WebCTRL Operator Level 2 (Advance)
Date: March 6, 2012 @ 8:30 am – March 8, 2012 @ 4:30 pm
Seats Available: 1
Seats Filled: 7
Location: Pittsburgh Training Center
Objective:
Operator engineering is designed for individuals who need to create a WebCTRL database using ALC’s engineering tools. After attending this course, a customer will be able to select appropriate control modules for a project, efficiently develop and effectively manage a system database in SiteBuilder, translate a written sequence of operations into an Eikon LogicBuilder control program, develop programs using Equipment Builder, download, checkout and trouble-shoot control programs, understand ALC control concepts built into microblocks, and create and edit system graphics using ViewBuilder. To maintain a high level of interaction, there will be a maximum of two (2) people at each WebCTRL server. Each WebCTRL server includes a computer and a group of control modules that the attendee will be on-line with.
Prerequisites:
Working knowledge of HVAC systems and control, WebCTRL Operator Level 1 (Basic) Course
Day 1:
Control Module Brief Review
This overview covers only the control modules used in the training course which includes the most commonly used (LGR, ME, SE, ZN, RC).
Discussion covering “What is BACnet” and how BACnet devices are used in the ALC System
Adding DDC Controls
Selecting the appropriate control modules for a third floor research and office building
Designing a WebCTRL Database
Using SiteBuilder the student will add a third floor area, HVAC equipment and control modules to an existing WebCTRL database.
Discussion of and exercise in using BACnet device instance numbers; students will receive a pfd file providing a standard addressing scheme for device instance numbers
Day 2:
Creating a Control Program
Introduction to Eikon LogicBuilder
Discussion on the most widely used Microblocks; Scheduler, Setpoint, I/O, Network, PID, Airflow and RS
Exercise in creating a very basic zone control program; students will learn how to draw in Eikon LogicBuilder, learn the steps to apply and download the control program; students will continue to add more logic to this one program and repeating their steps for more practice
Exercise in trouble-shooting control programs; instructor will add bugs into the students control programs which they will need to correct.
Day 3:
Developing Functional Control Programs
Translate a written sequence of operation into an Eikon LogicBuilder control program
Exercise using Equipment Builder website (if this website is not available the instructor
will provide a library of control program and graphics)
Students will develop the necessary programs to control the HVAC equipment on the
third floor of the research and office building
Control Module Operating System
Discussion about Module Drivers and different versions
Exercise performing module statuses and verifying the module driver
Applying, Downloading and Checkout of Control Programs
Demonstration using WebCTRL point checkout feature to commission a piece of HVAC equipment
Exercises performing database edits using SiteBuilder and module downloads using
WebCTRL; students will be expected to perform these exercises with little or no help
from the instructor and finish adding DDC controls to the third floor of the research
and office building
WebCTRL Heat and Cool Source
Discussion on how heat and cool request minimize energy consumption, including a demonstration using the Setpoint Optimization microblock
Exercises using SiteBuilder heat and cool source trees
WebCTRL Optimal Start Program
Discussion to optimally start your equipment to yield the most efficient operation
Exercise defining the optimal start feature in WebCTRL
Creating a WebCTRL Equipment Graphic
Introduction to ViewBuilder
Discussion on the most widely used controls; number, drop list, toggle button image list, table and interactive thermostat
Exercise building a VAV box graphic; student will learn about grouping, copying, aligning, and layering of objects
Exercise de-bugging an AHU graphic; student will learn how to use the error log to trouble-shoot and fix graphic errors
Creating a WebCTRL Floor Plan Graphic
Exercise building the third floor graphic for the research and office building; student will learn how to create thermographic floor plans using color associations
Exercise de-bugging a floor plan graphic; student will learn how to use the error log to trouble-shoot and fix graphic errors
Backing-up the WebCTRL Database
Exercise using clippings; students will learn how to take a portion of the database from a laptop computer and clip it into the WebCTRL server database
Exercise making a complete system backup; students learn how SiteBuilder provides a way to replicate the database