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  • Page 1 Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide To re-order quote part number: HD0455 Revision: 1.9.0 Revision date: March 2020...
  • Page 2 CUSTOMER FEEDBACK Hydronix is continually looking to improve not only its products but also the services that we offer to our customers. If you have any suggestions about how we can do this or if you have any other feedback that would be helpful please complete our short form at www.hydronix.com/contact/hydronix_feedback.php.
  • Page 3 +1 888 887 4822 (Toll Free) +1 231 439 5001 European Office Covers Central Europe, Russia and South Africa Tel: +49 2563 4858 Fax: +49 2563 5016 French Office Tel: +33 652 04 89 04 Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 4 Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 5 System shut down. 1.8.1 V2.8.0.0 January 2016 Minor formatting update 1.9.0 V2.15.0.0 March 2020 Reference to HC06 v2 added (no memory cards) Archiving function added Address Updated Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
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  • Page 7 RS232 Commands HC05/HC06 Formats .................. 70 Chapter 7 Remote Support ........................85 Remote support using Hydronix Hydro-Control VI support server ..........85 Remote support using a custom server ..................86 Configure the Hydro-Control to use a static IP address ............. 87 Chapter 8 Backup, Restore and Upgrade .....................
  • Page 8 Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 9 Figure 1: The Hydro-Control VI ......................13 Figure 2: The base of the Hydro-Control VI with the label for the Earth stud in the red circle ..... 14 Figure 3: The rear of the Hydro-Control showing the electrical safety symbol in the red circle ... 15 Figure 4: The rear view of the Hydro-Control VI ...................
  • Page 10 Figure 50 - UltraVNC View software ..................... 86 Figure 51 - Repeater Settings ....................... 87 Figure 52: The Hydro-Control VI side view showing the USB ports ............. 89 Figure 53: Some of the files on the USB keydisk after extraction............91 Figure 54: The system parameters page 2 screen ................
  • Page 11 Panel Mount USB Socket Kit Hydronix USB Memory Stick with Documentation Additional Contents (If Expansion Board has been factory fitted): 8 Way Connector for Analogue Inputs/Outputs 9 Way Connector for Recipe Selection Inputs Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 12 Replacement System Card (Not applicable to HC06 v2) 0177 Replacement Data Card (Not applicable to HC06 v2) 0179 Replacement Touch Screen Protective Layer 0180 Hydro-Control VI Expansion Board 0170 Hydro-Control VI Wall Mount Enclosure 0190 Hydro-Control VI Control Cabinet Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 13 Figure 1: The Hydro-Control VI 1 Introduction to the Hydro-Control VI The Hydro-Control VI is a touch screen computer based upon the Microsoft Windows XP Embedded operating system that has been designed to work with the Hydronix range of sensors to monitor the level of moisture in a process (usually in a mixer) and send signals to adjust the flow of water into the process using water valves.
  • Page 14 It is important to understand the meaning of the various symbols and markings on the Hydro- Control equipment as follows: Figure 2: The base of the Hydro-Control VI with the label for the Earth stud in the red circle Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 15 Ingression Protection (IP) rating IP66. This has the American equivalent NEMA 4. This IP/NEMA rating is only applicable if the unit is installed in accordance with the mechanical mounting procedures in Chapter 2 of this installation guide. Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 16 It is recommended to install the equipment using screened cables to the specification defined in Chapter 3 section 7. Cleaning The front panel of the Hydro-Control should be cleaned with a soft cloth. Abrasive materials and liquids must not be used. Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 17 Chapter 2 Mechanical Installation Figure 4: The rear view of the Hydro-Control VI 1 Weight and Dimensions Fascia: 246 mm (W) x 190 mm (H); (9.69” (W) x 7.48” (H)) Panel Cut out: 232 mm (W) x 178 mm (H); (9.14” (W) x 7.00” (H))
  • Page 18 Chapter 2 HC06 v1 HC06 v2 Figure 5: View of the Hydro-Control VI showing the mounting brackets 2 Mounting and installation The unit should be mounted in a control panel (maximum thickness 8mm) using a bracket on each side, two brackets on the top and two brackets on the bottom. To fit the side brackets, locate the bracket in the slots on the side of the unit and slide it down until the top and bottom of the bracket are level with the case.
  • Page 19 System Card is coloured blue and the data card is coloured beige. The memory cards should always be inserted so that the Hydronix Logo is facing the rear of the unit. The System Card should never be transferred between units.
