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1. al Displays just the distortion var related channels va Displays just the apparent power VA channels Displays just the summation channels Displays present status and set up information about the connected instrument Opens the Configure EN 50160 dialog box Long and short interruptions For the purposes of EN 50160 monitoring a long voltage interruption is defined as a supply voltage interruption longer than one to three minutes while a short voltage interruption is a supply voltage interruption from 0 to the defined long voltage interruption value Voltage interruptions are among the parameters that fall under the EN50150 specification The Monitoring feature allows you to record and display long and short interruption events detected by the instrument during an EN 50160 monitoring session Recorded monitoring sessions are configured and initiated through the Configure EN 50160 dialog box A session can be downloaded from the instrument and stored on the PC with the file extension icp You can then open the stored session file and view its data in the Data frame To do this you must first download and save the recording session Then open the file by clicking File in the menu bar and then selecting Open This displays the Open File dialog box Use this dialog box to locate and open the appropriate icp file s The name s of the session s appear in the My Campaigns folder in the Navigation frame To see interruptions data ex
2. a Energy o Channels Alarms When the connected instrument encounters an alarm condition it can record this data and store it in its onboard memory This data can then be displayed on the PC Parameters for defining an alarm condition can be set on the instrument or through the Configure Instrument dialog box This enables you to set search criteria such as alarm thresholds and the time during which the search will occur The result is a search or campaign that has a name and a list of alarms Individual alarms can be viewed from the list of those found during the search 14 Displays the waveform of the photograph with values and a cursor Displays 0 50 harmonics in graphical or tabular format Displays 0 25 harmonics in graphical or tabular format Displays 0 15 harmonics in graphical or tabular format Displays all odd harmonics of the photograph waveforms Displays all even harmonics of the photograph waveforms Displays triplen harmonics of the photograph waveforms Displays phase angle of phase to phase voltage and phase to neutral voltage if applicable Also displays RMS values of phase to phase voltage phase to neutral voltage if applicable and RMS values of current Displays RMS DC peak values of phase to phase phase to neutral voltage current frequency voltage and current unbalance three phase network Also displays short term long term flicker values FK FHL K Factor harmonic loss factor and voltage
3. and current distortion factors Displays AC power real reactive apparent DC real power power factor cosine tangent and p for VA Displays accumulated energy Displays graphics of the screen as it was captured Displays just the phase to phase voltage channels Displays just the phase to neutral voltage channels Displays just the current channels Displays the channels associated with Phase Line 1 Displays the channels associated with Phase Line 2 Displays the channels associated with Phase Line 3 Displays the channels associated with the neutral Displays the data in graphical trend form Displays the data in tabular form Displays the data in graphic bar chart form Displays harmonics in f r Displays voltage and current harmonics in RMS values Displays voltage and current harmonics values in f r Displays apparent power harmonics in f r Shows energy source parameters by default Pressing the button hides them Shows energy load parameters by default Pressing button hides them Shows net parameters by default Pressing button hides them Displays present status and set up information about the connected instrument To view alarms if any find the instrument s name in the Navigation frame and click Recorded Sessions Then click Alarms This displays a list of any alarm searches currently stored in the selected instrument To display the data in an alarm search you can either double click i
4. any point on the graph will move the cursor there and the table will show all the values at this point The time when these data were taken will be shown on the time axis Displays selected data in tabular format Displays minimum maximum and average values when the data is selected for graphical display Starts display of real time data If display has been stopped see below pressing this button erases the displayed data and resumes the real time display Stops display of real time data as well as the energy measurement session on the instrument When you press this button the currently displayed data remains on the screen until you press the Start button see above Waveform To view real time waveform data find the instrument s name in the Navigation frame and click Real time Data Then click Waveform to display waveform data in the Data frame The buttons are defined as follows Note that depending on the data being displayed some buttons may not appear Group Displays waveform of voltage or current for selected phase s L1 L2 L3 or neutral N The voltage waveform can be selected for phase to phase voltage or phase to neutral voltage or neutral to ground voltage Similarly the current waveforms can be selected for each phase and neutral Displays voltage or current phasor diagram Displays values of all the present parameters as they are acquired in a tabular format Displays real time values of a
5. buttons e Re Read from Instrument reads configuration settings currently in place on the instrument This can be useful if for example during a configuration session you decide to overwrite your unsaved changes and reset the variables back to their earlier settings Save to File opens the Save As dialog through which you can create a file in which to save the configuration settings You can later read the settings from this file to further modify settings Load from File loads configuration settings that have previously been saved to a file see above Apply immediately writes settings to the instrument without closing the Configure Instrument dialog box OK writes the configuration changes to the instrument and exits the Configure Instrument dialog box Cancel exits the Configure Instrument dialog any outstanding configuration changes that haven t been saved to the instrument are lost In addition the Help button opens this online Help system at the topic appropriate to the tab at which the Help button was pressed Setup The Setup tab of the Configure Instrument dialog box selects the electrical hook up type and other variables associated with the system under measurement At the top of the tab is the Electrical hook up field This is a drop down list that lets you select the type of electrical hook up distribution system for the system under measurement Options are as follows note that not all these options are applicable to all ins
6. channels Displays the channels associated with Phase Line 1 Displays the channels associated with Phase Line 2 Displays the channels associated with Phase Line 3 Displays the channels associated with the neutral Displays just the active power W related channels Displays just the reactive power var related channels Displays just the distortion related channels Displays just the apparent power VA channels Displays just the summation channels Displays present status and set up Information about the connected instrument Transients When the connected instrument encounters a transient condition it can record this data and store it in its onboard memory This data can then be displayed on the PC Parameters for recording a transient condition can be set on the instrument or through the Configure Instrument dialog box This enables you to set search criteria such as transient thresholds and the time during which the search will occur The result is a search or campaign that has a name and a list of transients Individual transients can be viewed from the list of those found during the search To view the results of a transient search find the instrument s name in the Navigation frame and click Recorded sessions Then click Transients This displays a list of any transient searches currently stored in the selected instrument To display the data in a transient search you can either double click its name in the Data frame or
7. steady state current later on The fields in the Inrush tab are as follows e Mode defines the inrush mode Options are rms peak capture lt 1 min and rms only capture lt 10 min e Current Threshold sets the limit for the inrush event to be recorded Allowable values are 0 through 9999999 A drop down list lets you select the units which can be mA A default and kA e Hysteresis specifies the hysteresis for the inrush Available options are 0 1 2 default 5 10 20 50 and 100 e Channels specifies the channel s to measure for inrush A drop down list enables you to choose from the available channels 30 Schedule The Schedule tab of the Configure Instrument dialog box controls when different types of recording sessions in the instrument start and stop These can be general sessions that record the data specified in the Recordings tab of the Configure Instrument dialog box They can also be specific searches for transients inrush or alarm events At the top of this tab is a read only field that displays the electrical hook up as defined in the General tab of the Configure Instrument dialog box The remaining fields on this tab are as follows e Instrument s Clock displays the current time of the instrument s system clock You can change this by clicking the Set button and completing the Date Time dialog box e Record Now when checked starts a recording immediately when the configuration is written to the instrum
8. the fundamental f as default Harmonics are displayed as absolute voltage by pressing the button Similarly the current harmonics can be selected for each phase and neutral voltage harmonics can be selected for phase to phase voltage or phase to neutral voltage or neutral to ground voltage The harmonics are displayed as a percentage of the fundamental f as default Harmonics are displayed as absolute voltage by pressing the button Similarly the current harmonics can be selected for each phase and neutral voltage harmonics can be selected for phase to phase voltage or phase to neutral voltage or neutral to ground voltage The harmonics are displayed as a percentage of the fundamental f as default Harmonics are displayed as absolute voltage by pressing the button Similarly the current harmonics can be selected for each phase and neutral Displays all odd numbered harmonics of voltage or current for selected phase s L1 L2 L3 or neutral N The voltage harmonics can be selected for phase to phase voltage or phase to neutral voltage or neutral to ground voltage The harmonics are displayed as a percentage of the fundamental f as default Harmonics are displayed as absolute voltage by pressing the button Similarly the current harmonics can be selected for each phase and neutral N The voltage harmonics can be selected for phase to phase voltage or phase to neutral voltage or neutral to groun
9. the right This color will be used by the instrument when displaying data for this variable e Energy Units defines the units of measure used by the instrument when displaying energy data Options are Wh Joule nuclear TOE non nuclear TOE and BTU Note that not all these units are available on all instruments e Instrument s Display Language sets the language in which the instruments options and readouts appear The drop down list offers all languages supported by the connected instrument Alarm Conditions The Setup tab of the Configure Instrument dialog box sets parameters for alarm monitoring on the instrument This tab lets you configure up to 40 alarms For each alarm you can set the following note that not all these fields apply to each type of alarm e Data to Capture is a drop down list of all the choices of quantities including None for which an alarm can be set After you select a quantity you can enable disable its alarm by selecting the check box that appears to the right of the measurement s name e Phases specifies the phase to be monitored Options are 3L N and 4L Note that this field does not appear for some quantity types e lt or gt specifies whether the alarm activates when a quantity exceeds a defined threshold or activates when it falls below that threshold This field is inactive for some quantities e Threshold defines the limit that activates the alarm Depending on the quantity being configured the thresh
10. then open the stored session file and view its data in the Data frame To do this you must first download and save the recording session Then open the file by clicking File in the menu bar and then selecting Open This displays the Open File dialog box Use this dialog box to locate and open the appropriate icp file s The name s of the EN 50160 session s appear in the My Campaigns folder in the Navigation frame To see transients expand the monitoring session s folder and then click the Transients sub folder This displays a list of any transient searches currently stored in the selected instrument highlight a transient search to display its contents in the Data frame At the top of the Data frame are up to three rows of buttons Group Channels and Display e Group buttons determine which group of parameters to display e Channels buttons identify the input s to which the data applies e Display buttons control whether data is displayed in graphical or tabular format and also displays minimum maximum values as well as information related to the instrument The buttons are defined as follows Note that depending on the data being displayed some buttons may not appear Channels Displays all recorded parameters Displays just the phase to phase voltage channels Displays just the phase to neutral voltage channels Displays just the current channels Displays the channels associated with Phase Line 1 Displays the channels associated
