Make sure you are on the ‘Setting’ mode. To get to this screen, press ‘H’ and ‘V/A’ simultaneously; the display selection mode will be activated and the screen should become blank. With the cursor flashing, press ‘P’ or ‘E’ to move the cursor to ‘Setting’. Press ‘V/A’ to enter the ‘Setting’ mode.
Figure 1: Parameter Selection Mode
- The cursor will be on 'SYS'. Press 'P' on this screen to move the cursor to the 'I/O' settings. Press 'V/A' to enter.
In the I/O parameter mode, you can choose the available modules attached to the meter. To do this, you can press:
- 'H' to return to the parameter selection mode
- 'P' to move the cursor downward and 'E' to move the cursor upward
- ‘V/A’ to select the module; this will enter the setting page for the I/O module that was selected.
Figure 2: Analog Selection Page
Note: M11 represents AXM-IO1-1 while M31 represents AXM-IO3-1. For IO2 module select 'M21'
- Press 'P' to get to the 'AO MODE' screen.
Set the AO Mode according to the module option. That is, you can only set the AO mode as 0-20mA or 4-20mA if you have the 'Current mA' AO option. If you have the 'Voltage V' AO option, then you can set the AO mode as 0-5V or 1-5V.
Figure 3: Module Selection Page
0: Represents 0-20mA, 1: Represents 4-20mA, 2: Represents 0-5V and 3: Represents 1-5V.
- Press 'P' to move to the 'AO1 SEL' screen.
- Select the parameter you will like to output through the AO1 channel.
- Press 'P' to move to the 'AO2 SEL' screen.
- Select the parameter you will like to output through the AO2 channel.
Figure 4: AO Selection Setting
The table below shows the 'AO1 SEL' and 'AO2 SEL' setting values and their corresponding parameters.
Setting Value | Transducer Parameter | Setting Value | Transducer Parameter | Setting Value | Transducer Parameter |
0 | Frequency | 1 | Va | 2 | Vb |
3 | Vc | 4 | Average Phase Voltage | 5 | Vab |
6 | Vbc | 7 | Vca | 8 | Average Line Voltage |
9 | Phase A Current | 10 | Phase B Current | 11 | Phase C Current |
12 | Average Current | 13 | Neutral Current | 14 | Phase A Real Power |
15 | Phase B Real Power | 16 | Phase C Real Power | 17 | Total Real Power |
18 | Phase A Reactive Power | 19 | Phase B Reactive Power | 20 | Phase C Reactive Power |
21 | Total Reactive Power | 22 | Phase A Apparent Power | 23 | Phase B Apparent Power |
24 | Total Apparent Power | 25 | Total Apparent Power | 26 | Phase A PF |
27 | Phase B PF | 28 | Phase C PF | 29 | Total PF |
By default the input range for the selected parameter used for Analog Output will be up to the maximum value for that parameter.
Parameter | Default Input Range |
Frequency | 45 - 65 Hz |
Volts An, Bn, Cn, Ln average | 0 - 480 V |
Volts AB, BC, AC LL average | 0 - 831 V |
Pwr Factor A, B, C, Total | -1 - 1 |
When using any of the three phase currents as the parameter to output, the following maximum value for that parameter is determined by the CT1 and CT2 settings.
Note: For meters with RCT, 333mV and mA current input take CT2 as 1. Current Input of Meter (CT2) | Default Input Range |
5A | 0- (CT1*10)/CT2 A |
1A | 0- (CT1*10)/CT2 A |
333mV | 0- CT1/(CT2*10) A |
RCT | 0- CT1/(CT2*10) A |
80/100/200mA | 0- CT1/(CT2*10) A |
When using the power parameters, the default input range value will be -|Max|, where the Max value can be obtained as:
Power Parameter | Default Input Range |
Watt A, B, C (kW) | -(V*I) -(V*I) |
Watt Total (kW) | -3(V*I) - (3*(V*I)) |
VAR A, B, C (kW) | -(V*I) - (V*I) |
VAR Total (kW) | -3(V*I) - (3*(V*I)) |
VA A, B, C (kW) | 0- (V*I) |
VA Total (kW) | 0- 3*(V*I) |
Note: By default 'V' will be 480 and 'I' will be the high end of the input range determined by the current input of the Acuvim II meter. For setting the Analog Output through the AcuView software please refer to "
How To: Configure AcuView Software for use with Acuvim II" and reference the "Analog Output (AO)" section.