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Metron, Inc. 

Date:      03/22/04       

Approved:       MH             

DOC#:      586  

Revision:   P   

Date:      03/15/15      

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MANUAL FOR MODEL FD4 FIRE PUMP CONTROLLERS

 

 

Firmware version 5.02 

 
 
This manual provides General Information, Installation, Operation, Maintenance and System Set-Up Information for METRON Model 
FD-4 Engine Driven Fire Pump Controllers. 
 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 
 
PART I   

General Information ........................................................................................................................................ PAGE  3 

PART II  

Functions ......................................................................................................................................................... PAGE  3 

PART III 

Operation of the Controller ............................................................................................................................. PAGE  4 

PART IV 

Installation & Test Procedure ......................................................................................................................... PAGE  5 

PART V  

Additional Optional Features  ......................................................................................................................... PAGE  9 

PART VI 

Operator Interface Device (OID) Use and Navigation ........................................................................ PAGE  10 

PART VII 

System Set Point Definitions ........................................................................................................................ PAGE  18 

PART VIII 

Alarm and Event Log Messages ................................................................................................................... PAGE  22 

PART IX 

SD Card File Format  .................................................................................................................................... PAGE  25 

Appendix A 

Modbus Protocol ........................................................................................................................................... PAGE  29 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

METRON, INC. 

Hubbell Industrial Controls Inc. 

4301 Cheyenne Drive, Archdale, NC 27263 

www.metroninc.com 

 

Telephone: (336) 434-2800 Ext. 183 

Summary of Contents for FD4

Page 1: ...RT I General Information PAGE 3 PART II Functions PAGE 3 PART III Operation of the Controller PAGE 4 PART IV Installation Test Procedure PAGE 5 PART V Additional Optional Features PAGE 9 PART VI Operator Interface Device OID Use and Navigation PAGE 10 PART VII System Set Point Definitions PAGE 18 PART VIII Alarm and Event Log Messages PAGE 22 PART IX SD Card File Format PAGE 25 Appendix A Modbus P...

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Page 3: ...r switch D Automatic Cranking A microprocessor controlled crank cycle timer provides six 6 fixed crank periods separated by five 5 rest periods each of approximately 15 seconds duration E Alarms and Signal Lights Twenty Two 22 Standard lights are provided to give visual signals for System Fault Battery 1 Healthy Battery 2 Healthy Charger 1 Failure Charger 2 Failure AC Power Loss Engine Running Eng...

Page 4: ...le encloses the controller The OID the key operated Auto Off Manual AOM Selector Switch and manual start pushbuttons are mounted on the outer door The battery circuit breakers are located inside the cabinet on the main back panel of the unit A key for the AOM switch is stored in a break glass housing on the door of the cabinet An additional key is located inside the cabinet PART III OPERATION OF T...

Page 5: ...he engine is given a command to stop for any reason terminal 12 will energize and will remain on for approximately 15 seconds The controller will not start until terminal 12 is de energized again E Periodic Self Testing The Test Run Timer can be set to give test runs on any day of the week and time of day desired A timing element is incorporated in the control so that when the engine starts in thi...

Page 6: ...m Config Screen 111 is enabled the controller will start automatically The 115VAC must be turned ON to prevent the engine from starting ENGINE TERMINAL terminals 1 12 STATUS INDICATOR LIGHTS Light Emitting Diodes L E D lights have been installed on the microprocessor module to indicate the status of each engine terminal Status indication is given below Terminal Number L E D light ON Indication Mic...

Page 7: ...lluminate while the engine is cranking The low oil pressure test should be performed on these engines with the engine running as described below 2 After the engine is running connect a temporary jumper between terminal 4 and terminal 11 3 Both the Engine Low Oil Pressure light and status indicator light for terminal 4 should come on immediately Wait approximately seven 7 seconds Alarm horn should ...

Page 8: ...e activates and Engine Auto Stop Timer times out or manually at the Controller Terminals 111 and 31 must have a jumper installed if a remote Deluge switch is Enabled but not to be used When the controller is shipped from the factory Deluge Valve start is Disabled System Config screen 121 l AC POWER FAILURE STARTING If this feature has been enabled it can be tested by disconnecting the normal 115 V...

