GE Industrial Solutions Pulsar Plus Controller - Manual (Page 53)

Pulsar Plus Controller Family
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Controller Operation
Overview
The Pulsar Plus family of controllers provides system monitoring and control features for Infinity NE/P2, CP,
and other Lineage Power rectifier based power systems. These controllers monitor and control system
components including rectifiers, converters, and distribution modules via a multi-drop RS485 digital
communications bus. System status, parameters, settings, and alarm thresholds can be viewed and
configured from the controller’s front panel display. Assignment and configuration of alarm inputs and
output relays can be performed from a laptop computer connected to a local RS-232 or Ethernet port, or by
remote access is through a network connection to the World Wide Web (internet) or your enterprise
network (intranet). An optional modem is also available.
This section describes the controller features, functions and alarms from perspective of a user utilizing the
front panel display. All these features are available through the remote interfaces including EasyView™ and
Web pages served by the controller. EasyView™ is the graphic user interface (GUI) Lineage Power provides
for local serial port or remote MODEM access available on the web site. It supports all Lineage Power
controllers and has been around for many years and will not be discussed in detail. The web interface and
front panel will be the interfaces of choice. This section focuses on describing the controller from the front
panel perspective since it is the most available interface and requires no PC or computer hardware. The
items contained in the front panel are applicable to respective feature implementations in the web pages.
Figure 5: Front Panel Display
The Pulsar Front Panel display in Figure 5 shows the front panel display for a system with both rectifiers and
converters. The display (V1 versus V2) correlates with test jacks. The large font indicates the “Primary” or
rectifier dc bus; the smaller font shows the “Secondary” or converter dc bus. The controller will
automatically determine the appropriate fonts and test jack designations.
For systems with no converters only a single voltage/current pair will be displayed on the front panel along
with the correct test jack association. The other test jack will be unused and will have near zero voltage.