Curtis 1239E - Table of Contents

1: INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................... 1
GETTING THE MOST OUT OF THE CURTIS CONTROLLER ................................................................ 3
2: INSTALLATION AND WIRING ............................................................................................................ 4
MOUNTING THE CONTROLLER ...................................................................................................... 4
HIGH POWER CONNECTIONS ......................................................................................................... 6
LOW POWER 35-PIN CONNECTIONS ............................................................................................. 8
CONTROLLER WIRING: BASIC CONFIGURATION ............................................................................ 11
SWITCH INPUT WIRING ................................................................................................................ 14
EXTERNAL PRECHARGE RESISTOR ............................................................................................... 14
LOW POWER CIRCUIT SPECIFICATIONS ........................................................................................ 14
3: APPLICATION-SPECIFIC FEATURES ................................................................................................. 22
THROTTLE ................................................................................................................................... 22
MOTOR SPEED CONSTRAINTS ..................................................................................................... 26
VOLTAGE LIMITS .......................................................................................................................... 27
BATTERY DISCHARGE INDICATOR ................................................................................................. 28
ISOLATION MONITOR ................................................................................................................... 28
4: PROGRAMMABLE PARAMETERS .................................................................................................... 29
PROGRAMMING MENUS ............................................................................................................... 29
CLONING CONTROLLERS ............................................................................................................ 75
5: MONITOR MENU ............................................................................................................................ 76
6: CONTROLLER INFORMATION MENU ............................................................................................... 86
7: INITIAL SETUP ............................................................................................................................... 87
8A: AUTOMATED ACIM MOTOR CHARACTERIZATION PROCEDURE ...................................................... 93
TRACTION SYSTEMS .................................................................................................................... 93
8B: AUTOMATED PMAC MOTOR COMMISSIONING PROCEDURE .......................................................... 97
9: TUNING GUIDE .............................................................................................................................. 100
10: VEHICLE CONTROL LANGUAGE (VCL) ........................................................................................... 103
VARIABLE TYPES ......................................................................................................................... 104
VCL RUNTIME RATES .................................................................................................................. 106
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Curtis 1239E-1269E Manual, os 37.0 RevA – May 2021
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