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VRV Xpress

Daikin Europe NV
Tom Roels
Zandvoordestraat 300, 8400 Oostende (Belgium)
T: (+32) 59 55 84 13
F: (+32) 59 55 83 90
E: roels.t@daikineurope.com
http://www.daikineurope.com

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Tom Roels
T: (+32) 59 55 84 13, F: (+32) 59 55 83 90, E: roels.t@daikineurope.com
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Table of contents

1 Aim of the development ............................................................................1
2 General features.......................................................................................1
3 Logical steps.............................................................................................1
4 Indoor units tab page................................................................................1
4.1 Add indoor units.................................................................................2
4.1.1 Automatic selection ....................................................................3
4.1.2 Manual selection.........................................................................3
4.2 Preferences screen ...........................................................................4
4.2.1 Units tab page ............................................................................4
4.2.2 Diagrams tab page.....................................................................4
4.3 Save a project....................................................................................5
5 Outdoor units tab page .............................................................................5
5.1 Add an outdoor unit ...........................................................................6
5.1.1 Selecting a heat pump/cooling only VRV outdoor unit................7
5.1.2 Selecting a heat recovery VRV outdoor unit...............................8
6 Piping tab page.........................................................................................9
6.1 Changing the piping diagram...........................................................11
6.1.1 Changing the position of joints .................................................11
6.1.2 Changing the order of the indoor units .....................................11
7 Wiring tab page.......................................................................................12
7.1 Indoor unit remote controller............................................................12
7.2 Indoor unit options...........................................................................14
7.3 Outdoor unit options ........................................................................14
8 Centralised controller tab page...............................................................14
9 Reports tab page ....................................................................................15
9.1 Print parameters..............................................................................17

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1 Aim of the development
Day to day VRV jobs
Super quick selection tool for VRV systems
Supporting tool for sales people
Fully automated piping and wiring diagram
Size < 3MB means e-mail able
User friendly and self explanatory selection tool
2 General features
No setup or installation is required. Double click the file VRV
Xpress.exe and all necessary settings are done.
The software makes a shortcut on your taskbar in Start > Programs >
Daikin > VRV Xpress
The extension of the software is *.vrv. Double clicking a saved file will
automatically start the VRV Xpress.exe software.
3 Logical steps
The logical steps in the VRV Xpress are:
1. Add indoor units to a list (Indoor units tab page)
2. Connect indoor units to outdoor units (Outdoor units tab page)
3. Make changes to the piping diagram (Piping tab page)
4. Make changes to the wiring diagram (Wiring tab page)
5. Define the centralised controllers (Centralised controller tab page)
6. Make a report (Reports tab page)
4 Indoor units tab page
When starting up the software the below screen appears:

Project name Enter the name of the project. The project name is printed
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on the reports.
Reference Enter a reference number. The reference number is
printed on the reports.
Client name Enter the client name. The client name is printed on the
reports.
Client address Enter the coordinates of the client. The coordinates of the
client are printed on the reports.
Refrigerant Choose your desired refrigerant.

Add indoor units to the list (see chapter 4.1 Add indoor
units)

Edit an indoor unit that has already been added to the list.

Delete an indoor unit from the list.

Move an indoor unit one position up.

Move an indoor unit one position down.

Start a new project.

Open an existing project

Save your project (see chapter 4.3 Save a project).

Exit VRV Xpress

Opens the Preferences screen (see chapter 4.2
Preferences screen)

Opens the about box.
4.1 Add indoor units
When clicking the Add indoor units button ( ) the below dialog appears:

Name Name of the indoor unit (e.g. bathroom 1, living room 1,
office 1, )
Manual selection With this option the user can switch between manual
selection and automatic selection of the indoor units (see
chapters 4.1.1 Automatic selection and 4.1.2 Manual
selection)
Design criteria Depending on whether you have selected the manual
selection or automatic selection of the indoor units this
screen will change (see chapters 4.1.1 Automatic
selection and 4.1.2 Manual selection).

Every time you push this button an indoor unit will be
added to the list

Close the Edit indoor unit selection dialog.
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Select options for the selected indoor unit.
4.1.1 Automatic selection
If the checkmark Manual selection is unchecked you can enter an indoor unit
using the automatic selection:

office 1, )
Family You can select the desired family from the drop down
box.
Design criteria You can enter the
- Cooling temperature
- Heating temperature
- Required total cooling capacity
- Required sensible cooling capacity
- Required heating capacity
Note:
1. The software tries to cover the worst case
scenario. This means that if you enter total,
sensible and heating capacity the software will
make an indoor unit selection to cover the worst
case scenario.
2. If total, sensible or heating capacity values are not
available just leave them blank or enter 0.

added to the list



4.1.2 Manual selection
If the checkmark Manual selection is checked you can enter an indoor unit
using the manual selection (this means that you select the indoor units from a
drop down list):

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office 1, )
Family You can select the desired family from the drop down
box.
Model You can select the desired model from the drop down
box.
Design criteria You can enter the Cooling temperature and the heating
temperature.

