Pacific Power Source UPC-32 User manual

UPC-32 / UPC-12
PROGRAMMABLE CONTROLLERS
FIRMWARE V5.22 AND LATER
OPERATION
MANUAL
PACIFIC
POWER SOURCE
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UPC-32
UPC-12
OPERATION MANUAL
PPS PART NO. 133620
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IS PROPRIETARY TO PACIFIC POWER SOURCE, INC. (PPS)
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PACIFIC POWER SOURCE, INC.
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FIFTH EDITION
COPYRIGHT (C) PPS February, 2015.

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HOW TO... FRONT PANEL REFERENCE................................... v
REMOTE INTERFACE FUNCTION REFERENCE ............................ vi
1GENERAL....................................................... 1
1.1 USING THIS MANUAL........................................... 1
1.2 SAFETY NOTICES ............................................. 1
1.3 GENERAL PRODUCT DESCRIPTION ............................... 4
1.3.1 UPC DESCRIPTION ......................................... 4
1.3.2 CONTROLLER MODELS...................................... 6
1.3.3 SCU DESCRIPTION ......................................... 6
2SPECIFICATIONS................................................. 7
2.1 CONTROL SPECIFICATIONS ..................................... 7
2.1.1 FREQUENCY CONTROL SPECIFICATIONS ....................... 7
2.1.2 VOLTAGE CONTROL SPECIFICATIONS.......................... 7
2.1.3 CURRENT LIMIT CONTROL SPECIFICATIONS..................... 9
2.1.4 CURRENT PROTECTION CONTROL SPECIFICATIONS .............. 9
2.1.5 WAVEFORM CONTROL SPECIFICATIONS ........................ 9
2.1.6 OUTPUT POWER FORM CONTROL SPECIFICATIONS.............. 11
2.1.7 PHASE ANGLE CONTROL SPECIFICATIONS..................... 11
2.1.8 WAVEFORM SYNTHESIS SPECIFICATIONS...................... 11
2.2 METERING SPECIFICATIONS.................................... 12
2.2.1 VOLTMETER SPECIFICATIONS ............................... 12
2.2.2 AMMETER SPECIFICATIONS ................................. 12
2.2.3 kVA METER SPECIFICATIONS ................................ 12
2.2.4 KILOWATT METER SPECIFICATIONS .......................... 12
2.2.5 POWER FACTOR METER SPECIFICATIONS ..................... 13
2.2.6 FREQUENCY DISPLAY SPECIFICATIONS ....................... 13
2.2.7 WAVEFORM ANALYSIS (Option: Harmonic Analysis and Synthesis) .. 13
2.3 ELECTRICAL INTERFACE ...................................... 14
2.3.1 ISOLATION............................................... 14
2.3.2 INPUT POWER ............................................ 14
2.3.3 ANALOG OUTPUTS ........................................ 14
2.3.4 OUTPUT CONTROL ........................................ 14
2.3.5 OUTPUT CONFIRMATIONS................................... 14
2.3.6 ANALOG INPUTS .......................................... 16
2.3.7 DIGITAL OUTPUTS......................................... 16
2.3.8 METERING INPUTS ........................................ 18
2.4 GPIB REMOTE INTERFACE ..................................... 19