Page 9: ...e the batteries at a rate of up to 10 amperes As the batteries approach full charge the current will taper off to a predetermined level at which time the charger automatically switches to the float mode of operation In the float mode the charger maintains the batteries at the float potential approximately 12 7 volts for a 12 volt battery or 25 4 volts for the 24 volt battery The charger provides a...

Page 10: ...econds to reset alarms Engine Failed to Start and Engine Overspeed alarms require the system to be in the OFF mode before a reset is allowed Test Mode When controller is in Auto Mode pressing and holding the TEST button for two or more seconds will open the pressure drain solenoid thus dropping the pressure which causes the controller to start the engine Pressing and releasing the TEST button in M...

Page 11: ...9 48 PRESSURE LOG 02 16 03 17 52 45 112 psi Skip Rate EACH PRESSURE LOG 02 16 03 17 52 30 112 psi Skip Rate EACH PRESSURE LOG 02 16 03 17 52 15 113 psi Skip Rate EACH SYSTEM LOGS 1 Event Log 2 Pressure Log 1 SYSTEM STATUS B1 PRES STRT BAT1 BAT2 110 100 13V 13V psi psi 6A 0A 3 SYSTEM STATUS Engine Countdown Tmr For AC Power Outage 0min Until Start 2 SYSTEM STATUS Engine Countdown Tmr 0sec Until Sta...

Page 12: ...TPOINTS Engine Start Delay Time 1 seconds 1 999 104 SYSTEM SETPOINTS Engine Automatic Stop Enabled Yes 105 SYSTEM SETPOINTS Engine Minimum Run Time 30 minutes 30 99 106 SYSTEM SETPOINTS Automatic Weekly Engine Test Run No 101 SYSTEM SETPOINTS Engine Start Pressure 100 0 psi 0 999 9 ANALOG INPUT COUNTS 649 1176 1221 12 12 422 ANALOG SIGNALS Analog Input 3 1225 Minimum Counts 0 421 ANALOG SIGNALS An...

Page 13: ...BATTERY 1 Minimum Amps 0 1 435 BATTERY 2 Minimum Amps 0 1 434 BATTERY 2 Volts per count 1 0000000 219 USER PREFERENCES Charger failure delay time 5 seconds 0 999 220 USER PREFERENCES Modbus Address 1 0 255 221 USER PREFERENCES RS485 com port Setting Device 222 USER PREFERENCES Modbus Printer baud 9600 223 USER PREFERENCES Modbus Parity None 319 TECH SCREENS Pressure Transducer Yes 322 TECH SCREENS...

Page 14: ...e selected configuration screen group See the Configuring the FD4 section for descriptions on the functionality of each set point 1 SYSTEM STATUS A PRES STRT BAT1 BAT2 110 100 13V 13V psi psi 6A 0A SYSTEM LOGS 1 Event Log 2 Pressure Log 1 CONFIG 1 SYSTEM SETPOINTS 2 USER PREFERENCES 3 TECH SCREENS 2 SYSTEM STATUS Engine Countdown Tmr 0sec Until Start 0min Until Stop 1 EVENT LOG System in Off Mode ...

Page 15: ...s In the Pressure Log the CHANGE ENTER button changes the skip rate used to scroll through the logged pressure readings 1 EVENT LOG System in Off Mode Occurred 06 15 10 13 15 15 PRESSURE LOG 06 15 10 17 52 45 112 psi Skip Rate EACH 1 EVENT DETAILS System in Off Mode Occurred 06 15 10 13 15 15 PRESSURE LOG 06 15 10 17 52 30 112 psi Skip Rate EACH 1 EVENT DETAILS Pressure 83 2psi System Auto Yes Eng...

Page 16: ...ger 2 OK Yes Battery 1 OK Yes Battery 2 OK Yes AC Power Avail Yes Fuel Level OK Yes 2 EVENT DETAILS AC Power Restored Occurred On 06 15 10 07 32 15 Pressure 360psi System Auto Yes Engine Running No Charger 1 OK Yes Charger 2 OK Yes Battery 1 OK Yes Battery 2 OK Yes AC Power Avail Yes Fuel Level OK Yes 1 EVENT DETAILS Pressure 360psi System Auto Yes Engine Running No 1 EVENT DETAILS Charger 1 OK Ye...

