Rev. 2.

User Manual CX plus

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 General safety notes
Failure to observe the following instructions may result in
serious injury or death!
There is a risk of electric shock during installation! Therefore, electrical devices
may only be installed, operated, serviced and maintained by qualified
professionals. A professional is someone who has the ability, experience and
knowledge required for the construction, installation and operation of
electrical equipment and who has been instructed in identification and
avoidance of possible hazards.

During installation and maintenance, the relevant regulations for the

installation of switchgear and accident prevention must be observed and
adhered to.

Devices with damaged or open housings or terminals must not be operated on

the power grid and must be disconnected immediately.

After disconnecting the device, 10 minutes must be waited until the capacitors
have been discharged. Subsequently, doors or covers may be removed. It must
be checked whether the disconnected area is voltage-free using a standardized
measuring instrument.

Ther BELUK GmbH assumes no responsibility or warranty for damage to

persons and equipment caused by improper installation and use.
Connection diagram: CX plus -12R

NOTE: The CX plus is designed to control capacitive or inductive stages.

Operating both stage types simultaneously is not possible.
Connection diagram: CX plus -12T

NOTE: The CX plus is designed to control capacitive or inductive stages.

Operating both stage types simultaneously is not possible.
Installation and commissioning
1) Before installation, the connection specifications of the CX plus must be
compared with the data of the power grid.
2) Disconnect the power supply and secured the working area against
unauthorized and unintentional reconnection. Check if the disconnected
area is voltage-free using a standardized measuring instrument. The
voltage-free system must be earthed and short-circuited. Neighboring live
parts must be covered and/or bypassed.
3) The current transformer must be short-circuited. A current transformer
which has not been short-circuited generates a life-threatening voltage.
This can lead to a destruction of the current transformer.
4) Insert the CX plus into the panel cut-out and fix it by using both fixing
clamps.
5) Connect the grounding cable to the intended terminal on the backside of
the device.
6) All cables must be connected as it is depicted in the connection diagram.
The terminal K of the current transformer must be connected to terminal
S1 and the terminal L to terminal S2.
7) Remove the short-circuit bridge at the current transformer.
8) The voltage can now be switched on.
9) If the device is connected correctly, the display will light up for one second
and all symbols will be displayed during a display test.
10) Now the First Setup can be started by confirming YES. The different
settings must be adjusted according to the power grid.
11) After a successful First Setup, the display shows AUTO. The control starts
after the set discharge time has been expired.
Frequently asked questions during commissioning
1) AUTO is not shown → control is switched off
Possible reasons: Manual operation activated; control is switched off;
temperature is too high; current is less than 5 mA; voltage or THD of the
voltage are inadmissible
2) U ALARM is shown → voltage is out of tolerance
Possible reasons: Nominal voltage (SETUP/Un) or voltage transformer
factor is set incorrectly (SETUP/Pt)
3) I Lo ALARM is shown → measuring current is smaller than 5 mA
Possible reasons: Connection from the current transformer to the
controller is incorrect; the current transformer jumper was not removed;
current transformer ratio is too large; no current flow
4) EXPORT is shown → reverse current flow
Possible reasons: If there is no real reverse current flow, the voltage or
current measurement is incorrect (phase, polarity)
5) Wrong cos ϕ is shown → incorrect connection
Possible reasons: Voltage or current measurement is incorrect (phase,
polarity)
6) Outputs are immediately switched off
Possible reasons: Stage sizes in the stage database are incorrect
7) Frequent switching operations
Possible reasons: Capacitor capacity have not been recognized yet
Display
AUTO or
no display: Measurement menu
INFO: Stage database
AUTO: Control is active (no menu item)
MANUAL: Manual mode
SETUP: Controller settings
ALARM: Alarm memory
NT: Target-cos ϕ 2 active
EXPORT: Reverse current flow
ALARM: Flashes if an alarm is pending

