Frick Quantum LX Evaporator Operating instructions

OPERATION

FRICK® QUANTUM™

EVAPORATOR

CONTROL PANEL

Version 3.1x

Form 090.610-O (SEP 2013)

OPERATION

File: SERVICE MANUAL - Section 90

Replaces: 090.610-O (DEC 2012)

Dist: 3, 3a, 3b, 3c

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION 1

INTODUCTION TO THE QUANTUM™ EVAPORATOR CONTROL SYSTEM.................................................5

SETUP DESCRIPTION........................................................................................................................................6

Wiring................................................................................................................................................6

Conﬁ guration.......................................................................................................................................6

Operation............................................................................................................................................6

Identifying An Evaporator System.............................................................................................................6

The Operator Interface Panel..............................................................................................................6

The Remote I/O Panel.........................................................................................................................6

Evaporator Systems Conﬁ gurations...........................................................................................................7

Evaporator System Communications Wiring Diagram...............................................................................8

System Installation....................................................................................................................................9

Checking The AC Power..........................................................................................................................10

Interface Panel..................................................................................................................................10

Remote Panel(s)................................................................................................................................10

Wiring For Communications.....................................................................................................................11

Interface Panel...................................................................................................................................11

Wiring for 1 to 5 Remote Panels.................................................................................................11

Wiring for 6 to 10 Remote Panels...............................................................................................11

Remote Panel(s)..........................................................................................................................12

Zone Conﬁ guration Chart.........................................................................................................................13

COMM. 4..........................................................................................................................................13

COMM. 3..........................................................................................................................................13

SECTION 2

SETUP AND CONFGURATION..................................................................................................15

Initial Startup and Login...........................................................................................................................16

Verifying Communications........................................................................................................................17

Zone Conﬁ guration..................................................................................................................................18

Global Zone Conﬁ guration.................................................................................................................18

Current Zone Conﬁ guration................................................................................................................19

Calibrating Sensors..................................................................................................................................19

Establishing Setpoints..............................................................................................................................19

Cooling Setpoints..............................................................................................................................19

Defrost Setpoints..............................................................................................................................20

The Mode Screen....................................................................................................................................20

The Home Screen..................................................................................................................................20

Alarms....................................................................................................................................................21

Zone Overview Screen.............................................................................................................................21

Ammonia Conﬁ guration...........................................................................................................................21

Troubleshooting......................................................................................................................................23

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Operator Interface Panel...................................................................................................................23

Remote Panels..................................................................................................................................23

Typical System Conﬁ guration.................................................................................................................24

Connecting A Computer Directly T0 A Quantum™ LX Control Panel.......................................................24

SECTION 3

OVERVIEW OF OPERATOR INTERFACES...............................................................................................26

Web Browser..........................................................................................................................................26

Operator Access......................................................................................................................................26

To Change Setpoints................................................................................................................................26

Keys And Key Functions...........................................................................................................................27

Menu Structure.......................................................................................................................................28

SECTION 4

GRAPHIC SCREENS..............................................................................................................................29

OPERATING STATUS.................................................................................................................................30

ZONE OVERVIEW OPERATING STATUS.....................................................................................................32

USER DEFINED OPERATING STAUS SCREEN..............................................................................................33

MODE SETUP SCREEN..............................................................................................................................34

SAFETIES

Current Safeties.................................................................................................................................35

Safety History..................................................................................................................................................36

SYSTEM STATUS

Trending Setup..................................................................................................................................37

Real Time Trending............................................................................................................................38

History Trending................................................................................................................................39

Real Time Data Log..........................................................................................................................40

History Data Log..............................................................................................................................41

SETPOINTS

Cooling.............................................................................................................................................42

Heating.............................................................................................................................................44

Heating Timers..................................................................................................................................46

Mode Schedule..................................................................................................................................47

Defrost Setpoints..............................................................................................................................48

Defrost Schedule...............................................................................................................................49

Safety Setpoints................................................................................................................................50

PID Setup...........................................................................................................................................51

Auxiliaries

Analog Input Safeties – Page 1..................................................................................................53

Analog Input Safeties – Page 2..................................................................................................54

Digital Input Conﬁ guration..........................................................................................................55

Digital Output Conﬁ guration.......................................................................................................56

Panel................................................................................................................................................57

Main Valves......................................................................................................................................58

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CALIBRATION

Analog Inputs....................................................................................................................................59

Ammonia Sensors.............................................................................................................................60

Analog Output Calibration................................................................................................................61

Auxiliaries – Page 1..........................................................................................................................62

Auxiliaries – Page 2..........................................................................................................................63

CONFIGURATION

Global Zone Conﬁ guration.................................................................................................................64

Current Zone Conﬁ guration...............................................................................................................65

Defrost Group Setup.........................................................................................................................66

