Operation: Set Up Group

Grp Smoke Alrm. Share smoke alarms among the Systems in this Group. If the Group Smoke Alarm setting is On, all Systems in the Group will shut down if a smoke alarm occurs in one System.

Comm Loss Failover. Decide if the Group considers a System in the Comm Lost state to be failed.

•Off — The Group will assume that the System is still operating normally.

•On — A backup System will be moved to the online state.

Name. Set the name of this Group. The Group name also appears in the Network Management Card interfaces.

Group settings

Path: Main > Setup > Group > Group Settings

The Group Settings define the load-sharing and System role-assignment functions of the Group.

Load Share. Enable or disable load-sharing requests for each mode. If load-sharing is disabled, Systems cannot send requests for assistance to the Group.

Load Share Thrshlds. Set the load-sharing thresholds for each mode. If the environmental temperature or humidity is outside the range determined by the setpoint and threshold, the System will generate a load-sharing request. Acceptable ranges for each mode are:

Mode

Range

Share if

 

 

 

 

Cool

0.0

–20.0°F(0.0–11.1°C)

Temperature > SetpointCool + ThresholdCool

Reheat

0.0

–20.0°F (0.0–11.1°C)

Temperature < SetpointReheat – ThresholdReheat

Dehumidify

0.0

–20.0% RH

Humidity > SetpointDehumidify + ThresholdDehumidify

Humidify

0.0

–20.0% RH

Humidity < SetpointHumidify – ThresholdHumidify

Sys Role Assignment. The System Role Assignment settings depend on the Run-time Bal setting.

•If Run-time Bal is set to On, each System is rotated between a primary and backup role in order to spread the run hours among all of the Systems in the Group. Rotation occurs after 72 hours of operation.

–# Primary: Set the number of Systems to be designated as primary. The remaining Systems in the Group will assume the backup role.

•If Run-time Bal is set to Off, you must designate the role of each System in the Group. The System will retain this role until you change the setting.

–Sys# Role: Set the role for each System. Backup Systems operate only in the event of a failure or load-sharing request (if enabled).

Sys failure events

Path: Main > Setup > Group > Group Settings

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