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Soft Start Feature
The intelliTRACE Supervisory Controller monitors and manages Chromalox control panels which are ideal for con-
trolling Heat Trace Cable. Certain heating cables exhibit inherent current inrush in colder temperatures. This inrush
can cause nuisance breaker tripping. To limit inrush current on the overall system, a proprietary Soft Start algorithm
is applied during system start-up. This will ONLY occur while the operation mode is set to AUTO.
The Soft Start program will increment output % by 1% every 1 second until the desired temperature is reached or
the output % achieves 100%. After the Soft Start program completes its cycle, the Control Mode of the system
will either be PID or ON/OFF Control, depending what was selected by the user.
The Soft Start Program will not function if the control mode is set to Manual.
The default setting of the proprietary Soft Start Feature for each circuit is “enabled”. However, the Soft Start Fea-
ture may be disabled if so desired by the owner. The owner has the option to manage the Soft Start Feature on
each circuit individually.
See Figure 13.
I/O (Sensor & Output) Mapping Tab
The intelliTRACE Supervisory controller will facilitate the customizable I/O Mapping feature found on the ITLS &
ITLSC1D2 type Heat Trace panels. This is only available if the I/O Mapping feature on the panels themselves is
enabled. This becomes a very powerful and desirable feature when the owner needs added flexibility in controlling
the circuit outputs beyond the standard single sensor input.
(This is not available in the ITAS or ITASC1D2 Models).
There are two different types of I/O Mapping: Sensor Mapping and Output Mapping.
1. Sensor Mapping is the assignment of one or more Sensor Inputs to one or more output circuits.
2. Output Mapping is the assignment of one or more Power Outputs to one or more output circuits.
Sensor (Input) Mapping and Output (Power) Mapping are accessed via the I/O Mapping Tab found within the Setup
Page.
Sensor Mapping
Ambient or Line Sensing, Single Sensor
A single sensor (RTD) may be mapped (or linked) to multiple Output Circuits. This allows several circuits to be
controlled by a single sensor.
Minimum, Maximum, Averaging
Several sensors may be mapped to a single output circuit. This allows a single circuit to be controlled by the Mini-
mum or the Maximum or the Average temperature of all of the sensors mapped to that output circuit. This may
be desirable on long runs or zones which realize varying temperatures or weather conditions at different times of
the day.