Alphacool Heatmaster User Manual Download

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Contents

Part 1

System requirements and features

Hardware fitting and installation

Connection definitions

Software installation drivers and Heatmaster software

Quick start up

Appendix 1 Application of control-loops

Appendix 2 Alarm conditions

Appendix 3 Controlling pumps with Heatmaster

Part 2

Heatmaster software functions – Basics and menu

Appendix A Sensor calibration

Appendix B PID-functions of the control-loops variables

Correct operation and guarantee

Statement of conformity

Summary of Contents for Heatmaster

Page 1: ...ALPHACOOL HEATMASTER Measure Control Monitor Alarm Protect PC independent User guide V 1 0...

Page 2: ...tware 8 Quick start up 11 Appendix 1 Application of control loops 17 Appendix 2 Alarm conditions 18 Appendix 3 Controlling pumps with Heatmaster 19 Part 2 Heatmaster software functions Basics and menu...

Page 3: ...ing tone system alarm on main board BIOS shut down PC Windows drag and drop user interface Graphic display of delta values from two temperature sensors Log function of temperatures and fan pump values...

Page 4: ...surface of the Heatmaster carrier plate 2 Stick the Velcro counterpart on the desired place This can be somewhere in the casing or in an external place external cooling system as the Heatmaster doesn...

Page 5: ...function thereby hasn t changed 2 Relays Connect here a device of your choice or a further relay The Heatmaster relay delivers max 24 Volt 30 Watt of switching voltage ATTENTION Don t connect 110 220...

Page 6: ...Heatmaster usage on your own risk 7 Power connector Connect here 4 pin socket cable of your PC power unit ATTENTION if you operate 4 consumers pumps or and fans you need 96 Watt already Consider the w...

Page 7: ...connect the USB cable now Starting software or integration in to the autostart windows file after setting up personal settings control loops are also not necessary The Heatmaster consumes no PC resour...

Page 8: ...d after the installation of the drivers so the port is accessible 2 Driver installation The Heatmaster hardware will be found and Windows will ask for a suitable driver Confirm or give manually the cu...

Page 9: ...ny way The driver installation takes place for USB and thereafter for the serial port If the driver does not show the indicated functions uninstall the driver and restart the PC Start the driver insta...

Page 10: ...l port selected by the driver Select the relevant port With that the general installation of the Heatmaster is completed If you don t have a port to select check the driver installation and the correc...

Page 11: ...rther background information of your cooling configuration and control loops With this quick introduction you learn only basic functions needed for this example You get the complete information in par...

Page 12: ...te different functions in the control loop panel Button 1 indicates the device icons components of this control loop This is the standard display at the program start The configuration will be showed...

Page 13: ...ected during the first run The internal temperature sensor is in the monitor content by default and is displayed as a graph on the monitor The fan and one connected pump run with the full operating vo...

Page 14: ...lick button 3 you can see the properties of each components which are selected actually with miniature symbols in the configuration In the picture left the loop itself the frame around the miniature s...

Page 15: ...cs of controlling fans pumps Example the currently measured temperature could be the temperature of your CPU air cooler if the CPU is in idle running e g 50 C The sensor is also located on the heat si...

Page 16: ...are highlighted with star require hardware restart of microcontrollers from the file menu VIII Customization of speed pulses The number of the Pulse per rotation of pumps with Tachosignal and of some...

Page 17: ...nd instance is local control loops e g a fan and the relative thermo sensor direct on the graphic card CPU RAM Voltage transformer or on the hard disc Generally it is to consider that more local contr...

Page 18: ...perature or rather turned out Also an absence of the signal from a flow sensor could trigger the alarm The fans pumps are switched to 100 PWM and default values e g maximum PWM 80 are ignored Stage 2...

Page 19: ...pumps an optionally obtainable adapter cable is necessary of which the big 4 pin mole plug and 3 pin fan plug with the Tachosignal are adapted and consolidated on a 3 pin fan plug The pump reacts the...

Page 20: ...HEATMASTER INSTRUCTION MANUAL PART 2 EXTENDED SETUP...

Page 21: ...10 11 12 DRAG DROP Basically select all basic functions and devices from the library 5 through drag and drop with the mouse over 4 and 12 one of the five possible control loops 13 and deposit back the...

Page 22: ...are sent from Heatmaster to software All device icons dropped by mouse in Monitor content 4 are displayed also in the Monitor 2 as graphs The shortest interval is 2 seconds and the longest is 60 secon...

Page 23: ...the temperature can be seen S End End and S Delete and End S Actualize auto fit the graphs in monitor End Same function like S but with another zoom factor End and S Valid only for the last graph Del...

Page 24: ...of five loops The flow meter is used to calculate and control the liquid transportation in liquid cooling systems in liters or gallons Device Properties Rounds Actual RPM value is displayed Achieved...

Page 25: ...rt to work if the graphic card is in load modus full efficiency through a game or video encoding The temperature behavior of the PC should be observed here after 1 hour of minimum during the PC is in...

Page 26: ...red RPM Rounds Per Minute value Peak value Serves as reference and can be used for scaling Actual PWM Shows the actual value in a percentage This value can be changed manually if the control loop is d...

Page 27: ...can determine the time in which the results of fans should be evaluated You can determine the time individually Tacho signal available This property shows whether the connected fan posses a Tacho sig...

Page 28: ...ill not be triggered no data is evaluated such as RPM temperature etc and the fans are not controlled but will run in a manual modus over the property actual PWM Activate Alarm buzzer Shows the tone s...

Page 29: ...tir it for about 1 minute The water temperature is now 0 C Dip the digital thermometer wait 30 seconds and setup 0 C in the digital thermometer Qualitative first class sensors can be identified with t...

Page 30: ...described range This is not the most accurate way to calculate R for the temperature curve Another more accurate method is the Steinhart Hart equation in which three temperatures are used in one given...

Page 31: ...of 1 C above the nominal value At 1 C below the nominal value the fan will be switched off at latest after 10 minutes dT Temperature deviation from nominal value in C without prefix t Time to run thr...

Page 32: ...factor The amplification factor multiplies the temperature deviation from the nominal value An amplification factor below 1 cause attenuation of control loop a value of 1 deactivates the use of ampli...

Page 33: ...ts which occur from a possible refitting of products will not be overtaken by Alphacool 7 The warranty does not include following 7 1 Regular controlling maintenance and repair of the spare and wear p...

Page 34: ...o a well installed and secured push socket or to other power resource which is allowed by Alphacool Do not change the original parts or follow the instruction of this manual RoHS All parts of the Heat...

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