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All right, everyone, thank you so much for joining

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us once again on Did You Know? You know, we spend

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a lot of time talking about the A2L transition,

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especially in the residential side and the mitigation

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controls and the strategies that we're going

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to be using for residential applications. But

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we don't always talk a lot about what's happening

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in the commercial side, whether it's in commercial

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HVAC or it's in the refrigeration sector. And

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there's a lot of questions in the industry. A

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lot of people are concerned with refrigerants.

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And we're just trying to break those fears because

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there's not a lot of fear involved with this.

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It really comes down to just education. It's

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not our first refrigerant transition. You know,

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it's just another rodeo. And so we need to help

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educate the industry on what's happening. So

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I'm very fortunate to spend some time with Johnson

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Controls to talk about solutions for our A2L

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detection as well as mitigation strategies and

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hopefully keep this industry as simple as possible

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because we don't need a thousand control. and

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a thousand strategies, we can use intelligent

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controls to be able to simplify all of it. And

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this is a very intriguing product. And I just

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think we ought to be able to help the industry

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understand what's available to them and how easy

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this whole A2L transition can be. Yeah, absolutely.

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All right. So let's walk me through where we're

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at as far as mitigation controls and what the

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solution provides us. Sure. I'd be glad to. And

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I think the key word here is smart or intelligent

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controls that help with serviceability. This

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is Johnson Controls under the Penn brand name,

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newest modular electronic control system called

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System 550. The module on the left -hand side

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here is the control module. This is where all

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the brains are. the module in the middle is simply

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a transformer it's a power supply sure so it

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provides the 24 volts either ac or dc that's

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needed to power the electronics and then we we're

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not using it in this particular application that

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i have configured but the last module here is

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what's called an expansion module and it will

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provide either two more relay outputs or you

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could have an expansion module that will provide

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two analog outputs so you can have a combination

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of relay and analog outputs up to a total of

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10 outputs okay yeah but to talk specifically

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about a2l leak detection and mitigation this

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is a full functioning control meaning that it

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supports both single and multi -stage with temperature

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humidity and pressure sensor inputs as well as

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it has the full capabilities of A2L leak detection

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and mitigation. What I mean by full capabilities

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is that the controller in the sensor and this

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is an example of the sensor in combination are

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considered an RDS or refrigerant detection system.

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Absolutely. So they have all of the requirements

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that are under UL 60335 both dash 2 dash 40 and

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dash 289 to qualify as an RDS. 40 and 89. So

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technically this could even be used in a residential

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style application if need be. Oh, wow. And so

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with the modular, now I'm starting to see what

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you meant by modular. So this is actually a full

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control network and it's expandable for the amount

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of outputs that we would need to be able to control.

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That's right. Not only that, but the backplane

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is communicating from the controller to the expansion

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modules via Modbus. and that's what gives us

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the intelligent A2L leak detection and mitigation

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because it's doing a handshake with one or more

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A2L sensors so it knows you can see on this particular

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sensor here that the refrigerant type R454A is

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marked on the sensor the OEM that integrates

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this into their equipment will also select the

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refrigerant that they're using and it's going

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to do a handshake with a sensor to make sure

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that you've plugged in the right sensor so it's

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a communicating network and it's a communicating

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network correct no joke so if if i have a large

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piece of equipment maybe it's a package rooftop

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system and i have to use multiple sensors i will

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also in addition to selecting the refrigerant

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type i'll select the number of sensors that i

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use and our particular controller is set the

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factory setting or the digital trip point on

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the A2L is a 20 % LFL. Yeah, sure. Or a lower

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flammability limit. You bet. If you want to warm

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below that, you also have the capability with

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this controller to actually set a... lfl level

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lower than that digital trip point for a different

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alarm set point we have a lot of customers that'll

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want 15 10 give me an initial warning yeah so

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we know what's going on so yeah it's pretty flexible

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there and how you want to set up your system

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you know i see this as a solution not just for

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the equipment that is going to be for either

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hvac or refrigeration but we've had a lot of

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questions and concerns from say hydronic you

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know boiler manufacturers that are operating

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in the same mechanical room as an a2l say an

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a2l air handler and they want to make sure that

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they control their ignition controls on their

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device well now it becomes a simple modular component

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that could be introduced into any application

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as a standalone A2L mitigation strategy. Yeah.

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And this has the capability of doing staging,

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runtime optimization, so that it actually is

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smart enough to know if I have a modular boiler,

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you know, several. Right. And I turn boiler one

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on and let's say it stays on for an hour. Next

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time I have a call for heat. I'm going to turn

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boiler number two on and I'm going to record

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that amount of time on the controller. Wow, from

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an engineering aspect, that really simplifies

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the build of it because now we can use a single

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control in a mechanical room for a variety of

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different equipment functions. I don't think

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you're going to find too many controllers with

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this much functionality at this price point.

