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pompedi calorearia-acqua
con controllo a microprocessore
Centralesd'eauglacerefroidies par air
et pompesde chaleurair - eau
aveccontrle par microprocesseur

Air cooled water chillers

and air to water heat pumps
with microprocessorcontrol

Luftgekiihlte Kaltwasserstze
und Luft-WasserWrmepumpen
mit MikroprozessorSteuerung

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pr la preernza
acordataaisuoi prodotti.
AERMECVi ringrazia
a partqdlla
Questomanuale,insiemea quellod'installazione,
d'acqua.
dotazionedi questorefrigeratore
Vi invitiamopertantoa conseryarloper eventualinec.essit
Vostreo del Vostrotecnicodi tiducia.
principali,l lunzionie tutte l
Biportiamoqui le carattristiche
per ottenreil unzionamento
ottimale.
informazioni
Vi preghiamopertantodi leggereattentamentequestomanuale
per poter utilizzareal megliol'apparecchioe pe conoscerele
da eettuareperiodicamente.
Diccolemanutenzioni

INDICE

Thankyou lor choosjngAERMEC.

This manual,togetherwith the installationinstructions,orms
parto the standardwaterchillersupplypackage.
Pleasekeeo it or Iuturereerence.
This manualillustratesthe main lunctionso lhe applianceand
instructionsor gettingthe best peormance out o your wate
chiller.
Plesereadthis manualcarefullyin orderto familiaiseyourselfwith
the appliance,its operation,andthe routineseMce opeations.

CONTENTS

P r e l | m i n a royp e r a t i o n s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1. .9. . . . . . . . . p a

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.9. . . . . . .
C o n t r okl e y b o a d . . .
Menu.......................
..............................21
f u 1 e n ourh e a to u m pm o d e l s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2. .2. . . . . . . . . . . .
M e n uf o rc o o l i n o
g n l yr n o d e l s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................... . . .2. 3
...
Password.................
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
. .4. . . . . .
L a n g u a gsee l e c t i o n .
. . . . . . . . . . . .2.a. .
AUTOSTARTunction................................................
T 1 M ERu n c t i o n . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
. .5. . . . . .
Commands.............
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. .6. . . . . . .
ConlrolsandDispfays..................................................
O p e r a t i ocno n t r o- s t a n d a rudn i t s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
. .8. . . . . . . . . . .
control- unitswithpartia|isation..,....................,.
Operation
29
r on i t s i 1 e n z i a t e . . . . . . . . . . .1.6. . . . . . . . .O p e a t i ocno n t r o- ls i l e n c eudn i t s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3. .0. . . . .
C o n t r o rdl oe l u n z i o n a m e n- u
16
D e r o s t i nc go n t r o-lh e a tp u m pu n i | s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3. .0. . . . . . . . . .
unit
a porrpad; calore.......
Conkollodellosbrinamento
Disp1ays...................
...........................31
Controlcard and operatingparametesetting..................
lmpostazionidella scheda e dei parametri di lavoro ........17
3l

AERMECvous remerciede la prrenceque vous avez

accorde ses Produits.
ce manuelait partieintgrante
A I'instarde celuid'installation,
de la centraled'eau glace.Nous vous conseillonsde le convous ou votre techniciende coniance
serversoigneusemenl,
pourriezen avoirbesoin tout moment.
Ce manuelcontientles caractristiquesprincipales,Ies oncncessairespou obtenirun
tionset toutesles informations
onctionnement
optimal.
ll est dans volre intrtde lire avec attentionce manuelpour
pouvoirexploiterau mieuxvotre appareilet pour connaitreles
petitesoprationsde maintenance etfectuepriodiquement.

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INDEX

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AEBiTECmchte lhnen da0r danken,daB Sie sich l0r dieses

Getentschiedenhaben.
Die Bedienungssowiedie Installationsanleitung
sindTeil der
AusstattungdiesesKaltwasserschrankes.
Im Hinblickauf eine richtigeBenutzungihrerseitsund Wartung
s e i t e n sl h r e s F a c h i n s t a l l a t e ue sm p e h l e nw i r l h n e n .d i e
Bedienungsanleitung
stetsgribereitzu halten.
Nachstehend
sind die Hauptmerkmale,
die Funktionenund alle
erorderlichen
Inormationen
0r einenoptimalenBetriebaugeijhrt.
LesenSie bittediese Bedienungsanleitung
sorgltigdurch,um
das Gert benutzenund kleinereperiodischeWartungenselbstndigauslr]hrenzu knnen.

INHALTSVERZEICHNIS

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i rrdeescoopm m
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D i eB e d i e n u n g s t a e.l. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
47
Menu........................
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D
. .a. 3sM
5 enU................
49
M e n um o d l es p o m p ed e c h a | e u r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3. .6. . . . . . . .W
. . PM o d e | 1 e . . . . . . . . . . . . .
50
M e n um o d l es r o i ds e u 1 e m e n t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3. .7. . . . . . . . M
. . .o. d
. .e l lm
e i tr e i n e m
Krihlbetrieb.,..............
51
N , 1doet D a s s e . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3. 8
. . . . . . D a sP a R w o r l . . . . . . . . . . . .
52
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3. 8
. . . . . . Wahlder Sprache....
C h o i xd e l a l a n g u e . . .
52
F o n c t i o n A U T O S T A R T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . .A. .U. .T. .O. .S. .I.A. .R. 3T9. . . . . . . . . . . .
53
F o n c t i o n T 8 M P O R 1 S 4 T E U R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U. .H
. .R
. .S
. .C
. .H
..A
. 3L9T E R , , , , , . .
53
Commandes..,...,...,.
, . , , . . . . . . . , . , . , , . . . . . . . . . . . .Die
4 0 Schaltelemente
54
C o n t r l e s e t a i c h a g e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , , . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . .S. .l.e, u
. ,e. .r.u. .n. g
. .e4un1n d A n z e i g e n . . . . . . . . .
55
- unitsstandatd.,....,...,.........
- Standardeinheiten
Contrle
du fonctionnement
42
Funktionssteuerung
.
56
- unitspartialisables........-....
- Drosselbare
43
Funktionssteuerung
Conkledu onctionnement
Einnetren
...._..............._.
57
- Einheiten
Contrledu onctionnement
Funktionssteuerung
mlt
Ventilatorgeschwindigkeit.......
. . . . . . . , . . , . . . . , , , .4. 4
. . . . . . geregelter
u n i t s i l e n c i e u s e s . , .
58
- units pompede chaleur,,,.,,,..,
du dgivrage
44
A b t a u k o n o l-l W
e P-N1ode]|e............,.......
Contrle
58
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . r . . . , 4 5A n z e i g e n , . . . . , . . . , . . , , . , .
Aiichages................
59
Rglagesde la carte
Einstellungen
an der Sleuerplatine
de travail....
......"....
45
und Vorgabeder Arbeitsparameter
el des paamtres
59