11. these options may be available The selection in this field determines which of the four fields below it L1 L2 L8 and N are active If you select 4L Same thresholds for all only the L1 field is active the value you enter into this field applies to all phases and neutral If you select 3L N Same except N has its own threshold the fields L1 and N are active If you select L1 L2 L3 N Separate thresholds all four fields are active Enter the threshold value and select units from the drop down field V or kV Default is 23V e Threshold of Current Difference is similar to the Threshold of Voltage Difference fields You can select which thresholds apply to which phases and specify the value of the threshold 1 through 9999A As with the voltage thresholds not all these options may apply to all electrical hook up types e Maximum number of transients to find defines the maximum number of transients that can be stored in the instrument s memory Default is 210 The number of transients that can be stored in the remaining system memory is also displayed At the bottom of the screen is a graph that displays measured transient events if any Inrush The Inrush tab of the Configure Instrument dialog box defines parameters for recording inrush current events in the system under measurement Inrush current is measured when the power is first turned on Depending on the type of load the inrush current may be very high for some time when compared with
12. trend data is displayed in the Data frame when you highlight the Real time Data folder You can also display trend data by clicking the Trend sub folder under Real time Data Note that you can also view recorded trend data by downloading a recording or monitoring session and then viewing the results of that session through the My Campaigns folder At the top of the Data frame are up to three rows of buttons Group Channel and Display e Group buttons determine which group of parameters to display e Channels buttons identify the input s to which the data applies e Display buttons control whether data is displayed in graphical or tabular format and also displays minimum maximum values as well as information related to the instrument The buttons are defined as follows Note that depending on the data being displayed some buttons may not appear Group Displays RMS Root Mean Square value s of measured input parameters Displays DC value s of measured input parameters Displays frequency Hz of measured input parameters Displays crest factor values of measured input parameters Displays power factor and cosq values of measured nputs individually for each phase L1 L2 L3 or total 2 of all phases depending on the type of network Displays tang values of measured inputs individually for each phase L1 L2 L3 or total 2 of all phases depending on the type of network Displays RMS AC real reactive or apparent and DC power f
13. with Phase Line 2 Displays the channels associated with Phase Line 3 Displays the channels associated with the neutral Displays data in a graphical format Displays data in a text format Displays present status and set up information about the connected instrument 25 My Campaigns Recording sessions can be downloaded from the instrument and stored on the PC with the file extension icp You can then open the stored session file and view its data in the Data frame To do this you must first download and save the recording session Then open the file by clicking File in the menu bar and then selecting Open This displays the Open File dialog box Use this dialog box to locate and open the appropriate icp file s The name of the session s appear in the My Campaigns folder in the Navigation frame To view the contents of a downloaded icp file highlight its name and expand it to display a list of sub folders contained within the file The sub folders that appear depend on the type of data stored in the file These folders can include e Recordings Photographs Alarms Transients Inrush Monitoring If the open file contains data from an EN 50160 monitoring session a number of additional sub folders associated with this data also appear within the My Campaigns folder tree e Slow variations Trend Rapid voltage changes Long and short interruptions Voltage dips Voltage swells overvoltages Instrument Sta
14. you can click the plus symbol to the left of the Transients sub folder in the Navigation frame This expands a list of transient searches in the instrument highlight a transient search to display its contents in the Data frame Note that you can also view transients that have been previously downloaded from the instrument and stored on the PC via the My Campaigns folder This includes transients associated with an EN 50160 monitoring session To do this download the session Then click My Campaigns click Monitoring and then select Transients The buttons are defined as follows Note that depending on the data being displayed some buttons may not appear Channels Displays all recorded parameters Displays just the phase to phase voltage channels Displays just the phase to neutral voltage channels Displays just the current channels Displays the channels associated with Phase Line 1 Displays the channels associated with Phase Line 2 Displays the channels associated with Phase Line 3 Displays the channels associated with the neutral Displays data in a graphical format Displays data in a text format Displays present status and set up information about the connected instrument Inrush The instrument can capture data in Inrush Current mode This records parameters useful for studying the starting of a motor such as the date and time the motor started the current threshold hysteresis and others Paramete
15. you to record and display voltage dips detected by the instrument during an EN 50160 monitoring session Recorded monitoring sessions are configured and initiated through the Configure EN 50160 dialog box session can be downloaded from the instrument and stored on the PC with the file extension icp You can then open the stored session file and view ts data in the Data frame To do this you must first download and save the recording session Then open the file by clicking File in the menu bar and then selecting Open This displays the Open File dialog box Use this dialog box to locate and open the appropriate icp file s The name s of the session s appear in the My Campaigns folder in the Navigation frame To see voltage dips expand the monitoring session s folder and then click the Voltage dips sub folder Data related to voltage dips then appears in the Data frame At the top of the Data frame are up to three rows of buttons Group Channels and Display e Group buttons determine which group of parameters to display e Channels buttons identify the input s to which the data applies 22 e Display buttons control whether data is displayed in graphical or tabular format and also displays minimum maximum values as well as information related to the instrument The buttons are defined as follows Note that depending on the data being displayed some buttons may not appear Group Displays voltage dips in RMS Root Mean Square channe
16. DataView PowerPad lll Control Panel User s Manual Copyright Copyright 2015 by Chauvin Arnoux Inc All rights reserved No part of this documentation may be reproduced in any form or by any means including electronic storage and retrieval or translation into any other language without prior agreement and written consent from Chauvin Arnoux Inc as governed by United States and International copyright laws Chauvin Arnoux Inc d b a AEMC Instruments 15 Faraday Drive Dover NH 03820 USA Tel 800 945 2362 or 603 749 6434 Fax 603 742 2346 All rights reserved Disclaimer This documentation is provided as is without warranty of any kind express implied or otherwise Chauvin Arnoux Inc has made every reasonable effort to ensure that this documentation is accurate but does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the text graphics or other information contained in this documentation Chauvin Arnoux Inc shall not be liable for any damages special indirect incidental or inconsequential including but not limited to physical emotional or monetary damages due to lost revenues or lost profits that may result from the use of this documentation whether or not the user of the documentation has been advised of the possibility of such damages Contents Chapter 1 DataView PowerPad III Control Panel User Interface ooccooonncnncccconncnnncononccnnnnononncnnonononcnnnnnonannnnncnnnnnnons 3 Navigation tam
17. andard Toolbar This displays a list of all available toolbar icons Icons that are currently displayed on the toolbar are identified with a check mark to the left 3 You can add an unchecked icon to the toolbar by clicking on it To remove an icon from the toolbar click it to deselect the check mark Use the up arrow and down arrow to scroll through the list of icons Chapter 2 Connecting an Instrument To connect an instrument to the PC ensure that the instrument is powered on and physically connected to the PC through a USB connection Then proceed as follows 1 Click Instrument in the menu bar and then select the option Connect an Instrument The Connect an Instrument Wizard dialog box appears 2 The name of the connected instrument should appear in the Instrument field If it does not ensure that the instrument is powered on and connected to the PC then click Refresh If the instrument still does not appear check your PC s Device Manager to ensure that the proper drivers have been installed The steps for opening Device Manager depend on the type of PC consult your PC s documentation for instructions 3 When the instrument is displayed click Next The program now connects to the instrument During this process status messages appear on the screen informing you that the PC is establishing a connection and reading configuration information from the instrument 4 If the connection is not successful an error message appears on your
18. aracterized as a fast depression of the RMS value of the supplied voltage caused by the switching on of a specific load such as a motor Rapid voltage changes are one of the parameters that fall under the EN 50150 specification The Monitoring feature allows you to record and display RVC events detected by the instrument during an EN 50160 monitoring session Recorded monitoring sessions are configured and initiated through the Configure EN 50160 dialog box session can be downloaded from the instrument and stored on the PC with the file extension icp You can then open the stored session file and view its data in the Data frame To do this you must first download and save the recording session Then open the file by clicking File in the menu bar and then selecting Open This displays the Open File dialog box Use this dialog box to locate and open the appropriate icp file s The name s of the session s appear in the My Campaigns folder in the Navigation frame To see RVC data expand the monitoring session s folder and then click the Rapid Voltage Changes sub folder RVC data then appears in the Data frame At the top of the Data frame are up to three rows of buttons Group Channels and Display e Group buttons determine which group of parameters to display e Channels buttons identify the input s to which the data applies e Display buttons control whether data is displayed in graphical or tabular format and also displays minimum maxim
19. ay has been stopped see below pressing this button erases the displayed data and resumes the real time display Stops display of real time data When you press this button the currently displayed data remains on the screen until you press the Start button see above Displays present status and set up information about the connected instrument To view real time power related data find the instrument s name in the Navigation frame and click Real time Data Then click Power to display power data in the Data frame At the top of the Data frame are several buttons defined as follows Display nom nos Energy Displays selected data in tabular format Displays minimum maximum and average power values measured by the instrument Starts display of real time data If display has been stopped see below pressing this button erases the displayed data and resumes the real time display Stops display of real time data When you press this button the currently displayed data remains on the screen until you press the Start button see above Displays present status information about the connected instrument To view real time energy data find the instrument s name in the Navigation frame and click Real time Data Then click Energy to display energy data in the Data frame At the top of the Data frame are several buttons defined as follows Lol 10 Displays selected data in tabular format Start
20. box must be unchecked e Schedule Alarm Search when checked schedules an alarm recording session using the settings configured in the Alarm Conditions tab of the Configure Instrument dialog box If you check this option and the Use the same dates times and names for the recordings and searches option is unchecked you must enter a start data time end date time and name for this alarm recording session Note that you cannot schedule an alarm search when an inrush search is scheduled to schedule an alarm search the Schedule Inrush Search checkbox must be unchecked Note that if a recording session is already underway or scheduled the button End Trends Recording is displayed You must click this button to end the active scheduled recording before you can start or schedule a new one Configure EN 50160 The instrument can be configured to monitor the system under measurement for compliance with EN 50160 This is a European based standard designed to specify acceptable voltage characteristics of electricity supplied by public distribution systems EN 50160 provides the limits and tolerances of various phenomena and events that can occur on the mains power including slow variations rapid voltage changes interruptions dips and swells and transients Monitoring sessions are configured and scheduled through the Configure EN 50160 dialog box To display this dialog box click Instrument in the menu bar and then select the option Configure EN 50160 T
21. computer Selected entries in the Navigation frame determine which data is displayed in the Data frame to the right For example selecting Real time Data in the Navigation frame results in the Data frame displaying the data currently being measured by the connected instrument Below the Navigation and Data frames is the status bar This displays a single line of help information to the left and instrument connection status to the right Navigation frame The Navigation frame enables you to navigate through real time and previously recorded data measured by the instrument This frame also determines what data is displayed in the Data frame The root of the Navigation frame is the Workstation folder which contains the model name of the connected instrument When this name is highlighted the connect instrument s status information appears in the Data frame Under this name are the following categories of data arranged in a navigation tree Recorded Sessions contains Recordings Photographs Alarms Transients Inrush Monitoring Note that not all these options are available for all instruments Real time Data contains e Trend Waveform Harmonics Power Energy My Campaigns contains data on any recorded sessions that have been downloaded and saved to the PC and are currently open Data frame The Data frame displays information measured by the instrument This can be real time data actively being measured by the connected i
