Eaton SC100 Operation Handbook

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    Sc100 system controller operation handbook issue: ipn 997-00012-63c issue date: august 2011 eaton corporation telecommunications power solutions dcpower.Eaton.Com dcinfo@eaton.Com.

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    The product discussed in this literature is subject to terms and conditions outlined in eaton selling policies. The sole source governing the rights and remedies of any purchaser of this equipment is the relevant eaton selling policy. No warranties, express or implied, including warranties of fitnes...

  • Page 3: About This Guide

    About this guide copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 i about t his gui de scope this guide covers operation of the sc100 system controller version 2.12 or later. Audience this guide is intended for use by: installers competent in: installing an...

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    Sc100 handbook ii copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Table of contents copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 iii tabl e of c ont ents about this guide scope ........................................................................................................................................... I ...

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    Sc100 handbook iv copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 input/output (i/o) ................................................................................................................ 40 analog system values .....................................

  • Page 7: General Description

    Chapter 1 general description copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 1 c h a p t e r 1 gener al d escription overview topic page sc100 system controller 2 input/output board 2 connections 4 compatible software 4.

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    Sc100 handbook 2 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 sc100 system controller the sc100 system controller is a full-featured control and monitoring solution which provides alarm notifications via dial-out modem to powermanagerii remote monitorin...

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    General description copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 3 bus voltage sense input - xh9 power/comms ok led (green) digital inputs d1-d6 (6 user defined) - xh15a, xh15b digital (relay) outputs ry1-ry6 (6) - xh16-xh21 lvd contactor 2 status led (...

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    Sc100 handbook 4 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 connections the following diagram shows the connections between the sc100, the i/o board, the other dc power system components and external devices. Sc100 system controller i/o board voltage ...

  • Page 11: Sc100 Operation

    Chapter 2 sc100 operation copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 5 c h a p t e r 2 sc100 o perati on overview topic page configuration file 6 starting the sc100 6 sc100 operation using the keypad and screen 8 sc100 operation using a pc/laptop 9 sc...

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    Sc100 handbook 6 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 configuration file the operational settings of the dc power system are stored in a configuration file loaded into the sc100 system controller. The sc100 is supplied pre-loaded with a configur...

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    Sc100 operation copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 7 any active alarms are displayed in rotation. Scroll to show any other rectifiers. List of any active alarms. Operate control processes. Sc100, i/o board and rectifier identity information. C...

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    Sc100 handbook 8 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 sc100 operation using the keypad and screen navigation symbol function move up/down to previous/next screen. Move up/down in a list (hold to go to the top or bottom of the list). Highlight op...

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    Sc100 operation copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 9 alarm indicators visual indicators power on led (green) minor alarm led (yellow) critical/major alarm led (red) ??? The system value cannot be displayed because of a failed, disconnected or ...

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    Sc100 handbook 10 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 ► to connect a pc/laptop to the sc100: 1 download the latest version of dctools from: dcpower.Eaton.Com/downloads. 2 install dctools on the pc/laptop. 3 connect a null-modem cable from the c...

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    Sc100 operation copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 11 sc100 identity information the following identity information is stored in the sc100. Parameter description where to find: serial number the sc100 serial number (factory set). Sc100: menu >...

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    Sc100 handbook 12 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011.

  • Page 19: System Operation

    Chapter 3 system operation copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 13 c h a p t e r 3 syst em operation overview topic page voltage control 14 rectifiers 22 low voltage disconnect (lvd) 27 alarms 31 batteries 36 input/output (i/o) 40 data logging 4...

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    Sc100 handbook 14 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 voltage control the output voltage of the rectifiers is controlled by a number of control processes. The following diagram shows the various control processes, measured values and operating ...

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    System operation copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 15 active voltage control (avc) active voltage control maintains a constant float voltage under varying load current by monitoring the bus voltage and adjusting the rectifier output voltage t...

