SM-MDS_(ii)

Service Manual

Multi Digital Scroll System

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Table of Content

Preface…………………………………………………………………………..…………………….iv

1.0 Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………....1
1.1 Digital Scroll Compressor………………………………………………………..………..1
1.2 Operating Range…………………………………………………………………………..2
1.3 Basic Layout of MDS System…………………………………………………………….3
1.4 Maximum Connectible Indoor………………………………………………………….....3
1.5 Maximum Piping Length…………………………………………………………………..4
1.6 Refnet and Distributor……………………………………………………………………..4
1.7 EXV Box………………………………………………………………………………….…6

2.0 System and Control………………………………………………………………………………..7

2.1 MDS Outdoor System and Control………………………………………………………7
2.2 MDS Indoor System and Control……………………………………………………….10
2.3 MDS System Piping Connection………………………………………………………..11
2.4 Heater Control…………………………………………………………………………….12
2.5 Outdoor Ball Valve Operation…………………………………………………………...13

3.0 PCB, Handset and Wiring……………………………………………………………………..14

3.1 MDS Outdoor Unit PCB………………………………………………………………….14
3.2 MDS Indoor Unit PCB……………………………………………………………………16
3.3 MDS System Wiring……………………………………………………………………...18
3.3.1 Wiring connection between MDS outdoor to indoor units………………….18
3.3.2 Wiring connection between MDS outdoor units…………………………….20
3.3.3 Wiring connection between MDS master and slave unit…………………..21
3.4 Handsets for MDS System………………………………………………………………21
3.4.1 Wireless Handset………………………………………………………………22
3.4.2 Wired Controller MC301……………………………………………………….24
3.4.3 Central Controller MC303………………………………………………….….26
3.4.4 Handsets Wiring………………………………………………………………28

4.0 Smart Commander……………………………………………………………………………….29

4.1 Introduction………………………………………………………………………………..29
4.2 Hardware Requirement………………………………………………………………….29
4.3 Installation of Smart Commander………………………………………………………29
4.4 Wiring Connection………………………………………………………………………..31
4.5 Setup of Smart Commander…………………………………………………………….33
4.6 Smart Commander Software Interface…………………………………………………37
4.6.1 Circuit Monitor…………………………………………………………………..37
4.6.2 Service Monitor…………………………………………………………………41
4.6.3 Additional Function…………………………………………………………….42

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5.0 Commissioning……………………………………………………………………………………45
5.1 Obtain Design Drawing and Report…………………………………………………….46
5.2 Check Piping Routing, Wiring Routing & Connection………………………………...46
5.3 Add in Additional Refrigerant……………………………………………………………47
5.4 Confirm Indoor Dipswitch Setting……………………………………………………….48
5.5 Power Up All Indoor……………………………………………………………………...50
5.6 Confirm Outdoor Dipswitch Setting…………………………………………………….52
5.6.1 Setting Up MDOM PCB………………………………………………………..52
5.6.2 Setting Up MDS-M PCB……………………………………………………….55
5.7 Power Up Outdoor………………………………………………………………………..57
5.8 Start All Indoors…………………………………………………………………………..59
5.9 Monitor Outdoor Parameter……………………………………………………………..59

6.0 Troubleshooting…………………………………………………………………………………..60
6.1 Locating Error Code……………………………………………………………………...60
6.2 Error Code for Decorative Type Indoor………………………………………………...61
6.3 Indoor Error Code for Wired Controller MC301……………………………………….63
6.4 Outdoor Error Code for MDOM PCB…………………………………………………...68
6.5 Outdoor Error Code for MDS-M PCB…………………………………………………..70
6.6 Troubleshooting Flow Chart……………………………………………………………..73

7.0 Appendix………………………………………………………………………………………..…90
7.1 Compatibility Chart for Indoor and Outdoor PCB……………………………………..90
7.2 Compatibility Chart for Wired Handset MC301………………………………………..91
7.3 Pressure Sensor Voltage and Resistance Value……………………………………..92
7.4 Character Reference for 7 Segment LED……………………………………………..93
7.5 Temperature Sensor Resistance Value………………………………………………..94
7.6 Hardware Configuration for 5MDS Outdoor…………………………………………...95
7.7 R22 MDS-A Series Cooling Cycle Reference…………………………………………96
7.8 R22 MDS B Series Cooling Cycle Reference…………………………………………98
7.9 R22 MDS A Series Heating Cycle Reference………………………………………102
7.10 R22 MDS B Series Heating Cycle Reference……………………………………105
7.11 R410A MDS B Series Cooling Cycle Reference…………………………………...109
7.12 R410A MDS B Series Heating Cycle Reference………………………………...116
7.13 R22 MDS BHC Series Cooling Cycle Reference…………………………………..123
7.14 Refrigerant Circuit Diagram…………………………………………………………..127
7.15 Key Card Access Feature……….…………………………………………………..155
7.16 Error Code for Phase Protector….…………………………………………………..157

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Preface

This manual provides a guideline for service personnel to perform start-up/commissioning on the MDS system.
Besides providing the details on the system wiring method, termination connection and PCB setting, this manual
also consists of information and working instruction on the Smart Commander Service Version. This service
manual contains all the information needed (such as complete list of error code with troubleshooting flow chart
for possible root cause) to do necessary repair, maintenance and troubleshooting task for the MDS air
conditioner system.

This service manual is intended for and should only be used by qualified engineers/service personnel.
Installation and maintenance are to be performed only by qualified personnel who are familiar with local
codes and regulations, and experienced with this type of equipment.

Caution: Sharp edges and coil surfaces are a potential injury hazard. Avoid contact with them.

Warning: Moving machinery and electrical power hazard may cause severe personnel injury
or death. Disconnect and lock off power before servicing equipment.

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1.0 Introduction
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1.1 Digital Scroll Compressor
MDS system is utilizing the digital scroll compressor technology to modulate its supply capacity to meet most
indoors requirement closely. MDS system offers in both R22 and R410A refrigerant, the product line up, together
with number of compressors in one outdoor unit is as follow:

Compressor Quantity
Model Refrigerant Remark
Digital Scroll Fix Scroll
MDS 030A(R) 1 - R22
MDS 040A(R) 1 - R22
MDS 050A(R) 1 - R22
MDS 060A(R) 1 - R22
MDS 070A(R) 1 - R22
MDS 080B(R) 1 1 R22
MDS 100B(R) 1 1 R22
MDS 120B(R) 1 1 R22
MDS 150B(R) 1 2 R22
MDS 180B(R) 1 2 R22
MDS 200B(R) 1 3 R22
MDS 220B(R) 1 3 R22
MDS 240B(R) 1 3 R22
MDS 260B(R) 1 4 R22 MDS 120B(R)M + MDS 150B(R)S
MDS 280B(R) 1 5 R22 MDS 150B(R)M + MDS 130B(R)S
MDS 300B(R) 1 5 R22 MDS 150B(R)M + MDS 150B(R)S
MDS 320B(R) 1 5 R22 MDS 160B(R)M + MDS 160B(R)S
5MDS 050B(R) 1 - R410A
5MDS 060B(R) 1 - R410A
5MDS 070B(R) 1 - R410A
5MDS 080B(R) 1 1 R410A
5MDS 100B(R) 1 1 R410A
5MDS 120B(R) 1 1 R410A
5MDS 140B(R) 1 2 R410A
5MDS 160B(R) 1 2 R410A
5MDS 180B(R) 1 2 R410A
5MDS 200B(R) 1 3 R410A
5MDS 220B(R) 1 3 R410A
5MDS 240B(R) 1 3 R410A
5MDS 260B(R) 1 4 R410A 5MDS 120B(R)M + 5MDS 140B(R)S
5MDS 280B(R) 1 4 R410A 5MDS 120B(R)M + 5MDS 160B(R)S
5MDS 300B(R) 1 4 R410A 5MDS 120B(R)M + 5MDS 180B(R)S
5MDS 320B(R) 1 5 R410A 5MDS 180B(R)M + 5MDS 140B(R)S
5MDS 340B(R) 1 5 R410A 5MDS 180B(R)M + 5MDS 160B(R)S
5MDS 360B(R) 1 5 R410A 5MDS 180B(R)M + 5MDS 180B(R)S
5MDS 380B(R) 1 6 R410A 5MDS 240B(R)M + 5MDS 140B(R)S
5MDS 400B(R) 1 6 R410A 5MDS 240B(R)M + 5MDS 160B(R)S
5MDS 420B(R) 1 6 R410A 5MDS 240B(R)M + 5MDS 180B(R)S
5MDS 440B(R) 1 7 R410A 5MDS 240B(R)M + 5MDS 200B(R)S
5MDS 460B(R) 1 7 R410A 5MDS 240B(R)M + 5MDS 220B(R)S
5MDS 480B(R) 1 7 R410A 5MDS 240B(R)M + 5MDS 240B(R)S
5MDS 500B(R) 1 7 R410A 5MDS 250B(R)M + 5MDS 250B(R)S

Remark: M refers to Master unit and S refers to Slave unit. This combination cannot be changed.

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PWM
Valve

Digital Scroll Compressor Fix Scroll Compressor

Digital Scroll Compressor can be easily identified by the presence of PWM valve. On the other hand, Fix Scroll
Compressors do not have any PWM valve for modulation purpose. The combination of Digital and Fix Scroll
Compressor work according to the following principle:

Total Capacity
Required

1. Digital Scroll Compressor is the leading compressor which will turn ON first.
2. With assistance of PWM valve, Digital Scroll Compressor will modulate the refrigerant flow according to
the total indoor capacity required.
3. When the total indoor capacity exceeds the maximum capacity of Digital Scroll Compressor, Fix Scroll
Compressor will turn ON.
4. When Fix Scroll Compressor is ON, Digital Scroll Compressor will continue to modulate the refrigerant
flow accordingly.

1.2 Operating Range

°C
Cooling Cycle

50
43°CDB
40
30
20
16°CWB
10
0°CDB
0
-10 -15°CWB
-20
Heating Cycle

MDS unit is tested under standard condition (27°C DB/19°C WB Indoor and 35°C DB/24°C WB Outdoor for
cooling, 20°C DB/15°C WB Indoor and 7°C DB/6°C WB Outdoor for Heating) and should operate within the
range stated in diagram above.

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1.3 Basic Layout of MDS System

Generally, MDS system consists of outdoor unit, indoor unit, refnet or distributor and EXV box.

1.4 Maximum Connectable Indoor

MDS system is very flexible and versatile as one outdoor unit can be connected to multiple indoor units. The
table below shows the maximum connectable indoor units for each outdoor:

R22 Model R410A Model Maximum Indoor Quantity

MDS 030A(R) - 5
MDS 040A(R) - 6
MDS 050A(R) 5MDS 050B(R) 8
MDS 060A(R) 5MDS 060B(R) 9
MDS 070A(R) 5MDS 070B(R) 11
MDS 080B(R) 5MDS 080B(R) 13
MDS 100B(R) 5MDS 100B(R) 16
MDS 120B(R) 5MDS 120B(R) 16
- 5MDS 140B(R) 20
MDS 150B(R) - 20
- 5MDS 160B(R) 20
MDS 180B(R) 5MDS 180B(R) 24
MDS 200B(R) 5MDS 200B(R) 24
MDS 220B(R) 5MDS 220B(R) 24
MDS 240B(R) 5MDS 240B(R) 24
MDS 260B(R) 5MDS 260B(R) 32
MDS 280B(R) 5MDS 280B(R) 32
MDS 300B(R) 5MDS 300B(R) 32
MDS 320B(R) 5MDS 320B(R) 32
- 5MDS 340B(R) 36
- 5MDS 360B(R) 36
- 5MDS 380B(R) 36
- 5MDS 400B(R) 38
- 5MDS 420B(R) 38
- 5MDS 440B(R) 38
- 5MDS 460B(R) 38
- 5MDS 480B(R) 38
- 5MDS 500B(R) 38

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1.5 Maximum Piping Length
The presence of sub-cooling circuit within MDS system has allowed the system to qualify for long piping
application. Besides that, MDS system is designed to ease oil return to the compressor and this has further
improved the maximum connectable piping length for each system.

R-22 R-410A
Length (m) 3-5HP 6-7 HP 8-32 HP 5HP 6-7 HP 8-50 HP
Total equivalent length 100 150 350 100 150 500
Maximum length of Actual piping length 50 70 125 50 70 150
Piping longest branch Equivalent length 60 80 150 60 80 175
Maximum equivalent length from first
25 30 40 25 30 65
branch to furthest unit

Between further outdoor above 20 30 50 20 30 50

Height indoor and outdoor indoor above 20 30 40 20 30 40
Maximum height between indoor unit 15

Height between further

indoor and outdoor

Maximum height
Maximum length of between indoor units
longest branch

1.6 Refnet and Distributor

The refnet joint and distributor is provided by the factory in accordance with different indoor units. This will
reduce the work force at site and ease the piping installation work. The dimension of refnet and distributor
available is as follow:

Refnet Joint : MDS-Y1-A, MDS-Y2-A, MDS-Y3-A, MDS-Y4-A, MDS-Y5-A, MDS-Y6-A, MDS-Y7-A

Distributor : MDS-C1, MDS-C2, MDS-C3

Dimension of refnet model MDS-Y1-A, MDS-Y2-A, MDS-Y3-A and MDS-Y4-A

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Dimension of refnet model MDS-Y5-A, MDS-Y6-A and MDS-Y7-A

Distributor MDS-C1

Distributor MDS-C2 and MDS-C3

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1.7 EXV Box (MEX)
For MDS system, every indoor has an individual EXV box which will control and regulate the refrigerant flow.
Different indoor unit has different pipe size, therefore different EXV box model. Indoor models offered, together
with their pipe diameter and respective EXV box model are shown in the table below:

Liquid Pipe Diameter (Inch) MEX Model

Indoor Model R-22 R-410A R-22 R-410A
MWMD 009G 1/4 1/4 MEX-15-2SAP-D
MWMD 010G 1/4 1/4 MEX-15-2SAP-D
MWMD 015G 1/4 1/4 MEX-15-2SAP-D
MWMD 020G 1/4 1/4 MEX-18-2SAP-D
MWMD 025G 3/8 1/4 MEX-18-3SAP-D MEX-22-2SAP-D

MCKD 010C 1/4 1/4 MEX-15-2SAP-C

MCKD 015C 1/4 1/4 MEX-15-2SAP-C
MCKD 020C 1/4 1/4 MEX-18-2SAP-C

MCKD 020A 1/4 1/4 MEX-18-2SAP-C

MCKD 025A 3/8 1/4 MEX-18-3SAP-C MEX-22-2SAP-C
MCKD 030A 3/8 3/8 MEX-24-3SAP-C MEX-22-3SAP-C
MCKD 040A 3/8 3/8 MEX-24-3SAP-C MEX-22-3SAP-C
MCKD 050A 3/8 3/8 MEX-24-3SAP-C MEX-22-3SAP-C

MCCD 010C 1/4 1/4 MEX-15-2SAP-C

MCCD 015C 1/4 1/4 MEX-15-2SAP-C
MCCD 020C 1/4 1/4 MEX-18-2SAP-C
MCCD 025C 3/8 1/4 MEX-18-3SAP-C MEX-22-2SAP-C
MCCD 028C - 3/8 - MEX-22-3SAP-C
MCCD 030C 3/8 3/8 MEX-24-3SAP-C MEX-22-3SAP-C
MCCD 038C - 3/8 - MEX-22-3SAP-C
MCCD 040C 3/8 3/8 MEX-24-3SAP-C MEX-22-3SAP-C
MCCD 050C 3/8 3/8 MEX-24-3SAP-C MEX-22-3SAP-C
MCCD 060C 1/2 3/8 MEX-24-4SAP-C MEX-24-3SAP-C

MCMD 015E - 1/4 - MEX-15-2SAP-C

MCMD 015E 1/4 1/4 MEX-18-2SAP-C
MCMD 015E 3/8 1/4 MEX-18-3SAP-C MEX-22-2SAP-C
MCMD 015E 3/8 3/8 MEX-18-3SAP-C MEX-22-3SAP-C

MCMD 040D 3/8 3/8 MEX-24-3SAP-C MEX-22-3SAP-C

MCMD 050D 3/8 3/8 MEX-24-3SAP-C MEX-22-3SAP-C
MCMD 062D 1/2 3/8 MEX-24-4SAP-C MEX-24-3SAP-C

MDBD 080 1/2 1/2 Built-in EXV available

MDBD 100 1/2 1/2 Built-in EXV available

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2.0 System and Control

2.1 MDS Outdoor System and Control

General Circuit
Diagram 2

General outdoor circuit diagram for cooling mode

General outdoor circuit diagram for heating mode

Note: For more detailed refrigerant circuit diagram, please refer to Appendix 7.13.