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3INSTALLATION.................................................. 20
3.1 REMOVE INPUT SERVICE ...................................... 21
3.2 REMOVE COVER AND CABLING ................................. 21
3.3 REMOVE EXISTING CONTROLLER ............................... 21
3.4 CONFIGURE UPC ............................................. 21
3.4.1 CONFIGURE TRANSFORMER RATIO ........................... 21
3.4.2 CONFIGURE AMPS TO VOLTS RATIO .......................... 22
3.4.3 CONFIGURE GPIB DEVICE ADDRESS .......................... 23
3.4.4 CONFIGURE MISCELLANEOUS SETTINGS ...................... 23
3.5 INSTALL UPC ................................................ 25
3.6 INSTALL CABLING AND COVER ................................. 25
3.7 CONNECT INPUT SERVICE ..................................... 25
4FRONT PANEL OPERATION........................................ 27
4.1 GUIDE TO OPERATION ........................................ 27
4.1.1 OVERVIEW ............................................... 27
4.1.2 BASIC OPERATION ........................................ 29
4.2 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS AND INDICATORS ...................... 31
4.2.1 POWER SOURCE FRONT PANEL.............................. 31
4.2.2 UPC FRONT PANEL ........................................ 32
4.3 MANUAL MODE .............................................. 33
4.3.1 METERING DISPLAYS ...................................... 33
4.3.2 VOLTAGE ENTRY.......................................... 36
4.3.3 FREQUENCY CONTROL..................................... 36
4.4 PROGRAM OPERATE MODE .................................... 36
4.4.1 PROGRAM EXECUTION ..................................... 37
4.4.2 TRANSIENT EXECUTION .................................... 37
4.5 PROGRAM EDIT MODE......................................... 40
4.5.1 PROGRAM EDITING ........................................ 40
4.5.2 TRANSIENT EDITING ....................................... 44
4.6 SETUP MODE ................................................ 53
4.6.1 PROGRAM SETUP ......................................... 53
4.6.2 WAVEFORM SETUP ........................................ 55
4.6.3 GENERAL SETUP.......................................... 59

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5GPIB and SERIAL REMOTE OPERATION.............................. 67
5.1 INTRODUCTION .............................................. 67
5.2 CONVENTIONS............................................... 68
5.3 PROGRAM CONTROL.......................................... 70
5.3.1 STEADY-STATE OUTPUT PARAMETERS ........................ 71
5.3.2 TRANSIENT SEGMENT PARAMETERS.......................... 72
5.3.3 PROGRAM MEMORY CONTROL............................... 73
5.4 SIGNAL CONTROL ............................................ 73
5.4.1 OUTPUT PARAMETERS ..................................... 73
5.4.2 SIGNAL ROUTING ......................................... 76
5.4.3 WAVEFORM CONTROL ..................................... 77
5.5 QUERY FUNCTIONS........................................... 77
5.5.1 CONFIGURATION QUERIES .................................. 77
5.5.2 METERED DATA QUERIES................................... 78
5.5.3 EVENT and STATUS REPORTING ............................. 81
5.6 DEVICE CONTROL ............................................ 87
5.6.1 IEEE-488.1 INTERFACE FUNCTIONS ........................... 88
5.6.2 IEEE-488.2 DEVICE CONTROL COMMANDS ..................... 89
5.7 REMOTE CONTROL EXAMPLES ................................. 90
5.7.1 EXAMPLE OF STORING A PROGRAM .......................... 91
5.7.2 EXAMPLE OF PROGRAM QUERY.............................. 92
5.7.3 EXAMPLE OF EXECUTING A STORED PROGRAM................. 93
5.7.4 EXAMPLE OF EXECUTING A STORED PROGRAM TRANSIENT....... 93
5.7.5 EXAMPLE OF DIRECTLY CHANGING THE OUTPUT PARAMETERS.... 93
5.7.6 EXAMPLE OF VOLTAGE and CURRENT MEASUREMENT QUERY..... 94
5.7.7 EXAMPLE OF VOLTAGE and CURRENT WAVEFORM QUERY........ 94
6MAINTENANCE ................................................. 95
7SERVICE ...................................................... 96
8CALIBRATION .................................................. 97
8.1 CALIBRATION INTERVAL....................................... 97
8.1.1 TEST EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS ........................... 97
8.2 MANUAL CALIBRATION PROCEDURE ............................. 97
8.2.1 OSCILLATOR GAIN CALIBRATION............................. 98
8.2.2 PROGRAMMABLE CURRENT LIMIT CALIBRATION ............... 100
8.2.3 OUTPUT VOLTMETER CALIBRATION ......................... 100
8.3 EXTERNALLY REFERENCED CALIBRATION ....................... 100
8.3.1 K FACTOR DISPLAY....................................... 103
8.3.2 RESET ALL KFACTORS .................................... 103

