EnerSys Alpha Cordex CXC HP User Manual

Cordex®CXCHPControllerSoftwareManual|10-Distributionsystems
10.2. Create a distribution system
Thereisnodistributionsystemsonanewcontroller.CreatingdistributionsystemsisdoneviatheCreate
System buttonlocatedundertheSystems > Add or Remove Systems menu.Thereisnoconfiguration
requiredatthesystemlevel.
Youcanalsoimportadistributionsystemviaaconfigurationfile.
Thecontrollersupportsmultipledistributionsystems.Werecommendusingmultipledistributionsystems
toseparatethedistributionofdifferentvoltagelevels.Forexample,ausercancreatea48Vdistribution
system,anda24Vdistributionsystem.Multiplesystemscouldalsobeusedindifferentways,suchasto
separateprimaryandsecondarydistribution,orevenphysicallayoutssuchas“firstfloordistribution”and
“secondfloordistribution”.
Whenfirstcreated,adistributionsystemisempty.Subsystemsmustbeaddedtogivethesystem
meaning.Thesystem-widevoltageandcurrentreadingsareUnknown whenthesubsystemisfirst
created.ThesevaluesaremappedtosourcesviatheSystems > Distribution System > Configure
System page.Bydefault,theVoltage Source issettoAverage All External Input Voltages andthe
Current Source issettoSum All External Input Currents.
Externalinputs,asmentioned,meaninputsexternaltotheDistributionSystem.Onlysubsystemsthat
aremappedasareferencedloadinanothersystemwillbeusedtocreatesystemsummaryvaluesby
default.Thisprovidestheopportunitytonestlayersofsubsystemswithinthesamedistributionsystem,
andhavethesystemsummaryvaluescomputedproperly.Ifadifferentbehaviorisrequired,thevoltage
andcurrentsourcescanbeeditedtosumoraverageallsubsystems,ortopointtoanyothervoltageand
currentsourcesavailableonthecontroller,includingCustomData.
To create a distribution system:
1. GotoSystems > Add or Remove Systems andselecttheCreate System button.
2. SelectCreate Distribution System fromthedropdownlistofsystems.
3. AsystemisimmediatelyaddedtotheInventory table.
4. GotoSystems > Distribution System > Configure System andenteraName,Description and
anyotheridentifyinginformationrequired.
10.2.1. Create a system from a configuration file
Asystemcanbecreatedbyimportingfromaconfigurationfile.SeetheImporting a system sectiontodo
this.
10.3. Distribution subsystems
Onceadistributionsystemexists,atleastonesubsystemmustbeadded.ThisisdoneviatheSystems
> Distribution System > Subsystems menuonthewebinterfaceorLCD.Therearetwotypesof
subsystems:Smart Distribution Subsystem orUser Defined Subsystem.Eachtypeusesawizardto
assistincreatingandconfiguringasubsystem.
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