DC Power Controller

M800D ACU User Manual

ACU
User Manual
Document Issue: V1.3
Release Date: January 05, 2004

The contents of this document are subject to revision

without notice due to ongoing progress in methodology,
design and manufacturing.
 Revision History

Version Date of Change Description of Change Changed by

V1.0 January 05, 2005 Newly-created David Dai
V1.1 June 14, 2005 Added Chapter 8 David Dai
V1.2 July 08, 2005 Corrected mistakes David Dai
Deleted the chapter of
V1.3 July 14, 2005 “ Access ACU through David Dai
Telnet and Hyper Terminal”
 Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction............................................................................................................1
1.1 Abbreviations ............................................................................................................1
1.2 Overview ...................................................................................................................1
1.3 Model Information........................................................................................................1
1.4 Look and Feel ...........................................................................................................2
1.5 Features....................................................................................................................2
1.6 Main Components .....................................................................................................3
1.7 Main Functions..........................................................................................................5
1.7.1 Basic Functions...............................................................................................5
1.7.2 Communication Functions ..............................................................................5
1.7.3 Alarm Functions ..............................................................................................6
1.7.4 Control Functions............................................................................................7
1.8 Safety Instructions .......................................................................................................9

Chapter 2 Installation ........................................................................................................... 10

2.1 Inspection before Installation .................................................................................. 10
2.2 Environment............................................................................................................ 10
2.3 ACU Installation in DC Power System .................................................................... 10
2.4 ACU Operation Modes ............................................................................................ 11
2.4.1 Read Only Mode ........................................................................................... 11
2.4.2 Normal Mode ................................................................................................ 11
2.5 Restore the Default Password ................................................................................ 11

Chapter 3 LCD Operation .................................................................................................... 12

3.1 ACU Panel .............................................................................................................. 12
3.2 First Screen............................................................................................................. 13
3.3 Default main Screen ............................................................................................... 13
3.4 Main Menu .............................................................................................................. 14
3.4.1 Running Info ................................................................................................. 14
3.4.2 Parameter Set............................................................................................... 18
3.4.3 Maintain ........................................................................................................ 23

Chapter 4 Access ACU through Web................................................................................... 25

4.1 Overview of Web Function ...................................................................................... 25
4.2 Login ....................................................................................................................... 25
4.3 Homepage Introduction........................................................................................... 29
4.4 Device Explore........................................................................................................ 30
4.4.1 Data Browse, Control and Parameter Setting of Rectifier ............................. 31
4.4.2 Data Browse, Control and Parameter Setting of Battery............................... 36
4.5 Alarms..................................................................................................................... 42
4.6 Settings ................................................................................................................... 44
4.7 Maintenance ........................................................................................................... 50
 4.8 Query ...................................................................................................................... 59

Chapter 5 Access ACU through NMS .................................................................................. 65

5.1 NMS supported by SNMP Agent............................................................................. 65
5.2 MIB Installation ....................................................................................................... 65
5.3 Access ACU through NMS...................................................................................... 68
5.3.1 Apply Administrative Authority ...................................................................... 68

Chapter 6 Parameter Setting Guidance ............................................................................... 69

6.1 Battery Management Parameters.............................................................................. 69
6.1.1 Battery Test Parameters.................................................................................. 69
6.1.2 Boost Charging Parameters ............................................................................ 70
6.1.3 Temperature Compensation Parameters ........................................................ 71
6.1.4 Charging Current Limitation Parameters ......................................................... 72
6.1.5 Parameters of Low Voltage Disconnection...................................................... 72
6.1.6 Parameters of Capacity Predication ................................................................ 73
6.2 Energy Management Parameters.............................................................................. 73
6.2.1 Parameters of Lower Consumption during High Cost Hours ........................... 73
6.2.2 Parameter and Alarm for Maximum Power Consumption................................ 74
6.2.3 Rectifier Redundancy Parameters................................................................... 74
6.2.4 Rectifier Cycling Parameters ........................................................................... 74
6.3 Diesel Management Parameters ............................................................................... 75
6.3.1 Parameter and Alarm for Diesel Test .............................................................. 75
6.4 Power Split Parameters ............................................................................................. 75
Appendix 1 List of Abbreviations............................................................................................. 76

List of Figures

Figure 1-1: Model Information of ACU ......................................................................................1

Figure 1-2: Look and Feel of ACU ............................................................................................2

Figure 1-3: ACU Structure ........................................................................................................3

Figure 2-1: ACU Rear Panel ................................................................................................... 10

Figure 3-1: ACU Panel............................................................................................................ 12

Figure 4-1: LAN Setting (Step 1)............................................................................................. 26

Figure 4-2: LAN Setting (Step 2)............................................................................................. 27

Figure 4-3: Log in ACU ........................................................................................................... 28

Figure 4-4: ACU Homepage ................................................................................................... 29

Figure 4-5: Rectifier Screen 1 ................................................................................................. 31

Figure 4-6: Rectifier Screen 2 ................................................................................................. 32

Figure 4-7: Rectifier Screen 3 ................................................................................................. 33

Figure 4-8: Sampled Values of Single Rectifier ...................................................................... 34

Figure 4-9: Control Screen of Rectifier 1 ................................................................................ 35

Figure 4-10: Battery Screen (Sampled Value of Battery)........................................................ 36

Figure 4-11: Control the Battery Group................................................................................... 37

Figure 4-12: Setting Values of Battery Group ......................................................................... 38

Figure 4-13: Sampled Values of Battery 1 .............................................................................. 39

Figure 4-14: SM Battery Sample Signal.................................................................................. 40

Figure 4-15: SM Battery Setting Signal................................................................................... 41

Figure 4-16: Alarm Screen...................................................................................................... 42

Figure 4-17: Observation Alarm.............................................................................................. 43

Figure 4-18: Query History Alarm ........................................................................................... 44

Figure 4-19: Network configuration......................................................................................... 45

Figure 4-20: NMS Configuration ............................................................................................. 46

Figure 4-21: ESR Configuration.............................................................................................. 47

Figure 4-22: User Information Configuration........................................................................... 48

Figure 4-23: Time Setting Screen ........................................................................................... 50

Figure 4-24: Upload/Download screen 1 ................................................................................ 51

Figure 4-25: Upload/Download screen 2 ................................................................................ 52

Figure 4-26: Upload/Download screen 3 ................................................................................ 53

Figure 4-27: Specify a Directory ............................................................................................. 54

Figure 4-28: Download Complete ........................................................................................... 54

Figure 4-29: Clear Data .......................................................................................................... 55

Figure 4-30: Restore Default .................................................................................................. 56

Figure 4-31: Modify ACU Information ..................................................................................... 57

Figure 4-32: Modify Device..................................................................................................... 58

Figure 4-33: Modify Signal...................................................................................................... 59

Figure 4-34: Query History Data Screen................................................................................. 60

Figure 4-35: Query History Data ............................................................................................. 61

Figure 4-36: Query Log Screen .............................................................................................. 62

Figure 4-37: Control Log......................................................................................................... 63

Figure 4-38: Query Battery Test Data..................................................................................... 64

 List of Tables

Table 1-1: Alarm categories......................................................................................................6

Table 3-1: Functions of LED indicators................................................................................... 12

Table 3-2: Functions of ACU keys .......................................................................................... 13

Table 4-1: User Security Levels.............................................................................................. 49

Table 5-1: Contents of ACU MIB ............................................................................................ 66

Table 6-1: Battery Test Parameters........................................................................................ 69

Table 6-2: Alarm for Battery Test............................................................................................ 70

Table 6-3: Boost Charging Parameters .................................................................................. 70

Table 6-4: Alarms for Boost Charging..................................................................................... 71

Table 6-5: Parameter and Alarm for Temperature Compensation .......................................... 71

Table 6-6: Charging Current Limitation Parameters ............................................................... 72

Table 6-7: Parameters of Low Voltage Disconnection ............................................................ 72

Table 6-8: Parameter of Capacity Prediction .......................................................................... 73

Table 6-9: Parameter and Alarm for Lower consumption during high cost hours ................... 73

Table 6-10: Parameter and Alarm for Maximum power consumption ..................................... 74

Table 6-11: Parameter and Alarm for Redundant Rectifier Switch ON/OFF........................... 74

Table 6-12: Parameter and Alarm for Rectifier Cycling........................................................... 74

Table 6-13: Parameter and Alarm for Diesel Test .................................................................. 75

Table 6-14: Parameters of Power Split ................................................................................... 75

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Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Abbreviations

There are many abbreviations used in this user guide in reference to different terms
as well as units of measure. A comprehensive list of these abbreviations can be
found at the end of this document.

