
154 UDC 6300 Process Controller Product Manual 1/03
5.6 Operating Modes
Available modes
The controller can operate in any of five basic modes:
• Manual (One or Two Loops)
• Automatic with Local Setpoint (One or Two Loops)
• Automatic with Remote Setpoint (One or Two Loops)
• Manual (Cascade)
• Automatic (Cascade)
Manual and Automatic with Local set point are standard features and
Automatic with Remote Setpoint is optional.
Mode definitions
Table 5-7 lists the five modes and their definitions.
Table 5-7 Operating Mode Definitions
Operating Mode Definition
MANUAL In Manual mode the operator directly controls the
controller output level.
When switched to manual mode, the controller holds
its output at the last value used during automatic
operation and stops adjusting the output for changes
in setpoint or process variable.
Instead, the configured High and Low Output Limits
are disregarded and you adjust the output to the limits
allowed by the output type by changing the value
shown in the lower display. See "Selecting Manual or
Automatic” in this subsection.
AUTOMATIC with
LOCAL SETPOINT
In automatic local mode, the controller will operate
from the local setpoint and automatically adjust the
output to maintain the setpoint at the desired value.
In this mode you can adjust the setpoint. See
Subsection 5.7 - “Setpoints”.
AUTOMATIC with
REMOTE SETPOINT
In automatic remote mode, the controller will operate
from the setpoint measured at input 2, 3, 4, or 5.
Adjustments are available to ratio this input and add a
constant bias before it is applied to the control
equation. See Section 3 - Configuration, Set up group
“Control”.
Not available in CASCADE.
MANUAL (CASCADE) In the manual cascade mode, both control loops are
in manual although there is only one output active.
This mode is used to bring both loops into a
reasonable operation area, at which point the unit is
placed into the Automatic Cascade Mode.
If Loop 1 is placed in Manual control mode, then
Loop 2, if in Auto, is then placed in a Pseudo-manual
mode thereby eliminating output bumps when Loop 1
is returned to Automatic Control Mode.
AUTOMATIC
(CASCADE)
In Automatic Cascade mode, there are two control
loops, with one loop's output acting as the setpoint for
the second control loop. There is only one physical
output in this mode.
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