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2  Safety Information 

2.1  General Safety 

  Carefully read this manual before using the instrument. 

  Use the instrument according to these instructions only. 

  Use the instruments only under environmental conditions described in the technical data. 

  Personnel assigned to use the instrument must have read this reference manual and fully understood the 

instructions herein. 

  The  instruments  may  only  be  operated  by  trained  personnel.  Any  maloperation  can  result  in  damage  to 

property or persons. 

 

The input voltage shall not exceed the values rated in the technical data. With this product, only use the 
power cable delivered or defined for the host country.   

  There is no guarantee if you exceed the values for your safety. 

  The power supply must be within the limits given in the technical data. 

  Always make a visual inspection of used equipment such as leads and clamps before use.  

  Use fuses (500mA) if you connect the instrument directly to voltage where no fuse is available or high short 

circuit power is given. 

  The product heats during operation. Make sure there is adequate ventilation. Ventilation slots must not be 

covered! 

 

When connecting to the banana plug sockets, only use cables with 4mm/0.16” safety banana connectors 
and plastic housing. Always insert plugs completely. 

  DO NOT insert objects into sockets or ventilation slots. 

  DO NOT open the instrument or remove a

ny of its housing components. Don’t carry out any modifications, 

extensions  or  adaptions  at  the  instrument.  If  instrument  is  opened  by  the  customer,  all  guarantees  are 
invalidated. 

  DO NOT use the system if equipment covers or shields are removed. 

  DO  NOT  use  the  system  in  rooms  with  flammable  gases,  fumes  or  dust  or  in  adverse  environmental 

conditions. 

  The  use  of  the  measuring  system  in  schools  and  other  training  facilities  must  be  observed  by  skilled 

personnel. 

  Please contact a professional if you have doubts about the method of operation, safety or the connection of 

the system. 

  Please be careful with the product. Shocks, hits and dropping it from already lower level may damage your 

system. 

  Do not switch on the system after transporting it from a cold into a warm room and vice versa. The thereby 

created condensation may damage your system. Acclimatize the system unpowered to room temperature. 

  Maintenance must be executed by qualified staff only. 

  DO NOT operate damaged equipment: Whenever it is possible that the safety protection features built into 

this product have been impaired, either through physical damage, excessive moisture, or any other reason, 
REMOVE  POWER  and  do  not  use  the  product  until  safe  operation  can  be  verified  by  service-trained 
personnel.  If  necessary,  return  the  product  to  NEO  Messtechnik  sales  and  service  office  for  service  and 
repair to ensure that safety features are maintained. 

  This  manual  is  to  be  supplemented  by  existing  national  safety  standards  for  accident  prevention  and 

environmental protection. 

  The instructions provided in this manual and the associated software and hardware manuals are considered 

part of the rules governing proper usage. 

  Observe local laws when using the instrument.  

  The use of measuring devices under CAT II, III or IV conditions can be dangerous! Under these conditions, 

only appropriately trained / tested / informed about safety precautions may take measurements (for safety 
categories see also technical reference manual). If a measuring device, a cable or an accessory of a lower 
category  or  voltage  is  used,  this  lower  category  /  voltage  applies  to  the  entire  group  (device  +  cable  + 
accessories) 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for PQA8000

Page 1: ...Page 1 of 76 USER MANUAL V1 9 www neo messtechnik com NEO Messtechnik GmbH Sonnweg 4 A 2871 Z bern Austria 43 2642 20 301 NEO Messtechnik GmbH All rights reserved...

Page 2: ...protected by copyright Reproduction adaptation or translation without prior written permission is prohibited except as allowed under the copyright laws All trademarks and registered trademarks are ack...

Page 3: ...3 3 1 Voltage Inputs 13 3 3 2 Current Inputs 13 3 3 3 Additional Low Voltage Signal Input 15 3 3 4 Digital Input Output 16 3 3 5 Communication Ports 16 3 3 6 Computer Interface 17 3 3 7 Antenna and Ba...

Page 4: ...sturbance Recorder 40 4 5 8 Phase Measure Unit 47 4 5 9 Display of actual values 50 4 6 Data Analysis 51 4 6 1 Settings 52 4 6 2 Graphs Time Series Data 53 4 6 3 FFT Data 57 4 6 4 Events Alarms Transi...

Page 5: ...ination with the internal battery pack the PQA8000 operates up to 3 hours without any external power source The PQA8000 offers multi device synchronization due to a highly accurate GPS clock available...