1.2 Overview

ACU consists of an SCU and an ACU-M. ACU is an easy-to-configure controller

with powerful functionalities. It can control 50A rectifiers, LC and SM modules (SM
IO, SM BAT and SM AC). It can monitor a DC power system remotely and locally. It
has friendly MMIs (man-machine interface) and log management function. It
operates on a Linux OS.

1.3 Model Information

The model of the ACU is M800D, the model is defined in Figure 1-1:

M800D
2U X 2U
Code for ACU
Monitoring
Figure 1-1: Model Information of ACU

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1.4 Look and Feel

ACU-M Module: ACU-M is a core

part of ACU. It acquires and
processes the data from SCU and SM
modules. It controls the operation of
the whole system

SCU: ACU-M controls rectifiers

through SCU

LCD Panel: A friendly local operation

interface

Figure 1-2: Look and Feel of ACU

The look and feel of ACU is shown in Figure 1-2. The unit consists of ACU-M, SCU
and LCD panel. See Figure 1-2 for the functions of these components.

1.5 Features

• High EMC/safety – Standards: EN60950, UL60950, GR-63, GR-1089;

Certifications : CE, TUV, UL, and meet the requirements of NEBS level3

• Advanced DC power management – Rectifiers redundancy, energy savings,

embedded PLC

• Support flexible solutions – easily satisfy the variable requirements of

customers for SM modules support and changeable configurations

• Various monitoring methods – by LCD, Web user interfaces, and

EEM/SOC-TPE/rSOC, SNMP protocols

• Minimized field installation time – true hot pluggable controller, and

pre-definable customer solution settings

• Powerful alarm associated control – by using PLC and relays of SMs

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• 5-level security authentication – support browser, operator, engineer,

administrator, hardware protection levels. Any user equipment control
action will be logged and can be queried later.

• Multiple operation languages – support English and a changeable local

language (Chinese, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and
Swedish) Stand alone applications – for friendly and powerful Web
interface that provides equipment monitoring, control and setting, supports
historical data, alarm and log queries, and can auto popup active alarms

• Minimized maintenance cost – the firmware/configuration can be remotely

updated via Telnet, PowerKit, and Web. PowerKit is a special maintenance
utility for regional engineers

1.6 Main Components

The ACU consists of ACU-M and SCU board (see Figure 1-3). SCU board can
work stand alone with its full functions, but it will degenerate into a sampler unit like
SM modules in ACU.
Local User Interface
(LCD, Buttons and LEDs)

Ethernet for HLMS,

Web, SNMP
SCU
RS232 for HLMS ACU-M
Board
RS232 for Console

ACU
RS485 CAN

SM-Modules,
LCs Rectifiers

Figure 1-3: ACU Structure

Basic Components

SCU — Connects and controls rectifiers

ACU-M —Monitor SCU, LC and SM

LCD—An MMI provides a local operation interface

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LCD Panel

A friendly local operation interface that supports the display of 7 languages (English,
Chinese, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Swedish). The ACU unit
delivered to the customer supports two language, one is English and another is the
customer’s local language.

ACU-M Module

ACU-M is a core part of ACU. It acquires and processes the data from SCU and SM
modules. It controls the operation of the whole system.

SCU

ACU-M controls rectifiers through SCU.

Interfaces on ACU-M Module

ACU-M has following interfaces. Except UART, all the interfaces are in the
connector in the rear panel of SCU module.

1) Ethernet Port

The Ethernet port of ACU-M is used to connect ACU to internet. User can access
ACU remotely in Web mode or Telnet mode through this port.

2) RS232 (for HLMS)

ACU-M has a RS232 serial port that talks to HLMS. User can access ACU remotely
by using HLMS through this port.

3) RS232 (console port)

ACU-M has a RS232 console port. User can access ACU through this console port
to upgrade the ACU software or configuration files. User can also set the
parameters such as the IP address through the console port.This port is a DB9 port.
Default setting of the port: 38400bps, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity and no data
flow control.

4) UART

ACU-M has a UART(TTL serial port) used to communicate with SCU.

5) RS485

ACU-M acquires data from SM modules (SM IO, SM BAT and SM AC) through this
RS485 port.

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1.7 Main Functions

1.7.1 Basic Functions

Data Acquisition: ACU-M can acquire and analyze the real time data of SM
Modules and SCU.

Manual Control: ACU-M can forward the control command from HLMS or Web
user or MMI to SM Modules and SCU.

Automation Control: ACU-M can automatically control DC Power and other

equipment such as Air Conditioner, diesel generator.

Alarm Callout: when some critical alarm present, ACU-M can dial to HLMS via
modem so that HLMS gets the alarm information as soon as possible. This
function also depends on related HLMS.

Data Local Storage: ACU-M can provide a local storage to save real time data
and alarms/events as historical data. ACU can send the stored data to HLMS.

Program Update: ACU embedded application can be upgraded locally and

remotely and embedded OS can be upgraded through PowerKit locally.

Battery Management: ACU-M provides the function for battery management,

such as current limitation, boost charge, battery test, and low voltage
disconnection.

Power Split: ACU-M provides the function for power split.

Alarm Management: ACU-M provides the function of active alarm list, alarm
log.

Energy Saving: ACU-M provides the function for energy saving.

Man Machine Interface: ACU-M provides a local user interface with a LCD, 6
buttons and 3 LEDs. ACU-M also provides a local console interface and a Web
based interface.

1.7.2 Communication Functions

ACU can communicate with MC (Main Computer) or other devices through its
10M/100M Ethernet port. It also provides the RS232/MODEM communication ports
and 8 groups of alarm dry contacts.

Communication through 10M/100M Ethernet port

Communication cable shall be shielded cable.

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Communication through RS232

RS232 communication mode is mainly used for short-distance point-to-point

communication. The communication distance shall be less than 15 meters. If ACU
communicates through RS232, just connect ACU RS232 port to the RS232 port of
MC.

Communication through MODEM and ES-MOD

When ACU communicates through MODEM, it uses PSTN to realize long-distance

monitoring. Power supply cables and communication cables shall be prepared for
the communication through MODEM. MODEM communication mode accords with
EEM Protocol.

Dry Contacts Output

The ACU an SCU board. The board has 8 dry-contact outputs. Every dry-contact
output has NC (normally closed) and NO (normally-open) contacts. Every
dry-contact output shall be configured before the alarm event occurs, so that
different dry-contact output can trigger different alarms. Once the alarm event
occurs, the dry-contact will close or open to generate the alarm.

If the user has other intelligent equipment to be monitored by ACU, the user can
connect the dry contacts to the interface of the intelligent equipment, and control
the intelligent equipment through these dry contacts.

Capacity of dry contacts: 2A@30Vdc；0.5A@125Vac, Maximum Power

Consumption: 60W

1.7.3 Alarm Functions

The alarm events are classified into different alarm categories. Different alarm
categories have different visual/audible alarm and alarm-call back activities, as
shown in Table 1-1.

