Workshop 7 PC Software - Tracker

PC Software - Tracker

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Workshop 7 PC Software - Tracker

Goal: You will startup and perform advanced setup functions using Tracker PC software. You will also setup equations to control MP503 binary outputs. The Binary Output Programming function allows the Tracker unit to manipulate up to 4 binary points on a I/O module communicating with Tracker. Decisions are based on the state of a schedule or available system properties such as fan status, temperature and humidity values coming from an MP503, ZN517, Tracker or VariTrac. You will complete the following tasks:

• Connect PC to Tracker and startup Tracker PC software • View status and change parameters for Tracker, MP503 and SCC devices • Create new and modify existing schedules • Setup alarm and pager reporting • Create a custom alarm • Create a trend • Setup BOP program to control MP503 binary output • Setup a ‘BOP program’ to meet your custom control requirement • Backup database using utilities options

References: BMTK-SVN01A-EN Tracker Hardware Installation manual BMTK-SVU01A-EN Tracker Controller Operator Guide CNT-SVX09A-EN MP503 Input/Output Installation and Operation CNT-SVX12A-EN Tracer ZN517 Installation and Operation

Connect PC to Tracker and startup Tracker PC software 1. Connect the RJ-12 cable with 9-pin adapter to the PC serial port. On the Tracker, connect the

‘phone style’ end of the RJ-12 cable to the RJ-12 communications port.

Caution: Do not connect to the modem port. The RJ12 cable fits in either the modem or RJ-12 connectors.



2. From the Desktop, double-click on the Tracker icon.

Note: Tracker PC software connects to Tracker and uploads the database. Once this upload is complete, the wait could approach 5 minutes, devices connected to Tracker are displayed in the navigation tree and home screen information displays.

3. Click on ‘B&R Specialty Metals’ (changed Tracker name) in the Menu Tree. The editor screens for the Tracker controller display as shown.

4. Make the following changes to the Tracker configuration:

π Change, if necessary, the Tracker panel name to: “B&R Specialty Metals” π Enable Priority Shutdown; Activates On is set to: ‘Closed’ π Change timed override default period to: ‘2.5 hour’s π Under security, add a new operator “1234” ( the default password is set to “1111”) π Setup security access as shown in the following screen capture π Change the Economizer enable temperature to 50° F

5. Save Panel Setup changes View Status and change parameters for MP503 6. Click the MP503 displayed in the navigation tree. The I/O Module editor displays.



7. Select the Output Setup tab on the MP503 I/O module editor and setup Output #1 as follows:

π Select Output: = “[Output #1] Brazing Shop Fan” π Output Is: = used π Minimum On time: = 1 minute π Minimum Off time: = 1 minute π Communications Loss: = Do Not Change π Priority Shutdown = Yes

8. Save your changes. Test Tracker priority shutdown feature

Note: Verify that priority shutdown binary input is open. If necessary, remove the Main Module and measure across the terminals TB1-6 and TB1-7 with an ohm meter.

9. Test the Tracker priority shutdown feature as follows:

Note: A priority shutdown (a binary contact wired to the Tracker termination board) is typically wired back to a power monitoring system. Priority shutdown turns off equipment such as compressors that are susceptible to damage in the event of incoming electrical power faults such as low voltage or phase loss.

π Initiate a priority shutdown at the Tracker panel by closing the priority shutdown

binary contact and watch the Home display.

Question: How does Tracker operator display indicate a ‘priority shutdown’ has occurred? ________________________________________________________.

π Using the PC software, select the ZN517 (“Warehouse”) on the navigation tree to

display the editor screen.

Question: The Occupancy Mode of the ZN517 is ______________, and the Present Value Owner: is _________________.

π From the Tracker operator display, select the ZN517 (“Warehouse”) advanced status

screen and record the following:

a. Tracker Present Value: ________________. b. Tracker Value Owner: _________________. c. Unit Occupancy Mode: ________________.



π Using the PC software, select MP503 Output Status tab on the Tracker PC software

MP503 editor screen. Question: How long did it take for BOP #1 at the MP503 to go off after a priority shutdown was initiated? __________________.

Question: Using Tracker PC software, record the values for OUTPUT 1 STATUS:

a. Output Name: _______________________. b. Output Is: ___________________________. c. Controlled By: _______________________.

