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1. D01998 Time s 17 600 View Control Watts PHI PPAT REAL TIME CLEAR LOG Frequency PHI PPAT WA PHI PPAT War PHI PPAT 2 3 A 5 6 7 g 9 1231 58 150 1231 52 197 143200166 123291 197 1232402 198 123 503 1598 1232404 151 123205 198 13206167 13207 1938 143208167 T2308 199 26 999 Hz 27 000 Hz 26 999 Hz 27 000 Hz 26 599 Hz 21001 Hz 26 999 Hz 27 001 Hz 2 001 Hz 27 000 Hz 27 000 Hz 27 000 Hz 6 7413 W 6 7450 W 6 7406 W 6 7457 W 6 7495 W 6 7594 W TEET W 6 7585 W 6 7650 W 6 7637 W 6 7635 W 6 7518 W 21 554 VA 21 550 VA 21 576 VA 27 590 VA 21 582 VA 21 575 VA 21 616 VA 21 614 VA 21 596 VA 21 610 VA 21 519 VA 21 621 VA 20 504 VAT DAFI WAT 20495 WAT 20509 VAT 20 499 VAr 20 489 WAT 20 529 WAT 20 527 WAT 20 509 VAr 20 525 VAT 20 53 VAT 20 537 VAT PPAIOG Software User Manual 4 3 Completing a Test saving and clearing data When the user has completed their analysis the Stop Icon can be clicked and any Data up to this point can be viewed the user will then have 2 options to continue the test with the START button to enable more analysis to be collected export existing data or CLEAR LOG For exporting please see section A or If CLEAR LOG is selected a prompt will now ask you to confirm if you would like to save your Multilog Results G i Would you like to save your Multilog results Clicking the Yes button will open up the Select file2. RECORD SELECTION PPA1 b a SUM NEU Selected Items Function Channel RMS Voltage PH1 RMS Voltage PH2 RMS Voltage PH3 RMS Voltage Sum N A ph ph Voltage Phase Angle Voltage Surge Current Surge Mechanical Speed Hz Mechanical Speed rpm Fundamental Watts Torque Fundamental VA Fundamental VAr Fundamental pf Harmonic Watts Harmonic Watts Efficiency Fundamental Efficiency Maths RMS Voltage RMS Current Fundamental Voltage Fundamental Current Voltage Phase Current Phase Current TIF Voltage THD Current THD III OO OOOOOOO III III JOOOODOOODODOODOODU E H H Harmonic Voltage Harmonic Current DC Voltage DC Current AC Voltage AC Current Peak Voltage Peak Current Positive Peak Voltage Positive Peak Current Negative Peak Voltage Negative Peak Current Positive Unfiltered Peak Voltage Positive Unfiltered Peak Current Negative UnfiiteredPeak Voltage Negative Unfiltered Peak Current Voltage Crest Factor Current Crest Factor Rectified Mean Voltage Rectified Mean Current Voltage Form Factor Current Form Factor UP CLEAR REMOVE OOODOODOODOODOOODODOODOOOOOOOOODOO OUOOOOOOODODODOODODOODOOOOOODOOODODOD ICT OOODOODOODODODODOODODOODOOOOOOOOODODOD Average Integrated Fundamental VAr Average RMS Voltage JI JI IHC I0OOOODODODOODODODODOOOODODLD Voltage Harmonic IL DW IC DW To select a user created equation and record the parame
3. OFF Trigger Polarity Rising edge es Ss Trigger Phase Phase 1 v Trigger HF Reject Off Click on SET UP PPA Orange Box Click on Scope Green Box Other oscilloscope settings can be set in this configuration pane Click on SINGLE or CONTINUOUS to display the waveform Scope data will now be displayed in PPA screen PPAIOG Software User Manual CONTROL PPA1 Configuration Oscilloscope CQU CO iG RANGE Operating Oscillosco pe figg el 20000E 1 Pre trigger 25 ALOG Timebase 02 Trigger Type Auto Cursors Off Trigger Polarity Rising edge Trigger HF Reject Off SYS MODE PPA1 Oscilloscope Voltage Range 300V Current Range 1A Coupling ac dc Bandwidth Wide 20 000 ms div Single mode will display the waveform data when the button is clicked Continuous will display a continuously updated waveform on the display Set Voltage Current Both to be viewed on screen Brown Box PPAIOG Software User Manual 9 Screen grab from PPA screen 9 1 User Guide Click on Capture in the Datalog main menu Configure Display Measure Harmonics Scope Screen Capture window will open PPA1 Screen Capture Export to Word Save to Bitmap Save to Clipboard Black and White Download Click on Colour Download Downloading will begin as shown below Downloading Screenshot 322 Complete PPAIOG Software User Manual Once downloading has completed your PPA screen shot will be published