22. connect the instrument option the Connect an Instrument Wizard dialog box appears Complete the dialog box as instructed here to reconnect the instrument Note that if you close the program session with the instrument disconnected the Connect an instrument option appears in the Instrument menu the next time you start the program To connect to the instrument you must follow the same procedure as connecting an instrument for the first time Chapter 3 Viewing Real time Data The Real time Data folder in the Navigation frame lists the types of data currently being measured by the connected instrument To view real time data ensure that your instrument is connected to the PC Then find and expand the instrument s name in the Navigation frame and click Real time Data By default the Data frame displays real time trend data being recorded by the connected instrument To display other types of real time data click the plus symbol to the left of the Real time Data folder in the Navigation frame This expands a list of sub folders containing the following sub folders e Trend Waveform Harmonics Power Energy Highlight the folder associated with the type of data you want to view This data will then appear in the Data frame Trend Real time trend data displays changes in parameters being measured by the connected instrument To view real time trend data find the instrument s name in the Navigation frame and click Real time Data By default
23. creen appears This displays the progress in percent of the downloads as well as an estimated time period for when the download will be complete The screen also shows previously downloaded sessions that are available to be opened This screen includes four buttons e Open opens the selected downloaded session This session is added to the My Campaigns folder in the Navigation pane Note that you cannot open a session whose download is in progress and not yet complete e Clear removes the selected session from the list e Clear List removes all sessions from the list e Pause Resume stops an in progress download or resumes a paused one In addition to downloading data you can also insert the instrument s SD Card into your PC and read the data it contains into the program Note that the The Downloads dialog box displays the status of recording sessions that have been downloaded or are in the process of being downloaded from the instrument Downloaded data can be viewed in the Data frame and or formatted into one or more DataView reports The Download dialog box appears when you do one of the following e Highlight a recording listed in the Data frame Highlight a recording in the Navigation frame and then select Create DataView Report from the File menu Select Download Recorded Data from the Instrument menu Select View Downloads from the Instrument menu The Downloads dialog displays all the recording sessions that have previously been do
24. d current for selected phase L1 L2 L3 Channels mara Displays real time values of all the measured parameters m Displays RMS AC and DC real power for the measured inputs for each phase L1 L2 L3 or total 2 of all phases when power is selected Displays reactive power for the measured inputs for each phase L1 L2 L3 or total 2 of all phases when power is selected Displays distortion for the measured inputs for each phase L1 L2 L3 or total 2 of all phases when power is selected Displays apparent power for the measured inputs for each phase L1 L2 L3 or total 2 of all phases when power is selected Phase to phase voltage vos Phase to neutral voltage Current Phase Line 1 Phase Line 2 Phase Line 3 Neutral Displays just the summation channels 19 Display Displays selected data in graphical format A single click at any point on the graph will move the cursor there and the table will show all the values at this point The time when these data were taken will be shown on the time axis Displays selected data in tabular format Displays minimum maximum and average values when the data is selected for graphical display Displays present status and set up information about the connected instrument Rapid voltage changes A rapid voltage change RVC is an event that represents a quick transition from one steady state voltage to another This is generally ch
25. d in the separate DataView online Help which you can access by pressing the Help button in the menu bar while viewing a DataView report 2 Chapter 6 Configuring the Instrument You can use the program to set configuration variables on the instrument To do this click Instrument in the menu bar and then select the option Configure The Configure Instrument dialog box appears Note that you can also display er iy icon in the toolbar or by pressing the Configure button when this dialog by clicking the Configure amp displayed at the top of the Data frame The Configure Instrument dialog box consists of eight tabs e Setup selects the electrical hook up type and other variables associated with the system under measurement e Sensors and Ratios sets the voltage and current ratios for the sensors connected to the instrument e Instrument Display sets variables for the instrument s LCD display including language colors data format and others Alarm Conditions sets parameters for alarm monitoring on the instrument Recordings defines what data is captured during instrument recording sessions Transients sets conditions for capturing transients in the system under measurement Inrush defines parameters for recording inrush current events in the system under measurement Schedule controls when different types of recording sessions in the instrument start and stop At the bottom of the Configure Instrument dialog box are several
26. d is required to reduce multiple data into a single pixel on the display or a single data point in a table The following is a method of how the data is reduced Description Software Method Software Method Phase to phase DC voltage Arithmetic Mean Arithmetic Mean Phase to neutral voltage Arithmetic Mean Arithmetic Mean 7 U CF Peak Crest factor of the phase Arithmetic Mean Arithmetic Mean to phase voltage V CF Peak Crest factor of the phase Arithmetic Mean Arithmetic Mean to neutral voltage A CF Peak Crest factor of the Arithmetic Mean Arithmetic Mean current 10 F Frequency Number of cycles of Arithmetic Mean Arithmetic Mean voltage or current per second 11 Uunb u2 Unbalance in phase to phase Arithmetic Mean RMS RMS of voltage 1Second Values 12 Vunb u2 Unbalance in phase to neutral Arithmetic Mean RMS RMS of voltage 1Second Values 13 Aunb u2 Unbalance in current Arithmetic Mean RMS RMS of 1Second Values Uunb IEEE Unbalance in phase to phase Arithmetic Mean IMAX difference from 112 voltage average phase RMS average phase RMS Ka Vunb IEEE 112 Unbalance in phase to neutral Arithmetic Mean IMAX difference from voltage average phase RMS average phase RMS Aunb IEEE 112 Unbalance in current Arithmetic Mean IMAX difference from average phase RMS average phase RMS Short term severity The Formula is sum of cubes Formula is sum of cubes instrument calculate
27. d voltage The harmonics are displayed as a percentage of the fundamental f as default Harmonics are displayed as absolute voltage by pressing the button Similarly the current harmonics can be selected for each phase and neutral Displays triplen harmonics for voltage or current for selected phase s L1 L2 L3 or neutral N The voltage harmonics can be selected for phase to phase voltage or phase to neutral voltage or neutral to ground voltage The harmonics are displayed as a percentage of the fundamental as default Harmonics are displayed as absolute voltage by pressing the button Similarly the current harmonics can be selected for each phase and Neutral Channels Phase to phase voltage Phase to neutral voltage Displays 0 to 25 harmonics from of voltage or current for selected phase s L1 L2 L3 or neutral N The Displays 0 to 15 harmonics from of voltage or current for selected phase s L1 L2 L3 or neutral N The Displays even numbered harmonics from of voltage or current for selected phase s L1 L2 L3 or neutral Current Phase Line 1 Phase Line 2 Phase Line 3 Neutral Displays harmonics as bar graph Displays selected data in tabular format Displays selected harmonic in f or r Displays value of selected harmonic in RMS values Displays apparent power in f r Displays apparent power s values for each harmonic in f or r Starts display of real time data If displ
28. displays a Printer Setup dialog box specific to the selected printer so you can select various printer options e Print Range specifies the pages you want to print All prints the entire document Pages prints the range of pages you specify in the From and To boxes If the document contains only one page then this option is grayed Selection prints the currently selected frame e Copies specifies the number of copies you want to print for the above page range Too much data to save in 1 file dialog The dialog box Too much data to save in 1 file appears when you attempt to save downloaded recorded data to either a DataView report or a spreadsheet and the recording size exceeds the maximum size allowable by DataView or the spreadsheet program This dialog box shows the start date time and end date time for the recording you are attempting to save You can use these fields to select a portion of this period to save This allows you to save the recording as two or more files with each file containing an interval within the recording s overall duration You can also specify a longer aggregation period for the recording to reduce the amount of data it contains The Aggregation period field provides a drop down list sections for selecting a new aggregation period 3 Appendix Software aggregation methods The downloaded data from the instrument is analyzed and displayed on the monitor or shown in the table when there is a need to concatenate A metho
29. e angle Arithmetic Mean Arithmetic Mean between voltages with respect to the current displacement power factor DPF Tangent of the phase angle Arithmetic Mean Arithmetic Mean between the voltages with respect to current O O1 Tano V THDr Total harmonic distortion of Arithmetic Mean Arithmetic Mean phase to neutral voltage as a of the RMS voltage with harmonics U THDr Total harmonic distortion of Arithmetic Mean Arithmetic Mean phase to phase voltage as a of the RMS voltage with harmonics A THDr Total harmonic distortion of Arithmetic Mean Arithmetic Mean current as a of the RMS current with harmonics iN V THDf Total harmonic distortion of Arithmetic Mean Arithmetic Mean phase to neutral voltage as a of the fundamental RMS voltage iN N U THDf Total harmonic distortion of Arithmetic Mean Arithmetic Mean phase to phase voltage as a of the fundamental RMS voltage A THDf Total harmonic distortion of Arithmetic Mean Arithmetic Mean current as a of the fundamental RMS current Harmonic n V Phase to neutral voltage of Arithmetic Mean Arithmetic Mean Hnr harmonic n as a of RMS voltage with harmonics iN dl Harmonic n Neutral to Ground Voltage Arithmetic Mean Arithmetic Mean VNeutral h r Harmonic n as a of RMS voltage with harmonics S O iN S N w w w ho IN de O CO 00 JA 00 Harmonic n U Phase to phase voltage of Arithmetic Mean Arithm
30. e data in tabular form Enables disables the display on minimum and maximum values for the currently selected data display Displays present status and set up information about the connected instrument Monitoring The instrument can be configured to monitor the electrical hook up under measurement for compliance with EN 50160 This is a European based standard designed to specify acceptable voltage characteristics of electricity supplied by public distribution systems EN 50160 provides the limits and tolerances of various phenomena and events that can occur on the mains power including slow variations rapid voltage changes interruptions dips and swells and transients Monitoring sessions are configured and scheduled through the Configure EN 50160 dialog box To see a list of monitoring sessions stored on the instrument find the instrument s name in the Navigation frame and click Recorded Sessions Then click Monitoring This displays a list of any monitoring sessions currently stored in the selected instrument To view the results of a monitoring session and determine whether or not the monitored parameters passed EN 50160 specifications click the plus symbol to the left of the Monitoring sub folder in the Navigation frame This expands a list of monitoring sessions in the instrument highlight a session to display its results in the Data frame These results indicate whether or not the monitored system passed EN 50160 specifications f
31. e same instrument it will download the part of the EN 50160 test data 11 that is not on the SD card and combine it with the part that is on the SD card If you answer no it will open the recording as if it were a simple trend without the rest of the EN 50160 test data You can now remove the SD card from the PC unlock the card and re install it into the instrument Recorded Sessions Downloaded recorded data sessions are listed in the Navigation frame in Recorded Sessions under the name of the selected instrument When you click Recorded Sessions it expands to include the following categories of data Recordings Photographs Alarms Transients Inrush Monitoring As you highlight each of these categories the recorded data sessions associated with it appear listed in the Data frame To view an individual session click on the category to expand it and then click on a record The data contained in the highlighted session appears in the Data frame You can save the displayed data to your PC by clicking File in the menu bar selecting Save as and then completing the dialog to specify the filename and location of the saved data You can format and save the displayed session record as a DataView report To do this highlight the session and choose Create DataView Report from the File menu or click the Create Report Recordings A recorded session that has been stored on the connected instrument can be viewed on the PC You can then a
32. ent When you select this option the Duration field is displayed to allow you to set the length of the recording session Options range from 30 minutes default up to 8 weeks Selecting Record Now also automatically checks the Use the same dates times and names for the recordings and searches and Schedule Recording options e Use the same dates times and names for the recordings and searches specifies that any selected recording sessions start and stop at the same date and time and also are stored under the same session name If both this field and the Record Now field are checked all Starting Time and Ending Time fields on this tab are disabled all selected sessions will start and end in accordance with the specified duration If this field is checked and the Record Now field is not checked the top row of Starting Time and Ending Time and Name fields is enabled and the date time name fields that apply to transients inrush and alarm searches are inactive and grayed out Session names can be up to eight alohanumeric characters long If this field is unchecked you must enter an individual start and stop date time and session name for each selected recording e Schedule Recording when checked schedules a recording session During this session the instrument records data specified in the Recordings tab of the Configure Instrument dialog box The information required to complete this field is affected by whether or not you previously selected the o
