® S90-010 CS (APR 08) FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL Page 2 COMMUNICATIONS SETUP Table of Contents QUANTUM™ IDENTIFICATION _______________________________________________________4 Setting Up the Quantum™ for Communication ________________________________________________ 4 Com-2 Pinouts for Quantum™ 3 ________________________________________________________ 4 Com-2 Pinouts for Quantum™ 4 ________________________________________________________ 4 RS-232 Communications _________________________________________________________________ 5 Quantum™...
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Any modification to the standard default settings may have a severe negative impact on the operation and performance of the ® equipment. Any modification to these control settings is the sole responsibility of the user/owner and Frick disclaims any liability for the consequences of these modifications. It is possible that the modification of these settings may cause improper operation and performance that results in property damage, personal injury or death.
Data communication to and from the Quantum™ can be development. Because of the ever-increasing speed, through a modem, remote data communications terminal, ® memory, features, and power of microprocessors, Frick programmable controller, or master computer via either Controls will continue to introduce the latest advancement RS-422,...
® FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL S90-010 CS (APR 08) COMMUNICATIONS SETUP Page 5 NOTE: Refer to the manual that comes with the AC7A/B RS-232 Communications card for specific jumper information (as the configuration Following is the pin connections showing how to wire a...
® S90-010 CS (APR 08) FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL Page 6 COMMUNICATIONS SETUP After verifying both the Converter card and Quantum™ We have used both an Opto 22 AC7A/B and an Opto 22 jumper settings, the interconnecting wiring must be done.
® FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL S90-010 CS (APR 08) COMMUNICATIONS SETUP Page 7 COMMUNICATIONS LOOPBACK TEST Hardware Setup for RS-485 Testing To create the test harness for RS-422 communications With version 5.0x Quantum™ software, a method of loopback testing, use the following example: testing the onboard RS-422 and RS-485 communications ports was developed.
Comm 1 Baud Rate) • ID Number: 0 - 99 (does not matter) ® ® Communication Protocol: Frick (must be Frick • Comm 1 Baud Rate: (does not matter, but it must be set the same as Comm 2 Baud Rate) Performing the Communications Loopback test •...
Therefore, you should a setpoint, etc.), data needed to perform an action (the ® consult Frick Controls for the exact details on your value of a setpoint to be changed), and a means of particular unit(s) before developing system software to checking for errors (checksum).
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® S90-010 CS (APR 08) FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL Page 10 COMMUNICATIONS SETUP • • Reference the drawing of the Quantum™ If the TX2 is not blinking then check the Main Board in this manual to identify wiring communication protocol setup at the panel, and jumpering locations for Com-2.
4 characters with no decimal Frick # protocol consists of commands that are available position. for most other existing models of Frick control panels. The ® Frick # protocol does not utilize a checksum. It is better to The following is a detailed description of each command: ®...
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® S90-010 CS (APR 08) FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL Page 12 COMMUNICATIONS SETUP COMPRESSOR STOP CONTROL: #01S01 RETURN PRESSURES COMMAND: #01PX # Start command sequence. Returned in the current temperature units as 3 characters with no decimal position (i.e. 032 would 01 Compressor ID code.
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® FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL S90-010 CS (APR 08) COMMUNICATIONS SETUP Page 13 QUERY SETPOINTS DATA - #IDQ3 will return QUERY SETPOINTS DATA - #IDQ1 will return Position # Byte(s) Setpoint (Name/Comment) Position # Byte(s) Setpoint (Name/Comment) 1, 2, 3, 4...
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® S90-010 CS (APR 08) FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL Page 14 COMMUNICATIONS SETUP RETURN FAILURE COMMAND: CHANGE COMPRESSOR MODE COMMAND: #IDF Return Discrete Failure List Command: #IDMCmID Change mode to m. Returns a 24 char data string followed by ID, CR, LF.
Data Packaet Equivalent Setpoints are only changed if the value sent is within the ® acceptable range. Reference the Frick Quantum™ Control Panel Maintenance publication S90-010 M for the setpoints default settings and ranges. The checksum is the 2 byte hexadecimal sum of each character within the...
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® S90-010 CS (APR 08) FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL Page 16 COMMUNICATIONS SETUP The following is a complete list of available $ command types: RETURN OPERATING STATUS Page 2 data: $01D2 COMMAND CODE and DESCRIPTION Start of command sequence.
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® FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL S90-010 CS (APR 08) COMMUNICATIONS SETUP Page 17 RETURN Suction Pressure Capacity Control RETURN OPERATING STATUS Page 4 data: $01D4 Mode 1 & 2 setpoints – Page 1: $01s1 Start of command sequence. Start of command sequence.
