Powerpad Tutorial

Tutorial for using the PowerPad with DataView
2002-2003 Chauvin Arnoux, Inc. d.b.a. AEMC Instruments

DataView Professional Version 2.00.03
July 25, 2003
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How do I Connect to the PowerPad?.................................................................................................2

How do I Setup the PowerPad? ........................................................................................................5
How do I View a Trend Recording? ...................................................................................................7
How do I View a Photograph? .........................................................................................................18
How do I View an Alarm?................................................................................................................23
How do I View a Transient? ............................................................................................................30
How do I View an EN50160 Voltage Quality Report?.......................................................................39
How do I View a Waveform? ...........................................................................................................52
How do I View Harmonic Data in Real-time? ...................................................................................56
How do I View Harmonic Data as a trend?...................................................................................59
How do I View Power Data in Real-time?.....................................................................................68
How do I View Power and Energy Data for one time period? .......................................................73
How do I View a Power and Energy Data as a trend? ..................................................................79
How do I View a Phasor Diagram? ..............................................................................................89
How do I Create a New Report? ..................................................................................................91
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1 How do I Connect to the PowerPad?

1.1
Start DataView Professional:
1.2
Select Open Instrument Control Panel. If the above menu is not visible, select from the
Instrument menu, Control Panel:
1.3
The above menu might be visible. If so, set the communications rate to the same as that set on the
PowerPad. You can set the rate on the PowerPad by selecting the setup button
, then
selecting Baud Rate, then adjusting the speed, then hitting the enter key, the key on the
PowerPad that has an arrow. Select the Communications port, which is connected to the
PowerPad. Press OK.
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1.4
You might see the above menu. If so, select the PowerPad in both parts of the screen, and press
OK. You should now see:
1.5
You can move the Waveform and Harmonic Bar screens, or close them. When you exit the
PowerPad program, it asks if you want to save the layout. If you say yes, the next time you start the
PowerPad program youll see the same arrangement of windows as you last saved. You can also
load and save window layouts, with the File menu, Load Layout and Save Layout options.
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1.6
If the connection does not seem to occur:
1.7
Select from the Instrument menu, Connect and try to find the correct communications port. Also,
the connection to the PowerPad can become slightly disconnected and should be pushed back into
place.
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2 How do I Setup the PowerPad?

2.1
After connecting to the PowerPad, select from the Instrument menu Configure to get to the
following screen:
2.2
Indicate your preference for reactive energy calculation. Indicate the expected line frequency. The
Nominal Frequency is only used for power calculations, and does not affect the automatic
frequency tracking of the PowerPad. The Current Sensor should match the sensors you have
connected. The sensors connected to the different lines should all be the same. The Connection
Type is used to indicate the number of phases you are using. The PowerPad will mostly ignore the
readings it gets from phases you are not using.
You can set the clock of the PowerPad from this screen.
You can set a Voltage Transformer Ratio. This value is used by the software to multiply all voltage
reading received from the PowerPad. So, for instance, if there were a Voltage RMS of 120V, and
the Output box has 10 and the Input box has 1, the various screens that show Voltage RMS
would show 1200V. The PowerPad does not use this ratio. The software uses and remembers this
ratio.
Two of the Current Probe types have a Current Ratio. The ADA (Adapter) Gives a ratio of Primary
to Secondary, as does the MN193 Probe when the current rating is 5A. The PowerPad uses and
remembers these ratios.
Select the PowerPad Display tab to change the display of the PowerPad.
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
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2.7
All of the choices on this screen change what is seen on the PowerPads display, not the software.
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3 How do I View a Trend Recording?

3.1
After connecting to the PowerPad, select from the Instrument menu Configure, then select the
Recordings tab to get to the following screen:
3.2
Select one of the four configuration numbers. Each configuration stores a recording profile, which is
a group of parameters to be saved in a recording.
Choose the parameters you want to store.
3.3
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3.4
3.5
If the harmonic values you want to record include harmonic number 1, the recording will include the
absolute values, volts, amps, and watts, of each harmonic, in addition to percent of harmonic 1.
Otherwise, it will only include the percent of harmonic 1.
Choose a name, up to 8 characters, for the recording, when you want it to start and end, and the
integration period. The integration period represents one datapoint in the recording, which is an
average value over that entire period. For instance, Vrms with an integration period of 1 minute
would show, for each minute, the average Vrms.
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3.6
3.7
Note, that the maximum recording time changes, when the integration period changes.
Press OK.
3.8
Confirm that you want to schedule the recording.
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3.9
The recording is now scheduled. Note that the PowerPad must remain on until the recording is
completed, otherwise it loses its schedule.
3.10 After the recording is complete, to download, select from the Instrument menu Data to get to the
following screen:
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3.11 Find the recording you want to download, from the list, and select it:
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3.12 Press Download to Database. Youll see the completion status of the download.
3.13 When it is complete select a name for database, press Save:
3.14 Enter the session properties you want to appear on the last page of the report.
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3.15 Press OK.