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34. enu bar and then selecting Open This displays the Open File dialog box Use this dialog box to locate and open the appropriate icp file s The name s of the session s appear in the My Campaigns folder in the Navigation frame To see slow variations data expand the monitoring session s folder and then click the Slow Variations sub folder Variations data then appears in the Data frame The buttons are defined as follows Note that depending on the data being displayed some buttons may not appear Group Paw Olivari Divari ES b Display For gt 18 Displays slow variations in RMS Root Mean Square channels Displays slow variations in DC channels Displays DC values of recorded inputs Displays slow variations in PEAK channels Displays slow variations in F frequency channels Displays slow variations in THD total harmonic distortion channels Displays slow variations in CF crest factor channels Displays slow variations in PF power factor channels Displays slow variations in tangent channels Displays slow variations in power channels Displays slow variations in FK Factor K channels Displays slow variations in FHL harmonic frequency loss channels Displays slow variations in UNB unbalance channels Displays slow variations in PST short term flicker channels Displays slow variations in PLT long term flicker channels Displays slow variations in voltage and current channels Di
35. epression of the RMS value of the supplied voltage caused by the switching on of a specific load such as a motor RVC is one of the parameters covered under the EN 50150 specification As defined by the EN 50160 specification an interruption is an event in which the residual voltage on the distribution network is less than a specified interruption threshold This interruption threshold distinguishes the event from a dip when the threshold is passed the event is classified as an interruption rather than a dip Interruptions are categorized as either long or short A long voltage interruption is defined as a supply voltage interruption longer than one to three minutes while a short voltage interruption is a supply voltage interruption from O to the defined long voltage interruption value see below The parameters for monitoring both RVC and interruptions are defined by the Rapid Voltage Changes and Interruptions tab in the Configure EN 50160 dialog box At the top of this tab are two read only fields The one on the left displays the electrical hook up as defined in the Configure Instrument dialog box The field on the right shows the nominal voltage setting defined in the General tab of the Configure EN 50160 dialog box The remainder of the tab is divided into two sections On the left side is the Interruptions section which consists of the following fields e Minimum duration of a long voltage interruption sets the period in minutes tha
36. etic Mean Hn r harmonic n as a of RMS voltage with harmonics 47 Harmonic n A Current of harmonic n as a of Arithmetic Mean Arithmetic Mean Hn r RMS current with harmonics 39 iN 00 Harmonic n Neutral Current of harmonic n as Arithmetic Mean Arithmetic Mean ANeutral h r a of RMS current with harmonics S CO O Harmonic n S Apparent power of harmonic n as Arithmetic Mean Arithmetic Mean Hn VA r of apparent power with harmonics Harmonic n V Phase to neutral voltage of Arithmetic Mean Arithmetic Mean harmonic n as a of fundamental RMS voltage al Harmonic n U Phase to phase voltage of Arithmetic Mean Arithmetic Mean harmonic n as a of fundamental RMS voltage Harmonic njA Current of harmonic n as a of Arithmetic Mean Arithmetic Mean Hn f fundamental RMS current Harmonic n S Apparent power of harmonic n as Arithmetic Mean Arithmetic Mean 52 3 5 Hn VA f of fundamental apparent power Harmonic n in Phase to neutral voltage for Arithmetic Mean RMS volts V Hn harmonic n in volts Harmonic n in Phase to phase voltage for Arithmetic Mean RMS volts U Hn harmonic n in volts Harmonic n in Current for harmonic n in Arithmetic Mean RMS ampsjA Hn Ampere Ep Wh Active energy Arithmetic Mean SUM of Energy or Arithmetic mean of Power x Time Ep DC Wh Active DC energy Arithmetic Mean SUM of Energy or Arithmetic mean of Power x Time E
37. frame To see trend data expand the monitoring session s folder and then click the Trend sub folder Trend data then appears in the Data frame The buttons are defined as follows Note that depending on the data being displayed some buttons may not appear Group ams Displays RMS Root Mean Square value s of measured input parameters Displays DC value s of measured input parameters Displays frequency Hz of measured input parameters Displays crest factor values of measured input parameters Displays power factor and cos values of measured inputs individually for each phase L1 L2 L3 or total 2 of all phases depending on the type of network Displays tang values of measured inputs individually for each phase L1 L2 L3 or total 2 of all phases depending on the type of network Displays RMS AC real reactive or apparent and DC power for the measured inputs for each phase L1 L2 L3 or total 2 of all phases Displays FK Factor K value for measured values of each phase L1 L2 or L3 Displays FHL harmonic loss factor value for measured values of each phase L1 L2 or L3 Displays UNB unbalance value for phase to neutral voltage or current for a three phase network Displays PST short term flicker for selected phase L1 L2 or L3 Displays PLT long term flicker value for selected phase L1 L2 or L3 Displays THD total harmonic distortion for phase to phase voltage or phase to neutral voltage an
38. he Configure EN 50160 dialog 31 appears Note that you can also display this dialog by clicking the Configure EN 50160 ES icon in the toolbar The Configure EN 50160 dialog consists of five tabs e General displays the electrical hook up type and other variables associated with the system under measurement You can also name and schedule an EN 50160 monitoring session e Slow Variations thresholds sets parameters for identifying how much a measurement varies from its acceptable value defined by EN 50160 e Rapid Voltage Changes and Interruptions configures the monitoring session for detecting rapid voltage changes RVC and interruptions in the system under measurement e Dips and swells defines settings for monitoring dips and swells overvoltage events e Transients sets conditions for capturing transients in the system under measurement At the bottom of the Configure EN 50160 dialog box are three buttons e OK writes the configuration changes to the instrument and exits the Configure EN 50160 dialog e Cancel exits the Configure Instrument dialog any outstanding configuration changes that haven t been saved to the instrument are lost e Help opens this online Help system at the topic appropriate to the tab at which the Help button was pressed General The General tab of the Configure EN 50160 dialog box defines general settings for configuring an EN 50160 monitoring session At the top of the tab is a field that displays the elect
39. he data in tabular form Enables disables the display on minimum and maximum values for the currently selected data display Displays selected harmonic in f r Displays selected voltage or current harmonic in RMS values Displays voltage and current values of selected harmonic in f r or RMS values Displays apparent power in f Yr Displays present status and set up Information about the connected instrument One type of data that can be recorded on the instrument is classified as photographs This records a snapshot of the current data being measured by the instrument To view a photograph find the instrument s name in the Navigation frame and click Recorded Sessions Then click Photographs This displays a list of photographs currently stored in the selected instrument sorted by date and time To display the data in a photograph you can either double click its name in the Data frame or you can click the plus symbol to the left of the Photographs sub folder in the Navigation frame This expands a list of photographs in the instrument highlight a photograph to display its contents in the Data frame Note that you can also view photographs that have been previously downloaded from the instrument and stored on the PC via the My Campaigns folder The buttons are defined as follows Note that depending on the data being displayed some buttons may not appear 13 Group Hirr 0 50 Hit 0 25 Hir ma 4 15 palate PH
40. ill be updated to indicate the values of each channel at the cursor location Because the instrument can record large amounts of data you will often have multiple measurements associated with each pixel of the graph The table provides a summary of the minimum maximum and average of the samples associated with the time period for one pixel of the graph As you zoom in there will be fewer and fewer points for each pixel of the graph When the graph is fully zoomed in there will only be about 10 data points visible Leer is located at the top of the program screen just under the menu bar Each menu option has an associated toolbar icon that when clicked performs the same operation By default not all available buttons are on the toolbar You can customize the toolbar to add and remove available buttons The following are buttons that are available 7 Open file Loads a previously saved session icp file into the My Campaigns folder B Read SD card Reads the content stored in the instrument s SD Card directly into the PC k Save file Saves any changes made to an open session to the file on the drive Create Report Generates a DataView report using the currently selected session Download Recorded Data Displays the Download dialog box Print Prints the current data display Print Preview Displays the current data display as it would look when printed Delete a Session from the Campaigns Removes the selected session from My Campaigns Connec
41. ime for the instrument You can type in a new time or use the uparrow and downarrow to the right of the field to increment the time To do this highlight the time value you want to increment hours minutes or seconds and then click the uparrow to increase the value or downarrow to decrease it e Synchronize with PC Clock when clicked results in the instrument clock being synched up with the PC clock This feature enables you to ensure that both the instrument and PC have exactly the same time Click OK to save your changes and exit the Date Time dialog Tools menu The Tools menu is displayed when you select the Tools option from the menu bar This menu includes the following options e Colors lets you customize the colors used to display graphs e Cache sets the maximum size of the system cache used for storing archived data e Select Report chooses which default DataView template to use to organize and view recorded data downloaded from the instrument e Options displays a list of general options that affect the operation of the program Colors You can customize the colors used for displaying graphical data in the Data frame To select these colors click Tools in the menu bar and then select Colors You can also do this by clicking the Colors ES icon in the toolbar The Display Colors menu appears This menu shows the complete list of data group names along with the color currently assigned to it To change the color of a data gr
42. late used to create DataView reports 36 1 Click Tools in the menu bar and then click Select Report You can also do this by clicking the Select Report real icon in the toolbar This displays the Templates dialog box 2 Select the template you want to use as the default then click the Select button An asterisk appears next to the template s name indicating that it is now the default 3 In the Add comments field enter any explanatory text you want to associate with this template This text can help explain the purpose of the template when it was created or modified and so on When you are finished entering the comment click Save 4 Click OK to save your changes and exit the Select Report dialog box Options Clicking Options in the Tools menu displays a dialog box containing a list of general options that affect the operation of the program You can also display this dialog box by clicking the Options icon in the toolbar You can set the following options e Show a warning when this application closes and downloads are pending when checked results in a confirmation message appearing whenever you close the program while a download session from the instrument is either active or is pending e Reconnect to the instrument when this application opens when checked causes the program to automatically attempt to reconnect to the instrument whenever the program initiates When unchecked you must connect to the instrument manual
43. ll measured parameters Phase to phase voltage Phase to neutral voltage Current Phase Line 1 Phase Line 2 Phase Line 3 Neutral Display Displays selected data in graphical format A single click at any point on the graph will move the cursor there and the table will show all the values at this point The time when these data were taken will be shown on the time axis Displays selected data in tabular format Displays minimum and maximum values of selected parameters Starts display of real time data If display has been stopped see below pressing this button erases the displayed data and resumes the real time display Stops display of real time data When you press this button the currently displayed data remains on the screen until you press the Start button See above Displays present status and set up information about the connected instrument Harmonics To view real time harmonics data find the instrument s name in the Navigation frame and click Real time Data Then click Harmonics to display harmonics data in the Data frame The buttons are defined as follows Note that depending on the data being displayed some buttons may not appear Displays 0 to 50 harmonics of voltage or current for selected phase s L1 L2 L3 or neutral N The voltage harmonics can be selected for phase to phase voltage or phase to neutral voltage or neutral to ground voltage The harmonics is displayed as a percentage of
