In order to prevent serious physical injuries or major material damage, work on or with the
unit may be performed only by authorised persons with appropriate training and qualifications who are familiar with the set-up, installation, commissioning and operation of electronic controllers. These persons must read the operating instructions carefully before the installation and commissioning. In addition to the operating instructions and national accident prevention regulations, all recognised technical rules (safety and professional work under UVV,
VBG, VDE etc.) must be followed.
Repairs to the device may only be made by the manufacturer or a repair centre authorised by
the manufacturer.
UNAUTHORISED AND IMPROPER INTERVENTIONS WILL INVALIDATE THE WARRANTY!
The applicable national accident prevention regulations must be followed when working on control
units under voltage.
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1.2Proper intended use
The unit is intended only for the purposes agreed in the order confirmation. Any other application or use for any additional purpose, is not a proper intended use. The manufacturer accepts no liability for any injury or damage arising from unintended use. Proper intended use
is also contingent on compliance with the installation, operating and maintenance procedures
described in these operating instructions. The technical data and the details of the connection
assignments can be found on the type plate and in the instructions, and must be complied
with.
Electronic equipment is not fundamentally failsafe! The user must therefore ensure that his system reverts to a safe condition in the event of failure of the equipment. The manufacturer accepts
no responsibility for any damage to life and limb or to material goods and assets in the event of
failure to comply with this provision and in the event of improper use.
The electrical installation must be performed in accordance with the relevant regulations (e.g.
cable cross-sections, fuses, earth conductor connections, etc.). Additional information is included in the documentation. If the control unit is used in a particular area of application, the
required standards and regulations must be complied with.
The controllers are packaged appropriately for transport and may only be transported in
their original packaging. Avoid any impacts and collisions. Unless otherwise noted on the
packaging, the maximum stacking height is 4 packs. When you receive the equipment,
check for any damage to the packaging or the controller.
Store the equipment in its original packaging and protected from the weather, and avoid extremes of heat and cold.
Subject to technical changes in the interests of further development. Therefore no claims
may be derived from information, images and drawings; errors excepted!
All rights, including rights created by patent grant or other registration, are reserved.
These operating instructions are the copyright of
GÜNTNER GmbH & CO. KG
Fürstenfeldbruck
1.4Warranty and liability
The current General Terms and Conditions of Sales and Delivery of Güntner GmbH & Co. KG
apply.
All rights, including rights of photomechanical reproduction and storage in electronic form,
are reserved.
1.6EMC-compliant installation
Controllers in the GHM spray series fulfil the requirements of EN 61000-6-2 as regards resistance to EMC interference and those of EN 61000-6-3 as regards emissions.
They also comply with standards IEC 61000-4-4/-5/-6/-11 for grid-bound interference. In order to guarantee EM compatibility, the following points must be noted:
All measurement and signalling lines must be connected via shielded cables.
• The shielding of measuring, signal and bus lines must be earthed at one end only.
• Suitable shielding and routing measures must be taken to ensure that mains cables and motor cables do not give rise to any interference in signal and control lines.
If the equipment is installed in a switch cabinet, proper attention must be given to the temperature
inside the cabinet. Güntner switch cabinets are provided with sufficient ventilation.
The GHM manages the spraying of heat exchangers. GHM spray basic can be used for only
one spraying step.
With GHM spray professional you can manage up to nine steps. This system is notable for its
minimal water consumption, which is achieved by spraying just enough sections to reach the
specified setpoint.
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Accumulated annual temperature curve
The illustrated example shows a cumulated medium temperature curve achieved with GHM
spray professional. In dry operation the medium temperature (condenser temperature or return temperature) follows the ambient temperature (areas 1 to3). When the ambient temperature is low, the medium temperature is held to the setpoint set up on the speed controller
(area4).
Using the GHM to regulate spraying calls for a second setpoint. In this example this setpoint is
chosen to be 30°C. This setpoint is set up in the GHM, having been calculated by the product
selection program GPC during the configuration process. The spraying setpoint determines
the length of time in hours the unit is sprayed, with reference to data pertaining to the local
climate. The higher the number of spraying hours for the unit the more precisely it can fulfil
the setpoint. While the ambient temperature is low (area4), the medium temperature follows
the setpoint of the speed controller. If the ambient temperature rises it will no longer be possible to reach the speed control setpoint (area3) because the fans will already be operating at
maximum speed. If the ambient temperature continues to rise (area2), the medium temperature will be governed by the setpoint of the GHM. If the ambient temperature rises so high
(area1) that the setpoint can no longer be reached, then the medium temperature will continue to rise at a corresponding displacement to the ambient value.
If a number of units are operated in a master-slave configuration, common inlet and drain
valves provided by the customer can be used for several units. These valves are then controlled exclusively by the master. The following device configurations allow master-slave control:
The master unit is operated in Auto internal mode. Auto internal mode has to be configured
on the spraying controller (GHM controller) as well as on the speed controller (GMM controller). The slave unit is operated in Slave external analogue mode.
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The master unit is operated in Auto external bus mode or Auto external analogue mode. Auto external mode has to be configured on the spraying controller (GHM controller) as well as
on the speed controller (GMM controller). The slave unit is operated in Slave external analogue
mode.