3.16 Close the Data screen.
3.17 Close the PowerPad screen.
3.18 Press Yes and then OK in the next screen to get to the following screen:
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3.19 The page numbers of the data depend on what parameters were being recorded. In this example,
the harmonic spectrum for Vrms is on page 5:
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3.20 The top graph shows the Vrms trends. Pressing and releasing the left mouse button in the graph
moves the vertical time cursor. The bar chart toward the bottom of the page shows the percentage
value of Vrms harmonic 1, 3, 5, and 7, each for lines 1, 2, and 3. The arrow is pointing to Vrms
harmonic 3 for line 2. Harmonic 1 is always 100%.
3.21 A similar chart, showing the harmonic values in volts, instead of in percent of harmonic 1, is shown
on page 8:
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3.22 You can add to the report by following the steps in section 15. Generally when you are asked for
the name of a database, youll want to use the same database as you already loaded into the
report you are editing.
3.23 You can save the changes you made to the template by selecting from the File menu, Save as
Template, and choosing a new file name.
3.24 When you open a new database that you download from the PowerPad, you can use the new
template, instead of the default. You should make sure that the template is suitable for the type of
data you are downloading. Generally, it is only suitable if it includes similar channels to the
database you used in the template you saved.
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4 How do I View a Photograph?

4.1
4.2
for 3 seconds or more.

To take a photograph, on the PowerPad, press the camera button
On the PowerPad software, after connecting to the PowerPad, select from the Instrument menu
Data, then select the Photographs tab to get to the following screen:
4.3
Select the Photograph you want to download, and then select Download to Database.
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4.4
4.5
Select the name you want, select Save.

Enter the Session Properties that you want to appear on the last page of the report.
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4.7
Press OK.
Close the Data From PowerPad screen. Close the PowerPad screen.
4.8
Select Yes. Press OK at the next screen.
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4.9
Page 1 shows the Voltage phase-to-neutral waveforms at the time the photograph was taken. Page
2 shows the current. Page 3 shows the Voltage phase-to-phase. Page 4 shows the Power values
at the time. Page 5 shows the Session Properties that were entered at the time of the download.
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5 How do I View an Alarm?

5.1
Alarms tab to get to the following screen:
5.2
There are a variety of alarm conditions that can be part of the setup. Some give a choice of
phases, 3L for any of lines 1, 2, 3, N for neutral current, Sum for the sum of phases. Some
give a choice of greater or less than. Those that measure a harmonic value, give a choice of
harmonic number.
The threshold indicates a value, which if exceeded causes a possible alarm event to be started.
The Hysteresis value is a percent of the threshold, which causes the alarm event to end. If the
threshold were 100 volts and the hysteresis were 1%, the event would begin if the voltage were to
be higher than 100 volts, and would end when the voltage came down to 100 minus 1%, which is
99 volts. If the length of the event were equal or greater than the duration, an alarm event would be
stored.
Alarm events are only searched for when the Disable All Alarms is unchecked and written to the
PowerPad.
Any of the changes made to the screen only take effect when the OK button is pressed, which
causes the information in the setup tabs to be written to the PowerPad.
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5.7
5.8
5.9
The status screen shows when an alarm search is in progress.

To see the alarm events, select from the Instrument menu, Data.
Then select the Alarms tab.
5.10 All of the alarm events stored on the PowerPad are shown. The scroll bar can be used to see the
events that did not fit on the screen.
5.11 To see just those events that pertained to Line 1, either Voltage Line 1 or Current Line 1, press 1:
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5.12 Multi-Phase shows other events such as those caused by line frequency.
5.13 For each event, there is the phase, the harmonic number if it was a harmonic being measured,
what was being measured, and start time, the duration of the event, and the value.
5.14 The value shows the maximum value seen during the event for those events that had a greater
than condition, or the minimum value seen during the event for those events that had a lesser than
condition.
5.15 To create a report of one or more alarm events, select the events you want to download, then
press Download to Database:
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5.16 Choose a name for the database:
5.17 Press Save.

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5.19 Press OK.