  • Page 20 Hydro-Control. If the protector gets worn or dirty it can be replaced with Hydronix Part Number 0179. The touch screen protective layer can be removed by carefully applying pressure to the front of the Hydro-Control and sliding the sheet down slightly.
  • Page 21 Power supply Sensor connection Serial connection Digital Digital Inputs Outputs Figure 9: The base of the Hydro-Control showing the connectors Figure 9 shows the connectors as viewed from the base of the unit. Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 22 Minimum 200ms pulse pauses or resets the Hydro-Control water control cycle Water Meter The water meter pulse input Water Tank Full Minimum 200ms pulse set indicates the water tank is full No Connection Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 23 Hydro-Control via a BCD, binary or digital signal. Remote Recipe 2 Remote Recipe 3 Remote Recipe 4 Remote Recipe 5 Remote Recipe 6 Remote Recipe 7 Remote Recipe 8 Remote Recipe Remote recipe selection 0v signal. Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 24 3 Communications RS485 The RS485 connection is used for communicating with a Hydronix moisture sensor. It is possible to change operating parameters and sensor diagnostics from the Hydro-Control. RS232 The RS232 connection is used for connection to a batch computer or remote operator terminal to permit the remote selection of recipes.
  • Page 25 These are configurable in the I/O Setup And Status pages and can be used to change the current recipe being used by the unit from an external control system or other recipe selection device. These replace the Hydro-Control V remote recipe module. Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 26 Figure 12: Analogue Input Current Loop Wiring Diagram The wiring of the device connected to the Analogue Input will depend on whether the device has a self powered loop or is powered by the loop itself. Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 27 Wiring analogue outputs The analogue outputs from the Hydro-Control are designed as a constant current source. Hydro-Control VI Current loop signal 0-20 mA 4-20 mA Analogue GND Figure 16: Analogue Output Wiring Diagram Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 28 8 USB Ports The Hydro-Control has three USB ports built into the unit to enable backup, restore and upgrade of the system. Each of these can accept a standard USB memory stick. Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 29 Chapter 3 Electrical Installation A panel mounting USB socket with an extension cable is available from Hydronix, Part Number 0175. This has a 1.5m cable and the panel mounted socket needs a 28mm diameter hole with a 3mm key cut-out. The maximum panel thickness is 5.2mm and a clearance of 22mm is needed behind the panel.
  • Page 30 Electrical Installation Chapter 3 Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 31 The Hydro-Control is a touch screen device. Navigation of the unit is achieved by touching on the screen itself to activate relevant features. 2 Menu Tree Figure 18: The Menu Structure Of The Hydro-Control VI Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 32 Sensor testing The Hydro-Control uses an RS485 serial interface to communicate with the Hydronix moisture sensor in the mixer. Once the unit has finished loading it will display the main screen with a banner across the centre reading ‘Searching for Sensor on address xx’ showing the address of the sensor being requested at that time.
  • Page 33 This can be used in conjunction with a UPS. To configure the Shutdown signal select ‘Shutdown’ from the selection box (Figure 19). Figure 20: I/O Setup and Status – Page 2 Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 34 Use the following equation to determine the water meter flow per pulse for entry into the System Parameters screen: NoOfPulses PulsesPerL itre NoOfLitres NB: Weight of water in kilograms = Volume of water in litres Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 35 After calibrating the screen the system should be shut down and restarted by pressing the power button briefly and then clicking ‘Yes’. If this is not done then the system may not save the screen calibration settings. Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 36 Litres/Gallons 0 – 100 L 0 – 26.4 Gallons Fine Valve Inflight Litres/Gallons 0 – 100 L 0 – 26.4 Gallons Coarse Valve Inflight Litres/Gallons 0 – 100 L 0 – 26.4 Gallons Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 37 It is generally only useful for linearity testing, and so should be left set to 1. Resolution sets the resolution of the weigh scale value for systems set to use weighed water. This value is not displayed unless the water mode is set to weighed water. Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 38 Mix Deviation for the Mix Time then the mixing phase will continue to the next phase. See the section on Auto-Track on page 66 for more details. These system parameters can be over-ridden from within each recipe. Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 39 Figure 25: Changing the date and time The time can be entered by selecting the hours (0 – 24) and minutes (0 – 59) boxes. The time zone can be set using the arrows. Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 40 This is for system information only. The screen shown in Figure 26 displays the current parameters available from the Hydro- Control and is used for diagnostic monitoring purposes. Figure 26: The voltage and temperature monitor screen Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 41 ‘Water Tank Full’ input signal. Go back to the status page (in Figure 27) and copy the number from the ‘Weigh Scale Input’ into the field ‘Analogue Value When Full’. Now enter the ‘Weight When Full’ figure for the water tank and press the ‘Save Changes’ button. Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 42 This section shows the current material calibration that has been downloaded to the sensor. This is updated when the recipe in the Hydro-Control VI is changed. The current measurement mode selected for the recipe is also displayed (only with compatible sensors).
