AQUATIC INTELLIGENCE FILTER CONTROL SYSTEM

AIF Controller V2.1

AQUATIC INTELLIGENCE FILTERCONTROL SYSTEM

THIS INSTRUCTION GUIDE OF THE AQUATIC INTELLIGENCE FILTER CONTROLSYSTEM (AIF) IS INTENDED FOR GUIDING YOU THROUGH INSTALLATION,ELECTRICAL WIRING, PROGRAMMNG, INITIAL START-UP, GENERAL OPERATIONS,TROUBLE SHOOTING AND PARTS. FOR DETAILED FEATURES, REFER TO THE SALESLITERATURE AND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS. THIS AIF SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TOINSTALL AND OPERATE ON ALL EPD SINGLE OR MULTIPLE TANK FILTER SYSTEMS.

STEP BY STEP PHOTOS OR ILLUSTRATIONS WITH CAPTIONS GUIDE YOU THROUGHEACH ASSEMBLY STEP. INDIVIDUAL, EASY TO FOLLOW ELECTRICAL SCHEMATICSFOR EACH TERMINAL CONNECTION ARE PROVIDED. TO PROGRAM THE AIFCONTOLLER, FOLLOW THE EASY “TOUCH SCREEN” STEPS. THE INITIAL START-UPSECTION GUIDES YOU THROUGH EACH STEP NECESSARY TO GET OUR FILTERSYSTEM UP AND RUNNING AND “FINE-TUNED” FOR GENERAL OPERATIONS.

A TROUBLE SHOOTING SECTION AND EXPLODED PARTS LIST OF ALL COMPONENTSARE LOCATED IN THE BACK.

AIF Controller V2.1

EPD AQUATIC INTELLIGENCE FILTER CONTROLLER FEATURES

• Time and Date Readout

• Temperature Readout

• Flow Rate U.S. or Metric Readout

• Heater Permissive Override

• Heater Cool Down “ Fireman’s Switch”

• Backwash Counter

• Data Logging 1024 Events Date and Time

• Scheduled Backwash Time Clock 24/7

• Differential Pressure Backwash

• Rate of Flow Backwash

• Backwash by Remote Analog Signal

• Manual System Backwash

• Manual Individual Tank Backwash

• Operator Set backwash Duration and Interval

• Backwash Inhibit Time Clock 24/7

• Backwash No-end Alarm

• Backwash Frequency Alarm

• Post Backwash Accessory Output

• Hydraulic Pressure Amplification System Override

• Circulation Pump Emergency Stop Switch

• Circulation Pump Energy Saver Time Clock 24/7

• Circulation pump No Flow Alarm

• Auto Fill Level control

• Auto Fill Run Alarm

AIF Controller V2.1

CONTENTS

1 ASSEMBLY Page

EXPLODED COMPONENT PARTS......................................... 1ASSEMBLY PROCEDURE ...................................................... 2 – 6

2 ELECTRICAL

ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS................................................ 7 – 26

3 PROGRAMMING

PROGRAMMING OPERATIONS ............................................. 29 – 62

4 INITIAL START-UP

FILTERING............................................................................... 63 – 67BACKWASHING ...................................................................... 67 – 72

5 GENERAL OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS.......................................................................... 73 – 77

6 TROUBLE SHOOTING ...................................................... 79 – 83

7 PARTS ................................................................................... 84

AIF Controller V2.12

ASSEMBLY PROCEDURE

REMOVE COMPONENTS AND PARTS FROM SHIPPING CRATE

CAREFULLY UNPACK THE AQUATIC INTELLIGENCE FILTER CONTROLLER (AIF) TOPREVENT FROM DAMAGING OR BREAKING THE GLASS IN THE GAUGE PANEL. USETHE CRATE AS A WORK BENCH, COVERING THE SURFACE WITH PAPER OR CLOTHTO PREVENT SCRATCHING OF THE CONTROLLER SURFACE.

ORGANIZE THE LOOSE PARTS AND COMPONENTS, I.E. FITTINGS, SOLENOIDS, ETC.,TO GUARD AGAINST MISPLACING THESE ITEMS.

1. INSTALL AIF CONTROLLER

SINGLE TANK

INSTALL THE AIF FILTER CONTROL ONTO THECONTROLLER MOUNTING BRACKET USING THEHARDWARE PROVIDED. (REFER TO PARTS LIST)

MULTIPLE TANK SYSTEMS

INSTALL THE AIF FILTER CONTROL ONTO THECONTROLLER MOUNTING BRACKET FOR 2THROUGH 16 TANK SYSTEMS USING THEHARDWARE PROVIDED. (REFER TO PARTS LIST)

2. INSTALL SOLENOIDS

SINGLE TANK SYSTEMS

POSITION SOLENOID ON THE CONTROLLERMOUNTING BRACKET AS SHOWN AND SECUREWITH HARDWARE PROVIDED.(REFER TO PARTS LIST)


MULTIPLE TANK SYSTEMS

INSTALL SOLENOID/PLATE ASSEMBLY TO CONTROLLERMOUNTING BRACKET

INSTALL THE SOLENOID/PLATE ASSEMBLY TOTHE CONTROLLER MOUNTING BRACKET ASSHOWN AND SECURE WITH HARDWAREPROVIDED. (REFER TO PARTS LIST)

INSTALL SOLENOID/PLATE ASSEMBLY TO9 THROUGH 16 TANK SYSTEM

FOR 9 THROUGH 16 TANK SYSTEMS, INSTALL A SOLENOID/PLATE ASSEMBLY, ONEON THE FIRST 8 TANK SYSTEM CONTROLLER MOUNTING BRACKET AND THE OTHERSOLENOID/PLATE ASSEMBLY ON THE CONTROLLER MOUNTING BRACKET FOR THEREMAINING TANKS IN THE SYSTEM.


3. INSTALL GAUGE PANEL

ATTACH THE 3/8” X 1/4” NPT ELBOWS TO THEGAUGES, TURNING TOWARDS EACH OTHER ASSHOWN. USE OPEN END WRENCH TO HOLDGAUGES TO PREVENT BREAKAGE OF THE GLASSLENS. POSITION THE GAUGE PANEL ASSEMBLY TOTHE TWO STUDS ON THE BACK (TOP CENTER) OFTHE AIF CONTROLLER AND SECURE WITH 1/4” – 20ELASTIC LOCKNUTS. (REFER TO PARTS LIST)




ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS

MAIN CONTROL

UL LISTING: ------------------------ UL508A

ENCLOSURE:---------------------- NEMA 4X CORROSION RESISTANT, OIL, WATERAND DUST TIGHT

SUPPLY VOLTAGE:-------------- 115 VAC 20 AMP CIRCUIT

RELAY CONTACT RATING: --- 1/16 HP @ 120 VAC, 240 VACGENERAL USE 7.5 AMP @ 120 VAC

CONTACTOR RATING:---------- 1/2 HP @ 115 VAC, 1 _ HP @ 230 VACGENERAL USE

CONTROL VOLTAGE: ----------- ANALOG INPUTS 4-20MaDIGITAL INPUTS 24 VDCDIGITAL OUTPUTS 24 VDC

NETWORKING:-------------------- NETWORK UP TO 32 CONTROLLERS TOGETHERVIA RS232 OR RS485

DISPLAY:---------------------------- WEATHERPROOF LCD TOUCH SCREEN

OPTIONAL MOUNTING OF CONTROLLER

THE AIF FILTER CONTROLLER MAY BE MOUNTED ON A WALL NEAR THEFILTER SYSTEM IF DESIRED. MAXIMUM 6 FEET FROM FLOOR TO TOP OFCONTROLLER.

WARNING

DO NOT MOUNT THE AIF FILTER CONTROLLER IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT.























MAIN MENU DISPLAYS


TOUCH SCREEN FLOW CHART

USE THE FOLLOWING BUTTONS TO NAVIGATE FROM SCREEN TO SCREEN


PROGRAMMING OPERATIONS

WHEN POWER IS APPLIED TO THE CONTROLLER AND THE POWER SUPPLY SWITCHINSIDE THE CONTROLLER IS SWITCHED ON, THE EPD AQUATIC INTELLIGENCESYSTEM SCREEN APPEARS. AFTER A 5 SECOND DELAY, THE MAIN MENU APPEARS.FROM THE MAIN MENU YOU CAN ACCESS ALL OF THE CONTROLLERS FUNCTIONS.

EMERGENCY STOP BUTTON

IF THE EMERGENCY STOP BUTTON ISPUSHED IN, ALL CONTROLLER FUNCTIONSSTOP AND DEFAULT TO OFF. ROTATE THEEMERGENCY STOP BUTTON CLOCKWISETO RESET.

POWER UP

SWITCH ON THE MAIN POWER BREAKERSWITCH TO THE AIF CONTROLLER.UNLATCH THE AIF CONTROLLER DOORAND SWITCH ON THE POWER SUPPLYLOCATED INSIDE THE UPPER RIGHTCORNER.

EPD LOGO SCREENTHE EPD AQUATIC INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMSCREEN APPEARS.


MAIN MENU DISPLAY

AFTER A 5 SECOND DELAY WHEN POWER ISAPPLIED TO THE CONTROLLER, THEMAIN MENU SCREEN IS DISPLAYED.

CONFIGURE SYSTEM

TOUCH SYSTEM SET-UP TO ACCESSENTER PASSWORD TO ACCESSSET-UP SCREENS. THE FACTORYPROGRAMMED PASSWORD IS (1111).YOU CAN CHANGE THIS PASSWORDAS SHOWN ON PAGE 34.

ENTER THE PASSWORD (1111) AND THENTOUCH ENT. THE SYSTEM SET-UP MENUSCREEN WILL BE DISPLAYED.


TOUCH CONFIGURE SYSTEM TO ACCESSENTER PASSWORD TO ACCESS CONFIGURATIONSCREENS. THE FACTORY PROGRAMMEDPASSWORD FOR THE CONFIGURATION SCREENSIS (10730).

ENTER THE PASSWORD (10730) AND THENTOUCH ENT. THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONSCREEN WILL BE DISPLAYED.

TOUCH “UNITS OF MEASURE” TO TOGGLE “US”OR “METRIC”. THEN TOUCH “HEATER IN SYSTEM”TO TOGGLE “YES” OR “NO” IF A HEATER IS OR ISNOT INSTALLED WITH YOUR FILTER SYSTEM.

TOUCH “ACCESSORY IN SYSTEM” TO TOGGLE“YES” OR “NO”. THIS ENABLES THE TIMED POSTBACKWASH FEATURE TO FEED FILTER-AIDAFTER A BACKWASH CYCLE.


TOUCH “PIPE SIZE”BUTTON AND THE SYSTEMPIPE SIZE SCREEN ISDISPLAYED. SELECT THECORRECT PIPE SIZE OFSYSTEM MANIFOLD.