soloper i modellia pompadi calore(RAX-He RAL-H).

disponibile
ll riscaldamento
onlyor heatpumpmodels(RAX-HandFAL-H).
is
available
Theheatingunction
quepourles modles pompede chaleur(RAX-Het RAL-H).
n'estdisponible
Lechautiage
(RAX-HundRAL-H)mglich
ist nuran WP-AusUhrungen
DerHeizbelrieb

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is tg powerup lhe chillrat the main

-he irstoperation
switchon the machineand also at the main power switch of
the plant (if present).
Messagescan be displayed in the following languages:
Italian,English,Grman,and Fench
When th machineis first switchedon, the messageswill
be displayedin ltalian.
To changethe display languagesee page 24.
The ist messagesto be displayedare as follows:
1 - prsentation

will be omittedJotherwisethe display will be as follows:

PREMERE TASTO
D!!II

pressiO to start the machine.The nextmessage

willappear:
Entr. acqua + 32.4 '
10:21
IJOC/REFRIG.

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RIE],I,O

CONDIZ IONTORI

2 - machinetype
2 GR;ADINI
POMP DI CIJORE

version
3 - program
Rev. Software
4-

1.4

" 1.I "

DE'FTF!

At thispointyou may:
- swilchot the machineby pressingO again
- eset the machineby pressing@
- displaythe values set for the opeatingparametersby
pressingM
- modify.thevalues set for the operatingparametersby
typing the access code (password)after having pressed

M.,

if the 'Autostart'unction is selected the next message .

ThecontolDanelis dividedintothreeareas:

digitaldisplaywhereall messagesare displayed,

providingthe opeatowith a clea indicationof the
thathavebeen,or areto be,perormed
operations

L / RO # / s A

m@@@Hm

unctionkeys, providingunctionsfor selectingthe

variousavailableoptions,for parametedisplayand
moditication,machine control, switch on/ol and
reset. The individualtunctions of lhese keys are
describedin detail in the ollowingpages o this

manual,

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FUNCTION
KEYS
keyshavetwounctions:
Alltheunction

- when pessedrom outsidethe menu, the unctiono each key is lhat illustatedby the symbol above the key;
- when oressedrom within th menu, the unctionscospond to the symbolson the keys themselves.
For example,the ON-OFF/DELETEkey is markedwith the symbols:
Oabove the key, as the on/off functionis only enabledoutsidethe menu;
Gon

the key itself, as, inside the menu, this key serves to delete the last character entered during the data
modiicationprocedure.

INSIDETHE MENU

THEMENU
OUTSIDE
this key servesto togglebetween
UF LOCAUREMOTE:
lgcalandremotecontrolmodes;
a in localmodeall commandscan only be givenrom
thecontrolpanel;
commands
o in rmotemode,certainfundamental
(switchon/of,switchingrom heatingto cooling
lunclionandviceversa)can be givenfrom a roma
remoteconol point(i thisacilityhasbeenprovided
ordudnginstallation).

tu

C/+ callsup the codeentryprompt

a i lhe code has alreaybeenentered,this key
assumesthe unctiono a positivesign "+"
duringmodification
of a numericalpaameter.

G
OFF/ON:this key serves to swilch the machine
on or of.

HEAING/COOLING:
O on heat pumpunits,this key servesto toggle
betweenheatingandcoolingunctions;
units,pressingthis key has no
a on cooling-only
eect.

F,4'
@l

ALARMS:
deviceshas tripped,
a i one of the protection
p r e s s i n gt h i s k e y w i l l d i s p l a yt h e r e l a t i v e
Drotection:
pressingthis key you can display
o by repeatedly
a listo all the alarmsthat havebeenactivated
sincethe last resetin the order in whichthey
occurred.
RESET:
a lhis keyservesto resetmachineoperationafter
oneo theprotection
deviceshastripped;
O whenthis key is pressed,the recordo past
alarmsis erased;
a the unitswitcheso and then backon again,
a n d r e l u r n st o t h e d i s p l a y o t h e i n l t i a l
sequence
o messages.

C a l l s u p t h e m e n u o r d i s p l a ya n d / o r
of the operatingparameters.
modiication

Pressing this key (during parameter

modiication)
causesthe cursorto eturnone
spaceto the left, deletingthe lastcharacterto
be entered.

This key servesto scrollthroughthe menu,

wilhout altering the current level o
c o n s u l t a t i o nS. e e a l s o t h e s e c t i o n" T H E
MENU".

Pressingthis key changeslhe menulevel..

See alsothe section"THE MENU'.

(l

This key serves to conirm the new dala

e n t e r e d l o r t h e p a r a m e t e rc u r e n t l y b e i n g
m o d i f i e d . l th a s t h e s a m e f u n c t i o na s t h e
ENTER key on a compute keyboard.

l!l/- This key servesto exit the menu,rom any

themenu:
ooint,/Yithin
jt
a iduringmodification
paameter
of a numerical
assumes
thefunction
of a negative
sign'-"..