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okay and it's interesting we start talking about

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communicating so we have a communicating sensor

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as part of the control itself is that something

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that can be monitored remotely then yes so every

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one of the controllers the chipset that we're

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using is broadcasting a local wi -fi signal really

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so i can actually upload new firmware to the

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device through a local wi -fi i can also download

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and upload config files. So let's say today,

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if I'm in a manufacturing environment, I want

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to manufacture the same commercial refrigeration

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equipment. And I don't want to, you know, turn

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the knob and configure each device individually.

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I can configure what I want as a config, you

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know, configuration. And then I can download

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that through Wi -Fi. Copy it. to my to my pc

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yep right and then in a production environment

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i can take a usbc cable and i can plug it in

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to this usbc port and because i'm getting power

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from my computer i don't even have to power the

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control system oh it can be standalone because

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it's getting power from the usb cable i can program

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this at the shop and have it ready to go to send

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out on the job all of my um my modules and I

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can have them programmed, pre -programmed without

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even powering them. Now we're getting somewhere.

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Through the computer. Wow, you put a lot of thought

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and design into this. Well, a lot of customer,

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voice of customer. Yeah, a lot of industry input.

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So it's a little bit difficult to see here, but

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if you take a look on the right side of this

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last module, which is the expansion module, in

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this case, it's a relay expansion module. you

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can see where this controller, or this sensor

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rather, this A2L sensor is wired in. And this

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has physical room for two sensors to be connected.

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If I need to have more physical space for more

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A2L sensors, we have a modular similar to this,

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similar to these, that's called a junction wiring

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module. that will accommodate up to six a2l sensors

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no kidding so you know again those are things

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that when we first got our pre -production samples

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out and speaking with our oem customers like

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well in some cases we're going to need more than

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two sensors right so what can you do to accommodate

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us so simple add another module exactly add another

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module that's the that's the flexibility of this

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system what makes it nice is that From the technician

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standpoint, you can name the application, right?

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You understand what sensor in every application

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if there's an issue. So what's every tech want?

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Information before I go to the job site with

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what the problem is, where it is, and what I

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think I'm going to have to do or need with me

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before I get there. That's the best. So that's

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what it's really all about. So another feature

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that we've, and I'm going to demo it here, that

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we've incorporated in the control system is an

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equipment manufacturer, before they lock down

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their configuration, they're going to want to

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make sure, do I have all of my sensors wired

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correctly? Yeah. Do I have my A2L sensors configured

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correctly? And do I have my controller configured

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correctly? So we have a function here called

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test lock. which doesn't lock the controller

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down permanently sure it can be unlocked and

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then i can simulate here by a little tool that

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we have this has a program in it and so i'm simulating

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a sensor you can see here that this gas type

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is our 454a right what we looked at earlier so

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it matches what's configured here and now i right

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now if i had a sensor hook up to this which i

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i'm doing through the simulation right it says

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there's no leak present right but now what i

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can do is i can simulate oh i can introduce a

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leak not a percentage 10 and you'll see immediately

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that it comes up and it says i'm warning now

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at 10 and that warning light has now come on

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and so if i had programmed a 10 alarm i could

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actually be getting that first stage alarm right

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in test mode and if i were connected to the cloud

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right i could see it there i could see it on

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my mobile device absolutely in real time also

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keith about the light on here is it big enough

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can i put a light up big light up like an auxiliary

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on me strobe light at the application to be able

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to give me that in addition to wi -fi communication

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yeah wow so you will you will see it on the screen

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here but more importantly if you're remotely

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connected to the device through the cloud right

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you're going to see it 24 hours a day 365 days

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a year you're going to know the health of your

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equipment and whether or not the product that

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you're Trying to preserve is at the right temperature.

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So I'm assuming we're going to be so we're communicating

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Wi -Fi is there any type of like like RS -485

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that could be introduced into a standalone or

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an automated building management system? That's

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a really great question and a lot of Requests

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that we get so we are working on a module now

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That will actually tap in another module called

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a communication module. Yeah, absolutely You

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know this because you've been in the HVAC, our

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industry, for quite a while. On the refrigeration

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side, equipment there wants to speak my bus,

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right? On the building automation side or the

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HVAC side, most of the equipment is speaking

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BACnet, in our case, mostly MSTP. Oh, sure. Okay.

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So we are working on a communication module that

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will allow you to basically take all the data.

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that's coming from the control module and pass

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that along to either your supervisory controller

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or some type of auxiliary controller. I think

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as a contractor, if I'm an installing contractor,

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I kind of want both abilities. I want to be able

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to have my cloud access, particularly if I could

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set this at a 10%. If I'm a contractor... I don't

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want the building management system going into

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an alarm that maybe somebody doesn't even know

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when it hits 20%. If I could do a cloud recognition

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at 10%, I can dispatch, show up on site going,

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I've got an alarm on my side that I'd like to

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take a look at before we get anything. Yeah,

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that's really nice. So now I'm at 10 % and I'm

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warning because the light's on here. And then

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if I take it to 25%, which is above my trip point,

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You can see now that I've actually gone into

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mitigation. Okay. Okay, what does that mean?