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 Piping and
Components
Layout
2

General layout of MDS system piping and components

PWM Valve PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) valve is an ON/OFF valve. When signal is send from
Control outdoor PCB, the pulse voltage will react on the coil and generate a rotating magnetic field.
This will allow the rotor to drives the valve to move up or down and hence opening or
closing the valve.

EXV4 Control EXV4 governs the sub-cool circuit of MDS system. It is controlled by the readings of
temperature sensor TH9 and TH10. The difference between TH9 and TH10 is normally
about 8 to 12ºC (cooling mode). For example, when the difference between TH9 and TH10
is very low, EXV4 will increase its opening step to maintain the sub-cool circuit.

Defrost Control

Defrost starts when:

1. After initial 1st heating cycle for 25 minutes and the intersection of TH8 & TH12 is
fall in the “I” area for 3 minutes.
2. After initial continuous heating cycle for 45 minutes (45 minutes from previous
defrost) and intersection of TH8 & TH12 is fall in the “I” area for 3 minutes.
Defrost will terminate if:
1. High pressure reading >19 bar (R22) OR >30 bar (436 psi) (R410A)
2. Unit entered to defrost mode for minimum 10 minutes
3. Unit entered to defrost mode for minimum 2 minutes & TH9 (temperature before
SCC) is more than 15°C

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Fan Speed
Control

Outdoor fan speed control (cooling mode)

Outdoor fan speed control (heating mode)

Protection MDS system has several sensor and pressure switch for protection purpose:
Devices  Discharge pressure protection (switch)
 Suction pressure protection (sensor)
 Discharge temperature protection for Digital Scroll Compressor
 Compressor overload protection
 Fan motor overload protection

Others For Fix Scroll Compressor:

 Minimum 3 minutes of start-up delay protection is available.

For Digital Scroll Compressor:

 When digital compressor overloaded or discharge pressure too high, system will stop
the outdoor for 3 minutes. System error will declare when outdoor unit stops for 3 times
within 1 hour.
 TH1 ≤ 105ºC – outdoor unit operates normally.
 TH1 ≥ 130ºC – outdoor unit forced to stop.
 105ºC ≤ TH1 ≤ 130ºC for 2 minutes, outdoor unit enter protection mode.

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 2.2 MDS Indoor System and Control

Sensor Location
2

Indoor coil sensors’ location and naming for cooling (left) and heating (right)

The indoor unit for MDS system is slightly different with indoor unit of ordinary split system.
For MDS indoor, there are additional sensors which allow precision control over
temperature.

EXV Control

The modulation of indoor EXV is controlled by the readings of T in and Tout of the indoor unit.
Generally, the opening/modulation of indoor EXV is described by the number of steps,
where each step refers to different EXV opening size. For example, if the indoor unit
requires more cooling, the EXV steps will increase to allow more refrigerant to flow into the
indoor.

Fan Speed
Control

The table above shows the fan speed modulation when indoor fan speed is set to AUTO. It
is applicable for both cooling and heating cycle. For heating mode, readings from sensor
Tmid is used to control the fan speed.

Anti-Freeze This protection is available during cooling and dry operation. Anti-freeze protection will
Protection activates when Tmid is ≤ -2ºC for 2 minutes. When anti-freeze protection activates, all EXV
valve will close. Indoor anti-freeze will end when T mid is ≥ 15ºC. All indoor unit will resume
operation (EXV valve open) when this condition is achieved.

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2.3 MDS System Piping Connection
MDS system provides multiple indoor unit installation through refnet and distributor connection. However, there
are some limitations where installer should take note. Refer to the figures below, after the installation of
distributor, the piping should directly connect to indoor unit and cannot be connected to other refnet or distributor. 2
This is to prevent uneven refrigerant flow through the system and causing the system to become unbalance and
affecting its performance. Do take note on the allowable tilting angle and orientation as well.

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 2.4 Heater Control
There is an optional heater for MDS indoor unit. However, this option is only applicable for ducted model (using
wired controller) and it will function during heating cycle or fan mode. (Please refer to page 48 for dipswitch
2 setting on heater application). User can choose to install one or two heaters. The control algorithm of the heaters
is shown below:

1 Heater

Tr
-1 Ts 0.5

When the set temperature (T s) is higher than room temperature (T r) by 0.5°C, the heater will be
turned ON.
(Ts - Tr > 0.5)

When the set temperature (Ts) is lower than room temperature (T r) by 1°C, the heater will be
turned OFF.
(Ts - Tr < -1)

2 Heater

Tr
-1 -0.5 Ts 0.5 1

Heater 1
When the set temperature (T s) is higher than room temperature (T r) by 0.5°C, the heater will be
turned ON.
(Ts - Tr > 0.5)

When the set temperature (T s) is lower than room temperature (T r) by 0.5°C, the heater will be
turned OFF.
(Ts - Tr < -0.5)

Heater 2
When the set temperature (Ts) is higher than room temperature (T r) by 1°C, the heater will be
turned ON.
(Ts - Tr > 1)

When the set temperature (Ts) is lower than room temperature (T r) by 1°C, the heater will be
turned OFF.
(Ts - Tr < -1)

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2.5 Outdoor Ball Valve Operation

Other than installer, service personnel are often required to operate the ball valve during service and
maintenance work. Ball valves operation steps are as follow:

1. Operate the gas side ball valve

 Uninstall the flange connector: remove the flange connector from the piping
 Stick the seal material to cover the inlet of the ball valve flange to avoid the dirt entry
 Change the hollow seal pad
 Fix the flange connector and hollow seal pad and fixed ball valve of gas side with screw bolt.
2. Liquid side ball valve connecting: expand the copper tube outlet and connect the ball valve connector
3. Vacuum and charge in refrigerant, ensure to open the valve completely
4. Calculate the additional refrigerant and charge into units accordingly
5. Check the looseness to avoid leakage of refrigerant

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 3.0 PCB & Wiring

3.1 MDS Outdoor Unit PCB

There are two types of PCB for MDS outdoor unit, namely MDOM PCB and MDS-M PCB.

MDOM PCB 15
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

3 16

17

29

18
30 31 28

26
19
27

25
22
24

23

20 21 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Remark:
No No
1 PWM - Pulse Width Modulation 17 NEUTRAL
2 4WV - Four way valve 18 TRAN-H
3 DIG - Digital compressor 19 TRAN-L
4 FIX - Fix compressor 20 Orange Connector (Bpc Apc)
5 HI FAN 21 Green Connector (Bin Ain)
6 MI FAN 22 Dipswitch J1
7 LO FAN 23 L-PRESS
8 DLT - Digital compressor discharge sensor 24 H-PRESS
9 OD - Outdoor ambient sensor 25 To LIVE
10 RTN - Return air temperature sensor 26 TO NEUTRAL
11 C_BTM - Compressor bottom sensor 27 PCB VERSION
12 INLET - Inlet coil temperature sensor 28 7 Segment LED Display
13 MIDLET - Midlet coil temperature sensor 29 Dipswitch J2
14 OUTLET - Outlet coil temperature sensor 30 K2 Button
15 MDOM PCB 31 K1 Button
16 LIVE

MDOM PCB is used in all MDS-A series outdoor unit and 5MDS 50/60/70B/BR. The figure
above shows the locations for all dipswitches, buttons, electrical connections and sensor
connections.

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MDS-M PCB

2
15
3
3

4
14 8 9
5

7 6

10

13 12 11

Remark:
No No
1 7 Segment LED Display 14 FX1-OL - Fix compressor overload
2 Reset Button DIG-OL - Digital compressor overload
3 PCB Software Version LP - Low pressure switch
4 MDS-M PCB HP - High pressure switch
5 Ain & Bin (To indoor) N - Neutral
6 Apc & Bpc (Centralize Control) L - Live
7 Dipswitch 1 (S1) 15 Transformer Output
rd
8 Dipswitch 2 (S2) 16 TH7 - Midlet coil temperature sensor (3 )
rd
9 Dipswitch 3 (S3) TH6 - Inlet coil temperature sensor (3 )
nd
10 K1, K2, K3 & K4 Buttons TH5 - Midlet coil temperature sensor (2 )
st
11 FIX - Fix compressor TH3 - Midlet coil temperature sensor (1 )
DIG - Digital compressor 17 TH12 - Return air temperature sensor
12 LO FAN TH11 - SCC bypass sensor
HI FAN TH10 - After SCC sensor
4WV - Four way valve TH9 - Before SCC sensor
13 PWM - Pulse Width Modulation 18 TH8 - Outdoor ambient sensor
nd
TH4 - Inlet coil temperature sensor (2 )
st
TH2 - Inlet coil temperature sensor (1 )
19 TH1 - Digital compressor discharge sensor
20 LOW-U - Low pressure
21 HI-U - High pressure

MDS-M PCB is used in all (5)MDS-B/BR series outdoor unit (except 5MDS 50/60/70B/BR). The
figure above shows the locations for all dipswitches, buttons, electrical connections and sensor
connections.

Remark: When K1 button is pressed, unit is forced to run defrost cycle. When K4 button is
pressed (when unit in standby condition), all EXV valve will open. To exit these states, simply
press on the Reset button.

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 3.2 MDS Indoor Unit PCB
There are two types of PCB for MDS indoor unit, namely MC200-C and MC201-C.

MC200-C
1

2
3

3 4

8
7

6
9
11

10

12 13 14 15

Remark:
No No
1 NEUTRAL 10 Fan Motor - HI FAN, MI FAN, LO FAN
2 LIVE 11 T_IN - Inlet coil temperature
3 Dipswitch 1 (SW1) T_MID - Midlet coil temperature
4 Dipswitch 4 (SW4) T_OUT - Outlet coil temperature
5 Dipswitch 2 (SW2) 12 Apc & Bpc (Centralize Control)
6 Dipswitch 3 (SW3) 13 Ain & Bin (Outdoor Communication)
7 PCB Software Version 14 T_Room - Room temperature
8 MC200-C 15 Display Board & IR Receiver
9 Swing

MC200-C PCB is only used by M(5)WMD 20/25G indoor unit. This PCB can be easily recognized by
identifying the chamfered edge on the top right corner. The figure above shows the locations for all
dipswitches, buttons, electrical connections and sensor connections.

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 10 17 18
MC201-C 19

20

11
1
21

2 12 13
3
15

3
14

4 16

5 6 7 8 9

Remark:
No No
1 Steping Motor 11 Dipswitch 3 (SW3)
2 EXV2 12 Dipswitch 4 (SW4)
3 EXV1 13 Dipswitch 1 (SW1)
4 Apc & Bpc (Centralize Control) 14 Dipswitch 2 (SW2)
5 Ain & Bin (Outdoor Communication) 15 MC201-C PCB
6 T_Room - Room temperature 16 PCB Software Version
7 T_IN - Inlet coil temperature 17 Swing
T_MID - Midlet coil temperature 18 Pump
T_OUT - Outlet coil temperature 19 Fan Motor – HI FAN, MI FAN, LO FAN
8 MC301 Wired Hanset Connector 20 LIVE
9 Display Board & IR Receiver 21 NEUTRAL
10 Reset Button

MC201-C is a common PCB for all M(5)CKD-A/C, M(5)CMD-D/E, M(5)CCD-C, MDBD and
M(5)WMD-G (except M(5)WMD20/25G) indoor unit. The figure above shows the locations for all
dipswitches, buttons, electrical connections and sensor connections.

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 3.3 MDS System Wiring
The wiring for MDS is very critical as MDS is a system by itself. Generally, the wiring connection can be divided
into wiring connection between MDS outdoor to indoor units, wiring connection between MDS outdoor units and
wiring connection between MDS master and slave unit. The wire used for all will be the same.

A screen cable is recommended because the screen cable will help to filter the electrical noise along the
communication wiring and thus help to maintain stability on the communication. For the MDS system, the
communication protocol is using RS485. The wire length between first outdoor to last outdoor must not exceed
1000m, and the wire length between outdoor to last indoor also must not exceed 1000m.

3.3.1 Wiring Connection Between MDS Outdoor to Indoor Units

As the MDS system is a single outdoor multiple indoors system, it is required to have communication wiring
between the outdoor and all indoors. The wiring is required to be connected serially (Daisy chain) inside a
conduit. Please take note that the communication wiring cannot mix inside a same conduit with power supply.

A
Outdoor Indoor 1
B
A B

A
Indoor 2
B

Last Indoor Unit,

A
Jumper JP1 need Indoor N
3
B
to be shorted

For outdoor model, there are two type of outdoor board (MDOM PCB and MDS-M PCB). However, the wiring
connection for both PCB is basically the same. There are two wiring connectors located on the PCB, one of it is
green color and the other is orange color. For outdoor to indoor communication, the communication wires need
to be connected to the green terminal. The labels of the terminals are Ain and Bin.

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MDOM PCB

For MDOM PCB, the communication terminals are already wired from the PCB to terminal
block. Connect the wire accordingly (Ain outdoor to Ain indoor, Bin outdoor to Bin indoor) on the
green color connector on indoor PCB.

MDS-M PCB

For MDS-M PCB, the communication terminals are also wired from the PCB to terminal block.
Current models are having the label of Ain and Bin on the terminal block. However, older model
has different terminal number (as shown below). Connect the wire accordingly (A in outdoor to
Ain indoor, Bin outdoor to Bin indoor) on the green color connector on indoor PCB.

R22 Model Terminal Number for Ain Terminal Number for Bin
MDS080/100/120/150B/BR 30 31
MDS180/200/220/240B/BR 45 46

R410A Model Terminal Number for Ain Terminal Number for Bin
5MDS080/100/120/140/160/180B/BR 30 31
5MDS200/220/240B/BR 45 46

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 For the last indoor unit, the communication jumper needs to be shorted. This is to indicate to the outdoor unit that
this is the last indoor unit. If the jumper is not shorted, the communication between the outdoor and indoor is not
stable. It may cause the outdoor model to trip after some time of operation. The communication jumper is labeled
with the name JP1 and the location is shown below.

Location of jumper JP1 on indoor PCB MC200-C (left) and MC201-C (right)

3.3.2 Wiring Connection Between MDS Outdoor Units

When more than one outdoor is to be connected together within a system, the wiring connection is connected as
shown in the figure above. For MDS-M PCB, the jumper JP6 of the last outdoor unit within the system needs to
be shorted (refer to figure below). This is to indicate to the software that this will be the last outdoor unit.

Short jumper JP6

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3.3.3 Wiring Connection Between MDS Master and Slave Unit

Master Slave

For master & slave model, the communication connection is slightly different. From the master unit Ain & Bin, the
communication wiring need to connect to the salve unit Apc & Bpc before connect to the indoors. Similarly, to ease
installation, these communication terminals are already wired from the PCB to terminal block. Different model
has different terminal number.

R22 Model (Master Unit) Terminal Number for Ain Terminal Number for Bin
MDS120/130/150/160BM/BRM 30 31

R22 Model (Slave Unit) Terminal Number for Apc Terminal Number for Bpc
MDS150/160BS/BRS 32 33

R410A Model (Master Unit) Terminal Number for Ain Terminal Number for Bin
5MDS120/180BM/BRM 30 31
5MDS240/250BM/BRM 45 46

R410A Model (Slave Unit) Terminal Number for Apc Terminal Number for Bpc
5MDS140/160/180BS/BRS 32 33
5MDS200/220/240/250BS/BRS 47 48

Note: For a large system which consist of a few units of Master and Slave MDS, it is advisable to short the
jumper JP6 (on MDS-M PCB) on the first outdoor master unit and the last outdoor slave unit.

3.4 Handsets for MDS System

There are various types of handsets which can be used to control MDS indoor units. For decorative indoor unit
(such as wall mounted, ceiling cassette and ceiling convertible), wireless handset will come as a standard
controller. For ducted unit such as ceiling concealed and ducted blower, wired controller MC301 will come as
standard handset. Furthermore, user may choose to use Central Controller MC303, which can connect up to 32
indoors to provide group control.

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 3.4.1 Wireless Handset G17

1. Transmission Source

2. Signal Transmission Indication

 Blink to confirm that the last setting has been transmitted to the unit.

