RACK_INLET_MON
Three-point rack inlet temperature monitor with ASHRAE banded alarms, top-to-bottom stratification detection and per-sensor fail-over.
When to use it
Use RACK_INLET_MON when a rack is instrumented at top, middle and bottom of its cold face and the inlet temperature has to be held inside the ASHRAE thermal envelope, reported to the DCIM layer, and used to detect hot-air recirculation.
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
| Port | Type | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| ENABLE | BOOL | — |
| T_TOP_RAW | REAL | degC |
| T_MID_RAW | REAL | degC |
| T_BOT_RAW | REAL | degC |
| TOP_OK | BOOL | — |
| MID_OK | BOOL | — |
| BOT_OK | BOOL | — |
| T_MAX | REAL | degC |
| T_WARN | REAL | degC |
| DB | REAL | K |
| STRAT_MAX | REAL | K |
| ALM_DLY | TIME | — |
| RANGE_LO | REAL | degC |
| RANGE_HI | REAL | degC |
| ACK | BOOL | — |
Outputs
| Port | Type | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| T_TOP | REAL | degC |
| T_MID | REAL | degC |
| T_BOT | REAL | degC |
| T_WORST | REAL | degC |
| T_STRAT | REAL | K |
| VALID | BOOL | — |
| N_OK | USINT | sensors |
| ALM_WARN | BOOL | — |
| ALM_HI | BOOL | — |
| ALM_STRAT | BOOL | — |
| ALM_SENSOR_FAULT | BOOL | — |
| ALM_NO_MEAS | BOOL | — |
| ALM_CFG_ERR | BOOL | — |
Validation evidence
- Tests
- 9
- Simulated scans
- 140
- 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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