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- Page 1 PL-9400(i) POULTRY CLIMATE AND MANAGEMENT COMPUTER PL-9400 PL-9400i USER MANUAL PL-9400-G-EN02400...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
7.1 Feeding system with feed counter(s) .................... 28 Animal Weighing ............................ 29 Counters ..............................30 9.1 Clearing counter(s) ........................30 9.2 Counter readings of miscellaneous counters ................30 9.3 Counters overview ......................... 31 9.4 Alarm counters ..........................32 Timers ..............................33 10.1 Dosing timers ..........................34 PL-9400-G-EN02400... - Page 3 No part of this publication may be copied and/or published by photocopying or any other means whatsoever, without prior written permission from Stienen BE (www.stienen.com). We do not accept any liability for the contents of this manual and explicitly waive all implicit guarantees of merchantability or fitness for a certain use.
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Page 4: General Introduction
Please read all information and instructions carefully before using the product. Symbols mark warnings, important notes, tips, etc. in this manual. Stienen has compiled this manual with all due care. If you find any errors, please let us know. 1.1 Symbols and definitions Risk of injury by dangerous electric shock. -
Page 5: Safety Instructions And Warnings
The EU has set up systems for the separate collection of waste electrical and electronic equipment and batteries (Directive 20212/19/EU). If you do not dispose of the device properly, you risk a fine. Electrical and electronic equipment must be collected separately at the end of its life. PL-9400-G-EN02400... -
Page 6: Screen And Keyboard
Use these buttons to select the previous or the next control, if there are any controls of the same type, such as ventilation groups (left, right, recirculation, etc.). 3.2 Keyboard Menu buttons Numeric keys Navigation keys Do not use sharp objects such as pen or screwdriver to operate the keys. PL-9400-G-EN02400... -
Page 7: Text Input
Use to insert spaces. ghiïíìî4GHIÏÍÌÎ : Press once for a, twice for b, etc. jkl5JKL to move the text cursor. mnoöóòô6MNOÖÓÒÔ For example, in menu choices the text automatically pqrs7PQRS starts with a capital character. tuvüúùû8TUVÜÚÙÛ wxyz9WXYZ PL-9400-G-EN02400... -
Page 8: Adding And Removing Breakpoints Or Periods
5. Press a numerical or navigation key to return to the main menu. Deprogramming a hot key Hold down and press the hot key to be deprogrammed. You can clear the programmed key from the example by pressing the key combination PL-9400-G-EN02400... -
Page 9: Alarm Key
You can snooze up to 20 alarms simultaneously. Once the snoozed alarm list contains 20 alarms, you cannot add any more alarms to the list. You can still use the temporary alarm off function ( off). A snoozed alarm does not appear in the alarm log. PL-9400-G-EN02400... - Page 10 At Start and End you set the period, during which the on-time set alarms should be active. Only when Status is set to Active, time-set alarms are transmitted to the computer. Alarms that occur during the Off state are no longer transmitted. External alarms See page 49. PL-9400-G-EN02400...
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Page 11: Terminal Numbering Of Inputs And Outputs
0-10V input e.g. measuring sensors (RH, pressure, etc.) Digital input These include measuring fans, counter contacts etc. Module to which a wind speed meter, wind direction meter and rain Meteo station sensor can be connected to. Pressure sensor n. a. PL-9400-G-EN02400... -
Page 12: Main Menu
6 access codes for you. You can program a separate access code for the status screen. If you only set an access code for the status screen, this will apply to all user screens. PL-9400-G-EN02400... -
Page 13: Climate Controls
If you change the house temperature setting to 18.0°C, the computer will continue controlling at: 18.0°C+5.0°C = 23.0°C. Absolute The temperature control works with absolute temperature settings. If the temperature is set to 5.0°C, the output will be controlled at 5.0°C. The temperature control works independently of the set house temperature. PL-9400-G-EN02400... -
Page 14: Main Ventilation
In addition, the minimum and maximum ventilation can be affected by the RH, CO , NH , meteo, night settings and outside temperature. Current temperature Readout of the current, average house temperature. PL-9400-G-EN02400... - Page 15 Step control Step x Current step of the step control. If the capacity of the controlled ventilation group in relation to the total capacity is less than the percentage entered at Minimum ventilation, the controlled group is fully on. PL-9400-G-EN02400...
