DAMPER_CTRL

Ventilation damper position control with a rate-limited command, feedback proving on a travel timeout, and a commanded fire position.

Validated application blockTransit · Tunnel VentilationIEC 61131-3IEC 61499v1.0.0

When to use it

Use DAMPER_CTRL when a modulating tunnel ventilation damper, louvre or smoke damper is driven to a position and must be proved there by its own feedback, with a defined position for fire mode and a defined position when the control is not in service.

Interface

The published port signature. This is the whole of what the block exposes to your program — the implementation body is not shown here and ships with the download.

Inputs

PortTypeUnit
ENABLEBOOL—
FIRE_MODEBOOL—
CMD_PCTREAL%
POS_FBREAL%
POS_OKBOOL—
FIRE_POS_PCTREAL%
FAIL_POS_PCTREAL%
SLEW_PCT_SREAL%/s
POS_TOLREAL%
TRAVEL_TMOTIME—
ACKBOOL—

Outputs

PortTypeUnit
DAMPER_PCTREAL%
FAILEDBOOL—
TARGET_PCTREAL%
AT_POSBOOL—
MOVINGBOOL—
POS_ERRREAL%
VALIDBOOL—
ALM_POS_FAULTBOOL—
ALM_CFG_ERRBOOL—

IEC 61499 event interface

EI INIT, REQ·EO INITO, CNF

Validation evidence

Tests
10
Simulated scans
264
Simulator
v0.1.0

Complete IEC 61131-3 implementation with a published test suite that runs on the vplant simulator. The counts above are that suite, executed on this build.

  • Conforms to IEC 61131-3
  • Conforms to IEC 61499

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