TAC Xenta® 300

Programmable Controller 11 Aug 2003

TAC Xenta® 300 belongs to a family of programmable

controllers designed for small and medium-sized heating
and air handling systems.
A TAC Xenta 300 controller holds full HVAC functionality
including control loops, curves, time control, alarm handling,
etc.
Two different I/O configurations are available in the TAC
Xenta 300 series controllers, which includes the TAC
Xenta 301 and TAC Xenta 302. If required, separate I/O
modules may be added. Both the controllers and I/O TAC Xenta 300 can also be connected to a TAC Vista
modules are designed for cabinet mounting. System®.
The TAC Xenta 300 controller is simple to program using For local use, the TAC Xenta OP (Operator Panel) can be
the graphical application programming software, TAC connected to a TAC Xenta 300. The OP has an LCD
Menta®. display and push buttons for navigating and altering settings.
The controller communicates on a LONTALK® TP/FT-10 The OP can be connected to the network via the modular
network via a twisted-pair, unpolarized cable. It is able to jack on the front of the programmable controllers or by
operate as a stand-alone unit, but can also easily be attaching it to the TP/FT-10. The OP can be mounted or it
connected to a large LONWORKS based network. can be used as a portable terminal.

TECHNICAL DATA
Supply Voltage ............................. 24 V AC ±20%, 50/60 Hz Digital Outputs (relays; K1–K6 or K1–K4):
............................................................... or 19–40 V DC Quantity, TAC Xenta 301 ................................................. 6
Power Consumption .............................................. max. 5 W Quantity, TAC Xenta 302 ................................................. 4
Transformer Sizing ...................................................... 10 VA Control voltage, relay outputs .................. up to 230 V AC
Ambient Temperature (except TAC Xenta 301XT/N/P): Control current, to be protected by max. 10 A fuse,
Storage .............................. –20 to +50 °C (–5 to +122 °F) .......................................................................... max. 2 A
Operation ............................. 0 to +50 °C (+32 to +122 °F) Analog Outputs (Y1–Y2 or Y1–Y4):
Ambient Temperature TAC Xenta 301XT/N/P: Quantity, TAC Xenta 301 ................................................. 2
Storage and Operation ...... –20 to +70 °C (–5 to +158 °F) Quantity, TAC Xenta 302 ................................................. 4
Humidity ............................. max. 90% RH non-condensing Control voltage ................................................ 0–10 V DC
Mechanical: Control current, short-circuit proof ................... max. 2 mA
Enclosure .............................................................. ABS/PC Deviation ............................................................. max ±1%
Enclosure rating ........................................................ IP 20 Communication:
Dimensions, mm (in.) ..... 180 x 110 x 75 (7.1 x 4.3 x 3.0) TAC Menta; modem ................... 9600 bps, RS232, RJ45
Weight ........................................................ 1,0 kg (2.2 lbs) TAC Vista, also for appl. program download (from v 3.1),
Real Time Clock: ............................................... TP/FT-10, screw terminal
Accuracy at 25 °C (77 °F) ............... ±12 minutes per year TAC Xenta OP ............................. TP/FT-10, modular jack
Power failure protection ............................................. 72 h LONMARK® Standard:
Digital Inputs (X1–X4): Interoperability ............ LONMARK Interop. Guidelines v 3.0
Quantity ............................................................................ 4 Application .. LONMARK Functional Profile: Plant Controller
Voltage across open contact .............................. 33 V DC Agency Compliances:
Current through closed contact ................................ 4 mA Emission .................... C-Tick, EN 50081-1, FCC Part 15
Pulse input duration ....................................... min. 20 ms Immunity ......................................................... EN 50082-1
Universal Inputs (U1–U4): Safety:
Quantity ............................................................................ 4 CE ............................................................... EN 61010-1
– as Digital Inputs; UL 916 ...................... Energy Management Equipment
Voltage across open contact .............................. 26 V DC ETL listing .................................. UL 3111-1, first edition
Current through closed contact ................................ 4 mA .................................... CAN/CSA C22.2 No. 1010.1-92
Pulse input duration ....................................... min. 20 ms Flammability class, materials ........................... UL 94 V-0
– as Thermistor Inputs; Part Numbers:
TAC thermistor sensor ............ 1800 ohm at 25 °C (77 °F) Electronics part TAC Xenta 301/N/P .............. 0-073-0009
Measuring range ......... –50 to +150 °C (–58 to +302 °F) Electronics part TAC Xenta 301XT/N/P ......... 0-073-0010
– as Voltage Inputs; Electronics part TAC Xenta 302/N/P .............. 0-073-0011
Input signal ...................................................... 0–10 V DC Terminal part TAC Xenta 280/300 ................. 0-073-0901
Input resistance ................................................. 100 kohm I/O units TAC Xenta . please refer to separate data sheet
..................................... accuracy within 1% of full scale Operator terminal TAC Xenta OP .................. 0-073-0907
Sensor Inputs (B1–B4): TAC Xenta: Programming Serial Kit .............. 0-073-0920
Quantity ............................................................................ 4
TAC thermistor sensor ............ 1800 ohm at 25 °C (77 °F)
Measuring range ......... –50 to +150 °C (–58 to +302 °F)