TO CHANGE SYSTEM SET-UP PASSWORD NUMBER

TOUCH “CHANGE PASSWORD” BUTTON AND THE“CHANGE SYSTEM PASSWORD SCREEN” ISDISPLAYED. ENTER NEW “SYSTEM SETUP”PASSWORD UP TO A 5-DIGIT NUMERIC VALUE.TOUCH “ENABLE PASSWORD” TO TOGGLEPASSWORD “ON” OR “OFF”.

TO CONFIGURE SYSTEM SETTINGS

BEGINNING WITH THE “MAIN MENU”TOUCH “SYSTEM SET-UP” TO ACCESSSYSTEM SET-UP SCREEN.


TOUCH “SYSTEM SETTINGS” TO ACCESSTHE “ENTER PASSWORD TO ACCESS“SYSTEM SETTING” SCREENS.

ENTER THE PASSWORD (1111) ANDTOUCH “ENT” TO ACCESS “SYSTEMSETTINGS” SCREENS.

THE FOLLOWING PARAMETERS ARE DISPLAYD. EACH IS HIGHLIGHTED WHENTOUCHED. ENTER THE VALUES ON THE KEYBOARD. TOUCH “ENT” OR TOUCH“CLR” TO CLEAR VALUE. TOUCH “ACCEPT” WHEN VALUE IS ENTERED. THE VALUEIS DISPLAYED NEXT TO THE PARAMETER AND IS THE CURRENT SET POINT VALUE.

SYSTEM SETTING SCREEN 1

• “INITIAL DELAY” – THIS IS THE INITIALIZINGTIME (IN SECONDS). WHEN THE SYSTEMFIRST STARTS UP ALARMS ARE DISABLED TOALLOW FLOW TO BE ESTABLISHED.

• “FILL DELAY” – THIS DELAY (IN SECONDS)OCCURS WHEN THE LEVEL SWITCH CALLSFOR FILL WATER BEFORE THE FILL SOLENOIDACTUATES.

• “ FILL TO LONG” – THIS TIME (IN MINUTES)ALARMS AND STOPS THE FILL IF THE LEVELSWITCH HAS BEEN CALLING CONTINOUSLYFOR THIS PERIOD OF TIME.

• “ACCESSORY” – TIME (IN SECONDS) FOR A POSTBACKWASH ACCESSORY, SUCH AS A CHEMICALFEEDER FOR FILTER-AID TO SEASON THE MEDIABEDS AFTER BACKWASH

• “SETTING 5” IS UNASSIGNED.


SYSTEM SETTING SCREEN 2

• “HEATER OVER TEMP SET POINT” –DEGREES OF TEMPERATURE, SET FOR THE“HEATER OVER TEMP SET POINT” WHEN THEWATER TEMPERATURE REACHES THIS SETPOINT, THE HEATER IS SHUT OFF.

• “HEATER OVER TEMP TMR” IS THEDURATION IN SECONDS, SET FOR THE“HEATER OVER TEMPERATURE ALARM”.WHEN THE TEMPERATURE EXCEEDS THESET POINT, THIS TIMER COUNTS DOWNBEFORE ALARM IS SET.

• “LOW FLOW GPM/LPM” – THIS SETTING WILLINITIATE A BACKWASH IN “AUTO” MODE WHENTHE FLOW RATE DROPS BELOW THE SETTINGFOR AN OPERATOR SET TIME.

• “SETTINGS 9 AND 10” ARE UNASSIGNED.

SET ‘TIME OF DAY’ CLOCK AND CONTRAST ADJUSTMENT

TOUCH “EPD” ON THE “MAIN MENU” SCREENTO ACCESS“ENTER PASSWORD TO ACCESSSET-UP SCREENS”

SET TIME OF DAY

TOUCH BOTH UPPER CORNERS AT THESAME TIME.

TOUCH “SYSTEM MODE” AND IN MAIN MENUTOUCH “CLOCK SET” USE THE ARROWS TOSET THE 24 HOUR CLOCK AND DATE, TOUCH“SAVE”, THEN THE “MAIN MENU” TAB ANDFINALLY “RUN” (START).


CONTRAST ADJUSTMENT

TOUCH BOTH UPPER CORNERS AT THE SAME TIME.

TOUCH “ADJUST CONTRAST” AND USE ARROWS TO GETTHE BEST SCREEN THEN CLOSE THE “BOX X”.

CONTROLLER STATUS

TOUCH “STATUS” TO ACCESS THECONTROLLER “SYSTEM STATUS” SCREEN.

THIS SCREEN MAY BE LEFT “ON”TO VIEW THE STATUS OF THESYSTEM DURING OPERATION.

THE CONTROL MODE FOR THE CIRC PUMP AND BACKWASH AS SELECTED ISDISPLAYED (MANUAL, OFF OR AUTOMATIC).

OTHER DISPLAYS ARE:• FLOW GAL/MIN• DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE SIGNAL• WATER TEMPERATURE• DATE• TIME

THE ON/OFF INDICATOR LIGHTS LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, LETSYOU VIEW CURRENT OPERATING CONDITIONS.

NOTE: IF THE “ALARM” FLASHES AS INDICATED ABOVE, TOUCH “ALARM” IN MAINMENU, THEN TOUCH “RESET ALARM” ON “SYSTEM ALARMS” SCREEN. CORRECT THECONDITION AS WOULD BE INDICATED NEXT TO THE PARAMETER DISPLAYED IN“SYSTEM ALARMS”.


TIME CLOCKS STATUS

TOUCH “TIME CLOCK STATUS” ON THEMAIN MENU TO ACCESS THE VIEWINGOF THE “TIME CLOCKS” SCREEN.

THIS SCREEN DISPLAYS THE CONTROLLERSTHREE SEPARATE TIME CLOCKS. THESESETTINGS CAN ONLY BE VIEWED FROM THESESCREENS. SETTINGS ARE INITIATED, CHANGEDOR CLEARED IN “SYSTEM SETUP”.

CIRCULATION PUMP/ENERGY SAVER TIME CLOCK

TOUCH “SYSTEM SET-UP” IN THE MAINMENU TO ACCESS “ENTER PASSWORDTO ACCESS SET-UP SCREENS.”

ENTER PASSWORD (1111) AND THENTOUCH “ENT”. THE “SYSTEM SET-UPMENU” WILL BE DISPLAYED.


TOUCH “TIME CLOCK MENU” TO ACCESS “TIME CLOCK MENU”

TOUCH “CIRCULATION PUMP E-SAVERTIME CLOCK” TO ACCESS “CIRC PUMPTIME CLOCK”

THE “CIRC PUMP/ENERGY SAVER TIME CLOCK”IS A 24 HOUR, 7 DAY TIME CLOCK WITH TWOINDEPENDENTLY PROGRAMMED “OFF” AND“ON” TIMES PER DAY.

WHENEVER THE “1) OFF” OR “2) OFF” TIME IS REACHED THE CIRCULATION PUMPWILL SHUT OFF AT THAT TIME ON THE DAY PROGRAMMED. WHENEVER THE “1) ON”OR “2) ON” TIME IS REACHED THE CIRCULATION PUMP WILL TURN BACK ON AT THETIME OF THE DAY PROGRAMMED. ANY COMBINATION OF “1) OFF”, “2) OFF”, “1) ON”OR “2) ON” TIMES CAN BE USED TO CONTROL THE CIRCULATION PUMP INAUTOMATIC MODE.

THE TIME CLOCK IS A 24 HOUR TIME CLOCK 00:00:00 TO 23:59:59. TO SHUT OFF THECIRCULATION PUMP OFF FROM MONDAY AT 8:00 PM TO TUESDAY AT 6:30 AM SETTHE TIME CLOCK IN A 24 HOUR FORMAT AS FOLLOWS:


EXAMPLE: SELECT “MON” AT BOTTOM OF SCREEN, SELECT “1) OFF HOUR”. SETMONDAY “1) OFF HOUR” AT 20 (8PM) AND SET “1) OFF MIN” AT 00 (ZEROMINUTES). TOUCH “ENT” THEN “ACCEPT”. THIS WILL SHUT OFF THECIRCULATION PUMP AT 8:00 PM.SELECT “TUE” AT BOTTOM OF SCREEN, SELECT “1) ON HOUR”. SETTUESDAY “1 ON HOUR” AT 06 (6AM) AND SET “1) ON MIN” AT 30 (THIRTYMINUTES). TOUCH “ENT” THEN “ACCEPT”. THIS WILL START THECIRCULATION PUMP AT 6:30 AM.NOTE: WHEN THE CIRCULATION PUMP IS SHUT OFF FROM THE TIMECLOCK “OFF” COMMAND IT WILL REMAIN OFF UNTIL THE TIME CLOCK“ON” COMMAND TELLS IT TO TURN BACK ON. FOR EXAMPLE, IF THECIRCULATION PUMP TIME CLOCK FOR MONDAY IS SET AS FOLLOWS:

1) OFF HOUR AT 12 AND 1) OFF MIN AT 00 (12:00 NOON) AND 1) ONHOUR AT 11 AND 1) ON MIN AT 00(11:00AM) AND NO OTHER TIMESARE SET. THE CIRCULATION PUMP WILL ONLY RUN FROM 11:00 AMTO 12:00 NOON ON MONDAY FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK.

TO DISABLE THE TIME CLOCK SETTING, SET THE HOUR AND MINUTE VALUES TO 00.WHEN BOTH THE “1) OFF HOUR”, “1) OFF MIN” ARE SET TO 00 THE SETTING ISIGNORED. THEREFORE 12:00 MIDNIGHT (00:00) CANNOT BE USED AS AN ON OR OFFTIME, 12:01AM MUST BE USED.

THE “ON” AND “OFF” BUTTONS IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE SET-UPSCREEN ARE USED TO ENABLE OR DISABLE THE CIRCULATION PUMP TIME CLOCKREGARDLESS OF THE SETTINGS. TOUCH “T/C MENU” IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNEROF THE SCREEN TO RETURN TO THE TIME CLOCK MENU SCREEN.

BACKWASH CONTROL SCREENS

TOUCH “BACKWASH CONTROL” ONTHE “MAIN MENU” TO ACCESS THE“BACKWASH CONTROL” SCREEN.


THIS DISPLAY SCREEN ALLOWS THEOPERATOR TO MANUALLY BACKWASHTHE FILTER SYSTEM, RUN AUTOMATICALLYOR SHUT COMPLETELY OFF AS DESIRED.

THE BACKWASH CYCLE STARTS AT TANK 1, TANK 2, ETC. UNTIL THE LAST TANK ISCOMPLETED. ON THE NEXT BACKWASH CYCLE, THE CYCLE STARTS WITH THE LASTTANK AND ENDS WITH TANK 1. FOR EXAMPLE IF THE NUMBER OF TANKS ENTEREDIS 5. THE FIRST BACKWASH CYCLE WILL START WITH TANK 1 AND END WITH TANK 5,THE NEXT BACKWASH CYCLE WILL START WITH TANK 5 AND END WITH TANK 1.

NOTE: THE FILTER BACKWASH IS INHIBITED WHEN THE CIRCULATION PUMP IS OFF.CHECK “CIRC PUMP” LIGHT AT BOTTOM OF SCREEN.

