Programmable Controllers: View and Customize

Programmable controllers include all general-purpose controllers that have no inherently defined function in an HVAC system. These controllers may serve a single purpose, such as the control of a customized air handler or heat pump loop, but they can be highly customizable and variable.

 

Note: All non-Trane BACNet controllers and Tracer SC controllers appear as generic programmable controllers.

 

To view a building's programmable controllers:

  1. Go to Home | Building Name | Equipment | Programmable. Any programmable controllers (not assigned to a different equipment family) in the building will be listed. If the building has no programmable controllers, there will be no Programmable link in the building navigation list.
  2. To view details on a particular controller, click its name. The main status page for the controller appears.

 

In Tracer Ensemble, you can assign a programmable controller as an air handler, chiller or space. The programmable control then appears in the summary lists for the newly assigned controller type (it no longer appears in the Programmable Controllers list) and you can customize the data point assignments.

 

To assign a programmable controller to an equipment family:

  1. Go to the main status page for the controller.
  2. Click Manage Programmable Controllers.
  3. Locate the programmable controller in the list.
  4. Select a new value under Assigned Equipment Family.
  5. Click Apply New Values.

 

To customize the data point assignments:

  1. In the Building Navigation Pane, click Equipment or Spaces, according to the assigned equipment family you selected earlier.
  2. Click the name of the programmable controller in the equipment list to which you assigned it. The main status page for the controller appears.
  3. Click Customize Programmable Controller. A series of two pages begins.
  4. Complete both pages and click Finish at the last page.

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