Temperature Conﬁ guration...............................................................................................................67

Ammonia Sensors.............................................................................................................................68

Communications...............................................................................................................................69

Ethernet............................................................................................................................................71

Security............................................................................................................................................72

SESSION.................................................................................................................................................73

SERVICE

Digital...............................................................................................................................................74

Analog..............................................................................................................................................74

Communications Log........................................................................................................................75

Communications Loop Back Test......................................................................................................76

Diagnostics.......................................................................................................................................77

Software Maintenance......................................................................................................................79

ABOUT SCREEN......................................................................................................................................80

MISCELLANEOUS SCREENS

Alpha................................................................................................................................................81

SECTION 5

ALARMS/SHUTDOWNS MESSAGES................................................................................................................84

Warning

The Quantum™ has the capability of being modiﬁ ed by the user/owner in order to obtain different performance characteristics.

Any modiﬁ cation to the standard default settings may have a severe negative impact on the operation and performance of the

equipment. Any modiﬁ cation to these control settings is the sole responsibility of the user/owner and Johnson Controls disclaims

any liability for the consequences of these modiﬁ cations. It is possible that the modiﬁ cation of these settings may cause improper

operation and performance that results in property damage, personal injury or death. It is the responsibility of the user/owner to

evaluate and consequences of their actions prior to modifying the assess the controls for this unit.

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SECTION 1

INTRODUCTION TO THE QUANTUM™ EVAPORTOR

CONTROL SYSTEM

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The Operator Interface Panel (we will call it the In-

terface Panel throughout the rest of this guide) is the

central point of the system, whereby all Remote Zone

Interface Panels are attached. It can easily be identi-

ﬁ ed by the presence of a display screen and a keypad.

The Interface Panel monitors and controls all of the

Remote panels that are attached to it, through RS-

485 serial communications (to be explained later).

The Interface Panel runs the actual program that

provides the control for the entire system. Through

communications, it monitors the status of each

attached Remote Zone Interface Panel, and provides

the necessary control instructions for each Remote

Zone Interface Panel to perform. Additionally, all

setpoints are stored in the Interface Panel.

Status of the entire system may be monitored form

here, and appropriate changes made to system

operation.

THE REMOTE I/O PANEL

Each complete Evaporator system will have from one

to ten Remote I/O Panels, and each panel is capable

of controlling up to 3 Evaporator zones:

Quantum LX Evaporator

Notice that there is a yellow sticker on the front

of the door for each Remote I/O Panel. This sticker

will identify the Remote Panel number and the

Zones it will control. This will all be explained in

greater detail later, but it is an important fact to

note.

The Remote Panels do not have a display or keypad. Each

Remote Panel can control three independent Zones. Each

Quantum™ LX Evaporator system can manage up to 10

Remote I/O Panels, providing the ability to control as

many as 30 Evaporator zones.

SETUP DESCRIPTION

The following Setup Guide is meant to assist the installation

technician in making all necessary electrical power, control and

communications connections to a Quantum™ LX Evaporator

system. They will be provided also with the basic information

necessary to login and conﬁ gure the system. It will then aid in

troubleshooting the system should problems arise. This Guide

will help to ensure:

WIRING

• Location of incoming AC source power to all

panels (Interface and Remote)

• Basic installation guidelines are followed.

• Location, polarity and grounding of

communications wiring.

• Location of all control (I/O) wiring.

• Proper powering up of all panels.

CONFIGURATION

• Logging into the system.

• Verifying communications.

• Conﬁ guring the Zones.

• Calibrating sensors.

• Setting up operating Setpoints.

OPERATION

• Setting the operating Mode.

• Verifying the data being returned to the Interface

panel from all remote panels (Zones).

• Checking and clearing of alarms.

• Zone overview

• Ammonia Conﬁ guration

IDENTIFYING AN EVAPORATOR SYSTEM

A minimum Evaporator system will include one Operator

Interface Panel and one Remote I/O Panel.

THE OPERATOR INTERFACE PANEL

Each complete Evaporator system will have a single

Operator Interface Panel, as shown below:

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EVAPORATOR SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS

As stated before, each complete Evaporator system

will consist of one Interface Panel, and can at least one

Remote I/O Panels Each Remote Panel can control up to

three zones.