4. dd IMI 21 000 Hz 67641 W 21 559 VA 20 786 V r 121 56 V 179 82 mA Motor Temp 50 48 SZ 27000 Hz 6 7507 W 21 520 VA 20433 VAT 120 58 V 17847 mA Motor Temp 60 S13 11033510 27015 Hz 6 7609 W 21 876 VA 20 803 V r 12144 V 179 39 mA Motor Temp 54 110426459 27 000 Hz 6 379 W 27 590 VA 20 512 VAr 120 77V 178 78 mA Motor Temp 80 V 110456152 27000 Hz GATT W 21 609 VA 20 514 V r WRC 17840 mA Motor Temp 56 11065623 27001 Hz 67281 W 21 856 VA 20 794 Var 121 68 Y 174 62 mA Motor Temp 100 PPAIOG Software User Manual 4 2 Log real time table In the Log real time table mode the software will allow all data parameters selected in Multilog to be viewed as the device is under test conditions and recorded in a Datalog Results can be viewed in 3 formats Real Time Graph and Log All will be displayed and updated according to the time set within the Datalog Interval control section C Manual log Log real time table Direct log to CSW C Overwrite CSV Real Time Ta Duna al f k Mie Imerval le REAL TIME Gee LES START CLEAR LOG mung e d 7 PPA1 RESULTS Frequency PH1 Watts PH1 VA PH1 VAr PH1 PPAIOG Software User Manual Settings View Control ES eener meva la MULTILDG REAL TIME GRAPH LOG START CLEAR LOG _ Instrument Freeze Display ZERO PPA1 RESULTS View Full 21 002 108 50 21 002 db gie 13 000 Frequency PH w AC Voltage PH w Frequency PH w 20 993 107 80
5. use of the net environment and used the Microsoft win32 graphics set As such installation is simple All that is required is to download the exe from the N4L website and extract the software to the desired location on your hard drive Alternatively the software can be run directly from USB memory stick PPAIoG Software User Manual 2 3 Connection Once the unit has powered on it is now time to connect the instrument to the PC this can be via USB RS232 or LAN Ensure the Instrument is correctly set up to reflect the connection interface you are using The communication parameters are set in the REMOTE menu on the instrument Using the down arrow select Interface option then by pressing the right arrow this will enable you to select your desired interface option to communicate between the instrument and PC PPAIOG Software User Manual Once the software is opened to connect to your N4L PPALoG Software to the power analyser select Configure gt Connection Display Measure Harmonics Scope Capture Enter the number of phases instruments to be connected and connect each PPA with its corresponding interface connection 03 Phase 4 12 Phase IP Address IP Address IP Address 792 168 0 234 IP Address al bag Once all connections are set click on the Connect option to Start communicating between your PC and Instrument Note Pressing Test will check if your connection settings are cor
6. 0E0 2 75760E0 2 75700E0 2 1 Open Microsoft Excel 2 Click on Windows icon in top left hand corner 3 Click on Open 4 Select File to convert 5 Change all excel files to Text files 146 6E1 2 15626E1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 15020E1 15508E1 15370E1 15598E1 15560E1 15550E1 15430E1 15350E1 15350E1 14958E1 15110E1 15130E1 15200E1 15520E1 15380E1 1541061 15320E1 15250E1 15330E1 15670E1 15780E1 15750E1 15460E1 15780E1 15520E1 15820E1 15998E1 PPA1 VAr PH1 PPAI B4156E1 04240E1 04240E1 047 30E1 04570E1 047 70E1 04750E1 04740E1 04610E1 04550E1 04570E1 04170E1 04410E1 04430E1 04500E1 04830E1 460E 04690E1 04600E1 04520E1 04560E1 04790E1 248594E1 B4656E1 645 6E1 04910E1 04630E1 04970E1 05140E1 excel spreadsheet PPAIOG Software User Manual All Excel Files Cancel Cancel 6 Click Open 7 Text Import Wizard is displayed The Text Wizard has determined that your data is Delimited If this is correct choose Next or choose the data type that best describes your data Original data type Choose the file type that best describes your data e i Characters such as commas or tabs separate each field 2 Fixed width Fields are aligned in columns with spaces between each field Ah Startimport at row 1 File origin M
7. 2 03E 01 11 56 51 6 2 0E 01 6 69E 00 2 14E 01 2 04E HJ1 12 56 52 6 2 0E 01 6 66E 00 2 15EH01 2 04E HJ1 13 56 53 6 2 0E 01 6 66E 00 2 14E 01 2 04E 01 30 54 06 2 70E 01 6 69E 00 2 14E 01 2 04E 01 30 55 06 2 0E 01 6 68E 00 2 15EH01 2 04E 01 20 56 06 2 70E 01 6 0 7E 00 2 15E 01 2 04E 01 26 5 7 6 2 0E 01 6 08E 00 2 14E 01 2 04E 01 20 38 0 2 70E 01 6 0 7E 00 2 14E 01 2 04E 01 19 56 59 6 2 0E 01 6 67E 00 2 15E 01 2 04E 01 20 5700 6 2 70E 01 6 67E 00 2 14E 01 2 04E 01 4 5 Overwrite CSV This method of data acquisition creates a csv file at a location of the user s choice and will overwrite a single Multilog Datalog line of results at an INTERVAL set by the user in the CONTROL section of PPALOG Follow instructions as for Direct log to CSV to store view and convert PPAIOG Software User Manual 4 6 Export Within the Data settings options the software allows the user to select how they wish to save and view all data collected By clicking on the Export button in any of the 4 data settings a window will open for the user to select which option they would like to choose Export to Excel will take the data and instantly open up an Excel file with all results populated This will allow the user to save files for later analysis The data can be exported and viewed in 3 different formats Standard Data extracted as it is actually displayed ie 0 1234V Engineering Data extracted and displayed in an Engin