  • Page 43 Digital Inputs/Outputs This section allows the digital input/output options to be set. If any settings are changed then they should be downloaded to the sensor using the ‘Write To Sensor’ button. Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 44 Measurement Mode This allows different measurement modes to be selected. If any settings are changed then they should be downloaded to the sensor using the ‘Write To Sensor’ button. Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 45 If the ‘Analogue Output Test’ button is pressed then this displays the window, shown in Figure 32, which allows the two analogue outputs to be forced to known values. This is useful for checking connections with external systems. Figure 32: The Analogue Output Test Controls Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 46 7 Recipe Parameters From the main screen, pressing the menu button and then the recipe overview button will display the Recipe Overview screen. The Recipe Overview Screen Figure 34: The recipe overview screen Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 47 8 digital recipe inputs (available on the optional Hydro-Control VI Expansion Board) or by using the serial communications protocol. They are also listed in numerical order on the recipe selector available from the start page, or from the recipe overview screen.
  • Page 48 Water Limit then the system will stop adding water and trigger an alarm The Main Water Trim parameter adjusts the target of the recipe so that it can be made temporarily wetter or drier for special mixes. Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 49 If the auto-track feature is used then during operation these mix times are doubled and used as maximum mix times for more information on using the auto-track feature see Chapter 5 System Design section 4.4Auto-Track. Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 50 Pre-wet Water in the Water Addition section on page 1 of the recipe parameters. If the method is set to Auto, then the water is added in AUTO Mode to reach the target defined as Pre-wet Moisture Target. Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 51 See the section on Auto-Track on page 66 for more details. Pressing the Next button will display the third page of the recipe editor. This has options for the Calculation Mode Settings and AUTO Mode Settings. Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 52 The Admix Enable parameter is used to set when the Admix output signal is activated during the main water addition. This is defined as a percentage of the total main water quantity. For Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 53 Optimising these parameters is described in the Operators Guide in the chapter ‘Using Moisture Control’. Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 54 Commissioning Chapter 4 Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 55 6 to 12L {1.6 to 3.2Gal})) • Valve on/off time if in doubt, set it to one second, then choose valve sizes to give suitable flow rate according to the chart below Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 56 0.25 0.07 5500 0.36 0.07 8300 0.36 0.75 0.07 11000 0.34 0.07 This table shows example pipe diameters Flow Rate (L/S) Pipe diameter (mm) Pipe diameter (in) ¾ ≤0.5 ≤1 ≤2 1 ½ Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 57 It is not recommended to design a system to use this mode, but it can be useful to keep a plant running when there is a problem with the flow meter. Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 58 Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 59 The Expansion Board has 9 connections (8 input connections with a common ground), and accepts signals in the following formats: • Binary (maximum of 255 recipes) • Binary Coded Decimal (BCD) (maximum of 99 recipes) • Discrete (maximum of 8 recipes) Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 60 The Hydro-Control VI Utility is an additional software tool that runs on a PC that can be used to convert a backup from a Hydro-Control V system allowing the recipes and system parameters to be copied to a Hydro-Control VI.