See the example below of a minimum system:

Communications from

Q4 or Q5 board

Zone 1

Zone 2 (optional)

Zone 3 (optional)

Remote I/O

Panel

Interface

Panel

A maximum conﬁ gured system still consists of only one

Operator Interface Panel, however there can be up to ten

Remote Panels in a single system. Remember that each

Remote Panel can control up to three zones each. See the

example below of a maximum system (a more detailed

pictorial can be found later in this manual):

Communications from

Comm. 4 on Q4/Q5

board

Communications from

Comm. 3 on Q4/Q5

board

Remote I/O

Panel

#6

Remote I/O

Panel

#7

Remote I/O

Panel

#8

Remote I/O

Panel

#9

Remote I/O

Panel

#10

Zone 16

Zone 17

Zone 18

Zone 19

Zone 20

Zone 21

Zone 22

Zone 23

Zone 24

Zone 25

Zone 26

Zone 27

Zone 28

Zone 29

Zone 30

Zone 1

Zone 2

Zone 3

Zone 4

Zone 5

Zone 6

Zone 7

Zone 8

Zone 9

Zone 10

Zone 11

Zone 12

Zone 13

Zone 14

Zone 15

Remote I/O

Panel

#1

Remote I/O

Panel

#2

Remote I/O

Panel

#3

Remote I/O

Panel

#4

Remote I/O

Panel

#5

Interface

Panel

Multiple Evaporator systems may be interconnected via a com-

mon Ethernet connection. Each Evaporator system operates

independently of one another yet they may all be monitored

and controlled through a common computer. Such a system

would include the Quantum™ LX Evaporator Interface Panel,

Remote Zone Controller(s), an Ethernet Hub or Switch, and

a computer running a Web Browser. A simpliﬁ ed example of

such a system (with three Evaporator systems) is shown here:

Remote I/O

Panel

Remote I/O

Panel

#1

Remote I/O

Panel

#2

Computer or

HMI

Ethernet Hub or

Switch

Remote I/O

Panel

#1

Remote I/O

Panel

#2

Remote I/O

Panel

#3

Remote I/O

Panel

#4

Interface

Panel

Interface

Panel

Interface

Panel

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EVAPORATOR SYSTEM COMMUNICATIONS WIRING DIAGRAM

EVAPORATOR PANEL #1

123456

12345678

DIPSWITCH

Settin

g

s

ZONES 1, 2, 3

Analog Board 1

Digital Board 1

Digital Board 6 (opt)

EVAPORATOR PANEL #2

123456

12345678

DIPSWITCH

Settin

g

s

ZONES 4, 5, 6

Analog Board 2

Digital Board 2

Digital Board 7 (opt)

EVAPORATOR PANEL #3

123456

12345678

DIPSWITCH

Settin

g

s

ZONES 7, 8, 9

Analog Board 3

Digital Board 3

Digital Board 8 (opt)

EVAPORATOR PANEL #4

123456

12345678

DIPSWITCH

Settin

g

s

ZONES 10, 11, 12

Analog Board 4

Digital Board 4

Digital Board 9 (opt)

EVAPORATOR PANEL

#5

123456

12345678

DIPSWITCH

Settin

g

s

ZONES 13, 14, 15

Analog Board 5

Digital Board 5

Digital Board 10 (opt)

EVAPORATOR PANEL #

6

123456

12345678

DIPSWITCH

Settin

g

s

ZONES 16, 17, 18

Analog Board 1

Digital Board 1

Digital Board 6 (opt)

EVAPORATOR PANEL #7

123456

12345678

DIPSWITCH

Settin

g

s

ZONES 19, 20, 21

Analog Board 2

Digital Board 2

Digital Board 7 (opt)

EVAPORATOR PANEL #8

123456

12345678

DIPSWITCH

Settin

g

s

ZONES 22, 23, 24

Analog Board 3

Digital Board 3

Digital Board 8 (opt)

EVAPORATOR PANEL #9

123456

12345678

DIPSWITCH

Settin

g

s

ZONES 25, 26, 27

Analog Board 4

Digital Board 4

Digital Board 9 (opt)

EVAPORATOR PANEL #10

123456

12345678

DIPSWITCH

Settin

g

s

ZONES 28, 29, 30

Analog Board 5

Digital Board 5

Digital Board 10 (opt)

COMM. 4 Cable Run COMM. 3 Cable Run

Shield

Termination

Twist

Shield

Wires

Together

Twist

Shield

Wires

Together

Shield

Termination

Twist

Shield

Wires

Together

Twist

Shield

Wires

Together

O

p

erator Interface Panel

Operator Interface Panel

Shield Wire Not Connected

Comm. 4

+RX/TX

-RX/TX

Shield Wire Not Connected

Comm. 3

+RX/TX

-RX/TX

Note:

For the DIPSWITCH settings

shown below, a shaded box indicates a

closed or ON position, an unshaded

box indicates an open or OFF position.

OFF

ON

Note:

For the DIPSWITCH settings

shown below, a shaded box indicates a

closed or ON position, an unshaded

box indicates an open or OFF position.