8. Current DC Voltage DC Current OODDOODOODOODOOODOOODO ER GEN LEUK We BEER ERE RRR RE LR EL ENEE BEEBE RRB REE LR EL ER LU LIL III EEN IEN IEN Peak Current Positive Peak Voltage Positive Peak Current Negative Peak Voltage Negative Peak Curent Positive Unfiltered Peak Voltage Positive Unfiltered Peak Current Negative Unfiltered Peak Voltage Negative Unfiltered Peak Current Voltage Crest Factor Curent Crest Factor Rectified Mean Voltage Rectified Mean Current Voltage Form Factor Current Form Factor BEER ER EEE REE 2 CERN LU WEE III IL IL ILI IL ph ph Voltage Phase Angle Voltage Surge Curent Surge Mechanical Speed Hz Mechanical Speed rpm Torque Cument TIF Voltage THD Curent THO Voltage Surge Current Surge Voltage Phase Deviation Integrated Watts Integrated VA Integrated WAr Voltage RMS Deviation Voltage Fundamental Deviation Integrated Fundamental Watts Integrated Fundamental VA Integrated Fundamental VAr Integrated Fundamental Current Average Fundamental Power Factor Average Integrated Watts Average Integrated VA Average Integrated VAr Integrated RMS Current Average Power Factor Average Integrated Fundamental VAr Average RMS Voltage Bn BEE eee IPR BREE REE Ree eee IDR BRE RR ERE eee eee IRR BREE PERE eee ee IRR BREE RR e Ree eee PH3 SUM NEU Selected Items Function Frequency Frequency Frequency Watts RMS Voltage RMS C
9. LO CSV OPHUON mmm mamma SAMMA le 18 Speed Ne Te 5 1 WS CP Ee EE 6 Maths Mode and Equation Editor 6 1 User GUIG EE 7 Efficiency Measurermente a 7 1 USCF GUIGC EE 8 OSCIlOSCODe le Le EE 8 1 Sel UNOS EE 9 Screen Grab from PPA screen 9 1 User GUNG Gs dace aies dt anima denas adeandcutane mina 10 Harmonics Analvzer nne nnnuvennn vennana nen ananenna TOL Net EE PPAIOG Software User Manual APPENDICES Appendix A Configurable parameters Appendix B Contact details PPAIoG Software User Manual 1 Introduction general principles of operation 1 1 Introduction PPALOG is a self contained executable software program written in C using the Microsoft win32 graphics set PPALOG has the ability to connect to the PPA series of instruments via RS232 USB and LAN The software includes all measurement modes to reflect instrument operation The ability to export directly to excel is supported by PPALOG Firmware V2_106 was used to compile this User Manual PPAIOG Software User Manual 2 Getting started 2 1 Download As with all N4L software it is available free to download from our website See www newtons4th com support for more details once registered and your account is activated you will have access to the software downloads section 2 2 Installation At N4L we try to develop software that enables the engineer to be up and running and performing tests as soon as possible With this in mind we have avoided the
10. PPALOG Data Logging Software Software User Manual NAL FT A LOG V3 Oe PPAIoG Software User Manual ABOUT THIS MANUAL PPAIoG is a self contained executable software program for use with the N4L PPA500 PPA1500 PPA2500 PPA2600 and PPA5500 power analyzers Accordingly this manual first describes the general features and specification of the software as a whole and then describes the individual functions in detail Each function is described in turn in its own chapter with details of the principles on which it is based how to use it the options available display options etc Revision This manual is copyright 2004 2013 Newtons4th Ltd and all rights are reserved No part may be copied or reproduced in any form without prior written consent 30 July 2013 PPAloG Software User Manual CONTENTS 1 Introduction general principles of operation cl Digg ele e d Le DEE 2 en le te ET RK EE 2 1 DOW OA DEEN 2 2 SEGA OM DEE 2 3 CONNECTION BEE 2 4 CONTIGUEALION GLEN 2 5 Initial PPA set up using the APP mode setting 3 Parameter Sale geg Eed 3 1 VE OO EE 3 2 Datal g Rude A Data Setting OLDA kross 4 1 Manual Setting rnnnnvnnnnnvne enn n annan nene n anne n nan 4 2 LOO Real time Ta DIC EE 4 3 Completing a test Saving and Clearing Data 4 4 Bil ee Leier SE ere errr rn E 4 5 Overwrite 4 CSV ee EE ee 4 6 EX DORE eg EE 4 7 EXDOFE