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gt:rxiErd,ri.
,,tree',structure,and prwides
The menuis organisedintoa
Mo levelsof consultation.
To changethe disPlaylanguagesee p age2!,
ut"iO"in" menu,-amessagesuch as the followingmight
be displayed:
+ 32-4 "C

InLet

water

menu:
To accesstheconsultation
changeto:
will
press
mssage
the
Mi
1)

ffii
t
\

+ 32'4 "C
vater Inlet
High Pre6.1 + 16.5 bar
l

}qNU ------l

2) to displaythe set parameterspress L/;

the messagewill now change lo:

oC
water Inle + 32.4
TEI.PERTUREMESURES

I n o r d e r t o s a e g u a r dp r o g r a m m e dd a t a f r o m
tampering,a oasswordin the orm o a
unauthorised
codemust be enteredcorrectlybeforeaccessis allowe(
unction.
parametermodiication
l youwishto modifyan operatingparamele:
1) call up the menu by pessingM; the ollowingmessagewill

water

+ 32.4 "c
water Inlet
PRESSURE }ESIIRES
4) press to pass to the secondmenulevel and the
parameter
settingswill be displayed:
corresponding

L0z2!

LOC/COOITING

3) by pressingU you can scro lhro#ghthe irstlevelmenu

options;for example,press {} once only and the
ollowingmssagewillappear:

+ 32.4 "c
rnlet
MENU

2) pressC/+; the messagewill changeto:

5) by pressingU againyou can scrollthroughthe various

parameters
of the section;
6) press* andyouwill returnto poini1;

B":il

press
the1stme"u
from
M/- ( ontv
t^" menu,
!f!

+ 32.4 "C
water Inlet
TEMPERTI'RE MESURES
o press O epeatedlyuntil the second line of the display
appearsas ollows:
sgrrrNes

o press+; the followingmessagewill appear:

+ 32.4 "C
Vater Inlet
Heat get pt = + 43.5 "C
a prss{-, repeatedlyuntilthe followingmessageappears:

water Inlet + 32,4'C

l,ntif reeze = $. 2 ,0 oc

3) enterthe codetrom th numericalkeypad;

mistake,deleteitil using
numberby mrslaK
yog rypean incorrect
i you_rype
4i it
the(X keyandthenentertherightnumber;
rre

\z!

^et

q.rv

urer'

e"re'

!'v

i,q,t,vv_!_

"Y"r

pressing(--l:
\----l:
Dypresslng
conirmby
5) ater
aftertypingthe code,conllrm
messagewill apppar:
the
ollowing
6) i the codeis incorrect,

5 secondsth followingmessagewill
afterapproximately

reappear:
water

+ 32,4 "C
Inlet
MENU

andyouwill reiumto point1;

il the code is correct, access is given to the modi[ication
menu.The messagebeloweappears:

water

Irlet + 32.4
MENU

"c

a enter the new value and pess C; to move the cursor

or\flard(blankspaces)press 0: in ou examplethe key
seouenceis +0010:
a il the value entered is correct, i.e., is within the range o
permissiblevalues (in the case o the antireezethermostat
the range is lrom -15 to +2.9'C) the new value will be
displayed;
a i the value is incorrect,i.e.,outsidethe rangeof permissible
values,th old valuewill reappear;
a havingcompletedthe modiication,returnto poinl 6 by
pressingD;
a DressM/- to exitthe menu.
The followingmessagewill b displayed:
SVING SETTING
**r***.*r*r
svE oK

andthenyouwillexitthemenu.
ol any operaling
withmodiication
NOTE
andvoucan proceed
parafteters.
Let us supposethat at.lhispointyou wishto
whichcan be altered(seemenuon page22
The parameters
senlngto I u (lt ls lactory and23)arethosein sections:
themostat
inodivlhe antireeze
setto'2'C):
1,SEfiINGS2,TIMER.
SETTINGS
a oressf), the messagewill changeto:

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HEATPUMPN4ODELS

MENU
(inquiryor
WRONG PASSWORD
settings)
PASSWORD

L;q. Circ. l
L i q .C i r c . 2
SuctionC- l
S u c d o nC . 2

High
I
High
2
Low Press.
I
2

HearSetpr
Cool St pt
Tot. Difl
StepDiff.

DefrostSta
DerostEnd
AUTOSTART I =ON O=OFF
By PassLP(nin.)
Language Selection

I " LEVEL

2" LEVEL

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MENU

PASSWORD

ASSWO

MENU
(inquiryor
settings)

water Oudet
Liq. Circ. I
Liq. Circ.2
SuctionC. I
SucriorC- 2

High
High

2
l

ffi

Cool Serp1
Tot. Diff.
StepDiff.

Time
mer l=ON o=OFF
slan
Srop

1"LEVEL

2'LEVEL

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\J

The accesscodefor the modiicationmenu

o fourdigits.
composed

Water

The machineis shippedwith the passwordset to 0000.

To modiythe code proceedas follows:
1) Switchon lhe machine:
2) wait until the initial sequence o messages has been
displayed.The last messageto appear will be:
PRESS KEY ' \J "
TO STRT

3) prssr0
to:

to start the machine;the displaywill change

water In1et + 32,4 'C

LOC/COOLING
00:00

InLet + 32.4
MENU

+ 32.4
MENU

oC

8) pressD; the messagewillchangeto:

Water Inlet
+ 32.4 oC
TEMPERTIJREMESURES
9) pressO repealedlyuntil the 2nd line of the display
appearsas follows:
SETTINGS 2
1O)press+; thesecondlinewillchangelo:
Defrot
or

(thetemperature
valuemay obviouslydierfom
aboveexample)
+) pressM; themessage
willchangeto:
water

Inlet

= + 3.3 bar

start

UTOSTRT 1=ON 0 =OFF

1 1 ) p r e sO
s r " p " u t " d l yu n t i lt h e f o l l o w i n g
message
appears:
Water InIe!
+ 32.4 "C
New Password. = &.