44. ls Displays voltage dips in DC channels Displays DC values of recorded inputs Displays voltage dips in PEAK channels Displays voltage dips in F frequency channel Displays voltage dips in THD total harmonic distortion channels Displays voltage dips in CF crest factor channels Displays voltage dips in PF power factor channels Displays voltage dips in Tangent o channels Displays voltage dips in power channels Displays voltage dips in FK Factor K channels Displays voltage dips in FHL harmonic frequency loss channels Displays voltage dips in UNB unbalance channels Displays voltage dips in PST short term flicker channels Displays voltage dips in PLT long term flicker channels Displays voltage dips in voltage and current channels Displays just the phase to phase voltage channels Displays just the phase to neutral voltage channels Displays just the current channels Displays the channels associated with Phase Line 1 Displays the channels associated with Phase Line 2 Displays the channels associated with Phase Line 3 Displays the channels associated with the neutral Displays just the active power W related channels a var Displays just the reactive power var related channels Leth ye mee Displays just the distortion var related channels ene Displays just the apparent power VA channels a Displays just the summation channels Display a Displays present status and set up informatio
45. ly after the program opens e Resume downloading when this application opens when checked instructs the program to resume a previously interrupted downloading session when the same instrument identified by the serial number is re connected e Display a dashed line on the graph for all over ranged quantities when checked results in all over ranged parameters being shown on graphical data displays as dashed lines When unchecked over ranged parameters appear blank a gap appears in the graph s data e Include IEEE 112 Unbalance Definition when checked results in unbalance calculations performed via the methods specified by NEMA and IEEE 112 e Phasor rotation selection displays the phasor diagram either as moving counterclockwise as is shown on the instrument or as moving clockwise e Phasor reference channel selection defines whether the reference channel for the phasor diagram is voltage V1 N or V1 V2 or current 11 Default is voltage To have these options take effect immediately without leaving the Options dialog box click the Apply button To read these options to the program and exit the Options dialog box click OK Print The following options allow you to specify how the document should be printed e Printer is the active printer and printer connection Choose the Setup option to change the printer and printer connection e Print to file prints the document to a file instead of routing it directly to a printer e Properties
46. mum values along with time stamps are also stored The Aggregation period drop down box lists the available demand intervals supported by the instrument e Consider each phase separately for dips swells and interruptions when checked instructs the system to monitor each phase for EN 50160 compliance By default this is unchecked e The next field lets you name the monitoring session The name cannot exceed 20 characters e Schedule Test schedules a monitoring session When this option is checked the fields for entering a start date time and end date time for the monitoring session appear By default the start date time is the current date time and the end date time is the current date time plus one week After you finish making changes you can use the Save and Save As buttons to save your changes in an existing configuration file or create a new one Slow Variations thresholds One of the parameters included in the EN 50160 standard is variation This is a measure of how much a measurement varies from the acceptable value defined by EN 50160 Variation can be measured for a number of parameters defined in the Slow Variations thresholds tab of the Configure EN 50160 dialog box This tab presents variations settings formatted in the following columns e Quantity defines the value to be monitored Options are Hz Vo N rms Vo o rms Plt Vo N unb u2 Vo N THDf Vo o TDHf Vo N Hf Vo b Hf and none Several of these values can be selected multi
47. must be measured before it is recorded as an event You can enter this value in minutes seconds or 10 s of milliseconds default is 10ms The second field is Maximum duration in ms This lets you categorize swell events by how long they last By default three durations are defined 500 5000 and 60000ms You can change or delete these thresholds or add up to four more Allowable values are 2 through 99999ms Transients Transients are short term phenomena that occur in the system under measurement The mechanism for recording transients is as follows the instrument sampling rate is a constant 256 samples per cycle When a transient search is started on the instrument each sample is compared to the sample from the preceding cycle The preceding cycle defines the mid point of the trigger envelope and is used as reference As soon as a sample is outside the envelope the triggering event occurs the representation of the transient is then captured by the instrument The cycle preceding the event and the three following cycles are saved to memory The Monitoring feature allows you to record and display transient conditions measured by the instrument during an EN 50160 monitoring session The parameters for monitoring transients are defined in the Transients tab in the Configure EN 50160 dialog box At the top of this tab is a read only field that displays the electrical hook up as defined in the Configure Instrument dialog box Below this is a dro
48. n about the connected instrument a Opens the Configure EN 50160 dialog box Voltage swells For the purposes of EN 50160 monitoring a swell is defined as a temporary overvoltage of the RMS voltage value Swells mainly occur at the power frequency and can last from several cycles up to hours or days depending on specific situations Each voltage swell is characterized by e overvoltage the highest voltage measured on any channel during the swell 23 e depth difference between the nominal voltage and the overvoltage in percentage of the nominal voltage e duration time difference between the start time and the end time of the voltage swell The Monitoring feature allows you to record and display voltage swells detected by the instrument during an EN 50160 monitoring session Recorded monitoring sessions are configured and initiated through the Configure EN 50160 dialog box A session can be downloaded from the instrument and stored on the PC with the file extension icp You can then open the stored session file and view its data in the Data frame To do this you must first download and save the recording session Then open the file by clicking File in the menu bar and then selecting Open This displays the Open File dialog box Use this dialog box to locate and open the appropriate icp file s The name s of the session s appear in the My Campaigns folder in the Navigation frame To see voltage swells expand the monitoring session
49. nalyze the data and format it into a DataView report Parameters for setting up a recording session can be set on the instrument or through the Configure Instrument dialog box To view a recorded session find the instrument s name in the Navigation frame and click Recorded Sessions Then click Recordings This displays a list of recorded sessions currently stored in the selected instrument To display the data stored in the recording you can either double click its name in the Data frame or you can click the plus symbol to the left of the Recordings sub folder in the Navigation frame This expands a list of recordings in the instrument highlight a recording to display its contents in the Data frame Note that you can also view recorded sessions that have been previously downloaded from the instrument and stored on the PC via the My Campaigns folder The buttons are defined as follows Note that depending on the data being displayed some buttons may not appear Group Displays RMS Root Mean Square channels Displays RMS values of recorded inputs Displays DC channels Displays DC values of recorded inputs Displays PEAK channels Displays peak values of recorded inputs Displays frequency channel Displays CF crest factor channels Displays crest factor values of recorded inputs Displays PF power factor channels Displays power factor of recorded channels and total power factor three phase network Displays tangent cha
50. nd Ratios The Sensors and Ratios tab of the Configure Instrument dialog box enables you to set the voltage and current ratios for the sensors connected to the instrument At the top of this tab is a read only field that displays the electrical hook up as defined in the Setup tab of the Configure Instrument dialog box The remainder of the tab is divided into two sections On the left is the Voltage Ratios section In this section is a drop down field that specifies whether e No voltage ratios are used e The same voltage ratio applies to all phases and the neutral in the electrical hook up e One ratio applies to the phases and one applies to neutral e Each phase and neutral has its own assigned ratio Depending on the electrical hook up currently under measurement not all these options may be available The selection in these fields determines which of the four rows of fields below it L1 L2 L3 and N are active e 4L 1 1 No ratios none of the fields is active e 4L Same ratio for all only the L1 row is active the value you enter into this field applies to all phases and neutral e 3L N Same except N has its own ratio the fields in rows L1 and N are active e L1 L2 L3 N Separate ratios all four rows of fields are active For each active row you can specify a Primary and Secondary ratio Ratios can be expressed in terms of 1 default or in terms of V3 use the adjacent drop down list to make this selection Your selection should match
51. nnels Displays THD total harmonic distortion channels Displays power channels Displays Factor K FK value for measured values of each phase L1 L2 or L3 The value calculated is numerically different from K factor in the USA Displays FHL harmonic loss factor value for measured values of each phase L1 L2 or L3 Displays UNB unbalance channels three phase network 12 Energy Channels T E 7 Py O ouverte bepivariee ovale herido begivarhi Es vahi Display Photographs Displays PST short term flicker channels Displays PLT long term flicker channels Displays a harmonic selected in the window Displays cumulative energy Displays just the phase to phase voltage channels Displays just the phase to neutral voltage channels Displays just the current channels Displays the channels associated with Phase Line 1 Displays the channels associated with Phase Line 2 Displays the channels associated with Phase Line 3 Displays the channels associated with the neutral Displays just the active power W related channels Displays just the reactive power var related channels Displays distortion power Displays just the apparent power VA channels Displays just the summation channels Displays active energy Displays reactive energy Displays apparent energy Displays all applicable variables for selected parameter Displays the data in graphical trend form Displays t
52. nstrument It can also be data recorded and saved on the instrument and then downloaded to the PC At the top of the Data frame are up to three rows of buttons Group Channel and Display e Group buttons determine which group of parameters to display e Channels buttons identify the input s to which the data applies e Display buttons control whether data is displayed in graphical or tabular format and also displays minimum maximum values as well as information related to the instrument Note that depending on the data being displayed some buttons may not appear Under the button rows is a table that identifies which displayed graph color is associated with which channel Each channel is assigned a specific color Double clicking on the Colors column in the table displays the Display Colors dialog which allows you to change the color that represents a channel Note that this table does not appear if non graphical data is being displayed The main part of the Data frame displays data either in graphical or tabular format depending on which button is selected in the Display buttons When the data frame is displaying graphical report data it provides several features for navigating and viewing the data A single click on the graph or table moves the display cursor or the highlighted row to the location of the click The date and time under the cursor will be updated to correspond to the location of the cursor on the graph The table of channels w
53. ntities Hz Vo N rms or Vo o rms When the Abs check box is de selected see above a field appears to the right of each displayed nominal value This is for entering the percentage of variation from the nominal value to monitor This must be a number between 100 and 100 values can include a positive or negative sign a decimal separator and a digit after the decimal separator e Low lt limit defines the lowest allowable limit for the quantity This field only appears for the quantities Hz Vo N rms or Vo d rms and is active when the Abs check box is selected For Vo N rms and Vo rms use the adjacent drop down list to select ether V or k for the unit If the Abs check box is de selected the value is calculated using the nominal value and the associated percentage see above In this case a field appears to the right of each displayed low limit value for entering the percentage of variation This must be a number between 100 and 100 e High gt limit defines the highest allowable limit for the quantity to be monitored It is available for all quantities For quantities Plt Vo N unb u2 Vo N THDf Vo d TDHf Vo N Hf and Vo o Hf this value is expressed in percentage e of aggregation periods Allowable values are 0 to 100 Rapid Voltage Changes and Interruptions A rapid voltage change RVC is an event that represents a quick transition from one steady state voltage to another This is generally characterized as a fast d
54. old may be expressed as a percentage or in terms of units In the latter case some quantities offer a choice of units which you can select from a drop down list e Duration sets the period the condition must exist before it is recorded as an alarm This can be expressed in either seconds or minutes as selected from the accompanying drop down list e Hysteresis selects the hysteresis percentage for the quantity Options are 1 2 5 and 10 29 Recordings The Recordings tab of the Configure Instrument dialog box defines what data should be captured during instrument recording sessions You can set up to four different recording configurations the Configuration Number radio button field at the top of the tab selects the configuration The other fields in this tab are as follows e Data to Record displays all the available quantities that can be recorded Select the quantities you want by checking its check box You can select all the recordings by clicking the All button or deselect all of them by clicking None e Harmonic Values to Record lists available harmonic quantities Select the ones you want to record by clicking the adjacent check boxes When you select a quantity fields appear for entering the harmonic range allowable values are 0 through 50 You can also choose to record only odd harmonics by clicking the associated check box e Aggregation period defines the time interval over which measurements are aggregated Select the appr
