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3.8.1. GENERAL...............................................................................................................................................36
3.8.2. PRIOR TO OPERATION.........................................................................................................................36
3.8.3. CONSTANT VOLTAGE CHECK.............................................................................................................36
3.8.4. CONSTANT CURRENT CHECK............................................................................................................37
3.8.5. OVP CHECK...........................................................................................................................................37
3.8.6. UVL CHECK............................................................................................................................................37
3.8.7. FOLDBACK CHECK...............................................................................................................................38
3.8.8. ADDRESS SETTING..............................................................................................................................38
3.8.9. BAUD RATE SETTING (RS-232 AND RS-485 ONLY)...........................................................................38
3.9.CONNECTING THE LOAD ................................................................................................................................38
3.9.1. LOAD WIRING........................................................................................................................................38
3.9.2. CURRENT CARRYING CAPACITY........................................................................................................39
3.9.3. WIRE TERMINATION.............................................................................................................................39
3.9.4. NOISE AND IMPEDANCE EFFECTS.....................................................................................................40
3.9.5. INDUCTIVE LOADS................................................................................................................................40
3.9.6. MAKING THE LOAD CONNECTIONS ...................................................................................................40
3.9.7. CONNECTING SINGLE LOADS, LOCAL SENSING (DEFAULT). ........................................................43
3.9.8. CONNECTING SINGLE LOADS, REMOTE SENSING..........................................................................43
3.9.9. CONNECTING MULTIPLE LOADS, RADIAL DISTRIBUTION METHOD..............................................43
3.9.10.MULTIPLE LOAD CONNECTION WITH DISTRIBUTION TERMINALS................................................44
3.9.11.GROUNDING OUTPUTS .......................................................................................................................44
3.10.LOCAL AND REMOTE SENSING ...................................................................................................................45
3.10.1.SENSE WIRING......................................................................................................................................45
3.10.2.LOCAL SENSING...................................................................................................................................45
3.10.3.REMOTE SENSING ...............................................................................................................................46
3.10.4.J2 SENSE CONNECTOR TECHNICAL INFORMATION.......................................................................46
3.11.REPACKAGING FOR SHIPMENT...................................................................................................................46
4.FRONT AND REAR PANEL CONTROLS AND CONNECTORS........................................................................47
4.1.INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................................47
4.2.FRONT PANEL CONTROLS AND INDICATORS .............................................................................................47
4.3.REAR PANEL CONNECTIONS AND CONTROLS ...........................................................................................49
4.4.REAR PANEL SW1 SETUP SWITCH................................................................................................................50
4.4.1. SW1 POSITION FUNCTION...................................................................................................................51
4.4.2. RESETTING THE SW1 SWITCH ...........................................................................................................51
4.5.REAR PANEL J1 PROGRAMMING AND MONITORING CONNECTOR .........................................................52
4.5.1. MAKING J1 CONNECTIONS..................................................................................................................52
5.LOCAL OPERATION............................................................................................................................................54
5.1.INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................................54
5.2.STANDARD OPERATION..................................................................................................................................54
5.2.1. CONSTANT VOLTAGE MODE...............................................................................................................54
5.2.2. CONSTANT CURRENT MODE..............................................................................................................55
5.2.3. AUTOMATIC CROSSOVER...................................................................................................................55
5.3.OVER VOLTAGE PROTECTION (OVP)............................................................................................................55
5.3.1. SETTING THE OVP LEVEL....................................................................................................................55
5.3.2. ACTIVATED OVP PROTECTION INDICATIONS ..................................................................................56
5.3.3. RESETTING THE OVP CIRCUIT...........................................................................................................56
5.4.UNDER VOLTAGE LIMIT (UVL)........................................................................................................................56
5.4.1. SETTING THE UVL LEVEL....................................................................................................................56
5.5.FOLDBACK PROTECTION................................................................................................................................56
5.5.1. SETTING THE FOLDBACK PROTECTION...........................................................................................56
5.5.2. RESETTING ACTIVATED FOLDBACK PROTECTION.........................................................................57
5.6.OUTPUT ON/OFF CONTROL............................................................................................................................57
5.7.OUTPUT SHUT-OFF (SO) CONTROL VIA REAR PANEL J1 CONNECTOR ..................................................57
5.8.ENABLE/DISABLE CONTROL VIA REAR PANEL J1 CONNECTOR...............................................................58
5.9.CV/CC SIGNAL..................................................................................................................................................58
5.10.PS_OK SIGNAL ...............................................................................................................................................58
5.11.SAFE-START AND AUTO-RESTART MODES...............................................................................................59
5.11.1.AUTO-RESTART MODE........................................................................................................................59