FAN_WALL_CTRL

Fan-wall N+1 speed sharing with failed-fan compensation, a slew limit, and latched redundancy and capacity alarms.

Validated application blockDCIM · CoolingIEC 61131-3v1.0.0

When to use it

Use FAN_WALL_CTRL when an EC fan array serves an air handler or a data hall with N+1 redundancy, each fan reports its own health, and the surviving fans must take up a failed fan's share without a step change in airflow.

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—
N_FANSUSINT—
SP_PCTREAL%
F1_OKBOOL—
F2_OKBOOL—
F3_OKBOOL—
F4_OKBOOL—
F5_OKBOOL—
F6_OKBOOL—
SPD_MINREAL%
SPD_MAXREAL%
RAMP_PCT_PER_SREAL%/s
ACKBOOL—

Outputs

PortTypeUnit
N_OKUSINT—
N_LOSTUSINT—
SPEED_PCTREAL%
DEMAND_PCTREAL%
ALM_REDUNDANCY_LOSTBOOL—
ALM_ALL_FAILEDBOOL—
ALM_CAPACITY_LOSTBOOL—
ALM_CFG_ERRBOOL—

Validation evidence

Tests
9
Simulated scans
270
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

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