First line
1: Power factor cos ϕ / Menu item
1 2 2: Inductive i / capacitive c

Second line
1 2 3 1: Abbreviations
2: Measurement values / alarm codes
3: Units
Stage outputs
Stage status: On, off, faulty (flashing)
Stage data base: Selected stage flashes
Operation concept

1  Exit menu
 Move cursor to the left
 Reset alarm (push for 3 s)
2  Decrease value
 Select next value, menu or stage
number
3  Increase value
 Select previous value, menu item or
stage number
4  Open menu
 Move cursor to the right
 Accept value
Entering values
If a menu item has been entered, the first digit of the current value flashes.
Numbers can be increased or decreased by pushing the  and  keys.
The next digit can be selected by pushing the  key. In order to select the
previous digit, the  key must be pushed.
If the last digit (right) has been selected and the  key is pushed again, a
multiplier k (kilo) or M (mega) can be set using the  and  keys. To accept
the value and complete the entry, the  key must be pushed again.
If an entered value has not been accepted, or if another value is displayed after
an input, the entered value has exceeded or fallen below the threshold of the
setting range.
An entry can be canceled at any time by pushing the  key. Depending on the
actual position, the  key must be repeatedly pushed until the first digit (left)
is selected. Pushing the  key again exits the menu item without accepting
changes.
Main menu
A menu can be selected by pushing ; Submenus are entered with 
Measurement menu (Using )
Retrieve measured values

INFO – Stage database

Contains the reactive power, power losses,
amount of switching cycles and operating hours,
stage type of each stage
MANUAL – Switching stages manually
Switching stage outputs manually

SETUP – Controller setup

Show and adjust all controller settings

ALARM – Alarm memory

Show the last 10 alarm messages. The newest
alarm message is saved in location 1.
INFO – Stage database
Stages can be selected by  and entered by pushing . The selected stage
flashes. Using , the following information can be shown.
Current capacitor size
The reactive power value refers to the nominal
voltage

Capacitor size in percent

Current reactive power to nominal reactive
power ratio

Amount of switching cycles

Amount of completed switching operations

Stage type
AUTO: Stage is controlled automatically
FON: Stage is always on
FOFF: Stage is always off
Flty: Stage has been detected as faulty
Operating hours
Amount of operating hours
MANUAL – Switching stage outputs manually
In order to enter the MANUAL menu, the  key must be pushed for
3 seconds.
 to select a stage. The selected stage is
shown in the lower part of the display. A stage
is switched on or off by pushing the  button.
The MANUAL menu can be exit by pushing the
 key.
Important information:
 Only stages of the type AUTO can be manually switched.
 The discharge time is considerd in manual mode as well. After switching a
stage off, it is locked until the discharge time has been expired.
 The measured voltage must be within the set tolerance. If the voltage is
out of tolerance, every stage is switched off and cannot be switched on
again.
 As soon as the MANUAL menu is left, the control automatically starts
again.
SETUP – Controller setup
The Quick Start menu (100) and the Expert menus (200 – 800) can be entered
by pushing the  button. The latter one requires the input of a PIN code.
Un Nominal voltage
Ct Current transformer factor
Pt Voltage transformer factor
Ai Automatic initialization
The phase angle between voltage and current is determined and
which stage outputs are used.
PFC Control ON, OFF, Hold
Switching on, off or suspend the control
CP1 Target-cosϕ 1
Compensation target
St Switching time
Delay between switching different stages
Out Stage type AUTO, FON, FOFF, Flty
Stages are controlled automatically, are peramanetly on,
permanently off or detected as faulty. AUTO, FON and FOFF can be
adjusted and Flty stages can be reset.
Automatic initialization (Ai)
The Automatic initialization determines the phase angle between voltage and
current and detects which stage outputs are used.
The Automatic initialization can be activated in the SETUP menu
(SETUP/100/Ai or SETUP/207 = YES) and starts as soon as the voltage is within
the tolerance and the measured current is greater than 5 mA. The display
shows Ai run and the number of the active run. At the end of the Ai, the
function of the controller must be checked.
NOTE: The Automatic initialization is only possible in conjunction with
capacitive stages.
Due to load fluctuations, it may happens that the Ai does not correctly
recognize used stage outputs or is aborted. The latter one is displayed by the
error message Ai / Abrt. In this case, the control is stopped.
If the Automatic initialization is not successful after several attempts, the
correct phase correction angle must be set manually (SETUP/206). Moreover,
the stage types must be adjusted manually (SETUP/100/Out or SETUP/403)
and the control must be started again (SETUP/100/PFC or SETUP/310 = ON).
Automatic stage size detection
If stage detection is activated (SETUP/308 = YES), the CX plus determines the
size of the stages automatically during each switching operation. The detected
sizes are stored in the stage database. There, a stage power loss can be
monitored.
If the controller cannot detect a power grid reaction during the first three
switching operations, the stage type of the affected stage is set to FOFF and it
is not taken into account by the control.
NOTE: The automatic stage detection is only possible in conjunction with
capacitive stages. The use of inductive stages requires a manual input of the
stage sizes (SETUP/402).