Page 6: ...igh capacity SSD 2 x 256GB max Sunlight readable multi touch screen LCD and HDMI port for external monitor Small and light case with rubber protection Versatile Power Quality software including analyz...

Page 7: ...gases fumes or dust or in adverse environmental conditions The use of the measuring system in schools and other training facilities must be observed by skilled personnel Please contact a professional...

Page 8: ...witch In addition provide a name for the workplace location and supervisor The power off device should be locked to a mechanical device All keys must be kept in a safe place If it is operated with the...

Page 9: ...ttery self discharges during storage Higher temperatures above 20 C or 68 F reduce the battery storage life If you start instrument after over discharge or you didn t use it for a long time the instru...

Page 10: ...compliant with the CE requirements EMC Directive 2014 30 EU Test Procedure EN 55011 2009 A1 2010 Group 1 Class A EN 61326 1 2013 EN 61000 3 2 2014 EN 61000 3 3 2013 EMI EN55011 Conducted Emission CE R...

Page 11: ...plastic LEMO connectors for Current Inputs on the top plate Furthermore one DSUB15 connector for low voltage signal measurement one DSUB9 connector for RS 485 communication and another DSUB9 connecto...

Page 12: ...r voltage measurement are on the left 6 LEMO connectors for current measurement sensors are on the right side DSUB15 for additional low voltage analog signal input DSUB9 for RS 485 CAN2 0 and DIO are...

Page 13: ...g on the hardware the channels are assigned to different Analog Input AI channels 3 3 2 Current Inputs For current measurement via sensors 6 LEMO connectors are placed on the right top side of the dev...

Page 14: ...g the following pin assignment Depending on the hardware the channels are assigned to different AI channels Pin Signal PQA8000H 1 Signal Signal 2 Signal Signal GND 3 FGND FGND 4 NC Rogowski 5 TEDS TED...

Page 15: ...t measurement So you just should either use the 6th current input or AI 2 of the DSUB 15 connector This connector is often used for connection of additional signals like pyranometer weather sensor tem...

Page 16: ...e fully synchronized to the analoge input data voltage current additional AI It offers 12VDC for power supply if needed Pin Signal Description 1 DO0 Isolated digital output 0 2 DO1 Isolated digital ou...

Page 17: ...eld 3 TMDS data 2 4 TMDS data 1 5 TMDS data1 shield 6 TMDS data 1 7 TMDS data 0 8 TMDS data0 shield 9 TMDS data 0 10 TMDS clock 11 TMDS clock shield 12 TMDS clock 13 CEC 14 NC 15 DDC clock 16 DDC data...

Page 18: ...on modem antenna option can be installed inside Battery indicator LED 3 3 8 Fan Three Fans for internal heat control are located on the right side Two fans input the cold air while the third outputs t...

Page 19: ...Page 19 of 76 3 4 Status LED The status LED is located on the upper right side of the upper plate LED Status Description Green Standby for measurement Green blinking Measuring and storing...

Page 20: ...he instrument version the 3U3I 1U1I config PQA8000 or the 3U3I 3U3I config PQA8000M PQA8000P will be applied In the software you can switch between the systems with this button The button is either lo...

Page 21: ...tage and 4x Current measurement 3U3I 1U1I Configuration for two different power systems Example 1 1x 3 Phase AC and 1x DC Example 2 1x 3 Phase AC 50Hz and 1x 1 Phase AC 16 7Hz 3U3I 3U3I Configuration...

Page 22: ...l The Summary panel shows the current setup values of the device and is the easiest way to configure the instrument for your application It summarizes all configurations for Wiring Frequency Limits Us...

Page 23: ...a fundamental frequency 1 After selecting the fundamental frequency click the Apply button 2 4 2 2 Basic Wiring Setup To select a wiring type click Wiring button in Summary panel 1 Alternative Navigat...

Page 24: ...se parameters the measurement is restarted If data is currently stored the change of these settings is disabled The System selection allows to setup these setting to actual system only or to all syste...

Page 25: ...Page 25 of 76 STAR Y Connection Select 3xUph 3xl in the wiring setup and connect the cables according to the picture below 1...

Page 26: ...Page 26 of 76 STAR Y N PE Connection Select 3xUph 3xl N in the wiring setup and connect the cables according to the picture below 1...

Page 27: ...Page 27 of 76 Delta Connection Select 3xUline 3xl in the wiring setup and connect the cables like below picture 1...

Page 28: ...Page 28 of 76 Single Phase Connection Select 1xUph 1xl in the wiring setup and connect the cables like below picture 1...

