Installation, Operating & Maintenance Instructions 
Series 650 DN 100-250 (I.D. 4“ - 10”), CC-Link 
 
 
 
VAT Vakuumventile AG, CH-9469 Haag, Switzerland 
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3.6.5 LEARN 
 
LEARN adapts the PID controller of the valve to the vacuum system and its operating conditions. LEARN must be 
executed only once during system setup. 
The LEARN routine determines the characteristic of the vacuum system. Based on this, the PID controller is able to run 
fast and accurate pressure control cycles. 
This characteristic depends on various parameters such as chamber volume, conductance and flow regime. Therefore it 
must be performed with a specific gas flow according to instruction below. 
The result of LEARN is a pressure versus valve position data table. This table is used to adapt the PID parameters. The 
data table is stored in the device memory which is power fail save. The data table can be up-/downloaded via ‘Control 
Performance Analyzer’ software or remote interface. Due to encoding the data may not be interpreted directly. 
By an OPEN VALVE, CLOSE VALVE, POSITION CONTROL or PRESSURE CONTROL command the routine will be 
interrupted. 
 
Local operation: 
(‘Control View’, ‘Control Performance Analyzer’ or 
‘Service Box 2‘) 
Remote operation: 
 
Go to ‘Learn / LEARN’ menu and follow instructions. 
 
Note: Gasflow calculation according to 
recommendation below is done automatically based 
on inputs. 
Note: It’s not possible to do ‘LEARN‘ via CC-Link. 
 
Note: Sensor signal must not shift during LEARN. Wait until sensor signal is stable before LEARN is performed. 
 
Note: Learn may take several minutes. Do not interrupt the routine as a single full run is required to ensure fast and 
accurate pressure control. The PID controller covers 5% to 5000% of the gas flow which was used for learn. If learn 
finished the valve goes to position mode.