Kodiak Recirculating Chiller Technical Manual
Manual # 820-0109, Rev. Y, 07/08/10 - 46 - Check Lytron’s website www.Lytron.com
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Where: Alarm Flags Status in Bit encoded Byte (2 chars). Assignments are:
Bit 7 (MSB) Over Temp: Over Temperature Alarm is lit
Bit 6 Lo Temp: Low Temperature Alarm is lit
Bit 5 Low Flow: Low Flow Alarm is lit
Bit 4 Low Level: Low Level Alarm is lit
Bit 3 Not used: Not used
Bit 2 Not used: Not used
Bit 1 Audible Alarm on: Alarm transistor (Al toggle)
Bit0 (LSB); Summary Alarm on: Beeps computer
PlantTemp and SetTemp encoded (2-byte hex (Cx100)
Pressure encoded is integer value (hex 1-byte)
1.6.3 Read Plant Temperature
This command (‘T’) will cause the Chiller Control to return the plant temperature in a status
string with the following form:
^JT PlantTemp^M
Where: PlantTemp Plant Temperature Value (2-byte hex (Cx100)
^J ^M Ascii Linefeed and Carriage Return
1.6.4 Read Set Point Temperature
This command (‘S’) will cause the Chiller Control to return the current setpoint temperature in
a status string with the following form:
^JS SetTemp^M
Where: SetTemp Setpoint Temperature Value (2-byte hex (Cx100)
^J ^M Ascii Linefeed and Carriage Return
1.6.5 Read User Menu Configuration
This command (‘U’) will cause the Chiller Control to return the current User Menu configuration
information in a status string with the following form:
^JU UserControlFlags OverTempAlmLmt LowTempAlmLmt OffsetCal^M
Where: UserControlFlags Status in Bit encoded Byte (2 chars). Audible Alarm Enable & Fault
Chiller Shutoff are encoded in this byte as follows:
Bit 7: (MSB): Chiller PowerOn : Host signal to turn on
Bit 6: Chiller PowerOff: Host signal to turn off
Bit 5: Chiller F/C: Host Signal to toggle F/C
Bit 4: Fault Chiller Shut Off : Fault chiller shutoff is enabled, lights host window
Bit 3: Audible Alarm Enable: Audible Alarm is enabled
Bit 2: Not used
B i t 1 : R e m o t e S t a r t N C : R e m o t e s t a r t c o n t a c t c l o s u r e t o r u n , e l s e O f f
Bit 0: (LSB); Remote Start NO:Remote start contact open to run, else Off
OverTempAlmLmt: High Temp Limit Setpoint (2-byte hex (Cx100)
LowTempAlmLmt: Low Temp Limit Setpoint (2-byte hex (Cx100)
OffsetCal Plant Temp Offset (2-byte hex (Cx100)
^J ^M Ascii Linefeed and Carriage Return