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User Manual

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

       

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VI.

 

TROUBLESHOOTING 

 

The MULTIPAK and Data Interface Cable contain no user-serviceable parts. Do not attempt product 
disassembly, as this will void the product warranty. 

 

1.

 

MULTIPAK: 

Symptom 

Possible Cause 

What to Do 

Red LED On, Green LED Off, No power at 
output 

Incorrectly wired branch circuit outlet 

Contact a licensed electrician to correct the branch 
circuit outlet wiring 

Red LED Off, Green LED Off, No power at 
output 

No voltage or unacceptable voltage at 
branch circuit outlet, or MULTIPAK output 
manually turned Off 

Use the Communications Software to measure the 
voltage at the wall receptacle. Use the 
Communications Software to manually turn the 
outlets On.  Plug the MULTIPAK into a known 
properly functioning outlet. 

If the “System On” LED 

still illuminates, contact a licensed electrician to 
troubleshoot the wall receptacle. 

If the “System On” 

LED still does not illuminate call SurgeX at 
1.800.645.9721 

Red LED Off, Green LED On, No power at 
output 

Defective product 

Contact SurgeX for product replacement at 
1.800.645.9721 

 

2.

 

Software: 

 

Symptom/Error Message 

Possible Cause 

What To Do 

Unable to automatically 
determine COM Port 

Data interface cable not 
properly connected. 

Check interface cable connections at PC 
and XG. 

COM Port not successfully 
configured. 

Windows User Account Control 
has prevented the software 
from automatically modifying 
the COM Port settings in the 
system registry. 

Exit the software, right-click the desktop 
shortcut, and s

elect “Run As Administrator” 

or select “Troubleshoot Compatibility” and 
follow the wizard. 

Unable to locate or read 
dictionary file. 

One or more language 
dictionary files cannot be found 
in the installation directory. 

Uninstall the software, and then reinstall 
the latest version. 

Problem communicating with 
XG. 

Data interface cable not 
properly connected. 

Check interface cable connections at PC 
and XG. 

COM Port Settings are not 
correct, which may result in 
non-optimal operation. 

The COM Port has not been 
properly configured. 

Configure the COM Port following the 
steps listed in the 

Configure the Data 

Interface Cable and COM Port

 section of 

this manual. 

Wrong or corrupt file. 

A file import operation has 
been attempted with an invalid 
or corrupt data file. 

Select a valid data file for import. 

 
 
 

Summary of Contents for SX-DS-154 DEFENDER SERIES MULTIPAK

Page 1: ...l 2017 AMETEK Electronic Systems Protection Technical Support 1 800 645 9721 surgex com UM MultiPak Rev B 0 SX DS 154 SX DS 156 User Manual 120V Firmware Revision 1 67 and higher Software Revision 4 0 and higher ...

Page 2: ...UserManual 2017 AMETEK Electronic Systems Protection Technical Support 1 800 645 9721 surgex com 1 ...

Page 3: ...5 IV SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 6 1 COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS 6 2 HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS 6 3 DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL SOFTWARE 6 4 INSTALL DATA INTERFACE CABLE 7 V USING THE SOFWARE 7 1 PHYSICAL CONNECTIONS 7 2 START THE SOFTWARE 7 3 CONFIGURE THE DATA INTERFACE CABLE AND COM PORT 8 4 SOFTWARE MODES 10 A MULTIMETER MODE 11 B CHART MODE 12 C OUTLET CONTROL MODE 13 D HISTORICAL DATA MODE 14 E SETTINGS MODE 16 F C...

Page 4: ...resholds Under Voltage Event Recorder up to 999 events Over Voltage Event Recorder up to 999 events Power Outage Event Recorder up to 999 events Surge Event Recorder up to 999 events o Records surges in all three modes Line Neutral Line Ground Neutral Ground Event Timestamp Recorder up to 60 events o Records time between events Additional features available when connected to a PC detailed in Secti...

Page 5: ...orrectly wired and the magnitude of the line voltage is acceptable between 105 and 130 VRMS power will be connected to the outlets of the MULTIPAK and the Green System On LED will illuminate Your equipment is now protected and installed correctly You may now turn all connected equipment back on ii If the branch circuit outlet is incorrectly wired the Red Wiring Fault LED will illuminate If this oc...

Page 6: ...When the magnitude of the branch circuit outlet voltage is not acceptable the MULTIPAK will disconnect power to its outlets refer to Section IV Diagnostic Software for more information d Clearing Memory The MULTIPAK is able to timestamp the 60 most recent power quality events information stored in microcontroller non volatile memory The microcontroller memory contents can be cleared at any time by...