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 DESIGN

The TAC Xenta 300 controller has been

designed as a general purpose unitary
(one-to-one) controller. Thus, it can be
mounted in close proximity to the controlled
equipment, minimizing the wiring required.
The TAC Xenta 300 is microprocessor
based. It consists of a terminal and elec- Figure 1
tronics mounted together (figure 1). The
Xenta 300 can be interfaced with a wide A built-in capacitor maintains operation of A high and a low limit can be set for each
variety of field sensors/transducers and the clock for at least 72 hours in the event Universal Input. If configured as Digital
controlled devices. All terminations of field of a power failure. Inputs, the Universal Inputs may be used,
wires are made to the terminal part only. Day-light Saving Time, for example, for sensing switch positions.
Thus, the electronic part may be removed European or for USA / Canada The Universal Input types are selected
for service without affecting the terminal Once set, Daylight Saving Time (DST) is via the application program.
connections. fully automatic. The date of the time change,
Local Operator Terminal Digital Outputs
as well as the magnitude of time change
The TAC Xenta OP is a small operator There are Digital Outputs for the control of
can be programmed. This function can
terminal which can be connected to the equipment such as fans, pumps or similar
also be disabled.
unit through its enclosure. The operator devices. The output signal can be pulse
Digital Inputs width modulated and can be used to
can read point status, perform manual
The DI's are used to sense alarm contacts, control increase/ decrease actuators.
override, read measured values, alter set
status indications, pulse counting, etc. Analog Outputs
points etc., from the TAC Xenta OP.
Each digital input can be used as a pulse There are Analog Ouputs are available to
The functions are selected from menus.
counter (e.g. for flow measurement). control actuators or the connection to
Access to the unit is enabled by an access
code. It is possible to access other TAC Another application available when us- controllers. No external power supply is
Xenta units on the same network. ing the TAC Xenta 300 DI is for alarm required.
monitoring. Each time an alarm is tripped,
Power Failure Protection LONWORKS® SNVT Support
the corresponding counter can be
With non-volatile (flash) memory, the unit The use of Standard Network Variable
incremented, providing data for operat-
will start up with user defined settings and Types according to Echelon® specifica-
ing statistics. The DI circuits are internally
return to normal functioning after a power tion makes it possible to communicate
powered.
failure. with network nodes from other manufac-
Universal Inputs turers.
Real-time Clock The Universal Inputs can be individually
The clock provides data such as year, month, configured configured as Analog or Digi-
date, day, hour, minute and second. tal inputs.

I/O MODULES
TAC Xenta 300 can use up to two I/O
modules from the TAC Xenta 400 series I/O module DI DI DO DO UI TI AO AO
devices. TAC status override override
The table gives an overview of the different Xenta 411 10 - - - - - - -
numbers of inputs and outputs available per Xenta 412 10 10 - - - - - -
module. Xenta 421 4 - 5 - - - - -
DI, DO: Digital Input, Digital Output Xenta 422 4 4 5 5 - - - -
UI, TI: Universal Input, Thermistor Input Xenta 451 - - - - 4 4 2 -
Xenta 452 - 41 - - 4 4 2 2
AO: Analog Output
Xenta 471 - - - - 82 - - -
See also the data sheets for the different
Xenta 491 - - - - - - 8 -
modules, C-92-10, -15, -20, -25 and -30. Xenta 492 - - - - - - 8 8
1
Status indication only when the corresponding Universal Inputs
(UI) are used as Digital Inputs.
Xenta 301 4 - 6 - 4 4 2 -
2
Xenta 302 4 - 4 - 4 4 4 -
0/4–20 mA; 0–1, 0/2–10 V DC