Page 17: ...n set point screen that contains the value that needs to be changed 2 Press CHANGE ENTER If a password has not been entered for a while the ENTER PASSWORD screen will be displayed Use the 1 2 and 3 buttons to enter the appropriate password 3 Once the correct password level has been attained the CHANGE VALUE screen for the value to be changed will be displayed An underscore cursor will appear benea...

Page 18: ... default is NO 105 SYSTEM SETPOINTS Engine Minimum Run Time 30 minutes 30 60 The minimum run time that the engine must run before stopping automatically Must be set to at least 30 minutes per NFPA 20 Only active if 104 above is set to Enabled 106 SYSTEM SETPOINTS Automatic Weekly Engine Test Run Yes When set to Yes and the controller is in Auto mode the controller will start the engine and run for...

Page 19: ...s timer for the desired time to override momentary dips in suction pressure before a shutdown will occur 118 SYSTEM SETPOINTS Low Intake Shutdown Auto Reset No If enabled once the low intake pressure condition has cleared and remained clear for the set point 119 reset amount of time the low intake alarm will clear itself 119 SYSTEM SETPOINTS Low Intake Shutdown Auto Reset Time 0 seconds 0 999 Amou...

Page 20: ...below the set pressure value Typically set to No as not to needlessly fill up the event log 205 USER PREFERENCES Low Pressure Event Trip Pressure 0 0 psi 0 999 The desired pressure that will cause a log of system pressure in addition to the normal periodic logging of system pressure 206 USER PREFERENCES Low Pressure Event Reset Time 5 seconds 0 20 The amount of time the pressure must be above the ...

Page 21: ...failure alarm No Used to select whether the charger failure alarm will be active while the engine is running or not 219 USER PREFERENCES Charger failure delay time 5 sec 0 999 Used to select the time delay before the controller will signal an alarm on the charger failure after the contacts close on the battery charger 220 USER PREFERENCES Modbus Address 001 0 255 Sets the Modbus Address when turne...

Page 22: ...tempted to start engine in Auto mode but the engine failed to start ie a engine run signal was never received FD4 controller must be put in OFF mode to reset this alarm Engine Quit Alarm Occurred Alarm Cleared FD4 controller lost the engine run signal from the engine while it was running in Auto mode This could be a bad wire connection or a problem on the engine that shut the engine down other tha...

Page 23: ... while in Auto mode Controller Reboot Occurred DC power was restored to the FD4 microprocessor Pressure Drop Occurred Cleared If setpoint 204 is set to yes this event gets recorded when the system pressure drops below the setting in setpoint 205 Low Intake Pressure Shutdown Occurred Shutdown Cleared If the low intake shutdown option is enabled in setpoint 116 a low suction signal will stop the eng...

Page 24: ...st of possible internal variables used as inputs for aux alarm user programs 30 Low Oil Pressure 31 General Battery Fault 32 Engine Quit Alarm 33 Pressure Transducer Fault 34 Low Intake Shutdown Alarm 35 Pump On Demand Fire Condition 36 System Fault 37 Auto Mode 38 Manual Mode 39 Off Mode 40 Overspeed 41 Failed to Start 42 High Water Temp 43 AC Power Failure 44 Batt 1 Failure 45 Batt 2 Failure 46 ...

Page 25: ...ssure Each file starting with Press contains one days worth of pressure data Events txt file Data is stored in a standard comma delimited file as follows 07 27 07 11 09 26 Battery2 Low Voltage Alarm Cleared 060 cont Date Time Event Action Pressure 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 cont Auto mode Engine running Charger 1 Fault Charger 2 fault Battery 1 OK Battery 2 OK ACPwerFail cont 1 000 LowFuelLvl Event Txt Data st...

Page 26: ...ced with a new card or the old card can be reformatted to FAT not FAT32 or exFAT using a PC It is recommended that any files that are readable from a PC are copied before the card is reformatted 3 Description of the files stored on the SD memory card Filename Description EVENTS TXT The main log file Contains a maximum of 3000 events occurred on the controller in date order After the 3000 limit is ...