MANUAL, OFF OR AUTOMATIC MODES ARE SELECTED BY THE TOUCH SCREENPANEL MAN / OFF /AUTO SWITCH.

• “MAN” – IN MANUAL MODE THE FOLLOWING OCCURS:THE HEATER IS TURNED OFF AND THE HEATER COOL DOWN TIMER COUNTSDOWN.

THE PRESSURE AMPLIFICATION PUMP IS ENERGIZED WHEN A BACKWASH“CYCLE START” IS INITIATED. THE BOOSTER PUMP PRESSURE SWITCH THENCONTROLS THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE BY TURNING OFF AND ON THEBOOSTER PUMP MOTOR.

THE FOLLOWING VALUES ARE DISPLAYED:

• “OFF” – FILTER BACKWASH IS DISABLED. THIS IS THE NORMAL OPERATINGPOSITION WHEN NO AUTOMATIC BACKWASH FUNCTIONS ARE REQUIRED.BACKWASH MODE LEFT IN “MAN” DISABLES HEATER PERMISSIVE AND ALARMFUNCTIONS.

• “AUTO” – IN THE AUTOMATIC MODE THE BACKWASH CYCLE IS CONTROLLEDBY THE “BACKWASH TIME CLOCK” THE “BACKWASH INHIBIT” TIME CLOCK ANDTHE “DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE SIGNAL”.

• “HEATER COOL DOWN TMR” – IS THE VALUE OF THE HEATER COOL DOWNTIMER, WHEN THIS VALUE REACHES “0”, THE BACKWASH CYCLE WILL BEGIN.

• “BACKWASH COUNTER” – IS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF BACKWASHESCOMPLETED.


SCREEN MESSAGES APPEAR IN THE MESSAGE AREA:

• “ALARM” – IS DISPLAYED TO ALERT THE OPERATOR THAT AN ALARMCONDITION HAS OCCURRED. TOUCH THE FLASHING “ALARM” TO ACCESS THEALARM SCREEN.

• “DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE SIGNAL” – INDICATES THE STATUS OF THEDIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE SWITCH ON (CLOSED) OR OFF (OPEN).

THE FOLLOWING ON/OFF INDICATOR LIGHTS AND DISPLAYS ARE LOCATED AT THEBOTTOM OF THE SCREEN:

• CIRCULATION PUMP• HEATER• BACKWASH CYCLE• FILL WATER SOLENOID.• WATER TEMPERATURE DISPLAY• DATE AND TIME

TOUCH THE BUTTON IN THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER TO ACCESS THEBACKWASH TANKS 5- 8 CONTROL SCREEN.

TOUCH THE BUTTON IN THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER TO ACCESS THEBACKWASH TANKS 9-12 CONTROL SCREEN.

TOUCH THE BUTTON IN THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER TO ACCESS THEBACKWASH TANKS 13-16 CONTROL SCREEN.

TOUCH THE BUTTON IN THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER TO RETURN TO THEBACKWASH CYCLE CONTROL SCREEN.


IN MANUAL MODE TO START A BACKWASH:TOUCH THE “START B/W” BUTTON ON THE BACKWASH CONTROL SCREEN. THE“START B/W” BUTTON IS ENABLED ONLY IN MANUAL MODE. THE “CIRC PUMP”INDICATOR LIGHT MUST BE ON AND THE HEATER COOL DOWN TIMER MUST BETIMED OUT FOR BACKWASH TO BEGIN.

THE BACKWASH CYCLE STARTS AND THE FOLLOWING OCCURS:1. TANK 1 SOLENOID VALVE IS ENERGIZED.

2. THE “BACKWASH ON TMR” STARTS TIMING, AFTER THE “BACKWASH ONTMR” TIMES OUT THE TANK 1 SOLENOID VALVE IS DE-ENERGIZED.

3. THE “BACKWASH INTERVAL TIMER” STARTS TIMING AND “INT TIMER ON”FLASHES ON THE SCREEN, THE INTERVAL IS SET IN SYSTEM SETUP“BACKWASH SETTINGS”, WITH A MAXIMUM OF 655 MINUTES (11 HOURS).

4. TANK 2 SOLENOID VALVE IS ENERGIZED. THE “BACKWASH ON TMR” STARTSTIMING, AFTER THE “BACKWASH ON TMR” TIMES OUT THE TANK 2 SOLENOIDVALVE IS DE-ENERGIZED AND THE INTERVAL TIMER BEGINS.

5. THIS PROCESS IS CONTINUED UNTIL ALL THE TANKS HAVE BEENBACKWASHED.

TOUCH THE “TANK 1” BUTTON TO BACKWASH TANK 1 ONLY AND THE FOLLOWINGOCCURS:

TANK 1 SOLENOID VALVE IS ENERGIZED AND THE “BACKWASH ON TMR” STARTSTIMING, AFTER THE “BACKWASH ON TMR” TIMES OUT THE TANK 1 SOLENOID VALVEIS DE-ENERGIZED AND THE INTERVAL TIMER BEGINS. EACH TANK CAN BEMANUALLY BACKWASHED ONE AT A TIME.

TOUCH “CANCEL B/W” BUTTON TO STOP THE BACKWASH CYCLE. THE “CANCEL B/W”BUTTON IS ENABLED ONLY IN MANUAL MODE.

IN BACKWASH AUTO MODE WHEN THE DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE RISES ABOVE THEDIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE SET POINT AT THE DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE SWITCH,THE FOLLOWING WILL OCCUR:

1. THE DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE SET POINT TIMER TIMES DOWN TO AVOIDFALSE SIGNALS. SEE PAGE 46 FOR SET UP.

2. THE DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE SIGNAL INDICATOR READS “ON”.

3. THE HEATER IS TURNED OFF AND THE HEATER COOL DOWN TIMERTIMES OUT.


4. THE PRESSURE AMPLIFICATION PUMP IS ENERGIZED. THE BOOSTER PUMPPRESSURE SWITCH THEN CONTROLS THE PRESSURE BY TURNING OFF ANDON THE BOOSTER PUMP MOTOR.

5. THE BACKWASH CYCLE AUTOMATICALLY STARTS. IF THE BACKWASHINHIBIT TIME CLOCK IS ENGAGED IT WILL OVERRIDE THE DIFFERENTIALPRESSURE SIGNAL.

IF THE DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE DOES NOT DROP BELOW SET POINT AFTER ABACKWASH, THE “BACKWASH REPEAT DELAY” TIMER TIMES OUT. IF THEDIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE SIGNAL STILL EXISTS, A SECOND BACKWASH WILL RUN.AFTER WHICH IF THE CONDITION STILL REMAINS A BACKWASH FREQUENCY ALARMIS SET AND NO BACKWASH WILL BE ALLOWED UNTIL OPERATOR RESET.

THE “BACKWASH CYCLE START TIME CLOCK”.

IN BACKWASH “AUTO” MODE, THE BACKWASH CYCLE START TIME CLOCK ISACTIVE IF ENABLED. THE TIME CLOCK CAN BE SET TO INITIATE THEBACKWASH CYCLE TWICE PER DAY. THE TIME CLOCK CAN BE SET FOR ADIFFERENT TIME EACH DAY OF THE WEEK. SEE PAGE 47 FOR SET UP.

BACKWASH INHIBIT TIME CLOCK

IN BACKWASH “AUTO” MODE, THE BACKWASH INHIBIT TIME CLOCK IS ACTIVEIF ENABLED. THE TIME CLOCK CAN BE SET TO INHIBIT THE BACKWASH CYCLEFOR TWO SEPARATE PERIODS PER DAY. THIS ALLOWS THE OPERATOR TOINHIBIT THE AUTOMATIC BACKWASH CYCLE DURING HEAVY USAGE HOURS,OR FOR OTHER REASONS. SEE PAGE 49 FOR SET UP.

BACKWASH PARAMETERS

TOUCH “SYSTEM SET-UP” ON THE “MAIN MENU”TO ACCESS “ENTER PASSWORD TO ACCESSSET-UP SCREENS.”


ENTER PASSWORD (1111) ANDTOUCH “ENT” TO ACCESS “SYSTEMSET-UP MENU.”

TOUCH “BACKWASH SETTINGS” TO ACCESSTWO “BACKWASH SETTINGS” SCREENS.

BACKWASH PARAMETERS ARE DISPLAYED.SET POINTS MAY BE CHANGED AS DESIRED.

THE PARAMETERS ON BACKWASH SETTINGS 1 SCREEN ARE AS FOLLOWS:

“NUMBER OF TANKS” – SET THE NUMBER OF TANKS ON THE SYSTEM.

“HEATER COOL DOWN” – THIS OPERATOR SET TIME IS THE “FIREMANS SHUTDOWN”DELAY BEFORE BACKWASH OR CIRCULATION PUMP SHUTDOWN ALLOWINGRESIDUAL HEAT TO DISSIPATE FROM THE HEATER.


“TANK BACKWASH” – THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT EACH BACKWASH SOLENOID IS‘ON’ AND THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE IS APPLIED TO THE BACKWASH VALVE ON THEFILTER THAT IS BACKWASHING. THIS MAY VARY WITH THE TYPE OF MEDIA USED ASTHE FILTERING MEDIUM. (120 SECONDS FOR SILICAS AND AS MUCH AS 300SECONDS FOR SOME GARNETS).

“TANK INTERIM” – THE BACKWASH INTERIM TIME IS THE LENGTH OF TIME BETWEENBACKWASHING EACH TANK. SET AT 1 MINUTE. THIS ALLOWS SUFFICIENT TIME FORTHE BACKWASH VALVE TO HYDRAULICALLY RETURN TO THE FILTER POSITION ANDWASTE HOLDING BASINS TO DRAIN.

“SETTING #5” – NOT ASSIGNED.

TO CHANGE THE SET POINT OF A PARAMETER.

1. TOUCH THE PARAMETER TO BE CHANGED, ITWILL THEN BE HIGHLIGHTED.

2. ENTER THE NEW TIME ON THE KEY PAD AND ITWILL BE DISPLAYED.

3. TOUCH “ENT” THEN “ACCEPT” AND THE NEWTIME WILL BE DISPLAYED NEXT TO THEPARAMETER.

THE PARAMETERS ON BACKWASH SETTINGS 2 SCREEN ARE AS FOLLOWS:

“BACKWASH DP DELAY” – WHEN THE DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE SET POINT SIGNALIS RECEIVED, THIS TIMER “TIMES-OUT” BEFORE AN AUTOMATIC BACKWASH CYCLESTARTS. TO PREVENT A FALSE OR PREMATURE SIGNAL, THE FACTORYRECOMMENDS THE SET POINT BE SET AT 15 SECONDS. SET THE DIFFERENTIALPRESSURE AT THE GAUGE PANEL AT 12 TO 15 PSID.

“BACKWASH FLOW DELAY” – WHEN THE FLOW RATE FALLS BELOW THE SET POINTIN SYSTEM SETTINGS 2 “LOW FLOW GMP/LPM” TO BEGIN A BACKWASH, THIS TIMERMUST “TIMEOUT”. THIS PROTECTS AGAINST FLUCTUATIONS OF THE FLOW RATESIGNAL.