55. opriate period from the drop down list Options are 1s 5s 20s 1min 2min 5min 10min default and 15min Transients Transients are short term phenomena that occur in the system under measurement The mechanism for recording transients is as follows the instrument sampling rate is a constant 256 samples per cycle When a transient search is started on the instrument each sample is compared to the sample from the preceding cycle The preceding cycle defines the mid point of the trigger envelope and is used as reference As soon as a sample is outside the envelope the triggering event occurs the representation of the transient is then captured by the instrument The cycle preceding the event and the three following cycles are saved to memory The Transients tab of the Configure Instrument dialog box sets conditions for capturing transients in the system under measurement At the top of this tab is a read only field that displays the electrical hook up as defined in the General tab of the Configure Instrument dialog box The remaining fields on this tab are as follows e Threshold of Voltage Difference includes a drop down field that specifies whether The same voltage difference threshold applies to all phases and the neutral in the electrical hook up One threshold applies to the phases and one applies to neutral Each phase and neutral has its own assigned threshold Depending on the electrical hook up currently under measurement not all
56. or slow variations rapid voltage changes RVC long and short interruptions of the supply voltage voltage dips and voltage swells The display also includes two buttons Displays information about the instrument gt Opens the Configure EN 50160 dialog To see detailed data about monitored parameters download the monitoring session and click My Campaigns The monitoring session will appear expand it to list the following sub folders Slow variations Trend Rapid voltage changes Long and short interruptions Voltage dips Voltage swells Transients Clicking on a folder displays its contents in the Data frame Slow variations One of the parameters included in the EN 50160 standard is variation This is a measure of how much a measurement deviates from the acceptable value defined by EN 50160 Variations can be measured for a number of parameters The Monitoring feature allows you to capture record and display slow as opposed to rapidly occurring variations measured by the instrument during an EN 50160 monitoring session Recorded monitoring sessions are configured and initiated through the Configure EN 50160 dialog box A session can be downloaded from the instrument and 17 stored on the PC with the file extension icp You can then open the stored session file and view its data in the Data frame To do this you must first download and save the recording session Then open the file by clicking File in the m
57. or the measured inputs for each phase L1 L2 L3 or total 2 of all phases Displays FK Factor K value for measured values of each phase L1 L2 or L3 Displays FHL harmonic loss factor value for measured values of each phase L1 L2 or L3 Displays UNB unbalance value for phase to neutral voltage or current for a three phase network Displays PST short term flicker value for selected phase L1 L2 or L3 Displays PLT long term flicker value for selected phase L1 L2 or L3 Displays total harmonic distortion value THD for phase to phase voltage or phase to neutral voltage and current for selected phase L1 L2 L3 Channels Displays real time values of all the measured parameters Displays RMS AC and DC real power for the measured inputs for each phase L1 L2 L3 or total 2 of all phases when power is selected Displays reactive power for the measured inputs for each phase L1 L2 L3 or total 2 of all phases when power is selected Displays distortion for the measured inputs for each phase L1 L2 L3 or total 2 of all phases when power is selected Displays apparent power for the measured inputs for each phase L1 L2 L3 or total 2 of all phases power is selected Phase to phase voltage Phase to neutral voltage Current Phase Line 1 Phase Line 2 Phase Line 3 Neutral Displays just the summation channels Displays selected data in graphical format A single click at
58. oup perform the following steps 1 Select the group for which you want to change the color The group appears highlighted and a downarrow icon appears to the right of its currently assigned color 2 Click the downarrow icon This displays a table of available colors If the color you want does not appear in the table click More Colors to select from a wider range of colors 3 Select the color to assign to the highlighted group and click OK You are returned to the Display Colors dialog box the new color now appears next to the selected group 4 When you are finished changing colors click OK to save your changes and exit the Display Colors menu Cache You can set the maximum size of the system cache used for storing archived data on your PC To do this 1 Click Tools in the menu bar and then select Cache You can also do this by clicking the Cache tah icon in the toolbar This displays the Cache menu 2 Enter the maximum size of the cache in gigabytes This must be a number from 1 through 4096GB 3 When you are finished setting the maximum cache size click OK to save your change and exit the Cache menu Select Report Data recorded on the instrument can be downloaded to your PC and then formatted into a DataView report This report can be displayed online printed and distributed for further analysis DataView reports are built on templates which you can select and customize to your requirements To change the default temp
59. p down field that specifies whether e The same voltage difference threshold applies to all phases and the neutral in the electrical hook up e One threshold applies to the phases and one applies to neutral e Each phase and neutral has its own assigned threshold 34 Depending on the electrical hook up currently under measurement not all these options may be available The selection in these fields determines which of the four fields below it L1 L2 L3 and N are active If you select 4L Same thresholds for all only the L1 field is active the value you enter into this field applies to all phases and neutral If you select 3L N Same except N has its own threshold the fields L1 and N are active If you select L1 L2 L3 N Separate thresholds all four fields are active Enter the threshold value and select units from the drop down field V or kV Default is 23V At the bottom of the screen is a graph that displays measured transient events if any 35 Chapter 7 Other Control Panel Features Set instrument clock You can set the time and date on the instrument from the Instrument menu To do this click Instrument in the menu bar and select the option Set instrument clock This displays the Date Time dialog box which includes the following fields e Date lets you enter a new date for the instrument Click the downarrow to the right of this field to display a calendar from which you can choose a date e Time allows you to set a new t
60. pand the monitoring session s folder and then click the Long and short interruptions sub folder Interruptions data then appears in the Data frame At the top of the Data frame are up to three rows of buttons Group Channels and Display e Group buttons determine which group of parameters to display e Channels buttons identify the input s to which the data applies e Display buttons control whether data is displayed in graphical or tabular format and also displays minimum maximum values as well as information related to the instrument The buttons are defined as follows Note that depending on the data being displayed some buttons may not appear Group Displays interruptions in RMS Root Mean Square channels 0 Displays interruptions in DC channels Displays DC values of recorded inputs m Displays interruptions in PEAK channels FH Displays interruptions in F frequency channel eee Displays interruptions in THD total harmonic distortion channels p Displays interruptions in CF crest factor channels pr Displays interruptions in PF power factor channels 21 Displays interruptions in Tangent 4 channels m Displays interruptions in power channels Displays interruptions in FK Factor K channels Displays interruptions in FHL harmonic frequency loss channels Displays interruptions in UNB unbalance channels Displays interruptions in PST short term flicker channels Displays interruptions in PLT long
61. pens the session properties address book Edit Session Parameters Opens the Session Parameters dialog box for the currently selected session in the Open Sessions folder Customize Toolbar Allows the user to customize the toolbar Set Clock Allows the user to set the clock for the currently connected instrument Delete a Session Removes the currently selected session in the Recorded Sessions list from the connected instrument Status Displays status information from the connected instrument Colors Opens the Display Colors dialog box allowing the user to customize the colors used to display graphical data Cache Opens the Cache dialog box allowing the user to manage the contents of the cache for each instrument Select Report Opens the Templates dialog box allowing you to select the default template to be used when creating a DataView report Options Opens the Options dialog box allowing you to specify default rates and various program options Help Topics Opens this Help file Manual Opens the web browser at the location of the on line PDF manual Update Check the Internet to see if a new version of the software and or firmware Is available About Opens the About dialog box displaying version and copyright information To add or delete and change icons in the toolbar 1 Click the down arrow that appears to the right of the last icon on the toolbar This displays a popup box 2 Click Add or Remove Buttons then click St
62. ple times up to 64 in total can be monitored You can navigate through the list of quantities using the Next page and Previous Page buttons at the bottom of the screen Note that some values are not available in some distribution systems and instrument models e Harmonic order is available when the selected quantity is Vo N rms Vo N Hf or Vo o Hf The order is a number from 2 through 25 32 e L N defines the line to be monitored when Vo N rms or Vo N Hf is selected in the Quantity field For other quantities this column is blank Options are 3L 2L L or Neutral The choice of options depends on the electrical hook up and the instrument model e Aggregation period specifies a period of time over which the instrument determines the average value for a given measurement parameter In addition to the average the 1 second minimum and maximum values along with time stamps are also stored The Aggregation period drop down box lists the available demand intervals supported by the instrument Default is the value entered into the Aggregation period by default field in the General tab of the Configure EN 50160 dialog box e Select Abs defines whether to use absolute limits or relative limits This check box only appears when the quantity is Hz Vo N rms or Vo rms e Nominal value displays the nominal or center value for the quantity as defined in the General tab of the Configure EN 50160 dialog box Nominal values are displayed for the qua
63. power frequency and can last from several cycles up to hours or days depending on specific situations Each voltage dip or swell event is characterized by e lowest dip or highest swell voltage value measured on any channel during the event e depth difference between the nominal voltage and the event voltage in percentage of the nominal voltage e duration time difference between the start time and the end time of the voltage event The Monitoring feature allows you to record and display voltage dips and swells detected by the instrument during an EN 50160 monitoring session The parameters for monitoring both dips and swells are defined by the Dips and swells tab in the Configure EN 50160 dialog box At the top of this tab are two read only fields The one on the left displays the electrical hook up as defined in the Configure Instrument dialog box The field on the right shows the nominal voltage setting defined in the General tab of the Configure EN 50160 dialog box The remainder of the tab is divided into two sections On the left side is the Dips section which consists of the following fields e Dip Level is a section consisting of two fields The first is Voltage hysteresis in which sets the hysteresis percentage for the voltage dip This is a drop down list with four options 1 2 default 5 and 10 The second field is Voltage threshold in which defines the point at which a drop in voltage is classified as a dip This is e
64. ptions Record Now and or Use the same dates times and names for the recordings and searches If both the Record Now and Use the same dates times and names for the recordings and searches options are unchecked you must enter a start date time end date time and name for this recording session into the Schedule Recording field If Record Now is unchecked and Use the same dates times and names for the recordings and searches is checked you can only enter the name of the recording session into the Schedule Recording field e Schedule Transient Search when checked schedules a transient recording session using the settings configured in the Transients tab of the Configure Instrument dialog box If you check this option and the Use the same dates times and names for the recordings and searches option is unchecked you must enter a start data time end date time and name for this transient recording session e Schedule Inrush Search when checked schedules an inrush recording session using the settings configured in the Inrush tab of the Configure Instrument dialog box If you check this option and the Use the same dates times and names for the recordings and searches option is unchecked you must enter a start data time end date time and name for this inrush recording session Note that you cannot schedule an inrush search when an alarm search is scheduled to schedule an inrush search the Schedule Alarm Search check