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9USER DIAGNOSTICS ............................................ 104
10 SERIAL REMOTE INTERFACE OPTION ............................. 108
10.1 GENERAL .................................................. 108
10.2 SERIAL PORT SPECIFICATIONS................................. 108
10.3 INSTALLATION .............................................. 109
10.4 SETUP..................................................... 109
10.5 OPERATION ................................................ 109
10.5.1 COMMUNICATION MONITORING AID .......................... 109
10.5.2 FUNCTIONAL EXCEPTIONS ................................. 110
10.5.3 FUNCTIONAL ADDITIONS................................... 110
10.6 TESTING THE SERIAL REMOTE INTERFACE....................... 110
10.7 PHYSICAL CONNECTIONS..................................... 111
INDEX ........................................................... 112
NOTES .......................................................... 117
MODIFICATIONS................................................... 118
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
FIGURE 1.3 SCU/UPC-32, SCU/UPC-12 .............................................................................................5
FIGURE 2.3.3 J3 CONTROL AND OSCILLATOR.................................................................................17
FIGURE 2.3.6 J5 AUXILIARY INPUTS AND OUTPUTS .......................................................................19
FIGURE 2.3.8 J2 METERING INPUTS..................................................................................................20
FIGURE 2.4 J4 GPIB REMOTE INTERFACE.....................................................................................21
FIGURE 3.4.1 TRANSFORMER AND AMPS TO VOLTS RATIO DIP-SWITCH...................................26
FIGURE 3.4.4 UPC INTERFACE DIP-SWITCH ....................................................................................26
FIGURE 3.5 INSTALLATION...............................................................................................................28
FIGURE 4.1 POWER SOURCE FRONT PANEL................................................................................33
FIGURE 4.5.2.1 MIL-STD-704D UNDERVOLTAGE TRANSIENT............................................................58
FIGURE 4.5.2.2 SPIKE TRANSIENT........................................................................................................58
FIGURE 4.6.2.1 EDITED WAVEFORM.....................................................................................................64
FIGURE 5.1 STATUS BYTE MODEL..................................................................................................91
FIGURE 5.2 STANDARD EVENT REGISTER MODEL......................................................................92
FIGURE 5.3 SCPI STATUS REGISTERS MODEL.............................................................................95
FIGURE 8.2 GAIN CONTROL LOCATIONS.....................................................................................109

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HOW TO... FRONT PANEL REFERENCE
This is a quick reference to commonly used FRONT PANEL functions and will aid the user in quickly
learning how to use functions of interest.
HOW TO SECTION
CALIBRATE METERS
8.3
CALIBRATE PROGRAMMABLE OUTPUT IMPEDANCE
4.6.3.1.1
CHANGE OPERATING MODES
4.1.1
CLOSE / OPEN OUTPUT CONTACTOR
4.1.2 steps 6,7
COPY A WAVEFORM
4.6.2.2
COPY A PROGRAM
4.6.1.1
CREATE A TIME BASED TRANSIENT
4.5.2.1
CREATE A CYCLE BASED TRANSIENT
4.5.2.2
CREATE A PROGRAM
4.5.1.1
DELETE A PROGRAM
4.6.1.2
EDIT A WAVEFORM
4.6.2.1
EDIT A PROGRAM
4.5.1
EDIT A TRANSIENT
4.5.2
ERASE ALL RAM AND RESET CPU
4.6.1.4
EXECUTE A PROGRAM
4.4.1
EXECUTE A TRANSIENT
4.4.2
INITIALIZE PROGRAMS, WAVEFORMS, SETUP
4.6.1.3
QUICKLY PUT THE UNIT TO USE
4.1.2
READ HARMONIC SPECTRUM
4.3.1
READ OUTPUT POWER
4.3.1
READ OUTPUT POWER FACTOR
4.3.1
READ OUTPUT CURRENT CREST FACTOR
4.3.1
READ OUTPUT VOLTAGE
4.3.1
READ OUTPUT FREQUENCY (INDICATOR)
4.3.1
READ OUTPUT CURRENT
4.3.1
SELECT LOCAL or REMOTE OPERATION
5.1
SELECT METERING SENSE POINT (INTERNAL,EXTERNAL)
4.6.3.1
SET CSC (CONTINUOUS SELF CALIBRATION)
4.6.3.1
SET BAUD RATE FOR SERIAL INTERFACE
10.4
SET DISPLAY BACKLIGHT INTENSITY
4.6.3.2
SET DISPLAY VIEW ANGLE
4.6.3.2
SET GPIB DEVICE ADDRESS
4.6.3.3
SET MIN/MAX FREQUENCY RANGE
4.6.3.1
SET OUTPUT POWER FORM
4.5.1.1
SET OUTPUT CURRENT LIMIT
4.5.1.1
SET OUTPUT PHASE ANGLES
4.5.1.1
SET OUTPUT COUPLING (XFMR OR DIRECT)
4.5.1.1
SET OUTPUT FREQUENCY
4.1.2, 4.3.3, 4.5.1.1
SET FREQUENCY LIMITS
4.6.3.1
SET OUTPUT VOLTAGE
4.1.2, 4.3.2, 4.5.1.1
SET VOLTAGE LIMITS
4.6.3.1
SET OUTPUT WAVEFORM
4.5.1.1
SET PROGRAMMABLE OUTPUT IMPEDANCE
4.6.3.1
SET SLEW RATES
4.6.3.6
SET TRANSITION TIME
4.6.3.1

