GE Industrial Solutions Pulsar Plus Controller - Manual (Page 45)

Pulsar Plus Controller Family
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field. These items are then stored in non-volatile memory. However, a user can always return to factory
programmed configuration by initiating the “Loading Defaults” operation for a specific battery type.
The Basic items to configure for basic system operation are:
• Float Set-Point (And associated alarms described in next section)
• Battery Type and number of strings
• Date
• Time
The controller is designed to support multiple battery technologies. These Generic technologies include:
• Valve-Regulated Lead Acid (Valve-Reg)
• Flooded Lead Acid (Flooded)
• Lithium Metal Polymer (Li-LMP)
• Lithium ELiTE (Li-ELiTE)
• Nickel-Cadmium (Ni-Cd)
Standard float values, alarm thresholds, and other functions are set as defaults for each of these battery
types that can be modified in the field as desired. The controller also provides a list of industry standard
batteries that are linked to these technologies and share the standard defaults. Batteries can be added or
deleted from this list as required through the use of the controller’s remote interfaces.
The controller has been factory pre-configured with the generic Valve-Regulated Lead Acid (Valve-Reg)
battery as the standard configured battery model. All associated configuration items for the “Valve-Reg”
battery type are utilized. Thus, the default system float voltage setting and alarm thresholds are configured
assuming the power system contains VRLA batteries that require an uncompensated float voltage of -54.50V
(48V) or +27.25V (24V) as observed during the power-up procedure.
Basic configuration items such as the battery type, float set-point, date, and time, and site ID can be
reconfigured in the field from the front panel or through remote means. To change these items do the
following: