### Commissioning equipment Follow the process below to commission system equipment.
Click for details below Step 1: Check out point setup Step 2: Check controller to sensor wiring Step 3: Check controller communication Step 4: Check equipment operation Step 5: Collate checkout information Step 6: Check the commissioned status of all equipment Optional: Import/export calibration data
#### Step 1: Check out point setup On the WebCTRL® Geographic tree, select the piece of equipment you want to check out. Click Properties. View and change properties on the I/O Points, Alarm Sources, Trend Sources, Network Points, Display Points, BACnet Objects, and Rnet Points tabs. See "Property descriptions" below. After completing the equipment checkout, click the Equipment Checkout tab. Select Checked Out. This field is for your reference only. Optional: Type notes. Notes typed in this field appear in the Equipment Checkout report and can also be changed from the SiteBuilder Notes tab and the Properties page Notes field for this piece of equipment. Notes remain in this field until an operator deletes them. Optional: Click the Reports drop-down arrow button, then select and run each of the following reports to verify your work: Equipment > Point List Alarms > Alarm Sources Equipment > Trend Usage Equipment > Network IO TIP You can export the calibrated data so that you can import it into another control program. See Optional: Import/export calibration data. Property descriptions I/O Points
Name | Click the name to display the microblock pop-up. NOTE A red name indicates a fault condition where the point may be misconfigured. EXAMPLE No input/output number or a nonexistent input/output number.
Type | Type of Input or Output point. See Point types.
Value | The point's present value.
Offset | Allows for fine calibration of the present value of an analog point.
Polarity | Determines the point’s binary normal polarity in the control program. NOTE Polarity is not the hardware normally open/normally closed position.
Locked | Select the checkbox to lock the present value at the value you specify.
Exp:Num | Expander numbers and input or output numbers associated with where the physical point wires, such as a sensor wire, are physically connected to a controller.
I/O Type | Selects the bank of physical inputs or outputs on the controller.
Sensor | Selects how the physical input is mapped to the engineering units. Min/Max is used with the sensor type of linear to scale the input to engineering units. NOTE This field is ignored for sensor types other than linear.
| EXAMPLE: AI | linear sensor type min max | -10 50 |  |
|  | when input reads | 100% 50% 0% | the value is | 50 20 -10
Actuator | Selects how the present value in engineering units is mapped to the physical output. Min/Max is used with the actuator type of linear to scale the output from engineering units. NOTE This field is ignored for actuator types other than linear.
| EXAMPLE: AO | linear sensor type min max | -10 50 |  |
|  | when input reads | 50 20 -10 | the output is | 100% 50% 0%
Resolution | Amount by which the present value will change. EXAMPLE If a physical input changes by 1, but the resolution is set at 2, then the present value remains the same. If the input changes by 2, the present value will then change by 2.
Checked Out Checkout Notes | These fields are for your reference only.
Alarm Sources
Name | Click the name to display the microblock pop-up.
Type | Type of point that is an alarm source. See Point types.
Alarm | Shows Alarm in red if a current alarm exists.
Network Visible | Select to allow the microblock to be seen by the WebCTRL® application and third-party BACnet controllers on the network.
Potential Alarm Source | Select to enable the microblock to generate alarms.
Alarm Enabled | Alarm—Select to generate an alarm when conditions exceed the limits set in the Condition column. Return—Select to generate a return-to-normal message when the alarm condition returns to a normal state. Fault—Select to have an alarm generated if the alarm source is not configured correctly. For example, a misconfigured channel number produces a no sensor fault.
Requires ack | Alarm—Select to require that the alarm be acknowledged. Return—Select to require that the return-to-normal message be acknowledged.
Critical | Select if the alarm is critical.
Template | You can change the alarm template assigned to the microblock.
Category | You can change the alarm category assigned to the microblock.
Dial on alarm | Select to have this alarm immediately delivered through a modem connection.
Condition | An alarm will be generated if conditions exceed the low or high limits set. Deadband: The amount inside the normal range by which an alarm condition must return before a return-to-normal notification is generated. EXAMPLE
Delay | Delay time in seconds for notification after an alarm is generated.
Trend Sources
Name | Click the name to display the microblock pop-up. NOTE A red name indicates a fault condition where the point may be misconfigured. EXAMPLE No input/output number or a nonexistent input/output number.
Type | The type of point being trended. See Point types.
Sample Interval | The interval or COV (Change of Value) increment that triggers the trend sample.
Max Samples | The maximum number of trend samples the controller will hold before replacing oldest samples with newest. NOTE Changing Max Num of Samples will delete all of the point's trend samples currently stored in the controller. But, you can transfer the trend data from the controller to the system database before you change the value. Click on the point name. In the pop-up, go to Trends > Enable/Disable, and then click Store Trends Now.
Stop When Full | Stops trend sampling when the maximum number of samples is reached.
