April 27, 2020
© S&C Electric Company 2003-2020, all rights reserved
Instruction Sheet 1011-540
BankGuard Plus
®
Control
Operation
Table of Contents
Section Page
Section Page
Introduction
Qualified Persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Read this Instruction Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Retain this Instruction Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Proper Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Safety Information
Understanding Safety-Alert Messages . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Following Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Replacement Instructions and Labels . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Safety Precautions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Control Hardware And Software
Applicable Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Hardware and Faceplate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Control Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
SCADA Communication Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Control Operation
Overvoltage Protection for Capacitor Banks . . . . . . 7
Protection for Reactors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Automatic Control Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Ungrounded and Grounded Wye Shunt
Capacitor Banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Ungrounded Wye Shunt Reactors . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Signal Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Generating Reports
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Saving And Loading Setup Configurations
Saving the Setup Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Loading a Saved Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Viewing IntelliLink
®
Software Without Data
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Using Snapshots (VM Files)
Saving Control Settings and Data to a Snapshot . . .18
Viewing (Connect To) a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Saving Changes Made to the Snapshot . . . . . . . . . .18
Generating a Report from a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . .18
Creating a CFG File From a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . .18
Updating Control Software
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19