- Page 16 Min. air inlet position Main ventilation [%] Minimum Current Maximum ventilation ventilation ventilation Duty-cycle Tunnel ANote-IntVent-N-ENxxxxxx Interval ventilation and Duty-cycle ANote-Tunnel-N-ENxxxxx Tunnel ventilation ANote-AuxVent-N-ENxxxxx Auxiliary ventilation ANote-HeatExcP-N-ENxxxxx Heat exchanger ANote-ManureB-N-ENxxxxx Manure belt PL-9400-G-EN02400...
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Page 17: Air Inlet Valves
The pressure control will be instantaneously switched-off if a ventilation alarm occurs at the main ventilation control. In the event of a pressure alarm, the pressure control is switched off with a delay (delay time, see screen 1861). PL-9400-G-EN02400... -
Page 18: Mixed Air
Operating hours Running hours Reading out operating hours of mixed air control: today's operating hours operating hours of the past seven days total number of operating hours Clear running hours yes = delete operating hours. PL-9400-G-EN02400... -
Page 19: Heating
Cycle time (100%) Current heating Temperature [°C] Temperature setting Bandwitdh House temperature setting Heating Switching the heating on or off. Temperature setting Relative setting (value lower than 10.0°C) to the house temperature or absolute house temperature setting (10.0°C or higher). PL-9400-G-EN02400... - Page 20 On/Off-controlled heating Running hours Readout of the operating hours of an on/off heating: today's operating hours operating hours of the past seven days total number of operating hours Clear running hours yes = delete operating hours. PL-9400-G-EN02400...
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Page 21: Cooling
Reading out the operating hours of an on/off (non-modulating) cooling system: Today's operating hours operating hours for the last seven days the total number of operating hours Clear running hours Set to yes to erase the operating hours. PL-9400-G-EN02400... -
Page 22: Pressure Control
If Cooling 1 and Humidification are connected to the same output, the output will be energized as soon as one of both controls is active. Humidification Switching the humidification control on and off. RH setting The percentage setpoint of the relative humidity below which the humidification control has to be active. PL-9400-G-EN02400... -
Page 23: Temperature Control
The temperature increase in that minute is greater or equal than the relative limits. The temperature measured by the sensor exceeds the absolute limit. Measurement last minute Current measurement The thermo-differential alarm occurs only in case of a positive difference. Temperature difference PL-9400-G-EN02400... -
Page 24: Compensations (Offsets)
The current day number is shown in brackets. House temperature When the growth curves of the stall temperature are changed, all controls change relative to this temperature. Ventilation The temperature setting of the ventilation groups is relative to the house temperature. PL-9400-G-EN02400... -
Page 25: Overviews
You can delete the min/max readings in temperature overviews via: Overview house temperature (screen 17) Reset min/max temp. Today will then read the current temperature. 5.16 Alarm House temperature limits These temperature limits apply to all ventilation groups. PL-9400-G-EN02400... - Page 26 2. Outside temperature is higher than the house temperature setting The calculated alarm limit will be made equal to the outside temperature and the calculated alarm limit is shifted. Calculated temperature Temperature setting (25.0ºC) (22.0ºC) Minimum alarm limit Maximum alarm limit Absolute alarm limit (-5.0ºC) (+5.0ºC) (35.0°C) (17.0ºC) (30.0ºC) Outside temperature compensation (3.0ºC) PL-9400-G-EN02400...