  • Page 61 Admix Control Admix Signal Alarm Status Indicator Mix complete Outputs Pre-wet Done Fine Valve Water Valve Control Coarse Valve Signifies shielded cable with the shield connected at the Hydro-Control Figure 41: System Interconnections Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 62 Mixer Addition Time Addition Time Time Addition Time Discharge Time Inputs Start Water Meter Cement In Reset Outputs Coarse Valve Fine Valve Pre- wet Done Mix Complete Figure 42: The Complete Mix Cycle Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 63 A timer is started when the system receives the Start signal and if this reaches the ‘Cement Timeout’ before the ‘Cement In’ signal has been received the ‘Cement In Alarm’ will be triggered unless this has been disabled on the System Parameters page. Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 64 When the admix signal is set to ‘All’ the Admix output is set high from the time the Hydro-Control receives the Start signal until the time that the Hydro-Control outputs the Mix Complete signal. This is equivalent to the busy output on the Hydro-Control V. Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 65 The 2 step addition mode will rescale the moisture display on the graph on the main screen so that it is more representative of the moisture in the mixer. Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 66 Mix Time parameter then an alarm is activated. Recipe Dry Mix Time Moisture Dry Mix Deviation Auto-Track Dry Mix Time Dry Mix Time Finishes Early Figure 47: Auto-Track parameter example for the Dry Mix phase Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 67 (for example, if the cement takes longer to homogenise due to wetter aggregates). During the wet mix the Auto-Track can be used to control the final homogeneity of the mix. Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 68 System Design Chapter 5 Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 69 Hydro-Control is set to the Hydro-Control VI mode or the older Hydro-Control V or Hydro-Control IV modes. If the Hydro-Control VI is replacing a Hydro-Control V or Hydro-Control IV and the remote communications are in use then this should be set to HC05 or HC04 respectively. HC06 v1 can be selected for systems designed using the HC06 v1 mix log format.
  • Page 70 Sets the dry weight in kg/Ibs of the Nn = 1 - 32000 Standby current recipe to nn Current Moisture value xx.yy Software Version Hydro- Control VI v x.x.x.x Download Entire Mix Log All current mix logs (tab separated values) Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 71 2 of the System Parameters screen and details of this can be found in Chapter 4. The data is sent as a list of values separated by the tab character (ASCII Code 9). Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 72 Trim Water Mix Time Dry Weight Moisture Gain Moisture Offset Dry Reading Unscaled Calculated Target Unscaled Final Target Unscaled Dry Deviation Unscaled Wet Deviation Unscaled Dry Deviation % Moisture Wet Deviation % Moisture Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 73 Wet Deviation % Moisture Wet Deviation Unscaled Pre-wet Water Calculated Water Automatic Trim Manual Trim Addition Error Total Water Water/Cement Ratio Dry Mix Time Water Addition Time Wet Mix Time Total Time Dry Weight Cement Weight Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 74 Mix Too Wet Rejected Mix Too Dry Rejected Mix Too Wet Accepted Mix Too Dry Accepted Water Limit Exceeded Max Dry Mix Time Reached Max Wet Mix Time Reached Mix Aborted Sensor Fault Mixer Blades Worn Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 75 Dry Mix Value (Unscaled) Dry Mix Deviation (% Moisture) Dry Mix Deviation (Unscaled) Target Value (% Moisture) Target Value (Unscaled) Wet Mix Value (% Moisture) Wet Mix Value (Unscaled) Wet Mix Deviation (% Moisture) Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 76 Dry Weight Cement Weight Mix Temperature Pre-wet Moisture Gain Pre-wet Moisture Offset Moisture Gain 1 Moisture Offset 1 Moisture Gain 2 Moisture Offset 2 Calculation Gain Calculation Offset Proportional Gain Integral Gain Derivative Gain Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 77 “_” denotes a space, do not use the underscore character in the RS232 string, “nn” denotes the recipe number, “pp” denotes the parameter to change and “vv” is the value to set it to. Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 78 1 = auto, 2 = calc) Dry weight Kg or lbs 2000 2000 NO LONGER USED (was Calc NO LONGER USED (was calibration water) Water Limit Seconds, weight, 50.0 Litres or US Gallons Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 79 Enabled (1=true, 0 = false) Local Auto-Track Seconds time dry mix Local Auto-Track dry mix deviation Local Auto-Track Seconds time wet mix Local Auto-Track wet mix deviation Local Auto-Loop Enable (1= true, 0 = false) Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 80 Averaging Time Seconds Moisture Offset 1 None -36364 -3.6364 Moisture Gain 1 None 1817 0.1817 Moisture Offset 2 None -36364 -3.6364 Moisture Gain 2 None 1817 0.1817 Recipe Name None Recipe Description None Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 81 Seconds, weight, Litres or US Gallons Cycle Loops None Water valve on time Seconds Water valve off time Seconds Use Fine Valve Only (1 = true, 0 = false) System Proportional Gain None Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 82 In the case of the status byte it will return the following values depending on which stage of the mix it is in. • 1 – Standby • 2 – Pre-Wet • 4 – Waiting for cement • 8 – Dry Mix • 16 – Main Water Addition Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 83 4 – Digital input 3 • 8 – Digital input 4 • 16 – Digital input 5 • 32 – Digital input 6 • 64 – Digital input 7 • 128 – Digital input 8 Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 84 Hydro-Control IV communications protocol. Refer to HD044 for a list of the commands used. This functionality is only for backwards compatibility and should not be used for newly designed systems Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 85 Control of the HC06 is then established. Remote support can be configured to use either the Hydro-Control VI support server provided by Hydronix or another server which an installer or local distributor may choose to set up for themselves. To access the remote support configuration press followed by communications page will now be displayed.