5.20 Close the Data From PowerPad screen.
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6 How do I View a Transient?

6.1
Transients tab to get to the following screen:
6.2
Select the maximum number of transients to store. The PowerPad can store 50 transients. You can
remove existing transients in the View Transients screen.
Select a name for the transient search, and the start time and end time of the search. The search
can end earlier if the number of transient events has reached the Max number of Transients to
find:
6.3
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6.4
Set the thresholds. The thresholds determine when a transient event is found. If a datapoint in a
waveform differs from the same datapoint in the previous cycles by more than the threshold, a
transient event is found. The percentage is of constants, not the actual values of the waveforms.
100% of voltage is always 480volts. 100% of current depends on the type of current probe. Press
OK:
6.5
Press Yes:
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6.6
6.7
6.8
To view the transient, select from the Instrument menu, Data.

Select the Transients tab:
Select the Transients you want to download:
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6.9
Select Download to Database:
6.10 Press Save.
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6.12 Press OK.

6.13 When the downloads are complete, close the Data From PowerPad screen.
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6.16 The voltage and current waveforms at the time of the first transient is shown. One waveform before
the transient event, the waveform during the event, and the two waveforms after the event are
shown. The gray vertical band shows where the transient event occurred.
6.17 The micrograph below the channel list shows in detail, 32 datapoints that include the transient
event. The channel properties box to its right shows the magnitude of the difference between
datapoint of the transient event compared with the same datapoint of the previous cycles. The
number of the data point of the transient is shown. There are 256 datapoints per cycle, and 32
datapoints shown in the micrograph.
6.18 Page 2 shows individual voltage cycles. Page 3 shows current cycles. You can select individual
waveforms to see in greater detail what happened before, during, and after the transient event.
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6.19 Since more than one transient event was downloaded to the same database, it is possible, on page
1 to see how they relate to each other in time. Go to page 1, click with the left mouse button, inside
the main graph, and then press the Zoom All button, or select from the Zoom menu, Zoom All:
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6.20 The zoom in and zoom out buttons, along with the step left and right, and pan left and right, can be
used to focus on parts of the graph. Selecting a channel from the channel list zooms and pans the
display to show just that channel. When panning and zooming, looking at the start and end times
shown on the graph, and comparing them with the times on the channel lists, helps identify how the
parts of the graph relate to each other.
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7 How do I View an EN50160 Voltage Quality Report?