OFF

ON

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SYSTEM INSTALLATION

An in depth installation setup is beyond the scope of this guide,

however some basic rules can be observed:

▯ Pay particular attention to the yellow sticker on the

front of each Remote I/O Panel. It will have been ﬁ lled

in at the factory, as to which panel will control which

zone. This is a close-up of the sticker:

Quantum LX Evaporator

Remote Panel Number: ___________

Zone: ___________

▯ Maintain a total distance of 2000 feet or less between

the Operator Interface Panel, and the very last Re-

mote I/O Panel on any one communications cable

run. As will be explained later, it is possible to have

two separate communications cable runs, depending

upon the total number of Remote I/O Panels. Keep

in mind that neither of these cable runs can exceed

2000 feet in length.

▯ Remote I/O Panels should be mounted in close prox-

imity to the zones that they will be controlling. In

some instances, there may be fan motor starters lo-

cated in a separate area from the zone, so it may

be more convenient to locate the Remote I/O Panels

near the starters, than the actual Evaporator unit. The

idea is to minimize the length of the control wiring, so

if there is less wiring to the zone than to the starters,

then install close to the starters or vice-versa.

▯ The system is capable of Ethernet communications,

this may be something to consider when placing In-

terface Panels, as you would want a nearby Ethernet

connection to be available.

▯ Keep all communications wiring in a separate conduit

from control wiring.

▯ When wiring for communications, it is important to

ground only one end of the communications cable.

This ground will be located in the very last Remote

Panel of each communications cable run. If the com-

munications were to be grounded at both ends, then

it would be possible for ground loops to develop,

which could impair communications between panels.

▯ Interface Panels should be located in easy access ar-

eas, and should be mounted at eye level for screen

viewing.

▯ Remote Panels are rated for both indoor and outdoor

use. Although access to the Remote Panels will be

rare after installation and setup, it is still advanta-

geous to keep them accessible for potential mainte-

nance situations (reasonable lighting, sufﬁ cient door

swing, etc.).

▯ Install all panels within a convenient distance of a

power source.

▯ Refer to the Zone Conﬁ guration Chart for additional

information.

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CHECKING THE AC POWER

Interface Panel

▯ Ensure that the Control Power switch is in the

OFF position.

▯ Energize the 120 Volt circuit at its source.

▯ Using a DVM, measure the voltage at the AC

power terminal strip. Ensure that you read ap-

proximately 120 VAC between Hot and Neutral,

and Hot and Ground. There must not be voltage

between Neutral and Ground.

▯ Once the incoming voltage has been veriﬁ ed,

turn the Control Power switch to ON.

▯ On the enclosure door, and watch the Quantum™

LX controller (on the backside of the door). You

should notice various LED’s blinking or ﬂ ashing.

▯ Watch the display on the front of the door. Af-

ter a short period of time, you should notice the

display showing a boot sequence. Various text

messages will be shown as it proceeds with the

boot-up process. When ﬁ nished, a screen similar

to the following image should be visible:

▯ If the panel has reached the point of showing the

above screen, the boot process was successful.

Turn OFF the Control Power switch, and De-en-

ergize the 120 Volt circuit at its source.

▯ If the panel does not reach to the point of show-

ing the above screen, then troubleshooting will

be required. Refer to end of this guide entitled

Troubleshooting.

Remote Panel(s)

▯ Unlike the Interface Panel, the Remote panels

do not have an external power switch. Instead,

the enclosure will contain two HOA (Hand-Off

Automatic Modules). These modules allow the

technician to override control signals, by manu-

ally energizing components. An example of one

of these modules is shown here:

Red, power OFF

tab

Black, power ON

plunger

▯ Notice in the above pictorial, there is a Red pow-

er OFF tab, and a black power ON plunger. These

items are located on a circuit breaker for each of

the two HOA modules. Together, they act as the

Control Power switch.

▯ Push each of the Red power OFF tabs down. The

Black power ON plunger should pop up. If the

plunger does not pop up, then the power was

already off. Do this to both HOA modules.

▯ Energize the 120 Volt circuit at its source.

▯ Using a DVM, measure the voltage at the AC

power terminals (1, 2 and PE). Ensure that you

read approximately 120 VAC between Hot and

Neutral, and Hot and Ground. There must not be

voltage between Neutral and Ground.

▯ Once the incoming voltage has been veriﬁ ed,

push in the Black power ON plungers of both

HOA modules.

▯ To the right of the HOA modules are several I/O

boards. There will be at least one Digital board

(recognizable by the plug-in I/O modules), and

one Analog board. Inspect all boards for the

presence of ﬂ ashing, blinking or steadily lit

LED’s. If LED’s are lit on all boards, then power

has been properly applied.

▯ If LED’s are not lit on all boards, then refer to the

section entitled Troubleshooting.

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WIRING FOR COMMUNICATIONS

NOTE: Refer to the next sections entitled ZONE CONFIGU-

RATION CHART and EVAPORATOR SYSTEM COMMUNICA-

TIONS WIRING DIAGRAM, for additional information about

how the system is conﬁ gured.