Table 1-1: Alarm categories

Alarm Red Yellow Alarm Alarm
Remark
Category LED LED Buzzer Call-back
Call-back function
Critical Alarm ON ON Yes
enabled
Call-back function
Major Alarm ON ON Yes
enabled
Observation
ON OFF No
Alarm
No Alarm OFF OFF OFF No

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The audible alarm can be silenced if the user presses any key on ACU. The audible
alarm will also be silenced if the fault that triggers the alarm is cleared. The alarm
LED is OFF if all the faults that trigger the alarm are cleared.

1.7.4 Control Functions

Rectifier Control

The rectifier can be switched on/off by ACU. The rectifier parameters such as its
current limitation point, output voltage and HVSD point can also be set by using
ACU.

Battery Management

With battery management function, ACU can manage the batteries from SCU and
SM-BAT, includes

•Battery test

•Boost charge

•Temperature compensation

•Battery log(maximum 10 logs, maximum 18 strings per log)

•Current limitation

•LVD(Low-voltage disconnection)

Energy Management

Energy management is an advanced function, which can save money for customer,
includes

(1)Energy saving

• To lower the energy consumption during high tariff

• To make the power consumption rate lower than the given limit

(2)Rectifier redundancy

• Switch ON/OFF the redundant rectifiers according to maximum and

minimum redundancy percent

• Rectifier cycling is to make the total work time of the all rectifiers at the
average level

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Diesel Management

The Diesel Management function includes Diesel Test. The Diesel Test supports
following functions when SM AC is connected.

• Planned diesel test

• Manual diesel test

• Record diesel test result

Power Split

Power split is an advanced function,

• Works with an un-known power plan system that acts as a master system

• Acts as a slave system to share load(split output) for the master system,
without communication with master

• Action based on Nominal Voltage, Boost Charge Voltage parameters and

other digital signals of battery mgmt state of the master system

• Default mode is as a master system

PLC Logic Function

PLC logic is an advanced function,

(1) Needs to be regionalized/customized according to customer purpose

(2) Can combine the equipment analog signal, parameters and alarm to control
equipment and replays.

(3) The logical components supported are

• NOT

• OR

• AND

• XOR

• >

• <

• Delay

Main Switch Operation

Main switch control is an optional function, with this function, ACU can
automatically turn off a motor operated main switch of AC power supply without
manual intervention.

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•Depends on an SM IO module to get the statuses of switch and to control the

switch

•Will effectively increase the availability of the supplied power

1.8 Safety Instructions

To comply with the published safety standards, the following must be observed
when using this built in control unit of ACU:

The built in control unit is intended for use as a component part of other equipment.
When installing the power supply and marking input and output connectings, the
relevant safety standards e.g. UL 60950-1; IEC 60950-1/VDE 0805; EN 60950-1;
CAN/CSA-22.2NO. 60950-1-03 must be complied with, especially the requirements
for creepage distances, clearances and distance through insulation between
primary wiring and earth or secondary (SELV) wiring.

The module should be powered from a source which provides reinforced or double
insulation and does not exceed 60Vdc and all signal inputs shall within SELV limits.

The module is not intended to be repaired by service personnel in case of failure or

component defect, failure unit should be sent back to the manufacturer for repair.

The maximum ambient temperature around the control unit must not exceed 65℃.
No operator access areas require the use of a tool with ambient temperature up to
50℃. Over 50℃ up to 65℃ ambient, front panel must be located at Restricted
Access Location and hot surface caution symbol (60417-1-IEC-5041) should be
marked in end system after installed in end system.

The built-in control unit has no in-line fuse. For safe operation, an external slow
acting 2A/250V fuse must be employed as input line fuse before installation.

In case of this equipment installed in Restricted Access Location according to

standard IEC60950-1: 2001,reasons for the restriction, precaution, and accessibility
to the Restricted Access Location must be provided in safety instruction when
installed in the end system.

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Chapter 2 Installation

2.1 Inspection before Installation

After receiving ACU, check the package and contact local office of Emerson
Network Power for any damage.

2.2 Environment

ACU Normal Operation Temperature: -10°C to +65°C

LCD Operation Temperature: -10°C to +50°C

ACU installation location shall be away from water, combustible gas, chemical gas,
and corrosive gas and liquid.

2.3 ACU Installation in DC Power System

ACU (actually the SCU module in ACU) rear panel has a connector that
accommodates its input and output terminals, as shown in Figure 2-1:

Figure 2-1: ACU Rear Panel

When installing ACU, plug ACU into the corresponding socket in DC power cabinet,
which is dedicated for ACU connector. ACU is hot swappable. It acquires the
signals from AC and DC distribution units and outputs control signals through the
Signal Junction Board in the DC Power Cabinet. It also communicates with all the
rectifiers and acquires the rectifier information through the CAN interface in the
Signal Connection Board.

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2.4 ACU Operation Modes

2.4.1 Read Only Mode

The user files and system files work in read-only mode or normal mode. The default
mode for the system files is read-only mode, while the default mode for the user
files is the read-only mode. In read-only mode, any user cannot delete, modify and
update the user files or system files.

Switch off the ACU, short circuit J30 on the ACU-M main board with a short circuit
cap, the system files enter read-only mode.

Switch off the ACU, short circuit J31 on the ACU-M main board with a short circuit
cap, the user files enter read-only mode.

The setting of read-only mode does not influence the read and write of the alarm
and log.

2.4.2 Normal Mode

Switch off the ACU, remove the short circuit caps for J30 and J31 on the ACU-M
main board, and restart the ACU, then the ACU will enter normal mode.

2.5 Restore the Default Password

Switch off the ACU, short circuit J35 on the ACU-M main board with a short circuit
cap, and then restart the ACU, the passwords for the acuadmin and root will be
restored to default password.

The default password for acuadmin is enpacuad.

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Chapter 3 LCD Operation

3.1 ACU Panel

ACU Panel is illustrated in Figure 3-1:

Figure 3-1: ACU Panel

Functions of LED indicators are illustrated in Table 3-1.

Table 3-1: Functions of LED indicators

Normal Abnormal
LED Cause
Status Status
Operation Indicator
ON OFF No Power Supply
(Green)
Protection Indicator DC Power has at least an observation
OFF ON
(Yellow) alarm
Alarm Indicator DC Power has at least an major
OFF ON
(Red) alarm or critical alarm.

ACU controller uses a 128×64 dot-matrix LCD unit. It has 6 functional keys. Its
interface is easy-to-use and supports multi-language display. The panel of the
controller is easy-to-remove. The functions of these 6 keys are shown in Table3-2:

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Table 3-2: Functions of ACU keys

Name of
Keys Functions
Keys
Press this key to back to previous
ESC Return Key menu or cancel a setting of a
parameter .
Press this key to go to next menu Press ESC and ENT together to reset
or highlight editable area for ACU.
ENT Enter key parameter setting, validate the
change made to a parameter
setting.
Up Press or to scroll through These four arrow keys can be used to
change the value of a parameter:
Down the menus.
Press or to move the cursor to
Left change the edit value of a
parameter. In Initial Screen, press the parameter to be changed and
press or to change the value
Right or to adjust the contrast of
LCD. of a parameter.

3.2 First Screen

英语
English

The first screen is the language-selecting screen. User can select between English
and the user’s local language in the screen by pressing and , and press
ENT to enter the default main screen after selecting the language. If no key has
been pressed for 30 seconds, user will enter the default screen directly.

3.3 Default main Screen

18:15:10
53.5V 7.8A
System: Alarm
Float Charge

2005-06-30
53.5V 7.8A
System: Alarm
Float Charge

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The first row of the default main screen displays the date and time alternatively (For
example, it displays “18:15:10”, after a while it displays “2005-06-30”, and then
displays “18:15:10”, and it repeats this cycle continuously). The rest information is
dependent on the configuration information such as the equipment Type, signal ID
and display location).

