Function Blocks 
PID Function Block 
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Disable 
N/A  Disables PV Adaptive tune  Click on radio button to 
select. 
PV Adaptive 
Tuning 
Enable 
N/A 
This method adapts a tuned 
process to changing system 
characteristics over time. When the 
PV deviates from the SP by a 
certain amount for any reason. 
(Note 3 – Page 
H284) 
Click on radio button to 
select. 
Tuning Criteria  Normal 
N/A  Conservative tuning designed to 
calculate critically damped tuning 
parameter values that produce 
minimal overshoot. 
 Fast 
N/A 
More aggressive tuning than 
Normal, designed to calculate 
under damped parameter values 
providing faster control to the 
setpoint but may have some 
overshot. 
Click on radio button to 
select. 
Duplex Tuning 
(Active for 
Algorithm DUPA 
or DUPB on 
General Tab with 
Cycle Tuning) 
Disable 
 
 
Manual 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Automatic 
N/A 
Disable -Duplex type tuning is 
disabled and simplex type tuning is 
used instead.   
Manual - Tuning must be initiated 
manually for each side.  The 
current LSP or RSP value is used 
as the target SP for the desired 
heat or cool side tuning. For the 
heat side, the output cycles 
between 50 percent and the high 
output limit and for the cool side the 
output cycles between 50 percent 
and the low output limit.  Tuning 
values are calculated and stored 
only for the side tuned. 
 
Heat and Cool tuning are 
sequentially performed 
automatically. During the operation 
of this tuning the target SP used is 
the mid point between the high 
output limit and 50 percent for the 
heat side and the low output limit 
and 50 percent for the cool side.  
During tuning for each side the 
cycling of the output results in the 
PV oscillating around the target SP 
value.  From the data gathered 
during the oscillations, tuning 
values are calculated and stored for 
each side. After tuning on both 
sides is completed, the process SP 
is returned to the value of the last 
SP used prior to the initiation of the 
tuning procedure. 
Click on radio button to 
select.