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Voltage and amperage readings of the static switch output, which is the UPS output. 

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 bypass input icon button displays more detailed readings for all 

output phases. 

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Battery status and charge level. Pressing the battery icon displays more detailed 
information on the status of the battery. 

 

Summary of Contents for CENTRIC 50 kW

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Page 2: ...Purchaser waives any right of action it has or may have against Gamatronic for any consequential or special damages arising out of any breach of warranty and for any damages that the Purchaser may cla...

Page 3: ...ons and LEDs on the system controller 11 4 2 1 UPS off button 11 4 2 2 Alarm LED 11 4 2 3 CPU active LED 11 4 2 4 CPU On Off button 11 4 3 Fallback push button control panel 12 5 CENTRIC CONTROL SYSTE...

Page 4: ...BATTERY 71 7 5 3 Profile ST SW 72 7 5 4 Profile ALARMS 72 7 5 5 Profile IDENTIFICATION 72 7 6 LOG 73 7 6 1 The Alarms button on the log detail screen 75 7 7 CONNECTIVITY 76 7 8 TIME 77 7 9 LANGUAGE 7...

Page 5: ...ons 34 Figure 23 Setup Alarms options 36 Figure 24 Setup Connectivity options 37 Figure 25 Setup Connectivity SNMP configuration options 38 Figure 26 Creating a new community 38 Figure 27 Community na...

Page 6: ...on in hex and Fault_word 95 Figure 71 Structure of Fault_word 96 Figure 72 Structure of Shutdown_reason 97 Figure 73 The Detail 2 or Technician data 2 screen 98 Figure 74 Dc voltage screen 98 Figure 7...

Page 7: ...n a specific system in a particular environment Operation and control of the Centric UPS is accomplished through a touch sensitive LCD display screen In this manual when explaining how to navigate the...

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Page 9: ...a current carrying capacity that matches the rating of the UPS Battery installation battery maintenance and battery replacement shall be performed only by authorized service personnel Pay attention t...

Page 10: ...re the battery circuit breaker is turned OFF Do not turn ON the battery circuit breaker when the battery cabinet is disconnected from the UPS Do not install the UPS next to gas or electrical heaters A...

Page 11: ...the input power is constant and continuous Centric requires very little attention or intervention during normal operation however you should read and understand the procedures described in this manual...

Page 12: ...GAMATRONIC ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES LTD 4 CENTRIC User Guide rel 3 4 200 kW model 100 kW model Figure 1 Major components of the Centric 200 and 100 kW models...

Page 13: ...GAMATRONIC ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES LTD CENTRIC User Guide rel 3 4 5 Figure 2 Major components of the Centric 50 kW model...

Page 14: ...the various icons On all screens other than the main menu screen the current navigation path is displayed in the upper left corner of the screen Figure 4 enabling you to easily understand where you ar...

Page 15: ...overload or an inverter failure The static switch transfers high currents at very high speed a typical transfer time is 3 ms 2 6 Battery The Centric battery bank provides backup power to the UPS and...

Page 16: ...ended to be connected to the trip coil of the battery circuit breaker When this is done and the EPO switch is activated the Centric sends a voltage pulse to the battery circuit breaker trip coil causi...

Page 17: ...ers but the dc input to the inverter is taken from the batteries instead of from the rectifier The batteries are galvanically connected by dc link to the inverter and the charger Therefore the dc volt...

Page 18: ...s connected to ac power and also when the UPS is operating in battery mode There is a physical power on off button on the control panel that controls the power supply to the screen If the UPS is conne...

Page 19: ...panel s main screen The Alarm LED has 3 possible states Off unlit There are no active system alarms Blinking red There are one or more active alarms To see a list of the active alarms press the yello...

Page 20: ...front panel Figure 6 Location of fallback push button control panel The push button panel provides only the most basic functionality 1 When the Centric is OFF pressing the Enable button turns the Cen...