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® S90-010 CS (APR 08) FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL Page 18 COMMUNICATIONS SETUP RETURN Process Temperature Capacity Control RETURN Process Temperature Capacity Control Mode 1 & 2 setpoints – Page 0: $01p0 Mode 1 & 2 setpoints – Page 2: $01p2 Start of command sequence.
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® S90-010 CS (APR 08) FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL Page 22 COMMUNICATIONS SETUP RETURN DATA VALUE FROM TABLE $IDT1 SLIDE VALVE CONTROL COMMANDS: $IDCLXX $IDCUXX Start of command sequence. Compressor ID code. Start command sequence. Return the value of a Table address.
® S90-010 CS (APR 08) FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL Page 24 COMMUNICATIONS SETUP acknowledgment to the message it has sent before the ALLEN-BRADLEY COMMUNICATION processor retries the message or the message errors out. To provide for the reading and writing of data to Reply Message Wait Time - Define the amount of time in Quantum™...
Allen-Bradley Programming Overview This section contains programming examples for reading Instruction Entry for Message Block MG14:0: ® data from, and writing data to the Frick Quantum™ Communication Command: SLC Typed Logical Read control panel from an Allen Bradley (AB) SLC500 or PLC5 PLC-5 Data Table Address: N9:3 processor.
® FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL S90-010 CS (APR 08) COMMUNICATIONS SETUP Page 27 message to the Quantum™ panel. This logic prevents Message Sequence Logic hang up due to lost communications or message errors. Use the following logic to sequence read and write...
® S90-010 CS (APR 08) FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL Page 28 COMMUNICATIONS SETUP The following setup screen is programmed to obtain 28 Message Read Setup Screen consecutive data files from the Quantum™ (ID#1) N10:1 register and place them into the SLC500’s N10:1 through N10:28 register.
® FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL S90-010 CS (APR 08) COMMUNICATIONS SETUP Page 29 modify the control block and setup screen parameters Message Write Logic accordingly. Use the following logic to write data from the Quantum™ panel. To write more data or to write data to several...
® S90-010 CS (APR 08) FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL Page 30 COMMUNICATIONS SETUP compressor mode to the Quantum™ (ID#1) N55:3 data file Message Write Setup Screen from the SLC500’s N55:3 data file. The following setup screen is programmed to write the •...
Status screen) exists in a 50 (fifty) element data area. The can include items like discrete and register ® address references are numbered relative to the Frick addresses, the quantity of items to be handled, addresses in the Quantum™ Data Table (see MODBUS and the count of actual data bytes in the field.
® S90-010 CS (APR 08) FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL Page 32 COMMUNICATIONS SETUP excluding the CRLF pair at the end of the message. The The Query LRC is then appended to the message as the last field preceding the CRLF (Carriage – Line Feed) characters.
Discharge Pressure. In this : 01 03 00 87 00 01 74 CRLF ® case, it would be Frick Address 135 (decimal). Since this Where: is the only address we are interested in obtaining the...
1000 (100.0) to the Suction : 01 03 00 87 00 01 74 CRLF ® Pressure Control Point 1, Frick Address 277 (decimal). Where: The first part of the message will be a Colon (:). This...
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® FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL S90-010 CS (APR 08) COMMUNICATIONS SETUP Page 35 In this particular example, we are strictly looking to write a In order to ensure that the Quantum™ in question data value, so we will be performing a write function (06): receives the data request accurately, we must append an Error Check byte to the end of the message.
® S90-010 CS (APR 08) FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL Page 36 COMMUNICATIONS SETUP Response Example: The next byte tells the Master how many bytes of information are being returned as a response. In this case, If the packet was properly received by the Quantum™, there are two (2) bytes of valid data.
® FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL S90-010 CS (APR 08) COMMUNICATIONS SETUP Page 37 Protocols begin at 1 (one), therefore, you may MODBUS NOTES: need to compensate. This has been an example of how the Quantum™ • DO use Modbus ASCII. DO NOT use Modbus Controller uses the Modbus Protocol.
® S90-010 CS (APR 08) FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL Page 38 COMMUNICATIONS SETUP YORK ISN DATA ACCESS Change Setpoint Enable received from the ISN must equal ISN Revision 7 zero (0) The Quantum™ panels Com-2 serial port is connected to...
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® FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL S90-010 CS (APR 08) COMMUNICATIONS SETUP Page 39 ISN Address Description of Data Module Type Value Code P32-A22 Current mode Autocycle Start P33-A23 Current mode Autocycle Stop P34-A24 Current mode Autocycle Start Delay Time...
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® S90-010 CS (APR 08) FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL Page 40 COMMUNICATIONS SETUP ISN Address Description of Data Value Code P62-OC07 Stop/Force Unload Status 0 = Not stopping or forcing unload 1 = Stop Load - High Motor Amps...
New Connection. Type in panel setup, and cabling) are properly met so that ® whatever name you would like to use, Frick communications may be established quickly with the used in this example. This name will also create Quantum™, so that time is not lost in trying to...