Page 7: ...pace VGA or higher resolution monitor keyboard mouse CD or DVD drive minimum screen resolution of 1024x768 Microsoft Windows XP Vista 7 8 10 2 Hardware Requirements a For use with enVision enabled products and Data Interface Cable XG PCS 1C 1 3 Download and Install Software a Download the Software Installer from www espsurgex com b Unzip and run the installation utility c Follow the on screen inst...

Page 8: ...erial Port drivers separately b Manual Installation In the event that the automatic driver installation process was not successful or if no internet connection is available the Data Interface Cable driver files may be installed manually Select Install Drivers during the Software Installation process Or run Interface Setup from Start All Programs ESP SurgeX Diagnostic Tool c Once the Data Interface...

Page 9: ...ftware and Next Gen Note This process only needs to be done once for each new Data Interface Cable installed on the PC Note This process edits Windows registry values and so may be blocked by MS Windows User Account Control UAC in Windows Vista 7 8 10 It may be necessary to exit the software and restart it with administrative rights by right clicking the software shortcut and choosing Run As Admin...

Page 10: ...and in the Search box devmgmt msc c Press Enter 2 In the Device Manager expand Ports COM LPT 3 Right click on the entry labeled USB Serial Port COMx and click Properties 4 In the USB Serial Port Properties pop up box click the Port Settings tab and then click the Advanced button 5 In USB Transfer Sizes change both the Receive and Transmit values to 4096 6 In BM Options change the Latency Timer val...

Page 11: ...nto several operational modes The modes are activated by clicking the corresponding button at the bottom of the software interface Note Some features are only available when used with an enVision PCS product Press the Help Button in the upper right for additional information on the features available in the current mode Hovering the mouse cursor over items will also display additional information ...

Page 12: ...echnical Support 1 800 645 9721 surgex com 11 a Multimeter Mode i The Multimeter Mode provides information traditionally acquired from a handheld digital multimeter as well as an overview of the recorded power quality events 2 Typical Measurement Accuracy ...

Page 13: ...ty events Surge Events SG Overvoltage Events OVrec Undervoltage Events UVrec Power Outage Events PO b Chart Mode i The Chart Mode enables a chart style data logging function of electrical parameters Data point measurements are acquired once per second The measured parameters may be enabled or disabled by pressing the corresponding button ii Chart display of electrical parameters Line Voltage AC RM...

Page 14: ...nd provides information about wiring faults and abnormal line voltage ii Use the green On Off button to manually turn the AC outlets on and off Pressing the blue Power Cycle button will result in the execution of a power cycle When commanded the outlets will turn off and then back on after a 90 second delay The Power Cycle indicator will be illuminated while a power cycle is active ...

Page 15: ...l Data Mode allows for the retrieval and display of the power quality event data stored in the Next Gen internal memory i Time Stamped Power Quality Event Data Next Gen is able to store and timestamp the 60 most recent power quality events in its internal memory Press the Import Time Stamped Data button to download the event data yuikl ...

Page 16: ...tage amplitudes necessary for detection of other surge types may vary Over Voltage Line voltage exceeded the over voltage record threshold Under Voltage Line voltage dropped below the under voltage record threshold Power Outage Loss of AC power ii Import Data Previously saved data files may be imported by entering the Historical Data Mode while no product is connected This may be achieved by remov...

Page 17: ...ID for saved reports iii Update Limits Sets the voltage thresholds specified by the voltage threshold selection fields Press Default to select factory default limits Note Restore points may not be specified for Next Gen PCS x Language Select the software s display language xi Save Save the current settings for reference Limit When Activated Action Factory Default 120V 208 240V Over Voltage Shutdow...

Page 18: ...unning the software with elevated permissions right click program shortcut and choose Run As Administrator on Windows Vista 7 8 10 with UAC User Account Control enabled iv Save Saves the COM Port selection 5 Command Line Operation Usage ESP_SurgeX_Diagnostic_Tool o output_file a t c m Example ESP_SurgeX_Diagnostic_Tool o C Users Robert Desktop log txt a m Option Meaning a Append output file If out...

Page 19: ...uct Contact SurgeX for product replacement at 1 800 645 9721 2 Software Symptom Error Message Possible Cause What To Do Unable to automatically determine COM Port Data interface cable not properly connected Check interface cable connections at PC and XG COM Port not successfully configured Windows User Account Control has prevented the software from automatically modifying the COM Port settings in...

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