1 INSTALLATION Configurable Multi-input

Dimensions Controller
48
14 110 60 min. 48x48 DIN
65 min.
with IP65
48 44 protection MS Series
44
60 min.
Ring with hook Wiring protection plate 100 min. INSTRUCTION MANUAL
and locking screw with
IP65 MIU. MS-4/96.12/E
+0.5 protection
45 Cod.: J30-354-1AMS ING.
Protection:
Front: IP54 (standard)
Maximum Case: IP30
+0.5
thickness 9mm Terminal board: IP20 45
Panel cutouts

Panel fitting Fixing with ring Screw locking

Install away from: Knurl for hook
heat sources hold
corrosive gases
dusty environments

Holding
hooks

Locking
screws
AMBIENT
Temperature: 0 50C ! Do NOT force
! Humidity : 30 ... 85RH%
Seal ring fitting cross-screwdriver

Plate for engineering units Front extractability Seal IP65 F-10-141-2A101

if different from
C, remove and
apply plate with
requested unit.

F Pa
% kPa
HR% MPa
mV l/m
V m3/h
mA Nm3/h Protection
A CO% cover
kW O2%
psi m

labels supplied
Bar
mBar
mmH2O
rh
p
h
C
Press to unhook
and extract gaskets ASCON spa
Ospiate di Bollate (Milano), Italy

2 CONNECTIONS
Input Serial communication (option) Auxiliary output Y2
For THERMOCOUPLES
Observe polarity Passive and 1 NO contact, rated 3A/250Vac
1 11
For extension, use a 4 RX/TX
galvanically V~ for resistive loads
Y2 Load
compensation cable suitable for the 2 isolated interface 12 (2 x 105 switchings min at
thermocouple used 3A/250Vac)
5
The eventual shield must be well earthed Consult Instruction Manual "SERIAL
at only one end Line: max. 150 COMMUNICATION SUPPLEMENT" Power supply
supplied separately
For RTD Pt100
For 3-wire connection, use wires of "Switching" type
same section (min. 1 sq.mm) B 6 Standard: 100240Vac, 50/60 Hz
3 Single power supply Low voltage: 1828Vac, 50/60 Hz
For 2-wire connection, use wires of B 7
adequate section (min. 1.5 sq.mm.) 4 2030Vdc
Power: 3VA
Note:
1
+ 6
with a 15 m. probe to controller distance A LIFT
SUPPLY
POWER

and a 1.5 sq.mm. section cable, the error 5 SCI (--) 11 V~

Main output Y1
is about 1C. for 3-wire connection only 2 Y2 7
Line: max. 20 per wire A Logic
(+) 12 Load Output 0/18Vdc (20mA max)
For 2-WIRE TRANSMITTER 3 or 4-WIRE TRANSMITTER For mAdc, Vdc
3 B
+ 8
8
+24 Vdc +24 Vdc
Y1 V~
Auxiliary +24
10 10 supply for
10 Vdc
13 Y1L 9 It will appear only if
B
X transmitter 4 Y1 9 Relay or static contactor configured (D = 1)

i

4 4 4
- 14
+ A B Relay
X
Ri Ri mA, Volt Ri 5 24V 10 NO contact, rated 3A/250Vac
i
+ 13
Load
for resistive loads
5 5 5 Y1
420 mA
Transmitter
V~ (2 x 105 switchings min at
Transmitter Ri = 20 for mA com. 14 3A/250Vac)
Ri = 10 K for Volt