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Quantum™) the next is the Data Bits box. For Modbus, you would want • Data bits: ® to use 7 data bits, for Frick and Quantum™ protocols, use 8 data bits. • Parity: None •...
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® FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL S90-010 CS (APR 08) COMMUNICATIONS SETUP Page 43 The following screen will appear. This is the screen that data, and a response will be shown below the sent whereby all communications (out of the computer, and into data.
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To do this, click on the [ASCII documentation as presented here, for everything to look Setup…] button. ® On the ASCII Setup screen, for best results, check the For Frick protocols (# and $): boxes according to the following chart: • Echo typed characters locally •...
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® FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL S90-010 CS (APR 08) COMMUNICATIONS SETUP Page 45 The Properties screen will once again be shown. Click on the [OK] button to proceed. You will now be back to the main Hyperterminal computer (from the Quantum™), will appear on this communications screen.
® S90-010 CS (APR 08) FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL Page 46 COMMUNICATIONS SETUP be typed). Type in the following command: #01I, then Testing Communications press [ENTER]. (This command will request Quantum™ with ID 01 to send a packet of Information.)
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® FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL S90-010 CS (APR 08) COMMUNICATIONS SETUP Page 47 The Service Screen will appear. Press the [Show communications information. Comms] key at the top right of the screen to view the You will now be viewing all of the communications entitled Quantum™...
COMMUNICATIONS SETUP If it is not allowed, the setting is not changed. Reference QUANTUM™ DATA TABLE ® the Frick Quantum™ Control Panel Maintenance S90-010 M for the setpoints default settings and ranges. Reference Allen-Bradley and Modbus Data Access the Quantum™ Data Table in this manual for the address listing and description of data.
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® FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL S90-010 CS (APR 08) COMMUNICATIONS SETUP Page 49 DIGITAL BOARD 1 (READ ONLY): ® Frick Modbus Module Description of Data Value Codes Address Address Address Type 0 = Off N50:0 40001 Compressor Start Output...
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® S90-010 CS (APR 08) FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL Page 50 COMMUNICATIONS SETUP DIGITAL BOARD 2 (READ ONLY): ® Frick Modbus Module Description of Data Value Codes Address Address Address Type 0 = Off N50:24 40025 Ready-To-Run Output 1 = On...
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® FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL S90-010 CS (APR 08) COMMUNICATIONS SETUP Page 51 CALCULATED/STATUS (READ ONLY): ® Frick Modbus Description of Data Value Codes Address Address Address N10:1 40098 Motor Full Load Amps % N10:3 40100 Filter Differential 0 = Electric - Constant...
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® S90-010 CS (APR 08) FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL Page 52 COMMUNICATIONS SETUP CALCULATED/STATUS (READ ONLY): ® Frick Modbus Description of Data Value Codes Address Address Address 0 = No Pump 1 = Prelube 2 = Cycling N10:18 40115...
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® FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL S90-010 CS (APR 08) COMMUNICATIONS SETUP Page 53 ANALOG DATA VALUES (READ ONLY): ® Frick Modbus Description of Data Address Address Address N10:32 40129 Suction Temperature N10:33 40130 Discharge Temperature N10:34 40131 Oil Temperature...
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® S90-010 CS (APR 08) FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL Page 54 COMMUNICATIONS SETUP STARTER PANEL I/O (READ ONLY): Continued ® Frick Modbus Description of Data Value Codes Address Address Address N10:113 40210 Starter Wiring 0 = A1 1 = A2...
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® FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL S90-010 CS (APR 08) COMMUNICATIONS SETUP Page 55 SETTINGS: ® Frick Modbus Read Description of Data Address Address Address Only N15:0 40258 Program Version ###.## x100 N15:2 40260 Discharge Temperature Control Point 1 N15:3...
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® S90-010 CS (APR 08) FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL Page 56 COMMUNICATIONS SETUP SETTINGS (CONTINUED): ® Frick Modbus Read Description of Data Address Address Address Only N15:62 40320 Discharge Pressure Lower Proportional Band 1 N15:63 40321 Discharge Pressure Upper Dead Band 1...
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® FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL S90-010 CS (APR 08) COMMUNICATIONS SETUP Page 57 SETTINGS – CONTINUED: ® Frick Modbus Read Description of Data Address Address Address Only N15:123 40381 High Discharge Pressure Mode 1 Shutdown N15:124 40382 High Discharge Pressure Mode 1 Alarm...
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40474 Discharge Temperature Mode Force Unload N15:217 40475 Order item ® N15:219 40477 External Communications – 0= Frick , 1=AB, 2=Modbus 3 = YORK ISN Enabled N15:220 40478 Freeze Alarm N15:221 40479 Discharge Temperature Mode 1 Low Pressure Stop Load...