"C

5) press C/-; the messagewill change ro:

water Inlee + 32.4 "C

PSSWORD
: 5.
6) typethe code0000romthe numericalkeypad;if you
entean incorrect
digitby mistake,deleteit usinglhe (X
key,thnenterthe corectdigit;
7) oncethe code has been enlered,confirmby pressing

12)typethe newcodeandthenpress(__J;
13)makeanyothermodiications
thatmaybe required;
14)pressQ. Youwillreturnto point7;
'15)
oressM/- to exitthe menu.
Thefollowingmessagewillappear:
SVING

SETTTNG

*********t*

sAvE oK

\l:

i lhe code is correct, access is given to the modification

menu,and the ollowingmessage reappears:

andthenyouwillexitthe menu.

/-)

IMPORTANT

LANGUAGE
SELECTION
Mssagscan be displayedin the ollowinglanguages:
0ltalian
l English

2 German
3 French
Whenthe machineis irstswitchedon, the messageswillbe
in ltalian.
To changethe displaylanguageyou haveto enter-the
modification
menu:
'1)call up the menuby irst pressing
M; then press C/+
andenterlhe accesscode;
2) aterenteringthe code,pressC to conirm;
3) pressp to enterthe 1stmenulevel.
2,
4) pressU to passto : SETTINGS
5) pressQ;

6) pressU to passto LanguageSelection;

7) typethe codecorresponding
to the desiredlanguage,.
and press(l to confirm;the messageswill now be
displayed
in the selectedlanguage;
8) pressE); youwillretunto point3;
9) i you_d_o.
not needto makeany furthemodifications,
pressM/- to exitthemenu:
Thefollowingmessagewillappear:
SVING SETTINC
*****i**+**
gvE oK

andthenyouwillexitthemenu.
N.B.: thedisplay
language
canbechanged
at anytime.

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unctionis activated:
theAUTOSTART
When
'
on, th machinewill start
switched
power
is
- *t
tn"
"n
so voudo notneedto pressO;
rirri"irv,
pwerailure,the machinewill restart
- in in"
""""'ot
the
automatically momentthe powersupplyis restored'
unotion
n t t - u n i t sa r e ; h i p p e d w i t h t h e A U T O S T A R T
deactivated.
To activatethefunctionProceedas follows:
- iivou areoutsidethe menu,pressMi .
piomptbv pressinsC/+; the displaywill
- ;i;r;;;;
appearas ollows:
water

Inle

+ 32.4

oC

; &
PSSWORD

enler the code from the numericalkeyPad;

then conirmbY Pressingt--l;
- the followingmessa

- repeatedly press O until the second line ol the display

appearsas follows:

- pressQ; the second line will change to lhe ollowing:

Dfrost
o'

A l l t h e m a c h i n e sa r e e q u i p p e dw i t h a n i n t e r n acl l o c k '
Outsidethe menu,the time is alwaysdisplayedon the
secondlineothe display.
TheTIMERunction,whichcan be activatedor deactivated
as you choos,allowsyou to programone limedswitoh'on
dailY.
andonetimedswitch-off
To programtheselimes,proceedas follows:
- iiyo-uareoutside
themenu,pressM;
- call up the accesscodepromptby presslngr/r+: Ine
messagewillapPear:
ollowing
water In1et + 32.4 "c
PSSWORD: S.
- enterihe code from the numericalkeypad;
- confirmlhe code by Pressing! -.1;
i the code is correct,access will be given to the
modiicatlonmenu:
- the followingmessageis displayed:

pressQ to accessthe 1stmenuleveli

pressU repeatedlyuntil the 2nd line o the d i s p l a y
appearsas follows:

1=oN o=oFF

- in the first case, press O repeatedly until the ollowing

messageappears:

+ 32.4 oc
water rnlet
UTOSTRT l=ON 0=OFF

on the code;
thecursoris aleadypositioned
type 1 (numericalkeypad)to activatthe AUTOSTART'
andthenpress(l to conirm;
thatmaybe required;
makeanvlurthermodifications
pressd andthenM/- to exitthe menu
ThefollowingmessagewillaPPea:
SETTING

***********

svE oK

and you will thenexit the menu

keypadand
enterthe curenttime from the numrical
confirnlbypressingC;
- press.l,,,;lhe displaywillchangeto:
Water In1ets + 32.4 "C
Timer 1=ON Q=OFF 0
keypad)and
to activatethe TIMER,type 1 (numerical
thnprpsstl;
press{}; the displaywillchangeto:

enterthe time at whichthe machineis to switchon and

thencojfirm by pressingt l;
press{,1;the displaywillchangeto:

- enterthe time at whichthe machineis to switchof and

thenconirmwithC:
- makeanyurthermodifications
thatmaybe required;
- press* andthenM/- lo exilthe menu.
willappear:
message
Thsollowing
SVING SETTING

TII4ER

l'

star = + 3.3 bar

oonorrR'

SVING

- pressO; themessage
willchangeto:
oC
+ 32'4
I.later Inlet
TEMPEBATUREMESURES

SETTINGS

- p,errQ;thedisplay
to:
willcnange
Water Inlet
Tine

+ 32,4 'C
00:00

***r*******

svE oK

andthenyouwillexilthemenu.

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LOCALAND REMOTECOMMANDS

--^-^-l

lzol

remotecommands:

position.
switch
is setto CooL|NG
the
keyserves
to select . i theremote
seleciion
Thelocal/remote
enablement o the commands on th local
controlpanel or lhose o remotecontrol site.
Remotecommandsmust be providedfor during
i n s t a l l a t i o na n d m u s t c o m p r i s e 2 - p o s i t i o n
switches (see lechnical manual and installation
insiructionssuppliedwith the machine).
The ollowingcommandsmay be remoted:

. ON-OFF
- HEATING-COOLING
l localcommandsare enabled,pressingthe UR key will
enablethe remolecommands;pressinglhe key a second
on the localcontrolpanel.
timewillestorethe commands
A summaryalarmsignalcan also be relayedto a remote
location(waninglampor siren).