“BACKWASH REPEAT DELAY” – WHEN A DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE OR LOW FLOWRATE EVENT INITIATES A BACKWASH AND THE CONDITION REMAINS, THIS TIMERWAITS FOR THE CONDITION TO CLEAR BEFORE STARTING A SECOND BACKWASH.AFTER WHICH, IF THE CONDITION STILL REMAINS, SETTING THE “BACKWASHFREQUENCY ALARM”.

“BACKWASH NO END DELAY” – THIS TIMER WAITS AFTER BACKWASH FOR FLOW INTHE WASTE LINE TO END. WHEN IT DOES NOT A SHUTDOWN ALARM IS SET.

“BACKWASH COUNTER RESET” – IS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COMPLETEDBACKWASHES. TO RESET THE COUNTER; TOUCH “BACKWASH COUNTER RESET”.


SCHEDULED BACKWASH TIME CLOCK START TIME

TOUCH “SYSTEM SET-UP” ONTHE “MAIN MENU” TO ACCESS“ENTER PASSWORD TO ACCESSSET-UP SCREENS.”

ENTER PASSWORD (1111) ANDTOUCH “ENT” TO ACCESS“SYSTEM SET-UP MENU.”

TOUCH “TIME CLOCK SETTINGS” TOACCESS THE “TIME CLOCK MENU”SCREEN.

TOUCH “SCHEDULED BACKWASH” TOACCESS THAT SCREEN.


TO SET THE 24/7 DAY TIME CLOCK

1. SELECT THE DAY OF THE WEEK.THE CURRENT SETTINGS FORTHAT DAY ARE DISPLAYED.

2. ENABLE OR DISABLE TIME CLOCKFOR THE DAY SELECTED. SELECT“ON” TO ENABLE THE TIME CLOCKSETTING FOR THE DAY SELECTEDOR SELECT “OFF” TO DISABLE THETIME CLOCK SETTING FOR THE DAYSELECTED.

3. SELECT THE “START 1) HR”. ENTER THE HOUR TO START AN AUTOMATICBACKWASH CYCLE. SELECT “ENT” ON THE KEYPAD AND “ENTER NEWVALUE” THE NEW VALUE IS DISPLAYED ON SCREEN.

4. SELECT THE “START 1) MIN”. ENTER THE MINUTE TO START AN AUTOMATICBACKWASH CYCLE. SELECT “ENT” ON THE KEYPAD AND “ACCEPT” THENEW VALUE IS DISPLAYED ON SCREEN.

5. REPEAT FOR EACH DAY OF THE WEEK.

NOTE: FOR THE BACKWASH CYCLE START TIME CLOCK, 12:00 MIDNIGHT IS A VALIDSTART TIME. SETTING THE TIME CLOCK TO 00:00 DISABLES THE TIME CLOCK.

BACKWASH CYCLE INHIBIT TIME CLOCK

TOUCH “SYSTEM SET-UP” TO ACCESS“ENTER PASSWORD TO ACCESSSET-UP SCREENS.”


ENTER PASSWORD (1111) ANDTHEN TOUCH “ENT” TO ACCESSTHE SYSTEM SET-UP MENU.

TOUCH “TIME CLOCK SETTINGS”TO ACCESS THAT SCREEN.

TOUCH “BACKWASH INHIBIT TIMECLOCK” TO ACCESS “BACKWASHINHIBIT TIME CLOCK” SCREEN.

THE BACKWASH INHIBIT TIME CLOCK IS A24-HOUR 7-DAY TIME CLOCK WITH2 INDEPENDENTLY PROGRAMMED “OFF”AND “ON” TIMES PER DAY. THIS ALLOWSTHE AUTOMATIC BACKWASH CYCLE TO BEDISABLED AND ENABLED FOR TWO SEPARATEINTERVALS PER DAY, WITH INDEPENDENTSETTINGS FOR EACH DAY OF THE WEEK.


OPERATION OF 24-HOUR TIME CLOCK.

WHENEVER THE “1) OFF” OR “2) OFF” TIME IS REACHED THE AUTOMATIC BACKWASHWILL BE INHIBITED AT THAT TIME ON THE DAY PROGRAMMED. WHENEVER THE “1)ON” OR “2) ON” TIME IS REACHED AUTOMATIC BACKWASH WILL BE ENABLED AT THETIME ON THE DAY PROGRAMMED. ANY COMBINATION OF “1) OFF”, “2) OFF”, “1) ON”OR “2) ON” TIMES CAN BE USED TO INHIBIT BACKWASH IN AUTOMATIC MODE.

THE TIME CLOCK IS A 24 HOUR TIME CLOCK 00:00:00 TO 23:59:59. TO INHIBITBACKWASH FROM MONDAY AT 8:00 PM TO TUESDAY AT 6:30 AM SET THE TIMECLOCK IN A 24 HOUR FORMAT AS FOLLOWS:

EXAMPLE: SELECT “MON” AT BOTTOM OF SCREEN, SELECT “1) OFF HOUR”. SETMONDAY “1) OFF HOUR” AT 20 (8PM) AND SET “1) OFF MIN” AT 00 (ZEROMINUTES). ENTER 20, TOUCH “ENT” THEN “ACCEPT”, THIS WILL NOTALLOW BACKWASH STARTING AT 8:00 PM. SELECT “TUE” AT BOTTOM OFSCREEN, SELECT “1) ON HOUR”. SET TUESDAY “1) ON HOUR” AT 06(6AM) AND SET “1) ON MIN” AT 30 (THIRTY MINUTES). THIS WILL AGAINALLOW BACKWASH AT 6:30 AM.

NOTE: WHEN BACKWASH IS INHIBITED BY THE TIME CLOCK “OFF”COMMAND IT WILL REMAIN OFF UNTIL THE TIME CLOCK “ON” COMMANDTELLS IT TO TURN BACK ON. FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE INHIBIT TIME CLOCKFOR MONDAY IS SET AS FOLLOWS:

1) OFF HOUR AT 12 AND 1)OFF MIN AT 00 (12:00 NOON) AND 1) ON HOURAT 11 AND 1) ON MIN. AT 00 (11:00 AM) AND NO OTHER TIMES ARE SETBACKWASH WILL ONLY BE ALLOWED FROM 11:00 AM TO 12:00 NOON ONMONDAY FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK.

TO DISABLE THE TIME CLOCK SETTING, SET THE HOUR AND MINUTE VALUES TO 00.WHEN BOTH THE “1) OFF HOUR”, “1) OFF MIN” ARE SET TO 00 THE SETTING ISIGNORED. THEREFORE 12:00 MIDNIGHT (00:00) CANNOT BE USED AS AN ON OR OFFTIME, 12:01AM MUST BE USED.

THE “ON” AND “OFF” BUTTONS IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE SET-UPSCREEN ARE USED TO ENABLE OR DISABLE THE BACKWASH INHIBIT TIME CLOCKREGARDLESS OF THE SETTINGS.

TOUCH “T/C MENU” TO RETURN TO THE TIME CLOCK MENU SCREEN.


CIRCULATION PUMP CONTROL

TOUCH “CIRC PUMP CONTROL” TO ACCESSTHE “CIRCULATION PUMP” SCREEN.

MANUAL, OFF OR AUTOMATIC MODES ARESELECTED BY THE TOUCH SCREEN PANELMAN/OFF/AUTO SWITCH.

“MAN” – IN MANUAL MODE THE CIRCULATION PUMP IS CONTROLLED BY THE TOUCHSCREEN PANEL STOP/RUN SWITCH. THE “MAN START” SWITCH IS ENABLED ONLY INMANUAL MODE.

SELECT “MAN START” TO START THE CIRCULATION PUMP. THE CIRCULATION PUMPSTARTS AND “SYSTEM INITIALIZING” IS DISPLAYED FOR AN OPERATOR SET TIMEWHILE FLOW IS ESTABLISHED.

SELECT “OFF” TO STOP THE CIRCULATION PUMP. IF THE CIRCULATION PUMP IS ONAND THE SYSTEM HAS NOT INITIALIZED THE CIRCULATION PUMP STOPSIMMEDIATELY. IF THE CIRCULATION PUMP IS ON AND THE SYSTEM HAS INITIALIZEDTHE FOLLOWING OCCURS:

THE HEATER TURNS OFF IMMEDIATELY AND THE “HEATER COOL DOWN” MESSAGEIS DISPLAYED.

THE “OFF” ON THE MAN / OFF / AUTO SWITCH BLINKS AND THE “STOP” ON THESTOP/RUN SWITCH BLINKS.

THE CIRCULATION PUMP CONTINUES TO RUN UNTIL THE “HEATER COOL DOWNTIMER” TIMES OUT. THIS IS TO ALLOW THE RESIDUAL HEAT IN THE HEATER TODISSIPATE BEFORE SHUTTING OFF THE CIRCULATION PUMP. THE PUMP SHUTSOFF.


“OFF” – THE CIRCULATION PUMP TURNS OFF WITH A 4 SECOND DELAY TO ALLOWSWITCHING FROM MANUAL TO AUTO WITHOUT STOPPING CIRCULATION PUMP.

“AUTO” – IN THE AUTOMATIC MODE THE CIRCULATION PUMP IS CONTROLLED BYTHE CIRCULATION PUMP/ENERGY SAVER TIME CLOCK. THE CIRCULATINGPUMP/ENERGY SAVER TIME CLOCK MAY BE DISABLED BY SELECTING THE “OFF”BUTTON IN THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER OF THE “CIRC PUMP TIME CLOCK” SCREEN(SEE PAGE 39).

THE FOLLOWING VALUES, MESSAGES AND INDICATOR LIGHTS ARE DISPLAYED:• THE FLOW RATE IS DISPLAYED IN GALLONS PER MINUTE OR LITERS PER

MINUTE BY A GRAPHIC NEEDLE GAUGE AND NUMERICAL VALUE.

• SCREEN MESSAGES APPEAR IN THE MESSAGE AREA:

“NO FLOW” - APPEARS WHEN THE CIRCULATION PUMP IS ON AND NOFLOW IS DETECTED BY AN OPTIONAL EFFLUENT FLOW SWITCH.

“SYSTEM INITIALIZING” - WHEN THE CIRCULATION PUMP STARTS, THIS MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED. THIS IS A OPERATOR SET DELAY FOR THE SYSTEM TO ESTABLISH STABLE FLOW, PRESSURE, AND TEMPERATURE.

“HEATER COOL DOWN” – IS DISPLAYED DURING “FIREMAN’S SHUTDOWN,” AN OPERATOR SET DELAY IN TURNING OFF THE CIRCULATION PUMP BEFORE RESIDUAL HEAT HAS DISSIPATED FROM THE HEATER.

“ALARM” – IS DISPLAYED TO ALERT THE OPERATOR THAT AN ALARM CONDITION HAS OCCURRED. TOUCH THE FLASHING “ALARM” TO ACCESS THE ALARMS SCREEN.