7.1
EN50160 tab to get to the following screen:
7.2
The reference voltage is the midpoint of the expected voltage range. The EN50160 test defines this
voltage as 230 volts. To adapt the test to 110-120volt systems, 115 volts would be the equivalent. If
you select one of the preset voltages, the frequency is also set. Otherwise, just the voltage is
stored now, and the frequency will be asked for when you later download the test results.
The Max Voltage Variation in 100MS is used to set alarms conditions that measure if the voltage
ever goes above or below the reference voltage by that percent for 100 milliseconds or more.
One of the four recording configurations used to setup recordings needs to be replaced to setup
the EN50160 test. So set Select a Recording Configuration To Be Replaced to a recording
configuration number that you dont need to refer to again.
Similarly, since two alarm conditions need to be setup to measure voltage variations, select two out
of the ten alarm condition numbers that you dont need to keep.
The standard time for the EN50160 test is 1 week. You can set other starting and ending times.
The recording always uses a 10-minute averaging period.
When youve finished setting up the EN50160 test, press Write Changes and Start EN50160
Test:
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7.8
7.9
To view the results of the EN50160 test select from the Instrument menu, Data.
Select the EN50160 tab:
7.10 Choose the test you want to see. Select Change parameters if you dont want the default
parameters:
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7.11 You can set the expected voltage and frequency. However, the alarms that have been stored
already are based on the values given when the test was scheduled.
7.12 You can set the percent above and below normal to accept for voltage and frequency. Those
ranges are expected to account for 95% or more of the 10-minute periods of the test. The 2nd %
Above/Below Nominal Hz is a range that is expected to account for 100% of the 10-minute
periods.
7.13 The percentage values for THD (Total Harmonic Distortion), Vunb (Voltage Unbalance), long term
flicker, and the harmonic orders 2 to 25, represent values that the channels should be at or below
for 95% or more of the 10 minute periods of the test.
7.14 After making any changes to the parameters, select OK:
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7.15 Now select Download to Database:
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7.16 If there were already a database open, it is better to Select Another File.
7.17 Select a name for the downloaded database.
7.19 Press OK.
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7.20 A summary appears of each parameter that is part of the EN50160 test, followed by whether the
voltage quality passed or failed that test. The over EN50160 test only passes if each parameter
passes. Each parameter needs to be within range for 95% of the 10-minute periods. Each 10minute period is an average of the parameter within that 10 minutes. An exception is the Voltage
Alarm test, for which even a 100-millisecond period of the voltage being out of range is enough to
fail that 10-minute period. Another exception is the second, wider, frequency range, for which the
frequency has to be within for 100% of the 10 minute averaging periods.
7.21 To see the full report, close the Data From PowerPad screen.
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7.24 The same summary shown before is shown again here, with a bar chart preceding it. The bar chart
shows the percent of the 10-minute periods that were within range for each of the parameters. The
numbers above the parameter names are the phase number. For example, the arrow points to
Voltage harmonic 14, phase 1. Further pages have more details.
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7.25 Page 3 shows Vrms for each 10-minute period. Type top box is the graph, which shows the 3 lines
of Vrms, along with lines indicating the upper and lower limits.
7.26 Below the graph is a channel list. Clicking on one of the channel list lines, selects that channel,
causing the channel on the graph to be shown with little black squares to highlight it. It also causes
other frames on the page to show data related to that channel.
7.27 Below the channel list frame is the channel information frame. It shows what the limits were for that
channel, and how many, and what percent of the datapoints were within that range. It also shows if
there was a voltage ratio. A voltage ratio says that the voltage reaching the PowerPad was divided
by that ratio, so the chart multiplies by that ratio to show the original voltage.
7.28 Below the channel information frame is the exception list. It shows, for each channel, the durations
when the channel was not within range, and the average, minimum, and maximum values during
that duration.
7.29 Page 4 shows the alarm events:
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7.30 The alarms are the times that the voltage was not within the voltage limits. The charts show the
trend of 10-minute averages along with the individual alarms. Each alarm is a duration, and the
voltage value is either the minimum or maximum voltage seen during that duration.
7.31 Page 5 shows voltage unbalance, page 6 shows frequency, page 7 shows total harmonic
distortion, page 8 shows long term flicker. Page 9 shows a summary of the alarms:
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7.32 For each 10-minute period, if the voltage was outside the acceptable range, for more than 100
milliseconds, as stored by the alarms, a 1 is shown, otherwise a zero is shown.
7.33 Page 10 shows the harmonic spectrum for phase 1:
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7.34 If you click the left mouse button within the graph on top of the page, you select a datapoint, which
is a 10-minute period. For that 10-minute period, the harmonic orders 2 through 25 are shown in
bar graph form lower on the page.
7.35 Pages 11 and 12 are similar to page 10, except they show phases 2 and 3.
7.36 Pages 13 to 24 show, a graph of the harmonic values, 2 harmonic orders on each page:
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7.37 There is a chart of the 3 phases for each harmonic, and list of exceptions, that is times that the
harmonic value was outside of its limits.
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8 How do I View a Waveform?

8.1
After connecting to the PowerPad, select from the View menu Waveform to get the following
screen:
8.2
Shows real time waveforms in the forms of graphs or charts. There can be a delay after opening
the window, before the waveforms appear. The data that is shown with a waveform is not derived
from that waveform, but is instead averaged over a one second period.
You can resize the window.
The display choices are:
RMS: Waveforms with Root Mean Squared values
THD: Waveforms with Total Harmonic Distortion values
CF: Waveforms with Crest Factor values (ratio of peak to RMS value calculated over 250ms)
Min/Max: Positive and negative peaks for a current waveform cycle, and min and max RMS values
seen since the PowerPad was last turned on or was reset by pressing the PowerPads enter key
while in the PowerPads Min/Max waveform display mode.
List: Chart of RMS, THD, CF, FLK (short term flicker), filtered RMS, and DC (direct current).
Phasor: Also known as a Fresnel Diagram. It shows the a vector for each selected waveform, with
the angle relative to the first selected waveform, and the length proportional to the RMS value.
Power: Displays power data. Shows W, the active power, VAR, the reactive power, VA, the
apparent power, Wh Source, the active positive received power, Wh Load, the active negative
generated power, VARh capacitive and inductive, source and load, PF, the power factor, DPF
(cosine), the displacement power factor, and Tangent.
The scale buttons, ++, +, -, , zoom in and out. + Zooms in, resulting in a finer detail, but
possibly not showing the full range of data. The 0 button restores autoscaling, which continually
adjusts the scaling factor to display the data.
You can freeze the display, by checking the Hold box.
If you want to create a report, select Save.
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8.15 Select a name for database, press Save:

