User Manual    AMETEK Programmable Power 
RS Series    80 
4.2.6.1  VOLT SURGE/SAG sub menu 
 
Figure 4-12: VOLTAGE SURGE/SAG SETUP Screen 
The Voltage surge and sag screen shown in Figure 4-12 can be reached from the transient 
screen as follows: 
1.  Scroll to the VOLT SURGE/SAG entry using the up and down cursor keys. 
2.  Press the ENTER key to bring up the VOLT SURGE/SAG screen. 
The VOLT SURGE/SAG screen has several data fields. All data fields that are blank to the right 
of the equal sign must be filled or an error message will occur when trying to leave this screen. 
The EVENT # is the last data field to be filled. Entering the event data field will cause the display 
to return to the TRANSIENT screen where a new selection can be made. 
The VOLT/SURGE/SAG screen has the following fields: 
START ø  This field will show the start phase angle of the voltage transient 
in degrees. Only one start phase angle per transient sequence 
is allowed. The start phase angle must be in the first transient 
event in the list. The start phase angle is not valid for DC 
transients. If no start phase angle is required, this field can be 
set to RANDOM by pressing the BACKSPACE (<-) key on the 
decimal keypad. 
GO TO VOLT  This field will set the voltage level during the transient duration 
in volts 
DUR SCALE  Duration scale default is time in seconds. Use the Shuttle knob 
to select CYCLES if desired. Note that durations expressed in 
cycles may cause rounding errors if the period of the selected 
frequency setting is not an integer number of mss. Thus, for 50 
Hz applications, no rounding errors occur but for 60 Hz, the 
16.66¯   ms period will cause a rounding error when converted. 
The Duration scale selection affects both the DURATION and 
END DELAY parameters. 
DURATION  Duration is the time the output voltage level will dwell at the GO 
TO VOLT level. The DUR SCALE defines the time scale of this 
parameter in CYCLES or SECONDS  
END VOLT  This is the output voltage level at the end of the transient 
EVENT and after a time specified by the DURATION 
END DELAY  This is the time delay the voltage level will stay at the END 
VOLT level before it proceeds with the next transient event or 
completes the transient. 
FUNCTION  This field can be used to select the wave shape to be used 
during this step of the transient sequence. Each step can use a 
different wave shape from the available library of 50 user-
defined waveforms or the three standard waveforms. The 
output wave shape changes upon entry into each step and 
remains in effect for the duration of the step. The default wave 
shape is always the SINE (sine wave).