Interface Panel

Depending upon the number of Remote Panels that

have been installed, there could be up to two dif-

ferent communications cables run to the Interface

Panel. One of these cables would feed Remote I/O

Panels 1 through 5, and a second cable would feed

Panels 6 through 10. The incoming RS-485 commu-

nications cable(s) will be a two-conductor, shielded

type. Frick Controls recommends the use of Belden

#9841 or equal.

Wiring for 1 to 5 Remote Panels

For systems that have between 1 and 5 Remote

Panels, use the following wiring procedure:

▯ Open the panel door.

▯ On the inside of the enclosure door, you

will ﬁ nd the Quantum™ controller, and

a communications terminal block. No-

tice that there are two wires that con-

nect from the left side of the terminal

block, to the Quantum™ (Comm. 4).

These are the internal TX / RX commu-

nications wires. You will be connect-

ing the external ﬁ eld communications

wires to the other (right) side of these

terminals.

▯ Take the end of the incoming commu-

nications cable, and strip about 2 inches

of insulation from the end.

▯ Clip the shield wire back even with the

insulation, and either use heat shrink

tubing to cover the area, or electrical

tape. This will help to ensure that any

strands of the shield that may be ex-

posed don’t come into contact with any

live voltage areas of the panel.

▯ Strip the end of each of the two re-

maining conductors back about ¼ of

an inch. Generally there are only three

color combinations available depending

on the type of cable used. There will be

either a black and white/clear insulated

wire, a red and white/clear insulated

wire, or a red and black. Either way,

one of the wires should be black. Take

the black wire and insert it into the top

position of the terminal block (labeled

as –TX/RX).

▯ Take the remaining wire (white/clear or

red) and insert it into the second posi-

tion down from the top of the terminal

block (labeled as +TX/RX).

▯ It is very important that the colors of

these wires follow this same polarity

scheme throughout the daisy-chaining

process to all panels.

▯ Refer to the Zone Conﬁ guration Chart

later in this guide to verify dipswitch

settings.

Wiring for 6 to 10 Remote Panels

For systems that have Remote I/O Panels 6

through 10, use the following wiring procedure:

▯ Open the panel door.

▯ Follow the same guidelines for insu-

lation and wire stripping as described

earlier.

▯ For Q5 board installation, skip this step.

On controllers that have the Q4 board,

there is a DIN rail mounted below the

incoming power strip. On the DIN rail

is mounted a RS-232 to RS-485 com-

munications converter module (Comm.

3), and a power supply. Both of these

components have been pre-wired at

the factory. All that is left to do is con-

nect the ﬁ eld connections. Refer to the

following pictorial for connections:

TX/RX+ TX/RX-

▯ For Q5 board units, skip this step. For

Q4 board units, Insert the black wire

into the top of the module in terminal

position 4, and the white/clear or red

wire into position 6, as shown above.

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▯ For Q5 units, connect the Comm-3

communications wires directly to the

appropriatly labled Comm-3 terminal

strip.

▯ This should complete the Interface

Panel communications wiring.

▯ This should complete the Interface

Panel communications wiring.

▯ Refer to the Zone Conﬁ guration Chart

later in this guide to verify dipswitch

settings.

Remote Panel(s)

Follow the same description for wire stripping as with

the Interface Panel, with the exception that the shield

wire does NOT get trimmed off.

▯ On Evaporator systems with only one Re-

mote Panel, the only communications cable

that you will have is that which comes di-

rectly from the Interface Panel.

▯ Insert the stripped end of the black wire into

the terminal marked TX/RX-, and the white/

clear or red stripped wire into the terminal

marked TX/RX+, and the shield wire into

the Ground terminal as shown (the Ground

terminals may be identiﬁ ed by their Green/

Yellow color).

TX/RX-

TX/RX+

Shield

▯ On Evaporator systems with more than one

Remote panel, the ﬁ rst Remote panel will

have two communications cables; the ﬁ rst

will be from the Interface Panel, and the sec-

ond will be going to the next remote panel.

Functionally, it does not matter which cable

is which, as long as the polarity of both is

observed. NOTE: It would be a good idea at

this time however to label each of the two

cables as to where they are going for future

maintenance / troubleshooting use (refer to

the yellow sticker on the front of each Re-

mote Panel for the panel numbers).

▯ Insert the black stripped wires from both

cables to the TX/RX-, and the white/clear or

red stripped wires into the terminal marked

TX/RX+. Both shield wires should be twisted

together, and then taped to prevent them

from touching any live surfaces. The shield

wires DO NOT get connected to any termi-

nals.

▯ Follow this procedure for all Remote Panels,

except for the very last one. This panel will

have only one communications cable (label

it also), which will be coming from the pre-

vious panel. The connections for this cable

are the same as that for a single Remote

Panel, that is, the shield wire must be at-

tached to one of the Ground terminals.

