Application

Sequence of Operation
Venturi Table Evaluation and Editing (Mode 1, 3)
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Siemens Industry, Inc.
Application Note, App 6750
140-1328
2015-07-07
Running a successful calibration sequence is one way of changing/updating the active
values. You can also edit the table manually. Normally this is not necessary, but if you
are having flow control problems you may need to edit the table.
In order to manually edit the table statement, you must first know which points in the
active table need adjusting. This is done by setting V TABLE PT
to the appropriate
active point values found in the Table
Venturi Air Valve Table Statement in order to
gather and view the active voltage/flow curve for the Venturi Air Valve and its actuator.
By gathering and analyzing the active voltage/flow values (for example, you can plot
them on a graph as in the figure Problematic Venturi Air Valve Voltage/Flow Curves ),
you can decide which one(s) need adjusting. The flow curve should be smooth and
incremental.
You can change the active values using the following steps:
1. Set V TABLE PT to a “swap” value that tells the application to exchange active
table values with inactive table values (see the Table Venturi Air Valve Table
Statement for swap value).
 This step is necessary because the application does not allow active values to
be manually overridden.
NOTE:
An exception to this rule is when active values cannot be manually overridden. The
first element in the active portion of the table—the low flow point—can be edited
directly. The Table
Venturi Air Valve Table Statement explains this in more detail.
2. Edit the inactive table values.
 Since you have just switched the active and inactive portions of the table in
Step 1, the inactive values are now identical to what the active values were
moments ago. You can now edit these new inactive values by using V TABLE
PT to reference them in TABLE FLOW and TABLE VOLTS. The Table
Venturi
Air Valve Table Statement
explains this in more detail.
3. Set V TABLE PT once again to the swap value. This places the newly edited
inactive values back into the active portion of the table statement (again, the active
and inactive portions of the table are simply swapped). However, before the swap
is finalized, the application analyzes your proposed values using the same logic as
in a regular calibration sequence.
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If your proposed values are good, then the swap is made and the edited
values are accepted into the active supply (or exhaust) portion of the
table. Depending on which portion of the table you were editing, SUP
VLV STAT or GEX VLV STAT is marked PASS and control of the
Venturi Air Valve resumes.
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However, if it is marked FAIL, you must gather and view the voltage/flow
values to see where the problem lies.