Page 29: ...choose to create multiple profiles with different settings USER and PROJECT can be used for differencing the data storage For every user project the measured data are stored into different folders 1 2...

Page 30: ...ging interval Power Quality will be calculated each 10 minutes according to international standards Digital Inputs will be stored at each change of state 1 Enabled disabled button 2 Name of measuremen...

Page 31: ...ulti system instruments Click Apply button to apply changes to instrument or Revert button to revert changes 8 To stop storing just Disable storing 1 and Apply changes 8 Storing Options Harmonic U I H...

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Page 33: ...ame of measurement 3 Place 4 Description 5 Begin End Type of storing 6 Begin and End time for storing 7 System selection actual system or all systems 8 Apply and Revert buttons How to setup storing In...

Page 34: ...kHz Supraharmonics in 2kHz bands up to 68kHz 1 2 3 4 1 Displayed values voltage current active power reactive power or apparent power 2 Buttons for zoom or unzoom in the graph and for move through all...

Page 35: ...m This options will always show from Min to Max value if this option is enabled other zoom options will be disabled 4 5 3 Vector Scope Navigation Vectors The Vectors panel displays actual 3 phase vect...

Page 36: ...lows showing a wide range of measured parameters instant values in different table sets or customized tables with selected quantities Displayed values can be selected either from basic quantities volt...

Page 37: ...utton to cancel 4 5 5 Multi Chart Navigation Advanced Multichart Multi Chart panel allows showing up to 4 different charts In Measurement mode the time interval can be set up to 1 hour For further and...

Page 38: ...id voltage changes statistics EN50160 events itself are displayed in the events list panel 1 Selection of view type complex events distribution RVC Events and RVC statistics 2 Select Flagged Not Flagg...

Page 39: ...39 of 76 1 1 Table with count of rapid voltage changes distributed by length and level 1 1 Table with rapid voltage changes statistics 1 Table with count of voltage events distributed by length and l...

Page 40: ...Period record and Raw Data record at limit violation The Events definition panel allows to define various trigger conditions The main screen of this panel displays a list of different event types Eve...

Page 41: ...uption Limit and the hysteresis can be defined For Rapid voltage changes the steady state rate of change min steady state difference and duration can be define Alarms Navigation Events Definition Alar...

Page 42: ...onic crosses defined limits and can be logged if storing of alarms is enabled Alarms can be configured for different voltage harmonics 2nd to 25th The evaluation time for all of them is 10 minutes See...

Page 43: ...of this event allows the setup of specific parameters of the signaling voltage like signal frequency start pattern and length 1 4 3 2 1 Signaling frequency 2 Start pattern length of logical 1 and logi...

Page 44: ...different quantities and the logical coupling between them logical OR or AND can be selected If the value changes the transient event is generated edge trigger and transients of voltage and current a...

Page 45: ...THD etc 200ms values 10 12 period values P Q S PF phi 200ms values 10 12 period values Frequency 1 period value Delta Frequency Delta between period values MAX U I Waveform Sampled values Delta Delta...

Page 46: ...Disturbances can be defined in Misc setup panel Menu Setup Misc Disturbances 4 5 7 2 Event Table Navigation Events List This panel shows a list of already captured events It displays up to the last 10...

Page 47: ...For PMU application a central software is needed which receives the data streams of the instrument For PMU measurements at least two PMU s needs to be installed For more details about principle and f...

Page 48: ...tity is being provided for each channel e g raw phasor or positive negative zero component Phasor name user can edit quantity name Limits low and high exceeding the limit is included as an information...

Page 49: ...712 but for network related reasons might be changed to another PMU station supposed to be unique name of the device this is one of the human readable parameters you can get when connected to PMU data...

Page 50: ...es info bar shows actual value of phase voltages or currents or active reactive and apparent power Switching between displayed values is done by clicking on actual values info area By clicking on the...

Page 51: ...Report new tool is the latest version of a reporting tool that will cover additional functionalities compared to the Report tool New power quality parameters like Supraharmonics will only be available...

Page 52: ...tions functions Another feature is the possibility to overlay data of different measurements The user interface is now aligned to the User Interface of the PQM SCADA solution 4 6 1 Settings In Setting...

Page 53: ...ure the Channel selection menu will appear Then select the System 2 and project 3 The treeview will enhance and show the different measurements Select the measurement 4 on the left side and check the...

Page 54: ...tion Time Interval Data Visualization 4 If you want to add additional channels just press Add again and select the quantities you want to add Key Feature You can also add data of multiple data files r...

