 75.0 °F Hi fire On 72.0 °F Off 75.0 °F to navigate * A password may be required to access this menu. EXPERT WW rev.12...
Peak Intensity 100 % desired value (from 1 to 60 minutes). *This option is disabled above. Peak Sunrise 2 min parameter is accessible if the “lights on 24 hours” Peak Sunset 2 min option is disabled above. EXPERT WW rev.12...
** This menu is accessible if at least 1 clock output is enabled in the Installation Setup (section 4.5). On Time / Off Time or Run Time — Set the time at which each cycle starts then set the moment at which each cycle ends. EXPERT WW rev.12...
Minimum & Maximum On Times — Set the minimum and maximum “On Times” of the heating timer. The minimum “On Time” starts being used when indoor humidity levels reach the RH set point; the maximum “On Time” is EXPERT WW rev.12...
Outside Temperature + High opens in order to stop the feeder motor. This Alarm Offset (the offset being the difference alarm condition is optional. between the high alarm temperature setting and the set point). A third parameter, called EXPERT WW rev.12...
Critical temperature — Set the absolute temperature above which an alarm is set off. *This parameter is accessible if an outside tempera- ture probe is enabled (section 4.7.1). EXPERT WW rev.12...
(section 4.5). Water Consumption — This menu contains the daily water consumption measured by each water meter for the past 75 days. *This parameter is accessible if at least one water meter is enabled in section 4.7.1. EXPERT WW rev.12...
Installation Setup (section 4.5) current count. Please write down the meaning and the frequency of warning messages 1-3: MEANING FREQUENCY Warning 1 every ____days Warning 2 every ____days Warning 3 every ____days EXPERT WW rev.12...
Storage temperature ..........5 to 122 °F (-15 to 50 °C) Ambient relative humidity........max. 95% Pollution degree.............2 Altitude ..............Up to 2000m The relay strips of the RP-16, RP-32 and of the Expert WW control are not compatible and cannot be interchanged from one device to the other. EXPERT WW rev.12...
4. Select the desired transfer menu: Software (screen menus) User data (parameter settings) Main menu Memory Card Controller Pot. Calib (inlet calib. settings) 4. Once the transfer is over, press Exit then Controller Memory Card remove the memory card from the connector. EXPERT WW rev.12...
FIRMWARE UPDATE File_name.cfg Select atm_0_7_30.bin atm_0_7_30.fir Exit 5. Press “Select” to get information about the selected firmware file (*.fir). FIRMWARE UPDATE Install this firmware? Name = Atm Advanced Version= x.y.zz ReleaseDate=2006-01-01 ModelVersion=0x111A EXPERT WW rev.12...
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