ON/OFFCOMMAND
a W h e n l h e m a c h i n e i s i n s t a n d - b y ,i . e powered-upbut not running, on pressing(,
the machinewill eslart in the same
conditions in which it was at the moment it
was sloDoed.
o lf the machine is running,pressingO will
stoo the machinein stand-bv.
Th corresponding remote command
(providedit has been enabled by pressing
L/R) unctionsin lhe exactly the same way.

l the localcommandsare enabledand the machineis

s w i t c h e do n . p r e s s i n gL / R w i l l e n a b l et h e r e m o t e
comman0s:
- if the remoteON-OFFswitchis set to the ON position,
the machinewillcontinueto run:
- l the rmoteON-OFFswitchis set to OFF,the machine
, willstopin stand-by;
- pressingtne IJR ley a secondtime will restorecontrol
to the localcommands;
the localcommandsare storedin
memory,and theeore,as the ON commandwas given
locallv.themachinewillrestarl.
t t r e O t < e ya n d i t s c o r r e s p o n d i nrge m o t es w l t c h ,a s
peviously,
mntioned
can be usedto stop the machinein
stand-by,
priorto lhe stopwill be storedin memory.
andthecondilions
l, or example,one o the protectionshad tripped,thus
stoppingone o lhe compressos,on restarting,the alarm
willremainactiveandthe compressor
will not restart.

HEATING-COOLING
COMMAND
Onhealpumpunits,thel keyservesto toggle
betvveenthe heating and cooling unctions.
On cooling-onlyunils pressing this key has no
efiect.
O l the machine is operating in cooling mode,
pressing will caus the machine to switch
to heatingmode.

a l the machineis operatingin heatingmode,pressingt

causesthe machineto switchto coolingmode.
The sameis tue or the corresponding
remoteHEATINGCOOLINGswitch(providedthat the remotecontrolshave
beenenabledby pressingUR).
On cooling-only
unitsthereis obviouslyno needto providea
remoteHEATING-COOLING
switch.
l the localcommandsare enabled,and the machineis
in coolingmode,pressingL/R will enablethe
operating

machinewillcontinueto operatein coolingmode;

- i lhe remoteswitchis set to HEATINGDosition.
the
machinwill switchto HEATINGmode;
- pressingL/R a secondtime will eslorecontrolto the
localcommands;
- s e t t i n g sa r e s t o r e di n m e m o r y ,a n d t h r o r e a
,s
COOLINGhad beenselectedlocally,the machinewill
resumeooorationin coolinomode
The O key and the correJpondingremoteswitch,as
mentionedpreviously,can be usedto stopthe machinein
stand-by,and the conditionspriorto the stop,includingthe
opratingmode,willbe storedin memory.
IMPORTANT: lt is unadvisable
to use the key and its
corresponding
r e m o t es w i t c hun l e s s
necessary,as continuallyinvertingthe
c y c l e m a y i r r e p a r a b l yd a m a g e t h '
machine.
RESETCOMMAND
Whena potectionis tripped,one or bothcompressors
may
cometo a sloD.
The alarmconditionwill be signalledon the controlpanel
(edwarninglighlon the rightof lhe display)andthe remole
present)willalsobe activated
alarnj_(if
The V key serveslo esetmachineoperationand has the
sam efect as switching th machine of and

t h e n o n a g a i na t t h e
mainpowerswitch,
When the V key is
prssd,the alarms
memorywill be erased
(seene) paragraph).
l t h e p r o t e c t i o nc o n t i n u st o t r i p , c o n s u l t
Technical
AERMEC
Assistance
Service.

ALARMSCOMMAND
Whena protection
trips,beoreresettingthe
machine,checkto see whicho the protections
i s c o n c e r n e ds o a s t o e n a b l e t e c h n i c a l
p e r s o n n etlo i d e n t i ya n d r e m e d yt h e l a u l t
shouldit reoccur.
Press O to displayan alarm message
idntiying
thelrippedproteclion.
l
more
lhan
one protectionhas ipped, simply
^
pressL-lagainto scrollthroughthe list of alarms,whichwill
be displayed in the ordr in which ihey occured. Onc the
last alarm in the list has been displayed,the display will
eturnto the first.

NOTE
Thesecommands
areonly enabledoutsidethe menu,
the relativesymbolsbeingthosemarkdabovethe
keys.
lnsidethe menuthe kysassumetheunctions
described
previously,
as indicated
by the symbols
on the keys /-)
themselves.

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T h e u n i t sa r e e q u i p p e dw i t h e l e c t r o n i ca n d e l c t r o controldeviceswhichrelaysignalsto the control

mchanical
caro.
The electroniccontrol devices (sensors)send signals which
are tanslatedinto numericalcode form and then compared
with valuesset for the parameterin question.
The electro-mechanicaldevices relay an ON-OFF type
signalwhich is used directly.
A these signals are used by the microprocessorto control
the machine.