In the default main screen:

Press or to change the contrast of LCD

Press and and ESC together to log out(The password will be invalid);

Press ENT and ESC together to reset ACU

Press ENT to enter main menu

3.4 Main Menu

Main Menu
→ Running Info
Maintain
Parameter Set

Main Menu includes running information, maintain and parameter set

3.4.1 Running Info

Introduction to Running Info

In the screen of Main Menu, press or to select the sub-menu of “Running

Info”, and press ENT to activate the menu to show the screen of “Running Info”:
Running Info
→ ACU System
Rect Group
Rectifier

The running information includes Equipments information, Active alarm and History
alarm. The equipments information displayed in the screen of “Running Info” is
configurable. Press or to view more running information:

Running Info
→ Batt Group
Battery
SM Batt4806

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Running Info
→ SMIO 8
Active Alarm
History Alarm

Press or to select the sub-menus in the screen of “Running Info”, and press
ENT to activate the menu. For example, move the cursor to the sub-menu of
“History Alarm”, and press ENT to view the history alarm. If there is no history alarm,
following screen pops up:

No History Alarm

Equipment Information

If the equipment category has more than one equipment, the detailed equipment
information will be displayed in a two-level menus. For example, the rectifier
information is displayed in a two-level menus.
Running Info
→ ACU System
Rect Group
Rectifier

In the above screen, select the sub-menu of “Rectifier” and press ENT to display
the first level:
Rectifier
→ Rectifier1
Rectifier2
Rectifier3

In the above screen, select a rectifier, for example, select Rectifier1, and press ENT
to display the detailed information (signals) of the rectifier:

Second-level:

Rect SN
2054003799
Rect Voltage
53.71 v

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Rect Current
0.00 A
AC Status
ON

In the above screen, press or to view the information of other rectifiers such
as rectifier2.

The detailed signals are configurable. Every equipment has its own configuration
file (NOTEPAD file) that includes all the information of the equipment signals.
Modify the configuration file can change the equipment signals to be displayed in
the screen.

If the equipment category has only one equipment, the detailed information will only
be displayed in a one-level menu.

For example, the signals of DC distribution unit are only displayed in one level:
Running Info
→ DC
DC Fuse
Diesel Group

In above screen, select DC and press ENT to display the detailed information
(signals) of the DC distribution unit:
DC Voltage
53.5 V
DC Current
50.0 A

Alarm Information

In the screen of “Running Info”, press or to select the sub-menu of Active

Alarm:
Running Info
→ SMIO 8
Active Alarm
History Alarm

Press ENT to activate the menu of “Active Alarm”, the following screen pops up if
the DC power has active alarms:

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Active Alarm
Observation : 2
Major : 2
Critical : 2

In the above screen, press ENT to view the detailed alarm information and one
screen only displays one alarm:
001 SM Battery 7
T Sensor Fault
050627 19:13:16
Observation

In the above screen, “001” is the alarm sequence number, and “050627 19:13:16”
is the time when the alarm occurs. Press or to view other alarms.

002 SM Battery 7
Batt disconnect
050627 20:13:16
Observation

If there is no alarm, following screen pops up:

No Active Alarm

In the screen of “Running Info”, press or to select the sub-menu of History

Alarm and press ENT to activate the menu, the following screen pops up if the DC
power has history alarms:
History Alarm
Observation : 2
Major : 2
Critical : 2

In the above screen, press ENT to view the detailed history alarm information and
one screen only displays one alarm:
001 Diesel Group
Diesel Test
050610 15:13:16
050610 16:17:20

In the above screen, “050610 15:13:16” is the start time of the alarm and “050610
16:17:20” is the end time of the alarm.

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3.4.2 Parameter Set

In the screen of Main Menu, press or to select the sub-menu of “Parameter

Set”, and press ENT to activate the menu, following screen pops up:
Select User
→ admin
Enter Password
*

Before setting the parameters, select user first because different user has different
authorities. To select the user, press or to move the cursor to the second row,
press ENT to highlight editable area and then press or to the select the user,
and finally press ENT again to validate the selection.

After selecting the user, press or to move the cursor to last row and press
ENT to begin typing the password. At this point, the last row is highlighted which
indicates that the controller is ready for password entry. When typing the
password, press or to select the character and press or to move from
digit to digit. Letters, numbers, upper case and lower case of the letters are
available for the password. If no key has been pressed for 4 minutes, the controller
will require the user to enter the password again. If the password entered is wrong,
following screen pops up:

Parameter Set
Password Error
ESC or ENT Ret

Enter the correct user name and password to access the screens of Parameter Set.
Parameter Set
→ ACU System
Rect Group
Batt Group

Press or to view more screens of “Parameter Set”.

Parameter Set
→ SM Batt4806
LVD Unit
Diesel Group

In above screen, press or to select the menu of “Rect Group” and press ENT
to view the settable parameters of the rectifier: For example:

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Rated Voltage
→ 53.50 V
Rated Current
50.5 A

The settable parameters of the rectifier are displayed in one more screen. Press
or to scroll through the screens:

Rated Over Volt

→ 59.50 V
Rated Low Volt
40.5 V

Method of configuring the parameters:

With the “Rect Over Volt” configuring as an example, press or to move the
cursor to the value of “Rect Over Volt”(59.50V) and press ENT to highlight the row.
Press or to change the value. The change step of the value is configurable.
After modifying the parameter, press ENT to validate the modification.

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Method of configuring the status:

WALKIn Enable
→ Enabled
Redundancy Enb
Enabled

With “WALKIn Enable” as an example, press or to move the cursor to the

value of “WALKIn Enable” and press ENT to highlight the row. Press or to
change the value (from “Enable” to “Disable”, or from “Disable” to “Enable”).

If the equipment category has more than one equipment, the detailed settable
parameters of the equipment are displayed in a two-level menus. Press or to
view the information of other equipment that belongs to the equipment category.

Alarm parameter setting

Parameter Set
→ SMIO 8
Alarm Param
System Param

In the above screen, press or to move the cursor to the menu of “Alarm
Param” and press ENT, following screen pops up:
Alarm Param
→ Alarm Level
Alarm Control

In the above screen, press or to move the cursor to the menu of “Alarm Level”
and press ENT, following screen pops up to allow the user to set the alarm level:
Alarm Level
→ ACU System
Rect Group
Rectifier

Method of setting the alarm level:

With the alarm level setting of “Rectifier” as an example:

In the above screen, press or to move the cursor to the menu of “Rectifier”
and press ENT, following screen pops up:

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Rect AC Failure
→ Major
Rect Over Temp
Observation

The above screen displays the alarm information of the rectifier. The information is
configurable. The alarm information is displayed in several screens, user can press
or to scroll through the screens to view the alarm information.

If user wants to change the alarm level of “Rectifier AC Failure” from “Major” to
“Critical”, press or to move the cursor to the setting of “Rectifier AC Failure”,
and press ENT. At this point, this row is highlighted which indicates user can modify
the setting. User can select the alarm level of “Critical” by pressing or

Method of setting Alarm Control

Alarm Param
→ Alarm Level
Alarm Control

In the above screen, press or to move the cursor to the menu of “Alarm
Control” and press ENT, following screen pops up:
Alarm Voice
→ On
Block Alarm
Normal

Block Alarm
→ Normal
Clear His Alarm
Yes

Similar to modifying the alarm level, user can modify the setting of “Alarm Voice”
from “On” to “Off”,”3 Min”, “10 Min”,”1 Hour”, or ”4 Hour”.

User can also modify the setting of “Block Alarm” from “Normal” to “Blocked” or
from “Blocked” to “Normal” by using the same method.

If user executes the setting “Yes” of “Clear His Alarm” (Note: For “Clear His Alarm”,
there is only one option of ”Yes”, and there is no option of ”No”), all the history
alarm will be cleared.

System parameters setting

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Parameter Set
→ SMIO 8
Alarm Param
System Param

In the above screen, move the cursor “→” to “System Param”, and then press ENT
to set the system information (parameters).