Detect faulty stages

Stages whose size has already been adopted are classified as faulty by the
control system after three successive switching operations without a power
grid reaction. A new check is performed after 24 hours.
Faulty stages have the stage type Flty and are indicated by a flashing stage
symbol.
The cause of a faulty stage could possibly be a defective fuse, a defective power
contactor, a defective thyristor switch or a defective capacitor stage.
Most important Alarm and Error messages
U ALARM The measured voltage is out of the set tolerance.
I Lo ALARM The measured current is smaller than 5 mA.
I hi ALARM The measured current is higher than 6 A.
PFC ALARM The compensation target cannot be reached.
HArU ALARM The set THD voltage threshold has been exceeded.
HArI ALARM The set THD current threshold has been exceeded.
StEP/FltY ALARM At least one stage is faulty.
SPL/Nr ALARM The reactive power of at least one stage has fallen
below 75 % of the initial power value.
thi ALARM The second temperature threshold has been exceeded.
OPh ALARM The set operating hours of the controller have been
exceeded.
OPC/Nr ALARM The maximum switching cycles threshold of at least one
stage has been exceeded.
OPh/Nr ALARM The set operating hours of at least one stage have been
exceeded.
Ai/Abrt ALARM The Automatic initialization has been aborted due to an
error. The control is switched off.
Factory settings
SETUP/100 Quick Start open 304/ Target-cosϕ 2 if P export NO
Un/ Nominal voltage 400 V 305/ Switching time 10 s
Ct/ Current transformer factor 1 306/ Sw. time stage exchange 2s
Pt/ Voltage transformer factor 1 307/ Stage exchange YES
Ai/ Start Ai NO 308/ Stage detection YES
PFC/ Control ON 309/ Block faulty stages YES
CP1/ Target-cosϕ 1 1 310/ Control ON
St/ Switching time 10 s 311/ Control algorithm 1
Out/ Stage type AUTO 312/ Reactive power offset 0 var
313/ Asymmetry factor 1
SETUP/200 Measurement locked 314/ Switch off if Q is cap NO
201/ Nominal voltage 400 V 315/ Distribute sw. operations NO
202/ Current transformer factor 1 316/ Detect faulty stages YES
203/ Voltage transformer factor 1
204/ Voltage tolerance 10 % SETUP/400 Stage database locked
205/ Meas. connection U-LN 401/ Discharge time 75 s
206/ Phase correction angle 0 402/ Nominal stage size c 3 var
207/ Start Ai NO 403/ Stage type AUTO
208/ Sync. frequency AUTO 404/ Switch operat. counter 0
209/ Temperature offset 0 °C 405/ Operat. hours counter 0h
406/ Fan relay as stage output NO
SETUP/300 Control locked
301/ Control sensitivity 60 %
302/ Target-cosϕ 1 1.00
303/ Target-cosϕ 2 0.95 i
SETUP/500 Alarm locked SETUP/600 Reset menu locked
501/ Reset alarms manually NO 601/ Factory reset NO
502/ THD-U threshold 20 % 602/ Stage database NO
503/ Switch off stages NO 603/ Operating hours NO
504/ THD alarm delay 60 s 604/ Average power factor NO