THE FOLLOWING ON/OFF INDICATOR LIGHTS AND DISPLAYS ARE LOCATED ATTHE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN:

• CIRCULATION PUMP• HEATER• BACKWASH CYCLE• FILL WATER SOLENOID• WATER TEMPERATURE DISPLAY• DATE AND TIME• AMPLIFICATION PUMP

TOUCH THE MAIN MENU BUTTON IN THE UPPER LEFT-HAND CORNER TO RETURN TOTHE MAIN MENU OR ARROW IN UPPER RIGHT CORNER FOR THE BACKWASH CYCLESCREEN.


SYSTEM ALARMS

TOUCH “ALARMS” TO ACCESS“SYSTEM ALARMS” SCREEN.

IF AN “ALARM” IS FLASHING, TOUCH “RESETALARM” AND ADJUST THE CONDITION ASINDICATED AT LEFT OF THE CONDITION.

WHEN A SYSTEM ALARM OCCURS:

THE REMOTE ALARM OUTPUT IS SET. THE ALARM OUTPUT CAN BE USED TO TURNON A LIGHT, BEACON, HORN OR SIGNAL ANOTHER SYSTEM. SEE PAGE 25 INELECTRICAL FOR REMOTE ALARM SIGNAL AND ALARM ACKNOWLEDGEAPPLICATION.

THE FLASHING ALARM MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED ON VARIOUS OTHER SCREENS.TOUCH THE FLASHING “ALARM” SIGNAL TO RETURN TO THE ALARM SCREEN.

THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF ALARMS:

SHUTDOWN ALARM - WHEN THE FOLLOWING SHUTDOWN ALARMS OCCUR THECIRCULATION PUMP IS IMMEDIATELY SHUT OFF, THE ALARM IS SET AND ALL OTHERFUNCTIONS OF THE CONTROLLER ARE INHIBITED.

“EMERGENCY STOP PUSH-BUTTON” – WHEN THE EMERGENCY STOPPUSH-BUTTON IS DEPRESSED.

“NO FLOW ALARM” – WHEN THE CIRCULATION PUMP IS RUNNING AND THEEFFLUENT FLOW RATE IS LOW ENOUGH TO DE-ACTUATE AN OPTIONAL FLOWSWITCH (UTILIZING THE SAME DELAY AS INITIALIZATION). THIS FUNCTION ISNOT ACTIVE IN BACKWASH AND IS ONLY ACTIVE IN BACKWASH AUTO MODE.SEE PAGE 14 FOR EFFLUENT FLOW SWITCH APPLICATION.


“BACKWASH CYCLE NO-END ALARM” – FLOW HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THEBACKWASH LINE BY AN OPTIONAL FLOW SWITCH FOR OPERATOR SET TIMEAFTER A BACKWASH CYCLE HAS ENDED. THIS FUNCTION ONLY ACTIVE INBACKWASH AUTO MODE WITH AN OPTIONAL FLOW SWITCH. SEE PAGE 15 FORBACKWASH LINE FLOW SWITCH APPLICATION.

GENERAL ALARMS: WHEN THE FOLLOWING GENERAL ALARMS OCCUR THECIRCULATION PUMP WILL CONTINUE TO RUN. THE PART OF THE CONTROLSYSTEM AFFECTED IS DISABLED AND THE ALARM IS SET.

“BACKWASH FREQUENCY ALARM” – AFTER THE DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURESET POINT OR A FLOW RATE SET POINT INITIATES AN AUTOMATIC BACKWASHCYCLE, IF THE DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE HAS NOT DROPPED LOWER THANTHE DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE SET POINT THE “BACKWASH REPEAT DELAY”TIMER TIMES OUT. IF THE BACKWASH SIGNAL STILL REMAINS A SECOND,BACKWASH RUNS. AFTER WHICH IF THE CONDITION STILL REMAINS THEALARM IS SET.

“HEATER OVER TEMPERATURE ALARM” – WHEN THE TEMPERATUREEXCEEDS THE VALUE SET FOR THE “HEATER OVER TEMP SET POINT”. THEHEATER IS DISABLED AND THE ALARM IS SET AFTER OVER TEMPERATURETIMER TIMES OUT. OVER TEMPERATURE TIMER IS SET ON THE “SYSTEMSETTINGS 2” SCREEN (PAGE 36).

“FILL SOL VALVE ON TOO LONG ALARM” – THE OPTIONAL FILL SOLENOID HASBEEN ON LONGER THAN THE PARAMETER SET FOR THE FILL SOLENOID ONTOO LONG TIMER. THE FILL SOLENOID VALVE IS DISABLED AND THE ALARM ISSET. SEE PAGE 24 FOR WATER LEVEL SENSOR AND FILL VALVE SOLENOIDAPPLICATION. THE TIMER IS SET ON “SYSTEM SETTINGS 1” SCREEN (PAGE 35).

TO RESET A SYSTEM ALARM FROM THE TOUCH SCREEN PANEL.

• FROM THE MAIN MENU ACCESS THE ALARMS SCREEN BY TOUCHING“ALARMS” OR FROM ONE OF THE CONTROL SCREENS TOUCH THE FLASHING“ALARM” MESSAGE.

• THE ALARMS SCREEN WILL INDICATE THE ACTIVE ALARMS.CLEAR THE ALARM OR ALARMS. (E.G. TWIST AND PULL THE EMERGENCYSTOP PUSH-BUTTON TO CLEAR THE EMERGENCY STOP ALARM)

• TOUCH THE “RESET” BUTTON. THE ALARMS SCREEN WILL BE INDICATE THATNO ALARMS ARE PRESENT AND THE FLASHING ALARM MESSAGE WILL CLEAR.THE CIRCULATION PUMP AND BACKWASH HAVE DEFAULTED TO “OFF” DURINGA SHUTDOWN ALARM.


TO RESET A SYSTEM ALARM FROM THE OPTIONAL REMOTE ALARM ACKNOWLEDGEPUSH-BUTTON.

• DEPRESS THE PUSH-BUTTON. THE ALARM OUTPUT WILL TURN OFF, BUT THEALARM WILL STILL BE INDICATED ON THE SYSTEM ALARMS SCREEN. THISWILL ALLOW THE OPERATOR TO TURN OFF OR SILENCE AN ALARM HORN ORBEACON, BEFORE THE ALARM IS CLEARED. THE ALARM OUTPUT WILL TURNBACK ON EVERY 10 MINUTES UNTIL THE ALARM IS CLEARED AND RESET.

• CLEAR THE ALARM OR ALARMS. (E.G. TWIST AND PULL THE EMERGENCYSTOP PUSH-BUTTON TO CLEAR THE EMERGENCY STOP ALARM).

HEATER PERMISSIVE

THE HEATER PERMISSIVE IS NOT DESIGNED TO REGULATE THE TEMPERATUREOUTPUT OF THE HEATER BUT TO ACT AS A FAILSAFE FOR RUN-AWAY HEATERCONTROLS. IT IS A PERMISSIVE CLOSED CONTACT THAT IS WIRED IN SERIES WITHTHE HEATER CONTROLS. IT CLOSES WHEN THE CIRCULATION PUMP IS ON ANDFLOW IS ESTABLISHED. IT OPENS DURING BACKWASH CYCLES, ON OVER-TEMPERATURE AND ALARM CONDITIONS AND WHEN BACKWASH MODE IS INMANUAL. TO ADJUST THE OVER-TEMPERATURE SET POINT AND ALARM TIMER, GOTO “SYSTEM SETUP” AND “SYSTEM SETTINGS 2” SCREEN (SEE PAGE 36).

THE HEATER PERMISSIVE OPERATES AS FOLLOWS:

THE HEATER PERMISSIVE IS NORMALLY OPEN AND CLOSES WHEN THECIRCULATION PUMP IS ON, THE SYSTEM HAS INITIALIZED AND WATERTEMPERATURE IS BELOW HEATER OVER TEMP SET POINT.IF THE TEMPERATURE EXCEEDS THE VALUE SET FOR THE HEATER OVERTEMPERATURE SET POINT, THE HEATER PERMISSIVE OPENS AND THEOPERATOR SET OVER-TEMPERATURE TIMER STARTS. (AFTER THE TIMERCOUNTS DOWN THE HEATER OVER TEMPERATURE ALARM IS SET)WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DROPS BELOW THE SET POINT. THE HEATERPERMISSIVE CLOSES AND THE OVER-TEMPERATURE ALARM ISAUTOMATICALLY RESET.

WHEN THE CIRCULATION PUMP IS TURNED OFF THE FOLLOWING FIREMAN’SSHUTDOWN OCCURS:

THE HEATER PERMISSIVE OPENS AND THE “HEATER COOL DOWN” MESSAGEIS DISPLAYED AND TIMES OUT BEFORE CIRCULATION PUMP STOPS.


TO CONFIGURE UNITS OF MEASURE, PIPE SIZE AND ENABLEHEATER PERMISSIVE, BACKWASH ACCESSORY AND PASSWORD

TOUCH “SYSTEM SET-UP” TOACCESS “ENTER PASSWORD TOACCESS SET-UP SCREENS” SCREEN.

ENTER PASSWORD (1111) ANDTHEN TOUCH “ENT” TO ACCESS“SYSTEM SET-UP MENU” SCREEN.

TOUCH “CONFIGURE SYSTEM” TO ACCESS“ENTER PASSWORD TO ACCESSCONFIGURATION SCREENS” SCREEN.

ENTER PASSWORD (10730) TO ACCESS“SYSTEM CONFIGURATION” SCREEN.


CONFIGURE EACH PARAMETER AS DESIRED.

THE FOLLOWING PARAMETERS ARE DISPLAYED:

• “UNITS OF MEASURE” TO TOGGLE “US GPM OR METRIC LPM” PRESS BUTTON.

• “HEATER IN SYSTEM” PRESS BUTTON TO TOGGLE “HEATER IN SYSTEM”.

• “ACCESSORY IN SYSTEM” PRESS BUTTON TO TOGGLE “ACCESSORY INSYSTEM”.

• “PIPE SIZE” PRESS BUTTON AND CHOOSE MANFOLD PIPE SIZE OF THESYSTEM TO ESTABLISH “K” FACTOR FOR THE FLOW SENSOR.

• “CHANGE PASSWORD” PRESS BUTTON TO CHANGE, ENABLE OR DISABLE“SYSTEM SETUP PASSWORD”.


CONTROLLER DATA LOGGING



TOUCH “EVENT LOG” TO ACCESSTHE “EVENT LOG” SCREEN.

HERE ALL ALARMS AND BACKWASH EVENTSARE LOGGED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDERUP TO 1000 EVENTS. USE THE UP ANDDOWN BUTTONS TO VIEW. AFTER 1000EVENTS THE NEWEST REPLACES THEOLDEST. ALSO DESPLAYED IS A HISTORICALBACKWASH COUNTER THAT IS NOT RESETWITH THE BACKWASH COUNTER ON THESTATUS SCREEN.


