Subfield suggestion flap for HVAC indoor DX units

[gerrykou]

Do you think worth including flap or another word , for HVAC indoor DX unit moving flaps, used to control airflow - direction. flap_mode(start / stop)

Instead damper can be used that is already in subfields, but dampers use to control airflow - volume etc and have position as control point.

[tasodorff]

@gerrykou can you give me an example of this? I think I know what you are talking about -- we refer to these sometimes as guide vanes. If so, we already have a more descriptive term for this called guidevane, which is the typical terminology I've seen in the past: it controls flow direction. So you could have individual fields for both the control damper and the guide vanes, assuming that the device has both.

[gerrykou]

@tasodorff I was talking about the blades that are responsible for the up/down swing in split units https://www.fujitsu-general.com/shared/g-eu/img-0000-split-floor-double-auto-swing-01.png An other option is to include swing as a subfield, so then swing_mode could be used instead of blade_mode or flap_mode.

[tasodorff]

Oh interesting. What modes do these blades operate in? Is there another document you can link me that describes the behavior? I think I would be okay with blade but I want to think about it in the context of a specific device.

[gerrykou]

@tasodorff https://www.manualslib.com/manual/836455/Daikin-Ftyn25dv3b-Aty20dv2.html?page=48#manual they also call them louvers.

[mschulze17]

@tasodorff ping

[tasodorff]

@gerrykou I think either louver or blade would be appropriate; since louver seems more specific, I think that is what we should go with (blade could refer to any sharp edge, and it might be too confusing to add a specific definition to it).

Please proceed with louver.