C-series dryer control panel – Grain Systems PNEG-573 User Manual

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C-SERIES DRYER CONTROL PANEL

The Airstream Electronic Monitoring Control System showing several different LCD displays.

If the dryer runs out of grain while
the LOAD AUGER switch (fig. 1-7)
is in the AUTO position, the OUT OF
GRAIN timer (fig. 2-N) automatically
shuts OFF the dryer after the period
of time preset on the TIMER. When
pressed, the display will show the
amount of time left on the TIMER
and the percentage of time used by
the last load. A second screen will
appear with the TIMER'S setting,
and may be modified as described
in the BATCH TIMER section.

cedure as the TIMERS. The AUX 1
(fig.2-P) and AUX 2 (fig. 2-Q) DE-
LAYS are presently not being used.

SETTING THE OUT OF

GRAIN TIMER

TIMER is being used, and the sec-
ond line switches between TOTAL
BATCHES, UNLOAD RPM or TOTAL
BUSHELS. The third line indicates
TOTAL DRY TIME, and the fourth line
is TIME REMAINING on the TIMERS.

The Electronic Monitoring Control

Electronic Monitoring Control

System

System has four built in TIMER de-
lays. The LOAD DELAY (fig. 2-R) is
used to delay the starting of the load

load

auger

auger when the dryer is unloading
to prevent the load auger

load auger

load auger from start-

ing and stopping. The UNLOAD
DELAY (fig. 2-S) is used to control
the amount of time the unload au-

unload au-

ger

ger runs after the metering rolls

metering rolls

stop to allow for auger

auger

auger cleanout.

Both the LOAD and UNLOAD DE-
LAYS are set using the same pro-

The Electronic Monitoring Control

Electronic Monitoring Control

System

System continuously checks all
safety circuits on the dryer, and will
automatically shut the dryer down
should a problem occur. The cause
of the dryer shutdown will be dis-
played on the LCD display (fig. 2-
A), and a beeper will sound on the
controller. To restart the dryer after
a safety shutdown, first correct the
reason for the shutdown, and then
press the DRYER POWER STOP
(FIG. 1-14) button to reset the circuit.
Press the START button (fig. 1-13).

The Electronic Monitoring

Electronic Monitoring

Control System

Control System stores in its
memory the time, date and cause for
the last 25 dryer safety shutdowns.
To review this information, hold the
RESET button in for five seconds.
The procedure for reviewing the
safety circuit shutdown log will be
displayed on the LCD display.

When the dryer is operating, the
LCD display (fig. 2-A) shows the
DRYER MODE OF OPERATION on
the first line, the BUSHELS PER
HOUR or the METERING ROLL
RPM on the second line and the
TOTAL BUSHELS DRIED on the
third line. By pressing the BPH/
RPM/TOTAL BU button (fig. 2-L) the
second line will alternate between
the METERING ROLL RPM's or the
BUSHEL PER HOUR rate that the
metering rolls

metering rolls

metering rolls are removing grain
from the dryer. The TOTAL BUSH-
ELS DRIED reading is the total since
the bushel counter was last reset.
To reset the BUSHEL COUNTER,
press and hold the RESET button
(fig. 2-M) for five seconds. Press the
ENTER button (fig. 2-J) through the
date and time settings, and follow
the instructions displayed on the
LCD for resetting the counter.

In the BATCH MODE, the first

line of the LCD display tells which

DRYER SAFETY CIRCUIT

UTILIZING THE

BUSHEL COUNTER

SETTING THE LOAD AND

UNLOAD DELAYS