8.17 Press OK.

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8.20 The graph on page 1 shows the Voltage, phase-to-neutral phases. Below the graph is a channel
list. Selecting a line from that list highlights the channel on the graph with small black squares, and
shows information about that channel in other frames on the same page.
8.21 Below the channel list is a harmonic spectrum of the waveform channel selected.
8.22 To the right of the harmonic frame is a channel information frame that shoes the frequency and
voltage ratio of the channel. A voltage ratio says that the voltage reaching the PowerPad was
divided by that ratio, so the chart multiplies by that ratio to show the original voltage.
8.23 Below the channel information frame is a meter. The meter shows the values of each channel for
the time selected on the graph. You can select a time on the graph by pressing the left mouse
button while the mouse pointer is over the part of the graph you want to select.
8.24 Page 2 is similar to page 1, but shows the current waveforms. Page 3 is similar to page 1, but
shows the voltage phase-to-phase. Voltage phase-to-phase line 1, is equal to voltage phase-toneutral line 1 minus voltage phase-to-neutral line 2.
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9 How do I View Harmonic Data in Real-time?

9.1
After connecting to the PowerPad, select from the View menu Harmonic Bar to get the following
screen:
9.2
9.3
9.4
Shows real time harmonic bars.

The choice of display is for each line, or for all lines together, or the +/- display.
The +/- display groups the harmonics as negative, those inducing a negative sequence from load
to power, neutral, those inducing a nil sequence added to neutral, and positive, those inducing a
positive sequence from power to load. Below each column is the mean of the sum of the harmonics
per phase.
9.5 The harmonic numbers 2, 5, 8, ..., would tend to cause a motor to turn in the opposite direction.
These would tend to cause heat buildup in the motor. The harmonic numbers 4, 7, 10, ..., would
tend to cause a motor to turn faster in its direction.
9.6 There can be a delay after opening the window, before the data appears.
9.7
You can resize the window.
9.8 The scale buttons, ++, +, -, , zoom in and out. + Zooms in, resulting in a finer detail, but
possibly not showing the full range of data. The 0 button restores autoscaling, which continually
9.9 Shows the RMS and the THD for the waveform. If the waveform is current, shows the K-Factor.
The K-Factor is multiplied by the RMS to show the equivalent heating effect on a transformer.
9.10 Select from the View menu Harmonic Text to get the following screen:
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9.11 Shows real time harmonic data. Shows the harmonic number followed by the magnitude of that
harmonic as a percentage of the fundamental, followed by the angle of that harmonic to the
fundamental. There can be a delay after opening the window, before the data appears.
9.12 You can resize the window to include data that might not be displayed due to the window being too
small.
9.13 The scale buttons, ++, +, -, , adjust the font size of the display. The 0 button restores the
default value.
9.14 Shows the RMS and the THD for the waveform. If the waveform is current, shows the K-Factor.
The K-Factor is multiplied by the RMS to show the equivalent heating effect on a transformer.
9.15 To create a report of the data, follow the same steps from the viewing a waveform section, starting
with step 8.14.
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10 How do I View Harmonic Data as a trend?

10.1 After connecting to the PowerPad, select from the Instrument menu Configure, then select the
10.2 Choose the parameters you want to store. The harmonic choices are Voltage phase-to-phase,
voltage phase-to-neutral, current, and power. Up to two harmonic types can be chosen for one
recording. You should include the matching rms value, to the harmonic choice. If including Voltage
phase-to-phase harmonics (Uh), include Urms, if including voltage phase-to-neutral (Vh), include
Vrms, if including current harmonics (Ah), include Arms, if including power harmonics (VAh),
include VA.
10.3 If the harmonic values you want to record include harmonic number 1, the recording will include the
absolute values, volts, amps, and watts, of each harmonic, in addition to percent of harmonic 1.
Otherwise, it will only include the percent of harmonic 1.
10.4 Choose a name, up to 8 characters, for the recording, when you want it to start and end, and the
average value over that entire period. For instance, Vrms with an integration period of 1 minute,
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10.5 Note, that the maximum recording time changes, when the integration period changes.
10.6 Press OK.
10.7 Confirm that you want to schedule the recording.
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10.8 The recording is now scheduled. Note that the PowerPad must remain on until the recording is
completed, otherwise it loses its schedule.
10.9 After the recording is complete, to download, select from the Instrument menu Data.
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10.14 Press OK.