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REMOTE INTERFACE FUNCTION REFERENCE
This is a quick reference to commonly used REMOTE INTERFACE functions and will aid the user in
quickly finding the functions of interest.
FUNCTION SECTION
CALIBRATE METERING
5.6
CALIBRATE PROGRAMMABLE OUTPUT IMPEDANCE
5.4.1
CLOSE / OPEN OUTPUT CONTACTOR
5.7.5
CREATE A PROGRAM
5.3, 5.7.1
CREATE A TIME BASED TRANSIENT
5.3, 5.7.1
CREATE A CYCLE BASED TRANSIENT
5.3, 5.7.1
DELETE A PROGRAM
5.3.3
DOWNLOAD A METERED WAVEFORM - REMOTE INTERFACE
5.7.7
DOWNLOAD / UPLOAD A STORED WAVEFORM REMOTE INT.
5.4.3
ERASE ALL RAM AND RESET CPU
5.3.3
EXECUTE A PROGRAM
5.4.1, 5.7.3
EXECUTE A TRANSIENT
5.4.1, 5.7.4
READ HARMONIC SPECTRUM
5.5.2
READ OUTPUT POWER
5.5.2, 5.7.6
READ OUTPUT POWER FACTOR
5.5.2, 5.7.6
READ OUTPUT CURRENT CREST FACTOR
5.5.2, 5.7.6
READ OUTPUT VOLTAGE
5.5.2, 5.7.6
READ OUTPUT FREQUENCY (INDICATOR)
5.5.2, 5.7.6
READ OUTPUT CURRENT
5.5.2, 5.7.6
SELECT LOCAL or REMOTE OPERATION
5.1
SELECT METERING SENSE POINT (INTERNAL, EXTERNAL)
5.4.2
SET CSC (CONTINUOUS SELF CALIBRATION)
5.4.2
SET GPIB DEVICE ADDRESS
4.6.3.3
SET MIN/MAX FREQUENCY RANGE
5.4.1
SET OUTPUT POWER FORM
5.4.2
SET OUTPUT CURRENT LIMIT
5.4.1
SET OUTPUT PHASE ANGLES
5.4.1
SET OUTPUT COUPLING (XFMR OR DIRECT)
5.4.2
SET OUTPUT FREQUENCY
5.4.1
SET FREQUENCY LIMITS
5.4.1
SET OUTPUT VOLTAGE
5.4.1
SET VOLTAGE LIMITS
5.4.1
SET OUTPUT WAVEFORM
5.4.1
SET PROGRAMMABLE OUTPUT IMPEDANCE
5.4.1
SET TRANSITION TIME
5.4.1