- alarmsignals;
- controlsignals.
althoughin dierenl
displayed,
be
signal
can
Bothtypesof
ways,on thecontrolPanel.
ALABM SIGNALS
Thereae twotypesof signal

Flow switch

low rale o water to heat

L.P
cutout -

thermalcutout-

L.P.cc. 2

2
2
2
2

low oil

1
2
low oil
ts
tripped,an aarm
activated(redwarninglampnextto the display)and one
will be stopped.
compessors
In all cases,even with aulomatic reset devices, the gircuit
aectedwill not resumeoperation until one o the lollpwing
qonditionsis satisled:
- manualRESET,by pressingpushbuiton@;
" switcho and on at the main powerswilch;
- tailureand subsequentrestorationo the electricalpo\r/er
supply;
The displaywill alwaysindicatewhich of the alarms is ctive,
but not the valueof the parameterat the momentthe alarmwas
tripped.
The followingdevicesare electro-mechanical;
- flow switch, must be itted during installation;nlay be
automaticor manual reset; relays a signal indicatingi the
waterlow rateis suficient(closed contact)or too low (open
contact).lf this deviceis tripped,both compressorsand all

Oiloress.circ.2

..fa

GI
*fil#
r*rg**t=*****n';[#
stopDed.
The deviceresetsautomatically,
Forexample,i the antireezethresholdhas beenset to 2'C and
'1.5'C(which can be
the sensor detectsa temperatureof
displayedas TEMPERATUFEREADING> Waterout.) the
alarmis activated.
On pressingthe unctionkey r-i, the ollowingmessagewill b6
displayed:

an motorthermalcutoutthmalcutout-

Cic.2

compressor.When tipped, stops the lans and compressor

cicuit;manualreset:
of the corresponding
- oll pressure switch, one for each compessor;When
tripped,stopsthe fans and compressoro the corresponding
circuit;automaticreset;
- high pressurs Ewilch, one or each circuit.When tripped,
circuit;
siops the ans and compressorof the correspondlng
automaticreset.
- low pessure switch, one or each circuit.When tripped,
stopsthe ans and compressoro the coespondingcircuit;
automaticreset.
he antitreeze sensor is only electronicprotectiondeviceon
the machine,and or this parameter,it is possibleto displaythe
currentvalueand alsothe alarmthesholdset value.

cl^nnd'

- powr supply control, interruptsoperationwhen tlireline

voltageis outsidethe rangeo permittedvalues (evice
c a l i b r a t i o n ) ;a u t o m a t i c r e s e t ; w h e n t i p p d , b o t h
and all ansare stoppd.
compressors
. an magnetolhermalcutout,one on each motor.When
tripped,stopsthe ans and compressoro the correspbnding
circuit;manualreset;
- c o m p e s s o r m a g n e t o t h e r m a lc u t o u t , o n e o l e a c h

Waer In1ets + 32.4 "C

NTIFREEZE
The outlet water temperatureindicatedon the displaymay be
muchhigherthan the 2'C thrshold.This is becausethe current
temperatureis displayed,not the temperatueat the momenl
the alarmwas activated.
N.B.: the powersupplycontrol,the low and high pressur
swilches and the llow switch will still conlinue to
unction cgrrectly even i lhe microprocesso
control card is shortcircuiled,
In additionto th low and high pressueswitches,the unitsar
also equippedwilh low and high pessuresensorswhich only
servefor displayol the relativereadings.
T h e s t a n d a r ds e t t i n g s( a t t h e m o m e n to t s h i p m e n t )a n d
minimumand maximumvaluesare as follows:
standard minimurn maxmurn
Antifreezethermostat("C)
High pessue swilch (ba)
Low pressureswitch (ba4

2
23,5 o 26
0.6

-15
-

+2,9
-

CONTROLSIGNALS
Thecontrolsignalsare as follows:
Waterinlet
Watertemperature
at lleatexchangr
inlet
Liq.Circ.1
Temperature
of liquidreon- circuit1
Liq,Circ.2
Tmperature
of liquidreon- cicuit2
lntakeCirc.1
Temperature
o gas intake. circuit1

IntakeCirc.2
Temperature
of gasintake- circuit2
Thofirstthreesignalsare usedto controlmachine
whilethelasttwoserveonlyto provide
operation,
uselul
inormationfor the technicianduring servicingopeations,

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- STANDARD
UNITS
CONTROL
OPERATION
inletis ths main
at the heatexchanger
The walertemporature
control.
usedfor operation
oaftrmeter
with lhree other parameters:set point,total
It is associated
andstepdiersniial.
dierential
The set pointassumestwo valueson heatpumpunits;one for
hatingmodandonefor coolingmod.
andtheir
Ths standardsettingvalues(at the momento shipmnt)
valuesars as ollows:
andmaximum
minimum
Settina{'C)
Heatinoset poinl
C o o l i n soe tp o i n t

+11,5

minimum
+ 30
'10

+ 1,5

+1
+ 0,5

standard
+ 43,5

Toialditerential
TElEure 6efj.*/ii

tot= 3 'C

Tu

r
|

nraximum
+ 59 9

lsl
--r,

/
7

+9,9

'.'

./t

+ 2,9

t),/

nificance o lhe various

parameters
o operationin coolingmodeand or standardunits
(compresso.s
withoutpartialisation):
In theexampleillusated,the setpoint(SP)is
is
thetotaldierential
1.
is
thestepditerential
values:
with theseparameter
o the walrenteringthe hat exchangris
a if th tomprature
are stoppd;
lessthan9.5'C, bothcompressors
will
risesto 10.5 'C, the tirstcomprssor
^ if the tgmpgrature
$an;
is between10,5and 11'C,onlyone
a i the inlettemperatue
willrun;
compressor
will
risesto 12'C,the secondcompressor
^ il the temperature
start;
willstop;
allsto 9.5'C,theirstcompressor
^ i lhetemperature
will
is gralerthan 12'C bothcompressors
a i the temperature
run.

^s=1'c.

/
t1

Ti

As the temperatureo the wator at the heat exchangerinlet varis,

th outlt water temperaturevaries, as shown in the diagam,
betlventhe e\treme vauesof 4.8 and 8.5'C.

Tu
9
I
7
6
5

Tu

4
11
10

I
7

2) SP=9.C

Ti
^tot=2'C

^g=2"C.