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Page 27: Alarm Other Controls
You can only switch the ventilation alarm on/off for air inlet valves connected to a DMS or PL-9200-POT module. Heating / Cooling / Miscellaneous The alarm limits can be set separately for every individual control. 5.17 Alarm other controls Pressure control The Pressure Control 2 settings are identical to the Pressure Control 1 settings. PL-9400-G-EN02400... - Page 28 5. Climate Controls The relative humidity (RH) of the outside air has no alarm limits. Meteo This menu item does not appear when meteorological data is received over the communication loop. PL-9400-G-EN02400...
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Page 29: Thermo-Differential Alarm
Outside temperature 5.18 Thermo-differential alarm You can turn off the thermos-differential alarm by setting Alarm temperature to off. The current temperature reading is then cleared and the alarm is automatically turned back on. See also temperature monitoring page 20. PL-9400-G-EN02400... -
Page 30: House Status
the occupancy rate is recalculated (if it depends on the setup data); the feed dosing will be started (if a feeding cycle is active). The day number is not automatically updated. You can have a separate access code set up for the status screen (F2). PL-9400-G-EN02400... -
Page 31: Feeding System
Content and then resets Filled to 00,000kg. Filled up (bulked) An overview per silo of the last five dates with the times at which the silo was filled up. You should always enter this data immediately after filling up the silo. ANote-FeedSysP-N-ENxxxxx Feeding systems PL-9400-G-EN02400... -
Page 32: Animal Weighing
8. Animal Weighing Animal Weighing ANote-AWeighing-N-ENxxxxx Animal weighing PL-9400-G-EN02400... -
Page 33: Counters
Here you can change the counter value of ‘today’. Hour counter The input's status is displayed in addition to today's operating hours. Total shows the total number of operating hours since the last time the hour counter was cleared. PL-9400-G-EN02400... -
Page 34: Counters Overview
Per animal The counter readings shown are per animal. This screen also shows the water/feed ratio. Per animal group The counter readings shown per animal group. PL-9400-G-EN02400... -
Page 35: Alarm Counters
Growth curve counter alarm limits With minimum supply alarm Without minimum supply alarm You can record the maximum and minimum counter readings with the corresponding period times in a growth curve, see screens 491 through 496. PL-9400-G-EN02400... -
Page 36: Timers
At 05:04 the intensity is driven to 80% in a time of 16 minutes ( :16). At 19:50 the lighting is regulated back (dimmed) to 10% in 20 minutes ( :20); At 20:10 the 20-minute after burn time starts. At 20:30 the lights turn off. PL-9400-G-EN02400... -
Page 37: Dosing Timers
For feed dosing, the amount actually fed is compared to the amount setting. Feeding stops when the pre-set amount is reached, even if the stop time has not been reached yet. A feed dosing alarm is generated if the stop time is reached and the amount has not been reached yet. PL-9400-G-EN02400... - Page 38 Ready . If something has gone wrong in previous cycles, this will be corrected in the last cycle. If possible, this will be corrected until the total amount has been dosed. PL-9400-G-EN02400...
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Page 39: Dosage Curves
Sequential timers are used for actions such as driving feed chains or rinsing water pipes. You set the starting time for the sequential timer. The end time is determined by the total pulse-pause time and the number of outputs. Feed Chain PL-9400-G-EN02400... - Page 40 ‘frozen’; once the input is no longer active, the process will continue again. Rinse timer Without Stop at amount of water The rinse timer (without Stop at amount of water) is set according to the feed chain. PL-9400-G-EN02400...
