Hired-Hand Farm Hand Series: Swine Finisher - Manual (Page 12)

Part No. 4801-0150 Rev 8-04 Farm Hand Swine Finisher 5 Stage 12 of 32
1. Enter Program Mode by pressing and holding the Mode button for 5 seconds until
P1 is displayed, and the variable speed stage 1 light comes on. This parameter
selects the sensor(s) that this stage watches for on/off operation.
2. Press the + or - button until the desired sensor is displayed. 1= sensor 1; 2 = sensor
2, and 3 = an average of sensors 1 and 2.
3. Press the Mode button again and P2 is shown. This parameter selects what mode the
stage operates as.
4. Press the + or - button until the desired mode is displayed.
5. Press the Mode button until P3 is displayed. This parameter allows you to put a
stage on the system timer (5 or 10 minutes).
6. Press the + or - button until the desired setting is displayed. (0 = Not on a timer, 1 =
On the timer, 2 = Cool timer (Variable Speed and Stage 5 Only.))
7. Press the Mode button until P4 is displayed. This parameter sets the stage On Point.
8. Press the + or - button until the desired setting is displayed.
9. Press the Mode button until P5 is displayed. This parameter sets the stage Off Point.
10. Press the + or - button until the desired setting is displayed.
11. Exit Program Mode by pressing the Mode button until after PS3 has been displayed
or wait 1 minute.
9.2 Setting Up Tunnel Control
Note: If you do not want the controller to ever enter tunnel mode just make sure that the Tunnel
On/Off switch is in the off position and you can ignore this section.
The Swine Finisher is a very versatile tunnel controller. It provides the grower with many
different ways to tunnel based on the layout of the house. It also provides two different ways of
initiating tunnel mode. The following are some tips and examples of setting up this controller to
tunnel your house appropriately.
1. The first step in setting up your tunnel house is to configure the stages that you want as your
cool tunnel stages. If some stages need to operate in tunnel mode and in normal mode, then
program these stages to be cool negative tunnel stages. See the Program Reference section
in the back of this manual for more information on the operation of various stage modes.
2. The next step in setting up your tunnel house is determining how your controller should
operate while out of tunnel mode. In other words, does your house always power ventilate or
does it naturally ventilate using curtain sidewalls. If it is a power ventilated house you must
set the Power Ventilate switch (SWX-7) in the on position.
3. The last step in setting up your tunnel house is determining how you would like to initiate
tunnel mode. You can initiate tunnel mode by outside temperature or by your lowest
programmed cool tunnel stage. The lowest programmed cool tunnel stage is determined by
the lowest onpoint. If you would like to tunnel based on outside temperature you must set the
Tunnel On Stage (SWX-6) switch to off. You can then set the temperature at which you
would like to enter tunnel mode at P24 and the temperature at which you would like to exit
tunnel mode at P25. Otherwise, set the Tunnel On Stage (SWX-6) to on.
The following is a brief description of how the tunnel would work in each of the situations.
Tunneling on outside temperature in a naturally ventilated building
When the outside temperature rises above the Tunnel OnPoint (P24), the
controller will shut down all stages and begin to close the main curtain and open
the inlet curtain. After 6 minutes have passed, the controller makes sure that the