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SECTION 2
GENERAL
The Gardner Denver Governor™ controller is an advanced electronic control system designed to provide
efficient and user friendly operation of your Gardner Denver compressor. This manual describes the
controller specifications and operation on Gardner Denver rotary screw compressors.
2.1 Components and Layout
The Governor
™ control system is made up of several different components, described briefly in this section.
2.1.1 Display
The display is the primary component that the user interacts with. On the front of the display, there is a
color touchscreen interface. The
Start
and
Stop
touch buttons are located directly below the screen. The
display houses the processor and memory for the system and interfaces with the other components through
communications ports on the back side.
Figure 1: Home Screen Display
The display is shown above in Figure 1 with the Home screen visible. Note that the
Start
and
Stop
buttons
as shown in the image are active areas of the touchscreen rather than physical push-buttons.