Page 55: ...is activated Keep the left mouse button pressed and move over the selected area you want to zoom The data automatically will be reloaded for the selected time frame To Zoom Out press 3 The last Zoom s...

Page 56: ...zation 1 Up to four independent charts can be defined There are three different options available Single chart Multiple charts among each other Multiple charts 2 Charts in one row see picture After se...

Page 57: ...thmic Auto manual 3 X Axis in Harmonic orders or in Hertz Hz 4 Showing Min Max Values 5 Horizontal lines 6 Time Frame for additional FFT calculation The picture above shows visualization of Harmonics...

Page 58: ...he visualization screen When selecting the quantities 1 you can add the desired reference curve at Limits 2 The limits are shown as circles in the visualization For different graphs different limits c...

Page 59: ...e Min and Max Values can be shown in addtion They will appear as colored rectangles Recorder FFT By pressing Add data and selection of time series data you can add a recorder window to the FFT data Ke...

Page 60: ...all Events The list with all events is shown The list can be ordered by date time event type unit and phase 5 Links in the menu can also be selected de selected for the event type 6 For transients the...

Page 61: ...me selection 2 Axis 3 Multi Chart 4 In addition other parameters can be taken into account like derivate of voltage or current or frequency etc This is possible via Add 5 and selection of parameters a...

Page 62: ...160 IEC61000 2 2 IEC61000 2 4 IEEE519 FoL standards Other templates can be added by oneself or by NEO Messtechnik 2 Select time intervall Note Multiple data files can be analysed together 3 Analysis a...

Page 63: ...trema of voltage events the different events will be counted Voltage Harmonics The following FFT chart shows 95 quantil max and limit value of the voltage harmonics Event list All events are listed wi...

Page 64: ...C curve The ITIC curve is an additional visualization to show and classify events The events will be shown in different colors as points depending on phase Points outside the ITIC area can affect elec...

Page 65: ...or Events Raw Data for Transients 3 Select data file 4 Select transient respective parameters to export and time range Option 2 Export in visualization chart FFT Event Note this option will only expo...

Page 66: ...a report After opening report function via click on PDF the report generator screen will appear 1 Select one or more data files 2 Select one templates 3 Define time frame 4 Press Export PDF Afterward...

Page 67: ...w template via Add you can define a name for the template in the popup window The idea of creating templates follows a modular block system 1 First add a new block by pressing 2 Select one of the visu...

Page 68: ...d press confirm 7 3 Add new block 1 and select Graph XT 4 Select Voltage Urms 5 Select page style legend off on and line style 6 Phase selection 7 Confirm 8 Save Repeat the whole procedure and select...

Page 69: ...path of the installation folder If you use another directory you need to adjust the data path 3 in the settings of report tool see screenshot Option 2 Remote data transfer via Measure mode For this op...

Page 70: ...data of all sensors For all current sensors detailed technical information are found as well as accuracy specifications for different applications and use cases Measurement Software Manual Detailed in...

Page 71: ...Input 1 2 5 10 Gain Linearity 20ppm MAX Gain Drift Range 20ppm K MAX Offset Drift 6mV K MAX 26uV K MAX Input Resistance 10Mohm 10Mohm ADC Type SAR Data rate 1Msps MAX Filter Bandwidth 3dB BW Analog 51...

Page 72: ...ent Clamp 10Vp MAX Rogowski 2Vp MAX Analog Input 10Vp MAX DC Accuracy 0 05 FS 0 05 FS Gain Voltage 1 Current Clamp 1 2 5 10 Rogowski 1 10 100 1000 Integrator 50Hz 1 10 Direct Current Analog Input 1 2...

Page 73: ...ation Type CH GND 3kVp Isolation Schematic Buffer Input 1M Input Impedance Positive Trigger Voltage Adjustable 0 50V CH1 2 Negative Trigger Voltage Adjustable 0 50V CH1 2 Trigger Resolution 12mV EXT P...

Page 74: ...D Power consumption Typ 40W Weight 4 1Kg Size width x length x height 298 x 225 x 95 mm Temperature range Operating 0 C 60 C Storing 20 C 80 C 6 5 Scope of Delivery Besides the instrument the followin...

Page 75: ...on cycle This keeps the instrument within specification for the next calibration cycle and provides the best stability in the long run Before your instrument is delivered it is calibrated Detailed cal...

Page 76: ...d Analysis updates 11 01 2021 Version 1 6 EN50160 PQM Events Multisystems Export 22 02 2021 Version 1 7 PQA8000H 30 04 2021 Version 1 8 Events description 12 08 2021 Version 1 9 Report Generator Conta...

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