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Well, I've turned my compressor off. Right. And

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I'm turning my evap fans on. Get circulation.

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To dissipate the concentration of refrigerant

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to get it below that 20 % LFL trip point. Absolutely.

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I'm going to now clear. So I'm going to basically

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assume now. That leak has stopped or at least

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the amount of refrigerant has leaked out and

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I've dissipated it. And now I'm going to clear

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my leak. And now you can see that I've gone into

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a countdown. Right. By the UL standard. Yeah.

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I have to keep it in basically this kind of wait

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mode. Yeah. For five minutes. Yeah, absolutely.

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Transitional soft lockout mode. The new firmware

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that we have will actually count this down. right

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now i have to just kind of wait wait for it five

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minutes yeah once it's done then i can confirm

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the alarm and it will go back into its normal

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mode you know one of the things that i've seen

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on some of our larger capacity especially if

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we get into like that m3 status where we have

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high refrigerant charge and we may require additional

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strategies like maybe a pump down mode using

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an additional solenoid are those types of controls

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part of the modular yes so again most of those

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schemes that you talked about yeah whether it

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be isolation valves or a pump down you're going

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to control through relay no kidding so you have

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the ability to control your relays in the normal

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mode you decide okay when the temperature isn't

00:15:27.539 --> 00:15:32.120
satisfied do i want my compressor on or compressor

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off in normal mode. And then when it goes into

00:15:35.159 --> 00:15:38.259
mitigation, what do I want the status of those

00:15:38.259 --> 00:15:41.419
to be? And what's important with that is it gives

00:15:41.419 --> 00:15:45.059
you the flexibility, for instance, with an isolation

00:15:45.059 --> 00:15:50.360
valve, right? It'll probably be a normally open

00:15:50.360 --> 00:15:54.659
set of contacts. Well, whether you lose power

00:15:54.659 --> 00:15:59.070
or whether you go into mitigation. You want those

00:15:59.070 --> 00:16:02.289
isolation belts to be closed. So you have to

00:16:02.289 --> 00:16:05.289
have the way to configure it so that they're

00:16:05.289 --> 00:16:07.750
in the proper state when you go into mitigation

00:16:07.750 --> 00:16:10.029
and when the power is off. Makes complete sense.

00:16:10.490 --> 00:16:13.149
So there's a lot of flexibility here. And you

00:16:13.149 --> 00:16:15.549
do that, again, by adding the expansion modules.

00:16:15.870 --> 00:16:18.110
Yeah. I'm really liking this idea because you

00:16:18.110 --> 00:16:21.409
can start with however minimal of a strategy

00:16:21.409 --> 00:16:24.610
you need. up to whatever capability of strategy

00:16:24.610 --> 00:16:27.009
you need simply by adding the modules and changing

00:16:27.009 --> 00:16:29.269
the programming. I mean, we're manufacturers

00:16:29.269 --> 00:16:32.629
and contractors if they want, you know, to look

00:16:32.629 --> 00:16:35.009
at kind of a field engineering solution. Yeah.

00:16:35.330 --> 00:16:37.629
Where they get the most out of a controller like

00:16:37.629 --> 00:16:39.769
this is use the full functionality. I see that.

00:16:39.909 --> 00:16:42.370
So that's where, you know, a combination of temperature

00:16:42.370 --> 00:16:45.470
control or temperature and humidity control or

00:16:45.470 --> 00:16:47.889
temperature, humidity, and pressure control with

00:16:47.889 --> 00:16:50.210
the A2L leak detection and mitigation. You know,

00:16:50.230 --> 00:16:53.259
I guess I... almost skipped past that so we're

00:16:53.259 --> 00:16:56.539
not talking about just a a2l detection and mitigation

00:16:56.539 --> 00:16:58.480
we're talking about a full system controller

00:16:58.480 --> 00:17:02.320
correct correct with a2l detection and mitigation

00:17:02.320 --> 00:17:06.819
yeah and then like i said before but modular

00:17:06.819 --> 00:17:09.980
chillers modular boilers yeah or it could be

00:17:09.980 --> 00:17:13.599
single stage chiller single stage boiler um you

00:17:13.599 --> 00:17:15.740
know all of your refrigeration applications so

00:17:15.740 --> 00:17:18.619
we have all the defrost modes incorporated in

00:17:18.619 --> 00:17:22.480
here oh wow off -cycle defrost electric defrost,

00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:28.220
hot gas bypass, and adaptive defrost. So adaptive