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® FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL S90-010 CS (APR 08) COMMUNICATIONS SETUP Page 59 SETTINGS – CONTINUED ® Frick Modbus Read Description of Data Address Address Address Only N15:240 40498 Discharge Temperature Mode 1 Low Pressure Shutdown N15:241 40499 Discharge Temperature Mode 1 Low Pressure Alarm Delay...
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® S90-010 CS (APR 08) FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL Page 60 COMMUNICATIONS SETUP SETTINGS – CONTINUED ® Frick Modbus Read Description of Data Address Address Address Only N22:58 40859 Setback Wednesday Start Hour 1 N22:59 40860 Setback Wednesday Start Minute 1...
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® FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL S90-010 CS (APR 08) COMMUNICATIONS SETUP Page 61 SETTINGS – CONTINUED ® Frick Modbus Read Description of Data Address Address Address Only N22:134 40935 Auxiliary 8 Delay N22:135 40936 Remote Setpoint High End 1...
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® S90-010 CS (APR 08) FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL Page 62 COMMUNICATIONS SETUP SETTINGS – CONTINUED ® Frick Modbus Read Description of Data Address Address Address Only N22:195 40996 Auxiliary Analog 4 Low Shutdown N22:196 40997 Auxiliary Analog 5 Low Shutdown...
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® FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL S90-010 CS (APR 08) COMMUNICATIONS SETUP Page 63 SETTINGS – CONTINUED ® Frick Modbus Read Description of Data Address Address Address Only 1056 N23:1 41057 DX 1 Circuit Slide Valve Setpoint On 1057 N23:2...
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® S90-010 CS (APR 08) FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL Page 64 COMMUNICATIONS SETUP SETTINGS – CONTINUED ® Frick Modbus Read Description of Data Address Address Address Only 1117 N23:62 41118 Analog Auxiliary enable/disable 1118 N23:63 41119 Entering Process enable/disable...
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® FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL S90-010 CS (APR 08) COMMUNICATIONS SETUP Page 65 SETTINGS – CONTINUED ® Frick Modbus Read Description of Data Address Address Address Only 1170 N23:115 41171 Engine Low RPM Force Unload 1171 N23:116 41172 Engine Low RPM Alarm...
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® S90-010 CS (APR 08) FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL Page 66 COMMUNICATIONS SETUP SETTINGS – CONTINUED ® Frick Modbus Read Description of Data Address Address Address Only 1231 N23:176 41232 PID 2 High Limit 1232 N23:177 41233 PID 2 Low Limit...
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® FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL S90-010 CS (APR 08) COMMUNICATIONS SETUP Page 67 SETTINGS – CONTINUED ® Frick Modbus Read Description of Data Address Address Address Only 1294 N23:238 41295 User Selectable Control Communications Timeout 1295 N23:239 41296 VI Proportional band...
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N55:7 45008 Compressor Sequence 0 = De-Activate, 1 = Activate ® 5008 N55:8 45009 Cap. Cont. Selection (see Frick address 103 for values and Note 3 for changing) <0 or >7 ≠0 & ≠1 5009 N55:9 45010 Setback 0 = De-Activate, 1 = Activate...
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Hours or Minutes, should the Date High Order and numerical listing of the alarm codes in this manual. An ® alternate way to access the alarm data is to utilize Frick Low order values be used. Addresses 2602 - 2696. Each alarm is accessible ®...
FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL S90-010 CS (APR 08) COMMUNICATIONS SETUP Page 73 Unlike the Quantum™ 1 & 2, which utilized EPROMS for QUANTUM™ 3 MAIN BOARD HISTORY the Operating Software, the Quantum™ 3 utilizes Flash AND IDENTIFICATION Card technology. There is a Flash Card socket located on this main board.
® S90-010 CS (APR 08) FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL Page 74 COMMUNICATIONS SETUP Quantum™ 3 Communications Jumpers LK25 FLASH HEAT SINK Display MEMORY Cable SOCKET LK11 LK10 COM1 This assembly is shipped with LK24 LK16 LK11 set to position B. If a...
FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL S90-010 CS (APR 08) COMMUNICATIONS SETUP Page 75 Unlike the Quantum™ 1 & 2, which utilized EPROMS for QUANTUM™ 4 MAIN BOARD HISTORY the Operating Software, the Quantum™ 4 utilizes Flash AND IDENTIFICATION Card technology, as did the Quantum™ 3. There is a...
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QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL Page 84 COMMUNICATIONS SETUP ® Form S90-010 CS (0408) Johnson Controls – Frick Supersedes: JAN 2007 100 CV Avenue • P.O. Box 997 Waynesboro, PA USA 17268-0997 Subject to change without notice Published In USA – GUI 1M Phone: 717-762-2121 •...
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