User Manual    AMETEK Programmable Power 
RS Series    96 
4.2.11.2  VOLTAGE/CURRENT CONTROL SETUP menu 
 
Figure 4-22: VOLTAGE/CURRENT CONTROL SETUP Menu 
The VOLTAGE/CURRENT CONTROL SETUP menu may be used to set output voltage and 
current control parameters. These parameters are not frequently changed in the normal 
operation of the AC source and are thus located on the UTILITY rather than the PROGRAM 
menu. 
The following options are available in this menu: 
ALC MODE  Automatic Level Control of programmed output voltage. This 
mode will use the internal voltage measurements to adjust the 
output voltage continuously as needed. This effectively 
increases the output accuracy and regulation beyond what is 
possible with ALC off. 
OL MODE  This field is used to select constant current (CC) or constant 
voltage (CV) mode. The constant current mode will limit the 
maximum amount of current drawn by the load to the set value. 
The voltage will be reduced as needed after the trip delay time 
to maintain the level of programmed current. 
  The constant voltage mode will maintain the set voltage as long 
as the current drawn by the load does not exceed the current 
limit programmed. If the current limit is exceeded, the output will 
be shut off after the trip delay time. 
TRIP DELAY  The trip delay field may be used to set the amount of time to 
hold off the current limit trip point. The minimum amount of time 
is 100 ms or 0.1 sec.  The maximum amount of time is 5.00 sec. 
VOLT SENSE  This field selects the internal or external sense line inputs. 
Internal sense does not require the external sense lines to be 
connected as sensing occurs at the output relay of the AC 
source. For best results, connect the external sense lines and 
select the EXT sense mode in this field. This will compensate 
for voltage drop in the cables to the load. The measurements 
are also taken at the sense points, so the external sense mode 
should be used for best measurement results. 
NO. OUTPUT  This field is always set to three to indicate the 3 phase output 
configuration of the RS Series.