00:17:28.220 --> 00:17:33.700
is where it actually learns and optimizes the

00:17:33.700 --> 00:17:35.500
defrost cycle. Yep, absolutely. We're seeing

00:17:35.500 --> 00:17:37.640
that a lot as we move forward because we can

00:17:37.640 --> 00:17:40.539
now manage those defrost cycles using some temperature

00:17:40.539 --> 00:17:43.980
thermistors and occasionally a transducer. We

00:17:43.980 --> 00:17:47.980
can monitor the actual coil temperatures. It's

00:17:47.980 --> 00:17:50.390
absolutely necessary. yeah you know if we think

00:17:50.390 --> 00:17:52.490
about if we got an ambient temperature that is

00:17:52.490 --> 00:17:54.470
you know 40 degrees why do i go into defrost

00:17:54.470 --> 00:17:56.509
i've already got some heat out there that i can

00:17:56.509 --> 00:18:00.069
utilize if i'm managing my defrost properly and

00:18:00.069 --> 00:18:01.910
then i can control the lengths of those cycles

00:18:01.910 --> 00:18:05.769
there's a lot of flexibility in in managing defrost

00:18:05.769 --> 00:18:07.490
and we're going to be able to we're going to

00:18:07.490 --> 00:18:09.549
handle a lot of capability then with the single

00:18:09.549 --> 00:18:13.809
modular control yeah let's see if we're in uh

00:18:13.809 --> 00:18:18.599
if we're in countdown or not Looks like we're

00:18:18.599 --> 00:18:25.119
still in countdown. So we won't let it. Oh, OK.

00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:28.079
We finished countdown now. And now you can see

00:18:28.079 --> 00:18:32.599
the screen is saying confirm that now we can

00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:34.940
go back into normal mode. And that's, you know,

00:18:34.940 --> 00:18:41.940
again, because we're connected via Modbus, we

00:18:41.940 --> 00:18:47.259
can tell why did the. controller alert why did

00:18:47.259 --> 00:18:50.660
it alarm we can tell the difference between a

00:18:50.660 --> 00:18:54.640
refrigerant leak and a sensor failure or a sensor

00:18:54.640 --> 00:18:56.619
that went end of life and that's one thing i'm

00:18:56.619 --> 00:18:58.799
going to talk about now okay because we can see

00:18:58.799 --> 00:19:02.279
the lfl level yeah in addition to the features

00:19:02.279 --> 00:19:05.339
that i talked about there's also a 0 to 10 volt

00:19:05.339 --> 00:19:10.420
output that you can again tie into a supervisory

00:19:10.420 --> 00:19:13.869
controller and it will tell you the highest LFL

00:19:13.869 --> 00:19:16.369
value of any sensor connected to the controller.

00:19:16.490 --> 00:19:20.329
Okay. So in this case we know, because we saw

00:19:20.329 --> 00:19:24.349
the 25 % LFL, but specifically as Bill talked

00:19:24.349 --> 00:19:27.089
about earlier, you have the ability to name your

00:19:27.089 --> 00:19:30.710
sensors, so you can actually tell, okay, it was

00:19:30.710 --> 00:19:34.630
the number one sensor that's located on the left

00:19:34.630 --> 00:19:37.509
-hand side of the evaporator coil, and I know

00:19:37.509 --> 00:19:40.109
that's the one. that i need to pay attention

00:19:40.109 --> 00:19:43.349
to on the leak side oh now that's really adding

00:19:43.349 --> 00:19:46.450
some features to it you know if we think about

00:19:46.450 --> 00:19:49.089
a system that has multiple sensors and we're

00:19:49.089 --> 00:19:52.869
tracking that lfl and now we can actually track

00:19:52.869 --> 00:19:55.369
and graph we can monitor you know what if i have

00:19:55.369 --> 00:20:00.210
a sensor picking up a small amount of refrigerant

00:20:00.210 --> 00:20:03.549
leak at a particular time every day now i can

00:20:03.549 --> 00:20:06.210
go back and look at my trends and go oh that's

00:20:06.210 --> 00:20:08.990
when we went into hot gas defrost I better start

00:20:08.990 --> 00:20:11.529
looking for a leak on that loop. Yeah, that's

00:20:11.529 --> 00:20:16.829
a good, that is a very good point. So again,

00:20:16.950 --> 00:20:20.349
this is an intelligent system. It's full featured.

00:20:20.549 --> 00:20:24.650
It gives you the ability to expand your outputs

00:20:24.650 --> 00:20:28.869
on either adding relays or adding analog output.

00:20:30.089 --> 00:20:33.549
So very, very flexible in terms of control types.

00:20:34.279 --> 00:20:35.740
Will this be hitting the market pretty soon?

00:20:35.859 --> 00:20:38.980
It was released last October. Really? Wow. Yeah,

00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:41.039
it was released last October. We've been working

00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:46.200
with OEMs. So you know the first compliance date

00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:50.240
was January 1 of this year for AC equipment.