Historian - Enable (Samples) | Triggers the trend historian to record trends when the controller has accumulated the defined number of samples. This must be less than the Max Samples allocated. TIP A good value is a little less than 1/2 of the Max Samples.
Keep for __ days | Defines how long trend data is stored in the system database. This is based on the date that the sample was read. Select System Default to use the value defined on the System Settings > General tab, or select Custom to set a value for this trend only.
Samples in Controller | The number of samples that are currently stored in the controller.
Network Points
Name | Click the name to display the microblock pop-up. NOTE A red name indicates a condition where the point may be misconfigured.
Type | Type of network point. See Point types.
Value | The point's present value. EXAMPLE For a Maximum point type, Value is the maximum value of all the target BACnet object properties the point is communicating with.
Locked | Select the checkbox to lock the present value at the value you specify.
Default Value | The value that the control program will use as the point’s value when communication with the target defined in the Address column is lost or communication is disabled.
Com Enabled | Select to enable this point’s network communications. Disable this property for troubleshooting. NOTE Select All in the column header to quickly enable all points in the control program.
COV Enable | Select to make: A digital network output point write a value to the target defined in the Address column only when the value changes. An analog network output point write a value only when the value changes by the specified increment.
Refresh Time (mm:ss) | The time interval at which the network point writes or retrieves the value to or from the target. For network output points, this time is used when COV is not enabled or when COV is enabled but fails. NOTE If COV fails and the Refresh Time is zero, the value is sent once per second.
Test | Select to test the network connections. The WebCTRL® application immediately writes to or retrieves the value from the target.
Address | The address of the target BACnet object property or third-party value that the point communicates with. NOTES An address from a SiteBuilder source tree, such as a cool or heat source tree, can be edited only in SiteBuilder. Click Search/Replace at the top of the Address column to have the WebCTRL® application replace all instances of specific text in the addresses with different text. This is especially useful when copying a control program to use for multiple third-party devices.
Error | The error code and error if the point cannot communicate with the target.
Present Value | Current value of the target defined in the Address column.
Next Refresh/Next Subscription (mm:ss) | Shows one of the following: The next time the network point will write to or retrieve a value from the target defined in the Address column. The next time the network point will subscribe to the target.
Checked Out Checkout Notes | These fields are for your reference only.
BACnet Objects This tab shows all BACnet objects in the control program. Display microblocks that have a Device Alias appear in separate tables, one table for each alias.
Name | The name used in the WebCTRL® interface for this object. NOTE A red name indicates a condition where the point may be misconfigured.
Reference name | A unique identifier that allows the point to be referenced for use in graphics, source tree rules, or network links.
Type | The BACnet object type.
Present Value | The object's current value.
Locked | Check to lock the third-party object to a specific value.
Device | A device alias. See "To reuse a control program" in Device Alias.
Object Name | An alpha-numeric string that is unique within the third-party device.
Object ID | A combination of the object type and a unique instance number. The object ID must be unique within the device.
Address | The address of the third-party object that the microblock references.
Network Visible | Allows other BACnet equipment to read or change the microblock's present value. Must be enabled for this microblock to generate alarms.
Rnet Points This tab shows varying information for the different point types. Below are all possible properties that may appear on this tab and a list of the applicable points. The following list is arranged alphabetically.
Combination Algorithm | (Analog Sensed Values) The method used to combine the ZS sensors' values to determine the microblock's output value.
Default Value | (Analog Parameters, Binary Parameters, Multi-State Parameters) The value the control program uses until a user changes the value in the system interface.
Display Name | (All points) The microblock label used in the EIKON® application and the WebCTRL® interface. You can use any characters except the " character.
Display Resolution | (Analog Sensed Values, Analog Statuses, Analog Parameters) Defines the resolution of the value to be displayed on the ZS sensor. For example, 1 displays only integers (example: 74) and 0.5 displays values to the nearest 0.5 (example: 74.5).
Edit Increment | (Analog Parameters) The amount that you want each press of the sensor's or button to change the microblock's value.
Editable | (Analog Parameters, Binary Parameters) When enabled, the microblock's value is editable on the ZS sensor.
Lock Present Value to | (Binary Parameters) Check to output the locked value from the microblock instead of the microblock's calculated value.
Maximum | (Analog Parameters) The highest amount that this value can be changed to on the ZS sensor or in the WebCTRL® interface.
Menu Configuration | (All points) Shows which sensor screens display the value.
Minimum | (Analog Parameters) The lowest amount that this value can be changed to on the ZS sensor or in the WebCTRL® interface.
Minimum off time | (Binary Parameters) The minimum period (seconds) that the microblock sends an off signal to the controller, regardless of the input signal to the microblock.
Minimum on time | (Binary Parameters) The minimum period (seconds) that the microblock sends an on signal to the controller, regardless of the input signal to the microblock.
Object Id | (All points) A combination of the object type and a unique instance number.
Object Name | (All points) A unique alphanumeric string that defines the BACnet object. Although the Object Name field can be edited, it is not recommended.