3. Temperature Setting
 Temperature setting range is from 16°C to 30°C (optional setting 20°C to 30°C).

4. Personalize Setting
 Press and hold for 3s, then will blink. Press again to cycle between and ..
 Set the desire setting, then leave the handset for 4s without pressing any key and it will save the setting
into the program.
 Press once to activate the P1 setting, press again to cycle between P1 and P2.
 Press any key to deactivate the personalize setting.

5. Automatic Air Swing (optional)

 Press the SWING button to activate the automatic air swing function. Press again to stop the louver
at the desired direction.

6. Ionizer Function (For WM - G series only)

 Press button to activate the negative ion function, which will refresh the indoor air effectively.

7. Sleep Mode Setting

 This function is available under COOL, HEAT and AUTO mode.
 When under cooling mode, the set temperature is increased by 0.5°C after 30 minutes, 1°C after an
hour, and 2°C after 2 hours.
 When under heating mode, the set temperature is decreased by 1°C after 30 minutes, 2°C after an hour,
and 3°C after 2 hours.

8. Operating Mode
 Press the MODE button to select the type of operating mode.
 For cooling only unit, the available modes are: COOL, DRY and FAN.

9. Fan Speed Selection

 Press the button continuously will toggle the fan speed in the following order:
Low Med High Auto
 Stop pressing when the desired fan speed appears on the display screen.

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10. “ON/OFF” Button

11. Timer Cancel

12. OFF Timer Setting

13. ON Timer Setting

14. Turbo Function

 Press for fast cooling.
3
 Fan speed turn to maximum speed.
 Press again to deactivate the function.

15. Clock Time Setting

 Press and hold to set the clock time.

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 3.4.2 Wired Controller MC301

1. ON/OFF Operation
 Press “ON/OFF” key, the unit will be ON or OFF, and “ON” or “OFF” will display on the LCD.

2. Temperature Setting
 Use “▲” or “▼” keyboard to increase or decrease by 1 °C/°F, temperature range is 16-30 °C (61-86°F).
 Press “FAN” for 5s to alter between °C and °F.

3. Fan Speed Setting

 Press “FAN” key to adjust fan speed follows by: High→Auto→Low→Medium→High.
 When the mode is “Fan”, there is no “Auto” speed. Single-speed fan motor has no this function.

4. Mode Setting
 Press the “MODE” button, the current mode is twinkling. Press again to change mode as follows:
When the outdoor unit is OFF:
- Heat pump: COOL→HEAT→FAN→DRY
- Cooling only: COOL→FAN→DRY
When the outdoor unit is Cooling:
COOL→FAN→DRY
When the outdoor unit is Heating:
HEAT→FAN

5. Swing Setting
 Press “HEATER/SWING” key to active swing function (Only for swing unit). “SWING” will display on LCD.

6. Auxiliary Heater Setting

 Under “HEAT” or “FAN” mode, press “HEATER/SWING” key to active heater. (Only for heater unit).
“HEATER” will display on LCD.

7. Sleep Setting
 Press “SLEEP” key, “SLEEP” will display on LCD, which means this function is active.

8. Keyboard Lock
 Press “SLEEP” for 5s, the keyboard will be changed between locked and unlocked.
 When it is locked, the lock icon will be shown on the LCD. At this time, only the ON/OFF key is valid.

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9. Real Time Clock Setting
 Press “CLK” to enter, firstly is “week setting”; press “▲” or “▼” to change from Sunday to Saturday. If
there is no any press for 5s on any key, it will exit to the displaying status.
Press “CLK” again is the “CLOCK SET” icon will display and the current real time clock is twinkling. At
this time, press “▲” to increase the hour, press “▼” to increase minutes，if there is not any press for 5s,
it will exit without saving the changed real time. If you want to confirm the new setting, you need to press
“CLK” once again within 5s.
 During setting, only “▲”, “▼” and “CLK” are valid. If other key is press, it will exit to normal status.
3
10. Reset
 This key is used to reset the unit.

11. Timer Setting

 Week timer setting: Include total 28 on/off timers, 7 days every week and 4 timers every day.
 Single timer setting: It is active only on the same day that timer set when power on. It is inactive when
timer is set at AM 00:00. It can be set at AM 00:00 if you want to cancel some timer setting.
 Press “FAN” and “MODE” at one time, all timers setting can be cancelled.
 Timer display: The current timer setting will display every 2s.
 The third bit of the K1(micro-switch) of PCB board must be set ON if PCB has clock chip and battery,
otherwise the real time clock will not be activated once power is shut off.

A) Week Timer Setting

 Press “TIMER”， “WEEK SET” and “TIMER SET” will display on the left and bottom of LCD panel, press
“▲” or “▼” to select a day (Sunday to Saturday), press “TIMER” again, the day is selected, the timer’s
states of the selected day will display on LCD Panel.
 Enter first timer setting, the timer ON or OFF icon will display on the left and bottom of LCD panel, the
timer sequence number “1” will display on the top of LCD, press “▲”or “▼” to select timer sequence
number, press “TIMER”, the timer sequence number is selected.
 Enter timer ON and timer OFF setting, press “▲” or “▼” to select timer ON or timer OFF, “TIMER ON” or
“TIMER OFF” is twinkling, Press “TIMER”, timer ON or timer OFF is selected.
 Enter timer setting, “TIMER SET” and “CLOCK SET” will display on the left and bottom of LCD panel,
press “▲” to set hour and press “▼” to set minute, press “TIMER” again to finish setting and enter next
timer setting, repeat above procedures to finish others timer setting.

B) Single Timer Setting

 Press “TIMER” key for 5s, enter single timer setting (When the unit is ON, it can only be set to OFF;
When the unit is OFF, it can only be set to ON), the “TIMER SET” will display on LCD panel, press “▲”
to set hour and press “▼”to set minute, press “TIMER” to finish the single timer setting.
 Exit timer setting: If there is no press on any key within 5s or press any key except “▲”, “▼”, “TIMER”
and “ON/OFF” key, it will exit the timer setting.

Remark 1: When using Wired Controller MC301 on decorative indoor, existing IR receiver and LED display
on the indoor PCB has to be removed.

Remark 2: Maximum wire length between unit and wired controller is 10m.

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 3.4.3 Central Controller MC303

1. Address Register
 After communication wire is completely connected, press “SETUP” key for 5s. Address will be
automatically registered and a number from 60 to 0 will be shown on the display LCD.

2. View Actual Address

 Press “MODE” key for 5s then press “▲” or “▼” to view all the units.
 Actual address has four figures; first two where show on minute previously are for outdoor unit, last two
where show error previously at the right bottom corner are for indoor unit.

3. Single/Group Unit Setting

 Press “UNIT No.” key to enter the unit setting, then press “▲” or “▼” to choose the unit number to be
set and press “ENTER” to confirm choosing.
 When LCD panel show “_ _”, press “ENTER” to confirm enter group setting.

4. ON/OFF Operation
 Press “ON/OFF” key to RUN or STOP the unit operation.
 For Group On/Off, press “ON/OFF” key for 5s and the unit number is twinkling, “[ ]” is displayed on LCD
panel. Then press “ON/OFF” key to turn on/off all units.

5. Mode Setting
 Press the “MODE” button, the current mode is twinkling. Press again to change mode as follows:
When the outdoor unit is OFF:
- Heat pump: COOL→HEAT→FAN→DRY
- Cooling only: COOL→FAN→DRY
When the outdoor unit is Cooling:
COOL→FAN→DRY
When the outdoor unit is Heating:
HEAT→FAN

6. Temperature Setting
 Use “▲” or “▼” keyboard to increase or decrease by 1 °C/°F, temperature range is 16-30 °C (61-86°F).
 Press “FAN” for 5s to alter between °C and °F.

7. Fan Speed Setting

 Press “FAN” key to adjust fan speed follows by:
High→Auto→Low→Medium→High
 When the mode is “Fan”, there is no “Auto” speed. Single-speed fan motor has no this function.

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8. Swing Setting
 Press “SWING” key to active swing function. “SWING” will display on LCD.

9. Sleep Setting
 Press “SLEEP” key, “SLEEP” will display on LCD, which means this function is active.

10. Indoor unit lock/unlock

 Press “UNIT No.” key to enter the unit setting, then press “▲” or “▼” to choose the unit number to be set
or choose “_ _” for group setting and press “ENTER” to confirm. After that, press “SLEEP” key 5s to lock 3
the chosen unit, the symbol “ ” will display on LCD panel, any operation by LCD panel or remote
controller is invalid.
 To unlock the unit, press “SLEEP” key 5s, the symbol “ ” will disappear.

11. Real Time Clock Setting

 Press “CLK” to enter, firstly is “week setting”; press “▲” or “▼” to change from Sunday to Saturday. If
there is no any press for 5s on any key, it will exit to the displaying status.
 Press “CLK” again is the “CLOCK SET” icon will display and the current real time clock is twinkling. At
this time, press “▲” to increase the hour, press “▼” to increase minutes，if there is not any press for 5s,
it will exit without saving the changed real time. If you want to confirm the new setting, you need to press
“CLK” once again within 5s.
 During the setting process, only “▲”, “▼” and “CLK” are valid. If other key is press, it will exit to the
normal status.

12. Timer Setting

A) Single Timer Setting
 Single timer setting: It is active only on the same day that timer set when power on. It is inactive when
timer is set at AM 00:00. It can be set at AM 00:00 if you want to cancel some timer setting.
 Press “TIMER” key for 5s, enter single timer setting (When the unit is ON, it can only be set to TIMER
OFF; When the unit is OFF, it can only be set to TIMER ON), the “TIMER SET” will
display on LCD panel, press “▲” to set hour and press “▼”to set minute, press “TIMER” to finish the
single timer setting.

B) Week Timer Setting

 Week timer setting: Include total 28 on/off timers, 7 days every week and 4 timers every day.
 Press “TIMER”， “WEEK SET” and “TIMER SET” will display on the left and bottom of LCD panel, press
“▲” or “▼” to select a day (Sunday to Saturday), press “TIMER” again, the day is selected, the timer’s
states of the selected day will display on LCD Panel.
 Enter first timer setting, the timer ON or OFF icon will display on the left and bottom of LCD panel, the
timer sequence number “1” will display on the top of LCD, press “▲”or “▼” to select timer sequence
number, press “TIMER”, the timer sequence number is selected.
 Enter timer ON and timer OFF setting, press “▲” or “▼” to select timer ON or timer OFF, “TIMER ON” or
“TIMER OFF” is twinkling, Press “TIMER”, timer ON or timer OFF is selected.
 Enter timer setting, “TIMER SET” and “CLOCK SET” will display on the left and bottom of LCD panel,
press “▲” to set hour and press “▼” to set minute, press “TIMER” again to finish setting and enter next
timer setting, repeat above procedures to finish others timer setting.
 Press “SWING” for 5s, all week timer setting in EEPROM will be deleted.
 Exit timer setting: If there is no press on any key within 5s or press any key except “▲”, “▼”, “TIMER”
and “ON/OFF” key, it will exit the timer setting.

13. Lock/unlock LCD Panel

 Press “HEATER” and “SLEEP” key for 5s, the symbol “ ” will twinkles on LCD panel, MC303 is locked.
Any key of MC303 is invalid until “HEATER” and “SLEEP” key is pressed for 5s again.
 While LCD panel is locked, MC303 still checks and displays each indoor’s unit status.

Remark: Timer is set to all indoor units. Individual indoor unit’s timer is unavailable.

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 3.4.4 Handsets Wiring

For Central Controller MC303, wiring work is needed between indoor units and the controller for communication
purpose. The communication wire used should comply with UL2547 or UL2791 standard (refer to Section 3.3,
page 18). Communication wire is wired from the controller to indoor units (through the orange connector, A pc and
Bpc) through daisy chain connection. One end of the screen layer should be earthed to protect the signal
transmission. Kindly refer to the figure below for the illustration of the connection:

The length of the communication wire should not exceed 1000m. The Central Controller MC303 can be used
with both MC200-C and MC-201C indoor PCB. To ensure stable communication, jumper JP2 should be shorted
for the last indoor unit within the chain connection.

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4.0 Commissioning Software

4.1 Introduction
Smart Commander is the MDS software use to perform commissioning and troubleshooting of MDS system. It is
recommended that service personnel to use this software while commissioning MDS system.

Inside the commissioning kit from factory, it consists of a CD (Smart Commander Service Version), a USB
Dongle Key (Purple), a MC501 gateway with power connection, a cable connected from the gateway to serial
port and a manual.

4.2 Hardware Requirement

The hardware requirements for Smart Commander are as follow:

 The CPU main frequency is 800MHz or above.

 The memory is 256M or above.
 The free hard disk is 4G or above.
 Operating System: Windows XP / Vista / 7.
 The serial port or USB port is available.
 The monitor is larger than 15 inch, and 17 inch is recommended.

4.3 Installation of Smart Commander

Step 1: To set up the software, insert the CD into CD-ROM and run it. Please note that do not
Prepare the CD plug in the USB Dongle Key to the computer yet.

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 Step 2: To set up the USB Dongle Key driver, the user is required to initiate the setup file in
Install USB Dongle the SPI730 folder, which is located inside the Key_driver folder.
Key Driver

4
After initiated the setup file, just follow through the instruction on the prompt up screen
to install the driver. Once the driver installation is completed, the following screen will
appear. Click “finish” to complete the installation.

Step 3: Initiating the Smart Commander installation file and follow the instruction on the prompt
Install Smart up screen. Once the software installation is completed, the prompt up screen will
Commander disappear. In order to confirm whether the software is already installed or not, the user
can checked it under the program location.

Step 4: To start up the software, user will need to insert the USB Dongle Key into the
Run the program computer. This USB Dongle key is crucial as every time the Smart Commander is
executed or in operation, the software will refer to this key. Only remove this after the
Smart Commander software is closed. Take note that the same USB port must be
used when running this key.

USB key for MDS

USB Port commissioning
software

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4.4 Wiring Connection
MC501 gateway acts as a bridge in converting and transmitting signals and allows communication between
computer and MDS system. The wiring connection is basically divided into two sections:

a) Wiring connection between outdoor and gateway (length must <1000m between last outdoor and gateway)
b) Wiring connection between gateway and computer (length must <2m)

For wiring connection between outdoor and gateway, the communication cable is directly connected from
outdoor terminal to the gateway, where Apc and Bpc (from outdoor) connect to A1 and B1 (on MC501 gateway)
respectively. For certain models, the outdoor terminal will be labeled with numbers instead of Apc and Bpc. The
corresponding numbers for Apc and Bpc are as follow:

R22 Model Terminal Number for Apc Terminal Number for Bpc 4
MDS80/100/120/150/260/280/300/320B/BR 32 33
MDS180/200/220/240B/BR 47 48

R410A Model Terminal Number for Apc Terminal Number for Bpc
5MDS80/100/120/140/160/180/260/280/300/320/340/360B/BR 32 33
5MDS200/220/240/380/400/420/440/460/480/500B/BR 47 48

The wiring connection between MC501 gateway and MDS system is as follow:

MC501
Gateway First Outdoor with MDOM PCB

Apc Bpc

Earth the
screen wire

Computer with
Smart
Commander

Wiring connection from MC501 Gateway to MDOM PCB

Apc Bpc

Outdoor with
MDS-M PCB

Earth the
screen wire
Computer
with Smart
Commander

Wiring connection from MC501 Gateway to MDS-M PCB

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4

Wiring connection for MDS system with more than one outdoor unit

For wiring connection between MC501 gateway and computer, it can be done by using the cable provided to
connect the gateway to serial port of computer. If serial port is not available in the computer, a RS232 (Serial
Port) to USB converter cable can be use. This converter cable can be obtained from any IT hardware outlet.
When user purchased the RS232 to USB converter cable, it will come together with a CD which consist the
driver. Kindly install the driver accordingly. (The interface will be different base on the supplier; hence this
manual cannot give any guideline or any indication).

Wiring connection from MC501 gateway to computer through serial port

Wiring connection from MC501 gateway to computer through RS232 to USB converter cable

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4.5 Setup of Smart Commander
After completing the wiring connection for MC501 gateway, setup process continue to determine the
communication port which will be sending and receiving signals between computer and gateway. If you are using
the serial port cable provided from factory, you may jump straight to step 6 and set COM 1 as your port number.
If you are using the Serial port to USB converter cable, please go through all the following steps. The steps will
be quite complicated. Hence, kindly read through before try out on the PC.

