Issue
A customer installed a critical valve with an actuator containing a potentiometer for a positional feedback connection.
The potentiometer was wired into a MNL controller's input.
After some calibrating, the potentiometer drives past the "0 %open" position which displays as a negative value in the AI point.
Is there a way to compensate in software for this negative reading?
Environment
WorkPlace Tech
MNL and MNB controllers
Cause
It can be difficult to calibrate the feedback potentiometer accurately.
Resolution
Add a high selector block to the output of the AI block. Connect the AI block's output and a constant set to a value of zero.
Anytime the AI block's output drops below zero, the output of the high selector will display zero. This can then be used for other logic or for graphical display.