Page 21: ...s mode battery mode 2 Menu options pressing these icons provide access to the main submenus 3 Current date and time 4 UPS soft on off button Pressing this icon displays the UPS ON OFF screen which ena...

Page 22: ...the most frequently used options Chapter 7 provides an in depth look at all of the options 5 2 1 Setup The Setup menu option contains a wide range of functions for setting the operating parameters of...

Page 23: ...iption of all of the Operation menu functions see section 7 3 5 2 2 1 TURNING THE UPS ON To turn the UPS on 1 On the Main Menu tap the Operation button The Operation submenu appears Figure 9 The Opera...

Page 24: ...r which it is ready to supply power to the load 5 2 2 2 TURNING THE UPS OFF To turn the UPS off 1 On the Main Menu tap the Operation button 2 Tap the top button labeled Turn on off on the Operation su...

Page 25: ...sent power flow through the UPS A yellow triangle with an exclamation point inside indicates an alarm condition related to the UPS component where the triangle is located Clicking on the component wil...

Page 26: ...log The system log lists all of the important system events that have occurred since the last time you initialized the log Events listed include system power up and power down and the start and end o...

Page 27: ...s power supply even in the event of a local ac power failure Transferring the load to bypass takes the load off the regulated voltage of the inverter and supplies the load with power directly from the...

Page 28: ...ON 2 Wait about 2 minutes for the Centric to start up While waiting you can press the status icon to see a display of the system status The status description at the top of the screen should become U...

Page 29: ...ES LTD CENTRIC User Guide rel 3 4 21 6 2 Centric total shutdown no ac output 1 Switch OFF the load device s 2 From the main menu choose Operation Turn ON OFF System OFF 3 The control screen will show...

Page 30: ...referred to by its full navigation path to make it clear which screen is being referred to For example the System screen that is accessed from the Setup option on the Main Menu is referred to as the...

Page 31: ...regards to the following parameters Nominal input and output values of the UPS Total number of modules and how many of them are redundant Number of battery strings Output power capacity If the UPS is...

Page 32: ...uency and begins instead to determine its frequency by means of the UPS s internal clock For example the bypass frequency is a nominal 50 Hz and you have set the frequency tracking range to be 2 Hz In...

Page 33: ...ore modules in excess of the number of modules required to meet the maximum expected load Note When modules are added to the system or removed from the system the value of total number of modules must...

Page 34: ...the watchdog function is provided below Note disabling the controller self shutdown function watchdog function also disables the UPS OFF button on the left side of the upper front panel of the UPS wh...

Page 35: ...Blinking GREEN above Steady RED Activation of the power button PW_BN failed to invoke an orderly shutdown of the computer so a reset of the computer has been effected via the computer s reset button R...

Page 36: ...ing of a particular module but rather to the output of all modules together To perform the calibration measure the voltage of the output phase with a voltmeter then enter the measured value into this...

Page 37: ...ing of the UPS s internal dc voltage The readings for the positive and negative components of the dc voltage are calibrated separately and can be increased or decreased To perform the calibration meas...

Page 38: ...2 3 1 1 BATTERY LOW VOLTAGE LIMIT This parameter sets the battery voltage at which a low battery voltage alarm is generated by the UPS This should not be confused with the end of backup battery volta...

Page 39: ...erate the UPS without a load and with batteries disconnected 2 Perform the Set dc current offset function only if the measured current is not zero 3 Connect the UPS to its batteries and to a load and...

Page 40: ...ing a full charge 7 2 3 5 SETUP BATTERY BATTERY CAPACITY IN AH Use this function to tell the Centric the total capacity in ampere hours of the connected battery strings This total battery capacity fig...

Page 41: ...7 2 3 6 3 2 Low limit dc voltage at compensation Lowest charging voltage to be used when battery temperature compensation is enabled 7 2 3 6 3 3 High limit dc voltage at compensation Highest charging...