Step 1 Go to Start and select Control Panel.

Step 2 After click on the Control Panel, a new window will prompt up. Please select System.

Step 3 Once the system icon is selected, another new screen will prompt up. Click on the
Hardware on the tab menu. Once the window show the Hardware Menu, select Device
Manager.

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 Step 4 A new window will prompt out, showing the list of hardware which is available in your PC.
User will need to expand the Port (COM & LPT) to locate the communication port. From
the example below, the USB to RS232 or Serial Port is COM3. Please note that the
communication port (COM) on each laptop will be different.

If the COM port is less than 10, jump to step 6 and continue setting up the Smart
Commander. If the COM port goes more than 10, kindly follow the next step to change
the COM port number.

Step 5 Right click on the USB to RS232 or Serial Port and select Properties. Next, go to Port
Settings and select Advanced.

On the next window, you may change the COM Port Number to any number lower than
10. After the changes, click OK to save the setting.

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Step 6 Go to Start, ALL Programs, Smart Commander, Smart Commander_EN to launch the
Smart Commander program. The path to execute the Smart Commander program may
vary depends on the installation location and version of Smart Commander.

Step 7 Once the software is finished initiated, the user will need to set the COM port setting. To
do this, please go to Function(E) and select Parameter Setting.

Step 8 A new window will prompt up for parameter setting. To change the communication port,
go to I/O Port and click on the down arrow. Select the appropriate COM port number
and click OK. Base on the previous example, the USB to RS232 Serial Port is COM3.
Hence, “COM3” is selected. Please note that the communication port (COM) on each
laptop will be different.

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 Step 9 After the setting of COM port is completed, the user can connect to the system. Go to
drop down menu Function (E) again and select Initiating to connect to the MDS system.

4 Once the software is connected to the system, all available parameter of the system
(Indoor and Outdoor) will be visible.

Sample of Initial Screen for Smart Commander (Service Version)

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4.6 Smart Commander Software Interface
Smart Commander Service version has two different windows. The first window is named Circuit Monitor. User
is allows to control and monitor the indoor and outdoor parameter under this windows. The Server Monitor
window allows user to plot graph using the data already obtain when the Smart Commander is connected to the
MDS system.

4.6.1 Circuit Monitor

Circuit monitor interface is used to monitor all parameter of indoor and outdoor which connected to Smart
Commander.

Circuit Monitor Window in Smart Commander

If the MDS units are connected in a network, user can observe all parameter of outdoor unit through the outdoor
set address in the PCB. Once the outdoor is selected, the relevant outdoor unit number will be highlighted with a
darker color.

Control Panel for Outdoor Selection

There are three major parts in the Circuit Monitor window.

i. Outdoor Unit Monitoring
ii. Outdoor Refrigerant Diagram
iii. Indoor Unit Control and Monitoring

The function and usage of these parts is shown in the following pages. Other than that, the Smart Commander
(Service Version) software allows advance users to modify outdoor unit parameters. This function will be shown
in the next section, 4.7 Software Additional Function.

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 i) Outdoor Unit Monitoring
Items that can be monitor on an outdoor unit are as follow:

Item Display
Identity : Type of model: Single / Master / Slave
Mode : Operating Mode: Cooling / Heating / Defrost
Edition : The program version of the outdoor
Cout : Outdoor Capacity (Unit: HP)
Tsh_out Outdoor unit superheat (Unit: °C)
Comp1/DIG : Digital compressor output percentage (Unit: %)
Comp2/3/4/FIX : Fixed compressor status. ON / OFF
FAN1/FAN2 : Outdoor fan status. STOP / LOW / HIGH
2
HS / LS : High pressure and low pressure reading (Unit: Bar, 1bar＝0.1MPa 1bar＝0.98kgf/cm )
TH : Temperature sensor reading. (Unit: °C)
 TH1: Compressor discharge
 TH2: Outdoor #1 condenser coil inlet
 TH3: Outdoor #1 condenser coil midlet
 TH4: Outdoor #2 condenser coil inlet
 TH5: Outdoor #2 condenser coil midlet
 TH8: Outdoor ambient temperature
 TH9: Outdoor coil outlet temperature
 TH10: Sub-cool outlet temperature
 TH11: Sub-cool suction temperature
 TH12: Outdoor suction temperature
EXV1/2/3 : Electronic Expansion Valve Opening Steps. Fully close during cooling & defrost cycle. Only
operate during heating cycle
EXV4 : Sub-cool circuit Electronic Expansion Valve. Operate during cooling cycle. Fully close
during heating cycle
SV1/2 : By-pass valve. For future provision

Remark: If the model does not have the respective sensor, it will display “――” after the parameter item.

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ii) Outdoor Refrigerant Diagram

Outdoor address
Outdoor Model

Red Line: Heating

Sensor location Green Line: Cooling / Dry
Black Line: Stop

This allows the user to understand the refrigerant circuit within the outdoor unit. The different colors on the
refrigerant line indicate the type of mode the outdoor unit is operating. It also shows the sensors location which
helps if the user cannot remember the function of the sensor shows in the outdoor unit monitoring chart.

iii) Indoor Unit Control and Monitoring

When using the Smart Commander, the user can activate the indoors via the software. This allows
troubleshooting to be carried out easily without the needs to go to the indoor unit to turn it on. Besides that, a list
of information on the indoor model is also visible.

Indoor Data
Type of indoor and model
Tr : Return air temperature
To : Coil outlet temperature
Tm : Coil middle temperature
Ti : Coil inlet temperature
Ts : Set temperature
EXV : Indoor EXV opening

Indoor address

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 Indoor Address Location

Take note that only 8 indoor units can be shown in the circuit monitor page. There are three ways to scroll to
other unit if it is not shown in the screen:
 Click on the Up / Down button, the indoor unit will ascend or descend accordingly.
 Click on the Back Page or Next Page button, the whole set indoors will be change.
 Enter the indoor address number. This will directly display the indoor the user selected to view.
4 To change the setting on the indoor, user will need to click on the Ctrl button. After the button is clicked, a new
window will prompt out.

The top part of the new prompt window displays the information of the indoor.

Outdoor No : The outdoor address this particular indoor is connected to. If there is no outdoor
address set, the default value will be 0.
Indoor No : The address set on the indoor. This is based on the PCB setting.
Name : The indoor model and capacity.
Version : The Indoor PCB software version

In the State column, the current running mode, room temperature (°C), set temperature (°C) and fan speed for
the indoor unit is displayed. These setting may be changed in the Control column.

Mode : Operating model of the indoor unit (Stop, Cooling, Heating, Dry, Fan)
Fan Speed : The operating fan speed. Available speed: High / Medium / Low / Auto
Set Temp : To set the required temperature of the indoor. (Unit: °C), range from 16 °C to 30 °C
Sleep Mode : Indoor unit to operate in sleep mode
Auxiliary Heater : To activate additional heater (if any)
Swing : Air swing. Not applicable for conceal / ducted model
Locked : To forbidden the usage of handset. Reset when the indoor power is turned off.

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4.6.2 Service Monitor
Service monitor interface is used to plot graph by using the MDS system parameter. By viewing the graph, it will
provide observation on the system operation condition. Total 5 parameters (outdoor or indoors) can be selected.

Service Monitor Window in Smart Commander

There are 6 function buttons at the bottom of Service Monitor screen. The function of the buttons is as follow:
 First page : Proceed to the first page of the graph
 Back page : Proceed to the previous page of the graph
 Next page : Proceed to next page of the graph
 End page : Proceed to the last page or the graph
 Set Param : A new window will prompt out allowing user to determine which parameter to plot.
Major unit

Tick to select ID
parameter to be
displayed

Max. value of Y-axis

Min. value of Y-axis

Click to display Display the data Display the data Input

the graph of selected date of real time file
 Output Data : A new window will prompt out allowing user to save the data (in excel sheet) to personal PC.

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 4.6.3 Additional Function

Unit setting may be modified by clicking Modify Outdoor Unit Parameter under Circuit Monitor screen. It is
advisable not to change any data unless under the instruction from the factory side. The default value set had
been decided after numerous testing conducted by R&D and should be suitable for most condition.

A new window will prompt out when the user click on the Modify Outdoor Unit Parameter button in circuit
monitor page.

 Defrost curve A, B point: It is used to define defrost area. For the defrost curve A point, the outdoor ambient
is set at 6°C. User is only allowed to change the suction temperature. The allowable range is from -2°C to -
15°C (Default value is -6°C).

 Defrost curve B point: The outdoor ambient is set at -15°C. User is only allowed to change the suction
temperature. The allowable range is from -30°C to -15°C (Default value is -24°C).

Note: If the value is smaller, the defrost area (shaded area I) will become smaller. This means that it is harder for
the system to enter the defrost cycle. After the system had enter the defrost cycle, the system will terminate the
defrost cycle faster.

TH12 (°C)
(Suction) -5
A (6,-6)

-10

-15

-20 Ⅰ
B Defrost Area
(-15,-24)
TH8 (°C)
-25 (Outdoor
Ambient)
-30
-30 -20 -10 0 10 20
Defrost Area Definition

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 Defrost Finish Temperature: The defrost cycle will stop once TH9 exceed this set point. The lower the
temperature, the faster the defrost cycle will end. The allowable range is from 10°C to 50°C (Default value for
(5)MDS80-240B/BR is 15°C for (5)MDS260-500B/BR is 18°C).

 Defrost Interval Time: The interval time between defrost cycle. The smaller the value, the shorter time
between the defrost cycle. The allowable range is from 25 minutes to 90 minutes. Default value is 45 minutes.

 Defrost Operation Time: The duration of the defrost cycle. The smaller the value, the short the defrost
duration. The allowable range is from 5 minutes to 15 minutes. Default value is 10 minutes.

 Defrost Delay Time: This option is for future provision. Currently is not available.

 Sub-cool Circuit Parameter: The next parameter is TscA1, TscA2, TscT1, TscT2, TscT3 which located inside
a same box. These 5 setting is use to change the sub-cool circuit, which is only available in the MDS-B series 4
outdoor ((5)MDS 80-500 B/BR).

The main mechanism controlling the sub-cool circuit is the EXV 4. TscA1 & TscA2 is the reference temperature
for TH9, which is the refrigerant temperature before sub-cool circuit. TscT1, TscT2 & TscT3 is the Sub-cool target
temperature the system needs to achieve. The actual sub-cool temperature will be based on TH9-TH10.

32 deg C 40 deg C TH9 (deg C)

TscA1 TscA2
TscT1 TscT2 TscT3 Target for Sub-cool temp
3 deg C 8 deg C 12 deg C

As the coil leaving temperature increase, the system will increase the sub-cool temperature
for better performance and long piping application.

Example of Sub-Cool Circuit Control (with default value)

 Superheat degree: This is the parameter for controlling outdoor superheat (EXV 1). This option is only
applicable for heatpump model and EXV 1 is only used during heating cycle. The EXV 1 will open to achieve
the target set here. Default value will be 5°C for R22 and 3°C for R410A model.

Outdoor super heat (Tsh) = T12 (Suction Temp) – Te (Saturation temperature)

 EXV1, EXV2, EXV3 and EXV4: This is to manually control the opening of the EXV. It is only applicable for
MDS-B series outdoor ((5)MDS 80-500 B/BR). EXV1/2/3 is only use during heating cycle. It remains shut
during cooling or defrosts cycle. These EXV will not be available in cooling only model. EXV 4 is only use
during cooling cycle and remains shut during heating cycle.

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  Connection Param 1: Not applicable (for future provision).

 Connection Param 2: Refers to compensation for long piping application. Default setting is 10 (Setting range
from 10 to 50). It is used to increase capacity of outdoor during low load condition (only a few indoors are
4
turned ON). For example, when it is set to 15, indoor capacity will be multiply by 1.5 times. When the piping is
long, the outdoor will increase the output capacity to match the losses along the piping to ensure the indoor
received the sufficient capacity.

 Connection Param 3: Compensation for heating cycle. Default value is 37ºC. If indoor coil middle
temperature is too low, outdoor will increase capacity to achieve the set value.

Beside the Modify Outdoor Unit Parameter, there is another button called Special Order. Once the button is
selected, a new window will prompt.

 Manual defrost special operation control order: Only applicable for heatpump model and can be activated
during heating cycle. Once the button is selected, the outdoor will automatically go into defrost cycle. The
duration for the defrost cycle will be 10 minutes.

 Open valve control order when testing: Useful during commissioning. Once this button is selected, all EXV
will fully open (480 steps). This function is only valid for MDS-B series ((5)MDS 80-500 B/BR). To resume
normal operation, just press on the reset button located on the MDS-M PCB.

Location of Reset button for MDS-M PCB

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5.0 Commissioning

In order to commission MDS, there are some necessary steps to follow. These steps help to streamline the
possible problem that may occur during commissioning. The flow chart below provides a general guide line for
commissioning MDS system. This is useful whether for first timer as reference or experience technicians /
engineers as check list.

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 5.1 Obtain Design Drawing and Report
During the design of MDS system by using the selection software, the user will draw the equipment layout on the
software workplace. After completed the drawing, the software will select the appropriate outdoor model base on
the user requirement. Once all this is completed, user will be able to generate the report. The system layout and
report is necessary in order to have a smooth running commissioning process.

5.2 Check Piping Routing, Wiring Routing & Connection

After obtaining the design drawing and report, we will need to check on the piping and wiring connection.
Although this should be done during installation, it is better to check all items again before commissioning.

Piping Ensure both liquid and gas pipe are insulated according to the specification stated below. For hot
Routing and wet environment, it is recommended to increase the insulation thickness. If there is special
request due to customer requirement or country regulation, please follow the specification stated.

Pipe Specifications
Diameter (mm) 6.25 to 25.4 28.58 to 41.3
At least At least
Thickness
10mm 12mm
Heat insulation At least 100ºC

EXV Box Ensure that the orientation of the EXV box is in vertical condition.

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5.3 Add in additional refrigerant
Even though the MDS outdoor unit is pre-charged with refrigerant from the factory, but additional refrigerant is
still required. This is because the pre-charge of refrigerant from the factory may not be sufficient to ensure the
whole system to work according to design condition due to different piping length. There are two ways to obtain
the additional refrigerant required. It can be obtain from the report generated by selection software or through
manual calculation. Whichever method user used to determine the additional refrigerant, it is recommended to
monitor the parameter of the outdoor model to ensure that the unit is working properly. The calculation done is
only served as a guideline.

Report from After using the Selection Software to choose the appropriate model and piping layout,
Selection Software user is allowed to generate the information into a report. From the report itself, the
proposed additional amount of refrigerant required are stated in the report.

Additional charge required

Manual calculation To use this method, the user is required to get the whole piping schematic diagram.
After that, user will need to know the exact pipe length and their respective diameter.
Then, user will need to sum up the piping length used on the liquid pipe only base on
different diameter. Once the piping length of different diameter is obtained, apply the
length into the formula below to calculate additional refrigerant required.

Additional charge amount:

= ∑ Li* Gi

Example
= (Piping Length for 15.88mm X Additional Charge Amount)
+ (Piping Length for 12.7mm X Additional Charge Amount)
+ (Piping Length for 9.52mm X Additional Charge Amount)
+ (Piping Length for 6.35mm X Additional Charge Amount)

Caution that, the additional charge amount of different pipe diameter varies base on
type of refrigerant.

Pipe Diamater (mm) 6.35 9.52 12.70 15.88 19.05

R22 Additional Charge (g/m) 50 80 120 180 290
Pipe Diamater (mm) 6.35 9.52 12.70 15.88 19.05
R41A additional Charge (g/m) 45 70 120 180 260

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 5.4 Confirm Indoor Dipswitch Setting
For MDS system, every unit is assigned with an address for communication and signal transmission purpose.
Both indoor and outdoor unit address need to be set manually through the dipswitch located on the PCB. Other
than address, other setting such as unit model and capacity are also set through the dipswitch. These settings
can be done during the installation process or before commissioning. It is advisable to check the settings before
commissioning starts.

The dipswitch location is different for indoor PCB MC200-C and MC201-C (Please refer to page 16 and 17).
Even though there are two types of indoor PCB, the dipswitch function is the same. For MDS indoor, there are 4
types of setting need to be determined:
a) Indoor Type
b) Indoor Capacity
c) Indoor Address
d) Indoor Function

Dipswitch 1 ON (1)
5 (SW1) S1
OFF (0)
1 2 3 4 5 6
Auxiliary Heater
Reserved
1&2 Water Pump

Dipswitch 1 (SW1) is to determine the special function of the indoor unit. There are 2 main
special functions that can be specified in MDS indoor unit. The first function is the heater
function. This heater option is only applicable for ducted model (using wired controller) and it will
function during heating cycle or fan mode.