added to the list


4.2 Preferences screen
Pushing the button will pop up the preferences screen:

4.2.1 Units tab page

The user can select his units to display:
- Temperature (C;F)
- Short length (mm;inch)
- Airflow (l/s;m/h;m/s)
- Capacity (kW;kcal/h;BTU/h;Ton)
4.2.2 Diagrams tab page

The user can select the colour and representation of:
- Devices drawing colour
- Devices fill colour
- Piping 2 pipes
- Piping 3 pipes
- Piping Oil equalizing line
- Wiring F1F2
- Wiring P1P2
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- Wiring Q1Q2
- Wiring Power lines
The user can select between below representations:
- Solid 1pt
- Solid 2pt
- Solid 3pt
- Dotted
- Dashed
- Dash-dotted
Note:
- To change the colour simply click the colour icon next to the item.
- To change the representation simply make your selection from the
dropdown box.
4.3 Save a project
Every time you save a project the software will automatically add the date and
hour when you started your session of the VRV Xpress:

This feature is very interesting to keep the history of changes to a certain
project.
A session starts from the moment you started a project with the VRV Xpress
or you opened an existing project.
5 Outdoor units tab page
The outdoor unit tab page is only available from the moment an indoor unit
has been added:

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Name Tree containing an overview of indoor units and BS boxes
connected to outdoor units.
Indoor units not
yet attached
This list gives an overview of indoor units not yet attached
to an outdoor unit

Add an outdoor unit (see chapter 5.1 Add an outdoor unit
for further details)

Edit the selected item in the tree view. The item can be:
- an indoor unit
- a BS Box
- an outdoor unit

Delete the selected item in the tree view. The item can
be:
- an indoor unit
- a BS Box
- an outdoor unit
Note
1. If you delete an outdoor unit with connected indoor
units results in indoor units being moved to the
Indoor units not yet attached list.
2. The same applies when deleting a BS Box.
5.1 Add an outdoor unit
When clicking the Add an outdoor unit button ( ) the below screen
appears:

Name Name of the outdoor unit (e.g. Outdoor SE, OU NW,
)
Model Selected outdoor unit model
Family Family of the outdoor unit:
- Heat pump
- Heat recovery
- Cooling only
Combination % Select the maximum allowed combination % from the
list (100%, 110%, 120% or 130%)
Capacity index
Maximum for model
Displays the maximum capacity index for the selected
outdoor unit model.
Capacity index
Actual
Displays the sum of indoor unit capacity indexes
already connected to this outdoor unit.
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Cooling outdoor
temperature
Enter the design outdoor temperature for cooling.
Heating outdoor
temperature
Enter the design outdoor temperature for heating
Available capacities
Cooling
The available cooling capacity of the outdoor unit.
Available capacities
Heating
The available heating capacity of the outdoor unit.
Note:
The calculation takes into account the freeze up
correction factor.
(Optional) piping
length
You can enter the piping length between the outdoor
unit and the indoor unit most far away from the
outdoor unit. The software will recalculate the
capacities of the indoor units taken into account the
capacity correction factor.
Note:
If you do not want to take into account piping
correction factors you just enter 0 as length!

Click this button to select options for the selected
outdoor unit.
5.1.1 Selecting a heat pump/cooling only VRV outdoor unit
Follow these steps to attach indoor units to the outdoor unit:
1. Highlight the indoor unit that has to be connected to the outdoor unit
2. Drag the indoor unit (= select the indoor unit and hold down the left
mouse button) and drop the indoor unit on the outdoor unit (= while
holding down the left mouse button and keep the indoor unit selected
you have to move to the outdoor unit).
Note
As long as you did not reach the outdoor unit the mouse pointer will look as
shown below:

Once you moved upon the outdoor unit the mouse pointer will look as shown
below:

Once this icon appears you can release your left mouse button and the indoor
unit will be attached to the outdoor unit:
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Note:
You can also first multiple select the indoor units that have to be connected to
an outdoor unit (= while holding down the shift/ctrl key you select the indoor
units). Afterwards you drag and drop the selected indoor units to the outdoor
unit.
Note:
Deselecting an indoor unit from the outdoor unit works in the same way as
selecting indoor units, but now you have to move indoor units away from the
outdoor unit and drop them into the Available indoor units list.
5.1.2 Selecting a heat recovery VRV outdoor unit
The difference between a heat pump and a heat recovery unit is the use of BS
Boxes.
Once you selected heat recovery as outdoor unit family an additional button
will appear on your screen:

Follow these steps to add a BX Box:
1. Click the button Add BS Box
The below screen appears:

Additional button to
add BS Boxes
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2. Drag and drop indoor units from the Available indoor units list onto the
BS Box.
3. Click the OK button
The BS Box and its indoor units are connected to the outdoor unit:

6 Piping tab page
Once you have selected an outdoor unit the piping tab page becomes
available:

Note:
As you can see the software tool will generate a fully automated piping
diagram. The piping diagrams are generated using joints.
To change the order of the indoor units: see chapter 6.1.2 Changing the order
of the indoor units.

Outdoor unit Select an outdoor unit from the drop down box and
see its corresponding piping diagram.