Page 42: ...SETUP ST SW CALIBRATE OUTPUT VOLTAGE For calibration of the ac output voltage reading by phase 7 2 4 4 SETUP ST SW CALIBRATE OUTPUT CURRENT For calibration of the ac output current reading by phase N...

Page 43: ...ITIVITY The UPS prevents transfers from inverter to bypass if there is a significant difference between the inverter output voltage and the bypass voltage This option lets you control the degree of se...

Page 44: ...threshold values for several important alarms 7 2 5 2 1 SETUP ALARMS ALARM LIMITS DC VOLTAGE LIMITS Use this function to set the voltage levels at which the DC VOLTAGE HIGH and DC VOLTAGE LOW will be...

Page 45: ...the Centric will request and receive an IP address from the computer network Obviously the Centric must be connected to the network for this to work The network connection is a type RJ45 socket on the...

Page 46: ...Touch Add new community Figure 25 Setup Connectivity SNMP configuration options 2 Type in the desired community name and select the community rights Click the arrow at the top of the screen to proceed...

Page 47: ...tion an IP address and a port must be specified Adding or deleting trap destinations is performed in the same manner as adding or deleting communities see section 7 2 6 2 1 Note Centric supports the U...

Page 48: ...eries from the Modbus master The Centric s Modbus interface is compatible with most Building Management Systems BMSs using the register numbers shown in Table 4 Note The registers in Table 4 can be ad...

Page 49: ...Battery Voltage 10 Vdc Divide the value by 10 for real measurement 485 10 48 5 Vdc 8 4x0008 Battery Current 10 A Divide the value by 10 for real measurement 21 10 2 1 A 9 4x0009 Battery Temperature C...

Page 50: ...how values over 100 in case of overload 35 4x0035 Output Voltage Line 3 10 Vac Divide the value by 10 for real measurement 2315 10 231 5 Vac 36 4x0036 Output Current Line 3 10 A Divide the value by 10...

Page 51: ...ount Of Modules As defined by controller settings or the controller license 204 4x0204 Amount Of Installed Modules As defined by controller settings not the actual responding modules 205 4x0205 Amount...

Page 52: ...e 1 10 Vac Divide the value by 10 for real measurement 2315 10 231 5 Vac 221 4x0221 Inverter Current Line 1 10 A Divide the value by 10 for real measurement 21 10 2 1 A 222 4x0222 Inverter Power Line...

Page 53: ...ger Voltage Line 3 10 V Divide the value by 10 for real measurement 2315 10 231 5 Vac 247 4x0247 Charger Current Line 3 10 A Divide the value by 10 for real measurement 21 10 2 1 A 248 4x0248 Charger...

Page 54: ...4x0271 Output Load Line 3 272 4x0272 Bypass Frequency 10 Hz Divide the value by 10 for real measurement 502 10 50 2 Hz 273 4x0273 Bypass Voltage Line 1 10 Vac Divide the value by 10 for real measurem...

Page 55: ...4x0308 Module 7 Alarm 0 Alarm off 1 Alarm on 309 4x0309 Module 8 Alarm 0 Alarm off 1 Alarm on 310 4x0310 Module 9 Alarm 0 Alarm off 1 Alarm on 311 4x0311 Module 10 Alarm 0 Alarm off 1 Alarm on 312 4x...

Page 56: ...PS in 20 module configuration 320 4x0320 Module 19 Alarm 0 Alarm off 1 Alarm on Only for Mega modular UPS in 20 module configuration 321 4x0321 Module 20 Alarm 0 Alarm off 1 Alarm on Only for Mega mod...

Page 57: ...n 335 4x0335 AC Input Failure 0 Alarm off 1 Alarm on 336 4x0336 No Output Current On Modules 0 Alarm off 1 Alarm on 337 4x0337 Overload 0 Alarm off 1 Alarm on 338 4x0338 Battery Test In Progress 0 Ala...

