ActronAir MSW-DIACS Mini VRF Controllers Owner’s Manual

ActronAir MSW-DIACS Mini VRF Controllers

IMPORTANT NOTE

Please read this manual carefully before installing or operating your air conditioning unit.

• This manual gives detailed description of the precautions that should be brought to your attention during operation.
• In order to ensure correct service of the diagnosis software please read this manual carefully before using the unit.
• For convenience of future reference, keep this manual after reading it.

SOFTWARE RUNNING ENVIRONMENT AND INSTALLATION

SOFTWARE RUNNING ENVIRONMENT

Operating system: WINDOWS7 or above.
Screen resolution: 1366*768 or more.
Computer settings: The computer DPI must be adjusted to 100% to ensure that the software is displayed normally.

INSTALLATION PROCEDURE

Before Installation

Before you install diagnosis software in Windows system, you may need to install “Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2” first.

Right click , and select “Run as administrator”. You will receive a prompt if “Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2” is missing. Click “Install” to automatically go to the Microsoft’s official website to download and install Microsoft. Please ensure that the computer is connected to the Internet at all times. You can also go to Microsoft’s official website to download and install the “Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2”.

Installation

Right click , and select “Run as administrator”. Wait until the following window appears, and click “Next”.

Click “Next” to enter the installation wizard of selecting a folder.

Select the installation folder and user of the software, then click “Next”.

To ensure normal running of the software, you must install it to a non-system disk. Otherwise, you may encounter errors like exceptions due to system permissions. You need administrator privileges to install and run the software. Contact your IT Department if any issues occur with installation.

Click “Next” and wait until the MDT is installed.

Uninstallation

Choose “Control Panel” > “Programs” > ” MDT ” > “Uninstall”, then click on confirm.

Wait until the program has been uninstalled.

Once the MDT program has been uninstalled, delete the installation folder manually. If you need the data that has been used by the program, save the corresponding database file. The database storage path defaults to the installation path\Database folder.

Connections

Adopt the USB serial port converter to connect the XYE port to implement connection between the software and the devices, where X connects to RS485A, Y connects to RS485B.

Please refer to RS485 serial port to USB mode for USB serial port converter, which customers need to purchase it separately.

USING THE MDT

RUNNING THE MDT

After the MDT is installed, a shortcut is created on the desktop. You can also execute the corresponding “MDT.exe” program directly from the installation path.

• This version of the diagnosis software currently only supports V8 system.
• MDT starts to monitor the system parameters only when the system operation is stable. Otherwise, the equipment search may be incomplete or wrong. It is recommended that you start the MDT fifteen minutes after the refrigerant system is powered on.

LOGIN

Login with dongle is required. Before login, you need to insert a dongle. The login interface is as follows.

After login, enter the following page. The user should click the “start monitoring” button to start monitoring the device.

System Setting

When clicking the system setting icon , menu list of system setting will be displayed as follows, including parameter settings, communication settings, language settings, unit settings, data refresh settings, get control permissions and other function menu settings.

Serial Port Setting

In the system settings menu, click “Serial Port Setting” to pop up the serial port settings window, and name the connected serial port. The baud rate is 4800 by default and does not need to be changed.

Language Setting

In the system setting function menu, click “Language Setting” to pop up the language setting window. It should be noted that restart is needed for some data displays after language switching.

Unit Setting

In the system setting function menu, click “Unit Setting” to pop up the unit setting window. Currently, metric and English system switching is supported. The default unit is metric.

Data Refresh Setting

In the system setting function menu, click “Data Refresh Setting” to pop up the data refresh rate setting window. The default refresh rate is 5 seconds.

Parameter Setting

In the system setting function menu, click “Parameter Setting” to pop up the setting window, set the system, indoor unit, outdoor unit and other device parameter properties to be displayed. Then parameter list will dynamically display the corresponding selected parameter attributes name and parameter values.

Obtain Control Permission

In the system setting function menu, click “Obtain Control Permission” to pop up the setting window, then enter the random verification code, and get the corresponding advanced control and developer control function authority.

The random verification code should be provided by the market technical personnel separately.

Device Monitor

When clicking on the “Device Monitor” button you can view operating parameters and device control menu items on the following interface. The operating parameter menu includes function menus such as system overview, parameter list, parameter curve, refrigerant system, etc., and device control includes advanced control and developer controls and other function menus.