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Page 41: Weekly Program
The weekly program of the spool clock is set in the same way as the feed chain. 10.4 Laying nest timer The PL-9400 has an on/off timer for opening and closing the laying nests. The opening and closing can even be done in intervals, according to the pulse-pause principle. Your installer sets the pulse-pause times so that the laying nests open and close at the required rate. -
Page 42: Pop-Hole Timers
This timer is set in the same way as Outdoor timer 1. 10.7 Setting growth curves and time, light and dosage schedules Time schedules You can set a maximum of 24 different time schedules. Each schedule consists of up to 24 periods. PL-9400-G-EN02400... - Page 43 If your installer has set automatic cycle distribution for a dosage timer, the amount of feed to be fed is divided over the number of periods. In this case, the part is not taken as set in the time schedule (see page 34). PL-9400-G-EN02400...
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Page 44: Date/Time
Sunday, Saturday ... and Monday. If the PL-9400 poultry computer is linked to a feed computer, you cannot change the settings First day of the week and Begin new day on the PL-9400 poultry computer. These settings are taken from the feed computer. - Page 45 Alarms are transmitted to the poultry computer. Alarms are not transmitted to the poultry computer. time Only when the Alarm schedule is active, alarms are transmitted to the poultry computer. Alarms that occur when the Alarm schedule is off, are not transmitted. PL-9400-G-EN02400...
- Page 46 Alarms are transmitted to the poultry computer. Alarms are not transmitted to the poultry computer. time Only when the Alarm schedule is active, alarms are transmitted to the poultry computer. Alarms that occur when the Alarm schedule is off, are not transmitted. PL-9400-G-EN02400...
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Page 47: Info
You can set up to five loss categories. Dead Enter the number of animals which have lost at this moment (per group of animals). Dead: Today (today's mortality) is increased automatically by the value entered, after which the entry is erased. PL-9400-G-EN02400... - Page 48 Displayed are the mortality, the number of animals unloaded (Out) and number of animals added (In), per day per animal group. Overview of animals present Display of the current number of animals in the barn per day by animal group. PL-9400-G-EN02400...
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Page 49: Setting-Up Data
11. Info Setting-up data This data is entered at the beginning of each new round. The PL-9400 poultry computer uses this data to calculate the current number of birds, feed dosage, etc. For two or more animal groups, the fill ratio depends on the sum of the total number of animals of all animal groups added together. -
Page 50: Weekly Animal Weighting Overviews
ANote-HeatExcP-N-ENxxxxx 11.5 USB logging If you turn off the USB logging alarm (no USB stick present), no more data will be saved from the poultry house, heat exchanger, manure belt, mixed air control and heating (heating control with fan). PL-9400-G-EN02400... -
Page 51: Alarm
With Begin and End you enter the period, during which the time-dependant alarms should be active. Status Only when the Status is active, time-dependant alarms will be transmitted to the poultry computer. Alarms that occur during the off-status will no longer be transmitted. PL-9400-G-EN02400... -
Page 52: External Alarms
Remember to turn the alarm back on after it has been turned off for troubleshooting. Preferably use the function off (temporarily disable alarm) to solve a malfunction. Installation errors such as Output already assigned, Wrong output type, Input already assigned must be eliminated before putting the system into operation. PL-9400-G-EN02400... -
Page 53: Alarm Codes
Poor or no connection between PL-9400-MODULE and module. Module not found The connection cable between the PL-9400-MODULE and the PL-9400 bottom PCB is missing or is loose. Module does not respond Module address not found. Check the settings on the module. - Page 54 Replace the RTCPU_DEKx board with an RTCPU_DEK3 board or a more recent version. If all feed dosage timers function on the basis of release contacts, the periods may overlap. When controlling a valve, always check first that the valve is not in manual mode. PL-9400-G-EN02400...
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Page 55: System
Shortcut keys for changing language: Press and hold and use to select the previous/next language. Type The type number of the device. The PL-9400 has type number 163. Program version The version number of the software in the PL-9400. Program date The date of the software. -
Page 56: Maintenance And Check-Up
When cleaning the ventilation chimney, do not point the jet at these sensitive parts. Fans Weekly Switch on the fans at least one time every week, even in winter, to prevent it from getting stuck. PL-9400-G-EN02400...
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