Page 58: ...verload 0 Alarm off 1 Alarm on 349 4x0349 Shutdown Due To EPO 0 Alarm off 1 Alarm on 350 4x0350 One Module Not Responding 0 Alarm off 1 Alarm on 351 4x0351 Static Switch Is Not Responding 0 Alarm off...

Page 59: ...2 0 Alarm off 1 Alarm on Only for Mega modular UPS in 20 module configuration 363 4x0363 Conflict In Nominal Settings Of UPS Modules 0 Alarm off 1 Alarm on When output voltage or output frequency sett...

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Page 61: ...e Upon selection of the remote shutdown option from the Setup Connectivity menu the remote shutdown submenu is displayed The menu options are Add new destination Select destinations from list Figure 3...

Page 62: ...e desired target or targets then press the arrow in the upper left of the screen to return to the remote shutdown submenu Figure 32 Select the shutdown target and press the arrow You will see your tar...

Page 63: ...screen see Figure 34 To abandon your changes press the Connectivity icon Figure 34 Shutdown destination screen 7 2 6 6 EMAIL CONFIGURATION OPTIONAL FEATURE You can have the Centric send email message...

Page 64: ...enable email notification Enable authentication Causes verification of the sending email address You are prompted for the email address and its password Enable TLS Enable the TLS encryption protocol f...

Page 65: ...selected by default to indicate that the recipient is active and should be sent email Tap the Confirm button to add the new recipient Tapping the Send button sends a test email to the new recipient to...

Page 66: ...e for the controller The network manager will see this name In the event of any network related problems he will be able to identify the device in question This is especially useful when there is more...

Page 67: ...s function enables descriptive text to be associated with the unit When the Centric is connected to a computer network this information can be seen by someone who is monitoring the UPSs via an SNMP pr...

Page 68: ...e the Centric For example if the battery circuit breaker has trip indicating auxiliary contacts which close when the circuit breaker closes and open when the circuit breaker opens these auxiliary cont...

Page 69: ...put dry contacts You can see these alarms in the Setup Alarms function They are named Auxiliary 1 fault through Auxiliary 5 fault These names can be modified by the user Provided that the input dry co...

Page 70: ...is active End of battery backup battery discharged to shutdown limit Fan failure High load level Load is now running on bypass Low battery voltage More than one module is sending an alarm or warning...

Page 71: ...ions on the upper rear panel of the UPS See items 1 and 2 in Figure 62 and also Figure 63 and Figure 64 7 2 9 2 2 CONNECTING OUTPUT DRY CONTACTS 1 AND 2 The connections for output dry contacts 1 and 2...

Page 72: ...rm can be tested without actually invoking the related alarm condition by pressing the Test button at the bottom of the output dry contact screen see Figure 45 Pressing the test button changes the sta...

Page 73: ...RIZATION LEVEL There are three security levels User Technician and Super User The Technician and Super User levels have access to additional capabilities and menu functions the additional functionalit...

Page 74: ...3 1 1 OPERATION SWITCH ON OFF SYSTEM OFF Turning the system OFF disconnects the load 7 3 1 2 OPERATION SWITCH ON OFF SYSTEM ON Turns the modules ON and moves the load from bypass mode to inverter mod...

Page 75: ...the bypass voltage to the inverter voltage 7 3 2 2 OPERATION TRANSFER LOAD TRANSFER LOAD TO BYPASS Transfers the load from the inverter voltage to the bypass voltage 7 3 3 Operation BATTERY TEST Only...

Page 76: ...ondition related to the UPS component where the triangle is located Clicking on the component will provide more detailed information about the problem Clicking on the various parts of the diagram reve...

Page 77: ...each UPS module s ac input ac output dc current status and nominal values 7 Modules alarm icon When present indicates that there is an active alarm condition for one or more of the UPS modules To see...