MANUAL OPERATION



TOUCH “MANUAL OPERATION” TO ACCESSTHE “MANUAL OPERATION” SCREEN.

MANUAL OPERATION IS AN OPERATORCHECK/START TOOL ALLOWING ALLOUTPUTS TO BE INDIVIDUALLY CHECKEDFROM ONE LOCATION. IT IS NOT INTENDEDOR RECOMMENDED FOR A SYSTEM TOBE LEFT UNATTENDED IN ”MANUALOPERATION” AND CAUTION IS TO BEUSED WHEN FORCING OUTPUTS.


TO BEGIN MANUAL OPERATION ACTIVATE “MAN” AND “FORCE SET”. THEN TOGGLETHE BUTTON IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND SCREEN TO VIEW THE 4 MANUALOPERATION SCREENS.


FLOW SENSOR/SADDLE INSTALLATION DATASCHEDULE 40 PVC PIPING

PIPE SENSOR AND HOLE LOCATION (MIN) HOLE SIZE C K-FACTOR3

SIZE SADDLE MDL2 A B INCHES CM U.S.GAL. LITERS

4" (10cm) 2-0020-100 40"(1.02m) 20"(.51m) 1.44" 3.65cm 13.260 3.503

6" (15cm) 2-0020-102 60"(1.52m) 30"(.76m) 2.25" 5.71cm 7.240 1.913

8" (20cm) 2-0020-107 80"(2.03m) 40"(1.02m) 2.25" 5.71cm 4.400 1.16210" 25cm) 2-0020-118 100"(2.54m) 50"(1.27m) 2.25" 5.71cm 2.800 0.740

SCHEDULE 80 PVC PIPINGPIPE SENSOR AND HOLE LOCATION (MIN) HOLE SIZE C K-FACTOR3

SIZE SADDLE MDL2 A B INCHES CM U.S.GAL. LITERS

4" (10cm) 2-0020-100 40"(1.02m) 20"(.51m) 1.44" 3.65cm 14.700 3.884

6" (15cm) 2-0020-102 60"(1.52m) 30"(.76m) 2.25" 5.71cm 8.440 2.230

8" (20cm) 2-0020-107 80"(2.03m) 40"(1.02m) 2.25" 5.71cm 4.900 1.295

10" 25cm) 2-0020-118 100"(2.54m) 50"(1.27m) 2.25" 5.71cm 3.060 0.808

1 - SADDLES ARE SCHEDULE 80 IRON2 – FOR SADDLE & SENSOR PIPING 12” & LARGER, CONSULT YOUR REPRESENTATIVE3 – K-FACTOR MUST BE PROGRAMMED INTO THE FILTER CONTROLLER PRIOR TO OPERATION OFFILTER SYSTEM.



AIF INITIAL START-UP

1. INTRODUCTION

DURING THE INITIAL START-UP, THE FILTER SYSTEM AND PIPE LINES MUST BEFLUSHED OF ALL AIR AND THE FILTERING MEDIA INSIDE EACH TANK THOROUGHLYBACKWASHED AT LEAST TWICE TO FLUSH OUT ALL EXTRA FINE MEDIA GRAINSBEFORE YOUR FILTER SYSTEM CAN PERFORM PROPERLY. READ THE FOLLOWINGINSTRUCTIONS THOROUGHLY BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE THE FILTER.

2. SHUT-OFF HEATER (BOILER)

TO PREVENT THE HEATER COOL-DOWN OPERATION FEATURE FROM INTERRUPTINGTHESE INITIAL START-UP OPERATIONS BY ACTIVATING THE 20 MINUTE COOL-DOWN,THE HEATER SHOULD BE DEACTIVATED TO PREVENT IT FROM OPERATING.

TOUCH “SYSTEM SET-UP” TO ACCESSTHE “ENTER PASSWORD TO ACCESSSET-UP SCREENS” SCREEN.

ENTER PASSWORD (1111) AND THENTOUCH “ENT” TO ACCESS THE“SYSTEM SET-UP MENU.”


TOUCH “CONFIGURE SYSTEM” TO ACCESS “ENTER PASSWORD TOACCESS “CONFIGURATION SCREENS.”

ENTER PASSWORD (10730) TOACCESS “SYSTEM CONFIGURATION”SCREEN AND THEN TOUCH “ENT.”

TOUCH “NO” AT “HEATER ON SYSTEM.”

3. SHUT OFF ALL ACCESSORY DEVICES(EXCEPT PRESSURE AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM)

TO PREVENT ANY ACCESSORY PUMPS FROM STARTING AND STOPPING DURINGTHE INITIAL START-UP, SWITCH OFF ALL ACCESSORY PUMPS EXCEPT FOR THEPRESSURE AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM.


4. OPEN AIR RELIEF VALVE(S)

OPEN AIR RELIEF VALVE(S). DURING THE INITIALSTART-UP, AIR PRESENT INSIDE THE SYSTEMWILL EVACUATE AGGRESSIVELY THROUGHTHESE VALVES. OPEN ALL OTHER VALVES INTHE SYSTEM FOR THE FILTERING ANDBACKWASHING OPERATIONS.

OPEN THE AIR RELIEF VALVES TO EVACUATEALL AIR DURING THIS INITIAL START-UP.

5. START CIRCULATION PUMP

START AND STOP THE CIRCULATION PUMP MANUALLY AS REQUIRED DURING THISINITIAL START-UP.

TOUCH “CIRC PUMP CONTROL” ONTHE “MAIN MENU” SCREEN TO ACCESSTHE “CIRCULATION PUMP” SCREEN.

TOUCH “MAN” UNTIL “MAN” IS HIGHLIGHTED.TOUCH “MAN START” OR “OFF” TO CONTROLTHE CIRCULATION PUMP OPERATIONS.

START THE PUMP. AS THE FILTER SYSTEM FILLS WITH WATER, EXCESSIVE AIRWILL EVACUATE AGGRESSIVELY BY LOUD HISSING NOISES. IF A LEAK SHOULDOCCUR DURING THIS INITIAL FILLING OF THE TANKS, TOUCH “OFF” ON THE“CIRCULATION PUMP: SCREEN.


6. SHUT OFF THE AIR RELIEF VALVES WHEN AIR STOPS EVACUATING.

SHUT OFF THE AIR RELIEF VALVES WHEN AIR STOPS EVACUATING.

WHEN A STEADY STREAM OF WATER EXITS THEAIR RELIEF VALVES, SHUT THEM OFF.

CHECK FOR ANY LEAKS IN THE PIPING SYSTEM JOINTS. TOUCH “OFF” ON THE“CIRCULATION PUMP” SCREEN TO SHUT OFF THE PUMP.

TOUCH “OFF” AS SHOWN OR PRESS INON “EMERGENCY STOP” BUTTON ONFRONT OF CONTROLLER.

IF NO LEAKS – CONTINUE

AS THE PUMP PICKS UP PRIME AND DISCHARGES INTO THE SYSTEM, THE INFLUENTPRESSURE GAUGE WILL INDICATE A HIGH READING AND THE EFFLUENT A LOWREADING. THIS IS DUE TO THE NEW MEDIA CONTAINING VERY FINE MEDIA GRAINS.THE GAUGES WILL SETTLE DOWN AFTER A THOROUGH BACKWASHING. EXCESSIVEPUMPING FLOW THROUGH THE SYSTEM MUST BE CONTROLLED BY ADJUSTING THEEFFLUENT VALVE.

INFLUENT AND EFFLUENT GAUGESSHOWN IN THE GAUGE PANEL.INFLUENT IS ON LEFT AND THEEFFLUENT IS ON THE RIGHT.


7. ADJUST EFFLUENT RATE OF FLOW

THE EFFLUENT RATE OF FLOW ORTHE PRIORITY VALVE SHOULD BEADJUSTED TO REDUCE THE FLOWRATE TO YOUR SYSTEM FLOW RATE.RE-ADJUSTMENT WILL BE REQUIREDAFTER BACKWASHING.

ADJUST THE BOLT ON THE VALVE COVER COUNTER CLOCKWISE TO DECREASEFLOW UNTIL THE DESIGN FLOW RATE IS INDICATED.

FOR PRIORITY VALVE ADJUSTMENT ON TWO TANKS - IF A PRIORITY VALVE ISINSTALLED ON YOUR SYSTEM, LOOSEN JAM NUT ON BOLT ON THE VALVE COVERAND ADJUST THE BOLT IN (CLOCKWISE) UNTIL THE DESIGN FLOW RATE ISINDICATED, THEN TIGHTEN JAM NUT.

8. INITIATE “START-UP” BACKWASH PROCEDURE

THE INITIAL START-UP BACKWASH PROCEDURE IS DONE IN TWO SEGMENTS, THEFIRST RUN-THROUGH BACKWASH PROCEDURE, ONE MINUTE FOR EACH TANK,FOLLOWED BY A SECOND RUN-THROUGH BACKWASH PROCEDURE OF A FULL5 MINUTES FOR EACH TANK IN YOUR SYSTEM.

TOUCH “SYSTEM SET-UP” ON THEMAIN MENU SCREEN TO ACCESS“ENTER PASSWORD TO ACCESSSET-UP SCREENS.”


ENTER PASSWORD (1111) AND THENTOUCH “ENT” TO ACCESS “SYSTEMSET-UP MENU.”

TOUCH “BACKWASH SETTINGS” TO ACCESS“BACKWASH SETTINGS” SCREEN.

TOUCH “TANK BACKWASH” AND ENTER 60(SECONDS). THEN TOUCH “ENT”, THEN“ACCEPT.” THIS SETTING WILL BACKWASHEACH TANK FOR 60 SECONDS. THE INTERIMTIME BETWEEN BACKWASHING EACH TANK ISALREADY PROGRAMMED IN FOR 60 SECONDS.

TOUCH “SETUP MENU” IN UPPER LEFT CORNER,THEN “MAIN MENU” IN “SYSTEM SET-UPMENU” AND THEN “CIRC PUMP CONTROL” TOACCESS THAT SCREEN.

TOUCH “MAN.” THEN, TOUCH “MAN START”TO START PUMP. TOUCH ARROW INUPPER RIGHT CORNER TO ACCESS“BACKWASH CYCLE.”


TOUCH “MAN” FOR MANUAL BACKWASHINGOPERATIONS. THEN TOUCH UPPER RIGHTCORNER TO ACCESS BACKWASH TANKS 1-4.

TOUCH “TANK 1” TO BACKWASH TANK 1.AT THE END OF 60 SECONDS, BACKWASHWILL STOP AND “INT TIMER ON” WILLFLASH, COUNTING DOWN ONE MINUTEFOR THE BACKWASH VALVE TO RETURNTO THE FILTERING POSITION. TOUCH“STOP” TO STOP THE BACKWASH CYCLEIF NEEDED.

ADJUST BACKWASH SIGHT GLASS VALVE

ADJUST THE BACKWASH SIGHT GLASSVALVE COUNTER CLOCKWISE UNTILWATER FLOW IN THE SIGHT GLASS IS SEEN.