Locating the dipswitch S1.1 and S1.2 to ON position will give the PCB ability to control the heater
relay. The PCB is allowed to connect to 2 heaters. If only 1 heater is available, just locate S1.1
to ON position. If 2 heaters are used, both S1.1 and S1.2 need to be located to ON position.
The control algorithm of the heaters is shown in page 12.

For dipswitch S1.3 (Water Pump), it will be set to ON position for all ceiling cassette unit. The
drain pump will operate when the indoor unit is turned ON. The water pump will stop operation if
the water level sensor is in OPEN condition.

For dipswitch S1.4 until S1.6, currently is reserve for future used.

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Dipswitch 2 ON (1)
(SW2) S2
OFF (0)
1 2 3 4 5 6

Address
Dipswitch 2 is for address setting. Each indoor unit within the same outdoor unit must have
different address. The table below shows the indoor address setting.

S2.1 S2.2 S2.3 S2.4 S2.5 S2.6 Indoor Address S2.1 S2.2 S2.3 S2.4 S2.5 S2.6 Indoor Address
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 24
0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 25
0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 26
0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 27
0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 28
0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 1 1 1 0 1 29
0 0 0 1 1 0 6 0 1 1 1 1 0 30
0 0 0 1 1 1 7 0 1 1 1 1 1 31
0 0 1 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 32
0 0 1 0 0 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 33
5
0 0 1 0 1 0 10 1 0 0 0 1 0 34
0 0 1 0 1 1 11 1 0 0 0 1 1 35
0 0 1 1 0 0 12 1 0 0 1 0 0 36
0 0 1 1 0 1 13 1 0 0 1 0 1 37
0 0 1 1 1 0 14 1 0 0 1 1 0 38
0 0 1 1 1 1 15 1 0 0 1 1 1 39
0 1 0 0 0 0 16 1 0 1 0 0 0 40
0 1 0 0 0 1 17 1 0 1 0 0 1 41
0 1 0 0 1 0 18 1 0 1 0 1 0 42
0 1 0 0 1 1 19 1 0 1 0 1 1 43
0 1 0 1 0 0 20 1 0 1 1 0 0 44
0 1 0 1 0 1 21 1 0 1 1 0 1 45
0 1 0 1 1 0 22 1 0 1 1 1 0 46
0 1 0 1 1 1 23 1 0 1 1 1 1 47

While setting the indoor address, there are a few rules need to follow. The rules are as follow:
a) Each indoor address must be unique and it must not duplicate within a system.
b) The first indoor address must be 0. Do not start the first indoor with address 1.
c) While setting the indoor address, the indoor address number cannot skip. For example, if
there are only 4 indoors in a system, the indoor address needs to be 0, 1, 2 and 3.
d) It is advisable that the indoor address follows the sequence of the communication wiring.
For example, for a 4 indoors in the system, the first indoor after the outdoor should have
address 0, the next indoor address should be 1 and the last indoor of the communication
wiring should be 3.

Example:
(1) ON
A Address: 0
Outdoor Indoor 1
B
A B (0) OFF
S2.1 S2.6

(1) ON
A Address: 1
Indoor 2
B
(0) OFF
S2.1 S2.6

(1) ON
A Address: 2
Indoor 3
B
(0) OFF
S2.1 S2.6

(1) ON
A Address: 3
Indoor 4
B
(0) OFF
S2.1 S2.6

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 Dipswitch 3 ON (1)
(SW3) S3
OFF (0)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Capacity Model
Dipswitch 3 is for model and capacity setting. It is advisable that the commissioner to check all
the indoors during every commissioning. The tables below show the respective setting for indoor
type and indoor capacity.

S3.1 S3.2 S3.3 S3.4 S3.5 Capacity (kW) Model Name

0 0 0 1 0 2.5 09
1 0 1 1 0 2.8 10
0 0 1 0 0 3.6 15
0 1 0 0 0 5.6 20
0 1 0 1 0 6.5 25
1 1 0 1 0 8.0 28
5
1 1 1 0 0 9.0 30
0 1 1 1 0 10.0 38
1 1 1 1 0 11.2 40
1 0 0 1 0 14.0 50
0 1 0 1 1 16.4 60/62
0 0 0 0 1 22.4 80
0 0 0 1 1 28.0 100
Model name:
Applicable for Wall Mounted, Ceiling Concealed, Ceiling Cassette and Ceiling Convertibl e

S3.6 S3.7 S3.8 Indoor Type

0 0 0 Ceiling Concealed
0 0 1 Ceiling Cassette
0 1 0 Ceiling Convertible
0 1 1 Wall Mounted
1 0 0 Ducted Blower

Example:
(1) ON (1) ON

MWMD015G MCKD020A/C
(0) OFF (0) OFF
S3.1 S3.8 S3.1 S3.8

(1) ON (1) ON

MCCD050C MCMD028E
(0) OFF (0) OFF
S3.1 S3.8 S3.1 S3.8

Dipswitch 4 Dipswitch 4 is reserved for software upgrade purpose. This dipswitch shall remain OFF all the
(SW4) time.

5.5 Power Up All Indoor

After the dipswitch setting for all indoor unit is done, power up all indoors to detect any indoor which is not
supplied with electricity. If user wishes to have auto-random restart function in their indoor units, we can activate
it during this time. The standard indoor comes with auto-random restart disabled. There are two types of setting
to activate the auto random restart function. For ceiling concealed model which is using the wired controller
(MC301), the setting is done on the handset PCB itself. For wireless handset model (wall mounted, ceiling
cassette and ceiling convertible), the setting can be done using the wireless handset.

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Auto-Random ON – °F
Restart for OFF – °C
Wired Controller
(MC301)
ON

OFF

Not applicable. Reserved for

future.

ON– Wired handset with real

time clock (come as
standard)
OFF – Wired handset
without real time clock

ON– Auto restart ON

5
OFF – Auto restart OFF
For wired handset (MC301), there are 4 dipswitches on the back of the PCB. Once the
auto-random restart is set, the LCD of the wired controller will have an indication.

Remark: While changing the setting, please make sure the power supply of the indoor is
switch off. This dipswitch setting is not applicable for Central Controller MC303.

Auto-Random To enable auto random restart function on indoor unit using wireless handset, the process
Restart for will be slightly complicated. The indoor power supply must be available.
Wireless
Controller To enable Auto Random Restart, the steps are as follow:
1. Press the indoor PCB emergency ON/OFF button for 5 seconds to go into setting
mode. When the unit are in setting mode, all the LED of the indoor will be light up.
2. Use the wireless handset, select “Fan” mode.
3. Select “High Fan” speed.
4. Press the “ON/OFF” button on the wireless handset to complete the setting. Once
the setting is complete, all the indoor LED will be turned off and the unit will remain
in standby mode.

To disable Auto Random Restart, the steps are as follow:

1. Press the indoor PCB emergency ON/OFF button for 5 seconds to go into setting
mode. When the unit are in setting mode, all the LED of the indoor will be light up
2. Use the wireless handset, select “Fan” mode.
3. Select “Medium Fan” speed
4. Press the “ON/OFF” button on the wireless handset to complete the setting. Once
the setting is complete, all the indoor LED will be turned off and the unit will remain
in standby mode.

Remark: After entering the setting mode (all indoor LED is ON), if there is no operating for
60 seconds, it will automatically exit from setting mode

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 5.6 Confirm Outdoor Dipswitch Setting
Similar to indoor, there are also some settings need to be done for outdoor unit. The unit capacity and model
type are usually set before ship out from the factory. However, it is advisable to check on the dipswitch again
before power up the outdoor. As for the outdoor address, it is only required when there is a series of outdoors
connected and control by the central control and monitoring software.

For outdoor model, there are two type of outdoor board:

 MDOM PCB – For MDS-A series and 5MDS 50/60/70 B/BR
 MDS-M PCB – (5)MDS 80-500 B/BR

5.6.1 Setting Up MDOM PCB

Basically, setting up MDOM PCB requires 3 steps:

1. Set up dipswitch 1 (J1)
2. Set up dipswitch 2 (J2)
3. Set up indoor quantity (K2 and K1 button)
5
0
Set up For outdoor unit which runs on MDOM PCB, there are 2 set of dipswitches (J1 and J2). Besides
Dipswitch 1 this, there is also a setting mode to modify certain important parameters (K2 and K1 button).
(J1) Please refer to page 14 for further description on their location.

ON (1)
J1 S1
OFF (0)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
MDS A Capacity
EXV Initial
Opening
Reserved

For dipswitch 1 (J1), the main function is to determine the outdoor capacity. Dipswitch J1.1 and
J1.2 (EXV Initial Opening) is only use by R&D for testing purpose. During site commissioning, it
is advisable not to alter the setting unless advice by factory side. Dipswitch J1.3 is reserved for
future used. Dipswitch J1.4 to J1.7 is to determine the outdoor unit capacity.

J1.4 J1.5 J1.6 J1.7 Capacity

0 1 0 1 3HP
0 0 0 0 4HP
0 0 0 1 5HP
0 0 1 0 6HP
0 1 1 0 7HP

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Set up
Dipswitch 2
(J2)

For dipswitch 2, there are 2 main functions. The first will be the type of model (J2.6) and the
second will be the outdoor address setting (J2.1 to J2.5). Dipswitch J2.7 is for refrigerant type
and J2.8 is reserved for future provision.

For dipswitches J2.6, model selection, it will determine whether the model is a cooling only
model or a heatpump model. The reason of the needs of this selection is because the PCB is
common for both cooling only model and heatpump model. To select a cooling only model, 5
position dipswitch J2.6 to ON position and for heatpump model, position it to OFF position.

J2.6 MODEL J2.7 Refrigerant

0 Heatpump 0 R-22
1 Cooling only 1 R-410A

If the outdoor is not connected to the central control monitoring software (Smart Commander)
or the Central Wired Controller (MC303), there is no need to set the address (address remain
as 0). If the outdoor is connected with these accessories, then the same rules on the indoor
setting apply here. The rules are as follow:

a) Each outdoor number must be unique. The outdoor address cannot duplicate.
b) The first outdoor address must be 0. Do not start the first outdoor with address 1.
c) While setting the outdoor address, the outdoor address number cannot skip. For
example, if there are only 4 outdoors in a system, the outdoor address needs to be 0,
1, 2 and 3.
d) It is advisable that the outdoor address follow the sequence of the communication
wiring. For example, for a 4 outdoors in the system, the first outdoor after the MC501
gateway should have address 0, the next outdoor address should be 1 and the last
outdoor of the communication wiring should be 3.

J2.1 J2.2 J2.3 J2.4 J2.5 Outdoor Address

0 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0 1
0 1 0 0 0 2
1 1 0 0 0 3
0 0 1 0 0 4
1 0 1 0 0 5
0 1 1 0 0 6
1 1 1 0 0 7
0 0 0 1 0 8
1 0 0 1 0 9
0 1 0 1 0 10
1 1 0 1 0 11
0 0 1 1 0 12
1 0 1 1 0 13
0 1 1 1 0 14
1 1 1 1 0 15
0 0 0 0 1 16
1 0 0 0 1 17
0 1 0 0 1 18
1 1 0 0 1 19
0 0 1 0 1 20
1 0 1 0 1 21
0 1 1 0 1 22
1 1 1 0 1 23
0 0 0 1 1 24
1 0 0 1 1 25
0 1 0 1 1 26
1 1 0 1 1 27
0
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1 0 1 1 1 29
0 1 1 1 1 30
1 1 1 1 1 31
 Set up To set up indoor quantity, you will need to utilize the K2 and K1 button (refer to page 14) and
Indoor follow the procedure below:
Quantity
1. Power up the outdoor.
2. Press K2 for 5 second to enter parameter setting mode. The 7 segments LED display will
show [- - - -].
3. You need to key in the password before you can make any changes. The password is 0755
4. Press K1 to select. Press K2 to confirm.
5. After it show [- - - -], press K1. It will show [- - - 0]. Press K2, it will show [- - 0-].
6. After that, press K1 to select “7” and K2 to confirm.
7. Once you successfully select “0755” and press K2, the PCB will enter to setting mode.
8. The available setting to adjust are as follow:
a. Indoor Quantity
b. Temperature to initiate defrost checking
c. Temperature to initiate defrost cycle
d. Temperature to stop defrost cycle
e. Interval of defrost cycle
5 f. Duration of defrost cycle
Most of the time, the only setting that need to do is the indoor quantity. Other data remain
as factory default value.
9. If there is only 4 indoors in the system, please select “4” by pressing K1 until the LED show
4. Then press K2 to confirm.
10. Leave it for 5 seconds and the system will come out from the setting mode automatically.

Remark: Please read first before you try on the PCB. If K1 or K2 is not press after 5 seconds, it
will exit from the setting mode automatically.

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5.6.2 Setting Up MDS-M PCB

Setting up MDS-M PCB is simpler and requires 3 steps as well:

1. Set up dipswitch 1 (S1)
2. Set up dipswitch 2 (S2)
3. Set up dipswitch 3 (S3)

Please refer to page 15 for the location of the dipswitches.

Set up ON (1)
Dipswitch 1 S1
OFF (0)
(S1)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

No. of indoor units

MDS A/B Cooling only / Heatpump

For dipswitch 1, there are 3 functions. S1.1 is to determine whether the PCB is use in the MDS- 5
A series or a MDS-B series. S1.2 is to determineS1.1whether the modelMODEL
is a cooling only model or
0 MDS-B
heatpump model. Dipswitch S1.3-S1.8 are used to determine the quantity Series
of indoors connected
to the outdoor. 1 MDS-A Series

S1.1 MODEL S1.2 MODEL

0 MDS-B Series 0 Heatpump
1 MDS-A Series 1 Cooling only

S1.3 S1.4 S1.5 S1.6 S1.7 S1.8 Indoor Quantity S1.3 S1.4 S1.5 S1.6 S1.7 S1.8 Indoor Quantity
S1.2 MODEL
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 25
0 00 0 0 0 Heatpump
1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 26
0 01 0 0 1 Cooling
0 only 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 27
0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 28
0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 29
0 0 0 1 0 1 6 0 1 1 1 0 1 30
0 0 0 1 1 0 7 0 1 1 1 1 0 31
0 0 0 1 1 1 8 0 1 1 1 1 1 32
0 0 1 0 0 0 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 33
0 0 1 0 0 1 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 34
0 0 1 0 1 0 11 1 0 0 0 1 0 35
0 0 1 0 1 1 12 1 0 0 0 1 1 36
0 0 1 1 0 0 13 1 0 0 1 0 0 37
0 0 1 1 0 1 14 1 0 0 1 0 1 38
0 0 1 1 1 0 15 1 0 0 1 1 0 39
0 0 1 1 1 1 16 1 0 0 1 1 1 40
0 1 0 0 0 0 17 1 0 1 0 0 0 41
0 1 0 0 0 1 18 1 0 1 0 0 1 42
0 1 0 0 1 0 19 1 0 1 0 1 0 43
0 1 0 0 1 1 20 1 0 1 0 1 1 44
0 1 0 1 0 0 21 1 0 1 1 0 0 45
0 1 0 1 0 1 22 1 0 1 1 0 1 46
0 1 0 1 1 0 23 1 0 1 1 1 0 47
0 1 0 1 1 1 24 1 0 1 1 1 1 48

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 Set up ON (1)
Dipswitch 2 S2
OFF (0)
(S2)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Outdoor address
Outdoor Capacity
Reserved
Master / Slave

For Dipswitch 2, the main function is to set the outdoor address if the outdoor is connected in a
network of outdoors or Central Wired Controller (MC303). Dipswitch S2.1 is to determine
whether the outdoor is a single unit, master unit or salve unit. Dipswitch S2.3 is related to
Dipswitch S3 which is used to determine the capacity of the outdoor. This will be cover in
dipswitch S3.
S2.1 Type of Model
5
0 Slave Module
1 Single/Master Module

If the outdoor is not connected to the central control monitoring software (Smart Commander) or
the Central Wired Controller (MC303), there is no need to set the address. If the outdoor is
connected with these accessories, then the same rules on the indoor setting is applied here
also. The rules are as follow:

a) Each outdoor number must be unique. The outdoor address cannot duplicate.
b) The first outdoor address must be 0. Do not start the first outdoor with address 1.
c) While setting the outdoor address, the outdoor address number cannot skip. For
example, if there are only 4 outdoors in a system, the outdoor address needs to be 0, 1,
2 and 3.
d) It is advisable that the outdoor address follow the sequence of the communication
wiring. For example, for a 4 outdoors in the system, the first outdoor after the gateway
should have address 0, the next outdoor address should be 1 and the last outdoor of the
communication wiring should be 3.