SOFTWARE FEATURES
– pulse counting (Digital Inputs only) The basic software is adapted to the cur-
With the assistance of TAC Menta, a
– alarm handling; alarm conditions may be de- rent application by connecting pre-pro-
graphical programming tool using Func- tected via the digital or the analog inputs.
tional Block Diagrams (FBDs), the – equipment run time totals, on selected objects. grammed Functional Blocks and by ad-
TAC Xenta 300 may be easily adapted to – time schedules (start and stop times in hours justing the relevant parameters. These
different control and monitoring tasks. and minutes): weekly and holidays connections and parameters are stored in
– optimum start/stop programs a non-volatile memory.
The basic software includes pre-pro- – control characteristic curves
grammed routines for: – PID control loops (loops may be connected in The parameters may be changed during
– reading of Digital Inputs (alarms, pulse counting, cascade) ongoing operation either from the Central
interlocks) – from v 3.2 trend logging for up to 50 channels is System or locally from the TAC Xenta OP
– reading of Universal Inputs (individually select- possible (hw version 2 required) (Operator Panel).
able as Analog or Digital) – connection to one or two optional I/O modules
– control of Digital Outputs – local level operator interface via TAC Xenta OP
– control of Analog Outputs – network communication according to the
– on and off delays LONTALK® protocol
– communication with the Central System via
modem
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 COMMUNICATION
Communication Capabilities TAC Vista Presentation System TAC Xenta OP Port
The TAC Xenta 300 has several communi- When connected to a TAC Vista Central The operator panel is also connected to
cation capabilities within a Network with System, the operating conditions of the the network and can thus act as an opera-
a central presentation system and/or a fans, pumps, recovery units, etc. can be tor panel for other units in the network.
hand-held Operator Panel. monitored in color graphics or printed The connection is made to the modular
LONWORKS Connection reports. Temperatures and alarms can be jack on the front of the controller or di-
read, while setpoints, time settings may rectly to the network cable.
TAC Xenta controllers communicate with
be altered as required.
each other using a common network,
LONWORKS TP/FT-10, 78 kbps. A number TAC Xenta controllers can communicate RS232 Port
of controllers can form a network and with TAC Vista in one of the following The TAC Xenta 300 controller has an
exchange data. ways. RS232 port. This port is intended for direct
Additional I/O units also connect to the 1 All nodes on the LAN via a PCLTA card. connection to a PC with the TAC Menta
network and may be added as required. 2 A specific programmable controller programming tool for loading the applica-
An I/O unit can only be associated with via the RS232 connection, possibly tion program.
one controller. via modem (all v 3.x). The port can also be used for connec-
The LONTALK protocol makes it possible to 3 Any programmable controller in the tion between TAC Vista and specific
use Network Variables defined in equip- network via TAC Xenta 901 LonTalk TAC Xenta 300 units (see 2 under
ment from third party manufacturers. adapter (and an optional modem “TAC Vista Presentation System”
connection), with the added possibility above).
The Functional Block applications are
Modeled as true LONMARK® Controller Ob- for the programmable controller to
jects. initiate the dial-up (the latter only for v
3.2).
The Network Variable interface (including
the Standard Network Variable Types, Starting with v 3.1 controller software,
SNVTs) can be customized, and External application programs generated in TAC
Interface Files (XIFs) can be generated Menta may be downloaded from
with the TAC Menta tool. TAC Vista via the network.

SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS
The TAC Xenta 300 controllers can be
used in different configurations.
TAC TAC Web
• Stand-alone Vista Vista browser
Management
• Controllers and OPs in a network, with level IP Network

extra I/O modules as required

• Controllers, OPs, I/O modules and other
PCLTA
equipment in a full network with suit- card
or

able adapters, possibly with connec- TAC Xenta 901 TAC Xenta 511
tion to a TAC Vista Central System (CS) Automation TP/FT-10
level
Figure 2 shows an example of TAC Xenta
network configuration.
TAC Xenta OP TAC Xenta OP
Sensors and actuators on the Field level
are mostly connected to the conventional
TAC Xenta 302 I/O- module I/O- module TAC Xenta 301
inputs/outputs of the controllers or I/O-
modules.
Field
Some external units, however, may con- level + -
nect directly to the network to communi-
Figure 2
cate input/output data, using Standard
Network Variables (SNVTs).

TAC XENTA NETWORK AND UNIT PERFORMANCE

Per TAC Vista Server Trend logging in TAC Xenta 300 * Subscriptions may utilize SNVTs or TACNVs
No. of programmable controllers .... 400 (from v 3.3, hw version 2) (TAC Network Variables). These may be
No. of I/O modules .......................... 200 Channels ............................... 1 – 50 combined if the following restrictions are
observed: The sum of the TACNV subscriptions
No. of Operator Panels ................... 100 Interval ................ 10 s – 530 weeks
and the number of SNVT members (no. of
No. of TAC Xenta Groups ................. 30 Total logging cap. ~ 4000 float. no.s values in structured SNVTs) must not exceed
No. of programmable controllers .......................... or ~ 8000 integers the stated figures.
per Group .................................... 30 ............... or ~ 60 000 digital values
Per TAC Xenta Base unit: Optimized storage ..................... Yes
No. of I/O modules Application size
TAC Xenta 301 /N/P, 302 /N/P ...... 2 program and data ......... max. 56 kB
parameters .................... max. 64 kB
No. of subscriptions*
In ........................................ max. 15
Out ...................................... max. 30 3 (4) 0-003-1302-8 (EN)
 MOUNTING
The TAC Xenta 300 controller is cabinet 180 (7.1)
mm (in.) Ø 4.0
mounted on a TS 35 mm Norm rail
(0.2)
EN 50 022.

