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System & Control Device Set-up Menu - continued
Errors Possibilities When Adding Devices
When adding devices, there are (4) four errors that may occur:
1. An attempt has been made to install a duplicate device.
2. An attempt has been made to install a device to a duplicate station/channel number.
3. An attempt has been made to add too many devices.
4. An attempt has been made to install a “Air Sensor Shared” device to a module/channel that doesn’t have
an “Air Sensor” device installed on it.
If one of these errors occurs, press CANCEL and try again with the correct information. Remember, some devices
with open/close capability use two consecutive channels and the first channel must be odd.
Set-Up Error: Duplicate Device Found!
Press CANCEL to continue.
Set-Up Error: Duplicate Station/Channel!
Press CANCEL to continue.
Set-Up Error: Cannot Add Device!
Maximum Device Count is 90
The outside air sensor is always #13 and the static pressure sensor is always #0. The channel number
is the input terminal number in the case of sensors, or the output channel (relay) number for
controlled devices.
When a device that has open/close capability is added, the controller allows only odd channel
numbers and automatically allocates the specified channel as open and the next output channel as
the close channel (for example, channel 1 is open and channel 2 is closed).
The Air Sensor Shared device is an exception to the rule where a device must be assigned a unique
module/channel number. See pages 88 - 90 for complete details on installing, changing and
deleting Air Sensor Shared devices and their associated air sensor.
CANCEL
CANCEL
CANCEL
Set-Up Error: Shared Device Not Found!
Press CANCEL to continue.
CANCEL
Each Output device needs to be installed to its own channel number. Input devices will be installed
to the channel number based on where they are wired into the input connections. The analog input
channels will be 1 to 14, and the digital inputs channels (Water Sensor, Digital Alarm, Whisker Switch)
will be 1 to 6. It is possible to have an Air Sensor installed on “Module 01 Channel 01” and a Water
Sensor installed on “Module 01 Channel 01”. On Expansion Station modules, the digital inputs are
channels 11 to 14.
When adding a Vari-Heater and Vari-Brooder to the controller’s device list, the Module and Channel
numbers entered need to be the module and channel number of the output relay where the heater’s
power supply is attached. The Analog Output Module/channel for the Gas Regulator connection is
entered later within the Vari-Heater/Vari-Brooder settings.