
Fridgewatch 2100 Controller Mk4
Publication 3-58 Section 3
Page 4 of 152 Issue 1.1 : 01/08
Contents
Safety ........................................................................................................................................... 3
1. About this Publication................................................................................................9
1.1. Safety Warnings and Symbols............................................................................................... 9
1.2. Units of Measurement ............................................................................................................9
1.3. Terminology............................................................................................................................ 9
1.4. Ordering Extra Copies............................................................................................................ 9
2. Care and Protection of Fridgewatch ........................................................................10
2.1. Anti-Static Precautions.........................................................................................................10
2.2. Electrical Interference........................................................................................................... 11
2.3. Prolonged Storage................................................................................................................ 11
3. Personnel Permitted to Install, Commission and Maintain Fridgewatch...................11
4. General Description.................................................................................................12
4.1. Construction.......................................................................................................................... 13
4.2. Technical Data...................................................................................................................... 14
5. Principles of Control.................................................................................................20
5.1. Compressor Capacity Control.............................................................................................. 20
5.1.1. HallScrew 2000 Series Compressors.............................................................................. 20
5.1.2. HallScrew 2100 and 3100 Old Series Compressors....................................................... 20
5.1.3. HallScrew 3100 New Series, 3200 and 4200 Series Compressors ............................... 21
5.2. Proportional, Integral and Derivative (PID) Control ............................................................. 22
5.2.1. Proportional Band............................................................................................................ 22
5.2.2. Integral Action Time......................................................................................................... 24
5.2.3. Derivative Action Time..................................................................................................... 24
5.2.4. PID Control Set-up........................................................................................................... 24
5.3. Basics of Starting and Stopping Compressors.................................................................... 25
5.4. Set Point Deviation............................................................................................................... 25
5.5. Master/Slave Operation........................................................................................................ 26
5.5.1. Starting the Master Compressor...................................................................................... 26
5.5.2. Starting and Stopping the Slave Compressor................................................................. 27
5.5.3. Master/Slave Operation With a Fridgewatch 2100 Controller Controlling
More than One Compressor............................................................................................ 27
5.6. Starting and Stopping the First Compressor........................................................................ 27
5.7. Compressor Running Order................................................................................................. 28
5.8. Capacity Control by Fridgewatch 2100................................................................................ 30
5.8.1. Auto Capacity Control...................................................................................................... 30
5.8.2. Manual Capacity Control ................................................................................................. 30
5.8.3. Remote Capacity Control................................................................................................. 30
5.9. Limiting Inputs ...................................................................................................................... 31
5.9.1. Control Strategy for Limiting Inputs................................................................................. 32
5.9.2. Current Limiting................................................................................................................32
5.10. Limiting on P4 Input.............................................................................................................. 32
6. Installation ...............................................................................................................35
6.1. Analogue Inputs for Sensing Start, Stop and Set Point Values........................................... 35
6.1.1. Using Two Start, Stop and Set Point Values................................................................... 35
6.1.2. Digital Outputs .................................................................................................................36
6.2. Installing Transducers ..........................................................................................................36
6.3. Using Fridgewatch 2100 to Drive Relays............................................................................. 36
6.4. Power Supply Connections (Lower Half of Enclosure)........................................................ 38
6.4.1. Panel Heater....................................................................................................................38
6.5. Wiring Connections to dc Circuits (Upper Half of Enclosure).............................................. 38
6.5.1. Opto-Electronic Liquid Sensor Interface Unit.................................................................. 39
6.5.2. Connections to Economiser Solenoid Valves ................................................................. 39