00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:54.519
So most of the AC manufacturers that are using

00:20:54.519 --> 00:20:58.680
this, they've already complied with UL or ETL

00:20:58.680 --> 00:21:02.109
or some other agency. And now we're continuing

00:21:02.109 --> 00:21:04.609
to work with commercial refrigeration manufacturers

00:21:04.609 --> 00:21:09.490
that, again, see the benefit of having a control

00:21:09.490 --> 00:21:13.589
that can do not only A2L leak detection and mitigation,

00:21:14.269 --> 00:21:17.190
but also some of the other functions that they're

00:21:17.190 --> 00:21:19.910
using the controller for today. you bet well

00:21:19.910 --> 00:21:22.390
you look at a you know refrigeration manufacturer

00:21:22.390 --> 00:21:25.470
you know if i am a component manufacturer and

00:21:25.470 --> 00:21:28.230
i'm going to be producing a say an evaporator

00:21:28.230 --> 00:21:30.369
coil and i don't know what refrigerant that is

00:21:30.369 --> 00:21:32.910
going to be installed on i now have one controller

00:21:32.910 --> 00:21:35.789
if i'm in an a1 refrigerant i just need my primary

00:21:35.789 --> 00:21:38.130
controller if i'm going to be going on to an

00:21:38.130 --> 00:21:40.750
a2l system i'm just adding a module and now i'm

00:21:40.750 --> 00:21:43.150
completely in compliance with that same base

00:21:43.150 --> 00:21:47.079
control you don't have to use a2l leak detection

00:21:47.079 --> 00:21:50.779
and mitigation yeah you can when it comes from

00:21:50.779 --> 00:21:53.960
the factory it's disabled yeah if you want to

00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:57.279
use it you enable it i think a lot of the customers

00:21:57.279 --> 00:22:00.500
we talked to keep too right a year and a half

00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:03.420
ago it was oh i've got to have a new controller

00:22:03.420 --> 00:22:06.980
designed or i've got to go back and have my 5

00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:11.940
000 controller capable of accepting sensors and

00:22:11.940 --> 00:22:16.700
you know we're coming in with a simple but very

00:22:16.700 --> 00:22:21.319
high value option for them and it's been amazing

00:22:21.319 --> 00:22:24.980
how many of them have said yours is plug and

00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:29.420
play for me oh yeah i don't have to redo my full

00:22:29.420 --> 00:22:32.500
controller for the building and everything else

00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:36.579
it fits right in and it's a cost -effective option

00:22:36.579 --> 00:22:39.420
to what we have now you're almost starting to

00:22:39.420 --> 00:22:42.900
get into the sensor side when you you're starting

00:22:42.900 --> 00:22:47.200
to talk about that Keith kind of leads into yeah

00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:51.000
just technology but what's continuing to evolve

00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:53.380
yeah it's an evolving landscape yeah so this

00:22:53.380 --> 00:22:58.440
particular sensor uses sound technology yeah

00:22:58.440 --> 00:23:03.140
so it's the fastest sensor out there sound technology

00:23:03.140 --> 00:23:07.180
is relatively new to leak detection but we've

00:23:07.180 --> 00:23:12.069
had several now of our customers actually do

00:23:12.069 --> 00:23:16.029
specific testing to make sure the sensor was

00:23:16.029 --> 00:23:19.549
picking up the right concentration and all of

00:23:19.549 --> 00:23:21.730
them the results have shown that that they're

00:23:21.730 --> 00:23:24.990
within spec certainly within spec so speed of

00:23:24.990 --> 00:23:28.130
sound there's simply put there's two stainless

00:23:28.130 --> 00:23:31.150
steel debt discs behind this hydrophobic screen

00:23:31.150 --> 00:23:34.329
this hydrophobic screen allows gases to pass

00:23:34.329 --> 00:23:38.430
through but sheds liquids so as that refrigerant

00:23:38.430 --> 00:23:41.869
leaks and that gas then pools inside the sensor

00:23:41.869 --> 00:23:46.690
cavity then it's going to measure not only the

00:23:46.690 --> 00:23:49.569
sound wave it's going to measure that because

00:23:49.569 --> 00:23:53.609
part of the ul60335 is that it's self -monitored

00:23:53.609 --> 00:23:56.849
right so every minute it checks its calibration

00:23:56.849 --> 00:24:00.650
against a temperature and humidity baseline why

00:24:00.650 --> 00:24:04.400
because speed of sound changes based on temperature

00:24:04.400 --> 00:24:07.140
and humidity right right so it's got a temperature

00:24:07.140 --> 00:24:14.019
and humidity sensor yeah not only that but it

00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:18.519
has a countdown so the life is 15 years right

00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:21.559
because it's communicating through modbus it

00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:25.660
is counting down how many days are left on the

00:24:25.660 --> 00:24:29.000
sensor when it gets to 90 days from the end of

00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:33.319
life if you just have the controller here is

