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Temperature Control Settings Menu- continued
You can automatically adjust the building temperature to the animals’ needs by creating a ramp table with
appropriate temperature values and ages. The animal age used here is the same animal age used within the Current
Animal Information menu.
TEMPERATURE CONTROL SETTING Z1-S02
Today's Age: 5 Days
TEMPERATURE CONTROL SETTING Z1-S02
Ramp Point #1 Age: 10 Temp 80.0
A ramp point is an age at which you want the building (or zone) to be at a specific temperature. Set a series of ramp
points, up to 12, to adjust temperature over a growing cycle. Press the PLUS or MINUS keys when the Ramp Point
menu is displayed to change the ramp point number.
Each day at midnight, the controller scans the ramp table and a new temperature setpoint is determined and
substituted for yesterday’s setpoint. The controller selects the setpoint temperature based on the ramp point
ages and temperatures. For in-between ages and temperatures, the controller calculates an appropriate setpoint
temperature (see graph below). This allows subtle temperature changes from day to day.
If you enter a Temperature Ramp Offset, it is added (or subtracted) from the temperature determined by the ramp
table. This allows you to temporarily adjust a ramp table without re-entering all the values.
TEMPERATURE CONTROL SETTING Z1-S02
Temperature Ramp Offset: +1.0
You can also adjust all ramp point temperature values by editing the Temperature Ramp Offset
value, and then holding the ENTER key for several seconds. After the values have been updated,
the Temperature Ramp Offset value will be 0. You must manually readjust temperatures to return
the ramp table to the previous values.
The graph illustrates how up to 12 ramp points
might be configured.
Notice in the graph how the temperature
ramps smoothly between ramp point ages. Also
note how the temperature stays constant at 65
degrees beyond the age of 100. The reason is
the age for Ramp Point 11 is a descending value
(100 days down to 90 days) which disables
further ramping.
Temperature Ramping