▯ NOTE: Only the last Remote Panel should

have the shield wire grounded (terminated).

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ZONE CONFIGURATION CHART

The following table is to be used to set the System conﬁ gura-

tion. The following page then shows a pictorial representa-

tion of how this chart applies to a full system. The columns

indicate:

• INTERFACE COMMUNICATIONS PORT

• COMM. 4 – This is an RS-485 serial port physi-

cally located on the Q4 controller, or on the Q5

Interface (within the Operator Interface Panel).

This signal can directly feed all attached Remote

Panels (up to 2000 feet total distance). This port

provides communications to the digital and an-

alog boards within Remote Panels 1 through 5

(zones 1 through 15)

• COMM. 3 - On the Q4 controller, this is an RS-

232 serial port physically located on the Q4 con-

troller (within the Operator Interface Panel). This

signal requires conversion to RS-485 to meet

the distance requirements of the system, so a

converter module has been installed to provide

this conversion (provides up to 2000 feet total

distance). On the Q5 controller, this port is lo-

cated on the Interface board. This port provides

communications to the digital and analog boards

within Remote Panels 6 through 10 (zones 16

through 30)

• PANEL # - This number identiﬁ es each Remote

Panel as a discrete device, similar to an address.

Each Panel can control up to 3 zones.

• ZONE # - This number identiﬁ es each individual

zone in the system. It is this value that will ap-

pear on many of the Interface Panel screens to

describe the zone that is being viewed.

• BOARD # - This lists the available analog and

digital boards within each zone.

• DIPSWITCH # - This shows the settings of how

each dipswitch must be conﬁ gured to recognize

the appropriate I/O board.

INTERFACE

COMMUNICATIONS PORT

PANEL

#ZONE # BOARD #’s DIPSWITCH SETTINGS

SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 SW5 SW6 SW7 SW8

COMM. 4

1 1, 2, 3

Analog Board 1 Off Off Off Off Off Off Off Off

Digital Board 1 On On On On Off On N/A N/A

Digital Board 6 (opt.) Off On Off On Off On N/A N/A

2 4, 5, 6

Analog Board 2 On Off Off Off Off Off Off Off

Digital Board 2 Off On On On Off On N/A N/A

Digital Board 7 (opt.) On Off Off On Off On N/A N/A

3 7, 8, 9

Analog Board 3 Off On Off Off Off Off Off Off

Digital Board 3 On Off On On Off On N/A N/A

Digital Board 8 (opt.) Off Off Off On Off On N/A N/A

410, 11,

12

Analog Board 4 On On Off Off Off Off Off Off

Digital Board 4 Off Off On On Off On N/A N/A

Digital Board 9 (opt.) On On On Off Off On N/A N/A

513, 14,

15

Analog Board 5 Off Off On Off Off Off Off Off

Digital Board 5 On On Off On Off On N/A N/A

Digital Board 10 (opt.) Off On On Off Off On N/A N/A

COMM. 3

616, 17,

18

Analog Board 6 Off Off Off Off Off Off Off Off

Digital Board 11 On On On On Off On N/A N/A

Digital Board 16 (opt.) Off On Off On Off On N/A N/A

719, 20,

21

Analog Board 7 On Off Off Off Off Off Off Off

Digital Board 12 Off On On On Off On N/A N/A

Digital Board 17 (opt.) On Off Off On Off On N/A N/A

822, 23,

24

Analog Board 8 Off On Off Off Off Off Off Off

Digital Board 13 On Off On On Off On N/A N/A

Digital Board 18 (opt.) Off Off Off On Off On N/A N/A

925, 26,

27

Analog Board 9 On On Off Off Off Off Off Off

Digital Board 14 Off Off On On Off On N/A N/A

Digital Board 19 (opt.) On On On Off Off On N/A N/A

10 28, 29,

30

Analog Board 10 Off Off On Off Off Off Off Off

Digital Board 15 On On Off On Off On N/A N/A

Digital Board 20 (opt.) Off On On Off Off On N/A N/A

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SECTION 2

START UP AND CONFIGURATION

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Session, and press [Enter].

The following screen will replace the Operating Screen:

Change the User Level to [3], and enter a password of [4824].

This sets the Level to 3, which allows access to all features.

Press [Submit].

Select the [Menu] key again. This time, a more expanded

menu will appear:

From the above menu, select [Home] to return to the Operat-

ing Status screen.

At this point, the Interface Panel has been set to allow access

for the remainder of all procedures.

INITIAL STARTUP AND LOGIN

To initiate the startup and login process, the Interface Panel

and each of the Remote Panels will need to be powered up.

It is assumed that the power has already been veriﬁ ed in the

Checking The AC Power section.

