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OPERATING MANUAL

RACK-MOUNT DC/DC CONVERTERS 

TPCMQ48/TPCMQ24 SERIES

www.unipowercorp.com

Manual No. TPCMQ-0904-2

© 2005 UNIPOWER Corp.

All Rights Reserved

UNIPOWER Corporation

TPCMQ-ManRevC-07-06-05

NORTH AMERICA • 3900 Coral Ridge Drive, Coral Springs, Florida 33065, USA • Tel:  954-346-2442 • Fax:  954-340-7901 • [email protected]

EUROPE • Parkland Business Centre, Chartwell Road, Lancing  BN15 8UE,  ENGLAND  • Tel: +44(0)1903 768200 • Fax: +44(0)1903 764540  • info@unipower-europe.

Manual No. TPCMQ-051209

TPCMQ-ManRevD-051209

©2009

Summary of Contents for TPCMQ24 SERIES

Page 1: ...IPOWER Corporation TPCMQ ManRevC 07 06 05 NORTH AMERICA 3900 Coral Ridge Drive Coral Springs Florida 33065 USA Tel 954 346 2442 Fax 954 340 7901 sales unipower corp com EUROPE Parkland Business Centre...

Page 2: ...al Speci cations 8 11 0 Safety and Industry Standards 8 12 0 Operating Information 10 13 0 Parallel Operation 11 14 0 Control Supervisory Signal Connections 14 15 0 Converter Module Connections 15 16...

Page 3: ...Q48 TPCMQ24 Series Module Mechanical Dimensions 9 4 Front and Back of TPCMQ Series Rack Shelves 9 5 Rated Output Current vs Ambient Temperature 9 6 Remote Sensing Connection 12 7 Parallel Connection o...

Page 4: ...the output The output voltage can be controlled by a remote analog input in the range 0 to 5V Each TPCMQ48 converter module produces 12 13 6 24 or 27 2VDC at 700 watts and each TPCMQ24 module produce...

Page 5: ...PCMQ DC DC CONVERTER SERIES OPERATING MANUAL 2 Figure 1 TPCMQ48 TPCMQ24 DC DC Converter Module and Rack Shelf Figure 2 Front Panel of TPCMQ48 TPCMQ24 DC DC Converter Module INPUT POWER GOOD LED HANDLE...

Page 6: ...Active Single Wire Load Sharing Integral Output ORing Diodes Hot Swappable Converter Modules Redundant or Non Redundant Operation LED Operating Indicators Control and Monitoring Interface Signals 3 0...

Page 7: ...opened altered or repaired by persons other than per sons authorized by the manufacturer or to products which become defective due to acts of God negligence or the failure of customer to fully follow...

Page 8: ...ase of any shipping damage investigation 6 4 Always save the packing materials for later use in shipping the unit Never ship the converter system without proper packing 7 0 FRONT PANEL DESCRIPTION The...

Page 9: ...and Logic LO Output Output Power Good Green LED and Logic LO Output ENVIRONMENTAL Operating Temp Range 20 C to 70 C Output Current Derating 2 5 C 50 C to 70 C Storage Temp Range 40 C to 85 C Humidity...

Page 10: ...tion If the converter module overheats internally it will automatically shut down The Output Power Good LED turns off the Output Power Good signal goes HI and the Overtemperature Warning signal goes H...

Page 11: ...rrent limiting begins at about 105 of rated output current LED Indicators The Input Power Good indicator is a green LED showing that input DC is present The Output Power Good indicator is a green LED...

Page 12: ...al Dimensions Figure 4 Front and Back of TPCMQ Series Rack Shelves Figure 5 Rated Output Current vs Ambient Temperature V ADJ 17 19 437 1 72 43 7 1 2 3 FRONT VIEW BACK VIEW TPCMQR1U3 48 BACK VIEW TPCM...

Page 13: ...his is found at pin 16 of the TPCMQ48 and pin 29 of the TPCMQ24 On the rack shelf the Remote adjust is found at J4 pins 12 24 25 for each module A zero to 5V input to these pins adjusts the output fro...

Page 14: ...se input and output signals 12 8 Alarm Signals Among the control and supervisory signals are three logic alarms Input Power Fail Output Power Good and Overtemperature Warn ing They are logic signals r...

Page 15: ...MANUAL 12 Figure 6 Remote Sensing Connection Figure 7 Parallel Connection of TPCMQ Rack Shelves Figure 8 Checking the Remote Adjust Input CONVERTER RACKS SHELF NO 2 CONVERTER RACKS SHELF NO 1 LOAD UP...

Page 16: ...helf in a non redundant mode as also seen in Table 13 1 However in this case if a converter module fails the load will lose power since only part of the required current can be supplied by the re main...

Page 17: ...odule Present 2 9 SDA 22 Module Present 3 10 Current Share 23 Sense 11 Sense 24 Remote Adjust 1 12 Remote Adjust 2 25 Remote Adjust 3 13 SCL NOTES Standby return is connected to Sense lead Current rat...

Page 18: ...ely from the rack shelf or in a user con gured rack shelf connections should be made to the hot swap con nector on the back of the module with the functions shown in Figure 9 for the TPCMQ48 and Figur...

Page 19: ...D GA2 7 Enable 20 5V Standby 8 Sense 21 Standby Return 9 Sense 22 Chassis Ground 10 Inhibit 23 Chassis Ground 11 Spare SDA 24 DC Input 12 Spare SCL 25 DC Input 13 Sense 26 DC Input CONNECTOR POSITRONI...

Page 20: ...pin is used to connect to Pin 10 of another identical converter shelf to share output currents Output currents between shelves are shared within an accuracy of 10 of full load current over a 50 to 100...

Page 21: ...ates the module is absent This signal is referenced to Sense Pin 23 Remote Adjust 1 Remote Adjust 2 Remote Adjust 3 24 12 25 These are analog voltage inputs to the designated convert er modules by whi...

Page 22: ...d by con verter module number are no 10 32 for TPCMQR1U3 48 and no 8 2 for TPCMQR1U3 24 Shorting bars are available for each rack shelf so that all three inputs are in parallel See data sheets in Appe...

Page 23: ...er power capacity and cooling For this test the load should be between 10 and 50 of the full load rating of the converter module 19 4 Connect a color coded twisted pair no 22 or 24 AWG from the remote...

Page 24: ...k shelf Connect a power load to the output high power resistor or electronic load in resistive mode to give 50 of the maximum output current for the non redundant mode of the modules shown in Table 13...

Page 25: ...put Good LED on Inhibit in OFF mode Make sure J4 Pin 1 Inhibit is not connected to Pin 23 Sense or to ground No output Output Good LED off Input Good LED on Shorted output Check for short and remove N...

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