Page 78: ...e and amperage readings of the static switch output which is the UPS output Pressing the bypass input icon button displays more detailed readings for all output phases 12 Battery status and charge lev...

Page 79: ...redundancy More information about these parameters is available in section 7 2 1 Setup SYSTEM on page 23 7 5 2 Profile BATTERY Lists the current values for a number of important battery parameters inc...

Page 80: ...ers is available in section 7 2 4 Setup STATIC SWITCH on page 34 7 5 4 Profile ALARMS Lists current parameter values mostly alarm limit values for alarms including Dc voltage high limit Dc voltage low...

Page 81: ...le always contains the 490 last log events Every log message has a severity level assigned to it There are four different severity levels as described in Table 8 Table 8 Log message types LOG MESSAGE...

Page 82: ...ting of the log file contents the upper message with the yellow triangle that says UPS module 3 is sending an alarm or warning displays the status of system parameters at the time of the fault Figure...

Page 83: ...t are accessed individually by the other buttons 7 6 1 The Alarms button on the log detail screen In Figure 55 in the second row of buttons at the bottom of the screen the Alarm button can be seen If...

Page 84: ...onnection to the computer network the UPS s IP address and related information This is of relevance if you are using the remote access feature which allows monitoring and control of the Centric from a...

Page 85: ...IME Figure 58 Main Menu Time option This main menu option displays the time on the UPS s internal clock the time zone the current operating time the time since the unit was last turned on and the last...

Page 86: ...nguage option This function gives you the ability to choose the language in which the display screen options and messages are displayed 7 10 HELP Figure 61 Main Menu Help option The Help function prov...

Page 87: ...GAMATRONIC ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES LTD CENTRIC User Guide rel 3 4 79 8 MINOR REAR PANEL CONNECTORS 200 kW model 100 kW model 50 kW model Figure 62 Minor connector groupings on the Centric rear panel...

Page 88: ...ector group 1 Dc current measurement connections 4 input dry contacts AUX1 AUX4 4 output dry contacts output dry contacts 3 6 2 Connector group 2 RS232 D9 RJ45 network Alarm D9 includes input dry cont...

Page 89: ...10 D9 pin assignments in connector group 2 PIN ALARM CONNECTOR RS232 CONNECTOR RS485 CONNECTOR 1 Input dry contact 5 AUX5 RXD Receive data RTX 2 Reserved TXD Transmit data not used 3 Line failure def...

Page 90: ...ue to supply power to the load but the interior of the UPS is isolated from all power flows This enables a technician to work safely on the UPS after turning off the battery circuit breaker or disconn...

Page 91: ...BYP button twice to put the UPS in bypass mode 3 Verify that the bypass indicator is lit on the controller Then using the three maintenance bypass switches on the UPS rear 4 Switch ON the MAINTENANCE...

Page 92: ...S refer to section 5 2 2 1 4 On the static switch panel Figure 7 press the INV BYP button twice to put the UPS into bypass mode 5 Verify that the bypass indicator is lit on the controller 6 Switch ON...

Page 93: ...he system status including access to real time voltage and current measurements The log screen provides access to a detailed record of the system status at the time the log entry was recorded includin...

Page 94: ...ed correct the definition Setup System Number of modules If too few modules were inserted insert the proper number of modules 5 Adapter PC710 not responding E PC710 is a communication adapter in the c...

Page 95: ...off the module re enter the correct values into the controller and then switch the module back on 11 Controller disk space limit reached E Software problem in the controller Warning R Contact Gamatron...

Page 96: ...UPS modules 24 No ac output to load E The UPS is not providing any output power Critical R Perform the instructions in section 10 5 Troubleshooting No output 25 No output current at one or more modul...

Page 97: ...rs during first time operation of the UPS it could be due to improper phase order or improper definition of the bypass frequency 60 Hz instead of 50 for example See Setup System Nominal settings 32 Te...

