West Control Solutions ProVU 4 User Manual
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ProVU4 Controller, Profiler & Recorder/Controller - Product Manual
59407, Issue 1 – March 2008
Configuration & Use
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Profile Start Day(s)
The Day(s) when the profile should run. From: Mon; Tue; Wed; Thu;
Fri; Sat; Sun; Mon-Fri; Mon-Sat; Sat-Sun or All. – This applies only if
Day and Time is the Trigger.
Profile Start Delay
The delay time, up to 99:59 (hh:mm), for a profile to begin after the
start request has been given.
Profile Recovery
Method
The power-on action if profile was running at power-down (e.g. after
a power cut), or following correction of a signal break. From: Control
outputs off; Restart profile; Maintain last profile setpoint; Use
controller setpoint; Continue profile from where it was when power
failed.
Profile Recovery
Time
The Recovery Method is ignored (the profile continues from where
power failed), if power off for less than this time. Max 99:59
(hh:mm). - Recorder version only.
Profile Abort
Action
Action after profile is forced to stop before its end. From: Control
outputs off; Maintain last profile setpoint or Use controller setpoint.
Profile Header Details
(cont…)
Profile Cycles
The number of times the program should run each time it is started
(1-9999 or Infinite).
Profile Segments: Settings that apply individual profile segments
Segment Number
Shows the number of the profile segment being created from 1-255
Segment Type
Set the segment type from: Ramp Time (time to reach target SP);
Ramp Rate (rate of change towards target SP); Step (jump to target
SP), Dwell (keep current SP); Hold (hold the profile until released);
Loop (back to previous segment); Join (join to another profile); End
(end the profile) or Repeat Sequence Then End (repeat a sequence
of joined profiles – of which this is the last). A Join, End or Repeat
Sequence Then End will become the last segment in the profile.
Segment Target
Setpoint
The setpoint value to be reached by the end of this segment, if the
segment type is Ramp Time, Ramp Rate or Step.
Segment Ramp
Time
The time (hh:mm:ss) to reach the Segment Target Setpoint if the
segment type is Ramp Time.
Segment Ramp
Rate
The rate of change towards the Segment Target Setpoint if the
segment type is Ramp Rate. The rate can be set from 0.001 to
9999.9 display units per hour.
Segment Dwell
Time
The time (hh:mm:ss) to maintain the current setpoint if the segment
type is Dwell.
Segment Loop
Enter the segment to loop back to, and the number of times to loop
back, before continuing forward to the next segment if the segment
type is Loop. Note: Two Loops cannot be set to cross each other.
Segment Auto-
Hold Type
From: None (no auto-hold); Above Setpoint (hold if too high only);
Below Setpoint (hold if too low only) or Band (hold if too high or low).
Segment Auto-
Hold Band Value
The distance from setpoint beyond which the profile is held for the
selected Auto-Hold Type. The profile continues once the process
returns within this band.
Profile Segment Details
Segment Hold
Release Type
Sets the method used to release the profile from hold if the segment
type is Hold. From: Digital Input A; Digital Input B; Front Keys or
Time Of Day. (Time of day on Recorder version only )