All units are operated in Slave mode. One of the slave units takes over control of the solenoid
valves provided by the customer. The device configuration indicates which unit activates the
valves provided by the customer. It has to be ensured in this mode of operation that all spraying controllers (GHM controller) and speed controllers (GMM controller) are configured in
Slave mode.
The GHM spray must be set up in accordance with the configuration of the heat exchanger
and the fans. This commissioning process determines the performance of the heat exchanger.
The GHM spray automatically detects whether commissioning has been carried out when it is
switched on and, if it has, continues with normal operation.
If the GHM spray detects that this has not yet been done, it initiates the commissioning procedure. When this procedure has been completed, all the specified parameters are saved.
If it is recognized that commissioning has not yet taken place, the following values are interrogated and set up in accordance with the following flow chart.
GRCspray.1 is used to manage spraying together with either a GMM speed controller with bus
communication or an external speed controller without bus communication. As a minimal solution, the GRCspray.1 can control one step
(variant GHM spray basic).
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Variant GHM spray basic
If you need more steps you will need to combine the GRCspray.1 with the GIOD.1 expansion
module, ERP no. 5204183
(variant GHM spray professional).
In order to operate the controller it must have a power supply and must be enabled via digital
input DI1. If this is not enabled the process will not be regulated.
The unit has an internal PID controller, whose parameters (amplification factor, integral time)
can be configured either per menu or via an external bus module.
The spraying setpoint can be specified from the internal menu.
The current value is determined via a pressure sensor (4-20mA), a temperature sensor (KTY,
GTF210) or via BUS from the GMM speed controller.
The relay outputs controlling the output stages are switched as appropriate for the setpoint
and the number of steps. A switch-on threshold can be configured for each step.
The digital inputs are designed as potential-free contacts that must be connected to +24V.
Spraying will be enabled only if the external enable (DI1) is connected and the fans are in operation. Fan operation is either conveyed from GMM to GHM via bus communication or by
means of an additional enable (D12). This enable (DI2) is valid only if there is no bus communication between GMM and GHM spray.
ADVICE
Please note that connecting the wrong voltage (e.g. 230V) may seriously damage the controller.
Relay outputs are used to control solenoid valves and activate warning messages. The CAN interface of the GRCspray.1 is an internal interface for communicating with other Güntner units
(such as the GIOD.1 expansion module). Communications modules are available for the following external bus connections: Modbus (GCM MOD GHMspray Rail.1, ERP no. 5206138)
and Profibus (GCM PROF GHMspray Rail.1, ERP no. 5206140).
The GIOD.1 is controlled via CAN by a Güntner controller. The GIOD.1 possesses 16 digital inputs with a rated voltage of 24VDC and 8 relay outputs. The bus address of the GIOD.1 (node
ID) is set up using a rotary encoding switch. The address 0xF may not be used for this.
ADVICE
To operate the GIOD on GHM professional the rotary switch must always be set to addressA.
The GIOD reads this address only when first switched on.
To ensure the bus connection between the controller and one or more other units works correctly, bus termination must be activated at the beginning and end of the bus connection by
setting the units’ DIP switches labelled “Term”. They must be placed in the “ON” position to
activate the termination. Units that are in the middle of the bus and therefore permitted to
transfer the bus signal may not have bus termination activated.
The status of the inputs and outputs is indicated by LEDs on the front of the casing. A lit LED
against the digital inputs signifies that the corresponding input is receiving a “high” signal. A
lit LED against the relay outputs signifies that the closer contact is closed. A power LED signifies that the internal electronic components are receiving power.
There is also a status display for the bus connection that involves two LEDs.
The step generator comprises three main components
1. Step generator
The step generator generates a bit pattern for the outputs that are to be switched depending
on the number of steps, their thresholds, their hysteresis and the hold-off time (=default setting).
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2. Section cycling
Section cycling ensures even distribution of the running times for the outputs (the sections).
To this end it records and evaluates the running times of all the active outputs.
Active section cycling means,
- when a step is switched on, the output with the least running time is activated.
No change is made to any outputs that were already active.
- when a step is switched off, the output with the highest running time is deactivated.
- when no change is made (the number of outputs does not change for a period of one hour)
no outputs are switched over.
- An even distribution of running times can be achieved only in association with the
installation’s general control behaviour on the basis of higher or lower heat exchanger performance.
ADVICE
When section cycling is deactivated, steps and outputs are correlated 1:1. In other words, step1
switches output1, step2 switches output2, and so on.
When section cycling is active, an active step is assigned to an output depending on its running time.
The current assignments are shown in the Current values menu.
3. Outputs
The outputs are the physical correlations of steps to outputs.
This depends on the type of GHM spray and the number of steps.
See also Configuration table, Page 37
• The module is designed for mounting on a top-hat rail.
• All measurement and signalling lines must be connected via shielded cables.
• The shielding of measuring, signal and bus lines must be earthed at one end only.
• Suitable shielding and routing measures must be taken to ensure that mains cables and
motor cables do not give rise to any interference in signal and control lines.
• The module is designed for mounting on a top-hat rail.
• Bus lines that are not wired via the supplied ribbon cable must be shielded.
• The shielding of bus lines must be earthed at one end only.
• Suitable shielding and routing measures must be taken to ensure that mains cables and
motor cables do not give rise to any interference in signal and control lines.
• Temperature:
Storage location,
Transport
Operation: