User Manual
AMETEK Programmable Power
BPS Series
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9.
Move the cursor to the GO TO VOLT field and enter 160.0
10.
Move the cursor to the DUR SCALE field and set this field to TIME. We will be entering delays in
time rather than cycles since this example was stated in ms.
11.
Move the cursor to the DURATION field and enter 0.033 seconds. Be sure not to enter 33 as this field
is specified in seconds, not milliseconds. The highest time resolution available for list transients is 1
ms or 0.001 s.
12.
Move to the END VOLT field and enter 0.0. We want the voltage to return to 0 Volt after the first
burst.
13.
Move the cursor to the END DELAY field and enter 0.067 for a interval delay of 67 ms. Notice that
we effectively combined steps 0 and 1 from Figure 5-29 into a single list event.
14.
If you have an BPS Series AC source, move down to the FUNCTION field and use the knob to select
SINE. The knob will allow you to scroll through all available wave shapes in the active WAVE
GROUP. If you have a –1 or -3 standard controller, this field will not be visible.
15.
Move the cursor to the REPEAT field and enter 0. This means this event will be executed once and
not repeated. Do not confuse this event level repeat capability with the entire list level repeat field,
which we will use later.
16.
Move the cursor down to the EVENT # field and enter a number from 1 through 99. The transient list
will be executed in order of event number. Leaving a gap between event numbers allows you to insert
events at different places later in the sequence. Deleting events is always possible regardless of the
event number. For the purpose of this exercise, we will start with EVENT # 5. Enter 5 and press the
ENTER key. This brings you back to the TRANSIENTS menu.
17.
Repeat steps 6 through 16 two more times using 120 V, 83 ms and 80 V, 150 ms as values for
EVENT # 10 and EVENT #15.
18.
Once you have programmed these three events, move the cursor in the TRANSIENTS menu to the
START/VIEW SEQUENCE field and press the ENTER key. This will get you to the START/VIEW
TRANSIENT SEQUENCE menu from which you can run transient programs. This screen shows all
available events in the transient list on the right hand side. If more than five events are programmed,
you can scroll through the list using the UP and DOWN arrow keys. To edit an existing event, move
the cursor to the relevant event number and press the ENTER key.
19.
Move the cursor to the REPEAT #0 field and enter 1. This will cause the transient program to repeat
once and thus run two times total. Do not confuse this global list level repeat capability with the list
event level repeat field we skipped in step 15.
20.
Make sure the output relay is closed using the OUTPUT ON/OFF key. If you start a transient program
with the relay open, an error message will appear.
21.
Move the cursor to the START field and press the ENTER key. The transient program you just
created will execute two times. If you have an oscilloscope connected to the output, you may be able
to see the output voltage change per Figure 5-29.
