Multiplexing allows users to more efficiently create, populate, modify, and edit large ApacheHVAC networks, considerably reducing the project workload. Multiplexing gives users the ability to condense any ApacheHVAC network to a more manageable format.
Multiplex Toolbar
The multiplex feature can be used on a total system level, just at the zone level, or for nearly any other subset of a system (see rules for multiplexes, below). The example below is a 4-zone network with fan-coil units for each zone and a common outside air system. Figure 3-1 shows the network setup without the multiplex feature; Figure 3-2 shows the equivalent multiplexed network.
Figure 3 - 1 : Non-multiplexed ApacheHVAC network
Figure 3 - 2 : Equivalent ApacheHVAC network with Multiplex. The image on the right is depicting the additional layers that are effectively hidden “under” the currently selected Display Layer.
