Circutor AFQevo, Instruction Manual

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Instruction Manual
AFQevo
Note:
The communication cable must be a CAT 5 cable or higher. Maximum cable length 3
metres.
5�- Configure the installation in the “ master ” device (see
“7.- CONFIGURATION”
).
6.-
Co mplete the configuration of the “
slave
” devices (see
“7.- CONFIGURATION”
).
3�8�2�- CONNECTING CABINETS
Note: The 200 A ( AFQe-xxx-200C ) devices are composed of 2 100 A devices in parallel. They
are connected and configured in parallel in the factory.
To connect multiple cabinets in parallel, follow these steps:
1�- Select the cabinet that is to contain the “ master ” device.
2.-
Connect the “
master
” cabinet. The current transformers are only connected to the “
master
”
cabinet.
3.- Connect the “ slave ” cabinets.
4�-
Note: All devices with ID number higher than 804x00400 (see device label) are delivered with
a bus terminator plugged to IN terminal. There must be only 2 bus terminators in the parallel
communications line, one plugged to the IN terminal of the “ master ” device, and the other
plugged to the OUT terminal of the last device of the bus.
In order to guarantee the communication between devices, it is mandatory to unplug the bus
terminators of the devices between master and last slave.

100 A “ master ” cabinet :
Connect the OUT terminal from the “ master ” cabinet to the IN terminal from the “ master ” de-
vice of the following cabinet, and the
OUT
terminal from the final “
slave”
device in this cabinet
to the IN terminal of the “ master ” device of the following cabinet, and so on (
Figure 28
).
Master
Slave Slave
(*) Connections already included in the cabinets
OUT
IN
2 3
IN
2
3
OUT
2
3
2
3
OUT
IN
2
3
IN
2
3
OUT
2
3
2
3
OUT
IN
2
3
IN
2
3
OUT
2
3
2
3
AFQe-xxx-100C
(*)
(*)
Figure 28:Connecting 3 devices in parallel, using the communication cable (100 A master AFQe)