3.7.3 Time to Heat Beforehand.............................................................................................................9
3.8. TURN-ON CHECKOUT PROCEDURE .........................................................................................10
3.8.1 General.....................................................................................................................................10
3.8.2 Prior to Operation .....................................................................................................................10
3.8.3 Constant Voltage Check............................................................................................................10
3.8.4 Constant Current Check............................................................................................................10
3.8.5 OVP Check...............................................................................................................................11
3.8.6 UVL Check ...............................................................................................................................11
3.8.7 Foldback Check.........................................................................................................................11
3.8.8 Address Setting ........................................................................................................................12
3.8.9 Baud Rate Setting.....................................................................................................................12
3.9. CONNECTING THE LOAD..........................................................................................................13
3.9.1 Load Wiring ...............................................................................................................................13
3.9.2 Current Carrying Capacity .........................................................................................................13
3.9.3 Wire termination........................................................................................................................14
3.9.4 Noise and Impedance Effects.....................................................................................................14
3.9.5 Inductive loads..........................................................................................................................15
3.9.6 Making the load connections......................................................................................................15
3.9.7 Connecting single loads, local sensing (default). ..........................................................................18
3.9.8 Connecting single loads, remote sensing.....................................................................................18
3.9.9 Connecting multiple loads, radial distribution method...................................................................19
3.9.10 Multiple load connection with distribution terminals...................................................................19
3.9.11 Grounding outputs ...................................................................................................................19
3.10. LOCAL AND REMOTE SENSING ................................................................................................20
3.10.1 Sense wiring............................................................................................................................20
3.10.2 Local sensing ..........................................................................................................................20
3.10.3 Remote sensing.......................................................................................................................21
3.10.4 J2 sense connector technical information.................................................................................21
4. FRONT AND REAR PANEL CONTROLS AND CONNECTORS............................................................................... 22
4.1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................22
4.2. FRONT PANEL CONTROLS AND INDICATORS..........................................................................22
4.3. REAR PANEL ............................................................................................................................24
4.4. REAR PANEL SW1 SETUP SWITCH ...........................................................................................25
4.4.1 SW1 position functions ..............................................................................................................26
4.4.2 Resetting the SW1 switch..........................................................................................................26
4.5. REAR PANEL J1 PROGRAMMING AND MONITORING CONNECTOR ..........................................27
4.5.1 Making J1 connections ..............................................................................................................27
5.
LOCAL OPERATION................................................................................................................................................................ 29
5.1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................29
5.2. STANDARD OPERATION...........................................................................................................29
5.2.1 Constant Voltage Mode .............................................................................................................29
5.2.2 Constant Current Operation ......................................................................................................30
5.2.3 Automatic Crossover.................................................................................................................30
5.3. OVER VOLTAGE PROTECTION (OVP).......................................................................................30
5.3.1 Setting the OVP level................................................................................................................31
5.3.2 Activated OVP protection indications.........................................................................................31