11. S DOS PC 8 Preview of fle C Users mark wade Documents test 2 bet 2 Time Frequency PH1 BPPAl Watts PH1 PPA1 VA PHI PPA1 VA r PH1 PEAl ah4 56 42 627 2 69990E1 6 72690E0 2 4 4 56 44_612 2_69990E1 6 71960E0 2 5h4 56 45 643 2 70000E1 6 71130E0 2 14420E1 2 03590E1 _14480E1 2_023680E1 14480E1 2 03690E1 8 Check that Delimited option is selected 9 Click Next PPAIoG Software User Manual This screen lets you set the delimiters your data contains You can see how your textis affected in the preview below kd Data preview 8193685 Time Frequency PH1 PPA1I Watts PH1 PPAIL WA PH1 PPA1 M r PHI PEAl 14 56 43 647 E 69990El a 72090E0 14420E1 2 035590E1 14 56 44 612 E 69990El 2 TLOBOEO 14480E1 2 03680E1 14 56 45 643 2 70000E1 a 71130E0 14460E1 2 03690E1 Tick and activate the Comma Delimiter selection Click Next Click Finish PPAIOG Software User Manual Results will now be displayed as an Excel Spreadsheet A B C D E 1 8193685 2 Time Frequency PH1 PPA1 Watts PH1PFPA1 VA PH1PPA1 VArPH1PPA1 56 43 6 2 0E 01 6 73E 00 2 14E 01 2 04E 01 4 56 44 6 2 70E 01 6 72E 00 2 14E 01 2 04E 01 gt 30 45 60 2 0E 01 6 71E 00 2 14E 01 2 04E 01 6 3046 6 2 0E 01 6 72E 00 2 14E 01 2 04E 01 J 3047 6 2 0E 01 6 71E 00 2 14E 01 2 04E 01 amp 3048 60 2 70E 01 6 09E 00 2 14E 01 2 04E 01 9 3049 6 2 70E 01 6 70E 00 2 14E 01 2 03EH01 10 56 50 6 2 0E 01 6 OE 00 2 14E 01
12. SETTINGS READ PPA SET UP PPA HIDE SETTINGS CONTROL PPA1 Configuration Application Options ACQU COUPLING RANGE Mode Frequency 5 0000E 1 DATALOG APP IATHS Frequency Filter Torque and Speed Disabled H Frequency Reference Efficiency Phase Next phase wv REAL TIME GRAPH START CLEAR LOG Elapsed Log Time Watts PH1 Watts PH2 Watts PH3 Efficiency PH1 Efficiency PH2 Efficiency PH3 Frequency PH1 PPAIOG Software User Manual Efficiency measurements will be taken calculated and displayed as per the configuration set earlier From our selection of Phase Next Phase then Efficiency PH1 Watts PH1 Watts PH2 Efficiency PH2 Watts PH2 Watts PH3 Efficiency PH3 Watts PH3 Watts PH1 PPAIOG Software User Manual 8 Oscilloscope Mode 8 1 User Guide In this section we will describe the use of the oscilloscope mode during this test the test subject was a 3 Phase PWM Inverter supplying a 3 Phase induction motor To enter Oscilloscope mode and change oscilloscope settings in the PPAloG screen click on the Mode Icon Use the drop down menu from the Operation Mode and select Oscilloscope Red Boxes Set the Timebase Parameter Blue Box onics cope CONTROL PPA1 PPA2 AA SETTINGS READ PPA SET UP PPA CONTROL PPA1 Trigger Level 2 0000E 1 Pre trigger 25 ACOU COUPLING RANGE Vv DATALOG APP THS Timebase 02 i Vv Trigger Reference Voltage Trigger Type Auto y Cursors
13. analyzer is the master Note In the Instrument mode the PPA display screen will freeze whilst log is running but will unfreeze when log is stopped Click on the Start window Blue Box to commence the test PPAIOG Software User Manual 4 Data Setting Options Once the instrument has been configured and the Multilog parameters set we can start testing our device and recording data these can be viewed in the 4 following formats 4 1 Manual Setting In this mode the operator will be able to Start Stop the display and gather the displayed data during a device s test cycle Notes can also be added to aid reading of results shown below Select Manual log from the Data Settings Menu A text string may be entered into the notes field this can be used to highlight a mode change in the device under test in order to make sense of a trend in the recorded data High Speed Mode Enter High peed Mode PPAIOG Software User Manual By clicking on the Real Time icon we are presented with the Real Time Display Real time windows will now start showing the results E tl BI are AFM Van REAL TIME omar PPA1 RESULTS Frequenc DH Watts PH1 VA PH1 VAr PH1 Click Stop to pause the test Click Log Yellow Box this will bring up an initially empty log data sheet Cura Setingt Mews oy Log rg Zeg wti Drect ing te CS Oueratte CEV Speed Mode D esi At this point before we revie