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10.18 The harmonic spectrum for Vrms is on a later page. The page number depends on what parameter
you selected for the recording. In this example, it is on page 2:
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10.19 The top graph shows the Vrms trends. Pressing and releasing the left mouse button in the graph
moves the vertical time cursor. The bar chart toward the bottom of the page shows the percentage
value of Vrms harmonic 1, 3, 5, and 7, each for lines 1, 2, and 3. The arrow is pointing to Vrms
harmonic 3 for line 1. Harmonic 1 is always 100%.
10.20 A similar chart, showing the harmonic values in volts, instead of in percent of harmonic 1, is shown
on a following page:
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11 How do I View Power Data in Real-time?

11.1 After connecting to the PowerPad, select from the View menu Waveform to get the following
screen:
11.2 Select the Power button on the right side of the screen, to get the following screen:
11.3 Make sure the screen is wide enough. Select the right edge of the screen, press the left mouse
button, drag the mouse to the right, and then release the mouse button, to get the following screen:
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11.4 Shows W, the active power, VAR, the reactive power, VA, the apparent power, Wh Source, the
active positive received power, Wh Load, the active negative generated power, VARh capacitive
and inductive, source and load, PF, the power factor, DPF (cosine), the displacement power factor,
and Tangent.
11.5 You can resize the window to include data that might not be displayed due to the window being too
small.
11.6 The scale buttons, ++, +, -, , adjust the font size of the display. The 0 button restores the
default value.
11.7 To create a report, press Save:
11.8 Select a name for database, press Save:

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11.10 Press OK.

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11.13 The first chart shows the stored energy from the time the Start Accumulating button was pressed
to the time the Stop Accumulating button was pressed. You can select which phase to view, or
the sum of the phases.
11.14 The second chart shows the power data at the last time the Start Accumulating button was
pressed or the Stop Accumulating button was pressed or the Re-Read from PowerPad button
was pressed.
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12 How do I View Power and Energy Data for one time period?
12.1 After connecting to the PowerPad, select from the Instrument menu Data, then select the
Power/Energy tab to get to the following screen:
12.2 When you want to start the energy accumulation time period, press the Start Accumulating
button, to get the following screen:
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12.3 When you want to stop the energy accumulation time period, press the Stop Accumulating button,
to get the following screen:
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12.4 You can view the data for any of the phases, or for a sum of all phases by pressing the phase in
the Phase to Display box.
12.5 To create a report press Download to Database:
12.6 Choose a name for the database:
12.7 Press Save.

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12.9 Press OK.

12.10 Close the Data From PowerPad screen.
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12.13 The first chart shows the stored energy from the time the Start Accumulating button was pressed
to the time the Stop Accumulating button was pressed. You can select which phase to view, or
the sum of the phases.
12.14 The second chart shows the power data at the last time the Start Accumulating button was
pressed or the Stop Accumulating button was pressed or the Re-Read from PowerPad button
was pressed.
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13 How do I View a Power and Energy Data as a trend?

13.1 After connecting to the PowerPad, select from the Instrument menu Configure, then select the
13.2 Select one of the four configuration numbers. Each configuration stores a recording profile, which is
a group of parameters to be saved in a recording.
13.3 Choose the parameters you want to store.
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13.4 Choose a name, up to 8 characters, for the recording, when you want it to start and end, and the
average value over that entire period. For instance, Vrms with an integration period of 1 minute,
13.5 Note, that the maximum recording time changes, when the integration period changes.
13.6 Press OK.
13.7 Confirm that you want to schedule the recording.
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13.8 Note that the PowerPad must remain on until the recording is completed, otherwise it loses its
schedule.
13.9 After the recording is complete, to download, select from the Instrument menu Data to get to the
following screen:
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13.14 Press OK.

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13.18 This page shows the trends of power for each phase. By clicking on any of the channels in the
channel list, you can highlight that channel in the graph with small black squares and show data in
the box to the lower left part of the page.
13.19 The channel information box on the lower left part of the page shows the voltage and current ratios.
A voltage ratio says that the voltage reaching the PowerPad was divided by that ratio, so the chart
multiplies by that ratio to show the original voltage. The current ratio is similar, but is only used for
the ADA (Adapter) probe and the MN193 Probe when its current rating is 5A. Reported power and
energy has been corrected by both the voltage ratio and the current ratio.
13.20 The next page shows cumulative values:
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13.21 They are the same values shown for power, but are added and shown in hour form. Therefore,
while the last page showed watts, this page shows watt-hours.
13.22 The next page shows power factors:
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13.23 The next page shows VA again, but would also show harmonic values, if VAh had been part of the
recording:
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14 How do I View a Phasor Diagram?

