Retrotec Multi-Fan Blower Door - Manual (Page 13)

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4. Options to set up test parameters and collect test data
For multi-fan tests, you can choose to collect data using FanTestic software or not, however it is highly
recommended to do so (see section 3).
FanTestic software is developed by Retrotec to communicate directly with Retrotec Door Fan and
DucTester systems for Automatic Control. It also serves the purpose of calculating results, from
Automatic Tests or data entered manually, in compliance with the most recent edition of various
domestic and international Standards. Target pressures and test parameters can be changed for each
Automatic Test, however parameters for compliance with the Standard selected are implemented by
default. For further detail on how to operate FanTestic software, please refer to Manual-FanTestic.
4.1 Manual Data Collection without using FanTestic
If you choose not to use FanTestic, this would be a Manual Test where you set the target pressures on
the gauge(s) directly – you do not connect USB cables to a computer. If you wanted Common set point
control in this case, you will need either a Speed Control Splitter or fans with dual Speed Control
(Ethernet-style) ports, or a combination of the two if fans of different series are connected. More
details on this are illustrated in section 6.
4.2 Automatic Data Collection Using FanTestic
Using FanTestic in a multi-fan setup allows all the data and results to be collected during an Automatic
Test. If you choose to use FanTestic, you must connect USB cables from your gauges to your computer,
and you need one gauge for each fan so FanTestic can control the fans.
The Individual Control function in FanTestic determines the manner in which the fans in a multi-fan
setup are controlled by software. If you have ever used a Speed Control Splitter or used the daisy
chaining method to connect fans together, Individual Control ON in FanTestic essentially simulates the
same setup for the fans’ speed control (see section ), without the use of a Speed Control Splitter or Fan
Tops with dual-Control ports.
To configure Individual Control in FanTestic, click Tools Advanced Options Basics tab.
Figure 10: Check off Individual Control in the Advanced Options Window