QUANTUM™ HD COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL
MAINTENANCE
090.040-M (OCT 13)
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INTRODUCTION TO THE QUANTUM™ HD CONTROL SYSTEM
INTRODUCTION
The Quantum™ HD panel differs from previous Quantum™
panels primarily in the software operating system. The
hardware portion has also been upgraded to a 15” color
display and touchscreen interface. The Frick® Quantum™
HD control system consists of ve major areas:
• Q5 Controller - The brains of the system. This
board will be discussed in Section 3 of this man-
ual.
The combination of the hardware (Q5 board)
and the software program that runs on it creates
what we call the Quantum™ HD system. The Q5
board communicates with each of the Digital
and Analog boards. This communication allows
the Quantum™ 5 to read the status of all the I/O
boards, and display the data on the interface
screen. The Q5 software acts on this data, and
provides the necessary control information to
the I/O boards to provide the appropriate control
of all input and output signals, based upon the
conguration of installed features and options of
the compressor package. Operator interaction is
provided through an intuitive touchscreen inter-
face. Interaction to the outside world is provid-
ed through industry-standard communications
protocols, such as ModBus TCP and serial RS-
422/485. Additional information about the Quan-
tum™ can be found under the Q5 CONTROLLER
sections found in Section 3 of this manual.
• Power Supply - Provides the necessary operat-
ing voltages for the proper operation of all con-
trol components. Additional information about
the power supply can be found in Section 4 of
this manual.
• Digital Input / Output Boards - Digital (on/off)
signals are sent and received by these boards.
The output signals are used for energizing so-
lenoids, valves, contactors, relays, etc., and the
input signals are used to sense the condition of
switches, relay contacts, auxiliary contacts, etc.
This board runs an independent software pro-
gram from the processor to control devices, and
communicates the status of all devices back to
the processor. Additional information about the
Digital Boards can be found Section 5 of this
manual.
• Analog Input / Output Boards - Analog (vari-
able) signals are sent and received by these
boards. The output signals are used for control-
ling VFDs, modulated valves, etc., the input sig-
nals are used to read the values being sent from
pressure transducers, temperature sensors, etc.
This board runs an independent software pro-
gram from the processor to control devices, and
communicates the status of all devices back to
the processor. The Analog board has 24 analog
inputs, and 8 analog outputs. Additional infor-
mation about the Analog board can be found in
Section 6 of this manual.
• Operator Interface - This section actually con-
sists of two major components; the Display and
the Touchscreen. The Display is used to show
the operator, via a graphical interface, the actual
status of all compressor values. Warnings and
shutdowns (and history/trending), pressure and
temperature values, digital I/O status, setpoints,
etc., are viewed on this display. The Touchscreen
allows the operator to navigate and enter data
directly via the display. Additional information
about the Operator Interface can be found in
Sections 2 and 7 of this manual.
THE CONTROL PANEL ENCLOSURE
The Frick® Quantum™ HD control panel enclosure utilizes
available space efciently and the small size allows it to
be used on all of our compressor packages. The panel is
also equipped with the necessary posts and hardware to
add options in the eld. They may also include a second
analog and/or digital board, enclosure heater and air-cir-
culating fan.
Dimensions of the HD panel are 25 x 22 x 11 inches (Wx-
HxD) and weighs approximately 75 pounds with all op-
tions. Typically the panel will be mounted on the package,
but it is also designed for easy wall mounting as well. Re-
fer to the Quantum™ HD Control Panel Assembly drawing
649D5922 that appears later in this manual for the layout
of this enclosure.
The DC power/communications harness in this panel is
color-coded. This will make wire identication much eas-
ier. The coding is as follows:
• +5VDC - RED
• +12VDC - YELLOW
• +24VDC - GREY
• Common/Ground - BLACK
• +RX/TX - WHITE w/RED stripe
• -RX/TX - WHITE w/BLACK stripe
GENERAL INFORMATION
The components within the control panel can be inad-
vertently damaged by static electricity or mishandling.
Only qualied technicians should directly handle these
components.
1. DO NOT attempt to make corrections to the
power supply without shutting off the power to
the control panel. Accidental shorts can irrepa-
rably damage the processor boards or the dis-
play screen.