Clicking this button will pop up the example on how to
change the piping diagram (see chapter 6.1.1
Changing the position of joints)

Reset the current piping diagram to its original piping
setup. This can be very useful if you change the
piping diagram and you notice you have made a
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mistake (see chapter 6.1 Changing the piping
diagram)
Full size If this option is checked then the piping diagram will
look as follows:

If this option is deselected then the piping diagram will
look as follows:

This feature is very useful in case you have more than
10 indoor units connected to an outdoor unit. In this
way you can keep track of your actions.
Vertical If this option is checked then the piping diagram will
look as follows:

If this option is deselected then the piping diagram will
look as follows:
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6.1 Changing the piping diagram
The VRV Xpress allows the user to make modifications to the piping diagram.
You can:
- change the position of the joints
- change the order of the indoor units.
6.1.1 Changing the position of joints
To change the position of the joint you simply click on the indoor unit on the
piping diagram.
The logic to change the position is explained more in detail with below graph:

6.1.2 Changing the order of the indoor units
Follow these steps to change the order of the indoor units that are connected
to the outdoor unit:
1. Return to the tab page Outdoor unit
2. Expand the outdoor unit that has to be changed
3. Select the indoor unit
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4. Drag and drop the indoor unit to its new position
7 Wiring tab page
Once you have selected an outdoor unit the wiring tab page becomes
available:

Note:
As you can see the software tool will generate a fully automated wiring
diagram. The wiring diagram follows the piping diagram.
All indoor units have by default a remote controller. To remove a remote
controller from an indoor unit or interwire indoor units with one remote
controller see chapter 7.1 Indoor unit remote controller.
To select options for the indoor units see chapter 7.2 Indoor unit options.
To select options for the outdoor units see chapter 7.3 Outdoor unit options.
7.1 Indoor unit remote controller
Suppose you have the below wiring diagram:

Ind 2 does not need a remote controller and has to be controlled by the
remote controller of Ind 3.

Follow these steps to interwire indoor units on one remote controller:
1. Right click the indoor unit that needs no remote controller
A pop up menu appears:
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2. Choose select options from the menu
The below screen appears:

3. Highlight the Wired Remote controller in the Selected options list and
click the Remove button.
The wired remote controller is removed from the 'Selected options' list.
4. Click the OK button
The remote controller is removed from Ind 2.

5. Right click Ind 2 and select Remote Controller previous if the current
indoor unit has to be controlled by the previous indoor unit in the list (in
this case Ind 1) or Remote Controller next if the current indoor unit
has to be controlled by the next indoor unit in the list (in this case Ind
3). In this case you have to select Remote Controller next.
The wiring diagram will change as shown below:

Note:
To remove the interwire connection:
1. Right click the Indoor unit that is controlled by another indoor unit
2. Choose No remote controller from the pop up menu
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7.2 Indoor unit options
Follow these steps to select options for indoor units:
1. Right click an indoor unit on the wiring diagram
2. Choose Select options from the pop up menu
The Used options screen appears:

3. Highlight an option and click the Select button
The selected option will move to the Selected Options screen.
7.3 Outdoor unit options
Follow these steps to select options for outdoor units:
1. Right click an indoor unit on the wiring diagram
2. Choose Select options from the pop up menu
The Used options screen appears:

3. Highlight an option and click the Select button
The selected option will move to the Selected Options screen.
8 Centralised controller tab page
Once the piping and wiring diagram are finished you can switch to the
selection of centralised controllers (if you require them):
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Centralized controllers Select the desired centralised control system or
combination of control systems from the list. VRV
Xpress will immediately give you an indication of
required number of centralised control systems
and will make a proposal of connection.
Management system Select the desired management system from the
list.

Example:

9 Reports tab page
Once you have finished the project you can switch to the Reports tab page:
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Report contents Select the items that have to be included in the
report:
- Material list (= bill of material)
- Indoor unit details (= overview of all
indoor units)
- Outdoor unit details (= overview of all
outdoor units)
- Piping diagrams (= include the piping
diagrams in the report)
- Vertical (= if this option is checked then
the piping diagrams are printed in a
vertical way. If the option is unchecked
the piping diagrams are printed in a
horizontal way)
- Wiring diagrams (= overview of wiring
diagrams and centralised controllers).
Systems included in the
reports
Select the systems for which you need a
report.

Export to word

Opens up the Print parameters dialog (see
chapter 9.1 Print parameters)
Open in word processor If this option is checked the report will open in
Microsoft Word. If this option is unchecked the
report will be saved to the hard drive.

Export to excel (the files will be saved as *.csv
file).
What can be exported as *.csv file?
- Material list
- Indoor unit details
- Outdoor unit details
Open in spreadsheet If this option is checked the report will open in
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your spreadsheet software. If this option is
unchecked the report will be saved to the hard
drive.
Project not yet complete Overview of errors/warnings still available in
your project. If everything is correct than this
box will not appear.

9.1 Print parameters
When clicking the Print parameter button ( ) the Print parameter dialog
appears:

In this dialog you can:
- enter three lines of text (e.g. company name, address, telephone
number,)
- upload your distributor logo
These parameters will be used when generating the report:
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Distributor logo
Text lines
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