Once you click “Start Monitoring”, you will enter the interface as shown below.

During the initialization of the connected device, the software will automatically search for the information of the refrigerant system. If the specified serial port is not set for communication, the software will automatically poll all the serial ports until it finds a serial port that can be connected to the device. If there is a designated serial port to connect to the device for communication, the software will directly connect to the device through the designated serial port.
If the serial port cannot be connected normally, or the device protocol is not yet supported (currently only V8 protocol is supported), the following prompt will appear to guide the user to set the serial port communication, and inform the connection device failure. The interface is as follows.

If more than one refrigerant system is found, the following window will pop up for you to select one of the refrigerant systems, and the diagnosis software will only monitor one refrigerant system. After selecting the monitoring refrigerant system, user now can also switch the refrigerant system on the monitoring menu. If not selected, the first refrigerant system will be used for monitoring by default.

After selecting the system, you can query the quantity of indoor units and outdoor units the selected refrigerant system has. When the software works normally, it will stay on the system overview menu of the main interface, the icon is highlighted with the blue background and the device list is displayed. The interface is as follows.

Operating Parameters

System Overview

After initializing and searching for the device, the main interface of the system overview is displayed by default, including the connected device status of the current system (number of online devices), the list of indoor and outdoor units, and the control panel on the right side of the indoor unit. The number of the currently monitored system is also displayed on the above menu. When there are multiple systems, user can also select another system to monitor.

On the right of the system overview interface, there is a simple indoor unit control panel which can set functions such as on/off, temperature, mode, wind level, swing, and lock for the selected indoor unit. The “locked” status on the right panel means remote control and the wired remote are both locked. But as either of two is locked, status shown on the device card will display as locked. When selecting a device, click the “Select All ” button in the upper right corner of the indoor unit list to select all devices, or click the device card to select and unselect. When selected, the icon ” ” will appear to indicate the selection is implemented, realizing flexible device control. When only one device is selected, the right control panel will synchronize the states of the device to the control panel. When multiple selections are made, the first device state is displayed by default.

When the system fails, the error code marked in red will appear on the device card. User can click on the error code to pop up the code detail in the following window, and click the ” ” button in the upper right corner to close the code detail.

For certain models, the error code shown on the MDT may not be consistent with the error code on the unit. When this happens, refer to the error code on the unit itself. When there is no error code, it is displayed as “–” on the diagnosis software.

Parameters of Outdoor Units：

Mode

| The operation mode of the outdoor unit: mainly includes shutdown, cooling, heating, fan and other modes.
HP| Outdoor unit HP
Compressor 1 frequency| ODU Compressor 1 frequency
Compressor 2 frequency| ODU Compressor 2 frequency
Error ode| Outdoor unit error code

Parameters of Indoor Units：

| Left| Middle| Right
---|---|---|---
Line 1| Mode| Wind Level| HP

Line 2

| Remote control locked, wired control locked. “Lock” when either the remote or wired controller is locked. Otherwise, it is “Unlock”.|

Blank

|

IDU Address

Line 3| Ambient Temperature
Line 4| Set Temperature
Line 5| Error Code

The image of the indoor unit of various model type are different as shown below

Wall mounted type Abbr: WALL|
---|---
Medium duct type Abbr: M-DUCT|
Slim duct – low pressure duct type Abbr: L-DUCT|
Duct type Abbr: VERT|
High static pressure duct type Abbr: H-DUCT|
Compact 4 way cassette Abbr: COMPACT|
Ceiling & Floor Abbr: C&F|
Floor Standing (Concealed) Abbr: FS|
Fresh air processing unit Abbr: FAPU|
Heat Reclaim Ventilation Abbr: HRV|

The models are distinguished according to the protocol. If the actual packet is not within the valid range, it will be displayed as icon of the normal size 4 way cassette by default. The old type indoor unit will not be recognized, it will be displayed as icon of the normal size 4 way cassette by default.

