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Table 3-6  SPRAMP Group Function Prompts 
Function Prompt  
Lower Display 
Selections or  
Range of Setting  
Upper Display 
Parameter  
Definition 
SP RAMP 
SP Program must be 
disabled for SP Ramp 
prompts to appear 
 
 
 
 
SINGLE SETPOINT RAMP—Make a selection to 
enable or disable the setpoint ramp function. Make 
sure you configure a ramp time and a final setpoint 
value. 
SP Programming must be disabled. 
 
DISABLE 
 
ENABLE 
DISABLE SETPOINT RAMP—Disables the setpoint 
ramp option. 
ENABLE SETPOINT RAMP—Allows the single 
setpoint ramp prompts to be shown. 
TIME MIN 
0 to 255 minutes 
SETPOINT RAMP TIME—Enter the number of 
minutes desired to reach the final setpoint. A ramp 
time of “0” implies an immediate change of setpoint. 
FINAL SP 
Within setpoint limits 
SETPOINT RAMP FINAL SETPOINT—Enter the 
value desired for the final setpoint. The controller will 
operate at the setpoint set here when ramp is ended. 
ATTENTION If the ramp is on HOLD, the held 
setpoint can be changed by the ▲ and ▼ keys. 
However, the ramp time remaining and original ramp 
rate is not changed. Therefore, when returning to 
RUN mode, the setpoint will ramp at the same rate as 
previous to the local setpoint change and will stop if 
the final setpoint is reached before the time expires. If 
the time expires before the final setpoint is reached, it 
will jump to the final setpoint. 
 ATTENTION  SP RAMP and SP RATE will cause the 
SP portion of Accutune to abort. PV Tune will 
continue to function normally. Ramp is placed into 
HOLD while tuning (TUNE configuration). 
HOTSTART 
DISABLE 
ENABLE 
DISABLE—LSP1 is used as the initial ramp setpoint.
ENABLE—Current PV value is used as the initial 
ramp setpoint. 
SP RATE 
SP Rate operates on 
any LSP when both 
SP Ramp and SP 
Programming are not 
active. 
 
 
DISABLE 
 
ENABLE 
SETPOINT RATE—Lets you configure a specific rate 
of change for any local setpoint change. 
DISABLE SETPOINT RATE—Disables the setpoint 
rate option. 
ENABLE SETPOINT RATE—Allows the SP rate 
feature.