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Phase 8.3 and 8.4 R e v 2.2 Micr opr ocessor User’ s Manual ADC Part No. 1 13604 - 4 American Dryer Corporation 88 Currant Road Fall River MA 02720-4781 USA T elephone: +1 (508) 678-9000 / Fax: +1 (508) 678-9447 e-mail: techsupport@amdry .com www .amdry .com[...]
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2 American Dryer Corp. 1 13604 - 4 T able of Contents____________ General User Infor ma tion Coin/Debit Models “Coin Dr y Mode” ..... 3 General User Infor ma tion Non-Coin Models “OPL Dr y Mode” ....... 3 Introduction to Programming ............... 4 Quick Reference Programming Menu for Coin/Debit/F r ee Models .................... 5 Quick [...]
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1 13604 - 4 www .amdry .com 3 Impor tant Read all instructions before operating! General User Infor mation Coin/Debit Models “Coin Dr y Mode” ___ Cold Star t (Initial/First Use) Appliance is programmed at the factory as follows: Dryer 10 minute dry time/quarter (coin 1) $.25 dry price War m Star t (After P ower F ailure) A few seconds after pow[...]
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4 American Dryer Corp. 1 13604 - 4 NOTES ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________[...]
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1 13604 - 4 www .amdry .com 5 Machine Info Coin V ault Hours Serial # Software Rev Program Setup Dry Mode Coin Dry Mode Free Dry Mode Control Settings Language Multi Language (Language 1, Language 2) T emp Scale (°F , °C) Buzzer Settings (End of Cycle, Beep Count) T op Back Light (0-200) Bottom Back Light (0-200) Ready Prompt (T o start insert #,[...]
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6 American Dryer Corp. 1 13604 - 4 Machine Info Hours Serial # Software Rev Program Setup Control Settings Language Multi Language (Language 1, Language 2) T emp Scale (°F , °C) Buzzer Settings (End of Cycle, Beep Count) T op Back Light (0-200) Bottom Back Light (0-200) Machine Settings Lint Cleaning Frequency (0-3 Hours) Axial Max T emp (100° -[...]
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1 13604 - 4 www .amdry .com 7 Coin Programming Example Changing “Time for Amount to Star t ” Below is a flowchart explaining how to change the time allotted for the start price on coin machines for all temperatures. This is meant to be an example as there are many options and ways to program this controller . All programming parameters and opti[...]
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8 American Dryer Corp. 1 13604 - 4 Cycl e Name Cyc l e Ty p e Au to / Manual Dryne ss Cool D own (Man u a l Only ) Reversi ng Ti me Ma n u a l On ly Level Au to On ly Te m p 100º F - 160º F 38º C - 71º C Tim e 0-99 min. Te m p 70º F - 100º F 21º C - 38º C M ode Off / On Sp i n 120-2 40 sec. St op 5-10 sec . 1 D E NIM A UTO 50 DR Y 160º F /[...]
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1 13604 - 4 www .amdry .com 9 ! Programming Selections ______________ MAIN MENU When PROGRAM Mode is first entered, the control will enter the PROGRAM Mode main menu. This main menu will serve as the gateway to all of the PROGRAM Mode features. The features include MACHINE INFO, PROGRAM SETUP , DIAGNOSTIC MODE, MACHINE SETUP , and F ACTORY SETTINGS[...]
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10 American Dryer Corp. 11360 4- 4 2: MACHINE SETTINGS 1: LINT CLEAN FREQ. – adjusts time between prompts to clean lint. 3 (adjustable between 0 - 3 hours, 0 being off) 2: AXIAL MAX TEMP – adjusts axial probes set maximum temperature 180 (adjustable between 100° - 180° F / 38° - 82° C) 3: BURNER SETUP One burner / Two burner (option not ava[...]
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1 13604 - 4 www .amdry .com 11 EVENT I .D. F A I LURE DES CRI P TI O N E1 T op R adian t S en sor f au l t c ou n t E 2 T o p B u r ne r Ig ni to r f a ul t c o unt E3 T op Ex h a u st H igh Lim it E4 B ot t om R adian t sen so r f au lt cou n t E 5 B otto m B urn e r i g n i to r fault co u nt E6 Bot Ex h au st H igh Lim it E7 Coin 1 Bad C oin cou[...]
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12 American Dryer Corp. 1 13604 - 4 When a cycle is running, the control will display DIAGNOSTIC MODE at the top of the display . If a fault occurs during Diagnostic Mode, the control will enter into a fault cool down and the occurring fault will be displayed. The fault can be cleared by reentering the diagnostic cycle. 3 : HELP MENU The help menu [...]
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1 13604 - 4 www .amdry .com 13 Faults __________________________________ Exhaust Probe An exhaust probe fault occurs when the control detects that the exhaust temperature transducer is reading a temperature that is out of the probe’s normal operating temperature range for more than 3-seconds. There is an automatic fault clearing feature for this [...]
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