Chapter 6: Configurable Settings/Defaults

This section describes the proper setup of the 2 pump, 20-station control system parameters. These parameters are operator changeable; however, these items should require setup only during the initial installation. Only authorized personnel should change them.

Many of the variables and setup parameters have been preset at the factory and do not need to be changed. However, this section of the manual will address all of the setup parameters that were available at the time of printing. The purpose of this is to familiarize the reader with all the setup parameters and their usage.

6-1 Station Setup - Factory Presets

Name

Description

Options

Default

Conveying Options

 

 

 

Convey time

Length of time the station’s vacuum valve remains

1–999 sec.

30 sec.

 

open to allow material to be drawn in. (For a

 

 

 

volume-fill station, the valve closes when material

 

 

 

covers the station’s volume-fill proximity sensor or

 

 

 

this time elapses, whichever comes first.)

 

 

 

Adjust this value to match the actual time needed

 

 

 

to fill the station.

 

 

(Last convey time)

Display only. Length of time the station’s vacuum

 

 

 

valve was open for receiving material during the

 

 

 

most recent convey. This information is displayed

 

for your reference when adjusting convey time and

 

 

 

dump delay.

 

 

Dump delay

Length of time allowed for material to drain from

1–99 sec.

15 sec.

 

the station into the receiver. The controller will not

 

 

 

attempt to deliver more material to the station until

 

 

 

this time has elapsed.

 

 

 

Adjust this value to match the actual time needed

 

 

 

to drain the station. If it is set too short, the

 

 

 

controller may attempt to refill the station before it

 

 

 

is empty, causing material to back up and/or

 

 

 

underusing the station’s capacity. If it is set too

 

 

 

long, the system may be unable to keep up with

 

 

 

your equipment’s demand for material.

 

 

Assigned to pump n

Number (address) of the pump to which this

0–2 (0 = not

0

 

station’s vacuum line is connected.

assigned)

 

Special convey

When this option is enabled, the station’s vacuum

disabled,

disabled

 

valve remains open for the convey time, even if

enabled

 

 

the station is not demanding material and is

 

 

 

indicating that it is full. When disabled, the

 

 

 

station’s vacuum valve opens when there is

 

 

 

demand from the station, and it remains open until

 

 

 

the convey time has elapsed or material trips the

 

 

 

volume-fill proximity switch.

 

 

 

Enable this option if and only if the station has no

 

 

 

flapper.

 

 

Hopper Loaders with/without Sight Glasses

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Sterling Plumbing scc2 specifications Configurable Settings/Defaults, Station Setup Factory Presets