USER GUIDE
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PCS 4000
SINGLE WELL CONTROLLER
Turning the Controller On and Off
To turn the PCS 4000 Single Well Controller on or off,
insert a screw driver into the slot marked POWER ON/
OFF. See Figure 1.
Move the toggle switch to the left to turn the controller on.
Move the toggle switch to the right to turn the controller
off.
The plunger program does not run while the controller is
off. When you turn the controller on, it closes the A-valve
and starts counting down the FALL TIME (see step 1 on
page 7).
Status Display
After you turn the PCS 4000 Single Well Controller on, the
status display remains on. The controller never sleeps.
The first line of the status display shows the current well
status and the time remaining.
When the A-valve is closed, the second line of the status
display shows the casing pressure, tubing pressure, and
sales line pressure.
Example:
CLOSE 0:00:00
C315 T250 L150
When the A-valve is open, the second line shows the
casing pressure, flow rate, and sales line pressure.
Example:
A-OPEN 0:14:22
C315 F123 L150
Units of Measurement
Time is in hours:minutes:seconds.
Example:
08:15:00
Pressure is in pounds per square inch (psi).
Example:
00100
Depending on the setting of the METRIC function (SET
33), the unit of measurement for flow rate is either
thousand cubic feet (mcf) or thousand cubic meters
(E
3
M
3
).
Operating the A-Valve and B-Valve Manually
Open the A-Valve =
☛
ON
Press ON.
ON overrides all programmed functions such as FALL
TIME and MANDATORY SHUT-IN TIME.
ON does
not
override safeguard functions such as
LOW LINE CLOSE PRESSURE and HIGH LINE CLOSE
PRESSURE.
Open the B-Valve =
☛
B ON
Press B ON.
Close the A-Valve (and B-Valve if Used) =
☛
OFF
Press OFF.
OFF overrides all programmed functions such as OPEN
TIME and DELAY TIME (SALES).
Reading Reports and Program Functions
Read a Report or the Value of a Single Program Function
Press READ.
1
The status display shows:
READ:
Enter the number of the report or function you want to
2
display. Example: 10.
Read the Values of All Program Functions =
☛
READ 90
For a list of the program functions, see “READ 90
Program Function List” on page 4.
Setting Program Functions
Set a Single Program Function
Press SET.
1
The status display shows:
SET:
Enter the number of the function you want to set.
2
Example: 05.
Enter the value for the function. See
3
To exit the function without changing its value, press
CE.
Set All Program Functions =
☛
SET 90
For a list of the program functions, see “SET 90 Program
Function List” on page 4.
