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The Linkage Master will determine if the air source is oper-
ational (the fan is on/off) by determining if terminal airflow can
be achieved. If the terminal’s damper is open and the controller
does not measure a corresponding minimum airflow, then the
linkage master zone controller concludes that the air source is
off. If airflow is achieved, then the linkage master concludes
that the air source in on.
Once the air source is determined to be operational, the link-
age master will attempt to determine the air source mode (heat-
ing or cooling) by measuring the supply air temperature from
the air source. A primary air duct temperature sensor must be
connected to the primary air temperature input of the linkage
master zone controller. The sensor should be placed in the sup-
ply air duct at a point where airflow is not dependent on any
specific terminal. If a sensor is not installed, or the sensor fails,
then the linkage master will default the mode to cooling.
If the PAT sensor is installed and operational, the linkage
master determines the air source mode (Heating or Cooling
On/Off) based on the temperature reading.
OFF MODE — Off mode is determined when the minimum
cooling CFM for the linkage master zone is configured with a
value other than zero. The linkage master calculates the CFM
for that master zone and compares it that value to the config-
ured minimum cooling CFM for that zone. If the actual CFM is
less than the minimum cooling CFM and the damper position
is opened greater than the configured maximum damper posi-
tion (as defined by the configured Reset Maximum Damper
Position in the Linkage Configuration [MAXDP]) for
1 minute, then the linkage master zone controller will declare
the primary air source’s fan OFF. The linkage master will then
issue the OFF Mode to all zone controllers associated (linked)
with that master.
If the airflow increases above the minimum cooling CFM,
then the linkage master zone controller will determine the pri-
mary air source’s fan is on. Once the Master zone controller de-
termines the fan is on, it then proceeds to determine if the
equipment is operating in Heating, Cooling, or Free Cooling
mode.
HEAT MODE — When the fan is determined to be on, the
linkage master zone controller reads the primary air tempera-
ture value. If the temperature is greater than the average occu-
pied zone temperature, as calculated by the linkage master
zone controller, plus 5 degrees F, the mode is determined to be
heating.
In heating mode, the zone controller will modulate the pri-
mary air damper to maintain the minimum heating CFM, un-
less the system is configured for VAV Central Heating. If a
zone controller is configured for VAV heating, the zone con-
troller will modulate the primary air damper between the mini-
mum and maximum Heating CFM positions.
COOL MODE — When the fan is determined to be on, the
linkage master zone controller reads the primary air tempera-
ture value. If the temperature is less than the average occupied
zone temperature, as calculated by the linkage master zone
controller, minus 2 degrees F, the mode is determined to be
cooling.
FREE COOLING MODE — The following conditions must
be present for free cooling mode:
• the fan is determined to be on by the linkage master zone
controller
• the average zone temperature value is greater than the
average unoccupied zone cooling temperature set point,
as determined by the master zone controller
• the current time is between 3:00 AM and 7:00 AM
• the equipment is providing cooling to the system
If the above conditions are true, then the mode is deter-
mined to be Free Cooling. This mode is then communicated to
all the zone controllers associated (linked) with that master
zone controller.
NOTE: Any time a zone controller is not receiving an update
from a linkage master zone controller, that zone controller will
determine the air source mode based upon its supply air sensor
(only if the zone controller is configured for ducted heat). In
this case, no determination for heat, cool and on/off modes is
made until after the heating operation ceases. In other cases
where a supply air temperature sensor is not used, the mode
will default to cooling.
Communications Alarms with Linkage —
If the
linkage master detects that a previously polled air terminal is
no longer responding, then it will generate a CCN alarm mes-
sage indicating the loss of communications with that terminal.
If a terminal that was previously polled by a linkage master
stops being polled, it will generate a CCN alarm message indi-
cating a loss of communications from the linkage master. It
will then operate in stand-alone mode (Linkage in effect =
NO). A return to normal will not be issued until successful
communication updates have been received.
If the linkage master fails to communicate with the config-
ured CCN air source, then an air source communication alarm
message will be generated.
The linkage master will operate as
defined for a Non-CCN air source to determine the air source-
operating mode.
OCCUPANCY (LOCAL/GLOBAL)
Overview —
Each zone controller has a software time-
clock. The software time clock must be initialized after any
power failure, either by receiving a Time Broadcast (the con-
troller will request time from the network), or by a manually
updating the time, through the controller time function.
When designing a system with an air source (that has a PIC
that supports linkage), the linkage master zone controller will
determine the system scheduling if local occupancy schedules
are used at each zone controller.
NOTE: The PIC should be configured with a similar time
schedule as the linkage master, so in the event of a failure the
PIC will automatically revert back to its configured schedule.
The system occupancy function will provide to the air
source a composite view of the current occupancy status of all
the zones. If any zone is occupied, the system will indicate to
the air source that it should be in occupied mode. If no zones
are occupied then the system will indicate to the air source that
it should be in unoccupied mode. In addition the system will
provide a composite view of the next occupied time, next unoc-
cupied time, and last unoccupied time for the zones.
NOTE: If a single occupancy schedule is used, it should be
configured in the linkage master, although it is not required.
Local Occupancy —
Each zone controller will have its
own time schedule through which its occupancy state is
controlled.
When the control is configured to use its local occupancy
schedule, and the zone controller’s software time clock has
been initialized, then the local schedule shall determine occu-
pancy status.
The software timeclock will require periodic updates from a
time broadcaster in a networked device (with hardware clock).
If the software clock has not been initialized, the zone control-
ler will default to the occupied state.
Global Occupancy —
A zone controller’s occupancy
state can be controlled through the network. This will be
referred to as global occupancy. Any zone can be configured
to broadcast a global occupancy schedule to any zone control-
ler on any bus with the same schedule number. Each CCN sys-
tem can support up to a maximum of 35 global occupancy
schedules.
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