  • Page 86 This will be different for connection to the custom server and will require the custom server settings. To connect to a Hydro-Control VI remotely, type in the VNC field “ID:” followed by the serial number of the HC06 unit. This can be seen on the Hydro-Control VI Ethernet Comms screen shown in Figure 49 - Ethernet Coms Page.
  • Page 87 Setting up the Hydro-Control VI and support PC for a custom server The Hydro-Control VI remote support server parameter on the Ethernet Comms page (see Figure 49) should be set to the IP address and port number or domain name of the custom server.
  • Page 88 Remote Support Chapter 7 Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 89 USB Memory Stick The USB ports Figure 52: The Hydro-Control VI side view showing the USB ports There are three USB ports sited on the left hand side when looking at the front of the unit. A Memory Stick may be used for backing up and restoring recipes, system parameters and mix log files.
  • Page 90 Insert a Memory Stick containing a backup of the Hydro-Control into one of the USB ports (The file HC06Database.sdf should be in the root directory of the Memory Stick). Press the Menu button Press the System Parameters button Press the Backup/Restore button Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 91 (looking at the rear of the unit). The side view of the Hydro-Control is shown in Figure 52. On the Hydro-Control, press the Menu button then press the System Parameters button , then press the Next button to get to page 2 (shown in Figure 54). Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 92 After rebooting the Hydro-Control will automatically update and then reboot and restart itself. The Memory Stick must not be removed until the upgrade has been completed and the main screen is shown. DO NOT REMOVE POWER DURING THE UPGRADE PROCEDURE. Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 93 Fine Valve Off Time Seconds Use Fine Valve Only None Averaging Time Seconds Cycle Loops None System Auto Control Setup Parameter Units Default Commissioned Value Proportional Gain None Integral Gain None Derivative Gain None Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 94 Wet Mix Deviation Wet Mix Time Seconds General Settings Parameter Units Default Commissioned Value Language None English Remote Communications Parameter Units Default Commissioned Value RS232 Protocol None HC06 Admix Signal None Admix Enable % Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 95 Diagnostics The following tables list the most common faults found when using the controller. If you are unable to diagnose the problem from this information, please contact Hydronix technical support on +44 (0) 1483 468900 or by email: support@hydronix.com. Symptom: Displays shows ‘Searching For Sensor’ - no output from sensor...
  • Page 96 OPTO is on. Blown fuse Remove rear cover Continuity check Contact Hydronix for and check ok, zero ohms. replacement fuse. continuity of the fuse on the specific OPTO module using a meter. Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 97 Symptom: When power applied display is dark and unit beeps Possible explanation Check Required result Action required on failure RAM Self test has Remove power and Correct startup Contact Hydronix for repair failed re-apply details. Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 98 Correct startup Replace System Card with the filter being in the see if the box correct colour Card. The Card wrong state reappears colour must be the same as the factory installed System Card. Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 99 Although the material weight can either be dry weight or wet weight the standard for the concrete industry is to use the dry weight. Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 100 Wet Weight Moisture This is the moisture content of the material calculated as the percentage of the weight of water in the wet weight of material in the sample. Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 101 Hydro-Control VI Operators Guide HD0679 Hydronix Moisture Sensor Configuration and Calibration Guide HD0678 Hydronix Moisture Sensor Electrical Installation Guide HD0676 Hydro-Mix Installation Guide HD0677 Hydro-Probe Orbiter Installation Guide HD0044 Hydro-Control IV Installation and Reference Guide Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 102 Document Cross Reference Appendix D Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 103 Mixer Control Commands ......83 Interface Modules .......... 24 Mixer Status Commands ......82 I/O Voltage Options ........25 Port Settings ..........69 I/O Wiring Diagrams ........26 Recipe Parameters ........77 Status ............70 Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...
  • Page 104 General Settings ........40 Wiring Language ..........40 Analogue Inputs ........26 Unit Information ......... 40 Analogue Outputs ........27 Digital Inputs ..........26 Water Settings ........... 36 Digital Outputs ........... 26 Recipe Inputs ..........28 Hydro-Control VI Installation Guide HD0455 Rev 1.9.0...