EXCEL 10 FCU CONTROLLER LNS PLUG-INS USER GUIDE
Safety Features
Frost Protection
If the room temperature falls below 46.4 °F (8 °C), the Excel 10 FCU Controller enables the heating circuit to ensure frost protection and an alarm is issued. When the temperature rises above 48.2 °F (9 °C) again, the heating circuit is turned OFF again.
Smoke Control
The Excel 10 FCU Controller will respond to LONWORKS network emergency commands by switching OFF heating/cooling outputs and switching OFF the fan (depressurize) or switching ON the fan at its highest speed (pressurize). An alarm is issued for any emergency commands
Fan Failure Protection
When configured with an airflow detector, the Excel 10 FCU Controller protects equipment by switching OFF heating / cooling outputs and issuing an alarm when the fan fails.
Fan Interlocks
The Excel 10 FCU Controller can be configured such that heating and/or cooling outputs are never ON unless the fan is running. A fan
Operating Modes
The possible modes of operation are listed in Table 4.
Table 4. Modes of operation for Excel 10 FCU Controller
mode | description | events causing a transition to this mode |
operational modes (NV reference) |
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| Control algorithms are disabled. Outputs stay in | This is the first mode after an application restart. |
WAIT | their initial positions. Physical inputs are periodically |
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| read and digital filtering of analog inputs is turned |
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| OFF to speed up settling time. Input NVs are |
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| received and output NVs are sent periodically. |
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FLOATING | The Excel 10 FCU Controller drives the floating | When the effective occupancy changes to |
OUTPUTS SYNCH | control valves to their initial positions and then | "unoccupied" or "standby", after |
| transitions to one of the control modes. | hours since the last positioning, or after each |
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| positioning to 0%, the Excel 10 FCU Controller |
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| transitions to this mode. |
COOLING | The Excel 10 FCU Controller is controlling in the | Network input nviApplicMode has a value of |
| cooling mode. | HVAC_COOL or HVAC_AUTO and the space |
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| temperature is above the cooling setpoint. |
HEATING | The Excel 10 FCU Controller is controlling in the | Network input nviApplicMode has the value of |
| heating mode. | HVAC_HEAT or HVAC_AUTO and the space |
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| temperature is below the heating setpoint. |
MANUAL MODE | The control algorithms stay active and outputs are | Network input nviManualMode has value of |
| controlled automatically until set individually to test | MODE_MANUAL. |
| positions using the input NV nviTest. |
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FACTORY TEST | Control algorithm is disabled; a special factory test | This mode is for factory testing, only. |
| program runs. |
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DISABLED | Control algorithms are terminated, outputs are | Network input nviManualMode has a value of |
| turned OFF | MODE_DISABLED. |
| active). Frost protection is disabled. |
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PRESSURIZE | Heating/cooling outputs are switched OFF, and the | Network input nviEmerg containing smoke control |
| fan is switched ON at its highest speed. | signal from the LONWORKS network has the value |
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| of EMERG_PRESSURIZE. |
DEPRESSURIZE | Heating, cooling, and fan outputs are switched OFF. | Network input nviEmerg containing smoke control |
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| signal from the LONWORKS network has the value |
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| of EMERG_DEPRESSURIZE. |
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