BACKWASH FLOW RATES

DETERMINE THE PHYSICAL TANK SIZES AND THE TYPE OF MEDIA IN YOUR SYSTEMAND THE CHART SHOWS YOU MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM FLOWS REQUIRED FORBACKWASHING.

MEDIA FILTER AREA (FT2 PER TANK/FLOW (GPM)

13.5 FT 2 16.5 FT 2 20.0 FT.2

#20 SILICA SAND 200-275 247-330 300-400#30 SILICA SAND 175-225 215-264 260-320#50 GARNET 270-325 330-396 400-480#60/80 GARNET 270-300 330-363 400-440

TO CONTINUE BACKWASHING EACH TANKIN YOUR SYSTEM, TOUCH “TANK 2” TOBACKWASH FOR 60 SECONDS FOLLOWEDBY THE “INT TIMER ON” FLASHING FOR1 MINUTE. REPEAT WITH TANK 3 AND SO ON.TOUCH UPPER “RIGHT” ARROW TO ACCESS“BACKWASH TANKS 5-8” TO BACKWASH.STOP IF REQUIRED.

CONTINUE BACKWASHING THE NUMBEROF TANKS IN YOUR SYSTEM, TOUCHINGUPPER RIGHT ARROW TO ACCESS OTHERTANKS UP THROUGH 16 TANKS.


9. SECONDARY INITIAL BACKWASH PROCEDURE

REFER BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF “INITIATE START-UP” BACKWASH PROCEDUREAND RE-PROGRAM “BACKWASH SOL VALVE “ON” TIME (SECS)” IN “BACKWASHSETTINGS” TO A 5 MINUTE BACKWASHING TIME FOR EACH TANK).

NOTE: DURING THE SECONDARY INITIAL BACKWASH PROCEDURE, WHILEBACKWASHING (EACH/THE) TANK FOR FIVE MINUTES, CHECK THE WASTE(BACKWASH) LINE DISCHARGE FOR EXCESSIVE MEDIA DISCHARGE. WITH YOURFINGERTIPS IN THE WASTE DISCHARGE, FEEL FOR MEDIA GRAINS BY RUBBINGYOUR FINGERS TOGETHER. YOU SHOULD DETECT SMALL AMOUNTS OF FINE MEDIAFOR APPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES IN THE FIVE MINUTES BACKWASH OF EACHTANK. IF YOU FEEL LARGE GRAINS OR EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF MEDIA BEINGDISCHARGED, RESTRICT THE WASTE LINE VALVE UNTIL YOU FEEL NO MORE MEDIABEING DISCHARGED. IF YOU DO NOT FIND ANY MEDIA GRAINS, OPEN THE WASTELINE VALVE SLIGHTLY UNTIL YOU BEGIN TO FEEL THE FINE GRAINS OF MEDIA IN THEDISCHARGE WASTE WATER.

CAUTION: (FOR COMMERCIAL FILTRATION APPLICATIONS ONLY) DURING THISSECONDARY INITIAL BACKWASH PROCEDURE, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE FILLLINE FROM THE RAW WATER SOURCE BE TURNED ON, WITH PERIODICOBSERVATION OF THE POOL WATER LEVEL.

CONTINUE THE SECONDARY INITIAL BACKWASH PROCEDURE UNTIL EACH FILTERTANK IN THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN BACKWASHED FOR A FULL FIVE MINUTES.

THE INITIAL BACKWASH PROCEDURE IS ESSENTIAL FOR REMOVAL OF THE FINESPRESENT IN ALL FILTER MEDIA. THE SYSTEM IS ALSO SEEKING ITS HYDRAULICALLYBALANCED OPERATING LEVEL. THIS PROCEDURE WILL NOT BE REQUIRED AGAINUNLESS THE FILTER MEDIA IS BEING REPLACED.

FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE SECONDARY INITIAL BACKWASHPROCEDURE, ALL TANKS HAVING BACKWASHED FOR FIVE MINUTES, THE PRESSUREGAUGES SHOULD SETTLE DOWN TO THE NORMAL OPERATING PRESSURES.

IF THE GAUGES ARE STILL INDICATING HIGHER THAN NORMAL DIFFERENTIALPRESSURE, ADDITIONAL BACKWASHING WILL BE NECESSARY AS THE MEDIA STILLCONTAINS AMOUNTS OF FINE PARTICLES CAUSING THE HIGH DIFFERENTIALPRESSURE.

10. RE-ADJUST EFFLUENT RATE OF FLOW VALVE

RE-ADJUST THE EFFLUENT RATE OF FLOW VALVE OR THE PRIORITY VALVE TOFINE-TUNE THE FLOW RATE TO YOUR FILTER SYSTEM FLOW RATE. THEN, SHUTOFF CIRCULATION PUMP.


11. TURN HEATER ‘ON’

REFER BACK TO STEP 2 TO RE-ENABLE THE HEATER BY TOUCHING “YES” IN THE“SYSTEM CONFIGURATION” SCREEN.

12. TURN ACCESSORIES ‘ON’

SWITCH ON ALL ACCESSORY PUMPS THAT WERE SHUT-OFF IN STEP 3.

13. REMOVE BACKWASH FLOW METER SENSOR

REMOVE THE BACKWASH FLOW METERSENSOR FROM THE SADDLE IN THEWASTE LINE.

14. INSTALL PLUG INTO BACKWASH FLOW METER SADDLE

INSTALL THE SPECIAL SENSOR PLUG INTOTHE SENSOR PORT IN THE SADDLE.

RE-PROGRAM STEP 9 FOR “BACKWASH SOL VALVE ON TIME (SECS)” TO BE 120SECONDS FOR FILTER APPLICATIONS UTILIZING SILICA MEDIAS AND 300SECONDS FOR DRINKING WATER APPLICATIONS USING “GARNET” MEDIAS.


GENERAL OPERATIONSPROGRAM AIF AQUATIC INTELLIGENCE FILTER CONTROLFOR OPERATIONS.

THE AQUATIC INTELLIGENCE FILTER CONTROL (AIF) IS DESIGNED TO MONITORAND CONTROL THE SYSTEMS OPERATIONS OF THE CIRCULATING PUMP,FILTERING AND BACKWASHING OPERATIONS, HEATER AND POOLTEMPERATURES AND WATER MAKE-UP LEVELS.

THE “CONTROLLER STATUS” SCREEN MAY BE LEFT ON FOR CONTINUOUSMONITORING OF THE SYSTEM STATUS, MODES, FLOWS AND TEMPERATURES.TOUCH “SYSTEM STATUS” ON THE “MAIN MENU” SCREEN.

THE (AIF) WILL START-STOP THE CIRCULATION PUMP ON DEMAND ACCORDINGTO SET TIMES AND SHUT DOWN THE HEATER 20 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE PUMPSHUTTING OFF OR A BACKWASH CYCLE CAN BE INITIATED TO PREVENTTHERMAL DAMAGE TO THE HEATER (IF INSTALLED). POOL WATER LEVEL ISMONITORED AND THE (AIF) ACTIVATES THE SOLENOID FILL VALVE WHEN ASIGNAL FROM THE FLOAT SWITCH IS RECEIVED AND SHUTS OFF AT THEDESIGNATED HIGH LEVEL.

AS THE FILTER SYSTEM REMOVES PARTICULATES FROM THE WATER, THESEPARTICULATES FORM ON AND IN THE FILTERING MEDIA. THIS CAUSES ANINCREASE IN PRESSURE TO OCCUR AT THE FILTER INLET AND A DECREASE INTHE OUTLET. AT A GIVEN DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE SETTING ON THE D.P.GAUGE, THE (AIF) CONTROLLER ACTIVATES THE BACKWASH CYCLE ANDRETURNS TO THE FILTERING POSITION AFTERWARDS.

1. SET “TIME OF DAY” CLOCK

SET THE “TIME OF DAY” CLOCK AS SHOWN ON PAGE 36.

2. TO RESET BACKWASH COUNTER

FROM “MAIN MENU” TOUCH“SYSTEM SETUP”


ENTER PASSWORD (1111) ANDTHEN TOUCH “ENT”. THE “SYSTEMSET-UP MENU WILL APPEAR.

TOUCH “BACKWASH SETTINGS”TO ACCESS THAT SCREEN.

TOUCH “BACKWASH COUNTER” TORESET. RETURN TO “MAIN MENU”SCREEN BY TOUCHING “SETUP MENU”IN UPPER LEFT AND THEN “MAINMENU” IN THE “SYSTEM SET-UP MENU”

3. SET FILTERING ON AND OFF TIMES FOR EACH DAY

SET FILTERING ON/OFF TIMES AS SHOWN ON PAGES 39-40. (CIRCULATION PUMPENERGY SAVER TIME CLOCK).


4. TIMED BACKWASHES (IF DESIRED)

IF TIMED BACKWASHES ARE DESIRED RATHER THAN BY DIFFERENTIALPRESSURE ACTIVATION, PROGRAM THE “BACKWASH TIME CLOCK START TIME”AND THE “BACKWASH CYCLE INHIBIT TIME CLOCK” TO THE DESIRED START/STOPTIMES. (SEE PAGES 47-49) IN PROGRAMMING.

NOTE: TO DELETE THE DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE SWITCH OPERATION,DISCONNECT WIRES AT TERMINALS 201 & 204 AS SHOWN IN ELECTRICAL AT“DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE SWITCH.” (PAGE 10)

5. TO MANUALLY ADJUST DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURESWITCH/BACKWASH SET POINT

THE DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE SWITCH ISLOCATED BETWEEN THE INFLUENT ANDEFFLUENT PRESSURE GAUGES. INSERTA 1/16” HEX ALLEN WRENCH INTO THE HEXADJUSTMENT OPENING ON THE FACE OF THESWITCH. ROTATE THE INDICATOR NEEDLECLOCKWISE TO INCREASE THE DIFFERENTIALPRESSURE SET POINT OR ROTATE COUNTERCLOCKWISE TO DECREASE THE DIFFERENTIALSET POINT.

6. CIRCULATION PUMP CONTROL

TOUCH “CIRC PUMP CONTROL” ON THE “MAIN MENU” SCREENTO ACCESS “CIRCULATIONPUMP” SCREEN.


TOUCH “AUTO” AND THE CIRUCLATION PUMPWILL START AND THE SYSTEM WILLINITIALIZE.

THE SCREEN WILL AUTOMATICALLY JUMPTO THE “BACKWASH CONTROL” SCREEN.TOUCH “AUTO” AND THE SCREEN WILLAUTOMATICALLY JUMP TO THE “SYSTEMSTATUS” SCREEN.

YOUR SYSTEM IS NOW READY FOR AUTOMATIC OPERATION IN RESPONSE TOTHE TIME CLOCK AND ALARM SETTINGS.

7. TO MANUALLY INITIATE THE BACKWASH CYCLE

TOUCH “BACKWASH CONTROL”ON THE “MAIN MENU” TO ACCESS“BACKWASH CONTROL” SCREEN.