00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:35.460
going to give you a badge or an alert saying

00:24:35.460 --> 00:24:37.480
you need change you're approaching this point

00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:41.799
right and then if you're connected to the cloud

00:24:41.799 --> 00:24:44.799
you're going to get start getting alerts on your

00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:48.759
smart device so you know at some point if you

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:51.039
don't change the sensor out it's going to go

00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:53.140
end of life right and your system's going to

00:24:53.140 --> 00:24:56.680
be down so that's another point of smart smart

00:24:56.680 --> 00:25:00.519
is not only is it functioning correctly is it

00:25:01.109 --> 00:25:03.750
within its lifespan. And that's been a big concern

00:25:03.750 --> 00:25:06.049
of technicians. You know, what is the life expectancy?

00:25:06.289 --> 00:25:07.789
How often do I need to replace these? There's

00:25:07.789 --> 00:25:10.509
been a lot of miscommunication amongst technicians

00:25:10.509 --> 00:25:13.170
not understanding that these have a life expectancy

00:25:13.170 --> 00:25:15.230
that's typically in the range of the equipment

00:25:15.230 --> 00:25:18.549
and understanding that some of our better sensors,

00:25:18.609 --> 00:25:20.630
I know this one very well, I've been studying

00:25:20.630 --> 00:25:22.450
the different types of technology we're using

00:25:22.450 --> 00:25:25.410
and it really has been a very accurate sensor

00:25:25.410 --> 00:25:29.759
and the whole communication component. Where

00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:32.440
the sensor actually knows its life and can give

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:34.519
us those alarms really simplifies the whole maintenance

00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:36.460
side. How do you make the contractor's life easier?

00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:38.960
That's it. Right? I mean, everybody's got so

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:42.200
much going on. The more information we can share

00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:45.779
with them, the smarter they are when they go

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:48.460
out on the job site. Yeah. Now, the other sensor

00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:50.960
that's been out there for a while, not only for

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:55.259
A2L, but for... just a general thing is ndir

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:59.539
non -dispersive infrared it's it's reliable it's

00:25:59.539 --> 00:26:02.839
just not as fast as speed of sound yep and when

00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:05.480
you're talking about refrigerant leaks you know

00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:08.799
you want something that's not only reliable but

00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:14.029
extremely fast i've seen a lot of our um even

00:26:14.029 --> 00:26:16.509
our portable refrigerant leak detection devices

00:26:16.509 --> 00:26:18.529
go into this technology. And I mean, it's really

00:26:18.529 --> 00:26:20.009
smart when we think about it. You know, some

00:26:20.009 --> 00:26:22.490
of our, many of our previous sensors, you know,

00:26:22.490 --> 00:26:24.710
had heated components to them. And whether they

00:26:24.710 --> 00:26:26.730
reached a high temperature threshold or not,

00:26:26.809 --> 00:26:29.049
they were heated components. And as we start

00:26:29.049 --> 00:26:31.670
looking at sensors that are detecting potentially

00:26:31.670 --> 00:26:36.710
mildly flammable gases using a technology that

00:26:36.710 --> 00:26:40.490
is low temperature as well as, you know, a lower

00:26:40.490 --> 00:26:43.259
amount of current. uh this makes for a smarter

00:26:43.259 --> 00:26:45.819
uh decision going forward i think personally

00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:50.140
okay we want to talk about the next step in the

00:26:50.140 --> 00:26:52.819
industries on sensors we're working on right

00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:56.920
everybody came out one refrigerant one sensor

00:26:56.920 --> 00:27:00.099
the way it works now we're along with a number

00:27:00.099 --> 00:27:03.319
of companies are working on a sensor for multiple

00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:08.000
refrigerators oh good yeah so yeah 454 a b or

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:15.019
c right 455a on one air conditioning and heating

00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:21.359
454b r32 think of the changes for the contractor

00:27:21.359 --> 00:27:25.039
on the truck for the wholesaler on inventory

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:28.859
it just makes again how do we make people's life

00:27:28.859 --> 00:27:32.440
much easier as they get to the job site yeah

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:35.819
so two things here one that i'll point out a

00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:39.369
lot of these sensors look alike But this one

00:27:39.369 --> 00:27:42.109
actually is powered by 24 volts. Constant then.

00:27:42.269 --> 00:27:45.349
And it's a Modbus sensor. Yeah. It's fully communicating.