S2.4 S2.5 S2.6 S2.7 S2.8 Outdoor Address S2.4 S2.5 S2.6 S2.7 S2.8 Outdoor Address
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 16
0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 17
0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 18
0 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 19
0 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 20
0 0 1 0 1 5 1 0 1 0 1 21
0 0 1 1 0 6 1 0 1 1 0 22
0 0 1 1 1 7 1 0 1 1 1 23
0 1 0 0 0 8 1 1 0 0 0 24
0 1 0 0 1 9 1 1 0 0 1 25
0 1 0 1 0 10 1 1 0 1 0 26
0 1 0 1 1 11 1 1 0 1 1 27
0 1 1 0 0 12 1 1 1 0 0 28
0 1 1 0 1 13 1 1 1 0 1 29
0 1 1 1 0 14 1 1 1 1 0 30
0 1 1 1 1 15 1 1 1 1 1 31

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Set up S3
Dipswitch 3 ON (1)
(S3)
OFF (0)
1 2 3 4

Outdoor unit capacity

For Dipswitch S3, the main function is to determine the MDS-B series outdoor capacity. Besides
this dipswitch, dipswitch S2.3 is also interrelated. The setting of the capacity is as follow:

5.7 Power Up Outdoor

After the outdoor unit setting has completed, we may power up the outdoor unit to see if the wiring connection is
correct. If the commissioning software (Smart Commander) is available, it is advisable to use it to run the
commissioning. Connect the outdoor unit to the commissioning software accordingly (refer to Section 4.4) and
run it. Go to drop down menu Function (E) and select Initiating to connect to the MDS system. Once the
software is connected to the system, all available parameter of the system (Indoor and Outdoor) will be visible.

By using the software, check whether all indoor and outdoor units are connected. Besides that, the capacity and
model of all indoor and outdoor units are verified. If there’s any problem such as communication error and etc,
kindly recheck the wiring of the communication cable and the setting of PCB. Error code will be recorded and
shown in the software itself.

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 If commissioning software is not available, commissioner may manually check the MDS system by observing the
parameter shown on the 7 segment LED display which is located on the outdoor PCB.

During this time, we need to check and observe the system to ensure it is running normally without any error.
The 7 segment LED display located on the outdoor PCB will display related information such as running
parameters and error code (if any). The running parameters and error code shown for MDOM PCB and MDS-M
PCB are different. The running parameters for each of the PCB are shown below, while for error code, it will be
discussed further in the next Chapter 6.0.

MDOM PCB
Running Parameter
Outdoor Information / Reading
X--- YYYY
0 Compressor Discharge Temp
1 Ambient Temp
2 Compressor Suction Temp
3 Compressor Bottom Temp.
4 Condensing Coil Inlet Temp.
5 5 Condensing Coil Medium Temp.
6 Condensing Coil Outlet Temp.
7 EXV Opening Position
8 Modulation Percentage
9 PCB Control Time

For MDOM PCB, the readings of each information will continuously being displayed on
the 7 segment LED display, from 0 to 9. For example, if we need to check the ambient
temperature reading (number 1), wait for the display to show 1 and the following value
will be the sensor’s reading on ambient temperature.

MDS-M PCB
Running Parameter

For MDS-M PCB, the reading of sensors will not shown continuously like MDOM PCB.
On the other hand, it will display the current status or running mode of the outdoor unit.
For example, when the unit is on standby, it will display “NULL” on the 7 segment LED
display. When the outdoor unit is running cooling mode, “COOL” will be displayed.

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5.8 Start All Indoors
After confirming that the MDS system is ready in standby mode without any faulty operation or error code, turn
on all indoor units one by one. This can be done through the commissioning software or manually turn on each
indoor unit individually. Set the indoor temperature according to the design requirement. There are a few things
which we need to check for outdoor and indoor:

Outdoor checking  Check the compressor status (ON/OFF and its running capacity) as it should react
according to the system’s need.
 Check the high side (HS) and low side (LS) pressure to ensure they do not exceed the
designed limit.
 Check the readings of discharge temperature sensor (TH1) and ensure it do not
exceed the designed limit.
 Check the opening of EXV4 and subcool temperature (TH9 – TH10) for cooling mode.
 Check is there any error code from the outdoor unit.

5
Indoor checking  Check the handset’s functionality for each indoor such as setting swing mode and see
whether or not the indoor unit is responding towards the handset’s signal.
 Check the readings of indoor temperature sensor (T i, Tm, To and Tr) and ensure they
are normal.
 Check the opening of the EXV box and ensure it is functioning normally.
 Check is there any error code from the indoor unit.

5.9 Monitor Outdoor Parameter

After the commissioning personnel added in the additional refrigerant, it is advisable that they monitor the
outdoor parameter. In order to guide the commissioning personnel, the factory side had provided a set of outdoor
parameter for reference. There are 3 sets of reference data provided (3 sets for cooling cycle and 3 sets for
heating cycle).

These data will serve as a guide on the possible operating condition of the unit. Once the outdoor parameter
reach or close to the proposed data, the charging of the refrigerant can be stop. The commissioning personnel
will need to continue to monitor the outdoor parameter for some time (1/2 to 1 hour). If the outdoor parameters
remain constant or very small movement, the commissioning can be concluded.

For details, kindly refer to the following Appendix for the required model.
 Appendix 7.7 - R22 MDS A Series Cooling Cycle Reference
 Appendix 7.8 - R22 MDS B Series Cooling Cycle Reference
 Appendix 7.9 - R22 MDS A Series Heating Cycle Reference
 Appendix 7.10 - R22 MDS B Series Heating Cycle Reference
 Appendix 7.11 - R410A MDS B Series Cooling Cycle Reference
 Appendix 7.12 - R410A MDS B Series Heating Cycle Reference
 Appendix 7.13 - R22 MDS BHC Series Cooling Cycle Reference

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 6.0 Troubleshooting

6.1 Locating Error Code

Error code will show on both indoor and outdoor units when the system malfunctions. For decorative type indoor
such as wall mounted, ceiling cassette and ceiling convertible, the error code will display via the blinking of the
LED. For units that are connected to the wired controller MC301 (such as ceiling concealed), the error code will
display on controller screen. For outdoor unit, the error code generated will display on the 7 segments display on
outdoor PCB. Each of these locations is indicated as below:

Error code display

for decorative indoor

Blinking
LED

6 Remark: Ionizer LED does not contribute to error code blinking.

Error code display

for wired handset

Error
code

Error code display

for outdoor unit
Error
code

Remark: For error code of phase protector (only applicable to 3 phase model), kindly refer to Appendix 7.16.

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6.2 Error Code for Decorative Type Indoor
Page

Error Code #1 Cool/Heat Sleep/Fan Dry/Timer 76

BLINKING OFF OFF

Description Communication error

Possible causes
 Indoor and outdoor communication wire broken
 Indoor and outdoor communication wire loose
 Indoor and outdoor communication wire A and B reversed
 Communication wire too long, should less than 1000m
 Outdoor PCB not power on
 Indoor and outdoor jumper not correct, still on update status
 Last indoor unit terminal resistance of communication wire not short-circuit
 Indoor and outdoor PCB program not compatible
 Indoor and outdoor PCB abnormal

Error Code #2 Cool/Heat Sleep/Fan Time/Dry 73

OFF OFF BLINKING

6
Description Indoor sensor error

Possible causes  Indoor sensor broken or loose

Error Code #3 Cool/Heat Sleep/Fan Time/Dry 75

OFF BLINKING OFF

Description Indoor pump error

Possible causes
 Water level switch broken
 Indoor pump broken

Error Code #4 Cool/Heat Sleep/Fan Time/Dry 73

OFF BLINKING BLINKING

Description Outdoor sensor error

Possible causes  Outdoor sensor broken or loose

Error Code #5 Cool/Heat Sleep/Fan Time/Dry 74

BLINKING BLINKING ON

Description Outdoor pressure sensor error

Possible causes  High/low pressure sensor broken or loose

 Outdoor PCB HS/LS port broken

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 Error Code #6 Cool/Heat Sleep/Fan Time/Dry 78
BLINKING OFF BLINKING

Description High/low pressure switch trip

 High pressure trip

Possible causes - outdoor unit motor broken
- outdoor circulating air short (cooling)
- outdoor heat exchanger too dirty (cooling)
- outdoor ball valve not open
- indoor circulating air short (heating)
- indoor heat exchanger too dirty (heating)
- indoor unit filter web blocked (heating)
- indoor unit EXV not turn on properly (heating)
- too much refrigerant
- outdoor unit PCB high pressure output port malfunction
- pressure sensor broken
- pressure switch broken

 Low pressure trip

- Outdoor ball valve not open
- Outdoor heat exchanger efficiency too low when heating
- Outdoor motor run abnormally when heating
- Refrigerant leakage or insufficient
- Outdoor PCB low pressure output port abnormal
6 - Low pressure sensor broken

Error Code #7 Cool/Heat Sleep/Fan Time/Dry 77

BLINKING BLINKING OFF

Description Compressor overload

Possible causes
 Digital compressor’s operating current too high, overload protector on
 Fixed compressor’s operating current too high, overload protector on

Error Code #8 Cool/Heat Sleep/Fan Time/Dry 80

BLINKING BLINKING BLINKING

Description System failure

Possible causes
 High pressure malfunction occur 3 times within 1 hour
 Low pressure malfunction occur 3 times within 1 hour
 Too high discharge temperature occur once
 Compressor overload protector shut and occur 3 times

Error Code #9 Cool/Heat Sleep/Fan Time/Dry

BLINKING ON ON

Description Others

Possible causes
 Examine outdoor unit for error code.
 Connect wired controller to the unit to retrieve exact error code.

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6.3 Indoor Error Code for Wired Controller MC301
Error
Description Possible Causes Page
Code

E0 System malfunction  High pressure malfunction occur 3 times within 1 hour 80

- outdoor unit motor broken (cooling)
- outdoor circulating air short (cooling)
- outdoor heat exchanger too dirty (cooling)
- outdoor ball valve not open
- indoor circulating air short (heating)
- indoor heat exchanger too dirty (heating)
- indoor unit filter web blocked (heating)
- indoor unit EXV not turn on properly (heating)
- too much refrigerant
- outdoor unit PCB high pressure output port malfunction
- pressure sensor broken
- pressure switch broken

 Low pressure malfunction occur 3 times within 1 hour

- outdoor ball valve not open
- refrigerant leakage or shortage
- outdoor unit PCB low pressure output port malfunction
- low pressure sensor broken

 Too high discharge temperature occur once

- outdoor unit motor broken (cooling)
- outdoor circulating air short (cooling) 6
- outdoor heat exchanger too dirty (cooling)
- outdoor unit EXV not turn on properly (heating)
- indoor unit EXV not turn on properly
- refrigerant leakage or shortage
- outdoor ball valve not turns on

 Compressor overload protector shut and occurs 3 times

- too much current flow in the compressor
- compressor overload protector protecting value wrongly set

E1 TH1 open/short circuit  Outdoor discharge temperature sensor TH1 broken or loose 73
(discharge T.)

E2 TH2 open/short circuit  Outdoor 1# condenser inlet coil temperature sensor TH2 broken or loose
(1# inlet coil)

E3 TH3 open/short circuit  Outdoor 1# condenser midlet coil temperature sensor TH3 broken or loose
(1# midlet coil)

E4 TH4 open/short circuit  Outdoor 2# condenser inlet coil temperature sensor TH4 broken or loose
(2# inlet coil)

E5 TH5 open/short circuit  Outdoor 2# condenser midlet coil temperature sensor TH5 broken or loose
(2# midlet coil)

E8 TH8 open/short circuit  Outdoor ambient temperature sensor TH8 broken or loose
(ambient T.)

E9 TH9 open/short circuit  Outdoor outlet coil temperature sensor TH9 broken or loose
(outlet T.)

EA TH10 open/short circuit  Outdoor sub-cool outlet temperature sensor TH10 broken or loose
(sub-cool outlet)

EB TH11 open/short circuit  Outdoor sub-cool suction temperature sensor TH11 broken or loose
(sub-cool suction)

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 EC TH12 open/short circuit  Outdoor suction temperature sensor TH12 broken or loose 73
(suction)

EF Emergency run  On the premise that part of the indoor unit communication malfunction and either one (or 87
both) of the following error occurs (unit will shut down):
1. System sub heat <1ºC for 15 minutes
2. TH12 malfunctions

F0 Outdoor storage  Outdoor PCB chip read faulty at the very beginning when power on 82
malfunction
 Outdoor PCB chip broken

F1 Indoor inlet coil sensor  Indoor units Tin sensor broken or loose 73
malfunction

F2 Indoor midlet coil  Indoor units Tmid sensor broken or loose

sensor malfunction

F3 Indoor outlet coil sensor  Indoor units Tout sensor broken or loose
malfunction

6 F4 Indoor return air sensor  Indoor units Troom sensor broken or loose
broken

F5 Indoor supply air sensor  Indoor units Troom sensor broken or loose
broken

F6 Indoor and controller  Wired controller communication wire not connected or loose 83
communication
malfunction
 Wired controller broken
 Outdoor PCB broken

F7 Ambient temperature  Outdoor ambient temperature exceed running range 84

exceed running range 1. cooling running range 0 – 43ºC
2. heating running range -15 – 16 ºC
 Outdoor circulating air short
1. Cause outdoor ambient temperature rising to exceed running range when cooling.
2. Cause outdoor ambient temperature falling to exceed running range when heating.

FA Wired controller storage  Data read faultily at the very beginning when power on 85
broken
 Chip broken

FB Pump malfunction  Overflow switch broken 75

(indoor drain pump)
 Pump broken

FC Indoor and outdoor  Indoor and outdoor communication wire broken 76

communication
malfunction
 Indoor and outdoor communication wire loose
 Indoor and outdoor communication wire A and B reversed
 Communication wire too long, should less than 1000m
 Outdoor PCB not power on
 Indoor and outdoor jump wire not correct, still on update status
 Last indoor unit terminal resistance of communication wire not short-circuit
 Indoor and outdoor PCB program not compatible
 Indoor and outdoor PCB abnormal

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FE Master unit and slave  Master unit and slave unit communication wire reversed 79
unit communication
malfunction
 Master unit and slave unit communication wire broken or loose
 Slave unit toggle switch set wrongly
 Master and slave unit PCB version conflict / different

H0 Digital compressor  Digital compressor operating current too high, overload protector OL4 on 77
overloaded

H1 Fixed compressor 1  Fixed compressor 1 operating current too high, overload protector OL1 on
overloaded

H2 Fixed compressor 2  Fixed compressor 2 operating current too high, overload protector OL2 on
overloaded

H3 Fixed compressor 3  Fixed compressor 3 operating current too high, overload protector OL3 on
overloaded

H4 High pressure too high  Outdoor motor broken (cooling) 78

 Outdoor circulating air short-circuit (cooling)
 Outdoor heat exchanger too dirty (cooling) 6
 Outdoor ball valve not open
 Indoor circulating air short-circuit (heating)
 Indoor heat exchanger too dirty (heating)
 Indoor unit filter blocked by dirt (heating)
 Indoor EXV not on properly (heating)
 Refrigerant over charged
 Outdoor PCB high pressure output port abnormal
 Pressure sensor broken
 Pressure switch broken

H5 High pressure sensor  High pressure sensor communication wire broken 74

malfunction
 Outdoor PCB HS port broken

H6 Discharge temperature  Outdoor motor broken (cooling) 78

too high (TH1)
 Outdoor circulation air short-circuit (cooling)
 Outdoor heat exchanger too dirty (cooling)
 Outdoor EXV not on properly (heating)
 Indoor EXV not on properly (heating)
 Refrigerant leakage or insufficient
 Outdoor ball valve not open

L0 Super heat protecting  Indoor motor not work when cooling 86

value too small
 Indoor EXV opening degree abnormal when cooling
 Outdoor motor not work when heating
 Outdoor EXV opening degree abnormal when heating
 Low pressure sensor abnormal
 Refrigerant over charged

