FlowCon FAC6HP Commissioning meter

INSTALLATION AND OPERATION INSTRUCTION

FlowCon FAC6HP
Connect the FlowCon FAC6HP commissioning
meter to a valve by the following steps:

1. Ensure that the isolating valve on each tube is Isolating valves

closed and that the equalizing valve on the
side of the commissioning meter is fully open.
2. Connect each tube (recommended opposite
end of the isolating valves, though it does not
matter which end) with a p/t needle.
3. Remove metal protection caps on p/t needles. Commissioning meter
4. Put the p/t needles into the p/t plugs on the
valve that is to be measured. (The red tube is
to be connected to the inlet side of the valve Tube
and the blue tube with the outlet side).
5. Remove black plastic protection caps on Equalizing valve
commissioning meter.
6. Attach the tubes to the commissioning meter.
(Matching the colors).
P/t needles
7. Open the isolating valves on the tubes. (This
will cause water to flow through the tubes and
P/t plugs
commissioning meter and thus for a short
while bypassing the valve).
8. Close the isolating valves. Figure 1
9. Press any button to turn on the commissioning
meter and then press the “ZERO” button on To disconnect the commissioning meter follow
the commissioning meter. these steps:
10. Open the isolating valves again. 1. Open the equalizing valve. (This will cause
11. Close the equalizing valve on the side of the water to flow through the tubes and commis-
commissioning meter. sioning meter and thus for a short while by-
passing the valve).
If the commissioning meter is subjected to extreme 2. Close the isolating valves.
temperature changes e.g. if transferred from a hot to 3. If needed disconnect the tubes from the com-
a cold system (or opposite) or if the commissioning missioning meter.
meter has been stored in a cold environment and 4. Remove the p/t needles from the p/t plugs on
is used in a warm system (or opposite), it might be the valve.
necessary for the commissioning meter to stabilize 5. If needed disconnect the p/t needles from the
at the new temperature before zeroing (point 9 in tubes.
the above list). The time necessary to stabilize, 6. When finished replace protection caps on both
depend on the temperature difference. p/t needles and commissioning meter.

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Menus ►◄ Main ►◄ display ►◄ units ►◄ advanced ►◄ damping

Sub menus select valve flow/pressure pressure flow alerts up-date time

valve position multi dispaly flow black-light timer sample time

design flow pressure auto-off timer

target flow about view size as?

pipe size

user kvs

change sg

Figure 2

Setting up. The lines in figure 3 are:

• Press any button to turn on the commis- 1. line: the manufacturer
sioning meter. 2. line: valve series
• Press the “MENU” button once to enter the 3. line: valve name
menu or twice to choose a language (English, 4. line: valve size
French, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, and
Swedish are available). • To move between the lines use ▲ and ▼. In
• Navigate between the menus with ► and ◄ each line ► and ◄ can be used to change
and the sub menus with ▲ and ▼. To choose the setting. To accept the valve, press .
a sub menu use . Generally,  is for ente- • To change the max. flow setting of the valve
ring sub menus, accepting values or choices, (the default setting is the highest setting), go
while  is for annulling and exiting menus. to the “MAIN” menu and enter the “VALVE
For a full list of menus, please see figure 2. POSITION” sub menu. Enter the setting digit
by digit (0- 9 and “.”).To leave the menu press .
Prior to use, please check the “UNITS” menu (► • Now the current differential pressure and flow
and ◄ to move between menus and  to con- can be seen in the display (as shown in fig. 4).
firm) to ensure that the units on the commission-
Current flow Verified flow Nominal flow
ing meter match the units on the system or other
requirements. 352 l/h
• Choose the valve by finding the “MAIN” menu
(► and ◄) and the sub menu “SELECT
VALVE” (▲ and ▼), then press  to confirm. 108.20 FLOW
• A new menu opens, please see figure 3. 352.0 l/h
16.00 OK
▲ 124.20 kPa 2.0
▼ FLOWCON ◄►

Green Flowcon Green.0

Green.0 Min. dP Setting
15-25mm Current dP Current FlowCon valve
Figure 3 Figure 4

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To turn off the commissioning meter, please press Alerts.

 first (until prompted for shut-off), then . The Alerts are shown white on black in the upper left cor-
commissioning meter will by default shut off au- ner of the display. If several alerts are active, they
tomatically after a period of inactivity specified will be shown side-by-side if possible, but other-
in the “ADVANCED” menu under the sub menu wise only a single alert will be visible at a time.
“AUTO-OFF TIMER”.
Alert Icon/text Explanation
Memory. Zeroing ZERO DP Zeroing is needed.
By default the memory in the commissioning meter Please follow the list
holds 10 groups each with 10 valves spaces. of how to connect the
• To access the memory, press . When the commissioning meter
memory is accessed, the colors on the screen to a valve, or repeat
will be inverted (text is bright and background steps 1 and 5-11.
is dark).
Low battery Battery level is low.
• Navigate between the groups by pressing ▲
and ▼, and the valves within the current Change CHANGE Battery level is critically
groups by pressing ► and ◄. battery BATTERY low. Please change
• To save data, choose a valve and valve set- (whole the battery.
ting the normal way and have the commission- screen)
ing meter connected to the valve, then access Specific SG Specific gravity is not
the memory, press “MENU” and then ► to gravity set to 1.0 sg.
save the data. The commissioning
• If repeating the same measurements later, the meter does not support
step of choosing each valve prior to access- calculations with other
ing the memory can be skipped by accessing specific gravities than
the memory, and pressing “MENU”, then ◄ to 1.0 sg for FlowCon
load the previously saved valve (including valves.
valve setting) for that location. To save the new Temperature HIGH The internal tempera-
data, access the memory and press “MENU”, warning TEMP ture of the commis-
then ► to save the new data. sioning meter is high
• All data can be cleared from a valve by press- (45°C or above).
ing “MENU”, then ▲. This results in poorer
accuracy.
If possible try to cool
it down.

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Changing battery. General.

• To change the battery, first turn off the com- Water must always be suitable treated, clean and
missioning meter. free of debris.
• Then remove the lid from the lower part of the
back of the commissioning meter by un- Warranty obligation.
screwing the two screws (the screw driver from Failure to abide by all recommendations as per
the carry case matches the screws) and lifting this installation and operation instruction will void
the lid off. warranty.
• Detach the two connectors from the old battery
and connect them to the new battery.
• Put the lid back on and fasten the two screws.
The normal operating time for a standard
alkaline 9V 6LR61 battery is 20 hours.

Optional software.
For large systems or systems including FlowCon
wafers, the optional software for the commissioning
meter is recommended.
The software offers a possibility of setting up
valves consisting of multiple valve cartridges like
the FlowCon Wafers. A wafer includes a number
of Stainless Steel cartridges and its flow depends
solely on the characteristic of these cartridges.
Furthermore the software provides an option of
organizing the groups and valves in the memory
including custom naming and up to 2000 memory
locations in total.

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