HGM9510 GENSET PARALLEL UNIT 
HGM9510 Genset Parallel Unit ISSUE 2013-08-06     Version 1.1 Page 16 of 65 
5.4 AUTO START/STOP OPERATION   
Auto mode is selected by pressing the    button; a LED besides the button will illuminate to 
confirm the operation.   
Automatic Start Sequence: 
1.  When “Remote Start” is active, “Start Delay” timer is initiated; 
2.  “Start Delay” countdown will be displayed on LCD; 
3.  When  start  delay  is  over,  preheat  relay  energizes  (if  configured),  “preheat  delay  XX  s” 
information will be displayed on LCD;   
4.  After the above delay, the Fuel Relay (if configured) is energized, and then one second later, 
the Start Relay is engaged. The engine is cranked for a pre-set time. If the engine fails to fire 
during this cranking attempt then the fuel relay and start relay are disengaged for the pre-set 
rest period; “crank rest time” begins and wait for the next crank attempt. 
5.  Should this start sequence continue beyond the set number of attempts, the start sequence 
will be terminated, the first line of LCD display will be highlighted with black and Fail to Start 
fault will be displayed.   
6.  In  case  of  successful  crank  attempt,  the  “Safety  On”  timer  is  activated,  allowing  Low  Oil 
Pressure, High Temperature, Under speed and Charge Alternator Failure inputs to stabilise 
without  triggering  the  fault.  As  soon  as  this  delay  is  over,  “start  idle”  delay  is  initiated  (if 
configured). 
7.  During “start idle” delay, under speed, under frequency, under voltage alarms are inhibited. 
When this delay is over, “warming up” delay is initiated (if configured). 
8.  In the case of a single generator system, after the “warming up” delay, if generator status is 
normal,  its  indicator  will  be  illuminated.  If  generator  voltage  and  frequency  have  reached 
on-load requirements, then the generator close relay will be energized; genset will take load; 
generator power indicator will illuminate and generator will enter into Normal Running status. 
If  voltage  or  frequency  is  abnormal,  the  controller  will  initiate  shutdown  alarm  (alarm 
information will be displayed on LCD). 
9.  In case of running in parallel, after the warming up delay: 
a)  If bus has no voltage, then the controller will send a closing signal to other waiting parallel 
gensets and generator close relay will activate, this prevents other sets in the system from 
attempting to close their own breakers at the same time. 
b)  If bus has voltage or other gensets are already closed, the controller will adjust speed and 
voltage through GOV  and AVR  to synchronize the gensets  to  the bus;  when synchronism 
requirements has been achieved, breaker close signal will be initiated and the genset will be 
paralleled with the bus. Once they are paralleled, the controller will control the generator to 
gradually accelerate and share load with other paralleled gensets.