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APPLICATION NOTE
Rainbow Plus D-500 D-700 Usage Guide
PRODUCTS AFFECTED: D-500 / D-700
WRITTEN BY: Metin Hekimoglu
DATE: 02-10-2012
Issue 03
Related documents Rainbow Plus D-500 D-700 Installation Guide
Connecting the D-500/D-700 to PC
USB cable Module USB port connection
USB Device
Connector
USB A to B
Cable
PC USB port connection The module must be powered-up
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PC USB
Connector Power Supply
Connection
Data Connection Establishment
The RainbowPlus program must be installed to PC.
Please check Rainbow Plus D-500 D-700 Installation Guide.
The RainbowPlus icon is on your desktop.
Double click this icon in order to start the RainbowPlus program
The splash screen will come prior to
program execution.
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Below screen will open.
Select Tools>Connections menu.
Connections menu
From the Connection Manager screen select USB.
Then click Connect.
USB selection
Device address
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The connection status is announced in the bottom line.
If a controller is connected through the USB port, the connection will be detected and device
id and version will appear.
The connection status is
displayed at this line
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Configuring the D-500/D-700
Select Configuration tab, then click Read From Device
Configuration
tab
Read From
Device button
A progress bar will open. Wait until read complete.
Progress bar
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Use the menu system to edit parameters. You can use the slider ( ) or buttons for
parameter editing. You can also write directly the parameter value.
Up/Down buttons
Slider
When parameter editing is over, click Write To Device button. A progress bar will open.
Write To Device
button
Progress bar
When the progress bar disappears and buttons reappear the write operation is terminated.
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Monitoring the D-500/D-700
In order to start monitoring, click Scada tab.
Scada Tab
The overall monitoring screen will come. This screen presents a general overview of the
generating set. Buttons, leds and the mimic diagram are fully functional.
Use the menu system to view other screens.
Menu system
Menu system
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Remote Control of the D-500/D-700
The general monitoring screen features all buttons found on the controller.
Buttons, leds and the mimic diagram are fully functional.
The screen offers also an exact copy of the controller LCD screen. The screen navigation
buttons allow graphical monitoring as well.
Screen Remote control
navigation buttons
buttons
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Waveform and harmonic display
Select Harmonics tab.
Any available voltage or current waveform may be visualised like an oscilloscope. The
selection is made using the Harmonic Channel Selection tab.
The THD (total harmonic distortion) value and indivual values of each harmonic component
are displayed until the 31st component.
Y-axis sensitivity of both harmonic and waveform displays is adjusted by clicking and
buttons.
Waveform
display
Harmonic
distortion
display
Sensitivity
adjustment
buttons
Sensitivity
adjustment
Channel buttons
selection
The harmonic analysis is updated at regular intervals adjusted in Tools>Connections tab.
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Reading, displaying and saving event records
Select Event Log tab. Last 10 event logs are displayed.
Event Log tab
Event
Log tab
Read From Device button
Click Read From Device button. A progress bar will appear and the unit will read all events.
Wait until all event logs are read.
Progress bar
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When download is complete, all events are displayed. Use horizontal and vertical scroll bars
to display all values.
Click Write To File button to save the event log file to disk.
Scroll bar
Scroll bar
Write To File button
The default file saving directory is the same directory as RainbowPlus program.
Select another directory if required.
The default filename includes date and time. Change filename if required.
The saved file format is selectable as Excel-CSV format or text format. Select as required.
Change directory here
Select filename here Select file format here
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