TOUCH “MAN”. THEN, TOUCH “STARTBACKWASH.” YOUR FILTER SYSTEMWILL PROCEED THROUGH THE ENTIREBACKWASH CYCLE. RETURN TO THE“BACKWASH CONTROL” SCREEN.TOUCH “AUTO” TO RETURN TO AUTOOPERATIONS.


CONTROLLER STATUS

TOUCH “STATUS” IN THE “MAINMENU” SCREEN TO ACCESS“CONTROLLER STATUS” SCREEN.THIS SCREEN PROVIDES THECURRENT OPERATING CONDITIONSOF YOUR FILTER SYSTEM ANDMAY BE LEFT ON AT ALL TIMES.

EMERGENCY STOP BUTTON

THE “EMERGENCY STOP” BUTTONLOCATED ON THE FRONT COVEROF THE (AIF) CONTROLLER ISINTENDED FOR USE IN ANEMERGENCY TO SHUT THE SYSTEMOFF. IF ACCIDENTALLY PUSHED IN,YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO ROTATETHE “EMERGENCY STOP” BUTTONCLOCKWISE TO RESET AND RESETTHE ALARM.



TROUBLE SHOOTING GUIDE

EFFLUENT WATER QUALITY AND FILTER MEDIA RELATED PROBLEMS:

FILTER MEDIA BEING DISCHARGED OUT THE EFFLUENT

CAUSE: A. UNDER DRAIN SYSTEM OR LATERALS DAMAGED OR INSTALLED INCORRECTLY.

B. INCORRECT MEDIA (EXCESSIVE FINES).

SOLUTION: A. REMOVE REMAINING MEDIA (VIA MEDIA DUMP PORT). REPAIR UNDER DRAIN SYSTEM OR LATERAL AND REINSTALL MEDIAL.

B. CHECK MEDIA SIZE.IF INCORRECT, REPLACE WITHPROPER GRADE.

SOURCE WATER NOT CLEARING UP.

CAUSE: A. INCORRECT MEDIA.

B. RATE OF FLOW IN EXCESS OF 20 GPM PER SQ. FT.OF FILTER AREA.

C. SOURCE CHEMISTRY NOT IN BALANCE.

D. MUD BALLS HAVE FORMED IN MEDIA.

E. FILTER SYSTEM IS NOT BEING BACKWASHED.

F. ORIGINAL WATER SOURCE.

SOLUTION: A. REMOVE MEDIA AND INSTALL CORRECT MEDIA.

B. ADJUST FLOW RATE.

C. CONSULT LOCAL WATER CHEMIST.

D. REPLACE MEDIA

E. BACKWASH FILTER MANUALLY, OBSERVING WASTE WATER.

F. CONSULT LOCAL WATER CHEMIST.

CAUTION: INCORRECT MEDIA SELECTION WILL RESULT IN POOR FILTERED WATERQUALITY AND/OR SHORT FILTER CYCLES.


FREQUENT BACKWASH INTERVALS

CAUSE: A. EXCESSIVE CONTAMINANT LOADING AND INSUFFICIENT BACKWASHING.

B. MEDIA BED WAS NOT BACKWASHED THOROUGHLY IN THEINITIAL START-UP TO RID THE MEDIA OF FINE MEDIA PARTICLES.

C. MEDIA IS TOO FINE.

D. LATERALS INSIDE TANK ARE PLUGGED WITH FINER MEDIAGRAINS OR ALGAE GROWTH.

E. BACKWASH FLOW RATE IS BELOW 15 GPM PER SQ. FT.OF FILTER AREA.

SOLUTION: A. MANUALLY BACKWASH EACH TANK THOROUGHLY UNTIL WASTE LINE SIGHT GLASS IS CLEAR.

B. MANUALLY BACKWASH THE SYSTEM FOR APPROXIMATELYFIVE (5) MINUTES.

C. REPLACE WITH PROPER SIZE MEDIA AS RECOMMENDED.

D. REMOVE MEDIA, CLEAN OUT SLOTS IN LATERALS WITHRAZOR BLADE AND REPLACE WITH NEW MEDIA.

E. INCREASE BACKWASH FLOW RATE.

CLEAN MEDIA, HIGH INLET PRESSURE, LOW OUTLET PRESSURE, LITTLE OR NOOUTLET FLOW.

CAUSE: A. MEDIA IS TOO FINE.

B. MEDIA NOT BACKWASHED SUFFICIENTLY IN INITIAL STARTUP CAUSING COMPACTION OF MEDIA BED.

C. MEDIA BED COMPACTED DUE TO HIGH DIFFERENTIAL PRESSUREBETWEEN THE INLET AND OUTLET.

SOLUTION: A. REPLACE WITH PROPER SIZE MEDIA.

B. MANUALLY BACKWASH EACH TANK THOROUGHLY FOR SEVERALMINUTES.

C. RESTRICT THE EFFLUENT VALVE TO BACK UP PRESSUREACROSS MEDIA BED DURING BACKWASH, THUS RELAXINGMEDIA BED TO ALLOW FLOW TO PASS THROUGH. RATE OFFLOW MAY BE EXCEEDING DESIGNED FLOW RATE.


HIGH INFLUENT PRESSURE GAUGE READING AND LOW EFFLUENT PRESSUREGAUGE READING. SYSTEM WON’T BACKWASH.

CAUSE: A. WATER PRESSURE SUPPLY BELOW 50 P.S.I., AUTOMATICBACKWASH VALVES ARE NOT ACTIVATED.

B. MEDIA BED BLINDED OFF WITH HEAVY CONTAMINATELOADING.

C. LATERALS INSIDE TANK ARE PLUGGED WITH FINER MEDIAGRAINS OR ALGAE GROWTH.

D. MEDIA TOO FINE.

E. MEDIA NOT BACKWASHED SUFFICIENTLY DURING INITIALSTART UP TO REMOVE THE FINE MEDIA GRAINS.

SOLUTION: A. CORRECT LOW WATER PRESSURE CONDITION, PROVIDE 50 P.S.I. TO EPD SOLENOID SYSTEM.

B. MANUALLY BACKWASH EACH TANK OR REMOVE UPPER 4” OFMEDIA BED INSIDE EACH TANK. REPLACE WITH NEW MEDIA.

C. REMOVE MEDIA, CLEAN OUT SLOTS IN LATERALS WITH RAZORBLADE AND REPLACE WITH NEW MEDIA.

D. REPLACE WITH PROPER MEDIA.

E. BACKWASH THE SYSTEM THOROUGHLY FOR SEVERALMINUTES.

HIGH INFLUENT PRESSURE GAUGE READING AND LOW EFFLUENT PRESSUREGAUGE READING 19 P.S.I. PLUS DIFFERENTIAL READINGS. SYSTEM WILL NOT GOINTO BACKWASH.

CAUSE: A. “DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE SWITCH” MALFUNCTION.

B. TIME CLOCKS ARE NOT SET PROPERLY.

C. NO ELECTRICAL POWER TO FILTER CONTROL.

SOLUTION: A. REPLACE DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE SWITCH.

B. SET TIME CLOCKS FOR PROPER OPERATION.

C. PROVIDE ELECTRICAL POWER TO FILTER CONTROL.SWITCH ON POWER INSIDE CONTROL.


SYSTEM NOT BACKWASHING

CAUSE: A. WATER SUPPLY PRESSURE TO SOLENOIDS IS SHUT OFF.

B. SUPPLY PRESSURE BELOW 50 P.S.I.

C. SUPPLY PRESSURE BEING SUPPLIED FROM TUBINGTAPPED FROM INLET MANIFOLD. PUMP MAY HAVE INSUFFICIENTPRESSURE.

D. BACKWASH VALVE LEAKING INTERNALLY.

SOLUTION: A. TURN ON PRESSURE.

B. INCREASE PRESSURE.

C. HOOK UP TO SOURCE WITH A MINIMUM 50 P.S.I.

D. REPLACE PISTON CUP SEAL.

CONTINUOUS FLOW TO WASTE. PUMP RUNNING.

CAUSE: A. BACKWASH VALVE PORT DISC NOT IN PLACE.

B. OBSTRUCTION LODGED INSIDE VALVE TO PREVENT VALVEFROM CLOSING OFF WASTE PORT.

SOLUTION: A. REPAIR

B. REMOVE OBSTRUCTION.

OTHER POSSIBLE PROBLEMS RELATED TO ACCESSORY EQUIPMENT:

PUMP RUNNING BUT NO PRESSURE ON GAUGES, NO FLOW.

CAUSE: A. PUMP CAVITATING, HIGH VACUUM ON SUCTION SIDE (SOUNDS LIKE MARBLES RATTLING INSIDE THE PUMP)B. SUCTION EXPOSED TO OPEN ATMOSPHERE AND NOT

PUMPING WATER.C. PUMP SUCTION DRAWING IN EXCESSIVE AIR.

SOLUTION: A. CLEAR OBSTRUCTION OR OPEN VALVE(S) IF REQUIRED.


PUMP AND FILTER SYSTEM NOT OPERATING

CAUSE: A. EMERGENCY STOP SWITCH ON CONTROLLER PUSHED IN.

B. NO POWER TO CONTROLLER.

C. MAIN CIRC PUMP POWER SUPPLY IS SHUT OFF.

D. AN ALARM FUNCTION HAS DISABLED CONTROLLER.

SOLUTION: A. ROTATE EMERGENCY STOP SWITCH CLOCKWISE TO RESET.

B. SWITCH “ON” MAIN POWER TO CONTROLLER OR POWER ON/OFFSWITCH INSIDE CONTROLLER.

C. SWITCH “ON” POWER TO CIRC PUMP.

D. RESET ALARM (SEE “CONTROLLER STATUS”) INPROGRAMMING SECTION.

WINTERIZING PROCEDURE

THE EPD FILTER SYSTEM IS EASILY WINTERIZED IF IT IS NOT TO BE IN OPERATIONDURING MONTHS WHICH ENCOUNTER FREEZING TEMPERATURES.

THE RECOMMENDED WINTERIZING PROCEDURE FOR THE FILTER SYSTEM ONLY IS:

NOTE: SEE OTHER ACCESSORY COMPONENT MANUFACTURER’S INSTRUCTIONSRELATED TO FREEZE PROTECTION.

STEP 1: SHUT “OFF” ALL ELECTRICAL POWER OT THE FILTER SYSTEM’S FILTERCONTROL.

STEP 2: DISCONNECT AND DRAIN ALL CONTROL AND SENSOR TUBING; RE-ATTACHAFTER COMPLETELY VOID OF WATER.

STEP 3: REMOVE WINTERIZING PLUG(S) FROM TANK DRAIN PORT(S), AND OPEN AIRRELIEF VALVE(S).

STEP 4: LOOSEN BOLTS ON BACKWASH VALVE COVER(S) AND DRAIN WATER FROMVALVE ACTUATOR CYLINDER.

STORE ALL PLUGS WITH OR NEAR THE FILTER SYSTEM FOR REINSTALLATION ATTIME OF START UP.

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