L1 Low pressure too low  Outdoor ball valve not open 78

 Outdoor heat exchanger efficiency too low when heating
 Outdoor motor run abnormally when heating
 Refrigerant leakage or insufficient
 Outdoor PCB low pressure output port abnormal
 Low pressure sensor broken

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 L2 Low pressure sensor  Low pressure sensor connecting wire broken 74
broken
 Outdoor PCB LS port broken

L3 Indoor and outdoor  Outdoor work normal, but all indoor communication abnormal 76
communication

10 System malfunction  Slave unit high pressure malfunction occurred 3 times 80

(slave unit)
 Low pressure malfunction occurred 3 times
 Discharge temperature too high 1 times
 Compressor overload protector jumped for 3 times

11 TH1 open/short-circuit  Slave unit discharge temperature sensor TH1 broken or loose 73
(slave unit discharge)

12 TH2 open/short-circuit  Slave unit 1# inlet coil temperature sensor TH2 broken or loose
(slave unit 1# inlet coil)

13 TH3 open/short-circuit  Slave unit 1# midlet coil temperature sensor TH3 broken or loose
(slave unit 1# midlet
6 coil)

14 TH4 open/short-circuit  Slave unit 2# inlet coil temperature sensor TH4 broken or loose
(slave unit 2# inlet coil)

15 TH5 open/short-circuit  Slave unit 2# midlet coil temperature sensor TH5 broken or loose
(slave unit 2# midlet
coil)

18 TH8 open/short-circuit  Slave unit ambient temperature sensor TH8 broken or loose
(slave unit ambient
temperature)

19 TH9 open/short-circuit  Slave unit outlet coil temperature sensor TH9 broken or loose
(slave unit total outlet
coil)

1A TH10 open/short-circuit  Slave unit sub-cooling outlet coil temperature sensor TH10 broken or loose
(slave unit sub-cooling
outlet)

1B TH11 open/short-circuit  Slave unit sub-cooling suction temperature sensor TH11 broken or loose
(slave unit super
cooling suction
temperature)

1C TH12 open/short-circuit  Slave unit suction temperature sensor TH12 broken or loose
(slave unit suction
temperature)

1F Emergency run  Premise: part indoor communication failure 87

 Slave unit suction super-heat less than 1ºC for 15 minutes persistently.
 Slave unit TH12 malfunction

20 Outdoor storage  Slave unit PCB chip data read failure by outdoor unit when power on 82
malfunction (slave unit)
 Slave unit PCB chip broken

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27 Ambient temperature is  Ambient temperature is out of operation limit range 84
out of operation limit 1. Cooling ambient temperature range: 0ºC – 43ºC
range (slave unit) 2. Heating ambient temperature range: -15ºC – 16ºC
 Outdoor slave unit circulating air short-circuit
1. Result in ambient temperature raising to exceed operation limit range when cooling
2. Result in ambient temperature falling down to exceed operation limit range when
heating

30 Digital compressor  Fixed compressor 4 operating current too high, overload protector OL4 on 77
overloaded (slave unit)

31 Fixed compressor 1  Fixed compressor 1 operating current too high, overload protector OL1 on
overloaded (slave unit)

32 Fixed compressor 2  Fixed compressor 2 operating current too high, overload protector OL2 on
overloaded (slave unit)

33 Fixed compressor 3  Fixed compressor 3 operating current too high, overload protector OL3 on
overloaded (slave unit)

34 High pressure too high  Slave unit motor broken 78 6

(slave unit)
 Slave unit circulation air short-circuiting (cooling)
 Slave unit heat exchanger too dirty (cooling)
 Slave unit ball valve not open
 Indoor circulation air short-circuit (heating)
 Indoor heat exchanger too dirty (heating)
 Indoor unit filter blocked by dirt (heating)
 Indoor EXV not switched on properly (heating)
 Refrigerant over charged
 Slave unit PCB high pressure output port abnormal
 Slave unit pressure sensor broken
 Slave unit pressure switch broken

35 High pressure sensor  Slave unit high pressure sensor connecting wire broken 74
malfunction (slave unit)
 Slave unit PCB HS port broken

36 Discharge temperature  Preserved -

too high (slave unit)

40 Super heat protecting  Indoor motor not work when cooling 86

value too small (slave
unit)
 Indoor EXV opening degree abnormal when cooling
 Outdoor motor not work when heating
 Slave unit EXV opening degree abnormal when heating
 Slave unit low pressure sensor abnormal
 Refrigerant over charged

41 Low pressure too low  Slave unit ball valve not open 78
(slave unit)
 Slave unit heat exchanger efficiency too low when heating
 Slave unit motor run abnormally when heating
 Refrigerant leaked or insufficient charged
 Slave unit PCB low pressure output port abnormal
 Slave unit low pressure sensor broken

42 Low pressure sensor  Slave unit low pressure sensor connecting wire broken 74
broken (slave unit)
 Slave unit PCB LS port broken

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 6.4 Outdoor Error Code for MDOM PCB
Error
Description Possible Causes Page
Code

C- Communication failure  Indoor and outdoor communication wire broken 76

between outdoor and all
indoor
 Indoor and outdoor communication wire loose
 Indoor and outdoor communication wire A and B reversed
 Communication wire too long, should less than 1000m
 Outdoor PCB not power on
 Indoor and outdoor jump wire not correct, still on update status
 Last indoor unit terminal resistance of communication wire not short-circuit
 Indoor and outdoor PCB program not compatible
 Indoor and outdoor PCB abnormal

CX “X” indoor no. Particular  Indoor “X” and outdoor communication wire broken
indoor no
communication
 Indoor “X” and outdoor communication wire loose
 Indoor “X” and outdoor communication wire A B reverse
 Indoor “X” and outdoor jump wire not correct, still on update status
 Indoor “X” and outdoor PCB program not compatible
 Indoor “X” and outdoor PCB abnormal

6
E0 Discharge temperature  Outdoor discharge temperature sensor broken or loose 73
sensor malfunction

E1 Outdoor ambient  Outdoor ambient temperature sensor broken or loose

temperature sensor
malfunction

E2 Suction temperature  Suction temperature sensor broken or loose

sensor malfunction

E3 Compressor base  Compressor base temperature sensor broken or loose

temperature sensor
malfunction

E4 Coil inlet temperature  Coil inlet temperature sensor broken or loose

sensor malfunction

E5 Coil midlet temperature  Coil midlet temperature sensor broken or loose

sensor malfunction

E6 Coil outlet temperature  Coil outlet temperature sensor broken or loose

sensor malfunction

E7 Compressor discharge  Outdoor motor broken (cooling) 78

temperature too high
(>130ºC)
 Outdoor circulation air short-circuit (cooling)
 Outdoor heat exchanger too dirty (cooling)
 Outdoor EXV not on properly (heating)
 Indoor EXV not on properly (heating)
 Refrigerant leakage or insufficient
 Outdoor service valve/ball valve not open

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E8 General system failure  High pressure malfunction occur 3 times within 1 hour 80
- outdoor unit motor broken (cooling)
- outdoor circulating air short (cooling)
- outdoor heat exchanger too dirty (cooling)
- outdoor ball valve not open
- indoor circulating air short (heating)
- indoor heat exchanger too dirty (heating)
- indoor unit filter web blocked (heating)
- indoor unit EXV not turn on properly (heating)
- too much refrigerant
- outdoor unit PCB high pressure output port malfunction
- pressure sensor broken
- pressure switch broken

 Low pressure malfunction occur 3 times within 1 hour

- outdoor ball valve not open
- refrigerant leakage or shortage
- outdoor unit PCB low pressure output port malfunction
- low pressure sensor broken

 Too high discharge temperature occur once

- outdoor unit motor broken (cooling)
- outdoor circulating air short (cooling)
- outdoor heat exchanger too dirty (cooling)
- outdoor unit EXV not turn on properly (heating)
- indoor unit EXV not turn on properly
- refrigerant leakage or shortage
- outdoor ball valve not open
6

 Compressor overload protector shut and occurs 3 times

- too much current flow in the compressor
- compressor overload protector protecting value wrongly set

H1 High pressure trip  Outdoor motor broken (cooling) 78

 Outdoor circulating air short-circuit (cooling)
 Outdoor heat exchanger too dirty (cooling)
 Outdoor ball valve not open
 Indoor circulating air short-circuit (heating)
 Indoor heat exchanger too dirty (heating)
 Indoor unit filter blocked by dirt (heating)
 Indoor EXV not on properly (heating)
 Refrigerant over charged
 Outdoor PCB high pressure output port abnormal
 Pressure sensor broken
 Pressure switch broken

H2 Digital scroll  Digital compressor operating current too high, overload protector on 77
compressor overload

H3 Fixed scroll compressor  Fixed scroll compressor operating current too high, overload protector on
overload

L1 Low pressure trip  Outdoor ball valve not open 78

 Outdoor heat exchanger efficiency too low when heating
 Outdoor motor run abnormally when heating
 Refrigerant leakage or insufficient
 Outdoor PCB low pressure output port abnormal
 Low pressure sensor broken

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 6.5 Outdoor Error Code for MDS-M PCB
Error
Description Possible Causes Page
Code

R22 Wrong combination of  PCB hardware is designed for R22 but software for R410A unit is installed into it. 88
PCB and software

R410 Wrong combination of  PCB hardware is designed for R410A but software for R22 unit is installed into it. 88
PCB and software

ERSE Wrong dipswitch setting  Outdoor dipswitch setting wrong 89

 Outdoor model dipswitch setting wrong

EC00 00# - 47# indoor unit  Indoor 00# - 47# and outdoor communication wire broken 76
- communication failure
EC47
 Indoor 00# - 47# and outdoor communication wire loose
 Indoor 00# - 47# and outdoor communication wire A B reverse
 Indoor 00# - 47# and outdoor jump wire not correct, still on update status
 Indoor 00# - 47# and outdoor PCB program not compatible
 Indoor 00# - 47# and outdoor PCB abnormal

6 ER48 Digital compressor  Digital compressor operating current too high, overload protector OL4 on 77
overload

ER49 Fixed compressor 1  Fixed compressor 1 operating current too high, overload protector OL1 on
overload

ER50 Fixed compressor 2  Fixed compressor 2 operating current too high, overload protector OL2 on
overload

ER51 Fix compressor 3  Fixed compressor 3 operating current too high, overload protector OL3 on
overload

ER52 Discharge pressure too  Outdoor motor broken (cooling) 78

high
 Outdoor circulating air short-circuit (cooling)
 Outdoor heat exchanger too dirty (cooling)
 Outdoor ball valve not open
 Indoor circulating air short-circuit (heating)
 Indoor heat exchanger too dirty (heating)
 Indoor unit filter blocked by dirt (heating)
 Indoor EXV not on properly (heating)
 Refrigerant over charged
 Outdoor PCB high pressure output port abnormal
 Pressure sensor broken
 Pressure switch broken

ER53 Suction pressure is too  Outdoor ball valve not open

low
 Outdoor heat exchanger efficiency too low when heating
 Outdoor motor run abnormally when heating
 Refrigerant leakage or insufficient
 Outdoor PCB low pressure output port abnormal
 Low pressure sensor broken

ER54 Outdoor unit’s IC error  Outdoor PCB chip read faultily at the very beginning when power on 82
 Outdoor PCB chip broken

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ER55 System error  High pressure malfunction occur 3 times within 1 hour 80
- outdoor unit motor broken (cooling)
- outdoor circulating air short (cooling)
- outdoor heat exchanger too dirty (cooling)
- outdoor ball valve not open
- indoor circulating air short (heating)
- indoor heat exchanger too dirty (heating)
- indoor unit filter web blocked (heating)
- indoor unit EXV not turn on properly (heating)
- too much refrigerant
- outdoor unit PCB high pressure output port malfunction
- pressure sensor broken
- pressure switch broken

 Low pressure malfunction occur 3 times within 1 hour

- outdoor ball valve not open
- refrigerant leakage or shortage
- outdoor unit PCB low pressure output port malfunction
- low pressure sensor broken

 Too high discharge temperature occur once

- outdoor unit motor broken (cooling)
- outdoor circulating air short (cooling)
- outdoor heat exchanger too dirty (cooling)
- outdoor unit EXV not turn on properly (heating)
- indoor unit EXV not turn on properly
- refrigerant leakage or shortage
- outdoor ball valve not turns on
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 Compressor overload protector shut and occurs 3 times

- too much current flow in the compressor
- compressor overload protector protecting value wrongly set

ER56 Discharge temperature  Outdoor motor broken (cooling) 78

is too high
 Outdoor circulation air short-circuit (cooling)
 Outdoor heat exchanger too dirty (cooling)
 Outdoor EXV not on properly (heating)
 Indoor EXV not on properly (heating)
 Refrigerant leakage or insufficient
 Outdoor ball valve not open

ER59 Ambient temperature is  Outdoor ambient temperature exceed running range 84

beyond the limit - cooling running range 0 – 43ºC
- heating running range -15 – 16 ºC
 Outdoor circulating air short
- Cause outdoor ambient temperature rising to exceed running range when cooling.
- Cause outdoor ambient temperature falling to exceed running range when heating.

ER60 Emergency run  On the premise that part of the indoor unit communication malfunction and either one (or 87
both) of the following error occurs (unit will shut down):
1. System sub heat <1ºC for 15 minutes
2. TH12 malfunctions

ER61 Super heat is beyond  Indoor motor not working when cooling 86
the limit
 Indoor EXV opening degree abnormal when cooling
 Outdoor motor not working when heating
 Outdoor EXV opening degree abnormal when heating
 Low pressure sensor abnormal
 Refrigerant over charged

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 ER63 Slave outdoor unit  Master and slave communication wire broken 79
communication failure
 Master and slave communication wire loose
 Master and slave communication wire A B reversed
 Slave unit power not on
 Master and slave jump wire not correct, still on update status
 Last outdoor unit terminal resistance of communication wire not short-circuit
 Master and slave PCB program not compatible.
 Master and slave PCB abnormal

ER64 TH1 temperature  Outdoor discharge temperature sensor TH1 broken or loose 73
sensor failure

ER65 TH2 temperature  Outdoor 1# condenser inlet coil temperature sensor TH2 broken or loose
sensor failure

ER66 TH3 temperature  Outdoor 1# condenser midlet coil temperature sensor TH3 broken or loose
sensor failure

ER67 TH4 temperature  Outdoor 2# condenser inlet coil temperature sensor TH4 broken or loose
sensor failure

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ER68 TH5 temperature  Outdoor 2# condenser midlet coil temperature sensor TH5 broken or loose
sensor failure

ER71 TH8 temperature  Outdoor ambient temperature sensor TH8 broken or loose
sensor failure

ER72 TH9 temperature  Outdoor outlet coil temperature sensor TH9 broken or loose
sensor failure

ER73 TH10 temperature  Outdoor sub-cool outlet temperature sensor TH10 broken or loose
sensor failure

ER74 TH11 temperature  Outdoor sub-cool suction temperature sensor TH11 broken or loose
sensor failure

ER75 TH12 temperature  Outdoor suction temperature sensor TH12 broken or loose
sensor failure

ER76 High pressure sensor  High pressure sensor communication wire broken 74
failure
 Outdoor PCB HS port broken

ER77 Low pressure sensor  Low pressure sensor connecting wire broken
failure
 Outdoor PCB LS port broken

EC78 All indoor units  Indoor and outdoor communication wire broken 76
communication failure
 Indoor and outdoor communication wire loose
 Indoor and outdoor communication wire A and B reversed
 Communication wire too long, should less than 1000m
 Outdoor PCB not power on
 Indoor and outdoor jump wire not correct, still on update status
 Last indoor unit terminal resistance of communication wire not short-circuit
 Indoor and outdoor PCB program not compatible
 Indoor and outdoor PCB abnormal

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6.6 Troubleshooting Flow Chart
Indoor/outdoor sensor failure
Error code: Decorative Error code #2 and #4, E1 to EC, F1 to F5, 11 to 1C (For MC301), E0 to E6 (For MDOM
PCB), ER64 to ER75 (For MDS-M PCB)

Turn off the unit

NO
Is the sensor correctly Connect correctly and operate
connected? again

YES

NO
Is the sensor resistance
Replace sensor
characteristics normal?
Refer Appendix 7.5 6
YES

Replace PCB

Remark:
OD : Outdoor
ID : Indoor
Spec : Specification
PCB : Control Module/Control Board

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 Outdoor pressure sensor error
Error Code: Decorative Error code #5, H5, L2, 35, 42 (For MC301), ER76 and ER77 (For MDS-M PCB)

Turn off the unit

Is the wire connection YES Replace the wire and restart the
to pressure sensor broken? system

NO

Check the HS/LS port NO Fix the port/replace PCB and

on outdoor PCB. Normal? restart the system

YES

6
Is the resistance of the NO Replace the sensor and restart
pressure sensor normal? the system
Refer Appendix 7.3

YES

Replace PCB

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Indoor pump error
Error Code: Decorative Error code #3, FB (For MC301)

Turn on the unit

NO
Check the water level switch. Replace the water level switch
Is it functioning normally?