14. e view Zennpt i Wm Comma MULTILGG REAL TIME GIH LOS LEAR LOG wra PPA2 RESULTS PPA1 RESULTS vi ue Frequency PH1 Frequency PH2 Frequency PH3 Watts SUM Frequency PHI Frequency PH Frequency PH3 Watts SUM RMS Voltage SUM RMS Curent SUM AC Voltage PH1 AC Voltage PH2 RMS Voltage SUM RMS Currant SUM AC Voltage DH AC Voltage PH AC Voltage PH3 AC Current PH3 AC Current PH2 AC Currant PH1 AC Voltage PH3 AC Current PH3 AC Current PH2 AC Current PHI Voltage RMS Dev PHI Integr Fund VA PHI Ier Fund Curent FHT Av Integr VA FHI PPA3 RESULTS varra PPAA RESULTS view Ful Frequency PH1 RMS Voltage PH1 RMS Current PH1 Frequency PH1 RMS Voltage PH1 RMS Current PH1 Peak Voltage PH1 Peak Current PH1 Power Factor PH1 Peak Voltage PH1 Peak Current PH1 Power Factor PH1 uf Peak Voltage PH1 uf Peak Current PH1 Voltage CF PH1 Select either the Software or Instrument mode Green Box to select the interval speed desired for testing PPAIoG Software User Manual 3 2 Datalog Interval Software Datalog interval is selected in the Interval window in the software and the software will periodically send a MULTILOG command to the instrument at the interval selected in the software Instrument Speed selected within the ACQU speed window this directly sets the window size on the PPA and the software update rate will depend upon new data being available from the PPA In essence the software is in slave mode and the power
15. eering format ie 123 4mV Scientific Data extracted and displayed in a Scientific format ie 1 234 E 1 Export to Notes 4 Export to Excel Export to CSV 6 Standard Engineering O Scientific Example 0 125456 High Speed Mode Enter Highspeed Mode PPAIOG Software User Manual 4 7 Export to CSV option Export to Export to Excel 4 Export to CSV Settings File Location File Location In the CSV option all data collected can be converted and saved into a CSV Comma Separated Value file within the documents folder on the computer s hard drive 1 Click on the Export icon 2 Select Export to CSV option 3 Click on Yellow Box this will take you to your documents files Select a folder to save the converted data to This will now show in the File Location Blue Box Click on OK to transter data results Ou BR File Edit Format View Help 8193685 Time Frequency PH1 PPAL Watts PH1 PFA1 VA PH1 PPA1 VAr PH1 PPA1 RMS Voltage PH1 PPA1 RMS Current PH1 PPAI 10 52 55 936 3 50010E1 8 17110E0 2 38270E1 2 23820E1 1 32100E2 1 80380E 1 10 53 13 844 3 50000E1 8 37830E0 2 38980E1 2 23810E1 1 32020E2 1 81029E 1 10 53 26 923 3 49996E1 8 54060E8 2 39810E1 2 24090E1 1 32040E2 1 81620E 1 10 53 28 923 3 49990E1 8 54060E0 2 398101 A 24090E1 1 32040E2 1 81620E 1 10 54 14 505 3 50000E1 8 14050E0 2 398090E1 2 24800E1 1 32430E2 1 80540E 1 PPAIOG Software User Manua
16. for CSV logging window to enable the data to be saved to a selected file in the users documents folder Clicking No will clear all data from the PPAIloG screen PPAIOG Software User Manual 4 4 Direct log to CSV Comma Separated Values In the Direct log to CSV option the software will collect and Store all results in a CSV file that will be stored and viewed within the users documents folder once stored the file can be converted into an Excel spreadsheet file This file can be used by external datalogging programs such as Labview to log data from the PPA without the burden of directly controlling the instrument O Manual log Select Direct log to CSV C Log real time table Click in CSV file box This will take you to the CT documents library Name the folder where you wish your results to be saved as described below 31 07 2013 14 2 Text Document eg Libraries test 31 07 2013 13 55 Text Document E Documents a Music E Pictures ki File name Delete and replace with file name eg test txt Hide Folders Save Cancel Click Save Blue Box The file will now be stored within your documents folder PPAIOG Software User Manual To commence a test Click START in the PPAloG CONTROL section of the program window Control START CLEAR LOG A test will begin and the real time display screen will be displayed To view the recorded results open up the documents file and locate the named tes
17. into the blank panel PPA1 Screen Capture Export to Word Save to Bitmap Save to Clipboard Black and White Download Colour Download Black and white screen grab is also available and will perform the download in a shorter period of time PPAIOG Software User Manual 10 Harmonics Analyzer 10 1 User Guide In the PPAIoG screen click on the Mode Icon Use the drop down menu from the Operation Mode and select Harmonic Analyzer Red Boxes Select Harmonic parameters CONTROL PPAT Configuration Harmonic Analyzer ACQU COUPLING RANGE Operating Mode Harmonic Analyzer DATALOG APP MATHS Computation Harmonic Series Selected Harmonic 3 Harmonic Series up to 50 SYS MODE PROG Set your reguired configuration in the screenshot above Harmonic Series computation and 50 Harmonics will be recorded Click SET UP PPA Click on Harmonics in the PPA header Configure Display Measure onics Scope Capture Harmonics display screen will now be present Click on start in Harmonics Control to begin datalogging harmonic data PPAIOG Software User Manual MODI g ien IN 100mA 1V ronn Coupling ac de Handwidthe Wide PPA1 Harmonics Range 100 Phases Voltage Harmonics data will now be collected Click on Stop once completed and to review results Harmonic results can now be viewed in either a Table or Graph format by selecting the appropriate Icon Blue Box To z