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    Sc100 handbook 16 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 information the following information is available about bcl. Parameter description where to find: state indicates if bcl is active or inactive. Sc100: menu > configuration > battery current...

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    System operation copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 17 ► to enable battery test (or to start or stop a test manually) use the sc100 keypad to go to: menu > configuration > battery test > edit . Or, in dctools go to: control processes > battery...

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    Sc100 handbook 18 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 equalize equalize charges batteries at a higher voltage after they have been fully charged to ensure that all individual cell voltages are the same, that electrolyte is distributed evenly, a...

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    System operation copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 19 fast charge after an ac supply failure, fast charge automatically increases the float voltage of the power system to recharge the batteries as quickly as possible. Enable fast charge if th...

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    Sc100 handbook 20 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 configuration set the following parameters. Parameter description where to find: voltage the bus voltage maintained during a fast charge. Use the value recommended by the battery manufacture...

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    System operation copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 21 temperature compensation as the ambient temperature of a battery drops (or rises) the voltage required to maintain full charge increases (or decreases). Temperature compensation automatica...

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    Sc100 handbook 22 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 rectifiers the sc100 registers all rectifier modules as they are inserted into the dc power system. Information the following information is available from rectifiers. Parameter description ...

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    System operation copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 23 common rectifier configuration the following parameters (common to all rectifiers) can be configured. Parameter description where to find: rectifier (dc) current limit the output current l...

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    Sc100 handbook 24 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 rectifier shutdown manual rectifier shutdown ► to shut down a rectifier in dctools go to: rectifiers > configuration . Set rectifier shutdown to enabled . In the rectifiers table select the ...

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    System operation copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 25 ► to enable load based rectifier shutdown in dctools go to: rectifiers > load based rectifier shutdown ensure that rectifier start up delay is less than 30 seconds. See information on page...

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    Sc100 handbook 26 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 lbrs test the lbrs test function will cycle the rectifiers once. Lbrs test is not available if lbrs is disabled , suspended or inactive. If battery test before lbrs is enabled then a battery...

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    System operation copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 27 ► to set auxiliary temperature shutdown in dctools go to control processes > lvd . Set the auxiliary temperature high/low thresholds and hysteresis values as required. See system alarms on...

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    Sc100 handbook 28 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 the sc100 has two lvd control channels (lvd1 and lvd2) with three modes of operation: 1 normal mode : in this mode lvd2 slave mode and ac timer mode are disabled, and lvd2 (if enabled) will ...

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    System operation copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 29 factory-fitted contactors will be characterized at the factory. If an existing contactor is replaced, characterize the new contactor from the sc100. In this case, there will be no lvd char...

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    Sc100 handbook 30 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 configuration the following parameters must be configured to set the lvds. Parameter description where to find: inhibit period the minimum time an lvd stays connected or disconnected before ...

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    System operation copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 31 auxiliary temperature disconnect this feature requires a second temperature sensor connected to the i/o board. An lvd can be set to disconnect if the temperature measured by the auxiliary ...

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    Sc100 handbook 32 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 active alarm indications all alarms have a configured severity: critical major minor warning the severity determines how an active alarm is indicated: severity alarm indications details sc10...

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    System operation copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 33 common alarm parameters the following parameters are common to multiple alarms. Parameter description where to find: enable audible alarm indication enable or disable the audible alarm ind...

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    Sc100 handbook 34 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 system alarm configuration the following system alarm parameters can be configured. Parameter description where to find: severity set to disabled if no indication is required when the alarm ...

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    System operation copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 35 parameter description where to find: battery charge over current threshold battery charge over current alarm is activated if the battery charge current is above this percentage of the batt...

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    Sc100 handbook 36 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 configuration set the following parameters. Parameter description where to find: system overload alarm parameters see system alarm configuration on page 34 . Dctools: alarms > alarm states s...

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    System operation copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 37 batteries configuration the following battery parameters must be configured. Parameter description where to find: cells per string the number of 2v cells per battery string (for example: 2...

