Patrol Operation - Panasonic CS-C18JKV Service Manual

12.13. Patrol Operation

• To monitor air dirtiness level by using Patrol sensor and to maintain air freshness by activates e-ion operation.
• Patrol operation start condition
- When the unit operation is started with "OFF/ON" button.
- When the unit stops, "Patrol" button is pressed, Patrol individual operation will start.
- During cooling only operation, "Patrol" button is pressed.
• Patrol operation stop condition (when any of the following condition is fulfilled):
- When "OFF/ON" button is pressed.
- During any operation with Patrol, "Patrol" button is pressed again.
- When "e-ion" button is pressed.
- When OFF Timer activates.
• Patrol operation disable
- To disable the Patrol Operation during unit start (default) with "OFF/ON" button, press "Patrol" button and hold for 5 seconds,
then release.
- To disable the Patrol Operation, press "Patrol" button and hold for 15 seconds, then release.
• Patrol Sensor Control
- First 2 minutes from Patrol function activates is stabilization time, during stabilization time, no air dirtiness level is monitored.
The Air Dirtiness level is set to Clean, Patrol LED turns blue color.
- After that, Patrol sensor starts to record the resistance value at fixed interval. Higher resistance value indicates cleaner air.
- The air dirtiness level is monitored by comparing the current resistance value with maximum resistance value from time to
time to get the Air Dirtiness Value.
- There are 3 air dirtiness level, based on the Air Dirtiness Value:
- Air Dirtiness level 0: Clean
- Air Dirtiness level 1: Moderate
- Air Dirtiness level 2: Dirty
- Patrol LED = blue color
- Patrol LED = orange color
- Patrol LED = red color
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