LX Series Unit Ventilator Controller User's Guide10
Sensor Configuration Wizard
The UVC incorporates the sensor configuration wizard. The wizard provides
powerful and simple configuration tools for the hardware inputs. You can select
the digital or analog inputs through the software, which means there are no circuit
board jumpers to move.
Analog input signal types - resistive, voltage, current - are selected in software
without hardware jumpers. Built-in conversion tables are provided for a large
number of thermistors or other sensor types. You can easily create custom
conversion tables by setting the offset, minimum, and maximum values in one
dialog box for the input.
The sensor configuration wizard also provides direct access to network properties
of the analog or digital input including the Standard Network Variable Type
(SNVT), Heartbeat, Send on Delta, Override, Default Value, and Throttle settings.
All input features are conveniently located on one screen, which avoids the hassle
of switching back and forth between screens to fully configure an input. In
addition, the wizard provides warnings of configuration errors as they occur,
enabling you to correct mistakes quickly.
Shown by the LX-UVL wizard view in FX Workbench, the sensor configuration
wizard exists as a separate object. A separate functional block represents each
hardware input. To configure an input, select the hardware input on the left side of
the LX-UVL wizard view of the device and click the Launch button. The sensor
configuration wizard allows you to control network inputs not directly controlled
by the Unit Ventilator Controller.
Control Features
The Unit Ventilator Controller provides Proportional plus Integral plus Derivative
(PID) loops for advanced control of humidity, discharge temperature, and space
temperature. Each PID loop has an individual, configurable deadpan. In addition,
each PID loop provides gain and time adjustment for the integral and derivative
terms, and gain adjustment for the proportional term.
Whereas space temperature control is done with a PI loop only, the presence of the
derivative term adds the ability to precisely adjust space temperature control to
provide better comfort and increased savings.
The PID loop is especially useful in controlling the CO
2
concentration, since this
can vary quickly and greatly as individuals enter and exit meeting rooms, and work
areas. The quick response of the PID loop also maintains duct pressure within
acceptable limits.
Humidification and dehumidification sequences provide the UVC with the ability
to maintain the space humidity at the desired level. The Unit Ventilator Controller
also provides advanced control features often associated with air handlers. These
features include Optimum Start and load shedding.