Question: From the Tracker operator display, record output #1 (“Bathroom Exhaust”) values. Do they match those displayed at the PC software? _______.

a. Output Name: _______________________. b. Output Is: ___________________________. c. Controlled By: _______________________.

π Clear priority shutdown at the Tracker panel by opening the priority shutdown binary contact.

Question: How long before MP503 binary output #1 goes on after the priority shutdown is cleared? _______? Explain why? _________________________________________.

View Status and change parameters for SCC devices (ZN517) 10. Click the ZN517 displayed in the navigation tree. The SCC editor displays.

11. Select the Setup 2 tab on the SCC editor (ZN517) and make the following changes:

π CONTROL - System Operating Mode: = Auto π FAN SETUP – Occupied Fan Mode (both Cooling and Heating): = On π CONTROL SUPPORT – Supply Air Tempering: = No π ECONOMIZER – Economizer Control Decision: = Tracker



12. Save your changes.

Question: Would the installer be more likely to enable ‘Supply Air Tempering’ in California or Minnesota? ___________ Why? __________________________________. Question: How does economizer control differ when the economizer control decision is made by ‘Tracker’ instead of ‘Local’? ________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________.

13. Select the Status 2 screen on the SCC editor and look at ECONOMIZER MODE information.

Question: What is the difference between the 3 possible economizer modes that can display (AUTO, ENABLED, or DISABLED)? ___________________________________

______________________________________________________________________. Test the economizer feature:

Note: Economizing takes place when the space is occupied and in the cooling mode. The outside air temperature must be cold enough to replace mechanical cooling provided by the rooftop unit and the space temperature is warmer than the space setpoint.

Hint: You may need a cup of ice to complete this test. 13. View the SCC Status 2 page and record the following:

π Tracker’s outdoor air temperature: ____________. π Economizer Mode: ____________ π Current Damper Position: ___________ π Minimum Damper Setpoint: __________.

Question: Was the economizer mode in the state you expected for the conditions present? ____________________________________________________________.

14. Place the OA sensor wired to Tracker into a ‘COLD’ environment (cup of ice?)

Note: Make certain the space setpoint is set below the space temperature and the ZN517 discharge air sensor is at room temperature.

15. View the SCC Status 2 page and record the following: Note: Several minutes may be required for Tracker to respond to the sudden change in outdoor air temperature.

π Economizer Mode: ____________ π Current Damper Position: ___________ π Minimum Damper Setpoint: __________.

Question: Would you expect cooling stages to be ON or OFF when economizing is enabled? ____ Why? ___________________________________________________. Question: If the zone sensor for the ZN517 is placed in a cold environment, how will the damper respond? _______________________________________________________.



Create new and modify an existing schedules 16. Click the Schedules button on the Tool Bar. 17. Select the ‘Fan Schedule’ from the Selection List, then press the Edit button.

18. Select the Member Setup tab on the schedules editor and remover the ‘Brazing Shop Fan’

from the list of outputs controlled by this schedule.

Note: It may not make sense to have both the Brazing Shop Fan and Bathroom Exhaust run continuously during occupancy. The Brazing Shop Fan should run only when exhaust fan is required, that is, when the shop area is being used during occupancy or too hot and requires air drawn into the shop from the cooler warehouse area.

19. Click the Schedules button, then select the ‘HVAC Schedule’ from the Selection List.

20. Change the ‘1st Stop time for today schedule to 15 minutes prior to the current clock time.

Note: If the current clock time is 10:30 am, change the 1st Stop time to 10:15 am. By changing the stop time, equipment controlled by this schedule should transition from occupied to an unoccupied mode of operation.

21. At the Tracker operator display, select the ‘View’ button and ‘Warehouse’ from the Building Information list.

Question: Record the following values for the ‘Warehouse” (ZN517):

a. The area is currently _________________. b. The temperature setting is ____________.

Question: Where does the Temperature Setting you recorded originate from? _______ _____________________________________________________________________. Question: Does the PC software status display agree? __________________.



22. Return the ‘1st Stop time for todays HVAC Schedule to 6:00 pm. Setup Tracker alarm and pager reporting 22. Click ‘Setup’ in the Main Menu, then Select ‘Alarm Log’ from the drop-down list.