As the lemperature o the water at th heat exchanger inlet

varies,the outlet water temperaturevaries, as shown in lhe
diagram,betweenthe extremevalues ol4 and 9'C.
The optimumconiguationfor the parameters,given an SP value of
g'C. is:
^tot = 2,5 "C ^g = ,5 "C
as this gives the sarne extremevalues as the irst example,yet with
reducedcompressorcommutation.

Tu
SP,^tot.and^g mustbe carefully
Thevalugsfgrtheparameters
chosen
onthebasiso:
- thewatelowrate
- thedesigntemperature
orthewaterproduced
- theiypeandvariability
of the thermalload
- the permissible
varialionsin water temperaturewith
espectto thedsignvalue
assuming
in allcasesa watlowrate
Wpresent
threeexamples,
correspondingto a della t o 5'C and a sufficientcooling capacity
or the the.malload.

I
7
6
5

Ti

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page
Thesamebasicconceptsas thosedescibedon ihe peviotls
facility.althoughin this case
unitswiil partialisation

"dtG
morecomplex.
thevare
"il "itt, the parameters^tot and ^g assumedileent
stepnd is
liffil8
oin"r"nti"ris thato the singlepartialisation
thesameor bothsteps;
- iii iJtat oitterentiat
i; the intervalbtweenthe mid points9l the
twoexlemesteps.
on the ighlilluskatethe neaningsoJthesetwo
fn twexampte
Io a
in a casewherelh waterlow ratels equlvalenl
oaramters
beltat o 5'C at thehealexchanger.
comprssos'the partialisation
iainin"" with two 8-cylindlo
is 0 ' 30'5' 50 capacitv
spsie:o - 2s - 5o - 7s'-100.Cooling
80,5- 100'/"o iolalcoolingcapacity.
lf:SP= 9'C:tot= 3'C:g= 1'C
operation(25%o
- g'C ttt" tlot
willstartpartialised
wrll
"t
capacityo th unit)andthe outlellemperature
lhetotalpower"otpesor
fallbv 1.525'C:
- at g;b tne compressor
will switchto full power(50'/' ol lhe unit's
the deltat will bcome2 5'c' andtherelore
lotaloowecapacity);
willfallto 6.5'C;
thoirtlettemperature
- whenlhe secbndcomptessor
is in opeation(al ull power).the
machinemustproduca coolingcapacityqualto or greatqrthan
thethermalload;
- i lhe coolingcapacityis geaterthan lhe thermalload,th
th watreluningrornthe userplantwill starlto
temoerature
lall:
operationwhen
' in seconO
will switchto partialised
compressor
allsto 10'C;in that moment'the outlet
the inlettempeiature
\iill be (10- 4,025)= 5.975'c;
temperature
I
- ihudttre extremevues lor the outletwatertemperaturelare
ano 5 u.
For rachines with two 6-cylinder compressors, the partialisation
steDsar:O-33-50 -83 - l00 Coolingcapacityis 0 -36- 50-86
100 % ol lolal coolingcapacity
l: sP = g'Ci ^tot = 3'C; ^g = 1'C
- at 8'C the tst compesaowill start panialisedopeation(q6% o
the total oowercapcityof th unit) and th outlettemperaturewill
tall bv 1,8'C:
- al 9'C the ist compressowill switch to ull power (50% of lhe
unit'stolal powercapacity)ithe delta I will become 2 5'C, and
thereloreth outlettemperaturewill lall to 6.5'C;
- at 1O'Cthe scondcompressowill start parlialisedoperalipn (36
+ 50% of totalpower capacity)ithe delta t will be 4.3'C;
- at 1l'C the second compressorwill also switch to lull power: the
delta t',1,illbecome 5'C, and lherelore, the outlet temperatvrewill
lall to 6'C;
- the temperatureof the water in return from the user planl starts
to all. when it descendsto 10'C the second compressorwill
switchto pariialisedoperation;
- i the temperaturdrops stili urther, th scond compressorwill
stop when lh retum tmperaturedescends to 9'C and the outlet
is (9 - 4.3)= 4.7'C;
temperalure
- the dreme valueso the oullet water temperatureare lhereoreI
a d 4.7'C.
AII decisionsregardingoptimisationof the unit's operation to suit
specilic requirementsare left to the system designer and the
installationsupervisor.

trFl ,

, _ I

ztoii< t

/<

,/
'/ '
io: ./,

vY
,i9,1

'/

/,.

/<

Tu

Ti

Ti = Water inlet temperature

Tu= Wateroutlettemperaturc
providesunctionso dlayed
On all units,the micrgpocessor
start-upand keepsa counto the operatinghoursor
compressor
eacho thecompressors.
lviththe lowestnumberof operatinghourswill be
Thecompressor
theirstto startandthelastto shutdown.

theshutdown
and
betveen
mustelapse
Atleasttheeminutos

restartof thesamecompressor.
subsquent
againsttoorequentslart-ups
thecompressors
Thiscdntrolprotects
operateor the samenunbero
thatbothcompressors
andensurs
nours.
The dlayedstartunctionmustb takn into accountduiingthe

in casesof thennalloadswhichvary
designgf the plant,particularly
(accumulation
tank),
suddenly
pormsthe same
the microprocesso
In unitswilh parlialisation,
controllunctions.
compressor
The microprocessor,
in accordance
withthe temperature
o the
output
lvaterretumingromthe userplant,commandscompresso
partialisation,
is alwaysefectedin the samewayandthe sequence
Partialisation
thereis no alternation
of the cylindersis controlledmechanically;
betweenthegroupso cylinders.

