6-2 Pump Setup - Factory Presets

Several of the items in this screen are not setup options but are instead intended for use during operation. These items (hour meter and transferring stations to a standby pump) are described in Chapter 4, which cover operation procedures.

Name

Description

Options

Default

Idle Time Options

 

 

 

Auto shutdown delay

Length of time the pump continues to run unloaded

0–999 sec.

45 sec.

 

without demand from any station. After this time has

 

 

 

elapsed, the pump shuts down to save power and to

 

 

 

prevent wear on the pump.

 

 

 

Adjust this setting to fit the needs of your facility

 

 

 

in trading off the savings against the costs

 

 

 

associated with waiting for a pump to start up

 

 

 

when there is a demand for material.

 

 

Alarm Options

 

 

 

Pump fault

The control has one input/pump that you can wire to

disabled,

disabled

 

generate alarms for situations of your choosing. For

enabled

 

 

example, you may have a sensor that turns on when

 

 

 

material reaches the top of a filter-chamber waste

 

 

 

bin. When this option is enabled, the controller issues

 

 

 

an alarm if the sensor wired to the input for Pump

 

 

 

Fault turns on.

 

 

 

Enable this option if and only if your facility has

 

 

 

installed a miscellaneous alarm on the input for

 

 

 

Pump Fault for this pump.

 

 

Blow Back Options

 

 

 

Blow back

When this option is enabled, the controller

disabled

disabled

 

periodically sends air backward through the pump’s

 

 

 

air filter to dislodge accumulated dust and debris.

 

 

 

Enable this option if and only if the pump has the

 

 

 

equipment for filter cleaning.

 

 

Every n loads

Number of conveying cycles to stations between filter

1–99

5

 

cleanings.

 

 

 

Adjust this setting based on experience. The more

 

 

 

dust and debris in your material line, the smaller this

 

 

 

number needs to be.

 

 

# pulses

Number of pulses of air sent through the pump’s filter

1–99

5

 

during cleaning.

 

 

 

If filter-cleaning is not working as desired, the service

 

 

 

department may ask you to change this setting.

 

 

On time

Number of seconds that the output remains on for

0.1–99.0 sec.

1.0 sec.

 

each pulse during filter cleaning.

 

 

 

If filter-cleaning is not working as desired, the service

 

 

 

department may ask you to change this setting.

 

 

Off time

Number of seconds between pulses during filter

0.5–99.0 sec.

1.0 sec.

 

cleaning.

 

 

 

If blow-back is not working as desired, the service

 

 

 

department may ask you to change this setting.

 

 

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Sterling Plumbing scc2 specifications Pump Setup Factory Presets, Idle Time Options