23. Under Alarm Setup tab, choose an individual alarm levels from the select priority list and

setup each alarm level as follows:

π 1 (Low) – Informational Message a. Priority Message Text: = “No user action required” b. Send to Page: = No c. Turn alarm LED on at: = 3 (high) - Critical Alarm d. Energize Relay at: = 3 (high) - Critical Alarm

π 2 (med) – Service Required a. Priority Message Text: = “Contact Maintenance Dept. during business hours” b. Send to Page: = No

π 3 (high) - Critical Alarm a. Priority Message Text: = “Page Maintenance Dept. for immediate service” b. Send to Page: = Yes

Question: When a new alarm occurs, does the alarm log at the Tracker panel automatically update? _____; does the PC alarm log automatically update? _____.

24. Save your changes. 25. To test the alarm log, disconnect the zone sensor module from the ZN517.

Question: What alarm is reported to the alarm log? ________________________.

26. Re-connect the zone sensor module to the ZN517.

Question: Does the condition of the device return to normal? ___________.



Create a Custom Alarm

Note: A custom alarm is an alarm setup to report when a status condition exists from a Comm5 device that you choose to monitor, for example, a pump status or space temperature that exceeds a high or low threshold.

27. Click ‘Setup’ in the Main Menu, then select ‘Custom Alarming’.

28. Setup the custom alarm as follows:

π Change custom alarm name to “Brazing Shop Temp Alarm” π Under ‘Select’, choose MP503 analog input number 1 from the object & property list’

Note: The 1st MP503 universal input was previously defined in the MP503 editor screens as a analog input and renamed to “Brazing Shop Temperature”.

π Setup alarm reporting conditions as follows:

a. Alarm Priority Class: = ‘2 (med) – Service Required’ b. Time Delay: = 0.0 minutes c. High Limit: = 90.0; Low Limit: = 40.0 d. Alarm During Occupied times Only: = False



29. Save your changes 30. Verify operation of custom alarm by raising or lowering the Brazing Shop Temperature

outside the set high and low limits. Hint: You may need a cup of ice or a heat source to complete this test.

Note: A sensor must be wired the to MP503, Universal input #1. If not, add a thermistor and program the MP503 for this sensor.

Question: A new alarm displays at the (top/ bottom?) _________ of the Tracker PC alarm log.

29. Using PC software, sort alarms by clicking on the column headers. 30. Using PC software, clear all alarms.

Question: Can alarms be cleared from the Tracker operator display? _________. Create a trend 31. Under ‘Setup’ in the Main Menu, select ‘Trends’. 32. From the Selection List window, click the ‘New’ button to display the Trends editor

33. Setup the new trend as follows:

π Name: = Warehouse trend π Sampling Enable: = Enabled π Sample Interval: = 1 minute π Start Time: = current time π Stop Time: = 1 hour from current time π Select ONE property to be trended under TARGET PROPERTY SELECTION:

Available properties on your system include the following: a. I/O Module – ‘Analog Input Number 1’ (Brazing Shop Temperature) b. Warehouse – ‘Space Temperature: Active’ c. Warehouse – ‘Discharge Air Temp’



34. Save your trend.

Question: How many trends can operate in a Tracker panel? _________.

Question: How many samples of selected properties can a trend store? ________.

35. Return to your trend in about 10 minutes and view the recorded data. Setup BOP program to control MP503 binary output

Control Sequence: The brazing shop exhaust fan shall be ON when the warehouse area is occupied and a occupancy sensor in the brazing shop indicates occupancy. The shop fan also turns ON if the temperature in the brazing shop is greater than 90°, and OFF when the temperature is less than 80°.

35. From the Tracker PC software main display screen, select ‘Setup’, then ‘Binary Output

Programming’ from the drop-down list of options.

Note: Tracker displays a selection list of all MP503 binary outputs that were assigned as ‘used’ in the MP503 editor. Only MP503 outputs can be controlled using BOP programming equations.



36. Select ‘Brazing Shop Fan’ (MP503 output #1) from the selection list. 37. Select the ‘Term 1 Setup’ tab and setup options as follows:

π Term Name: = Shop Temperature Contact π Term Type: = System Properties

38. Select the ‘Set Variable Reference’ button on the edit screen and select the ‘I/O Module-

Analog Inputs - Number 1’ from the Object & Property Selector dialog box.