Parameter List

On click the device monitoring icon , click the “Parameter List” button to enter the parameter list interface as follows: including the navigation title “parameter list”, the back arrow ” ” beside the title which allows user to return to the system overview page; The left side is the list of online indoor and outdoor units, and the right side includes the system parameter list, the outdoor unit parameter list, and the indoor unit parameter list. The system parameter list is always displayed by default. Only when the outdoor unit is selected, the parameter list will display the corresponding indoor and outdoor unit parameter list, enabling flexible viewing of device parameters.
The following is the parameter display of the default settings of the system. If more parameters need to be viewed, user can select the parameter properties to be viewed by parameter setting function in system setting. For detailed operations, please refer to the parameter setting function in the system settings.

If the parameter is not reported, or the reported value is invalid, “ — ” will be displayed by default, and when the mouse is positioned on the parameter, the complete content of the current parameter will be displayed in a bubble form.

Parameter Curve

On click the icon of the device monitoring, you can click the “Parameter Curve” button to enter the parameter curve function page as follows. The page includes the navigation title “parameter curve”, and the navigation title back arrow ” ” . User can click this arrow to return to the system overview home page. The left side of the page shows the device that are online; the middle is the curve part, including the legend, cursor, interval, automatic scroll, segment, Y-axis title display, expansion, Y-axis properties and other function buttons. Legend, automatic scrolling, segmentation, Y-axis title display, Y-axis attributes and other functions are selected by default where segmentation refers to whether the Y-axis is displayed in a segmented manner or a separate Y-axis; on the right is attributes list including system attributes, outdoor unit attributes and indoor unit attributes.

• When the device attributes is used as the Y-axis division, the number of segmented Y-axes will appear as many as the attributes is selected. This is the default method. After the device and device attributes data are selected, the interface is shown as follows.
  

• When the device is used as the Y-axis division, the number of segmented Y-axes will appear as many as the device is selected.
  Then select the device attributes and it will appear on the corresponding device. The interface is as follows.
  

• When the mouse is positioned on the curve, rolling the mouse can zoom in and out of the X axis and Y axis. The curves and legends shown above can also be selected by double clicking to set the following curve color and curve style.
  

• When the mouse is positioned at both ends of the Y-axis, the up and down direction icon ” ” appears, and the scaling of the properties of the Y-axis can be zoom in and zoom out. When the mouse is positioned on the left side of the Y-axis, and the gesture icon ” “appears, the scrolling of the curve and the Y-axis scale can be realized. The same is true for the X-axis, but this time the direction icon changes to the left and right direction ” “, which can realize the change of time.

• When the mouse is positioned on the color of the attributes list on the right, it is also possible to set the current attributes color. The curve color, attributes color and curve style are only valid in the current session, and the default settings will be restored after the software is closed.

• When the cursor is checked, a red vertical line appears, and the cursor can be dragged by the mouse. When the cursor is released, the value of the parameter where the cursor is currently displayed is showed on the legend.
  

• When the upper range is checked, a gray rectangular area (double cursor function) appears. Drag it to the left and right, and the legend will automatically calculate and display the maximum, minimum, average and other parameters in the current area.
  

• When you check Expand, the display of the whole curve will be enlarged.
  

Refrigerant System

After clicking the device monitoring icon , you can click the “Refrigerant System” menu to enter the refrigerant system function page as shown below.

• When the mouse is positioned on the system diagram, user can scroll the mouse to zoom in and out of the system diagram. Finally, you can press the “ESC” key on the keyboard to reset to the initial state.
  

The refrigerant system diagram does not show the specific parameters of indoor and outdoor units, but only the operation diagram of outdoor units. The refrigerant system diagram of the outdoor unit only shows the basic operation diagram, and changes of the actual valve body status are not shown in the refrigerant system diagram.

Device Control

Advanced Control

After clicking the device monitoring function icon , click the “Advanced Control” menu to enter the advanced control function page as follows. Select “Outdoor unit control parameters”, and the parameter control list of the outdoor unit is displayed below; Select “Control parameters of indoor unit”, and the parameter control list of indoor unit is displayed below. There is also a parameter search box above for fuzzy search of control parameters.

After obtaining control permission, a list of control parameters within the corresponding control permission will appear on the right.

Then select the device from the drop-down list, enter the corresponding control value on the corresponding parameter control item, click the Send button to send the control command, or click “Batch Control” to send the command for multiple equipment and multiple parameters. After the transmission, a message prompt will pop up as follows.