Once the Interface Panel has fully booted, the following screen

will appear:

This is the default screen, and will appear each time power has

been cycled.

From the above screen, press the [Menu] key.

The following drop down menu will appear:

Using the keypad up/down arrow keys, scroll down to highlight

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VERIFYING COMMUNICATIONS

The ﬁ rst step in verifying communications is to view what I/O

boards have been detected by the Interface Panel. This infor-

mation will appear on the About screen, shown here:

Review the information that is shown in the Analog and Digital

Board areas of the screen. Compare what is shown against

what is actually installed.

NOTE: This screen does not update (refresh) automati-

cally. To see any new or different information that may

occur, you must access a different screen, then come back

to this one to see any new data.

The analog board area of the screen can list up to the ten

possible analog boards that are allowed, and they are listed

in a single column. In the digital board area, you will notice

that there are two columns. The left hand column represents

Panels 1 through 5 (and digital boards 1 – 10), and the right

hand column represents Panels 6 – 10 (and Digital boards 1 -

10). Refer to the Zone Conﬁ guration Chart and the Evaporator

System Communications Wiring Diagram for clariﬁ cation.

Compare what is displayed here with what is actually installed

in your system. If a board is physically installed in a Remote

Panel, yet does not show up on this screen, then ﬁ nd the Panel

that the board is located in, and visually check the RX and TX

LED’s on the board. These LEDs should be ﬂ ashing. The RX

LED will be ﬂ ashing much faster than the TX LED, but neither

should be off completely, as this indicates a potential wiring

problem.

Start by verifying that the boards within Remote Panel 1 are

correctly being detected. Then move on to the next panel, and

so on, for each of the two potential communications branches

(Comm. 3 and Comm. 4). If Remote Panel 1 shows correctly,

but there is a problem with Remote Panel 2, then do nothing

with the wiring up to and including Panel 1. Inspect instead

Panel 2 for proper communications polarity and connections.

A good indication that you have wires backwards (reversed)

would be that the RX LED is on solid within the suspect panel.

If wiring WAS found to be incorrect, make the correction, and

then access the Communications screen by selecting Conﬁ gu-

ration from the Main Menu, then Communications.

On the Communications screen shown above, use the [Tab]

key to select Redetect IO Comms and press [Enter]. This

will cause the Quantum™ LX controller to reinitiate all com-

munications with the system. After Redetecting IO Comms,

wait about 30 seconds, then access the About screen once

again. If the wiring issue has been corrected, the questionable

I/O board should now be listed, and the RX/TX LED’s for that

board should be ﬂ ashing normally.

If the boards for Remote Panel 2 are now properly detected,

then move on to Panel 3, etc.

When all installed boards have been detected, then the basic

setup is complete. You can now move on to conﬁ guring the

system operating parameters.

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The Alpha screen shows a graphic representation of the

numerical keypad. The symbols that appear above each

key on this screen are the possible combinations of sym-

bols that are associated with the digital portion of the key.

As an example, suppose that you wanted to modify the

text line in the screen example shown. You want to

change the line from reading Auxiliary Analog 1, to Zone

1. The ﬁ rst thing you would do, is to use the [Backspace]

key on the keypad to position the cursor (blinking vertical

line), to the far left side of the text. Notice as the cursor

backspaces, it erases the current line of text.

Press the number [3] key (notice that the capital Z is one

of the symbols in the line right above the [3] key). A capi-

tal Y will appear in the Current Character box. Continue to

press the [3] until the capital Z appears there. Now press

the [Up Arrow] key, and notice that the Z has been placed

on the text line in the ﬁ rst position.

Next press the [6] key on the keypad, and continue press-

ing it until the small o appears in the Current Character

box. Press the [Up Arrow] key to place the o on to the

text line. Continue entering text until you are satisﬁ ed

with the changes that you have made, press the [Enter]

key to accept them, and you will be returned to the pre-

vious screen. Once all zones names have been entered,

press the [Submit] key.

NOTE: If many ﬁ elds need to be renamed, the user

can plug a computer keyboard into the following lo-

cations:

• For the Q4 controller - Use PS2 style plug,

and use the socket labeled PL7.

• For the Q5 controller - Use a USB compat-

ible keyboard, and plug it into one of the

two available USB connections.

ZONE CONFIGURATION

Zone Conﬁ guration is the process of setting the operating pa-

rameters of each of the installed zones.

• Global Zone Conﬁ guration – Use this screen to enable

or disable each independent zone. NOTE: If a zone is

installed, it MUST be enabled before it can be setup

and accessed. The screen also allows you to custom

name each zone.

• Current Zone Conﬁ guration –Once the Global Zone

Conﬁ guration has been setup, use this screen to set-

up the parameters for each of the individual zones (1

-30).