18. l 5 High Speed Mode 5 1 User Guide High speed mode will be prompted when the window interval speed selected is less than 100mS OTHE Pia COU ES E Low bepa MEALEKI tutt ARDA CS 3 Hegi karr a rr gn Fapredd L MULTILG ELAL TIMI GPa LOG stuart DEA LGS emn P 7 a Ermi Comply Dra fee PPA1 RESULTS ae Witi mg fer rest og eg E Watts PH When entering High Speed Mode there are certain configurations that will submit a prompt asking whether or not you wish to continue In high speed mode you cannot Log Manually or Direct to CSV Measure more than 18 Multilog Pararneters Measure multilog parameters that are not basic Power RMS5 values Measure with PPA or PPAS Maximise the software while logging Show or hide the config panel while logging Log Sum multilog parameters tis not recommended to log in high speed mode for longer than 10 minutes Enter High Speed Mode PPAIOG Software User Manual Should you require the sum data of specified parameters whilst measuring in High Speed Mode you can set this up manually in MATHS mode Section 6 and select the user created parameter in the Multilog Parameter selection window PPAIOG Software User Manual 6 Maths mode and Equation Editor 6 1 User Guide PPALOG supports the function of user created equations using data selected in the Multilog selection pane Click on Configure at the top of the PPAloG Display Measure Harmonics Scope Cap
19. oom in on the graph data use the Zoom Icon s Yellow Box You now have the opportunity to view the graph with either parameters selected or both together To view a snapshot of any given Harmonic result Red Box H39 Voltage shown hover your mouse over the appropriate Harmonic to be viewed PPAIOG Software User Manual All results can be stored in either an Excel or CSV format by selecting the appropriate Icon to click Green Box If you require any further assistance with the operation of PPALOG please do not hesitate to contact your local distributor or N4L on support newtons4th com
20. rect Save as Default will remember these settings whenever you load PPAlog 2 4 Configuration Pane Once the software has connected to the PPA it is time to begin to interact with the instrument The area within the Green bounding box is known as the Configuration Pane When any changes are made to the PPAIOG Software User Manual settings in this box the user MUST select SET UP PPA Blue Box in order to send the command string to the instrument Configure Display Measure Harmonics Scope Capture See onfiguration Acquisition Control Wiring 3 phase 3 wattmeter V Freguency Reference Voltage Speed Medium y Frequency Reference Phase 1 Smoothing Normal v Phase Angle Reference Voltage Smoothing Response Auto reset Advanced Options gt Settings View Control Interval 1 5 MULTILOG REAL TIME GRAPH LOG START CLEAR LOG instrument Freeze Display ZERO PPA1 RESULTS 2 5 Initial PPA Setup using the Application mode setting If this is the first time you are using a PPA for measurements it may be helpful to use the Application configuration mode this mode contains various default setups for different typical applications such as PWM Motor drive and Transformer measurement applications Configurable PPA S will be shown in BOLD type at the top of the screen Click on APP Click on drop down arrow in Mode section Blue Box Select application to be u