Click “OK” to close the message reminder.

Developer Control

After clicking the device monitoring icon , click the “Developer Control” menu to enter the developer control function interface as follows.

The operation steps are the same as those of the advanced control with the premise that the corresponding parameter control list will appear only after obtaining the control authority, otherwise it will be empty.

Data Processing

On click the data processing icon , the following function menu list will pop up, including a list of functions such as data saving, data export, and historical data loading.

Save Data

Click “Save Data”, specify the path address of the saved data, edit the file name of the saved data, and then the data will be saved to the file under the specified directory path.

Data Export

Click “Data Export”, the data saving window will pop up as follows

Select the indoor unit and outdoor unit to be exported, and the exported data format should be EXCEL. Select the export time range, click “Export”, and specify the export file path to enter the export data process, then a prompt window will pop up “please wait”. Click the software now may cause the software to crash.

The default naming format of the data file is “YYYYMMDD”, and then the reminder window pops up as follows.

Load Historical Data

When the diagnosis software starts monitoring the device, a database file will be saved under the installation directory\Database folder. Click the “Load Historical   Data” menu, and a file window will pop up to select the historical database file to be viewed. After loading, user can enter the historical data. The list interface is as follows.

The upper right corner of the interface displays the current data frame number, click the ” ” button to automatically play data, click the ” ” button to view the previous data frame, click the ” ” button to view the next data frame, or directly input the corresponding frame number ” ” to jump to the corresponding frame number. If it is being monitored, the historical data cannot be loaded, and the software will also pop up a prompt window for reminder.

Fault Diagnosis

Click the fault diagnosis icon to pop up the function menu of the fault diagnosis module. The interface is as follows.

Click the “Fault Code Management” menu to enter the following interface.

The page includes a query function, which can query the determined error code information according to the input error code, or enter the device type to query the relevant type of error code list information. On click the “Detail” button, the error code detail window will pop up as follows: User can close the current error code detail window by clicking the ” ” button in the upper right corner. When the mouse is positioned on the flow chart, user can zoom in and out by scrolling with the mouse.

Firmware upgrade

On click the firmware upgrade icon “ ”, user can enter the firmware upgrade page as follows. Related firmware upgrade functions such as querying firmware version, creating programs, creating upgrade tasks and refreshing are included. There is a navigation title by which user can go back through the button “ ” to the System Overview page.

Firmware version query

On click the “Firmware Version Query” button, the following window will pop up. Then enter the relevant information such as the main type and subtype corresponding to the device to find the firmware version information of the device.

After completion, click the “Confirm” button, and the list of firmware version information of the devices under the current monitoring system will be searched.
When there are many devices, user can check the firmware version information of the corresponding device by pulling down the scroll bar. User can also click the “Cancel” button to cancel the firmware version query.

Add program

On click the “Add Program” button in the firmware upgrade page to pop up the add program window, then edit the corresponding information, among which the offset address (default as 0x00) and offset size (default as 0x80) and other information need to be filled in according to the uploaded firmware information.

On click the “Upload Files” button in the add program window, select the upgrade firmware program file to complete the upload.

Add Task

On click the “Add Task” button in the firmware upgrade page, the add task window will pop up, then enter the task name and select the upgrade type (execute immediately or deferred execution). If the user chooses execute immediately, then they do not need to set the upgrade time; if the user chooses deferred execution, then they will need to enter the upgrade time, choose the upgrade file and upgrade object. Currently only single-device upgrade and broadcast upgrade are supported. If “broadcast” upgrade is selected, all devices corresponding to the firmware program selected by the current system will be upgraded without selecting the upgrade object.

On click “Confirm” to complete adding task, or click “Cancel” to cancel adding task. The final task list is as follows.

Click the “Delete” button in the task details to delete the task; Click the “Detail” button to enter the detail window which including important information such as device address, upgrade version, upgrade progress, and upgrade status. Click the “Terminate Upgrade” button to terminate the upgrade task, and click the “Query Upgrade Status” button to query the task upgrade status.

Help

Click the help icon to pop up a window for related information such as software version and copyright. By clicking the ” ” button in the upper right corner of the window, user can close the current window.

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