Terminal board Effecting connections Precautions Advised wiring

14 screw terminals M3.5 With eyelet Cable N Although this controller is designed Power supply and outputs wires
terminals section wires to resist the heaviest disturbances
Plate pin
present in industrial environments Serial
2 (level IV of standard IEC 801-4), it comms A
max.6.9 D C D C
Wiring is advised to keep to the following
protection With fork precautions:
plate terminals Analogic
7
Keep away supply line from inputs B
1
0.25 2.5 others power lines
max.6.9 AWG
22 14 Power
! Keep away from supply C
Plate screw With tinned wire electromagnetic contactors
and motors
2 Outputs D A B D A B D
3 golded 67
Keep away from SCR power
terminals for units, especially
input signal Preferential if with phase control Low level signal wires
 3 CODIFICATION 5 AUXILIARY OUTPUT Y2
Model Double action (Heat-Cool)
With Y1 configured for reverse action (E = 4.6 or 8)
and Y2 configured for Heat-Cool operation (F=1)
Model code Configuration code Beginning and end of scale you obtain:
(only for configurable scales) Yh : limits Y1 between 10 and 100%
MS - A B C D E F G H Yh2 : limits Y2 between -10 and -100%
Y1 heat db : dead zone between 0.0 and 5.0%
100%
Pb heat
Pb cool =
Mains A Serial communication (option) B Set point r.c.r
100240 V 50/60Hz 3 None 0 Yh
1828V 50/60Hz and 2030Vdc 5 Fitted Ascon std. protocol 1 0%
Fitted Mod/bus/Jbus protocol 2 Y2 cool Pb heat Pb cool Input X
db
dead zone
Configuration 100%

Yh2
Input type, scale range (1) C Output type Y1 D Type of action and safety state Y1 (2) E
0 0 0 0%
Pt100 -200600C Relay 3A/250 Vac Reverse Safety 0% Input X
RTD IEC 751

On-Off
Pt100 -99,9300,0C 1 Logic 0/18 Vdc 1 Direct Safety 0% 1 With r.c.r = relative gain of cool action from 0.1 to 3.0
Type J 0600C 2 Reverse Safety 100% 2 Example:
You can configure your if Pb heat = 10% and r.c.r =0.5 Pb cool = 20%
Thermocouples Type L 0600C 3 Direct Safety 100% 3 The ti (integral) and td (derivative) times of Heat are
IEC 584 4 instrument just entering 4 valid also for Cool whereas the cycling times tc are
Type K 01200C Reverse Safety 0%
trough the keyboard an different.
Type S 01600C 5 Direct Safety 0% 5
4 characters code
6 6

P.I.D.
420mA Conf. eng. units Reverse Safety 100%
020mA Conf. eng. units 7 Direct Safety 100% 7 Band with inhibition
01 Vdc Conf. eng. units 8 Reverse Safety -100% 8
010 Vdc Conf. eng. units 9 Direct Safety -100% 9
Band
W1
IWI

The configuration On
code indexes Off
C, D, E, F Type of Set point and control mode
output Y2 F Startup Enabled intervention
Disabled 0 (at the first exit beyond
Inhibition
Heat-Cool (2) 1 the band limits
Note: Startup inhibition band Active outside 2 after 16 secs. min)
1 For mA and Volt inputs the beginning and
Active outside 3 Band
end scale values can be configured in
engineering units between -999 and 9999.
The minimum scale span is of 100 steps.
! Band
Active inside 4
W1
IWI
The values can be expressed in units If at the power-up appears Active high 5
Independent
(xxxx), in tenths (xxx.x), hundredths (xx.xx) Active low 6
or thousandths (x.xxx).
2 The safety value assumed by Y1 and Y2 that means the Active high 7
(if configured heat-cool) in case of failure Deviation On
controller IS NOT CONFIGURED Active low 8
in the control loop coincides respectively Off
with the upper limit of Yh and Yh2. (see instructions) Loop - Break - Alarm 9
Startup

4 KEYS AND DISPLAYS Band IWI

On
W1 Off active outside
Leds for output states Display
Lit with output Y1 Displays the value of
measure X expressed in
Reds

"ON"
engineering units.
Lit with output Y2 If above end of scale
"ON" active inside
Green, H10mm

____
8888 H H
If below beginning of scale IWI IWI

Keys
----
8888 300 steps 300 steps
In programmation:
Keys for modifying values displays parameter
values Independent W
Selects the digit to be In configuration:
modified displays the values On
Increments value of the of the configuration W1 Off active High
code
flashing digit from 09
Displays the Set point
Green, H7mm

Programming keys value

On
Access to the functions In programmation: Off active Low
menu displays the parameter H
Enters or Scrolls codes W
values or operation
modes Beginning End of scale
of scale