YES

YES Check the drain hose and pump

Check the indoor pump.
for blockage. Clean it and restart
Is it functioning normally?
the system

NO 6

NO
Is the indoor unit installed Align the indoor unit properly
properly? and restart the system

YES

Replace indoor pump

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 Communication error
Error Code: Decorative Error code #1, FC, L3 (For MC301), C- to CX (For MDOM PCB), EC00 to EC47, EC78 (For MDS-M
PCB)

Turn on the unit

NO
Is the PCB turned on? Check the power supply

YES

Turn off the unit. Check YES

Tighten the wire and restart the
is the connection of system
communication wire loose.

NO

6 YES Replace the wire and restart the

Check is the communication
system
wire broken / shorted.

NO

Check the communication YES Reverse the communication wire

wire. Is A-B reversed? and restart the system

NO

Is communication YES Reduce the length of the

wire too long? Should communication wire and restart the
not exceed 1000m. system

NO
NO Short jumper JP1 and restart the
Is last indoor PCB
system
jumper JP1 shorted?

YES

Is the PCB dipswitch YES Reset the DIP switch and restart the
setting correct?
system
Is the Dipswitch in
update status?

NO

Upgrade/downgrade the PCB

Is the indoor and outdoor NO
software version or change PCB
PCB version compatible? and restart the system
Refer Appendix 7.1

YES

Replace indoor/outdoor PCB

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Compressor overload
Error Code: Decorative Error code #7, H0 to H3, 30 to 33 (For MC301), H2 to H3 (For MDOM PCB), ER48 to
ER51 (For MDS-M PCB)

Turn off the unit

NO
Is the overload protector Reset and restart the system
current setting correct?
Refer wiring diagram.

YES

Is the refrigerant NO
charge within spec? Recharge refrigerant accordingly
and restart the system

YES
6

Is the compressor NO
resistance normal? Replace compressor

YES

Replace overload protector

and restart the system

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 High/low pressure switch trip error
Error Code: Decorative Error code #6, H4, H6, L1, 34, 41 (For MC301), E7, H1, L1 (For MDOM PCB), ER52 to
ER53, ER56 (For MDS-M PCB)

Turn on the unit

NO Check on power supply and wiring

Outdoor fan motor working? connection. Replace outdoor fan
motor if necessary
YES

NO Ensure no obstacle around the unit

Sufficient airflow? and conduct inspection on coil and
filter
YES

Is the coil sensor NO Connect correctly and operate

and pressure sensor again
correctly connected?

YES

Is the coil sensor and NO

pressure sensor resistance Replace sensor
characteristics normal?
Refer Appendix 7.3 & 7.5

YES

YES
Is the pressure port
on OD PCB abnormal? Fix the port/replace PCB

NO

NO
Is the pressure
switch functioning? Replace Pressure switch

YES

Is the outdoor ball NO

valve open/close Replace ball valve
normally?

YES

Is the EXV working NO

properly? Replace EXV

YES

NO
Measure discharge / Check for any leakage. Release or
suction pressure. charge the unit with refrigerant
Within spec? according to specification

YES

Replace PCB

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Master unit and slave unit communication error
Error Code: FE (For MC301), ER63 (For MDS-M PCB)

Turn off the unit

Check the connection of NO

the communication wire. Reconnect and restart the system
Is it connected correctly?

YES

YES Replace the wire and restart the

Is the communication
wire broken or loose? system

6
NO

NO Reset the setting and restart the

Is the DIP switch setting
on PCB correct? system

YES

Is the master and slave NO Replace the PCB / upgrade the

unit PCB software version software version of the PCB
same/compatible?

YES

Swap the PCB between

Master and Slave unit. Is
the error follows the PCB?
NO

YES

Replace PCB

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 System malfunction error
Error Code: Decorative Error code #8, E0, 10 (For MC301), E8 (For MDOM PCB), ER55 (For MDS-M PCB)

Turn on the unit

NO
Outdoor fan motor working? Replace outdoor fan motor

YES

NO Ensure no obstacle around the unit

Sufficient airflow? and conduct inspection on coil and
filter

YES

Is the coil sensor and NO Connect correctly and operate

pressure sensor correctly again
connected?
6
YES

Is the coil sensor and NO

pressure sensor resistance Replace sensor
characteristics normal?
Refer Appendix 7.3 & 7.5

YES

Is the pressure NO
Replace Pressure switch
switch functioning?

YES

Is the outdoor ball NO

valve open/close Replace ball valve
normally?

YES

Is the EXV working NO

Replace EXV
properly?

YES

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 Is the compressor overload NO
protector protecting value Reset the overload protecting parameter
correct?

YES

Measure compressor NO Measure compressor NO Change

running amp. winding resistance. compressor
Within spec ? Within spec ?

YES YES

Is compressor short YES Change

body? compressor

NO
6

Measure suction NO
pressure. Within Release or charge the unit with refrigerant
spec? according to specification.

YES

Replace PCB

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 Outdoor storage malfunction
Error Code: F0, 20 (For MC301), ER54 (For MDS-M PCB)

TurnTurn on the
off the unitunit

Press the reset button. NO Restart the unit to confirm does the
Error still remains? error still persist

YES

YES Solder the loose component back

Examine the PCB for
loose components and retest again

NO

6 Replace PCB

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Indoor and controller communication error
Error Code: F6 (For MC301)

Turn off the unit

Is the wired controller YES

connection loose? Connect correctly and operate again

NO

Is the wire exceed YES

Connect correctly and operate again
10m length?

NO

6
Is the version of controller Change controller or upgrade the
NO
compatible with the indoor software for controller/indoor unit PCB.
PCB? Restart the system to verify
Refer Appendix 7.2

YES

Replace the wired NO

controller. Turn on
Restart the system and verify again
the unit. Is the error
remains?

YES

Replace PCB.

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 Ambient temperature beyond limit
Error Code: F7, 27 (For MC301), ER59 (For MDS-M PCB)

Turn off the unit

Check the ambient YES Contact contractors for advice as

temperature, is it out condition is not suitable for the unit
of specification? to operate

NO

Check the surrounding of YES Ensure no obstacle around the unit

units. Any obstacle that and conduct inspection on coil and
blocks the air movement? filter

6 NO

Check the resistance

NO Replace sensor and restart the
of sensor TH8, is it
within specification? system
Refer Appendix 7.5

YES

Replace PCB.

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Wired controller storage problem
Error Code: FA (For MC301)

Turn on the unit

Press the reset button NO

on the wired controller. Restart the system and verify again
Is the error still exists?

YES

Replace wired
controller

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 Superheat protecting value too small
Error Code: L0, 40 (For MC301), ER61 (For MDS-M PCB)

Turn on the unit

Indoor fan motor NO

(Cooling) / Outdoor fan Replace indoor/outdoor fan motor
motor (Heating) working?

YES
Is the sensor and pressure
sensor correctly connected?

Is the coil sensor (ID), NO

TH12 sensor (OD) and Connect correctly and operate
low pressure sensor again
correctly connected?

YES

6
Is the sensors resistance NO
characteristics normal? Replace sensor
Refer Appendix 7.3 & 7.5

YES

NO
Is the indoor/outdoor
Replace EXV
EXV working properly?

YES

YES
Measure suction Replace PCB
pressure. Within spec?

NO

Recharging with correct amount of refrigerant

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Emergency Run
Error Code: EF, 1F (For MC301), ER60 (For MDS-M PCB)

Restart the unit

YES Find the root cause for

Is there any communication communication error and solve it.
error captured by the system? Restart the unit

NO

Is the resistance for NO

sensor TH12 normal? Replace sensor and restart the
Refer Appendix 7.5 system

YES
6
NO Recharge refrigerant
Check the refrigerant
charge. Is it within accordingly and restart the
specification? system

YES

Replace outdoor PCB and restart the system

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 Wrong Hardware and Software combination
Error Code: R22 (For MDS-M PCB)

Turn off the unit

Check the connector on

NO
outdoor PCB. Replace an outdoor PCB and
Refer Appendix 7.6 re-program the PCB
Is there any connection?

YES
Is the sensor and pressure
sensor correctly connected?

Remove the wire connection

and restart the system

6 Error Code: R410 (For MDS-M PCB)

Turn off the unit

Check the connector on

YES
outdoor PCB. Replace an outdoor PCB and
Refer Appendix 7.6 re-program the PCB
Is there any connection?

NO

Add the wire connection and

restart the system

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PCB Setting Error
Error Code: ERSE (For MDS-M PCB)

Turn off the unit

Check the outdoor NO

Correct the dipswitch and
dipswitch setting, restart the unit
is it correct?

YES
Is the sensor and pressure
sensor correctly connected?

Check whether the outdoor PCB is

faulty. If yes, replace a new PCB

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 7.0 Appendix

7.1 Compatibility Chart for Indoor and Outdoor PCB

MDOM PCB (Outdoor) with MC200-C / MC201-C PCB (Indoor)

MDS-M PCB (Outdoor) with MC200-C / MC201-C PCB (Indoor)

MDS-M PCB (R410A Outdoor) with MC200-C / MC201-C PCB (Indoor)

Legend:
Not compatible
Compatible

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Remark:
1. Only replace existing PCB with same or newer software version PCB.
2. When replacing outdoor PCB V2.5 and below with V2.6 and above (for R22 MDS-B model), replacing
outdoor PCB V4.4 and below with V4.5 and above (for R22 MDS-A model) or replacing outdoor PCB V2.4A
and below with V2.5A and above (for R410A model), please check the existing discharge temperature
sensor TH1. If the discharge temperature sensor is not from Minjie brand, it should be change to this brand.
If it is a master and slave unit, a new Minjie brand discharge temperature sensor need to be added at
compressor discharge piping where the piping for master and slave merge.
3. When replacing outdoor PCB V2.3 and below with V2.4 and above (for R22 MDS-B model), outdoor capacity
dipswitch setting may be different. Dipswitch setting for PCB V2.4 and above is available in page 50. The
table below shows the dipswitch setting for PCB V2.3 and below:

Capacity S3.1 S3.2 S3.3 S3.4

8HP 0 0 0 0
10HP 0 0 0 1
12HP 0 0 1 0
15HP 0 0 1 1
18HP 0 1 0 0
20HP 0 1 0 1
22HP 0 1 1 0
26HP 0 1 1 1
28HP 1 0 0 0
32HP 1 0 0 1
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4. For indoor PCB (MC200-C or MC201-C) with software version 2.7, there is an additional “key card access
feature” integrated into the PCB. For further information about this feature, kindly refer to Appendix 7.15
(page 155).

7.2 Compatibility Chart for Wired Handset MC301

Legend:
Not compatible
Compatible

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 7.3 Pressure Sensor Voltage and Resistance Value
High pressure sensor

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Low pressure sensor

7.4 Character Reference for 7 Segment LED

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 7.5 Temperature Sensor Resistance Value
Remark: Exclude discharge temperature sensor (TH1) and ambient temperature sensor (TH8)
R25ºC = 10KΩ ± 1%

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7.6 Hardware Configuration for 5MDS Outdoor

Remark: The marked wire should be connected only for R410A MDS model on outdoor MDS-M PCB.

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 7.7 R22 MDS-A Series Cooling Cycle Reference

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 For Master & Slave Combination (MDS220-280BHC), please refer to the base model for reference.

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7.14 Refrigerant Circuit Diagram
MDS 30/40/50/60A

MDS 70A

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 MDS 30/40/50/60AR

MDS 70AR

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MDS 80/100/120B

MDS 80/100/120BR

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 MDS 150B

MDS 150BR

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MDS 180B

MDS 180BR

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 MDS 200/220/240B

MDS 200/220/240BR

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MDS 260B

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 MDS 260BR

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MDS 280/300/320B

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 MDS 280/300/320BR

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5MDS 50/60/70B

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5MDS 50/60/70BR

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 5MDS 80/100/120B

5MDS 80/100/120BR

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5MDS 140/160/180B

5MDS 140/160/180BR

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 5MDS 200/220/240B

5MDS 200/220/240BR

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5MDS 260/280/300B

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 5MDS 260/280/300BR

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5MDS 320/340/360B

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 5MDS 320/340/360BR

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5MDS 380/400/420B

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 5MDS 380/400/420BR

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5MDS 440/460/480/500B

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 5MDS 440/460/480/500BR

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MDS 080/100/120BHC

MDS 140BHC

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 MDS 160/180BHC

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MDS 220BHC

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 MDS 240BHC

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MDS 260BHC

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 MDS 280BHC

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7.15 Key Card Access Feature
For indoor PCB (MC200-C or MC201-C) with software version 2.7 and above, it is come equipped with an
additional function called as “Key Card Access Feature”. This feature is particularly useful for application such as
hotel room which requires the unit to be in standby and only allow user to operate the air conditioning unit when
the hotel room card is inserted. In order to have this function, you will require the following items:

1. Indoor PCB with version 2.7 and above

2. Junction Box (Part Number: R50044119815)
3. Contactor for Key Card Access

Kindly take note that indoor units produced from March 2012 onwards should comes with PCB version 2.7.
Kindly refer to the table below which indicates the starting batch number of indoor unit production that comes
with PCB version 2.7.

Model Starting Batch

M(5)WMD-G 20551012-XXXXX
M(5)CKD-C 20551107-XXXXX
M(5)CKD-A 20551107-XXXXX
M(5)CMD-E 20551006-XXXXX
M(5)CMD-D 20551206-XXXXX
M(5)CMD-C 20551206-XXXXX
M(5)CCD-C 20551006-XXXXX

For the Junction Box, it can be purchased separately from spare part department. Alternatively, you may source
for a NC Relay locally in order to replace the usage of Junction Box. For the key card access contactor, it is to be
sourced locally according to specification required.
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The diagram below shows the outline and dimension of the Junction Box:

Top View Side View

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 The wiring diagram for this feature is as shown below:

Indoor PCB

T_OUTID2 Factory Installation

Junction Box/Relay On Site Installation

KEYCARD

INTERCONNECTION
7 WIRE N1 MCB
Power Supply
L1 240V/50Hz/1Ph
240V/50Hz/1Ph
Contactor

Remark:
1. When the T_IDOUT2 connector is OPEN, the indoor unit can be operated by handset. When the T_IDOUT2
connector is CLOSED, the indoor unit will stop operates and goes into standby mode.
2. The “Key Card Access Feature” can be used for other functions such as turning off the indoor units when
window is open. The concept and wiring diagram will be similar to the diagram shown above.
3. Take note that the indoor unit will always be in standby condition (there’s power supply to the indoor PCB).
4. When the key card is inserted, the unit will not turn on directly unless Auto Restart has been set.
5. Once the key card is inserted, user can use the wired/wireless controller to control the indoor unit. When the
key card is not inserted, wired/wireless controller will not be able to control the indoor unit.
6. When key card is removed, indoor unit will stop operating (standby condition).

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7.16 Error Code for Phase Protector
MDS unit is equipped with Scroll Compressor which can only rotate in one direction. For this reason, a protective
device (phase protector) is fitted to prevent incorrect wiring of the electrical phases. When the three phases are
not connected correctly, the phase protector operates, and the unit will not start. This device is located in the
control box of the outdoor unit.

The following table shows the LED indicator light for phase protector under normal and fault conditions.

LED
Description PW P_R P_S P_T Actions
(Red) (Yellow) (Yellow) (Yellow)
Normal Operation ON OFF OFF OFF -
Reverse Phase BLINK BLINK BLINK BLINK
T Phase Missing BLINK OFF OFF BLINK Switch off the unit.
S Phase Missing BLINK OFF BLINK OFF Check the 3 phase wiring.
R Phase Missing BLINK BLINK OFF OFF

Remark: All error can only recover through manually reset.

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