[kyjourneyman]

Anybody had any luck with the honeywell spyder controls. I started working for a company that use spyder controls that I need to start working on and useing . Can you guys give me any insighton this thanks

 

[mechmike2]

There great controls once you know them. Get on the Honeywell Buildings Forum they have lots of info. https://extranet.honeywell.com/ecc/home/Pages/default.aspx

 

[rad1]

Something to remember:
Spyder DO's are "wet";
and at default, the UI's take 20k sensors for temp.

 

[dlhvac]

Go to the spyder school but get tridium certified first its required

 

[kyjourneyman]

Ok thanks guys

 

[Guest]

My advice would be to add blocks to scale the input and setpoint values up by the same multiple (i.e. multiply both values by 1000). I find that this trick works well for most PIDs out there regardless of proprietor. You should be able to use conventional tuning methods after that.

 

[zoofer]

Look into the Venom files. You may already know, but if not, they are wizards. They save a lot of time and are complete with graphics. The spyders are a lot of fun once you get familiar with them.

 

[theOnlyDaive]

I use Spyder controllers all the time - both unitary and VAV. The tool runs very slow (especially in debug) and eats a lot of memory (need at least JACE-6), but they're extremely flexible and highly versatile. The new Spyder tool is due to come out next month (we'll see). It's much faster than the old tool - I've been using the beta for a couple of months. The two best things about a Spyder are 1) You write your own network variables - pretty much whatever you want. 2) You can save applications you have written or even entire controllers to a Library and share them with coworkers and/or reuse them over and over again. If you write generic applications - for instance a VFD control loop with an input for static pressure, occupancy and setpoint, and an output for the VFD drive signal and start stop - you can save that application and then drop it into a completely different controller later on down the road and you don't have to write it all over again. All in all, I think they're great controllers and with the release of the new tool set for next month, they're only going to get better.

-Daive