System information is displayed in following screens:

Language
→ English
LCD Time Zone
GMT

ACU supports 2 languages, one is English and another is the local language, which
are configurable through above screen. LCD Time Zone support the selection from
GMT-12:00 to GMT+13:00. User can select the language in the above screen.
Set Date
→ 2005-10-15
Set Time
20:09:09

In the above screen, user can set the date and time. For example, move the cursor
“→” to “2005-10-15”, press ENT to highlight the date, and then press or to
change the date, after changing the date, press ENT to validate the change.
IP Address
→ 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask
255.255.254.0

Default Gateway
→ 192.168.0.1
Reload Config
Yes

ACU supports time setting and network function. User can modify the ACU IP
address and Subnet mask to allow other computers can access the ACU through IE,
NMS and HLMS.

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Power limit setting

Enter the parameter setting interface:

Parameter Set
→ ACU System
Rect Group
Batt Group

In the above interface, select “ACU System” and continue to press or to

show the screen of power limit function as show below:
P limit Enb
Disable
Over Voltage
58.50

Note: User can set the power limit function to “enable” or “disable”. If the power limit
function is set to be “Disable”, the diesel generator will not be controlled by ACU
and has to be controlled manually.

3.4.3 Maintain

In the screen of Main Menu, press or to select the sub-menu of “Maintain”,

and press ENT to activate the menu, following screen pops up:

Select User
→ admin
Enter Password
*

If the user has selected the user and entered the password to set the parameters,
and if the user and password are still active, he can directly implement the
“Maintain” operation. Otherwise he has to select the user and enter the password
again. See section 3.2.2 for the methods of selecting of user and password entry.

The Maintain screen is shown as follows:

Maintain
→ ACU System
Rect Group
Rectifier

If the equipment category has more than one equipment, the detailed equipment
information will be displayed in a two-level menus. For example, the rectifier
information is displayed in a two-level menus. In the above screen, select the
sub-menu of “Rectifier” and press ENT to display the first level:

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Rectifier
→ Rectifier1
Rectifier2
Rectifier3

In the above screen, select a rectifier, for example, select Rectifier1, and press ENT
to display the detailed information (signals) of the rectifier:

Second-level:
Rect DC Ctl
→ Off
Rect AC Ctl
Off

Rect AC Ctl
→ Off
Rect Reset
Off

Control Method:

With control method of “Rect AC Ctl” as an example, press or to move the

cursor to the setting of “Rect AC Ctl”, and press ENT. At this point, this row is
highlighted which indicates user can modify the setting. User can change the
setting from “off” to “On” by pressing or . After setting, press ENT, following
pops up:

Off
ENT Confirm
ESC Cancel

If user press ENT, the control operation is implemented.

In the above screen, press or to implement the control of other rectifiers such
as rectifier2.

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4.1 Overview of Web Function

Web is a remote user interface, user can

• Browser the detail status of each equipment such as rectifiers, batteries,

and AC unit

• Send control command and set parameters to equipment

• View the active alarms that can be auto popped up if a new alarm comes.

• Query historical alarms, historical signal data and logs(battery test, diesel
test, user control, system)

• Change system parameters, such as IP address, time, SNMP and EEM

protocol settings, user information

• Change equipment name, signal name and alarm level

• Download/upload configuration files, and update application software and

local language package.

4.2 Login

To log in ACU, double-click the icon of IE to run the software, click the menus of
Tools→Internet Options and then click the button “Connections” to pop up the
following screen:

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Figure 4-1: LAN Setting (Step 1)

In the screen as shown in Figure 4-1, click the button “LAN Settings” to pop up the
following screen:

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Figure 4-2: LAN Setting (Step 2)

In the above screen, uncheck the proxy screen and click OK to finish the LAN
setting. Then input the IP address and press ENT, the following Web interface pops
up requiring user to enter username and password.

Note that user only needs to do the above settings when the ACU is connected to a
intranet and the user has set that the access to the intranet needs to be made
through proxy. If the ACU is connected Internet and the user computer is connected
to the intranet, the user cannot disable the proxy, otherwise he will have no access
to the ACU.

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Figure 4-3: Log in ACU

In the above screen, enter the username and password to log in ACU, and the
homepage screen as shown in Figure 4-4 pops up.

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4.3 Homepage Introduction

The homepage screen is shown in Figure 4-4.

Figure 4-4: ACU Homepage

In the Homepage screen, the left part displays the username, the login time, the
menus of “Device explore”, “Alarms”, “Settings”, “Maintenance”, “Query data” and
“Site map”. The alarm bar is displayed at the bottom of the screen.

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4.4 Device Explore

As shown in Figure 4-4, the menu “Device explore” has the sub-menus of
equipment groups such as “RectifierGroup”, “BatteryGroup”, “DC Distribution”,
“Battery Fuse Group”, “AC Group”, “”Diesel Group”, “Main Switch”, “SM IO” and
“LVD Group”. User can check the sample data of the equipment, set the equipment
parameter and control the equipment by operating these sub-menus.

Every equipment has 3 signals that are data acquisition signals (sampled values),
control signal and setting signal.

The following part introduces the device explore operation with rectifier and battery
as examples.

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4.4.1 Data Browse, Control and Parameter Setting of Rectifier

Rectifier Group

In the screen as shown in Figure 4-5, click “RectifierGroup”, following screen pops
up:

Figure 4-5: Rectifier Screen 1

The signals in the screen as shown in Figure 4-6 are all the actually sampled
values such as “Total current”, “Average voltage” and so on. In the screen, click the
button “Control”, following screen pops up:

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Figure 4-6: Rectifier Screen 2

The signals in the screen as shown in Figure 4-6 are all the values used to control
the rectifier. For example, in “Fan full speed control”, user can select “Full Speed”
and click “Set” to make the rectifier fan run at full speed. The control command is
effective for all the rectifiers. Pay attention that the “Control” button is only active
when the ACU is in manual status. Therefore, before implementing the “Control”
operation, you have to set the “Auto/Man State” of the ACU System to “Man” status.

Click the button “Setting”, following screen pops up:

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Figure 4-7: Rectifier Screen 3

The screen as shown in Figure 4-7 lists all the values that can be set. For example,
user can select “Disabled” for the value of “Walk-in enabled” in the box of “Set
value”, and then click the button “Set” to make the setting effective. After the setting,
the walk-in function of all the rectifiers is disabled.

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Single Rectifier

Click the submenu “Rectifier1” of “RectifierGroup”, following screen pops up as

shown in Figure 4-8:

Figure 4-8: Sampled Values of Single Rectifier

The screen as shown in Figure 4-8 shows the sample value of “Rectifier1”, similar
to the operation of “RectifierGroup”, user can click the button “Control” to view the
values of rectifier 1 that can be controlled, as shown in Figure 9.

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Figure 4-9: Control Screen of Rectifier 1

In the screen as shown in Figure 4-9, user can control the rectifier 1. For example,
user can set the AC input of rectifier 1 to “on”.

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4.4.2 Data Browse, Control and Parameter Setting of Battery

Click the icon in the left of “BatteryGroup”, all the sampled values of the battery
group are displayed as shown in Figure 4-10.

Figure 4-10: Battery Screen (Sampled Value of Battery)

In Figure 1, the battery voltage is the total battery string voltage. The battery current
is the total battery current. Similar to browse the control values of the rectifier, click
the button “Control” to view the control signals of the battery as shown in Figure
4-12:

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Figure 4-11: Control the Battery Group

In the screen as shown in Figure 4-11, user can control the battery. For example, in
the “Set value” box of “Boost/Float charge control”, user can set the “Float Charge”
to “Boost Charge”, and click the button “set” to make the setting become effective.
Click the button “setting” to view setting signals of the battery as shown in Figure
4-12.

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Figure 4-12: Setting Values of Battery Group

In the screen as shown in Figure 4-12, user can set the battery parameters. For
example, in the “Set value” box of “Very High Temperature Limit”, user can set the
“temperature limit” from “36.00” to “38.00”, and click the button “set” to make the
setting become effective.