21. sed as per your requirements KE Configure Display Measure Harmonics Scope Capture CONTROL PPA1 PPAZ PPA PPaAd SETTINGS READ PPA SET UP PPA CONTROL PPAT Acou COUPLING RANGE DATALOG APP MATHS ALARM REMOTE ALIX STS MODE PROG PPAIOG Software User Manual When the Mode to be used has been selected configure all application settings from the drop down menus Configure Display Measure Harmonics Scope Capture CONTROL PPA PPA PPA3 PPAA SETTINGS READ PPA SET UP PPA CONTROL PRAT ACOU COUPLING l mo i Torque and Speed Disabled DATALOG APP MATHS Frequency Filter 250Hz Efficiency Disabled Frequency Reference Current REMOTE Low Frequency Off Using the application mode is not essential manual configuration is possible through the configuration pane PPAIOG Software User Manual 3 Parameter Selection 3 1 Multilog To set the parameters you wish to acquire from each instrument we need to use the Multilog function Settings Wew MULTILOG REAL TIME GRAPH LOG Click on the Multilog option to open up the Multi Log selection screen STORE RECORD SELECTION lt PPA1 gt Frequency wv JM 9 VA WAT Power Factor Fundamental Watts Fundamental WA Fundamental W r Fundamental pf Harmonic Watts Harmonic Watts Efficiency Fundamental Efficiency Maths RMS Voltage RMS Current Fundamental Voltage Fundamental Current Voltage Phase Current Phase Harmonic Voltage Harmonic
22. sing OK Pressing OK will return the display back to the measurement screen where all selected parameters will be displayed within the order that they were selected as shown below PPAIOG Software User Manual Configure Display Measure Harmonics Scope Capture Help CONTROL PPA1 PPA2 PPA3 PPAA SETTINGS READ PPA SET UP PPA HIDE SETTINGS NALPPALOG CONTROL PPA1 Configuration Application Options ACQU COUPLING RANGE Mode PWM motor drive Frequency 5 0000E 1 Torgue and Speed Disabled v Efficiency Phase Next phase wv DATALOG APP MATHS Frequency Filter 250Hz Frequency Reference Voltage lt lt lt lt Low Frequency On SYS MODE View Control Settings 6 Software A ES Interval 5 ed MULTILOG REAL TIME GRAPH LOG START CLEAR LOG Instrument Elapsed Log Time _ Freeze Display ZERO 00 00 00 PPAT RESULTS Ce Watts PH1 Watts PH2 Watts PH3 SE Direct log to CSV Efficiency PH1 Efficiency PH2 Efficiency PH3 Freguency PH1 High Speed Mode Enter Highspeed Mode Within this same display you will be reguired to select from the drop down menu how you wish the efficiency measurement to be calculated for this manual selection was Phase Next Phase Once the selection has been made remember to send this information to the PPA instrument Press the START icon to run the software program Configure Display Measure Harmonics Scope Capture CONTROL PPA1 PPA2 PPA3 PPAA
23. t folder Open folder to display results in CSV format as shown it can be observed that the log file will continue to append Datalog lines to the file File 13 13 13 i 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 To convert your CSV data file into an PPAIOG Software User Manual Edit Format View Help 8193685 Time Frequency 41 241 41 41 241 41 41 241 Al 41 241 41 41 241 241 41 241 41 41 241 Al 41 241 241 41 241 241 41 241 HS 29 Ip 643 2 643 2 644 2 11 12 13 6 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 6 23 24 6 25 64 26 JA 28 29 30 AL 32 33 6 34 62 35 69 36 PH1 PPA1 Watts PH1 PPA1 VA PH1 70000E1 6 70010E1 6 70000E1 6 70000E1 6 69990E1 6 70000E1 6 70000E1 6 70000E1 6 70000E1 6 70000E1 6 69990E1 6 70000E1 6 70000E1 6 70010E1 6 70000E1 6 70010E1 6 69998E1 6 70000E1 6 70000E1 6 69998E1 6 70010E1 6 70000E1 6 70000E1 6 70000E1 6 69990E1 6 69990E1 6 70010E1 6 69990E1 6 70000E1 6 70220E0 2 72120E0 2 72140E0 2 72670E0 2 73420E0 2 74370E0 2 74090E0 2 73920E0 2 74210E0 2 73440E0 2 72740E0 2 72320E0 2 70190E0 2 69860E0 2 70020E0 2 70480E0 2 70380E0 2 70980E0 2 71110E0 2 71199E0 2 72360E0 2 76400E0 2 76730E0 2 76990E0 2 76160E0 2 76080E0 2 7615
24. ter in the Datalog perform the following actions Click on the Maths Icon Load equation Window re opens Select saved equation Click on Load Ensure individual parameters used the equation are also selected Click OK this will take you back to PPAloG PPAIOG Software User Manual 7 Efficiency Measurements 7 1 User Guide Efficiency measurements can be calculated and viewed within PPALOG software The following data was compiled measuring a 3 phase inverter motor drive application with the fundamental frequency set at 65Hz Multilog Parameter settings STORE RECORD SELECTION A E PPA1 gt PH1 F 3 SUM NEU PHI PH2 PH3 SUM NEU Selected Items Freguency ph ph Voltage Phase Angle HEH O Function Seng Watts Voltage Surge Ll C i VA Curent Surge D L D Mechanical Speed Hz Mechanical Speed rpm Torque Mechanical Power Power Factor Fundamental Watts Fundamental VA Fundamental WAr Fundamental pf Harmonic Watts OO OOOO Voltage THD Curent THD OOOOODOODOD OL LIL OO LL ILLI TIHU II TAI OOOOODOODORBD OOOOOOODORU 2 H D D RMS Current Fundamental Voltage Fundamental Curent Woltage Phase Current Phase BERBER EEE III Hodod III E E Select the measurement parameters required Efficiency parameters have been marked out within the red box these are then shown within the selected items column on the right hand side of the display scroll down and confirm selections by pres