Page 27: ...esn t exist it just creates it and logs the pressure If the file does exist it reads the first record to see if the month matches the current month If it does match the pressure is logged at the end of the file if not the file is archived based on the date of the first record in the file A new file is open and the pressure is logged LOGSyy PRESmmdd TXT for the pressure log file Events Logging And ...

Page 28: ...DHC 4 8gb 4 58 05 Aug 13 Pass Pass Sony SF 4N4 T1 SDHC 4 4gb 3 74 05 Aug 13 Pass Pass Transcend TS16GSDHC4 SDHC 4 16gb 6 65 05 Aug 13 Pass Pass Kingston SD4 4GB SDHC 4 4gb 3 74 07 Aug 13 Pass Pass Kingston SD4 8GB SDHC 4 8gb 3 33 07 Aug 13 Pass Pass Transcend TS8GSDHC4 SDHC 4 8gb 4 32 07 Aug 13 Pass Pass Kingston SD10V 8GB SDHC 10 8gb 4 99 07 Aug 13 Pass Pass Lexar LSD8GBABEUCL6 SDHC 6 8gb 4 25 07...

Page 29: ...ck can be accessed and controlled through the Modbus registers listed below Register 40001 is a write to controller only register where commands can be entered to accomplish the following as seen in figure 1 1 Depending on the Modbus I O server used either the individual bits in register 40001 can be toggled or integer values can be written Either way the controller automatically zeros register 40...

Page 30: ...4 Indicates Stop push button pressed Event Bit 3 SD Card Missing 040004 3 Bit 3 Of Modbus Register 040004 Indicates SD Card Missing Event Bit 4 Reset button 040004 4 Bit 4 Of Modbus Register 040004 Indicates Reset push button pressed Event Bit 5 OID LED 13 040004 5 Bit 5 Of Modbus Register 040004 Indicates OID Lamp 13 on Bit 6 OID LED 14 040004 6 Bit 6 Of Modbus Register 040004 Indicates OID Lamp ...

Page 31: ...ter 40001 will set the log to view the most current log entry Description Modbus Registers Usage Notes For Read Only Registers Real Time Clock Month 040007 PLC Read Real Time Clock Month 1 12 Real Time Clock Day 040008 PLC Read Real Time Clock Day 1 31 Real Time Clock Year 040009 PLC Read Real Time Clock Year 00 99 Real Time Clock Hour 040010 PLC Read Real Time Clock Hour 1 24 Real Time Clock Minu...

Page 32: ...7 Engine Overspeed Alarm Occurred 18 Engine Overspeed Alarm Cleared 19 Engine Failed To Start Alarm Occurred 20 Engine Failed To Start Alarm Cleared 21 Engine Quit Alarm Occurred 22 Engine Quit Alarm Cleared 23 Low Oil Pressure Alarm Occurred 24 Low Oil Pressure Alarm Cleared 25 High Water Temperature Alarm Occurred 26 High Water Temperature Alarm Cleared 27 Pressure Transducer Alarm Occurred 28 P...

Page 33: ...e Alarm Occurred 128 Low Suction Pressure Alarm Cleared 129 Event Alarm Description Event Index High Engine Oil Temperature Alarm Occurred 130 High Engine Oil Temperature Alarm Cleared 131 Low Jacket Water Flow Alarm Occurred 132 Low Jacket Water Flow Alarm Cleared 133 Low Jacket Water Level Alarm Occurred 134 Low Jacket Water Level Alarm Cleared 135 Low Hydraulic Pressure Alarm Occurred 136 Low H...

Page 34: ...ssible to move forward and backward through roughly a full weeks worth of data See figure 1 10 for register interpretation Figure 1 10 Description Modbus Registers Usage Notes For Read Only Registers PSI Historical Log Index 040122 PSI Historical Log Index Value For Record Being Pointed To PSI Historical Log Pressure 040123 PSI Historical Log PSI That Occurred 0 300 PSI PSI Historical Log Day 0401...

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