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PowerBox PBX 190

Manual

1 07/02/2019

Summary of Contents for PowerBox PBX 190

Page 1: ...PowerBox PBX 190 Manual 1 07 02 2019 ...

Page 2: ...1 Function Blocks 12 4 2 Utilities for placing and arranging of Function Blocks 14 4 3 Navigating through the configuration 15 4 4 Example Blower Control 15 4 5 Structuring of complex configurations 22 4 6 Utilities for navigating through complex configurations 24 4 7 Password protecting a configuration 24 5 First Upload of a configuration 25 6 Update of an existing configuration 27 7 The Powerbox...

Page 3: ... benefits from a 667 MHz dual Core Processor and a multitasking operating system allowing simultan eous executions of operations Please note that the maximum recommended current draw per channel is limited by the connector contacts wiring loom side not by Bosch PowerBox PBX 190s driver stages We have rated the individual channel s current draw in relation to the connector manufac turer s specifica...

Page 4: ... values an airflow of 2 m s over the PBX 190 housing is recom mended 2 2 Status LEDs Each LED on the PBX 190 has its own color code with different meanings The following table explains the different meanings Fail Off No error Red solid At least one entry in the error log Red blinking 2 Hz At least one active error present User Off Blue Controlled by functionblock User_LED Pow Off Power supply miss...

Page 5: ..._L 15 100 M HS_15A X1_M 15 100 N HS_15A X1_N 15 100 P PWM_15A X1_P 15 60 R PWM_15A X1_R 15 60 S PWM_15A X1_S 15 60 T PWM_15A X1_T 15 60 U HS_15A X1_U 15 100 V HS_15A X1_V 15 100 W HS_15A X1_W 15 100 X HS_15A X1_X 15 100 Y HS_15A X1_Y 15 100 Z HS_15A X1_Z 15 100 a HS_15A X1_a 1 15 100 b HS_15A X1_b 1 15 100 c PWM_15A X1_c 1 15 60 d PWM_15A X1_d 1 15 60 e PWM_15A X1_e 1 15 60 f PWM_15A X1_f 1 15 60 ...

Page 6: ...25 Connector X4 6 Pins 8STA6 16 06SA Pin Signal Cont A Peak A A HS48V_25A X4_A 25 100 B HS48V_25A X4_B 25 100 C HS48V_25A X4_C 25 100 D HS48V_25A X4_D 25 100 E Supply up to 48 V for X4 25 35 F Supply up to 48 V for X4 25 35 Connector X5 66 Pins 8STA6 18 35SN Pin Signal 1 Analog Input X5_01 0 to 5 V Pull up 2 Analog Input X5_02 0 to 5 V Pull up 3 Analog Input X5_03 0 to 5 V Pull up 4 Analog Input X...

Page 7: ...nect use for internal debugging 27 Analog Input X5_27 0 to 5 V Pull up 28 Digital Input X5_28 0 to 12 V Pull up Pull down 29 Digital Input X5_29 0 to 12 V Pull up Pull down 30 Analog Input X5_30 0 to 5 V Pull up 31 KL31 fused 32 SERCOS1 RXP 33 SERCOS1 RXN 34 do not connect use for internal debugging 35 do not connect use for internal debugging 36 Digital Input X5_36 0 to 12 V Pull up Pull down 37 ...

Page 8: ...ERNET0 TXP 10 100 Mbps 2 4 Supply Concept The battery supply of the device and the supply of all switches is done via X2 The best way to connect the PowerBox to GND is only using X1_p X1_q X1_r and X3_V GND cur rent is limited to 75 A KL31 fused pins X5_31 and X5_40 can also be used to connect the supply to the Power Box with GND This is only recommended when only highside switches and no internal...

Page 9: ...ommended to use an external fuse when using 48 V to be safe in case of a shortcut to GND For details using 48 V in PBX 190 please contact Bosch Motorsport 2 6 Current measurement Each Output stage has its own shunt resistor to measure the output current Here you can find an overview of the current measurement accuracy Measurement range Accuracy HS_15A 0 to 95 A 1 50 mA HS_25A HS_40A 0 to 190 A 1 1...

