Husky Altanium Delta3 - Changing the Regulation Mode; Manually Slaving One Zone to Another Zone; Using the Automatic Slave Function

v 2.3 — September 2015 Altanium Delta3
74 Using the Automatic Slave Function
7.5.15.1 Using the Automatic Slave Function
If a thermocouple malfunctions during operation of the mold, the Altanium Auto-Slave
function will take over. Altanium constantly monitors the heaters in the mold and stores
comparative data. This data is used to select an almost identical Master/Slave relationship for
every zone in the mold. If a thermocouple fails, Altanium will initiate an alarm and display an
error on the Alarm screen.
Based on the comparative data stored, the system knows which zone to slave the faulty zone
to so that it continues to operate in a closed loop control mode.
The only requirement is to see the error, then clear and reset the alarm. On the Neo2 View,
Multi Group View, Graphical View and Text View screens, the number toggles between
the original zone number and the zone to which it is slaved.
Once the error is cleared and reset, the slave value is persisted to the database. The Quick Set
screen for that zone displays the zone it is slaved to. The Automatic Slave function can be
disabled in the System Setup screen.
If the automatic slaving function is unable to find a suitable partner, the Automatic Manual
Control (AMC) function is activated. If AMC is set to On, the system automatically switches the
bad zone into Manual mode applying a calculated average power output to the heater. If
AMC is Off, Priority Control Mode (PCM) is activated and shuts down either the zone or the
system based on the PCM directive.
7.5.15.2 Manually Slaving One Zone to Another Zone
If a thermocouple is about to fail, it can be slaved to another zone before it fails completely.
To manually slave one zone to another:
1. On the Quick Set screen, touch the zone to slave.
2. Touch the Slave To Zone field and enter the zone number of the master zone.
3. Touch the Accept button.
On the Neo2 View, Multi Group View, Graphical View and Text View screens, the color of
the manual-slaved zone changes from white to dark blue and the zone and name toggles
between the original zones information and the zone to which it is slaved.
7.5.15.3 Changing the Regulation Mode
Each zone can run in one of three regulation modes. The default setting is Automatic.
IMPORTANT!
Choose a master zone with similar heater characteristics. For example, a user may not want
to slave a manifold zone to a tip zone. A zone cannot be slaved to itself; if this is attempted,
Altanium will ignore the changes.