OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
ECON-A-4C/A/S/M
Page 1: ...OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS ECON A 4C A S M ...
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Page 3: ...ON A ECON A 4C or ECON S 10 3 Manual Controller All models 11 0 Setting Procedure 12 0 Parameter Mode 12 1 System Parameter 12 2 Generator Parameter 12 3 AMF Parameter 12 4 Protection Parameter 12 5 RS 485 parameters 12 6 Reset Service Alarm 12 7 Adjust Clock 12 8 Reset Password 13 0 Model Selection Chart 14 0 Load Management 15 0 Event Recording 16 0 Faults 16 1 Internal Faults 16 2 External Faul...
Page 4: ...rent protection This manual has to be read along with the controller selected and all the features may not be available in all the models Display 128 64 pixel graphial backlit LCD for ease of readout and symbolic representation Cyclic Timer based Engine Operation Maximum engine on time as well as rest time are programmable Fan Current monitoring for canopy fan Optional Menu driven MM1 for easy in ...
Page 5: ...Pressure Fuel Level RPM Run Hour Service Due Hour Protection Supervision Mains Under Over Voltage Under Over Frequency Phase Sequence Voltage Unbalance Overload Protection Supervision DG Under Over Voltage Under Over Frequency Current Unbalance Over Speed RWL LLOP HWT LFL Charging Alternator V belt Emergency off Service Due Fail To Start Fail To Stop Digital Input 10 digital 3 fixed 4 programmable ...
Page 6: ... open sensor is detected Programmable crank cut off method based on either voltage built up or oil pressure build up voltage built up 3 0 Display Front Panel 128x64 pixels Graphical LCD Display for ease of readout Parameters are displayed in English along with symbolic representation Normally the display auto scrolls and displays a parameter for 10 seconds but any time the Next key can be pressed ...
Page 7: ...d to DG Reset Reset key resets the Hooter and Fault signals The first press shall reset the hooter and next shall reset the faults A long press of 1 Sec shall reset both Programming History Fault Mode Entry If both the keys are pressed simultaneously the unit will enter in Programming Mode History Fault Service Hours MCB In Manual Mode this toggles the mains contactor On Off GCB In Manual Mode this...
Page 8: ...ched on while the reset switch is pressed all the LEDs start blinking till reset switch is kept pressed This state shall persist till the switch is kept pressed and on release of the switch ECON shall start functioning normally 7 0 Digital Input ECON has 10 digital input as below Fixed Inputs Remote Start Remote Stop Semi Auto Emergency Programmable 4 inputs each can be programmed as one of the fo...
Page 9: ...to starts the generator after the following conditions are meet 1 If engine start delay is enabled than the engine will wait for the programmed delay before cranking the engine 2 In case the mains voltage returns to normal before cranking the engine the engine shall not be cranked Heater Fuel Pump contact are switched on depending upon their settings Heater choke glow plug is first switched followe...
Page 10: ...t does not automatically starts the engine after the mains has failed and mains supervision timer has expired but waits for an external start signal pin 29 Remote Start Stop Once the start signal is given the unit now functions like auto mode with 3 crank attempts The unit can be stopped by pulling low Pin 29 Remote Stop Both Remote start and remote stop are one touch and hence should not be conti...
Page 11: ...ed by the operator The engine and Alternators are protected while the engine is running RTC Based operation In ECON M ECON S and other models when used as manual controller the RTC based start stop can be activated If activated the engine can be made to automatically start at a given time of the day and stop at a predefined time 11 0 Setting Procedure How to Enter in Parameter Mode Press Next Reset...
Page 12: ...ress Next Switch To go to next menu press Start Switch the LCD shall display Display Start Stop To View Display Start Stop mode press Next Switch To go to next menu press Start Switch the LCD shall display Reset Service Alarm To enter Reset Service Alarm mode press Next Switch The LCD shall display Press START to Reset Press STOP to ESC The unit shall ask for confirmation to reset the service hours...
Page 13: ...single phase or vice versa or three phase mains and DG or single phase mains and DG M 3P G 1P AMF M 3P G 1P AMF M 3P G 3P AMF M 1P G 1P MANUAL1P MANUAL 3P AUTO STOP 1P AUTO STOP 3P Solenoid Type Pull To Start In this mode fuel solenoid contact changes from Open to Close at the time of cranking and remains close till the genset is running For stopping the generator this contact opens Pull To Stop I...
Page 14: ...p Sensor Select the installed sensor for Oil Temp Type A Type A Type B M M MNEPL VE TMTL AIR 1C TMTL AIR 3C TMTL WATER HUAFANG TATA GC VDO GC MURPHY Disabled Sensor Open User can select the action to be taken in case of sensor open it can be configured as a fault or as warning or no action to be taken i e disable Disabled Disabled Fault Warning CT Ratio Current Transformer ratio 1 1 9999 Gen RPM En...
Page 15: ...g On expiry of the timer the generator is stopped 50 1 9999 Over Load Delay This is the timer for the over load condition either due to over KW or over current On expiry of this timer the engine shall be stopped 5 Sec 1 999 Sec Digital Input 1 This can be configured for one out the listed below Parameters RWL Oil Level Oil Temperature Canopy Temperature RWL RWL Oil Level Oil Temperature Canopy Temp...
Page 16: ...il Level Oil Temperature Canopy Temperature Digital Input 7 This can be configured for one out the listed below Parameters Fuel Warning Oil Level Oil Temperature Canopy Temperature Earth Fault Earth Fault Oil Temperature Oil Level Digital input 1 polarity Normally open Open contact is healthy Normally close Close contact is healthy Normally open Normally closed Normally open Digital input 2 polarit...