π Enter SETTING 1 fields : … ‘less than’, and … ‘80°’ π Enter SETTING 2 field : … ‘90’

39. Select the ‘Term 2 Setup’ tab and setup options as follows:

π Term Name: = Schedule Contact π Term Type:= State of Schedule



40. Select the ‘Set Variable Reference’ button on the edit screen and select the “Fan Schedule” and it’s Present Value from the Object & Property selector dialog box.

41. Under SETTING 1 in the editor, select the ‘unoccupied’ present value to control the fan

Note: Term 2 of the equation is ‘True’ whenever the Brazing Shop is unoccupied. If the occupancy sensor detects motion during unoccupied periods the Brazing Shop fan turns.

Question: The state of the brazing shop exhaust fan on Friday at 7:00 PM is _____. 42. Select the ‘Term 3 Setup’ tab and setup options as follows:

π Term Name: = Occupancy Sensor Contact π Term Type: = System Properties



43. Select the ‘Set Variable Reference’ button on the edit screen and select the ‘I/O Module-

Binary Inputs - Number 3’ from the Object & Property Selector dialog box.

Note: Binary Input #3 is named ‘Shop Occupancy Sensor’. The contact is open when no one is present in the brazing shop area and closed when activity is detected.

44. Enter a value of ‘open’ in the SETTING 1 field.



45. Select ‘Enable Equation: Yes’ on the Status tab, then click the Save button to save your

program.

46. Select ‘View’ at the Tracker operator display, select the I/O module (“Exhaust Fan and

Lights”). 47. Select binary output “Brazing Shop Fan”. 48. View the “Brazing Shop Fan” status and select the ‘View program’ button.

Question: What is the state of the Brazing shop fan? _______________.

49. On the Binary Output Control status screen, select the ‘View Graphic’ button. Record information on the lines shown on the following drawing:

Question: What is the current brazing shop temperature reading? ____________. Question: The output (Brazing Shop Fan) is ______ and is controlled by __________.



50. Force the temperature of the brazing shop (MP503, input #1) above the high limit threshold.

Question: Did brazing shop exhaust fan go on? _________. Question: If the temperature drops below 80°, the exhaust fan does not go off for over a minute. Why? __________________________________________________________.

51. Place a short across MP503 Binary input #3 to test the Occupancy side of the equation.

Question: Why would the exhaust fan turn ON Saturday afternoon when nobody is in the building? _______________________________________________________________.

52. Using PC software, view the ‘Brazing Shop Fan” output.

Question: The output (Brazing Shop Fan) is ______ and is controlled by __________. Setup a ‘BOP program’ to meet your custom control requirement Create a your own sequence of control using the equipment you have available, then program your custom sequence using Tracker PC software. The available MP503 binary outputs that can be controlled via binary output programs and are named:

• BOP #1 – “ Brazing Shop Fan ” • BOP #2 – “ Bathroom Exhaust ” • BOP #3 – “ Outdoor Lighting ” • BOP #4 – “ My BOP ”

An example of a custom control sequence: If the bathroom is occupied, turn the bathroom exhaust fan ON. The generic input of the ZN517 (BI1) can be used to monitor a motion detector located in the bathroom. When the motion detector contact closes, or the exhaust fan schedule is in occupied mode, the bathroom exhaust turns ON, otherwise the exhaust fan is OFF. Use this work area to develop your own custom control sequence. If you can’t think of a good application, use the example above:



16. After you enter you program equation, Test your program to verify it performs as expected.

ΞΞ Important Step! ΞΞ 53. After you have completed Binary output programming, Disconnect the comm link from the

MP503

Note: In the workshop that follows, you will replace the MP503, just as if it had failed. A device disconnected from Tracker for more than 15 minutes is no longer recognized and can therefore be removed.

Backup Tracker database 54. Under the Setup in the Main Menu, select Panel Utilities.

55. Select ‘Backup’, then enter a backup name (Name a Tracker backup file with a date as part

of the title, for example, “Backup 9_20_2002”). Question: Is it required that you provide a name for the database backup? ________.

56. Click the ‘Proceed’ button to complete the backup. You have completed this workshop!

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