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UT_MOTOR_2SPD — Two-speed starter (Dahlander or separate windings)

UT_MOTOR_2SPD — Two-speed starter (Dahlander or separate windings)

Low and high speed contactors that are never on together, plus an optional
star-bridge contactor for Dahlander motors, with a changeover dead time and an
optional "start in low first". Modes, interlocks, protection, faults and restart
rules are as UT_MOTOR.

Pins

Pin Type Default What to wire
in AutoCmd BOOL FALSE Run request from your logic (Auto)
in AutoHigh BOOL FALSE Speed in Auto: FALSE = low, TRUE = high
in FeedbackLow BOOL FALSE Low speed contactor aux
in FeedbackHigh BOOL FALSE High speed contactor aux
in Overload BOOL FALSE Overload relay tripped (TRUE = tripped; a NC aux through NOT at the pin). Separate windings have two relays: wire them in series / OR them
in Thermistor BOOL FALSE PTC relay / thermal switch tripped (a NC contact through NOT at the pin)
in Current REAL 0.0 Motor current in amps (used if fullLoadCurrent > 0)
in Interlock BOOL TRUE FALSE stops the motor in every mode
in Permissive BOOL TRUE FALSE blocks starting only
in SwHand / SwAuto BOOL FALSE Selector switch (if modeSource uses it)
in LocalStart BOOL FALSE Local start pushbutton (Hand): starts at the speed chosen last
in LocalStop BOOL FALSE Local stop pushbutton (TRUE = pressed; a NC button through NOT at the pin)
in Reset BOOL FALSE Reset for MANUAL protections (rising edge)
out RunLow BOOL Low speed contactor
out RunHigh BOOL High speed contactor (never on with RunLow)
out Bridge BOOL Dahlander star-bridge contactor: on with RunHigh when dahlander, never otherwise
out Running BOOL Run confirmed by feedback (stays on through a speed change)
out Fault BOOL A trip is holding it off
out Warning BOOL A protection set to warn is active
out Ready BOOL Would start now if asked: healthy, permitted, in Auto or Hand, not waiting out restartDelay (stays TRUE while running)
out Auto BOOL In Auto mode
out State UT_STATE For HMIs
out HighSpeed BOOL Running at high speed
inout Data UT_MOTOR_DATA Shared motor record (UT_MOTOR)
inout Spd UT_MOTOR_2SPD_DATA The two-speed settings, commands and status (below)

Always wire the contactors' NC auxiliaries as a hardware interlock as well. The
block never turns both on, but only the wiring stops a welded contactor.

Record UT_MOTOR_2SPD_DATA (pin Spd)

Field Type Default Meaning
speedChangeDelay TIME T#1s Dead time between one speed switching off and the other switching on (both ways)
startInLow BOOL TRUE A run asked for high starts in low first, then changes up
lowStartTime TIME T#3s Time in low before that first change up
dahlander BOOL FALSE Drive the Bridge contactor
changeover UT_PROTECTION TRIP · 0 · MANUAL Contactor feedback wrong for the sequence (faultCode bit 9)
cmdLow / cmdHigh BOOL FALSE Hand: run at low / high speed (each acts once, on its rising edge, then cleared: one held TRUE acts once)
highSpeed (status) BOOL The high speed contactor is on

A negative speedChangeDelay or lowStartTime acts as 0 and raises a config warning
(wrnConfig). Everything else (modes, protections, cmdStart / cmdStop, status) is
in the motor record Data.

How it works

  • Speed. Auto: AutoHigh. Hand: cmdLow / cmdHigh choose the speed and start
    it; cmdStart and LocalStart start at the speed chosen last. Low and high
    together do nothing. The speed commands are ignored (and cleared) in Off and Auto.
    Switching Auto → Hand keeps the speed it was running at.
  • Start in low: with startInLow, a run asked for high starts in low, stays there
    lowStartTime, then changes up through the dead time. Once a run has done that (or
    has been at high), later changes up go straight to high after the dead time.
    Without startInLow, high starts directly.
  • Changing speed while running: the running contactor goes off at once, the dead
    time runs, then the other contactor comes on. The motor stays requested the whole
    time, so Running stays on, a permissive does not stop it, and the restart delay
    does not apply. If the request goes back to the old speed during the dead time, that
    contactor comes straight back on.
  • Starting after a stop: the same speed starts at once; the other speed waits
    until speedChangeDelay has passed since the last contactor went off.
  • After a power-up either speed waits speedChangeDelay first, because the motor
    may still be turning.
  • With feedback supervised (useFeedback, not in simulate), the new speed also
    waits until the other contactor's aux shows open; with speedChangeDelay = T#0s
    there is still at least one scan with both off.
  • Changeover protection (changeover, bit 9, TRIP · MANUAL by default) trips when
    both auxes show closed, when the aux of the speed that is off shows closed while the
    other speed is on, or when a contactor switched off for a speed change still shows
    closed after stuck.delay (the other speed is never switched on into it). A contact
    that stays closed at standstill is the welded-contactor protection (stuck).
  • If the new speed's aux does not confirm after a change, feedbackLost trips; if the
    motor never had feedback, noFeedback does.

