GE Industrial Solutions Pulsar Plus Controller - Manual (Page 47)

Pulsar Plus Controller Family
Issue 7 December 2011 47
Basic Controller Configuration
Step Action
Press “save” once the correct battery is selected. If a generic battery type is selected select “Yes”
to load the standard defaults. Note the controller will ask if the standard defaults are desired
selecting yes will select the standard defaults for the selected battery. Selecting no, will leave
settings at the default settings for the generic VRLAs. The float set-point value is one of these
items.
Note: Slope Thermal Compensation has been factory defaulted to be enabled with all VRLA
batteries. If a VRLA battery is selected and there is no QS873A battery temperature probe
attached to the controller a “Thermal Probe Fail” alarm will be generated. The alarm can be
removed by connecting a probe to the system or by disabling the feature. The feature can be
disabled at
MenuConfigurationBatteriesBatt Temp ManagementTemp Comp.
Select the Temp Comp and change the feature to be “Disabled”. Save.
2 To change the system rectifier Float-set-point go to
MenuConfigurationFloat SettingsSet-Point
Set the desired system bus voltage. Save.
3 Set system date by going to: MenuConfigurationSystem SettingsDate
Set to current date.
Set system time by going to: MenuConfigurationSystem SettingsTime
Set to present time.
Web Interface
The controller has an integrated 10/100Base-T port that supports standard protocols over TCP/IP like SNMP,
TCP/IP, FTP and Telnet. It also has an integrated HTTP web server that serves up web pages to remote PCs
using standard web browsers. Once properly connected to the network, simply typing the IP address
assigned to the controller in the browser will serve up the log-in screen. The web pages support the majority
of the functionality supported by EasyView and the T1.317 interface. The best way to learn the operation
and content of these interfaces is through use. The basic operations performed at the front panel previously
described are available through the web interface as well as all front panel configuration items. Following
are few sample screens. Note: web pages are updated for functionally and aesthetics. Thus, some of the
screens shown may be slightly different than those served up by your controller.
Craft Port
The web interface can be accessed remotely over the LAN or with a direct connection from a local PC. Once
logged in the interface is the same. The following describes configuring the port as a local Craft port. This
mode of operation allows a user to connect an external craft PC directly to the port and use the PC’s
standard Web browser to locally access the system. This Craft port is supported by the controller operating
in DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server mode. While the Craft port is operating as a DHCP
server, it must never be plugged into the building or surrounding LAN.
To access the system using the Craft Port follow the following basic procedure: