Part No. 4801-2994 Rev 10-05
FEED MANAGER
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5.3 Alarm
Indications
Normal Operation
– During normal operation with no alarms present and no specific feed bin or specific
operation selected, the following indications will be shown:
•
The
Main Display
will continuously show the active feed bin numbers.
•
The
Feed Level Indicators
for the active bins will be displaying the feed levels.
•
The
Auger Fill Indicators
will either be solid-ON when the auger motor is running or solid-
OFF when the auger motor is not running.
Minimum Feed Capacity Alarm
–The
Min. Feed Capacity
feature
monitors the amount feed in the
feed bin and will activate the
Auxiliary Alarm
output if the feed
decreases below the selected
amount of minimum feed. Refer to
Section 7.4
for control/editing the
Min. Feed Capacity
settings.
When the feed level decreases
below the
Min. Feed Capacity (%)
percentage, the specific
Feed Bin
Level Indicators
will immediately
start flashing.
NOTE
: The feed level must continuously remain below the
Min. Feed Capacity (%)
percentage for
a minimum of 4 minutes for the
Auxiliary Alarm
to activate.
After 4 minutes, the
Auxiliary Alarm
contacts will activate, the
Main Display
will alternate between
showing the active Feed Bins and “Err” (“Err” represents that an Error/Alarm condition exists), and
the specific
Feed Bin Level Indicators
will continue to repeatedly flash ON and OFF. When the feed
level rises above the
Minimum Feed Capacity (%)
, the Auxiliary Alarm, Feed Bin Level Indicators,
and display immediately return to normal operation.
Maximum Fill Time Alarm –
The
Max. Fill Time
feature monitors the amount of time which the feed augers
remain ON and will activate the
Auxiliary Alarm
output if the feed auger remains ON longer than the
selected
Max. Fill Time
limit. Refer to
Section 7.5
for control/editing the
Max. Fill Time
settings.
When the feed auger initially turns ON, the
Fill Indicator
will also turn ON. If either of the feed
augers remain ON longer than the selected
Max. Fill Time
(minutes), the
Auxiliary Alarm
contacts
will activate. When the
Auxiliary Alarm
is activated, the specific
Auger Fill Indicator
will
repeatedly flash ON and OFF. The
Main Display
will also alternate between the active feed bins and
Mode Indicators
Feed Level
Indicators
Auger #2
Fill Indicator
Auger #1
Fill
Indicator
Main
Display