25. ture CONTROL PPA PPA PPA3 PPAA SETTINGS READ PPA SET UP PPA Click on Add Edit Equations This will open up the Equation Editor Box Name RMS Voltage Sum Clear Equation RMSVoltagePH1PPAIE RMSVoltagePH2PPA1 RMSVoltagePH3PPAt Remember to add sum factor between each Varaiable selected Variables Variable Function Channel Instrument ElapsedTime ElapsedTime M A RMSVoltagePH1PPA1 RMS Voltage RMSVoltagePH2ZPPAt RMS Voltage RMSVoltagePH3PPA1 RMS Voltage Add variables to list Add variable to egn Multilog Save Cancel PPAIOG Software User Manual Click on Multilog Icon and select Parameters to be added Parameters must be selected in the Multilog Menu to be used in the Equation editor Click on OK and these Parameters will be populated into the Variables box Blue Box Click on and select the first Parameter required in your equation then click on Add variable to equation this will then Submit your chosen parameter into the Equation Green Box s Once your first variable has been added you now need to enter a sum factor into the equation Repeat until all variables are submitted into the equation Name your equation to be saved Orange Box Click on the Save icon Click on Load Equation Yellow Box Load Equation Box will now appear Delete Cancel Highlight your saved equation and click Load PPAIOG Software User Manual Close Equation Editor Open up Multilog menu from the PPAloG STORE
26. urrent AC Voltage AC Voltage AC Voltage AC Current AC Current AC Current Channel PH1 PH2 PH3 SUM SUM SUM PH1 PH2 PH3 PH3 PH2 REMOVE Maths PPAIOG Software User Manual 1 Select the appropriate PPA to be configured Top left red box 2 Use the tick boxes to select appropriate parameters required for each phase on the selected PPA 3 Once selected this data can be stored and reloaded for future reference Use the Store Record Selection Green Box 4 When all parameters are set use the right hand side scroll bar to scroll down and click on OK LIP CLEAR REMOVE DAW Mlaths bw Note When OK is clicked this will take you back to the Data Logger Screen for the actioned PPA To configure other PPA s re click on Multilog and follow all previous steps Use the Left and Right arrows next to PPAXX to select other configured PPA s PPAIOG Software User Manual When all PPA s are configured use the view all button to view all available PPA data zetro nann SAONE etd Log MLATILO REAL TIME GRAP ES START LIA LOG Seege Freeze Ospa DN 00 00 00 Dau Umag PPA1 RESULTS TE Log ep Orne tat Frequency PH1 Frequency PH2 Frequency PH3 Watts SUM E De Deech l g to CSV e e Overerte Cv RMS Voltage SUM RMS Current SUM AC Voltage PH1 AC Voltage PH2 gh ceed Mode inter vighupeed Mode AC Voltage PH3 AC Current PH3 AC Current PH AC Current PH1 The data displayed will be in real tim
27. w our data you are able to add any notes relating to this section of the test Add text into Notes Blue Box Click Append Green Box This will now record all results at this appropriate point in the test and display them on the first line with any notes you have inputted PPAIOG Software User Manual You are now able to select the Start Stop Real Time and Append icons to record more data Remember to enter any new notes in the Notes box before selecting Append to view your results Stop will display when Start is activated After a period of time you will build up a Data Log of all your results Notes field relates to different parameters within your test cycle Settings Heer tenal de MULTILOG REAL TIME GRAPH me EN DG APPEND Deen ZERO Time Frequency PHI PPAT Watts PH PPAI VA PHT PPAT Var PHI PPAI RMS Voltage PHT PPAT RMS Current PHT PPAT a 105037515 27000 Hz 70630 W 22384 VA 21240 V r 12284 V 18222 mA a 105037515 21 000 Hz 70630 W 22384 VA 21240 VAr 12284 V 182 22 mA Motor Temp 15 DI 10 5335417 27001 Hz 6 5099 W 22085 VA 21 010 Var 12219 V 180 75 mA Motor Temp a 1057071 26992 Hz 6664 W 21 520 VA 20455 V r 120 44 V 178 53 mA Motor Temp 25 A TASES 27 000 Hz 6 7530 W 27 696 VA 20 518 VAr 12104 Y 17924 mA Motor Temp 18 10591040 27014 Hz 71636 W 22055 VA 20 859 V r LA 18142 mA Motor Temp 15 426 11005815 27000 Hz 6 7819 W 21 835 VA 20 755 WAT 121 55 Y 17364 mA Motor Temp
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