Page 10: ...own Thresholds Due to thermal or pin current overload there are several warnings and shutdown thresholds You can see an overview of these below Overcurrent Warning overcurrent X2 210 A for 0 2 s Shutdown overcurrent X2 240 A for 2 s Warning overcurrent X4_E and X4_F 55 A for 0 2 s Shutdown overcurrent X4_E and X4_F 70 A for 2 s Warning overcurrent over GND Pins on X1 and X3 75 A for 0 2 s Shutdown...

Page 11: ...f the PowerBox PBX 190 For the PBX Suite a personal license key is required This can be requested at order time of a PowerBox PBX 190 device or later by mail to LicenseMotorsport BEG de bosch com For evaluation purpose a 30 days limited setup is also available without needing a li cense The installation requires administrator rights Start the installation by running setup exe and follow the wizard...

Page 12: ...nables visual programming of the configuration of your PowerBox Start the program PBX Suite Click Structure Editor in the menu box on the left side 1 Click New 2 Select your PBX type 3 Load the corresponding PST file 4 Confirm by clicking OK 5 4 1 Function Blocks The key technology of the PBX Suite is the function block All functions of the PowerBox can be programmed and modified by using a string...

Page 13: ...on 5 Signal output Data type Integer Enabled for online view and export to RaceCon 6 Signal output Data type Float Enabled for online view and export to RaceCon As you will have realized in the steps 4 to 6 the system offers signals of three different data types Boolean Background color always GREEN Integer Background color always YELLOW Float Background color always ORANGE If function blocks are ...

Page 14: ...ead and the color of the symbol in the catalog both show the type of the function block blue for functions green for inputs red for outputs blue green red 4 2 Utilities for placing and arranging of Function Blocks At the Layout tab Rulers and Grid can be enabled or disabled several functions helping to align the Function Blocks are available ...

Page 15: ...shows an example how to program the function Blower Control with the PBX Suite The function shall start the cooling fan when the water temperature exceeds e g 90 C and stops it when the temperature falls below e g 80 C You ll reach it by setting Default to 90 and Hysteresis to 10 as shown in the following instructions 1 Start the PBX Suite 2 Click Structure Editor in the menu box on the left side ...

Page 16: ...creenshot 9 With double click on the selected function block you open the pin assignment wizard Select Input X5_10 from the pull down menu X5 is the connectors name and 10 is the pins name 10 The assigned connector and pin are part of the function blocks name shown in the headline of the function block Here it is X5_10 as you can see in the following screen shot Notice All function blocks can be r...

Page 17: ... context sensitive online help Here you find further information 11 Write Table in the text field of the Catalogue 12 Drag and Drop the function OneDLookuptable from the Catalogue onto the screen If you want to see the actual temperature in the Live Data later please enable the OneDLookupTable by setting Y to enabled red ring Therefore you click on the or ...

Page 18: ... red if activated Choose Event Enabled True in the Properties block as shown in the following screenshot 13 For more information about Live Data please see View Live Data 30 14 Double click on the function OneDLookuptable opens a curve and a table where you can fill in your sensor data 15 Write hyst in the text field of the Catalogue ...

Page 19: ...ysteresis_left function block will pop up as shown in the following screenshot 17 For setting the default values click the orange square left to Lim in the Hysteresis_left function block It changes color to red when activated Sign in the value 90 0 as De faultValue under Properties as shown in the following screenshot 18 Set 10 0 as DefaultValue under Hyst in the same function block ...

Page 20: ... field of the Catalogue 20 Drag and Drop the function Highside HS_25A from the Catalogue onto the screen The HS_25 function block will pop up as shown in the following screenshot 21 With double click on the selected function block you open the pin assignment wizard Select Output X3_B from the pull down menu similar to step 9 ...

Page 21: ...gratulations You have programmed your first function Further steps After creating the configuration you got the following options transfer and activate the configuration to the PowerBox PBX 190 with PowerBox Man ager follow the signal values with PowerBox Manager use the automatically generated prg file for RaceCon to measure record and ana lyze see also Integration to RaceCon 32 Please visit our ...