(1.9±0.02)
48 ± 0,5
The controller consists of two parts; a 45
110
terminal with the screw terminals, and the (4.3) (1.8)
electronics with the circuit boards. To
simplify installation, the terminal can be
pre-mounted (see figure 1). 16.1 148 ± 2.0 (5.8 ± 0.1) 77.4 (3.1)
If the Xenta 300 controller is to be wall (0.6) 180 + 0.4 (7.1 + 0.02) to the next TAC Xenta 280/300/3000
mounted, a wide range of standardized 174 + 0.4 (6.9 + 0.02) to the next TAC Xenta 400/500/900
boxes are available.

CABLES
G and G0: Terminals U1–U4, B1–B4, Y1–Y4: C1 and C2:
Min. cross-sectional area 0.75 and Min. wire size of 0,25–0,75 mm² TP/FT-10 allows the user to wire the
1.5 mm² (19 and 16 AWG). (23 to 19 AWG). control devices with virtually no topology
Cable with modular jack for RS232 serial Max. cable length 20–200 m restrictions. The max. wire distance in one
communication port: Max. 10 m (32 ft). (65 to 650 ft) (see TAC Xenta 280/300/401 segment depends on the type of wire and
Terminals X1–X4: manual for details). the topology (see the table below).
Min. wire size 0,25 mm² (23 AWG). Terminals K1–K6: The TAC Xenta Network guide (0-004-
Max. cable length 200 m (650 ft). Wire size 0,75–1,5 mm² (19 to 16 AWG). 7460) gives a more detailed description.
Max. cable length 200 m (650 ft).

Max. bus length, Max. node-to-node Max. length,

Cable doubly terminated, distance, singly termi- singly terminated
bus topology, m (ft) nated, free topology, m (ft) free, topology, m (ft)
Belden 85102, single twisted pair 2700 (9000) 500 (1600) 500 (1600)
Belden 8471, single twisted pair 2700 (9000) 400 (1300) 500 (1600)
UL Level IV 22AWG, twisted pair 1400 (4600) 400 (1300) 500 (1600)
Connect-Air 22AWG, one or two pairs 1400 (4600) 400 (1300) 500 (1600)
Siemens J-Y(st)Y 2x2x0.8 900 (3000) 320 (1000) 500 (1600)
4-wire helical twist, solid, shielded
TIA568A Cat. 5 24AWG, twisted pair 900 (3000) 250 (820) 450 (1500)

INSTALLATION
The two TAC Xenta 300 controllers have dif- Terminal Connections: Inputs Terminal Connections: Outputs
ferent outputs. The adjacent table shows the Term. Term.name Description Term. Term.name Description
terminal connections of the two No. 301/302 No. 301 302
TAC Xenta controllers. 1 C1 LONWORKS
There is a label on the front of the controller
with both the numbers and the names of the
2 C2 } TP/FT-10, 78 kbps
21
22
G
G0
G
G0
24 V AC (or DC+)
24 V AC common
3 U1 Universal 23 Y1 Y1 0–10 V
terminals (1 C1, 2 C2 and so on). The numbers 4 M Measurem. neutral 24 M M Output neutral
are also shown in the plastic of the terminal 5 U2 Universal 25 Y2 Y2 0–10 V
part. 6 U3 Universal 26 – Y3 0–10 V
Note! Installation of high voltage 7 M Measurem. neutral 27 – M Output neutral
cables must be performed by quali- 8 U4 Universal 28 – Y4 0–10 V
fied personnel! 9 B1 Thermistor 29 – –
10 M Measurem. neutral 30 – –
For detailed information, please refer to the
TAC Xenta 280/300/401 Handbook (part no. 11 B2 Thermistor 31 K5 – Relay
0-004-7768). 12 B3 Thermistor 32 KC3 – K5, K6 common
13 M Measurem. neutral 33 K6 – Relay
Operator Panel
14 B4 Thermistor
The operator panel is easily connected to the 34 K1 K1 Relay
15 X1 Digital
network by means of the modular socket on the 35 KC1 KC1 K1, K2 common
16 M Measurem. neutral
front of the controller. 36 K2 K2 Relay
17 X2 Digital
LED Indicator 18 X3 Digital 37 K3 K3 Relay
An indicator on the electronic unit of the 19 M Measurem. neutral 38 KC2 KC2 K3, K4 common
TAC Xenta 300 indicates when the application 20 X4 Digital 39 K4 K4 Relay
program is running. 40 – –
Service Pin MAINTENANCE
To simplify network commissioning, there is a
Caring for the controller includes keeping it dry
service pin on the electronic unit which, when
and cleaning it externally with a dry cloth when
pressed, identifies the unit on the network.
needed.
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