Click the submenu of “Battery1”, the following screen pops up:

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Figure 4-13: Sampled Values of Battery 1

The screen as shown in Figure 4-13 displays the sampled values of battery 1. In
this screen, if you click “Control” or “Setting”, nothing will be displayed because it is
not allowed to control the single battery or set the values of the single battery.

Click “SMBattery1”, following screen pops up:

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Figure 4-14: SM Battery Sample Signal

Figure 4-14 shows the sampled values of SM battery 1. Click the button [Setting],
following screen pops up:

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Figure 4-15: SM Battery Setting Signal

User can configure the battery parameters in the screen as shown in Figure 4-15.
For example, user can enter the value of “Block voltage difference” in the box of
“Set value” and then click “Set” to set the value.

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4.5 Alarms

In any screen, click the icon “ ▼ ” located in the middle bottom part of the screen to pop
up the alarm screen as shown below:

Figure 4-16: Alarm Screen

The screen as shown in Figure 4-16 shows all the alarms. Click the button “Observation”,
all the observation alarms will be displayed:

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Figure 4-17: Observation Alarm

In the same way, click “Major” to display all the major alarms and click “Critical” to display
all the critical alarms. The observation alarm is displayed in yellow color. The major alarm
is displayed in pink color and the critical alarm is displayed in red color.

To view the history alarm, click the submenu “History” of “Alarms”, history alarm query
screen pops up. In the screen, select device first (for example, select “All device”), enter
the start time and end time (for example from June 21, 2005 to June 29, 2005), click
“Query”, then the history alarm recorded from June 21, 2005 to June 29, 2005 for the
device will be displayed.

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Figure 4-18: Query History Alarm

The information of the history alarm includes the signal name, alarm level, alarm
start time and alarm end time. The lower part of the screen displays the active
alarm.

4.6 Settings

Click the icon in the left of “SETTINGS”, and then click the sub-menu of “Network
configuration”, following screen pops up:

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Figure 4-19: Network configuration

In the screen as shown in Figure 4-19, user can configure the network parameters
of ACU, such as ACU IP, default gateway and Mask. After modifying the network
parameters, click “Save Parameter” to validate the change made the parameters.

After modifying the IP address, be sure to re-log in the ACU with the new IP
address.

Click the sub-menu of “NMS Configure”, following screen pops up:

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Figure 4-20: NMS Configuration

In the screen as shown in Figure 4-20, user can configure the NMS IP, authority
and trap level. User can also add new NMS, modify NMS information and delete
the selected NMS through the interface as shown in Figure 4-20. User can also set
the trap level.

Click the sub-menu of “ESR Configure”, following screen pops up:

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Figure 4-21: ESR Configuration

In the screen as shown in Figure 4-21, user can configure the phone number and
protocol for communication. Refer to the document of “ESR private configuration”
for the meaning of each parameter. Click the sub-menu of “User information”,
following screen pops up:

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Figure 4-22: User Information Configuration

In the screen as shown in Figure 4-22, user can add a user, and the method is as
follows:

1. Enter the user name in the box at the right side of “User name”;

2. Select authority of the user;

3. Select the user type;

4. Configure the password for the user;

5. Finally, click “Add” button to add the user.

The method to delete a user is as follows:

1. Select the user to be deleted in the user list;

2. Click “Delete user” to delete the user.

The method to modify a user is as follows:

1. Select the user to be deleted in the user list;

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2. Modify the user information;

3. Click “Modify the user” to validate the modified user information.

Any user who visits user interfaces of the ACU, such as LCD, Web interface,
Console, shall be assigned with one of the following 5 security levels/user groups:

Table 4-1: User Security Levels

Privilege Level User Group User authority
Level A Browser All users can browse power information
without any writing permission.
Level B Operator The operator needs to write one password for
control power system
Level C Engineer The engineer needs to write one password to
get the following access: browsing, control,
modifying parameter, downloading
configuration file, but except updating
application an OS and modifying, adding,
deleting user information (user name, user
level, password).
Level D Administrator The administrator needs to write one
password to get full access that include
updating application an OS and modifying,
adding, deleting user information (user name,
user level, password)
Level E Hardware A H/W switch is set that makes no writing of
any kind possible to the product

Click the sub-menu of “Time synchronization” to calibrate the clock as shown in the
screen below:

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Figure 4-23: Time Setting Screen

After change the time, click “Setting” to validate the new time.

4.7 Maintenance

Click the menu of “Maintenance”, and then click “Upload/download” sub-menu to

upload or download the files, as shown in the figure below:

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Figure 4-24: Upload/Download screen 1

In maintenance status, the user cannot browse the device information, the user
needs to restart ACU to browse the device information.

Click the button of [Close ACU], and then following screen pops up:

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Figure 4-25: Upload/Download screen 2

Figure 4-25 shows “Waiting” to prompt the user that ACU is being closed, after ACU
is closed, following screen pops up:

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Figure 4-26: Upload/Download screen 3

In Figure 4-26, click [Browse…] to find the file folder where the file to be uploaded
is located, select the file to be uploaded and then click the button [Upload] to
upload the file.

The ACU can download the configuration package file, application program
package file and language package file, but the postfix of these files to be
downloaded must be “.tar” or “.tar.gz”. The ACU can also download the file with the
filename of “MonitoringSolution.cfg”, except the above files, ACU cannot download
other kind of files.

The ACU can upload configuration package file and language package file. In the
screen as shown in Figure 4-26, click “Upload”, a box shows up requiring you
specify the directory where the uploaded file will be placed:

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Figure 4-27: Specify a Directory

In the screen as shown in Figure 4-27, click “Save”, then the file will be placed in
desktop. Soon, following screen pops up indicating that the file has been uploaded.

Figure 4-28: Download Complete

Click the sub-menu of “Clear data”, following screen pops up:

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Figure 4-29: Clear Data

In the above screen, user can select “System Runtime log” to clear the log. In the same way,
user can select “History battery test log” to clear the battery test log.

Click the sub-menu of “Restore default”, following screen pops up:

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Figure 4-30: Restore Default

User can click the button of [Restore default] to restore all the default settings and then click
the button [Reboot ACU] to make the default settings become effective.

Note: If the user uses the restore function, ACU may lose the original solution configuration
and current parameter settings. After the restore operation, be sure to wait for 5 minutes
before re-accessing the ACU through the Web.

Click the sub-menu of “Modify configure”, and then click the button of “Modify ACU” to pop
up following screen:

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Figure 4-31: Modify ACU Information

In the screen as shown in Figure 4-31, user can modify the information of ACU
such as the site name and site location.

In the screen as shown in Figure user can click the button [Modify device], following
screen pops up:

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Figure 4-32: Modify Device

In the screen as shown in Figure 4-32, user can modify the device name. All
entering the new device name, click “Set” to validate the change.

The characters of the device name and signal name can be English letters, digits,
space, and underline. Other characters are illegal.

Click the button of “Modify signal”, following screen pops up:

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Figure 4-33: Modify Signal

User can modify the signal name in the screen as shown in Figure 4-33. After the
entering the new signal name, click “Set” to validate the change.

4.8 Query

Click the menu of “Query”, and then click “History data” following screen pops up:

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Figure 4-34: Query History Data Screen

In the screen as shown in Figure 4-34, select the device (for example select “ACU
System”, enter the start time and end time, and then click the button [Query] to
query the data during this period.

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Figure 4-35: Query History Data

Click the button “Log” to pop up the following screen:

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Figure 4-36: Query Log Screen

In the screen as shown in Figure 4-36, select query type first, enter the start time
and end time (for example from December 12, 2004 to December 15, 2004), then
the log recorded from December 12, 2004 to December 15, 2004 will be displayed
as shown in Figure 4-37.