505/ Stop control if I=0 NO 605/ Max. temperature NO
506/ Service alarm NO 606/ Alarm memory NO
507/ Max. OPc stages 500 k 607/ Info firmware ---
508/ Max. OPh controller 65.5 kh 608/ Change password 242
509/ Max. OPh stages 65.5 kh 609/ Restart First Setup NO
510/ THD-I threshold 50 %
511/ Digital input logic YES SETUP/700 Modbus ---
512/ TEMP1 threshold 30 °C Baud rate 19.2 k
513/ TEMP2 threshold 55 °C Parity and stop bits EVEN
514/ Control alarm NO Slave address 1
515/ Faulty stages alarm NO
516/ Stage power loss alarm NO SETUP/800 System locked
517/ Flashing display NO 801/ Backlight during NO
518/ Digital input function CP2 Commissioning mode
519/ I-Low alarm suppr. YES/NO 802/ Backlight delay time 0.25 h
520/ Switch off active stages NO
if digital input alarm
521/ I-Low alarm YES
522/ I-High alarm delay 10 s
523/ Switch-off interval 60 s
Specifications
Voltage measurement / Connection: Single phase
supply: Range: 90 – 550 V AC, 45 – 65 Hz
Protection: Max. 6 A
Power consumption: 6 VA
Transformer factor: Adjustable 1.0 … 350.0
Current measurement: Connection: Single phase
Range: 5 mA – 5 A
Transformer factor: Adjustable 1 … 9600
Stage outputs: 6 or 12 Stage ouputs
Option -xxR Type: Relay, normally-open, potential-free
Supply: Common, max. 10 A
Swit. capacity per relay: 250 V AC / 5 A
400 V AC / 1 A
48 V DC / 1 A
110 V DC / 0.2 A
Type: Transistor, normally-open, open col-
lector output
Supply: Common, max. 1,2 A
Switching capacity per transistor: 100 mA /
8 – 48 V DC
Temperature NTC: Under the housing cover
measurement: Accuracy: +- 5 °C
Alarm output:
Default Type: Relay, normally-open, potential-free
Switching capacity: 5 A / 250 V AC
Option -nc Type: Relay, normally-closed, potential-free
Switching capacity: 5 A / 250 V AC
Fan output: Type: Relay, normally-open, potential-free
Switching capacity: 250 V AC / 5 A
400 V AC / 1 A
48 V DC / 1 A
110 V DC / 0.2 A
Digital input: Logic: Adjustable, High- or low-active
Input signal: 90 – 250 V AC
Service Interface: For service purpose only

Modbus:
Default Unassembled
Option -MB Protocol: Modbus-RTU
Interface: RS485
Common-mode range: -7 – 12 V
Differential-mode range: -12 – 12 V
Output current: -60 – 60 mA
Ambient temperature: Operating: -20 °C – 70 °C
Storing: -40 °C – 85 °C
Humitdity: Range: 0 % – 95 %
Condensation: Not allowed
Overvoltage category: 300 VLN / 519 VLL  CAT III
519 V – 550 V  CAT II
Degree of contamination  2
Standards: IEC 61010-1, IEC 61000 6-2,
IEC 61000 6-4: Level B, IEC 61326-1, UL 61010
Compliance and Listing: CE, c NRTL us (c UL us), EAC

Connections: Type: Screw terminals, pluggable

Cross section: Max. 4 mm2
Housing: Front: Plastic housing (UL94 V-0)
Back: Metal cover
Protection class: Front: IP41
Back: IP20
Weight: Approx. 0,6 kg

Dimensions: Device: H x B x T: 144 x 144 x 58 mm

Cut-out: H x B: 138 (+0,5) x 138 (+0,5) mm
Notes