Deviation Alarms; Power Interruption Alarms; Diagnostic Alarms; Multi-Zone Control - Orton AutoFire AF4TS User Manual

Slide kiln controller
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See Alarm Deviation and Over Temp on Options screen to adjust Deviations
Fail To Heat
Fail To Cool
Low Temp Deviation
Over Temp Warning
If a power interruption occurs, the firing may resume if all conditions are met when power is restored. To indicate
a successful power recovery, The Home screen will show a lightning bolt in the top left corner.
Power Failed – Temp Cool
Power Failed – Temp Low
Power Failed – Temp Drop
Bad Program
Door Open
Electronics Hot
Memory Device Fail
Thermocouple Noise
Note: For terminating alarms, the Home screen will show the status as ABORT. Press the CLEAR button to clear
the alarm

Multi-Zone Control

Multi-zone controllers use more than one thermocouple to separately monitor and control different sections of the
kiln. The temperature on the display represents the average temperature between the multiple thermocouples.
A multi zone controller can continue to operate as long as one thermocouple signal is present. However,
thermocouple alarm messages should not be ignored. The controller can only perform zone control if all the
thermocouple signals are available. If only one thermocouple signal is available, the controller will automatically
switch to single-zone control.
AutoFire Slide Kiln Controller

Deviation Alarms

Kiln is heating too slow, firing continues
Kiln is cooling too slow, firing continues
Kiln is losing hold temperature or cooling too fast, firing continues
Kiln is overheating, firing aborts

Power Interruption Alarms

Power failed during cooling, firing aborted because cooling temperature exceeded
Power failed, firing aborted because kiln is cool (below 212°F)
Power failed during heating/hold, firing aborted because > 72°F temperature drop

Diagnostic Alarms

Invalid Program. Check kiln temperature is below program temperature.
Safety door switch connection is open
Electronics above 80°C, firing aborts
Failed to read or write to memory device, firing aborts, controller restarts
hermocouple input signal is unstable, firing aborts, controller restarts
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