A simple but nice example of a basic control project that RMS was able to help a customer with. RMS is not a control system but this basic solution was suitable.
Customer Requirement
- Control a dehumidifier in a test area to ensure humidity remains below critical level. They could have used a HS5 / PF4 etc but they wanted to see the process in action if possible and didn't want to have a second probe in use if it could be avoided (already they had an RMS logger monitoring the room).
Solution
- RMS digital output module (RMS-DO-L-R) used and configured to trip dehum unit on when high %rh met.
- Monitoring probe configured with the room limits.
- Second measurement point made as a 'duplicate' of the live values (achieved using sum calc with only one input). Using this measurement point we could set a lower alarm limit to ensure dehum trigger before the %rh got too high.
- Tweaks to alarm levels and hysteresis band ensured smooth control (+/- <2 %rh)
Image showing
- Live %rh from monitoring probe (alarm limit @ 35 %rh) No alarms triggered during test!
- Duplicate of above reading (alarm limit @ ~32 %rh) Multiple alarms triggering relay
- Relay output (dehum unit on)
- Live temp from monitoring probe (not controlled by RMS)
Customer Requirement
- Control a dehumidifier in a test area to ensure humidity remains below critical level. They could have used a HS5 / PF4 etc but they wanted to see the process in action if possible and didn't want to have a second probe in use if it could be avoided (already they had an RMS logger monitoring the room).
Solution
- RMS digital output module (RMS-DO-L-R) used and configured to trip dehum unit on when high %rh met.
- Monitoring probe configured with the room limits.
- Second measurement point made as a 'duplicate' of the live values (achieved using sum calc with only one input). Using this measurement point we could set a lower alarm limit to ensure dehum trigger before the %rh got too high.
- Tweaks to alarm levels and hysteresis band ensured smooth control (+/- <2 %rh)
Image showing
- Live %rh from monitoring probe (alarm limit @ 35 %rh) No alarms triggered during test!
- Duplicate of above reading (alarm limit @ ~32 %rh) Multiple alarms triggering relay
- Relay output (dehum unit on)
- Live temp from monitoring probe (not controlled by RMS)
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