AFA1000/BLD Pressure Controller Installation & Operating Manual 1 SAFETY 1.1 Safety Practices This document describes the general safety practices and precautions that must be observed when operating the Airflow Monitor. This advice is intended to supplement, not supersede, the normal safety codes in the user’s country.
AFA1000/BLD Pressure Controller Installation & Operating Manual General Operating Conditions The Airflow Monitor and equipment have been designed and tested in accordance with the safety requirements of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). The Airflow Monitor conforms to IEC61010-1 (Safety Requirements for electrical...
AFA1000/BLD Pressure Controller Installation & Operating Manual Electrical Safety The Airflow Monitor and associated equipment are designed to protect the user from potential electrical hazards. This section describes some recommended electrical safety practices. The Airflow Monitor and associated equipment must be correctly connected to a suitable electrical supply.
AFA1000/BLD Pressure Controller Installation & Operating Manual Electrical Protection Observe the following electrical protection precautions: • Insulation: Class I rating for external circuits. Only connect equipment that meets the requirements of IEC 61010-1, IEC 60950 or equivalent standards. • Installation Category: The equipment is able to withstand transient over-voltages typically present on the mains supply.
AFA1000/BLD Pressure Controller Installation & Operating Manual 2 OVERVIEW OF THE PRESSURE CONTROLLER 2.1 Operator Display Panel Control output bar graph or Alarm Time Line Pressure display in Pa or Ins Wg LED indicators Function and up/down buttons for Menu Configuration and Calibration.
AFA1000/BLD Pressure Controller Installation & Operating Manual Display Features The Pressure Monitor display has the following features: The digital display is a backlit, full colour high resolution graphic unit with a visual display area of approx 45 x 34mm. The display operates through the software allowing the generation of figures, wording and icons.
Safe Audible Alarm Sounder The AFA1000/BLD has an audible sounder with local or remote mute facility. The audible alarm can be permanently disabled in the cal config menu. The audible alarm is muted when the Setback input function is active.
AFA1000/BLD Pressure Controller Installation & Operating Manual Pushbuttons a. Enter The alarm has an Enter button -- this is multi-functional as follows:- Press Enter momentarily when alarm is sounding will mute the alarm. Press Enter for 5 secs will gain access to Calibration and Configuration menus (both menus password protected).
Installation & Operating Manual Diagnostics Menu The AFA1000/BLD has a diagnostics menu that shows current Input and Output status, Coms data and also includes an Alarm Test function. To access the diagnostics menu press the ‘+’ and ‘-’ buttons together whilst in the run screen.
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AFA1000/BLD Pressure Controller Installation & Operating Manual Input Data:- Input 1 - 0 / Off / On / Not Used Input 2 - 0 / Off / On / Not Used Input 3 - 0 / Off / On / Not Used...
AFA1000/BLD Pressure Controller Installation & Operating Manual External Connections The AFA1000/BLD has the following Inputs:- Setback Input Volt free input configurable for normally closed, normally open relays. Emergency Input Volt free input configurable for normally closed, normally open relays. Pressure Sensor Input...
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AFA1000/BLD Pressure Controller Installation & Operating Manual Sensor Output 0-5VDC retransmission of pressure reading. Com Port RS 485 to enable connection to Laptop or PC for full diagnostics, logging or setting up and for communications to building computer system (BMS) See section 8 for other specific information on Modbus RTU and BACnet options and settings.
3 FUNCTIONS & OPERATION Pressure Functions The AFA1000/BLD Pressure display can be set up using the pushbutton menus to display airflow in units of m/sec or fpm and can also be set to show plain text “Air Safe” & “Air Fail”...
AFA1000/BLD Pressure Controller Installation & Operating Manual Input Functions Night set-back • When input configured as Night set-back is activated • Night SETBACK Icon toggles on / off with display • Unit is driven to the pre-determined MIN position depending on Control function...
AFA1000/BLD Pressure Controller Installation & Operating Manual Control Functions This menu options sets the type of control for the unit to suit the application and determines how the voltage output operates in the Night setback and the Emergency conditions. Action of controller :- Damper •...
AFA1000/BLD Pressure Controller Installation & Operating Manual 5 INSTALLATION Installation of standard components Follow the instructions below for installing and Note:- The pressure transducer is a fully commissioning the unit. :- calibrated unit and selecting the appropriate transducer automatically calibrates the AFA1000/ Mount the AFA1000/E/Bld unit in a clean dry BLD.
AFA1000/BLD Pressure Controller Installation & Operating Manual 6 OPERATION NOTES Operation Notes 1. Fresh Air Bleed / Room Air Bleed Damper 2. Extract Fan speed control for VAV extract for VAV extract systems :- systems :- This application is for the Fresh Air bleed damper This application is for the extract fan speed control control on ECON VAV systems.
AFA1000/BLD Pressure Controller Installation & Operating Manual 7 CONTROL SETTINGS Control Settings There are various operational setting that need Inverter will be at a fixed position so any instability to be set to give good control of the extract duct seen will be due to the extract system or to pressure.
Overview and connections The AFA1000 series has on board RS485 coms with 3 protocols:- Protocol Description Protocol for connection to TEL Configure Manager PC software and room controls Modbus Modbus RTU protocol BACnet BACnet MS/TP protocol (To connect to BACnet IP a 3rd party router is required)
Note - when changing Protocols the AFA1000 should be power cycled once re-configured to ensure the changed take effect. The TEL protocol has fixed parameters so cannot be adjusted in the field, to select the TEL protocol using the pushbutton menus:- Press Enter from the “Requires set up”...
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AFA1000/BLD Pressure Controller Installation & Operating Manual To Setup the AFA1000 with BACnet protocol using the pushbutton menus:- Press Enter from the “Requires set up” screen or if the controller is in the Run screen Press and Hold the Enter button for 5 seconds until the Main Menu is displayed.
AFA1000/BLD Pressure Controller Installation & Operating Manual Testing and troubleshooting The AFA1000 diagnostics menu can be used to check the coms settings and operation once the AFA1000 coms parameter settings have been set up. From the run screen press the + & - buttons together to access the diagnostics screen.
TEL software package CONFIG MANAGER is available for uploading and downloading parameter configuration files to the AFA1000. The config manager software is Windows based software that runs on a PC or Laptop and requires a RS232/485 converter and TEL coms adaptor to communicate with the RS485 coms port on the AFA1000.
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AFA1000/BLD Pressure Controller Installation & Operating Manual Connection Diagram with RS232/485 converter Version 01 / p.40...
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AFA1000/BLD Pressure Controller Installation & Operating Manual 9 WARRANTY Seller warrants that this product, under normal use and service as described in the operator’s manual shall be free from defects in workmanship and material for a period of twelve (12) months, or the length of time specified in the operator’s manual, from the date of shipment to the customer.
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