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    Sc100 handbook 38 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 information the following information is available about battery characterization . Parameter description where to find: state locked out: a characterization cannot start. See lock out remai...

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    System operation copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 39 2 check that all battery strings are fully charged. When a battery is fully charged, the battery charge state will be float and ah discharged will be zero. See batteries on page 36 . 3 che...

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    Sc100 handbook 40 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 scheduled battery characterization use the following procedure to schedule regular battery characterization discharges. Each battery characterization discharge will update the characterizati...

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    System operation copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 41 analog system values the sc100 provides the following system analog values. Parameter description where to find: bus voltage the system bus voltage from the bus voltage sensor. If the bus ...

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    Sc100 handbook 42 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 system states the sc100 monitors the following system states to provide an overview of the dc power system's operation. Name description where to find: acd fan fail indicates the state of th...

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    System operation copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 43 ► to test a digital output in dctools go to digital outputs : expand the digital outputs table. In the test state column select relay active or relay inactive . The corresponding digital o...

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    Sc100 handbook 44 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 ► to view and save the event log in dctools go to: event log . Wait for the log entries to download from the sc100. If required, click save to file ... To save the log to a file (type a file...

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    System operation copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 45.

  • Page 53: Communications

    Chapter 4 communications copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 47 c h a p t e r 4 communications overview topic page communications options 48 direct rs232 communications 48 pstn modem communications 49 gsm modem communications 51 serial communic...

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    Sc100 handbook 48 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 communications options the sc100 system controller has a standard rs232 serial interface (xs1) for communication with a local or remote pc or laptop. See the diagram on page 2 for location o...

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    Communications copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 49 pstn modem communications connections the pc modem may be external to the pc (as shown) or internal. Sc100 system controller pc/laptop with powermanagerii and/or dctools. Rs232 modem cable (...

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    Sc100 handbook 50 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 4 if the sc100 is to report alarms to powermanagerii then click on + to expand powermanager callback . Configure the following settings: alarm report: select the type of event(s) that will i...

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    Communications copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 51 6 press ok. Dctools/powermanagerii will now connect to the sc100. 7 see system operation on page 13 for details of the sc100 control and monitoring functions available via dctools . For help...

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    Sc100 handbook 52 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 the modem at command should not be included as it is automatically sent. The auto-answer rings parameter is also sent, so it does not need to be included here. For complete details of approp...

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    Communications copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 53 6 press ok. Dctools/powermanagerii will now connect to the sc100. 7 see system operation on page 13 for details of the sc100 control and monitoring functions available via dctools . For help...

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    Sc100 handbook 54 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 ► to clear or change a write access password 1 connect to the sc100 with dctools (see details on page 48 ). 2 go to configuration > communications 3 type a new password into the write access...

  • Page 61: Maintenance

    Chapter 5 maintenance copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 55 c h a p t e r 5 maint enanc e overview the dc power system contains hazardous voltages and hazardous energy levels. Before undertaking any maintenance task refer to the warnings in th...

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    Sc100 handbook 56 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 troubleshooting use the table to troubleshoot minor installation and operational problems. For additional assistance see contact details on page 75 . Return items for replacement or repair w...

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    Maintenance copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 57 problem possible cause required action sc100 or dctools displays ??? Or n/a failed, disconnected or unconfigured sensor. Replace, connect or configure sensor. Faulty or disconnected voltage fee...

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    Sc100 handbook 58 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 problem possible cause required action lvd status led(s) flashing. The contactor is in the wrong state (sc100 internal state does not match signal from contactor auxiliary switch). Check the...

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    Maintenance copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 59 replacing the system controller or i/o board the sc100 system controller or the i/o board can be replaced without switching off the dc power system and disconnecting the equipment it powers. Th...

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    Sc100 handbook 60 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011.

  • Page 67: Specifications

    Appendix a specifications copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 61 a p p e n d i x a specific ati ons sc100 system controller communications rs232 interface: rs232 (dte) connector: db9m external modem options type: pstn or gsm operation: dial in/...