Page 98: ...ging will begin automatically 37 UPS shutdown by hardware Off button E The UPS was shut down by pressing the physical OFF button of the LCD screen Informational R No action required 38 UPS shutdown by...

Page 99: ...r than the other moudules has a faulty dc fuse and must be repaired 4 If measurements are correct and all fuses ae normal do the following 4 1 Disconnect batteries from the UPS either by switching OFF...

Page 100: ...ed battery capacity in ampere hours matches the rating of the battery 3 2 Go to Setup Battery Battery current If the current limit is defined as 10 increase it to 20 If dc voltage begins to rise you c...

Page 101: ...bypass to prevent recurring back and forth transfer of the load Such repeated rapid transfer can be dangerous for the load The load will also be locked on bypass automatically if the static switch per...

Page 102: ...ember that the module shelves are numbered from bottom to top the bottom shelf is 1 the next higher shelf is 2 and so on Compare its status and measurements with those of normal modules 3 In the same...

Page 103: ...r Guide rel 3 4 95 4 Additional information can be found in the communication array which is displayed in the RAW Data window Figure 70 Bytes 51 and 52 together make up the fault world described below...

Page 104: ...02 Inverter voltage 2 04 Input voltage 3 08 Dc high 4 10 Input frequency fault 5 20 Dc voltage low battery discharged 6 40 Input overload 7 80 IGBT desaturation 8 100 PLL without data slave 9 200 Inve...

Page 105: ...al value when on Meaning when bit is on 0 01 Dc very low 1 02 Input voltage 2 04 12 V out of range 3 08 Dc fault 4 10 IGBT desaturation 5 20 PFC temperature 6 40 Inverter voltage out of range 7 80 Pul...

Page 106: ...When the output of the module is disconnected or the inverter is shut down the measured voltages must be in the range 2 45 2 54 V Figure 73 The Detail 2 or Technician data 2 screen 7 Verify that meas...

Page 107: ...e bypass voltage and then put the UPS in maintenance bypass mode if you have this option Then shut down all the other modules and adjust each module one by one with all of the other modules off 10 In...

Page 108: ...sconnect them from the Centric while the insertion or removal of the module is in process c Where it is not possible to disconnect or turn off the loads the next best procedure is to perform the inser...

Page 109: ...ilable press the Enable button on the static switch panel Figure 6 for about 3 seconds and then release it to turn the system on c Shutdown may have been due to battery discharge following a failure o...

Page 110: ...p the Static Switch icon 1 in Figure 76 The static switch measurements screen is displayed Figure 77 Record the inverter voltage and output current that you see on the screen Then return to the Status...

Page 111: ...s If the difference is greater than 3 perform static switch calibration 3 If the inverter is not synchronized to bypass check the measured bypass frequency Figure 79 Verify that the setup of the nomin...

Page 112: ...STSW High level setup Select the static switch synchr sensitivity Extended See item 1 in Figure 81 5 If frequent transfers of the load to bypass say once per hour are occurring it could be an indicat...

Page 113: ...Explorer browser version 7 or higher An SNMP agent and the associated MIB are available upon request 12 1 Preliminaries to use of the Web interface To enable the Centric Web interface 1 Consult with y...

Page 114: ...10 min 125 60 s 150 30 s Bypass mode 125 10 min 1000 1 cycle Waveform Sinusoidal THD Linear load 2 non linear load 6 Load CF max 6 1 Power factor Any Ac Ac efficiency nominal Up to 96 Batteries Dc lin...

Page 115: ...ss Battery test failure Over under temperature Overload Each system alarm type can be routed to the dry contact of your choice Communication ports Serial Ethernet USB Communication protocols RS232 RS4...

Page 116: ...rters Frequency Converters Battery Chargers Power Management Solutions Headquarters and Factory 17 Hartom Street POB 45029 Jerusalem 9177517 Israel Gamatronic UK Ltd 15 Chester Road Eaton Socon St Neo...

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