65. q varh Reactive energy Arithmetic Mean SUM of Energy or Arithmetic mean of Power x Time Es VAh Apparent energy Arithmetic Mean SUM of Energy or Arithmetic mean of Power x Time Ed varh Distortion energy Arithmetic Mean SUM of Energy or Arithmetic mean of Power x Time Waveform U Waveform of phase to phase Arithmetic Mean Never aggregates voltage Waveform of phase to neutral Arithmetic Mean Never aggregates voltage 5 5 5 5 5 5 ez ee U rms f Phase to phase RMS voltage of RMS RMS the fundamental frequency Vrms f Phase to neutral RMS voltage of RMS RMS the fundamental frequency Arms f RMS current of the fundamental RMS RMS frequency Inrush Waveform of phase phase Arithmetic Mean Never aggregates Waveform U voltage during inrush Inrush Waveform of phase neutral Arithmetic Mean Never aggregates Waveform V voltage during inrush 4 5 6 7 8 9 61 62 64 65 N D O 70 Inrush Waveform of current during Arithmetic Mean Never aggregates Waveform A inrush 71 Inrush rms U Phase to phase RMS voltage RMS RMS during inrush 72 Inrush rms V Phase to neutral RMS voltage RMS RMS during inrush Inrush rms A RMS current during inrush RMS RMS 74 Transient Phase to phase RMS voltage Arithmetic Mean Never aggregates Waveform U during transient 75 Transient Phase to neutral RMS voltage Arithmetic Mean Never aggregates Waveform V during transient 76 Transient RMS current during
66. rical hook up type This field is read only to change the electrical hook up you must either do so on the instrument or through the Configure Instrument dialog box Below this are the following fields e A drop down list displays previously saved configuration files You can select a file to write the settings it contains into the fields in the Configure EN 50160 dialog box The default configuration file is named EN 50160 default V lt 1000 V To remove a configuration file from the drop down list select it and press the Remove Selected Configuration button in the right side of the General tab Note that you cannot remove the default configuration file e Nominal Voltage defines the nominal or center voltage for the electrical hook up to be monitored You can set any voltage between 50 and 650 000V e Phase to Phase and Phase to Neutral These radio buttons specify whether the voltage is defined as phase to phase or phase to neutral depending on the selected electrical hook up Some systems only allow one option For example the 1 phase 2 wire single phase electrical hook up only supports phase to neutral voltages e Nominal frequency defines the nominal or center frequency of the electrical hook up Options are 50 or 60Hz e Aggregation period by default specifies the default period of time over which the instrument determines the average value for a given measurement parameter In addition to the average the 1 second minimum and maxi
67. rs for recording an inrush condition can be set on the instrument or through the Configure Instrument dialog box To view inrush current data if any find the instrument s name in the Navigation frame and click Recorded Sessions Then click Inrush This displays a list of any inrush events currently stored in the selected instrument To display the data in an inrush event you can either double click its name in the Data frame or you can click the plus symbol to the left of the Inrush sub folder in the Navigation frame This expands a list of inrush events in the instrument highlight an inrush event to display its contents in the Data frame Note that you can also view inrush events that have been previously downloaded from the instrument and stored on the PC via the My Campaigns option The buttons are defined as follows Note that depending on the data being displayed some buttons may not appear Group Displays RMS Root Mean Square channels Sees Displays waveforms of voltage or current for selected phase s L1 L2 L3 or neutral N Displays frequency channel 16 Channels Displays all the recorded parameters Displays just the phase to neutral voltage channels Displays the current channels Displays the channels associated with Phase Line L1 Displays the channels associated with Phase Line L2 Displays the channels associated with Phase Line L3 Displays the data in graphical trend form Displays th
68. s Pst over 10 divided by number then divided by number then minutes cube root cube root Long term severity The Formula is sum of cubes Formula is sum of cubes instrument calculates Plt over 2 divided by number then divided by number then hours cube root cube root Harmonic loss factor Arithmetic Mean Arithmetic Mean 20 FK K factor Used to quantify the Arithmetic Mean Arithmetic Mean effect of a load on a transformer 21 U pk Maximum peak value of phase Arithmetic Mean MAX to phase voltage 22 V pk Maximum peak value of phase Arithmetic Mean MAX to neutral voltage Maximum peak value of current Arithmetic Mean Minimum peak value of phase Arithmetic Mean Q 00 i phase voltage eel 25 V pk Minimum peak value of phase Arithmetic Mean to neutral voltage MIN 26 A pk Minimum peak value of current Arithmetic Mean MIN N N Phase to phase RMS distortion Arithmetic Mean Never Aggregated voltage Phase to neutral RMS distortion Arithmetic Mean Never Aggregated voltage RMS distortion current Arithmetic Mean Never Aggregated 29 30 31 32 33 34 U V A P Arithmetic Mean Arithmetic Mean P DC W Active DC power Arithmetic Mean Arithmetic Mean if d d d A W Q var Arithmetic Mean Arithmetic Mean S V Apparent power Arithmetic Mean Arithmetic Mean D var Reactive distortion power Arithmetic Mean Arithmetic Mean PF Arithmetic Mean Arithmetic Mean 36 Cos Q Cosine of the phas
69. s an energy measurement session on the instrument The measured data appears on the screen in real time Stops the display of energy data Shows energy Source parameters by default Pressing the button hides them Shows energy load parameters by default Pressing the button hides them Shows energy net parameters by default Pressing the button hides them Displays present status information about the connected instrument Chapter 4 Downloading and Viewing Recorded Data Data recorded in the instrument can be downloaded to the PC for further display and analysis You can download all data recorded in the instrument or only a selected type of data alarms transients and so on Before you can download data the data must be stored in the instrument as a recorded session and the instrument must be connected to the PC To see a list of recorded sessions currently stored on the instrument open the Recorded Sessions folder in the Navigation frame All session types including recordings photographs alarms transients inrush and monitoring are listed in the Data frame To see lists of a specific session type open its associated sub folder To download recorded sessions currently stored in the instrument 1 Inthe Data frame highlight one or more listed sessions you want to download 2 Click Instrument in the menu bar and click Download Recorded Data Alternately you can click the download al icon in the toolbar 3 The Downloads s
70. s folder and then click the Voltage swells sub folder Data related to voltage swells then appears in the Data frame At the top of the Data frame are up to three rows of buttons Group Channels and Display e Group buttons determine which group of parameters to display e Channels buttons identify the input s to which the data applies e Display buttons control whether data is displayed in graphical or tabular format and also displays minimum maximum values as well as information related to the instrument The buttons are defined as follows Note that depending on the data being displayed some buttons may not appear Group Displays voltage dips in RMS Root Mean Square channels wees Displays voltage dips in DC channels Displays DC values of recorded inputs eee Displays voltage dips in PEAK channels Fiz Displays voltage dips in F frequency channel eee Displays voltage dips in THD total harmonic distortion channels n Displays voltage dips in CF crest factor channels pr Displays voltage dips in PF power factor channels Displays voltage dips in Tangent o channels Displays voltage dips in power channels Displays voltage dips in FK Factor K channels Displays voltage dips in FHL harmonic frequency loss channels Displays voltage dips in UNB unbalance channels Displays voltage dips in PST short term flicker channels Displays voltage dips in PLT long term flicker channels Displays voltage dips in vol
71. screen If the connection is successful a message is displayed informing you that the instrument has been identified Click Finish to complete the process and exit the Connect an Instrument Wizard The connected instrument now appears in the Workstation folder in the Navigation frame You can now view recorded and real time data on the instrument download recorded data configure the instrument and perform other tasks Disconnect the Instrument There may be instances when you want to disconnect from the currently connected instrument For example the program can only connect to one instrument at a time so if you want to connect to a different instrument you will need to first disconnect from the current one To do this click Instrument in the menu bar and then select the option Disconnect the instrument A message appears asking you to confirm the disconnection Click Yes the program then disconnects the instrument and removes its name from the Navigation frame Reconnect the Instrument If during a program session the connected instrument becomes disconnected the Connect an instrument option in the Instrument menu is replaced by the option Reconnect the instrument To reconnect the instrument click Reconnect the instrument e lf the instrument was temporarily disconnected for example by powering down clicking Reconnect the instrument immediately reconnects the program to the instrument e lf the instrument was disconnected via the Dis
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73. splays just the phase to phase voltage channels Displays just the phase to neutral voltage channels Displays just the current channels Displays the channels associated with Phase Line 1 Displays the channels associated with Phase Line 2 Displays the channels associated with Phase Line 3 Displays the channels associated with the neutral Displays just the active power W related channels Displays just the reactive power var related channels Displays just the distortion related channels Displays just the apparent power VA channels Displays just the summation channels Displays present status and set up information about the connected instrument Opens the Configure EN 50160 dialog box Trend The Monitoring feature allows you to record and display trend data measured by the instrument during an EN 50160 monitoring session Recorded monitoring sessions are configured and initiated through the Configure EN 50160 dialog box A session can be downloaded from the instrument and stored on the PC with the file extension icp You can then open the stored session file and view its data in the Data frame To do this you must first download and save the recording session Then open the file by clicking File in the menu bar and then selecting Open This displays the Open File dialog box Use this dialog box to locate and open the appropriate icp file s The name s of the session s appear in the My Campaigns folder in the Navigation
74. t Instrument Opens the Connect Instrument Wizard dialog to connect the instrument Disconnect Instrument Disconnects the connected instrument Configure Opens the Configure Instrument dialog box for setting parameters on the currently connected instrument Configure EN 50160 Opens the Configure EN 50160 dialog box for configuring a monitoring session on the currently connected instrument Zoom Tool Changes the cursor while over a graph to the zoom tool It allows the user to draw an area of the graph to zoom in on Zoom Previous Resets the zoom state of the graph to the previous zoom state This operation will undo the last zoom operation Zoom In Increases the zoom magnification of the displayed graph 90019 AAP PIS Zoom Out Decreases the zoom magnification of the displayed graph Zoom All Adjusts the zoom magnification of the graph to display all of the available data Select start and end Allows the user to specify a precise start and end date time for the displayed graph Back Navigate to the previous display Forward This command will undo the last Back operation Close Closes and unloads the currently selected session in the Open Campaigns folder Save As Saves the currently selected session under a different file name Export to a Spreadsheet Saves measurement data into an Excel M spread sheet file Print Setup Opens the Print Setup dialog allowing the user to specify print options Edit Address Book O
75. t defines a long interruption Default is 3 minutes e Minimum duration of a short voltage interruption specifies the period that defines a short interruption Default is 1 minute You can enter this value in minutes seconds or 10 s of milliseconds select the unit from the adjacent drop down box e Interruption threshold in of nominal voltage defines the point at which a drop in voltage is classified as an interruption This is expressed in terms of percentage of nominal voltage Default is 1 On the right side of the RVC and Interruptions tab is the Rapid Voltage Changes section This consists of the following fields e RVC threshold in of nominal voltage defines the point at which a sudden rise or drop in voltage is classified as a rapid voltage change This is expressed in terms of percentage of nominal voltage Default is 5 e RVC hysteresis sets the hysteresis percentage for the RVC This is a drop down list with two options 1 default and 0 5 Below these two fields is a graphic display of RVC events if any that have been measured by the instrument 33 Dips and swells For the purposes of EN 50160 monitoring a voltage dip is defined as a sudden reduction of the RMS voltage value below 90 of the nominal value followed by a return to a value higher than 90 of the nominal within a time period varying from 10ms to 60s A swell is defined as a temporary overvoltage of the RMS voltage value Swells mainly occur at the
76. t template you must first download the session s icp file from the instrument to the PC Then proceed as follows 1 2 Click File in the menu bar and then select Open This displays the Open dialog box Select the session data from the list of icp files If the file you want is not listed use the folder interface to navigate to and find the desired session When the desired file is selected click Open The name of the session s icp file appears in the My Campaigns folder in the Navigation frame To view the contents of the session highlight its name and expand it to display a list of sub folders contained within the file The sub folders that appear depend on the type of data stored in the file You can create a DataView report that includes all the data in the recorded session or just a subset To include all the data highlight the session s icp file name in My Campaigns To create a report from a subset of data highlight the icp file name and then select one or more individual sessions listed in the Data frame Click File in the menu bar and then select Create DataView Report The program creates a report from the selected data using the previously defined default report template This report is then displayed While viewing a report you can save it to a file export it to a spreadsheet or as a pdf file create a new report from scratch or by using templates and perform other DataView tasks These are explaine
