SmartFan® Cirrus-6 Manual

  • Installation

  • SmartFan Cirrus-6 Fan Speed Control and Alarm for 4-Wire Fans: Connections Part I

    Mounting
    Using the PCB support hardware in hardware pack H125-F, or equivalent, mount the Cirrus-6 on a flat surface using all five mounting holes for maximum support.

    Connector Pin Assignments:
    A description of the function of each connector pin and location is listed in Table 1.0. Depending on the model number and configuration of the Cirrus-6, some headers may not need to be populated.

    Suggested Connecting Hardware
    Use CRI Hardware Pack H125-F containing the following components shown in Table 2.0.

    SmartFan Cirrus - 6 Fan Speed Control and Alarm for 4-Wire Fans: Connections Part II

    Input Power Connection to Header J1
    Refer to Figure 2.0 for input power wiring. Input Power in the range of 10 – 60 VDC should be connected at header J7. Cirrus- 6 can supply up to 6.0 Amps (still air) to the fan load at 60°C. Power to the fan load is derated linearly from 6.0 Amps to 4.0 Amps as temperature increases from 60°C to 75°C. Maximum operating temperature is 75°C.

    Fan Connection to Headers J2-J7

    Six Fans: Cirrus-6 distributes power to and monitors the tachometer signals from up to six four-wire fans. Referring to Figure 2.0, connect the fans to headers J1 through J6. Please check fan datasheet for color-coded wiring. Fan current at each fan header must not exceed 4.0 Amps. Total current required by the fans connected to the Cirrus-6 must not exceed 6.0 Amps.

    Less than Six Fans:Through the I2C Bus, each fan header may be disabled. When disabled, the alarm outputs associated with that fan header will always show no alarm.

    Connection of Dual I2C Bus to Header J12

    I2C Bus Speed Command Inputs when Temperature Sensor based Fan Control is used: When configured for temperature sensor based fan control, header J12 will accept I2C commands from either I2C Bus. If a speed control command is given the Cirrus-6 will automatically switch to I2C based speed control mode. Temperature sensor based fan control configurations support all I2C alarm status registers.

    Dual I2C Bus: Cirrus-6 uses 3.3 or 5.0 VDC bus operation selected by the jumper on J10. The SCL (Pin Cx) and SDA (Pin Dx) total pull-up must be limited to 3 mA and Bus capacitance limited to 400 pf per the I2C specification. If only one I2C Bus is required either connection may be used. If two conflicting commands are given on each Bus at the same time the command from the Primary Bus will be used (S0 & D0).

    Digital Inputs: The Speed input (Pin 4) and the ID inputs (Pins 1 - 3) are internally pulled to 3.3 VDC with 10.0KO resistors.

    GND (Pin GND): Ground reference pin for the I2C Busses and digital inputs.

    Figure 2.0: Connection diagram showing input power, fan, interface, temperature sensor, LED's and alarm connections for a Cirrus-6 Fan Control.

    SmartFan Cirrus-6 Fan Speed Control and Alarm for 4-Wire Fans: Connections Part III

    Connection of LEDs to Header J9
    Header J9 provides local indication of Alarm (Pin R) and Normal (Pin G) status. Referring to Figure 2.0, connect alarm LEDs to header J9. Choose single color LEDs or two leaded, bicolor LEDs with a rated forward voltage (Vf) between 1.6 and 2.4 VDC at a forward current (If) of between 15 and 25 mA. Nominal current applied to the LEDs is 8 mA.

    Connection of Remote Alarm Circuits to Header J11
    A dual MOS relay is provided on header J11. Pins 1A and 1B output is closed on no alarm. Pins 2A and 2B output is open on no alarm. The alarm circuits on header J11 are isolated from all other pins and have no polarity. These outputs have a maximum on-state resistance of 50O. Maximum sinking current is 100mA. A maximum of 230 VAC/VDC can be applied to alarm terminals.

    Connection of Remote Temperature Sensor to header J12

    Temperature Sensor Connection when I2C Control is used:When configured to operate with I2C based speed control, temperature readings from both sensors are available. These temperatures do not affect speed or alarms in this control mode.

    Temperature Sensor Control: The Cirrus-6 can be configured to operate with either an external sensor or the on-board sensor, which is used to provide temperature based fan speed control and alarming. Referring to Figure 2.0, connect the external sensor if used to header J12. There is no polarity consideration when connecting the sensor. Temperature accuracy and hysteresis is 2ºC.

    Current Derating:

    Figure 3: Current Derating

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