Status

statusCode, faultId and statusText say the one main thing the motor is
doing, or what holds it back, so a technician can see on the HMI why it is not
running without opening the program. A motor asked to run that is not running
always shows a held, fault or configuration status. The most important reason wins:
configuration > fault > held / waiting > warning > running > idle. A warning shows
over "Running" so it is seen. The time that goes with a status is in timeLeft.
The text is rebuilt only when the status or the fault changes. The numbers are in
conventions.

statusCode Words When
UT_ST_OFF Off Mode Off
UT_ST_IDLE Idle Auto with nothing asking it to run
UT_ST_RUN_AUTO Running: Auto
UT_ST_RUN_HAND Running: Hand With handMaxRun: timeLeft is the time left
UT_ST_STARTING Starting Run given, run feedback not yet in
UT_ST_STOPPING Stopping Stopped, run feedback still on
UT_ST_RUN_GROUP Running: group A group (UT_DUTY, UT_PUMP_CASCADE) runs it; grpRank is its place
UT_ST_LOW_FIRST Starting: low speed first (this block) startInLow: in low for lowStartTime before high; timeLeft is the time left
UT_ST_RESTART_DELAY Waiting: restart delay Asked to run, restartDelay not over yet (timeLeft counts down)
UT_ST_INTERLOCK Blocked: interlock Interlock FALSE (every mode but OOS)
UT_ST_NOT_PERMITTED Not permitted Permissive FALSE while stopped, in Hand or Auto
UT_ST_HAND_PRESS_START Hand: press start Hand and stopped: no start given, or it was dropped (a stop, a trip, the interlock, not permitted)
UT_ST_WAIT_GROUP Waiting: turn in group A group owns it and does not run it now
UT_ST_HAND_MAX_RUN Hand: max run, press start handMaxRun ended the Hand run
UT_ST_MUST_CYCLE Waiting: command must cycle After a MANUAL reset, or a local stop in Auto: AutoCmd must go off and on
UT_ST_OOS Out of service
UT_ST_DEAD_TIME Waiting: dead time (this block) Changing speed (or starting at the other speed): both contactors off for speedChangeDelay; timeLeft counts down
UT_ST_WAIT_OPEN Waiting: contactor to open (this block) The other speed's contactor aux still shows closed
UT_ST_WARNING Warning: <fault> A protection set to WARN is raised, or Current is NaN or infinite while a current level is in use (UT_F_CURRENT_BAD, current signal)
UT_ST_WARN_SETTING Setting: <setting> An invalid setting, a safe value in use (settings below)
UT_ST_FAULT Fault: <fault> Tripped, AUTO: clears by itself once the cause has gone for recover (timeLeft while it counts)
UT_ST_FAULT_RETRY Retrying: <fault> Tripped, RETRY: the protection's retries of maxRetries (timeLeft while it counts)
UT_ST_FAULT_RESET Latched: <fault> Tripped, MANUAL: a reset (pin, cmdReset, Off) once the cause has gone
UT_ST_FAULT_LOCKED Locked: <fault> RETRY used up: now as MANUAL
UT_ST_CONFIG Config: <setting> An invalid setting keeps the motor off

<fault> is faultId, one of: UT_F_OVERLOAD (overload) · UT_F_MOTOR_HOT (motor
too hot) · UT_F_NO_FEEDBACK (no run feedback) · UT_F_FEEDBACK_LOST (feedback
lost) · UT_F_WELDED (contactor welded) · UT_F_CURRENT_HIGH (current high) ·
UT_F_CURRENT_LOW (current low) · UT_F_DRIVE (drive fault) · UT_F_SPEED_DEV
(speed deviation) · UT_F_CHANGEOVER (changeover) · UT_F_DRIVE_NOT_READY (drive
not ready).
<setting> is one of: UT_F_FLC (full load current) · UT_F_CURRENT_NEEDS_FLC
(current needs FLC) · UT_F_START_MASK (start mask) · UT_F_RESTART_DELAY (restart
delay) · UT_F_HAND_MAX_RUN (hand max run) · a protection's name (its delay,
recover or maxRetries).
This block adds the settings UT_F_SPEED_CHANGE (speed change delay) · UT_F_LOW_START_TIME (low start time), both when negative, and uses UT_F_CHANGEOVER for its changeover protection.
The rows marked (this block) come from its own sequence and show from the scan after it changes.

Using it

Fan1(AutoCmd := Vent.Run, AutoHigh := Vent.Boost, FeedbackLow := K1_Aux, FeedbackHigh := K2_Aux,
     Overload := Fan1_OL, Data := Fan1Data, Spd := Fan1Spd);
K1 := Fan1.RunLow;
K2 := Fan1.RunHigh;
K3 := Fan1.Bridge;
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