Page 17: ...act is healthy Normally open Normally closed Normally open Digital input 5 polarity Normally open Open contact is healthy Normally close Close contact is healthy Normally open Normally closed Normally open Digital input 6 polarity Normally open Open contact is healthy Normally close Close contact is healthy Normally open Normally closed Normally open Digital input 7 polarity Normally open Open con...
Page 18: ...d on frequency fault 65Hz 25 70Hz Disable Generator U F Min permissible Generator frequency below this the Generator frequency is treated unhealthy the Generator is stopped frequency fault 45Hz Disable 25 70Hz Gen Freq Delay Duration for which Generator Over Under frequency condition can be tolerated before stopping the Generator This setting is not available if 4 5 are disabled 5 Sec 1 999 Sec Cu...
Page 19: ... below this limit the contact is de energized after the programmed supervision time 8 1 9999 KVA Warning Delay The supervision time for the above 2 parameters 5 1 999Sec Choke Pre time Keep the choke for this time before the engine has started Disable Disable 1 999 Sec Choke Post time Keep the choke for this time after the engine has started Disable Disable 1 999 Sec Pump Pre Time Activate the Pum...
Page 20: ...n be tolerated before starting the Generator 10 1 999 Sec Mains O F Max Permissible Mains frequency above this frequency the Mains is treated unhealthy Generator is started 65Hz 40 70Hz Disable Mains U F Min permissible Mains frequency below this frequency the Mains is treated unhealthy Generator is started 45Hz Disable 40 70Hz Mains Freq Delay Time for which the Mains frequency has to be unhealth...
Page 21: ...s is required in certain applications where immediate generator starting is not required but the mains contactors are to be protected This timer is automatically reset if during this duration the mains become healthy for Mains Restoration Delay Disable Disable 1 999 Mins Gen 0n Time Max duration for which the generator is allowed to work continuously Disable Disable 1 999 Mins Gen Rest Time If the...
Page 22: ...tor the contactor burns after chattering This can be avoided by enabling this protection If enabled the mains contactor shall drop if the mains voltage becomes unhealthy and the contactor will again engage after the mains voltage turns healthy Disable Disable Enable Mains Fail Some application require the generator to start on failure of one or more phases Other wants all the 3 phases to become un...
Page 23: ...ter the mains is healthy Disabled 1 999 Min Disabled s s Contact Type This setting is for units which have external change over The sections are change over external or contactors built in and controlled by ECON Contactor Change over Contactor 12 4 Protection Parameter Fuel Warn Level Monitoring value of fuel level below which fuel level warning is generated 25 Disable 11 80 Fuel Warn Delay Monito...
Page 24: ...p Trip Level Monitoring value of Oil temperature below which Oil Temp trip is generated 90 40 250 Disabled Oil Temp Trip Delay Monitoring time of Oil temperature after which Oil Temp trip is generated 5 Sec 1 999 Sec D1 D7 Input Delay Delay for 7 programmable digital inputs Digital input are explained above 5 sec 1 999 Sec Chg Alt V Belt Delay Duration for which the V Belt signal should be continu...
Page 25: ...ll enable Auto Scroll of display OFF No scroll and next parameter can be viewed by pressing next switch ON ON OFF Battery UV Warning Min permissible battery voltage below this the voltage is treated unhealthy warning is generated Disabled Disabled 9 35V Battery OV Warning Max permissible battery voltage above this the voltage is treated unhealthy warning is generated Disabled 9 35V Disabled N 12 5...
Page 26: ... can be easily entered 00 00 00 00 DD MM YYYY 12 8 Reset Password Three digit password protection for system settings Password can be change easily This parameter can be disabled while programming These Parameters are model dependent Note To save the parameter switch of and switch on the controller 13 0 Model Selection Chart Model AMF Mode Manual Mode Auto Stop Mode D5 D7 Input Oil Temp Sensor ECO...
Page 27: ...lts which do not need any external signals and are detected by the system itself They are Generator Fails to Start Generator Voltage Unhealthy Generator Frequency Unhealthy Generator over Speed Generator Fails to Stop Over Load 16 2 External Faults Those faults which cannot be sensed by the unit itself these faults are not reflected by the generator voltage and are to be provided externally They ar...
Page 28: ...Y 7 CT R 8 Sensor Oil Temp 9 Sensor LLOP 10 Sensor HWT 11 Sensor Fuel 12 V DG N 13 V DG B 14 V DG Y 15 V DG R 16 V Mains N 17 V Mains B 18 V Mains Y 19 V Mains R 20 NC 21 NC 22 NC 23 D Input 4 24 D Input 3 25 D Input 2 26 D Input 1 27 Emergency 28 SemiAuto 29 R Start Stop 30 Programmable Output 3 18 0 Terminal Numbers ...
Page 29: ... 27 31 Programmable Output 2 32 Programmable Output 1 33 Hooter 34 Solenoid 35 Crank 36 GCB 37 MCB 38 Chg Alt Contact 39 Battery ve 8 35 V DC 40 Battery ve 41 Sensor ve 42 D Input 5 43 D Input 6 44 D Input 7 45 D RS485 46 D RS485 ...
Page 30: ...Operating Instructions Page 28 Connect the wires as per the labelling done in back sticker ...
Page 31: ...rement Accuracy Voltages Current 1 of Reading Power Energies 2 of Reading Surge 1 2 50Usec 2 5KV Battery Voltage 9 35 V DC DC Interruption time 0 4 Sec Cut out Dimensions 155mm X 117mm Depth 41 8 mm Digital Input Level Battery Voltage Negative Digital Output Battery Voltage Negative ...
Page 32: ... 20 0 Dimensions ...
