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December 2008 / Multipurpose Contact Output / EN
1 GENERAL
INFORMATION
1.1
Use of this manual
Copyright © 2008 Mastervolt. All rights reserved.
Reproduction, transfer, distribution or storage of part
or all of the contents in this document in any form
without the prior written permission of Mastervolt is
prohibited.This manual serves as a guideline for the
safe and effective operation of the Multipurpose
Contact Output. Keep this manual at a secure place!
1.2
Guarantee specifications
Mastervolt guarantees that this product was built
according to the legally applicable standards and
stipulations. If you fail to act in accordance with the
regulations, instructions and stipulations in this
user’s manual, damage can occur and/or the
product will not fulfil the specifications. This may
mean that the guarantee will become null and void.
IMPORTANT: Additional warranty agreements, like
“Mastervolt system warranty” may contain
restrictions which forbid resetting of historical data
The standard guarantee period is two years after
date of purchase.
1.3 Liability
Mastervolt can accept no liability for:
•
consequential damage due to use of the
Multipurpose Contact Output;
•
possible errors in the manuals and the results
thereof;
•
Use that is inconsistent with the purpose of the
product.
CAUTION!
Never remove the identification label.
2 OPERATION
2.1 MasterBus
functions
The Multipurpose Contact Output operation is entirely MasterBus based. For information about MasterBus and
the MasterBus event structure, see www.mastervolt.com. The table below shows the relay functions.
Monitoring Function
Description
Factory settings
Range
State
Relay can be switched On (activate) or
Stand by
Stand by
Stand by/ Activate
Override
Change the state of the relay
Stand by
Activate/ Stand by
Configuration Function
Description
Factory settings
Range
Language
Set the Multipurpose Contact Output
menu language
English See
specifications
Device name
Any name you wish with 12 characters
max
DC Relay
12 characters max
1 sec pulse
Option to create a 1 second starting
pulse, needed for some generators
Off Off,
On
Min. runtime
Option to use a minimum run time
Off
Off, On
Min. runtime
Set the minimum run time if selected
15 minutes
15 min-45 days
Max. runtime
Option to use a maximum run time
Off
Off, On
Max. runtime
Set the maximum run time if selected
8 hrs
15 min-45 days
2.2
CSI for ChargeMaster
The Multipurpose Contact Output can be used as CSI (Charger Status Interface) for the ChargeMaster, switching
at charger failure. CSI configuration is done at the ChargeMaster under Configuration/ Events:
Event source
Event target
Event command
Event action
Failure DC
Relay
Activate Copy
On DC
Relay
Activate
Inverted
copy