00:27:45.349 --> 00:27:49.529
So it will only work with System 550. It requires

00:27:49.529 --> 00:27:54.130
a 24 -volt sensor. Supply. And it requires a

00:27:54.130 --> 00:27:57.109
Modbus communicating sensor. Nice. There are

00:27:57.109 --> 00:27:59.970
sensors that are out there that are a combination

00:27:59.970 --> 00:28:04.049
of Modbus and relay outputs. But the ones that

00:28:04.049 --> 00:28:07.480
use relay outputs, they work fine. but they don't

00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:09.180
have all the smarts that we're talking about

00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:10.819
here and i worry about those having excessive

00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:13.980
load uh you know i like a sensor to be a sensor

00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:18.359
yeah so the other thing bill talked about just

00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:22.059
to kind of tee off of that is yes i mean now

00:28:22.059 --> 00:28:26.279
we've got five different sensors one that's calibrated

00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:29.460
for each a2l refrigerant two on the hpc side

00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:32.559
three on the commercial refrigeration side right

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:35.200
in the future what you'll find is there'll be

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:39.750
a dual refrigerant on the HVAC side. So we'll

00:28:39.750 --> 00:28:43.549
have to take some compromises in terms of what

00:28:43.549 --> 00:28:47.569
the LFL level and what the trip point is. So

00:28:47.569 --> 00:28:51.750
on the HVAC side, you'll see one sensor for R32

00:28:51.750 --> 00:28:56.230
and R454B. But again, you will have probably

00:28:56.230 --> 00:29:01.369
a lower LFL trip point because those two refrigerants

00:29:01.880 --> 00:29:04.420
their properties are much different. And the

00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:07.319
refrigeration side of things. So you take worst

00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:11.059
case and go with that for your base. Yeah. And

00:29:11.059 --> 00:29:12.960
on the commercial refrigeration side, there'll

00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:15.579
be, as Bill said, there'll be three refrigerants

00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:22.240
starting with R454A, then R454C, and then R455A.

00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:27.519
So again, we will calibrate to what we call a

00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:31.710
lead refrigerant and that will set the LFL. trip

00:29:31.710 --> 00:29:35.829
point makes sense yeah interesting discussions

00:29:35.829 --> 00:29:40.269
too with propane and i've spent a lot of time

00:29:40.269 --> 00:29:43.069
talking to customers who are saying hey we'd

00:29:43.069 --> 00:29:46.630
like this type of setup if if our industry in

00:29:46.630 --> 00:29:49.890
north america decides we're going to go with

00:29:49.890 --> 00:29:53.029
bigger charges yeah than the 500 grams we have

00:29:53.029 --> 00:29:55.809
today right on self -contained they're doing

00:29:55.809 --> 00:29:59.099
that in other parts of the world can you bring

00:29:59.099 --> 00:30:02.640
this kind of capability for propane? It's perfect

00:30:02.640 --> 00:30:05.200
for that. Yeah. What we're saying is as the industry

00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:09.500
evolves, right, not just propane but other refrigerants,

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:13.000
then those are opportunities we'll take advantage

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:17.119
of to have a solution for the customers out there.

00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:21.880
Yeah, absolutely. I mean, the same sensors because

00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:26.650
it's really the technology. can be used for r290

00:30:26.650 --> 00:30:29.029
reprogrammed for different lfls they can be used

00:30:29.029 --> 00:30:31.849
for co2 as well yeah for sure and that's the

00:30:31.849 --> 00:30:34.329
thing is you know having this flexibility of

00:30:34.329 --> 00:30:37.190
you know being prepared for whatever is next

00:30:37.190 --> 00:30:39.630
um you know our our president you know howard

00:30:39.630 --> 00:30:41.910
weiss he always says we don't know what the next

00:30:41.910 --> 00:30:45.089
refrigerant is it might be milk if it is we're

00:30:45.089 --> 00:30:47.269
just going to educate an industry on how to work

00:30:47.269 --> 00:30:51.069
with milk and having a modular design gives us

00:30:51.069 --> 00:30:54.250
that flexibility of whatever comes next we have

00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:57.240
Minimal transition for that technician. And you're

00:30:57.240 --> 00:30:59.839
right. What's the easy button for them? Is it

00:30:59.839 --> 00:31:01.680
a matter of replacing a sensor and doing a little

00:31:01.680 --> 00:31:03.660
programming as we make a refrigerant change?

00:31:04.099 --> 00:31:06.619
Sounds like a pretty easy solution to me. I mean,

00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:08.640
we all would like some stability for the next

00:31:08.640 --> 00:31:12.740
few years as we get everybody trained up in understanding

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:15.599
the application. So hopefully we're not going

00:31:15.599 --> 00:31:19.400
to have too many changes in the foreseeable future

00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:21.819
here. Sure. Yeah, this will get us through that.