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Figure 4-37: Control Log

Click the button “Battery test data”, following screen pops up:

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Figure 4-38: Query Battery Test Data

In the screen as shown in Figure 4-38, enter the last battery test time first, and then
click query to query the battery test data.

All the queried data can be down loaded and saved in a text file by clicking the
“Download” button.

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ACU has SNMP agent function. User can use NMS to do following operations:

Query the operation status and input/output signals of the device connected to
ACU;

Set the operation parameters of the device connected to ACU;

Browse the active alarms.

When ACU generates alarms, SNMP agent can notify the preset NMS through
TRAP automatically.

5.1 NMS supported by SNMP Agent

The SNMP agent of ACU supports SNMPv2c.

All the NMS that supports SNMPv2c can be used to access ACU. The NMS
includes HP OpenView, IBM NetView, Novell ManageWise, SunNet Manager and
so on.

5.2 MIB Installation

MIB Installation

The ACU MIB is located in the installation CD delivered together with ACU, and file
name is acu-power.mib.

Use the MIB loading function of NMS to load the MIB database, refer to the
corresponding NMS user manual for the detailed loading method.

Contents of MIB

This MIB is suitable for the firmware version 1.10 of ACU. The MIB will change with
the upgrading of ACU firmware. The contents of MIB supported by ACU SNMP
agent, and the OID are listed in Table 6-1. For the details, please refer to the file of
acu-power.mib

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Table 5-1: Contents of ACU MIB

ident Group Acu ident group

identManufacturer The name of the equipment manufacturer R

identModel The manufacturers model designation of the R

power system

identControllerFirmwareVersion The firmware (software) version of the controller R

identName The name of the power plant. This object should R/W
be set by the administrator.

System Group Acu system value group

systemStatus Status of the complete plant (highest alarm). One R

of

(1) unknown - status has not yet been defined

(2) normal - there are no activated alarms

(3) warning - OA, lowest level of 'abnormal' status

(4) minor - A3

(5) major - MA

(6) critical - CA, highest level of 'abnormal' status

(7) unmanaged

(8) restricted

(9) testing

(10) disabled

systemVoltage System voltage, stored as mV R

systemCurrent System current, stored as mA R

systemUsedCapacity Used capacity, stored as % of the total capacity R

psStatusCommunication The status of communication with the Power

System

(1) unknown,

(2) normal,

(3)interrupt indicates some errors occurred

between Power System and agent

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psStatusBatteryMode The status of battery modes,

(1) unknown

(2)FloatCharging,

(3)ShortTest,

(4)BoostChargingForTest

(5) ManualTesting,
(6)PlanTesting,
(7)ACFailTesting,
(8)ACFail,
(9)ManualBoostCharging,
(10)AutoBoostCharging,
(11)CyclicBoostCharging,
(12)MasterBoostCharging,
(13)MasterBatteryTesting

SM series group Power system battery group

psSMACNumber The number of SM AC module R

psSMBATNumber The number of SM BAT module R

psSMIONumber The number of SM IO module R

psInput group Power system input group

psInputLineAVoltage The AC line A voltage, stored as mV R

psInputLineBVoltage The AC line B voltage, stored as mV R

psInputLineCVoltage The AC line C voltage, stored as mV R

psTemperature Group Power system temperature group

psTemperature1 The first route temperature, stored as 0.001 R

Celsius degree

psTemperature2 The second route temperature, stored as 0.001 R

Celsius degree

alarm trap Group Acu alarm trap Group

alarmLastTrapNo The sequence number of last submitted alarm R

trap

alarmTrapTable Table holding information about the submitted R

alarm traps. alarmTrapEntry is the entry
(alarmTrapEntry)
(conceptual row) in the alarmTrapTable

alarmTrapNo The unique sequence number of this alarm trap R

alarmTime Date and time when event occured (local time), R

including timezone if supported by controller

alarmStatusChange The type of alarm change. One of R

(1) activated

(2) deactivated

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alarmSeverity The severity of the alarm. One of R

(3) warning - O1, lowest level of alarm severity

(4) minor - A3

(5) major - A2

(6) critical - A1, highest level of alarm severity

alarmDescription Free-text description of alarm R

alarmType Alarm type, i.e. an integer specifying the type of

alarm

Traps Alarm traps info

The SNMP agent can send the active
alarms to the specified NMSs and the user
can define the lowest severity of the NMS
accepted alarms.

In table 5-1, R means OID is read-only (GET), and R/W means OID can be read
and modified (GET/SET).

5.3 Access ACU through NMS

The following part introduces how to access ACU with HP OpenView as an

example.

5.3.1 Apply Administrative Authority

In order to use NMS to manage the devices connected to ACU, the administrative
authority needs to be applied for the NMS, that is, add the NMS information to the
access list of SNMP agent.

Add NMS through Web browser

Refer to “4.4 System Menu” for the method of adding NMS.

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Chapter 6 Parameter Setting Guidance

6.1 Battery Management Parameters

6.1.1 Battery Test Parameters

Table 6-1: Battery Test Parameters

Parameter Range Default Step change
Constant Current Yes/No No -
Test Enabled
Planned Test Yes/No Yes -
Enabled
Date of Planned Jan 1, 0 O’clock
tests Apr 1, 0 O’clock
Jul 1, 0 O’clock
Oct 1, 0 O’clock
Mains Failure Test Yes/No No
Enabled
Short Test Yes/No Yes -
Enabled
Max Difference 0 to 1.0 C10 0.05 C10 0.01
Current For Short
Test
Short Test 1 to 30 min 5 min 1 min
Duration
Test End Time 10 to 1440 min 180 min 10 min
Test End Voltage -43 to –50V -45V 0.1V
Test End Capacity 30 to 100 % 30 % 1%
Test Current (for 10 to 10000 A 10000 A 10 A
Constant Current
Test)
Short Test Start 0 to 365 Days 30 Day 1 Day
Condition
Test End Voltage, Test End Time, and Test End Capacity:

The ACU has battery test function and can record 10 groups of battery test data.
The test data can only be queried through MC. First, The user starts the battery test
manually, the ACU regulates the rectifier output voltage according to the setting of
“Test End Voltage” to make the rectifier output voltage be lower than the battery

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voltage, then the battery starts to discharge. If the battery voltage reaches the
setting of “Test End Voltage” or the battery discharging time reaches the setting of
“Test End Time” or the battery capacity reaches the setting of “Test End Cap”, the
ACU will stop the battery test and regulate the rectifier output voltage to normal
Float Charge Voltage. The rectifier then starts to charge the battery and the DC
Power System transits to battery auto management mode. Meanwhile, the ACU will
record the battery test start/end time, battery test voltage and battery remaining
capacity in the battery test log. The user can query the test log from the ACU
through MC.

During battery test, if the DC Power System has a fault, the ACU will stop the
battery test automatically.

Planned Test Enabled

“Planned Test” means the ACU starts the battery test in a specific schedule.

Table 6-2: Alarm for Battery Test

Default category LED Alarm Number Alarm name
OA Y 081 Battery test in
progress
OA Y 082 Short Test in
progress
OA Y 083 Test End for
Voltage
OA Y 072 Discharge Current
Imbalance

6.1.2 Boost Charging Parameters

Table 6-3: Boost Charging Parameters

Parameter Range Default Step change
Automatic Boost Yes/No Yes -
Charge Enabled
Cyclic Boost Yes/No Yes -
Charge Enabled
Nominal Voltage 48V: -53 – 59.5V -56.4V 0.1V
Boost Voltage 48V: -53 – 59.5V -56.4V 0.1V
Maximum Boost 1 to 100 h 12 h 1h
Charge Time
FC to BC Current 0.05 to 0.08 C10 0.06 C10 0.001
FC to BC Capacity 1 to 100% 80% 1
BC to FC Current 0.005 to 0.05 C10 0.01 C10 0.001 C10
BC to FC Delay 0 to 600 min 180 min 10 min

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Cyclic Charge 2 to 365 days 180 days 1 day

Interval
Cyclic Charge 180 to 720 min 300 min 1 min
Duration
Automatic Boost Charge Enabled

When “Auto BC Enable” is enabled, DC Power System will start boost charge to the
battery when the system meets the boost charge conditions.