14.1 After connecting to the PowerPad, select from the View menu Waveform to get the following
screen:
14.2 Select the Phasor button on the right side of the screen, to get the following screen:
14.3 Phasor Diagram is also known as a Fresnel Diagram. It shows the a vector for each selected
waveform, with the angle relative to the first selected waveform, and the length proportional to the
RMS value.
14.4 The scale buttons, ++, +, -, , zoom in and out. + Zooms in, resulting in longer vectors, but
possibly not showing the full diagram. The 0 button restores autoscaling, which continually
14.5 The angles start at 0 to the right, and increase counter-clockwise. A higher angle means that the
waveform is leading, that is occurs before another waveform. The angle is derived from the
fundamental harmonic component of the waveform, usually 50 or 60 Hz. The frequency is shown
that the bottom of the chart.
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14.6 Voltage phase-to-phase line 1 (U1) represents Voltage phase-to-neutral line 1 (V1) minus voltage
phase-to-neutral line 2 (V2). U2 is V2 minus V3. U3 is V3 minus V1. The U phase 1, would
generally be 30 degrees higher than (leading) V Phase 1. Current phase 1, I1 would be about the
same angle as U phase 1 in a delta setup where the load is a resistor.
14.7 There is no direct report available for the Phasor diagram. You can create a waveform and
harmonic data report, by following the steps from step number 8.14.
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15 How do I Create a New Report?

15.1 Start DataView. Select Create View from Scratch, or from the File menu, select New:
15.2 Select the new graph tool, or from the Frame menu, select Place Graph.
15.3 Place the mouse where you want the charts upper left corner to be, be careful to be within the
margins of the page, press the left mouse button, move the mouse to where you want the charts
lower right corner to be, release the left mouse button:
15.4 If you dont see the preceding menu, try again, starting within the margin of the page.
15.5 Select a database that you have previously downloaded. In this example, the sample database
E50160 in the directory \DataView\DataFiles\PowerPad\Samples is used:
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15.6 Now select the channels you want to see in this graph.
15.7 Two channels related to Line1 were chosen.

15.8 When you use the template again, the Template Filter value is used to determine which channels
to include. The button Channel Type, Code and Modifier ensures that only those exact channels
will appear in reports based on the template being created. Channel Type and Code would
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include similar channels from different input lines. Channel Type Only would include all channels
of type Alarm and of type Trend. The modifier is generally the input line. The type is generally
the type of information, trend, alarm, etc. The code is generally the information being measured
within the overall type.
15.9 The Scales tab shows:
15.10 Automatic scales usually show the data best, but you can also manually set them, or with the
Enable lower limit for vertical scale maximum say that autoscaling should not choose an upper
scale lower than a particular value. The Display channel units on graph will automatically display
V for volts, or A for amps, or other units that are part of a channel. You can also specify the units
by checking Display channel units as and filling in the box to its right. The last two items, should
generally be left checked.
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15.11 Now move the mouse over the graph and press the right mouse button and select Link Frame:
15.12 Select Channel List and press OK. Then move the mouse to the just below the lower left corner
of the graph, press the left mouse button, move the mouse toward the middle of the page and
release the left mouse button. Be careful to be within the margins of the page when you start
drawing the box:
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15.13 Select the same channels you selected for the graph, using the Ctrl key to select separate lines in
the Available channels list. Then select Channel Type, Code, and Modifier. Select Force
display of trace, which causes the graph to display what is selected in the channel list frame.
Uncheck Zoom parent frame on selection. The zoom parent frame would cause the graph to
show the just the time of the selected channel. In this case, the alarms channels can be very brief,
but the voltage trend sample is much longer in time.
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15.14 Select the Parameters tab.

15.15 Add parameters by selecting lines in the Available parameters box and pressing Add>>.
15.16 Select Draw Grid
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15.17 Press OK:
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15.18 Select the different channel lines and see how the chart shows those individual events.
15.19 Add a new page by selecting in the Edit menu, Add Page:
15.20 Select the Page 2 tab at the lower left part of the window to go to the new page.
15.21 Add a graph, repeating on this page, steps 15.2 to 15.5. Add a different set of channels:
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15.22 Select Display channel units on graph, same as step 15.8, and select OK:
15.23 Right click the mouse while inside the graph and select Link Frame:
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15.24 Select Meter and press OK.