"Loop-Break-Alarm" LBA (interruption/control loop failure) Deviation W

On
With Y2 output active and W1 Off active High
configured as Loop-Break-Alarm

Any interruption in connections or any Y1

failure in the operation of one of active Low
the control loop components will H
cause after a few minutes the output W
Y2 to be energized and the entire front
-300 steps +300 steps
display to flash.
The alarm state stops when the failure
mA
having caused it disappears or
C The Setting range of Y2 is not limited by the
limits of main Set point W1 but only by the scale
pressing any key
span
 6 PROGRAMMING
Functions menu
Access to functions
(press )
View configuration code
Normal operation
only if enabled
(index 1)
Note:
1 If or is not pressed within
10 seconds the instrument will Modifies Auto Tune Modify or view
time-out back to the process variable. Set point in course parameters Modify
(see overleaf) (see overleaf) configuration

Parameters
GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 GROUP 4 GROUP 5
Enter password of
access to the 5th group

Set point Y2 Proportional band Hysteresis Y2 Set point limit low

(see note 1) 0.5500% 0.110.0% scale from beginning to NO
5:0 end of scale Return to normal
300 0:5 beginning of scale OK operation
Integral time Set point limit high
0.0100.0 minutes YES
from S.P.L.I. to
5:0 (0.0 no effect) end of scale Parameter access
End of scale level code
Only for controllers with Heat-Cool
Derivative time Set point slope (see note 1)
action (configuration F=1)
0.0010.00 minutes 0.0100.0 00002222
1:00 (0.00 no effect) digit/min 2222
Relative cool gain
Cycling time of Y1 0.13.0 0:0 (see note)
(not displayed with ON- 1:0
OFF action) Type of Tune available
5:0
30 1200 0 No Tune available
Dead band (see note 2)
Maximum output 1 Tune available
0.05.0% output
value Y1
1:0 1
10100% output
100
Input shift
Cycling time Y2
-5050 digit
1200 sec.
0
30

Note: Maximum output

Note:
1 Allowable Set point values of Y2
depend upon the configuration:
If the controller is configured as value Y2
an ON/OFF controller the 10100% output
whole group 2 parameters will 100 Only for models with Serial
be occulted and replaced by: Communication option
(see manual separately)

Deviation : -300+300
Band: 0300 Hysteresis (ON- Address
Independent: on full scale OFF) 063
0.110.0% span
0
2 The parameter will not 0:5
appear if Y2 is configured as Note:
disabled (F=0), as Heat-Cool With slope gradient = 0.0 there
(F=1) or as Loop Break Alarm will be a step change Baud rate 04
1
Note: FACTORY SET VALUES (DEFAULT) Baude Rate
Configuration 9600 * 0
Modification of a value 4800 1
2400 2
Entering password of access to 1200 3
It is possible to modify any value by changing each
digit in turn. The modified digit flashes.
configuration
! 600 4
* Only for B = 2 or 3

Example: to change 250 to 260 if not configured at Parity 04

the power-up the 0
NO Return to normal
Press to select the required digit. OK main display will Parity Protoc.
Each successive press of this button moves operation show: None 0 Ascon
YES 1 Ascon
the flashing digit one place to the left: Entering the configuration Straightly Odd
Even 2 Ascon
None* 3 Modbus
Enter the 4 configuration index None* 4 Jbus
codes C,D,E, F (they appear on * Only for B = 2 or 3
the display X)
Notes:
Pressing increments the selected 1 Parameter access protection
digit up to the desired value (for the first Only for mA and Number of decimal digits 1st group
Volt inputs 03 1 2nd group
digit at left there is a - between 9 and 0)
3rd group
4th group
Beginning scale value
from beginning of scale to
Pressing to make operative the end of scale Indexes of access
entered value. 100 Visible and modification 2
End scale value Visible but NO MODIFICATION 1
from beginning of scale to NOT VISIBLE 0
end of scale
NOTE FOR CONFIGURATION: Return to normal 2 Is not possible run Auto Tune
All the configuration data are continuously displayed. operation
There is no time-out.