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OPERATION
CONTROL.SILENCED
UNITS
Onsilencedunits,in additionto the controlsdescribedpreviously,
a
urthercontolis applidto an opgration,in ordrto reducean
speed,andthusthelevelofnoiseproduced,
to a minimum.
Fan oprationis regulatedin accordancowith th high pressur
signal,and is gtfectdby way of a voltagevariationon the power
supplyto the lan motors,
Oncooling-only
models,theanscanoperatat thrspeeds:
condensing
ansped
Pressure
< 12 bal
'!'2 + 20 bal

250 lpm

20 + 23 bat

500rpm

runcontinuously
at.maximum
sped.
In coolingmode,theanscanoperateat twospgeds:
prssure
condensrng
lan speedi
< 23 bar
'>23bar
830mm
On bothtypeso machine,an cut-inis controd by timeddslays
and with a crtaindierentialin ordrto avoidthe fanscuninoin
andoutcontinuouslv,

> 23 bar

830 lpm
On heat pump modls, during opeation in heating mode, thelans

DEFROSTING
CONTBOL
On heatpumpmodelsthe microprocessor
controlsthe
derosting
cycleduringoperation
in heatingmode.
Dhostlng
controlis eectedcorhpletely
independently
or
gachol the two compressos
and depndson numerous
parameter
settings,
t',o of '^,hichcan be modiiedffom
withlnthemen!:
Defrt start
Defrostend

pressuie(low)o delrosting
start
lemperature
o derosting
end

Thestandard
settingsandtheextremevaluesare:
gqttin
standard minimum maximum
Derost
start(bar),
3,3
0,5
7
Derost
end.('C)
20
5
30
It is noladvisable
lo alterthe parameter
settinosunlessvou
havean in-depth
knowledge
ol erig6ration
technotogy
nd
assoctat60
Drootgms.
Anydamageor malunction
arisingrom modiication
ol the
operatingparametersettingsis not covered under the
guarantae.
The lowcha.ton thd rightillustrats
the contolsffected
on thdercsting
cyclel
keepstracko the timethatelapsed
-' the microprocessor
sinceth last derostcycle (or machinestart-up)ithe
compressor
must have been in 9perationor at least
thirtyminutes
or derosting
to start;
- defosting
willstartif the lowpressuresnsordetectsan
pressurelowerthan the value set in the
evaporation
menu(SETTINGS
2 - startderost);
- duingthe drostcycle,i the condensation
pressur
issabovslh set value(19 bar, cannotbe modiied),
the ans will b startdand continuerunninguntilthg
prgssur
dropsto 15 bar;
- if thg tempeatur
g the liquidreonrisesabovthe st
valuo(SETTINGS
2 - drostnd)or, in anycase,after
5 minutesof cycleduration,the derostingcyclwill be
terminated
andthe circuitwill resumengrmalooeation
(heating):
Keyto lowcha:
T = time
HP=highpressur
LP- lorYpressur
DS=prssure
settingfor deroststart
LT= liquidkontemperaturs
DE=tempraturo
settingor dgfrostend

L> DE .1

HP> 15bar

T < 5 nins

T > 2,smins

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CONTROL
CARDSETTING

The first line o lhe display always shows lhe Water

temperature
at the healexchangerinlet.
bn the electroniccontrolcard, below the display,there is
updatedandthereorerepresents row o mioroswitches,the positionsof which serve to inorm
Thisvalueis continuously
value.
thecurrent
the microprocessorof the type o machine. These switches
The secondline of lhe display,on entingthe fnenu
ae correctlypositionedprior to shipment.
(display),showsvaluesor variousparameleswhiqhare
notupdatd.
updatedreadingswouldonly be
Normally,
continuously
whenservicingor epairinglhe unil.
requiredby a technician
updateddisplay
shouldyou requira continuously
However,
proceedas ollows:
of theselectedparameter,
1) call up the menuby pressingM; the followingmepsage
willappear:
+ 12.0 'C
Water Inlet
uN Erlrir rll
8 t t
l l
oFF [_t__L_.1_.]lI

MENU

#="8

z) pressC/+; thedisplaywillchangeto:
9laer Inlets + L2,0 "C
PSSWORD: ffi
3) enterthe codefromthe numericalkeypad;if the codeis
menu.
correcl,accesswill be givento the modification
Theollowingmessagewill reappear:

water Inlet + 32.4 oc

MENU
Lel us assumethatat thispointyou wishto displayin realtimthevariations
in condensation
of circuit2:
Dressur
4) press+; thedisplaywillchangeto:
water Inlet
+ 32.4 "c
TEMPERTUREI4ESURES

On no account must the positions

microswitchesbe alleed.
T h e s i g n i i c a n coe t h e i n d i v i d u am
l i c r o s w i t c h i ss a s
ollows:
1
3

withoulunloading
normal
coolingonly
normal

F o r e x a m p l e ,i n t h e c a s e o a
partialised,
coolingonly,silencedunit
(BAL-P)the microswilches
would be
s e t t o t h e p o s i t i o n s h o w no n t h e
right.

unloading

lownoise
heatpump
heatecovery
1 2 3 4

ON
OFF

5) epeatedlypressV until the 2nd line of the diFplay

aDDars
as follows:

OPERATING
PARAMETER
SETTINGS.
It is notadvisable
to alteranyoperating
parameter
settings

PRESSURE REDINGS
6) pressD; the ollowingmessagewill appear;

exceptthe following:
- hot set Doint
- cold set Doint

water In1et + 32,4 "C

Hj-gh Press.l

+ 20.5

7) press {.t; the followingmssagewill be displayed

Waer Inlet
+ 32.4 "C
Hlgb Preaa.2 + 22.3 bar
8) presst-l; the messagewillchangeto:
High Press.2
High Press.2

+ 22.8 bar
+ 22.3 bar

the valueshownon th irst line will be continupusly

updated,whilelhe valueon the secondline will rmain
conslanI.

themenu,
theinletwatertemperatur
viillbe
0n exiting
againon the istline.
displayed
N.B. : thevaluesgivenaboveare onlyby wayo exarnple.

- total ditferential
- step diferential
- derostcut-in
These paameters are to be set by a qualiied personnel,
ano
preerably in accordance with the planl designer's
recommendalions.
Any problems arising from incorect settings are not
covrd under the guaranlee.