15.25 Draw a box below and to the left of the graph:
15.26 Select First sample value as shown. The other options are only relevant to when a graph is
zoomed out so that more than one data point occupy each pixel:
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15.27 Click, with the left mouse button, in the middle of the graph:
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15.28 The meter shows the value of each channel for the time selected. The vertical line in the graph
corresponds to the time shown in the meter. The meter also shows the colors of each channel in
the graph.
15.29 Repeat steps 15.9 to 15.15 to create a channel list. Place it below the meter, and select the same
channels as are in the graph, and limit the window size to 3:
15.30 Press OK and then select the first Vrms Line 1:
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15.31 Right click in the graph, Link Frame and select Trend Summary List. Press OK and draw a box
under the channel list frame.
15.32 Select Selected trace and press OK:
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15.33 Now you can see the value of each datapoint for the channel you select in the channel list.
15.34 Right click in the graph and select Link Frame and select Channel Information, press OK, draw
a box below the trend summary frame.
15.35 Select PowerPad Trend in the Select the channel type box:
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15.36 Select in the Display text for selected channel type box after [Channel Name], press enter:
15.37 Select Voltage Ratio in the Fields for selected channel type box:
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15.38 Press Insert Field Name, then the : key, then the tab key, then Insert Field Code, then OK:
15.39 Select in the channel list, the channel Vrms Line1 again:
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15.40 To create, an Exception List, first delete the Trend Summary frame by left-clicking the mouse over
it to select it, and then selecting from the Edit menu, Cut.
15.41 Right click in the graph and select Link Frame, select Exception List and press OK
15.42 Draw a box where the Trend Summary frame was:
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15.43 Select Selected trace, and Outside upper and lower limits. Select 104 for the lower limit and 133
for the upper limit. Select Display limit bands.
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15.44 Now, if you select Vrms Line2 in the channel list, youll see the times that the channel met the
exception conditions:
15.45 There are other frames that you can link to a graph. Bar Chart Meter is used to display data
produced by the download of data from the Instrument menus Data choices EN50160 tab of
the PowerPad Software.
15.46 Exceedence List and Exceedence Statistics are not used with data produced by the PowerPad
software.
15.47 Graph Legend shows the name of each channel in the graph, the color, and the units.
15.48 Harmonic Bar Graph and Harmonic Text Summary can only be used with waveform channels.
They show the harmonic spectrum for that waveform.
15.49 Micro-Graph produces another graph that can be linked to the original graph, or a channel list.
See the Transient template with the Transient sample data for an example of a Micrograph.
15.50 Session Summary can be used to display values entered at the time of the download from the
PowerPad software. The included templates have a session summary on their last page.
15.51 Waveform Snapshot is only used with Waveform channels. It can be used to display a second
view of the same waveform, zoomed differently, or scale differently.
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How do I Connect to the PowerPad?.................................................................................................2

1 How do I Connect to the PowerPad?

Start DataView Professional:

If the connection does not seem to occur:

2 How do I Setup the PowerPad?

3 How do I View a Trend Recording?

Confirm that you want to schedule the recording.

3.13 When it is complete select a name for database, press Save:

3.15 Press OK.

4 How do I View a Photograph?

for 3 seconds or more.

Select the name you want, select Save.

Select Yes. Press OK at the next screen.

5 How do I View an Alarm?

The status screen shows when an alarm search is in progress.

5.16 Choose a name for the database:

5.17 Press Save.

5.19 Press OK.

6 How do I View a Transient?

To view the transient, select from the Instrument menu, Data.

Select Download to Database:

6.10 Press Save.

6.12 Press OK.

7 How do I View an EN50160 Voltage Quality Report?

7.15 Now select Download to Database:

7.19 Press OK.

8 How do I View a Waveform?

8.15 Select a name for database, press Save:

8.17 Press OK.

9 How do I View Harmonic Data in Real-time?

Shows real time harmonic bars.

10 How do I View Harmonic Data as a trend?

10.7 Confirm that you want to schedule the recording.

10.12 When it is complete select a name for database, press Save:

10.14 Press OK.

11 How do I View Power Data in Real-time?

11.8 Select a name for database, press Save:

11.10 Press OK.

12.7 Press Save.

12.9 Press OK.

13 How do I View a Power and Energy Data as a trend?

13.7 Confirm that you want to schedule the recording.

13.12 When it is complete select a name for database, press Save:

13.14 Press OK.

14 How do I View a Phasor Diagram?

15 How do I Create a New Report?

15.7 Two channels related to Line1 were chosen.

15.14 Select the Parameters tab.

15.17 Press OK:

15.24 Select Meter and press OK.

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15.30 Press OK and then select the first Vrms Line 1:

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