77. tage and current channels Displays just the phase to phase voltage channels Displays just the phase to neutral voltage channels Displays just the current channels Displays the channels associated with Phase Line 1 Displays the channels associated with Phase Line 2 Displays the channels associated with Phase Line 3 Displays the channels associated with the neutral Displays just the active power W related channels varia Displays just the reactive power var related channels 24 Displays just the distortion var related channels Displays just the apparent power VA channels Displays just the summation channels Displays present status and set up information about the connected instrument Opens the Configure EN 50160 dialog box Transients The Monitoring feature allows you to record and display transients detected by the instrument during an EN 50160 monitoring session The parameters for monitoring transients can be set on the instrument or through the Transients tab in the Configure EN 50160 dialog box This enables you to set search criteria such as transient thresholds and the time during which the search will occur The result is a search or campaign that has a name and a list of transients Individual transients can be viewed from the list of those found during the search An EN 50160 monitoring session can be downloaded from the instrument and stored on the PC with the file extension icp You can
78. tee ett nc 36 O cece stead Wis yamine c adele o E eee ee ed 36 A acer dAt sue suede sence a o eetcierete ut 37 E ete seat O ER ta toate Mental sien a 37 TOO muchdala OS VS o e ao 37 Appendix Software aggregation MEMOS as 38 Chapter 1 DataView PowerPad lll Control Panel User Interface The DataView PowerPad III Control Panel enables you to connect an AEMC PowerPad lll to a computer Once connected you can download and display recorded data view measurement data in real time configure the instrument start a recording session and create DataView reports from recorded data The Control Panel s user interface is arranged as follows At the top of the application window is the title bar The title bar displays the name of the application and the path to the open data file if any Below the title bar is the menu bar The menu bar contain six drop down menus The top level names of these menus are File Edit View Instrument Tools and Help Each of the options in these menus is associated with the menu s name For example instrument specific options are listed in the Instrument menu Below the menu bar is the toolbar This contains iconic representations of some of the menu commands you can click an icon as a shortcut to perform the same function as its associated menu command Below the toolbar are two frames The frame on the left is the Navigation frame This functions much like Windows Explorer does when exploring the folders on your
79. term flicker channels Displays interruptions in voltage and current channels Displays just the phase to phase voltage channels Displays just the phase to neutral voltage channels Displays just the current channels Displays the channels associated with Phase Line 1 Displays the channels associated with Phase Line 2 Displays the channels associated with Phase Line 3 Displays the channels associated with the neutral Displays just the active power W related channels mite Displays just the reactive power var related channels Displays just the distortion var related channels YA Displays just the apparent power VA channels Displays just the summation channels Displays present status and set up information about the connected instrument Opens the Configure EN 50160 dialog box Voltage dips For the purposes of EN 50160 monitoring a voltage dip is defined as a sudden reduction of the RMS voltage below a configured value for example 90 of the nominal value followed by a return to a value higher than the configured value within a time period varying from 10ms to 60s Each voltage dip is characterized by e residual voltage lowest voltage value measured on any channel during the dip e depth difference between the nominal voltage and the residual voltage in percentage of the nominal voltage e duration time difference between the start time and the end time of the voltage dip The Monitoring feature allows
80. the ratio setting specified on the transformer s information plate The ratio value must be between 100 and 9999900 default is 1000 In each row the ratio between the Primary and Secondary values is calculated and displayed in the Ratio column In the right side of the tab is the Current Sensors and Ratios section Similar to Voltage Ratios this section includes a drop down list specifying whether 1 no current ratios are used 2 one ratio applies to all phases and neutral 3 one ratio applies to all phases and another applies to neutral or 4 a separate ratio applies to each phase and to neutral Below this are fields that let you define the primary and secondary ratios for each sensor currently attached to the instrument Instrument Display The Instrument Display tab in the Configure Instrument dialog box sets variables for the instrument s LCD display including language colors data format and others The fields on this tab are as follows e Instrument Display provides radio buttons that let you select the time format AM PM or 24 hour and date format DD MM YY or MM DD YY You can also set the levels of brightness and contrast on the instrument s display e Instrument s Display Trace Colors associates colors with each voltage and current reading To assign a color highlight the voltage V1 V2 V3 VN or current A1 A2 A3 AN variable in the radio button list on the left and then select a color for it from the drop down list on
81. transient Arithmetic Mean Never aggregates Waveform A Explanations RMS Root Mean Square MAX Maximum MIN Minimum 41
82. truments 1 phase 2 wire 1 phase 3 wire 2 phase 2 wire 2 phase 3 wire 2 phase 4 wire 3 phase 3 wire A1 optional 2 wattmeters A2 optional 2 wattmeters A3 optional 2 wattmeters 3 phase 4 wire 3V V3 not used 21 2 Element V1 not used 2 2 Element V2 not used 2 2 Element 3 phase 5 wire 3V V3 not used 2 2 Element V1 not used 21 2 Element V2 not used 2 2 Element To the right of the drop down list is an illustration of the selected hook up This illustration updates to reflect the choice of hook up In the bottom section of the Setup tab are the following fields e Reactive values var calculation is a radio button field that lets you specify whether reactive values will be calculated with harmonics or without harmonics Default is Q Separated Without Harmonics e Phase Harmonic Ratios lets you choose whether to calculate display and report harmonics as a ratio of the fundamental value f or total value Yr e Transformer Factor K defines variables for calculating the transformer Factor K These are specified through two drop down lists one for q options are 1 5 1 6 and 1 7 and e options are 0 05 0 06 0 07 0 08 0 09 and 0 10 e Nominal Frequency defines the nominal or center frequency of the electrical hook up Options are 50 or 60Hz e Long Term Flicker defines whether a fixed window or a sliding window of time is used for measuring long term flicker Default is Sliding Window 28 Sensors a
83. ts name in the Data frame or you can click the plus symbol to the left of the Alarms sub folder in the Navigation frame This expands a list of alarm searches in the instrument highlight an alarm search to display its contents in the Data frame Note that you can also view alarms that have been previously downloaded from the instrument and stored on the PC via the My Campaigns folder The buttons are defined as follows Note that depending on the data being displayed some buttons may not appear Group 12 L3 ick Paw Over Divari IS T Display 15 ams Displays alarms in RMS Root Mean Square channels Displays alarms in DC channels Displays DC values of recorded inputs Displays alarms in PEAK channels Displays alarms in F frequency channel Displays alarms in THD total harmonic distortion channels Displays alarms in CF crest factor channels Displays alarms in PF power factor channels Displays alarms in tangent 6 channels Displays alarms in power channels Displays alarms in FK Factor K channels Displays alarms in FHL harmonic frequency loss channels Displays alarms in UNB unbalance channels Displays alarms in PST short term flicker channels Displays alarms in PLT long term flicker channels Displays alarms in voltage and current channels Displays just the phase to phase voltage channels Displays just the phase to neutral voltage channels Displays just the current
84. tus When you highlight the name of the instrument in the Navigation frame the Data frame displays status information for the instrument This includes e Connection status connected or unconnected Connection type USB Bluetooth Instrument model Serial number Firmware and hardware version numbers Recording recording session in progress or not Transient search in progress or not Inrush search in progress or not Alarm search in progress or not Distribution system being measured Battery charge System type on instrument and its difference if any with the PC s time Note that you can also display the instrument s status by e Clicking Instrument in the menu bar and selecting the Status option e Clicking the Status E icon in the toolbar If this icon is not already part of your standard toolbar you can add it by customizing the toolbar o o E When the status is displayed the Configure button appears at the top of the frame Press this button to open the Configure Instrument dialog to change settings on the instrument 26 Chapter 5 Creating a DataView Report Data recorded on the instrument can be downloaded to your PC and then formatted into a DataView report This report can be displayed online printed and distributed for further analysis DataView reports are built on templates which you can select and customize to your requirements To create a DataView report from a recorded session using the defaul
85. um values as well as information related to the instrument The buttons are defined as follows Note that depending on the data being displayed some buttons may not appear Group Displays RVC events in RMS Root Mean Square channels Displays RVC events in DC channels Displays DC values of recorded inputs Displays RVC events in PEAK channels Displays RVC events in F frequency channel Displays RVC events in THD total harmonic distortion channels Displays RVC events in CF crest factor channels Displays RVC events in PF power factor channels Displays RVC events in tangent 4 channels Displays RVC events in power channels Displays RVC events in FK Factor K channels Displays RVC events in FHL harmonic frequency loss channels Displays RVC events in UNB unbalance channels Displays RVC events in PST short term flicker channels Displays RVC events in PLT long term flicker channels Displays RVC events in voltage and current channels 20 Channels Displays just the phase to phase voltage channels Displays just the phase to neutral voltage channels Displays just the current channels Displays the channels associated with Phase Line 1 Displays the channels associated with Phase Line 2 Displays the channels associated with Phase Line 3 Displays the channels associated with the neutral Displays just the active power W related channels ere Displays just the reactive power var related channels
86. wnloaded from the instrument and stored in the PC lt also lists any downloads that are currently in progress Completed downloads are available for viewing and report generation on the PC even if the instrument from which they were downloaded is currently disconnected Read SD Card For instruments running firmware version 4 1 or later the Read SD Card option in the File menu lets you download the contents of your instrument s SD Card directly into your PC The SD Card stores trend data recorded in the instrument To read this content into your PC remove the card from the instrument Set the write control tab on the card to lock to prevent Windows from overwriting the data the lock position is away from the metal tabs on the SD card Insert the card into an available card reader port on your PC then proceed as follows 1 Select File from the program s menu bar and click the option Read SD Card The Read from SD Card dialog box appears 2 Click the button Search for SD card drive A drop down field appears This field lists available removable media drives on your PC 3 Click the drive in which the card is inserted and then click the button Read from SD card The program creates an icp file from the data stored in the SD card and then opens this file in My Campaigns 4 If the data includes an EN 50160 test it will now ask if you want to download the complete test If you answer yes the next time the program is connected to th
87. xpressed in terms of percentage of nominal voltage You can specify up to seven thresholds for categorizing the severity of the dip By default five thresholds are defined 5 40 70 80 and 90 You can change or delete these thresholds or add up to two more e Dip Duration is a section that consists of two fields Minimum duration defines the length of time a dip must be measured before it is recorded as an event You can enter this value in minutes seconds or 10 s of milliseconds select the unit from the adjacent drop down box Default is 10ms The second field is Maximum duration in ms This lets you categorize dip events by how long they last By default five durations are defined 2 500 1000 5000 and 60000ms You can change or delete these thresholds or add up to two more Allowable values are 2 through 99999ms On the right side of the Dips and swells tab is the Swells section The fields in this section are similar to the fields in the Dips section e Swell Level consists of two fields Voltage hysteresis in sets the hysteresis percentage for the voltage swell Options are 1 2 default 5 and 10 The second field is Voltage threshold in which defines the point at which an overvoltage is classified as a swell You can specify up to seven thresholds for categorizing the swell By default two thresholds are defined 110 and 120 e Swell duration consists of two fields Minimum duration defines the length of time a swell

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