Global Zone Conﬁ guration

Access this screen from the Main Menu. Select Conﬁ gura-

tion, then Global Zone Conﬁ guration. The following screen

will appear:

Each Evaporator zone that is in use should be set to En-

abled. The Global Zone conﬁ guration screen also provides

the ability to supply a unique name for each zone. After

moving the cursor to one of the Name ﬁ elds, press the Up

Arrow key to access an alpha/numeric data entry screen,

as shown here:

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Current Zone Conﬁ guration

Access this screen from the Main Menu. Select Conﬁ guration,

then Current Zone Conﬁ guration. The following screen will

appear:

Notice in the upper right hand corner of this screen is a set-

point box that contains a value. You may change the value in

this box to the number of the zone that you wish to conﬁ gure.

You must then press the [Submit] button for the screen to dis-

play that zone. In the above example, the number 1 is shown

on the box. Notice that right below the setpoint box, the words

ZONE #1 is displayed, so Zone 1 is the zone parameters that

are being shown.

Many other screens also show the Zone selection box in the

upper right corner. Any screen that displays this box presents

data that pertains exclusively to the selected zone. The selec-

tions on the Current Zone Conﬁ guration page must be made

for each Evaporator zone that has been enabled on the Global

Zone Conﬁ guration page.

The Current Zone Conﬁ guration page permits the user to en-

able any four control functions:

• Cooling

• Defrost

• Dehumidiﬁ cation

• Heating

The Options section allows the user to conﬁ gure various me-

chanical aspects of the system, which include the type and

operation of valves as well as the fan type.

CALIBRATING SENSORS

Each temperature or humidity sensor in the Evaporator should

be calibrated before the system is put into operation.

Access this screen from the Main Menu. Select Calibration,

then Analog Inputs:

The process used for establishing calibration values is rela-

tively simple. It will however require a container of ice water

or an infrared digital temperature probe.

First, establish the temperature for a speciﬁ c zone’s tempera-

ture sensor. If a digital infrared measurement device is used,

simply enter the calibrated temperature into the Current Value

box and press [Submit]. The system will automatically cal-

culate the correct offset value to use. If an ice bath is used,

simply allow the temperature of the sensor to stabilize, and

then enter 32 into the Current Value box and press [Submit].

This process should be repeated for each sensor in the system.

ESTABLISHING SETPOINTS

Cooling Setpoints

Access this screen from the Main Menu. Select Set-

points, then Cooling, and ﬁ nally Mode (1-4):

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Zone Active / Off – This drop down menu must be

set to Active for the zone to be able to run.

Mode Control – Set this based upon whether you

would prefer Manual, Mode Schedule or Digital Input

operation. Allows the user to manually set the active

mode:

• Manual - Allows the zone to follow which-

ever Mode (1-4) setpoints have been setup,

based upon the Active Mode.

• Mode Schedule – The zone will follow the

Mode Schedule.

Active Mode – If Mode Control is set to Manual, the

user can set the active Evaporator mode.

A Defrost can be initiated at anytime be pressing the

[Start Defrost] button.

THE HOME SCREEN

This screen will appear each time the Interface Panel has

been powered up (default). It can also be accessed from

the main menu by selecting Home.

Many of the operating characteristics for each zone can

be viewed from here. The upper left hand corner of the

screen tells you which zone is currently being viewed, and

the zone setpoint box allows you to enter the number of

any other enabled zone that you may wish to view.

The square grey box in the lower left hand corner will

contain a red blinking dot if any zone being viewed has an

active alarm condition, or a yellow blinking dot if any zone

has an active warning..

This screen will display basic alarm information for the se-

lected zone, as well as the current temperature and zone

setpoint. At the bottom of this screen, basic status infor-

mation is provided about valves and the fan. The Defrost

box provides information when a defrost is underway.

The four Cooling Mode screens allow each zone to

operate with four separate groups of setpoints. This

screen shows the setpoints available for conﬁ gura-

tion based upon the selecting mode on the Current

Zone Conﬁ guration page. Most importantly, the Liq-

uid On and Off temperatures should be set, as well as

the Fan On and Off temperatures. It is also recom-

mended to set the Alarm High and Low temperatures

for each Mode.

Defrost Setpoints

Access this screen from the Main Menu. Select Set-

points, then Defrost, and ﬁ nally Defrost Setpoints:

The Defrost Setpoints screen permits the user to

specify the duration of each defrost step. Addition-

ally, the Defrost Initiation should be set for each zone.

During the conﬁ guration process, it is possible to

start a defrost via the Mode Setup screen (see next

section). The Next Stage button on the Defrost Set-

points screen can then be used to advance through

the defrost in order to validate valve operation.

THE MODE SCREEN

Access this screen from the Main Menu. Select Modes:

This screen is used to set each of the individual zones as

to which Mode (1-4) they will perform. As described ear-

lier, set the Zone number to the zone you which to setup.

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