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:25.420
in that process all right and so are these available

00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:27.859
directly from johnson controls or the local distributor

00:31:27.859 --> 00:31:32.859
what is the process so um we have actually introduced

00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:37.599
we've discontinued one of the families that started

00:31:37.599 --> 00:31:42.259
the modular control system system 350 and so

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:45.599
we we actually have another version of system

00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:50.380
550 that has one sensor input Doesn't have A2L

00:31:50.380 --> 00:31:53.940
leak detection mitigation. Okay. And we've completed

00:31:53.940 --> 00:31:57.339
the firmware for that product. That is now available

00:31:57.339 --> 00:31:59.900
for purchase. We're in production now, and that's

00:31:59.900 --> 00:32:04.039
called our C550A control modules. Okay. So what

00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:08.500
you see here is a C550C. Yep. The A's are kind

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:10.599
of more simplistic controls. Standalone. System

00:32:10.599 --> 00:32:15.140
350, or to replace the old analog controls. What's

00:32:15.140 --> 00:32:18.519
unique about them is that... They have a guided

00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:22.599
setup. Oh, OK. So similar to you replacing like

00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:25.160
a spark plug in your car where you go in and

00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:27.940
say, OK, I've got this make and model. Here's

00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:30.339
my cross reference. You just basically go into

00:32:30.339 --> 00:32:34.220
the dial. You dial what your previous was replacing

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:36.880
and it will walk you through everything you need

00:32:36.880 --> 00:32:39.579
to do to configure that device. You go through,

00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:44.099
you configure that and then you're done. We're

00:32:44.099 --> 00:32:49.880
now. releasing firmware version 1 .2. Once that

00:32:49.880 --> 00:32:54.019
is in production then we will allow product to

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:58.019
flow not only to our OEM customers but also our

00:32:58.019 --> 00:33:01.400
network of authorized wholesalers. So that's

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:04.799
coming up at the end of August beginning of September.

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:07.420
you know one of the things that you'd mentioned

00:33:07.420 --> 00:33:11.759
was the the the cloud availability for monitoring

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:14.299
are there any programs or services that are available

00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:16.740
for doing the remote monitoring if i don't have

00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:18.680
an existing building management system that i

00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:21.900
might be tying into um well this would allow

00:33:21.900 --> 00:33:26.440
you to do that okay um and using the same you

00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:28.900
know safety or security protocol that a banking

00:33:28.900 --> 00:33:31.480
system would use oh wow so double encryption

00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:36.779
uh type of of technology um we use it in our

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:38.740
easy eye controllers yeah yeah like that's where

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:41.460
it trickled down oh sure it trickled down from

00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:44.599
our easy io we're using the same chipset but

00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:47.720
with extended memory in the system 550. that

00:33:47.720 --> 00:33:51.140
makes sense now yeah so with with a with a license

00:33:51.140 --> 00:33:53.619
that you buy through a subscription yeah and

00:33:53.619 --> 00:33:56.400
you can buy either one license you can buy 25

00:33:56.400 --> 00:34:00.400
licenses you can buy 50 you can buy 100 the more

00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:03.970
licenses you purchase at one time the lower the

00:34:03.970 --> 00:34:07.049
annual cost of that subscription yeah i bet very

00:34:07.049 --> 00:34:10.630
good so you can do that today through by purchasing

00:34:10.630 --> 00:34:13.269
a license okay a lot of solutions in a small

00:34:13.269 --> 00:34:16.929
package absolutely yeah simplicity with capability

00:34:16.929 --> 00:34:19.590
i mean that's the real key it's giving you all

00:34:19.590 --> 00:34:23.349
the capability you need but not having someone

00:34:23.349 --> 00:34:25.969
sit there for an hour frustrated at how to set

00:34:25.969 --> 00:34:29.429
it up it's easy it walks you through it right

00:34:29.429 --> 00:34:31.590
you can get it done you've got the capability

00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:37.019
and the value you get in this compared to brand

00:34:37.019 --> 00:34:39.800
new control systems and everything else is absolutely

00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:42.260
tremendous. I can see that. I think it's going

00:34:42.260 --> 00:34:45.409
to be the name of this episode. Simplicity or

00:34:45.409 --> 00:34:48.809
capability. I like that a lot. Gentlemen, thank

00:34:48.809 --> 00:34:51.050
you so much for joining us today. We're really

00:34:51.050 --> 00:34:52.809
curious to learn more about the products as we

00:34:52.809 --> 00:34:55.050
make these transitions and evolutions. Where

00:34:55.050 --> 00:34:57.510
can the audience learn more about Johnson Controls

00:34:57.510 --> 00:34:59.050
and the solutions that are provided by Johnson

00:34:59.050 --> 00:35:02.110
Controls? Yeah, probably the best place to go

00:35:02.110 --> 00:35:05.969
is to the Penn Controls website. And that's PennControls

00:35:05.969 --> 00:35:10.409
.com. You'll see a whole section on System 550

00:35:10.409 --> 00:35:13.349
and anything else we offer under the Penn brand

00:35:13.349 --> 00:35:15.510
name. Very good. All right. So everyone check

00:35:15.510 --> 00:35:17.250
it out. Learn a little bit more about our A2L

00:35:17.250 --> 00:35:19.309
transition and the solutions that are available

00:35:19.309 --> 00:35:20.889
to you. Thank you, gentlemen.
