Operator Controls
2 min lire
August 22, 2025The main operator panel consists of two push buttons:
- CYCLE (Green): Used to start, pause, and resume heating profiles.
- STOP (Red): Used to stop heating profiles and reset the system.
The system responds to both short presses and long presses (holding the button for more than 2.5 seconds).
Button Operations
| Action | Result |
|---|---|
| Press CYCLE | - If a heating profile is running, it will be paused. - If a heating profile is paused, it will be resumed. - If no profile is running or paused, the next enabled profile will start. |
| Press STOP | - If a heating profile is running, it will be stopped. The profile can be started again from the beginning. |
| Hold CYCLE | - Starts all heating controllers (Omron PIDs). This is useful to ensure all zones are actively heating without starting a specific profile. |
| Hold STOP | - Stops all Sets target temperatures to 0. This is a soft-stop. |
| Hold both buttons | - EMERGENCY STOP: This is the most powerful stop command. - Immediately stops all heating profiles and signal plots. - Turns off all heating controllers (Omron PIDs) and sets their target temperature to 0. - Resets the system’s feedback lights to startup mode. - Disables the amperage budget manager. |
Status Lights
The machine is equipped with a three-color status light tower that indicates the current operational state. The lights are referred to as LED 1, LED 2, and LED 3.
| State | LED 1 (Green) | LED 2 (Yellow) | LED 3 (Red) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STARTUP | ON | ON | ON | System is booting up or has been reset. |
| STANDBY | ON | ON | OFF | System is idle and ready. No profiles are running. |
| RUNNING | OFF | ON | ON | An automated heating profile is currently active. |
| FINISHED | ON | ON | OFF | The heating profile has completed successfully. Same as STANDBY. |
| WAITING | OFF | BLINK | BLINK | The system is waiting for an external condition or operator action to proceed. |
| HEATING | OFF | OFF | BLINK | The heaters are on, but no automated profile is running (e.g., manual pre-heating). |
| WARNING | OFF | BLINK | OFF | A non-critical issue has occurred. The system may still be operational. |
| ERROR | OFF | OFF | BLINK | A critical error has occurred, and the system has stopped. Same as HEATING. |
| MANUAL | OFF | OFF | OFF | The system is in manual control mode. |