FC to BC Capacity and FC to BC Current

When battery capacity downs to the setting of “TOBC Capacity” or the battery
current reaches the setting of “To BC Current”, ACU will control the DC Power
System to make it start boost charging to the battery. The battery charging voltage
is the setting of “BC Volt”(Boost Charge Voltage).

Table 6-4: Alarms for Boost Charging

Default category LED Alarm Number Alarm name
OA Y Cyclic Boost
Charge
OA Y Automatic Boost
Charge
OA Y Manually Boost
Charge
OA Y Abnormal Battery
Current

6.1.3 Temperature Compensation Parameters

Table 6-5: Parameter and Alarm for Temperature Compensation

Parameter Range Default Step change
Compensation Factor 0 to 2500 mV/ °C 72 mV / °C 1 mV / °C
Nominal Temperature 20 to 25°C 25°C 1°C
Default category LED Alarm Number Alarm name
OA Y Temperature
Compensation Active
Temperature Compensation Coefficient

The setting range of temperature compensation coefficient is 0 to 2500mV/°C and it

should be set according to the actual battery parameter.

The battery is sensitive to the change of ambient temperature. In order to ensure

the battery capacity and life, when ambient temperature changes, the battery float
charge voltage also changes. The Float Charge Voltage is the normally the voltage

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when the room temperature is 25°C. The higher the ambient temperature is, the
lower the Float Charge Voltage is, and vice versa. For the battery with 2 V battery
cells, the Float Charge Voltage for every cell will be decreased by 3 to 7mV when
the ambient temperature is increased by every 1°C. Therefore, the “Compensation
Factor” for 48V battery shall be set to 72mV to 168mV, and the “Compensation
Factor” for 24V battery shall be set to 36 to 84mV/°C.

6.1.4 Charging Current Limitation Parameters

Table 6-6: Charging Current Limitation Parameters

Parameter Range Default Step change

Maximum 0.5 C10 (battery 0.1 C10 0.01
Charging Current capacity)
Lower Yes/No No N/A
consumption
during high cost
hours enabled
Prohibit Battery Yes/No No N/A
Charge during
Hi-cost hours
Default category LED Alarm Number Alarm name
OA Y ? Battery Current
Limitation Active

6.1.5 Parameters of Low Voltage Disconnection

Table 6-7: Parameters of Low Voltage Disconnection

Parameter Range Default Step change

Load LVD Enabled Yes/No Yes -
Battery LVD Yes/No Yes -
Enabled
Reconnection -40 to –60V -52.5V 0.1V
Voltage
Load LVD Voltage -40 to –50V -44V 0.1V
Battery LVD -40 to –50V -43.2V 0.1V
voltage
Load LVD time 0-6000 min 300 min 1 min
Battery LVD time 0-6000 min 600 min 1 min
LLVD: The ACU disconnects the LLVD contactor, thus the non-priority load
controlled by the contactor will be powered off so that the battery can power the
priority load longer. If the “LLVD Enable” is set to “Yes”(factory setting), SCU will
enable the auto LLVD function.

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BLVD: The ACU disconnects the BLVD contactor. Thus the battery will not continue
to power the load so as to prevent its life from being reduced due to over
discharging. If the “BLVD Enable” is set to “Yes”(factory setting), SCU will enable
the auto BLVD function.

6.1.6 Parameters of Capacity Predication

Table 6-8: Parameter of Capacity Prediction

Parameter Range Default Step change

Battery Type No. 1 to 10 1 1
Rated Capacity 50 to 5000 Ah 1000 10
Over Current 0.3 to 1.0 C10 0.30 C10 0.01
Current Limit 0.10 to 0.25 C10 0.10 C10 0.01
Capacity 10 to 100 % 96 % 1
Coefficient
Discharge Curve 10 of discharge
time for 0.1 to 1.0
C10 discharge
current

6.2 Energy Management Parameters

6.2.1 Parameters of Lower Consumption during High Cost Hours

Table 6-9: Parameter and Alarm for Lower consumption during high cost hours
Parameter Range Default Step change
Lower Yes/No No N/A
consumption
during high cost
hours enabled
Prohibit Battery Yes/No No N/A
Charge Enabled
Default category LED Alarm Number Alarm name
OA Y Battery Charge
Prohibited Alarm

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6.2.2 Parameter and Alarm for Maximum Power Consumption

Table 6-10: Parameter and Alarm for Maximum power consumption

Parameter Range Default Step change

Maximum Power Yes/No No N/A

Consumption
Limit Enabled
Battery Discharge Yes/No No N/A
Enabled
Default category LED Alarm Number Alarm name

OA Y 121 Over Maximum

Power Alarm

6.2.3 Rectifier Redundancy Parameters

Table 6-11: Parameter and Alarm for Redundant Rectifier Switch ON/OFF
Parameter Range Default Step change
Rectifier Yes/No No N/A
Redundancy
Enabled
Min Redundancy 1 to 100 10
Max Redundancy -
110
Max Redundancy 111 to 4800 300 10
Switch Off Delay 1 to 60min 5min 1min

6.2.4 Rectifier Cycling Parameters

Table 6-12: Parameter and Alarm for Rectifier Cycling

Parameter Range Default Step change
Cycle Period 1 to 500 Days 30 1
Cycle Activation 0 to 23 o’clock 3 o’clock 1
Time

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6.3 Diesel Management Parameters

6.3.1 Parameter and Alarm for Diesel Test

Table 6-13: Parameter and Alarm for Diesel Test

Parameter Range Default Step
change
Schedule Diesel Test Enabled Yes/No No N/A
Date of Schedule Diesel Test Jan 1, 0
O’clock
Apr 1, 0
O’clock
Jul 1, 0
O’clock
Oct 1, 0
O’clock
Default LED Alarm Alarm name
category Number
OA Y Diesel test in progress (Manual, or
cyclic)
CA RED Diesel Generator Fault

6.4 Power Split Parameters

Table 6-14: Parameters of Power Split

Parameter Range Default Step change
Power Split Mode Master/Slave Master -
Current Limit Set 10 to 90% 60 1
Value
Delta Voltage 0.1 to 2 V 0.5 0.1
Proportional 0 to 10 2 0.1
Coefficient
Integral Time 1 to 2000 s 20 1

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Appendix 1 List of Abbreviations

Abbreviation Description
A, kA, mA Ampere, kiloampere, milliampere
AC Alternating current
ACU Advanced Controller Unit
C Celsius or centigrade
CAN Controller area network protocol
CE Conformite Europeene
CLI Command line interface
COM Common
CSU Central supervision unit
DC Direct current
EFT Electrical fast transients
EMC Electromagnetic compatibility
EN European standard
ESD Electrostatic discharge
GND Ground
Hz, kHz, GHz, MHz Hertz, kiloHertz, gigaHertz, megaHertz
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IO Input/output
kg Kilogram
HLMS High Level Monitoring System
L Line
LC Local computer
LCD Liquid Crystal Display
m, mm Meter, millimeter
MMI Man-machine interface
N Neutral
NC Not connected
NEBS Network equipment building system
PE Protective earth
PFC Power factor correction
RH Relative humidity
s, ms, µs Second, millisecond, microsecond
SCU Standard controller unit
SM Supervision Module
SW Software
THD Total harmonic distortion
UL Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
V, Vac, Vdc, Vo, Vrms, Volt, Volt AC, Volt DC, output voltage, root mean square
mV, kV value of AC voltage, millivolt, kilovolt
W Watt
YD Chinese telecom standard

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Abbreviation Description
Ω Ohm

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