Page 22: ...elong to several Layers Layers are supported by the View Online Data of the Powerbox Manager allowing an easy filtering for the data of interest 4 5 2 Container 1 Select two or more function blocks 2 Right click on a selected function block to open the context menu 3 Select Create Container A Container block appears which is connected to the environment In the properties tab a description an image...

Page 23: ...e clicking the Container switches inside the container showing the included func tionblocks and the outside connections Navigation to the outside is done in the lower left corner A further outside connection can be generated by 1 Right clicking on an in or output port 2 Select Add Connector to Container ...

Page 24: ...r several functions assist for finding filtering tracing and selecting of Function Blocks in complex configurations 4 7 Password protecting a configuration Protecting a configuration with a password can be done by clicking the Button Save with password protection Enter the password and confirm it From now on the correct password has to be entered to open this configuration ...

Page 25: ...e to the Power Box 1 Connect your computer and the PowerBox via Ethernet 2 Activate your PowerBox 3 Start your PBX Suite and activate the PowerBox Manager by clicking on the button as shown in the following screenshot 4 After a short while the screen will show your device 5 Now you can transfer the config file Therefore right click on the device window and choose Send Config and Start ...

Page 26: ...port 6 Choose the configuration file which you want to put on your PowerBox In this ex ample it is named Primeconfig cfg Confirm with click on Open 7 The config file was put on the PowerBox and after an automatically restart the device window shows the name of the configuration ...

Page 27: ...erBox_PBX_190_Manual 27 40 6 Update of an existing configuration This chapter will show how to update a configuration 1 Click Project Configuration on Catalogue tab as shown in the following picture 2 Select the corresponding PST file 3 Confirm by clicking OK ...

Page 28: ... state 3 Discover Devices Used to assign in a double PBX system the 2nd PBX device a differ ent allocation 7 1 Switch between configurations This chapter will show how to switch between different configurations on your PowerBox 1 Right mouse click on the device window will open the menu as shown in the following screenshot 2 Click on Stop to end the active configuration 3 Click Start to choose the...

Page 29: ...owerBox_PBX_190_Manual 29 40 4 Choose the new configuration from the pull down menu here Secondconfig cfg Confirm with click on Start 5 The device will restart and after a short time the device window shows the name of the second configuration ...

Page 30: ... can see the entire Event enabled data on your screen Every in or output port of the Function Blocks checked for EventEnabled is represented as a row For output ports the current value is shown some with additional Description information For input ports it is possible to affect the operative value The result is controlled by the selected PoolingMode Various support for filtering the amount of dat...

Page 31: ...log contains at least one entry If blinking at least one active error entry is present Else only passive error s are present In the context menu select View Error Log to view the error log entries Besides the location and type further information are available To clear the error log click Clear Error Log in the upper left corner of the error log win dow ...

Page 32: ...nal export file for RaceCon is written It is suffixed by an _A or _B and the extension is PRG Drag Drop a PowerBox PBX 190 in RaceCon into the project and select this PRG file if asked for the program archive All the In and Output Ports of the configuration with EventEnabled set to True are now available and can be used for 1 Logger 2 Display 3 Measuring ...

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Page 34: ...9 FAQ 34 40 PowerBox_PBX_190_Manual Bosch Motorsport 9 FAQ You ll find an FAQ list on the PowerBox product site of bosch motorsport com ...

Page 35: ...ries and packaging should be sorted for recycling in an environment friendly manner Do not dispose of this electronic device in your household waste Waste electronic equipment must be disposed of properly according to Electrical and Electronics Act ElektroG and the European WEE directive ...

Page 36: ...osch Motorsport LIN devices included Support of other devices on re quest Real time ethernet Sercos optional 2 Inputs 18 analogue inputs 16 bit resolution switchable pull up resistors 10 digital inputs switchable pull up pull down resistors Outputs 4 high power channels up to 40 A parallel up to 80 A 10 high power channels up to 25 A 26 high power channels up to 15 A 4 high side channels up to 25 ...

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Page 40: ...Bosch Engineering GmbH Motorsport Robert Bosch Allee 1 74232 Abstatt Germany www bosch motorsport com ...

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