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ISO 9001:2000
CTS Series - Modular System Components
Note: Specications are subject to change without notice. Specications are warranted over an ambient temperature range of 25°± 5° C. Unless otherwise noted, specications are per phase for a sinewave with a
resistive load and apply after a 30 minute warm-up period. For three phase congurations, all specications are for L-N. Phase angle specications are valid under balanced load conditions only.
AC Power Source
Available in a choice of power levels ranging from 1250 VA to > 45,000
VA, the CTS Systems covers the complete range of single and three
phase products that require testing to conform with existing and
pending IEC standards. All iX Series AC sources meet IEC requirements
for low voltage distortion and oer arbitrary waveform generation,
precision measurements, and waveform analysis capabilities. Ac-
tual AC Source voltage distortion is measured in real-time during the
harmonics test and any distortion that could aect the test results is
clearly indicated.
All iX Series based CTS systems support full compliance testing for
several IEC 61000-4 AC immunity standards as well (certain options
may be required, see ordering information for details).
Direct PC Data Acquisition
A high-speed digital signal processor based data acquisition system is
used to implement the required IEC compliance measurement system.
Direct access to the PC bus ensures a much higher data throughput
capability than typically found in single box IEC test systems that use
either the IEEE-488 instrumentation, USB, LXI or RS-232 bus to com-
municate between the analysis instrument and the PC.
This high-speed acquisition system architecture stores raw data to the
hard drive and oers several features. It not only possesses the ability
to support future versions of test standards by merely installing new PC
software but it also greatly reduces the risk of product obscolescence as
test standards evolve. Furthermore, since the data is streamed to hard
disk in real-time, a complete data record is created each time which
may be used for audit purposes, data replay and further analysis or to
prove compliance to all the measurement requirements specied in
the test standard.
A special signal conditioning and isolation unit is used to provide
quick and easy connection between the AC source output and the
Equipment Under Test. This unit provides the required isolation, signal
conditioning and anti-alias ltering for the measurement system. The
equipment under test can be plugged in the front panel mounted
European style outlet (single phase systems only), or wired to a rear
panel mounted terminal block.
Harmonics Analyzer
A key part of the CTS system is the IEC compliant power analyzer which
provides detailed information on both voltage and current. Measure-
ments of both harmonics and interharmonics are made in real-time
with no measurement gaps to fully conform to the latest revision of
the IEC 61000-4-7 test standard. AC source voltage and EUT power are
monitored continuously during the entire test. Voltage distortion and
current harmonic data is checked against IEC class limits for pass or fail
detection. Comprehensive test reports can be generated easily.
Test limits are retained in a password protected database and can be
updated if needed in the future without the need to change software.
Other software changes as a result of changing IEC harmonics stan-
dard can be accomplished by simply installing new PC software. No
harmonics testing software resides in system rmware which would
require more costly eld upgrades.
Flicker Reference Impedance
An IEC61000-4-15 compliant icker meter is an integral part of the
CTS software. The required IEC 60725 compliant reference imped-
ance is implemented in the iX Series AC Source using programmable
output impedance. Programmable impedance oers improved ac-
curacy compared to a lumped reference impedance and the ability to
support dierent national standards without the need to switch out
lumped reference impedance hardware. A good example is testing
for compliance with the Japanese harmonics and icker standard,
which requires dierent impedance values to be programmed as
compared to the European test standard.
Optionally, a lumped impedance compliant with IEC 60725 or the Z-test
specication of IEC61000-3-11can be ordered for single or three phase
iX Series based CTS systems. For three phase CTS systems, a lumped
impedance option is recommended. The software can be congured
to use either impedance type during icker testing.
Model 15003iX-CTS 15 kVA three phase
test system shown in optional Cabinet
The 751iX/1501iX and 10001iX based CTS
versions and MX45-3Pi-CTS systems do not
support programmable impedance and
require option -LR2, LR4 or OMNI-3-75i for
icker testing.
The 1251RP-CTS system comes standard with
a lumped impedance which is integrated in
the PACS-1RP.
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