Reference name | (All points) A unique identifier that allows the point to be referenced for used for graphics, source tree rules, or network links.
Rnet Tag | (All points) Defines what type of information this value represents and determines how the sensor will display the value. For example, for the Rnet Tag Fan Status, the sensor automatically displays on the Home screen when the microblock is active.
Show on sensors | (Analog Sensed Values) Defines whether the ZS sensors are to display their individual sensed values, or the value determined by the Combination Algorithm.
Type | (All points) Type of Input or Output point. See Point types.
Value | (All points) The point's present value.
#### Step 2: Check controller to sensor wiring PREREQUISITE On the Logic page, disable the run condition(s) in the control program to prevent control program execution from affecting output values while you check out the equipment. Binary inputs (BI) Short the binary inputs wires at the end device, for example, at a pump proof or fan proof. On the Properties page I/O Points tab, verify the binary input point is closed. Open the binary input at the end device. Verify the binary input point is open on the Properties page. Repeat for all binary inputs. NOTE If the readings on the Properties page are reversed from actual conditions, the polarity (normally closed/normally open contact position) is set incorrectly. Analog inputs (AI) Verify the sensor type and the min/max values are configured correctly. On the Properties page I/O Points tab, read the analog input value. Short the point. The sensor should go to full range when shorted. Calibrate analog input value by adjusting the calibration offset if needed. Binary outputs (BO) If the controller's binary output is wired through an equipment starter, set the starter HOA switch to Automatic. On the controller, set the binary output’s HOA switch to On. Verify that the controlled equipment has turned on. On the controller, set the binary output’s HOA switch to Automatic. On the Properties page I/O Points tab, lock the binary output point to On. Verify the device has turned on. Unlock the binary output point. On the controller, set the binary output’s HOA switch to Automatic. NOTE If the locked conditions on the Properties page are reversed from actual conditions, the polarity (normally closed/normally open contact position) is set incorrectly. Analog outputs (AO) Verify the output/actuator type and the min/max values are configured correctly. Lock the analog output point to the device minimum output, such as 2 volts or 0%. Verify movement of the end device to the desired position. Lock the voltage output to the device maximum, such as 10 volts or 100%. Verify movement of the end device to the desired position. Unlock.
#### Step 3: Check controller communication On the Network tree, select the network that the controller is on. On the Devices page, view the status of all controllers on that network. TIPS Navigate to a network or router further down in the tree to show its controllers on the Devices page. In the Reports button drop-down list, select Network > Equipment Status, then click Run to see the status of all controllers below the selected tree item.
#### Step 4: Check equipment operation Refer to the sequences of operation in the system specifications to verify that the equipment operates in each operational mode (for example, occupied and unoccupied) as specified. TIPS If needed, you can import calibration data that you exported from another control program. See Optional: Import/export calibration data. To verify heating and cooling source tree associations, right-click an item the WebCTRL® tree, and then select Equipment Sources.
#### Step 5: Collate checkout information If field technicians use copies of a system database during the commissioning process, each technician can export their Equipment Checkout status and notes. Then, you can import their Equipment Checkout information into the final system database. In a technician's copy of SiteBuilder, select an area or piece of equipment. Select Edit > Export Checkout Information to export the checkout information for that tree item and its children. Name and save the .xml file to any folder. In the final system database, select any area or piece of equipment. NOTE You can import the .xml files to any tree item regardless of their exported location. Select Edit > Import Checkout Information. Browse to the .xml file that you want to import, then click Select. NOTE SiteBuilder displays Checkout Conflicts if the imported information conflicts with the database information. Check Replace to overwrite the database information with the imported information. Repeat steps 5 and 6 for each .xml file that needs to be imported.
#### Step 6: Check the commissioned status of all equipment In the WebCTRL® interface, select the system. Click the Reports drop-down arrow button, then select Commissioning > Equipment Checkout. Run the report.
#### Optional: Import/export calibration data You can export I/O point calibration data from a control program and import it into the same control program or another control program with the same I/O point configuration. To export calibration data On the WebCTRL® Geographic tree, select the control program whose data you want to export. Scroll to the bottom of the Properties page I/O Points tab, and then click Export. The file <control program name>_<ref name>.xml is saved in your browser's Downloads folder. To import calibration data NOTE We recommend that you export existing data as a backup before you import new data. On the WebCTRL® Geographic tree, select the control program that you want to import the data into. Scroll to the bottom of the Properties page I/O Points tab, and then click Import. Browse to the file you want to import. Click Continue. A side-by-side comparison of existing data and the new import data will appear. Red text indicates one of the following errors: Duplicate data—Existing data has duplicate I/O numbers so that import cannot determine its match. I/O type mismatch—I/O Type in existing data does not match I/O Type in import data. Missing import data—Existing data has a point that import data does not have. Missing system data—Import data has a point that existing data does not have. Click OK to complete the import. Existing data that does not show an error will be overwritten by the imported data.