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    Sc100 handbook 62 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 temperature sense inputs (iobgp) number of temperature sense inputs 2 one only connected as standard. Second input available (requires additional temperature sensor). Range 2.53v to 3.43v (-...

  • Page 69: Alarm Descriptions

    Appendix b alarm descriptions copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 63 a p p e n d i x b alar m d escriptions ac fail all rectifiers report ac supply failure or a digital input with function set to "ac fail" is active. Ac high the ac voltage is a...

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    Sc100 handbook 64 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 bus voltage sensor fail the system bus voltage (as measured by the bus voltage sensor) is more than from 2.0v away from the corrected average rectifier output voltage. If the bus voltage sen...

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    Alarm descriptions copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 65 rectifier current limit rectifier(s) in current limit. Rectifier fail a rectifier is faulty or its ac supply has failed without causing partial or total ac supply failure. Rectifier no l...

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    Sc100 handbook 66 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011.

  • Page 73: Connector Pin-Outs

    Appendix c connector pin-outs copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 67 a p p e n d i x c connect or pi n-outs system controller connector pin-outs connector type purpose pin description xs1 db9m rs232 serial interface 1 - 2 rd (receive data) 3 td...

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    Sc100 handbook 68 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 i/o board (iobgp-00, -01) connector pin-outs see input and output specifications on page 61 . Connector type purpose pin description xh4 mta 156 lvd 1 interface 1 coil - 2 coil + 3 lvd 1 aux...

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    Connector pin-outs copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 69 connector type purpose pin description 3 d2 input 4 0v 5 d3 input 6 0v xh15b digital inputs d4-d6 1 d4 input 2 0v 3 d5 input 4 0v 5 d6 input 6 0v xh16/xh17 digital relay outputs 1-2 1 re...

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    Sc100 handbook 70 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 connector type purpose pin description yh11 rj45 rxp system communications 1 +24/48v (system bus voltage) 2 +24/48v (system bus voltage) 3 - 4 rs485-a 5 rs485-b 6 - 7 0v 8 0v * digital outpu...

  • Page 77: System Event Types

    Appendix d system event types copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 71 a p p e n d i x d syst em event t ypes event type description additional event information ai high activation an analog input high threshold alarm has become active. Analog in...

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    Sc100 handbook 72 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011.

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    Copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 73 equipment i nci dent report equipment incident report please enter as much information as you can. Send the completed form, together with the item for repair to your nearest authorized service agent. Note:...

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    74 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 information continued (fault details, circumstances, consequences, actions) ______________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________...

  • Page 81: Worldwide Support

    Worldwide support copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 75 worldwide support for product information and a complete listing of worldwide sales offices, visit eaton's website at: dcpower.Eaton.Com or email: dcinfo@eaton.Com for technical support c...

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    Sc100 handbook 76 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011.

  • Page 83: Index

    Index copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 77 index a ac rectifier current limit • 23 ac supply ac fail alarm • 32, 33, 61 ac voltage • 6, 27, 40 phase voltages • 6, 27, 40 acd fan fail alarm • 41, 61 active voltage control • 14, 15 alarms • 31 ...

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    Sc100 handbook 78 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 config error alarm • 62 configuration menu • 6 control • 6, see voltage control current battery current • 6, 40, 54 load current • 6, 40, 54 no load alarm • 63 rectifier current • 6, 40 curr...

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    Index copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 79 load fuses • 56 load power • 40 load-based rectifier shutdown • 24 locate rectifier • see identify a rectifier log • see data logging low batt temp alarm • 32, 33, 62 low load alarm • 32, 33, 62 low ...

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    Sc100 handbook 80 copyright © 2008-2011 eaton corporation. All rights reserved. Ipn 997-00012-63c august 2011 repair and return • 70 replacing the system controller • 57 sc100 alarms • 6, 9, 31, 33, 54 security • see keypad access security startup • 6 security keypad access security • 8 write access...