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DOC. MSE10166 REVISION N PAG. 1 All 2 3 4 5 All All All 65-66, 84

REV. 6.4.4 DESCRIPTION OF CHANGES DATE 09/21/2006 Issued release 4.1.1 11/30/2007 Issued release 5.0.1 02/10/2008 Updated for release 5.0.3 09/05/2008 Updated for release 5.1.2 VISA

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Bellotti Morandi Rossoni Rossoni

12/01/2008 Added Digital travel transducers options, and Rossoni new voices in the Result Men 5.2.5 12-13, 38, 20/02/2009 Added the new men item Save all files, Rossoni 43, 47, 56 corrected auxiliary inputs initial status labels, added Full Wave option for CBA 1000 analog input 6.4.4 Many 31/01/2013 Updated to the revision Lodi

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CBA PRO OVERVIEW .......................................................................................................... 6 PROGRAM MAIN WINDOW ............................................................................................... 7

2.1 THE CBA MENU BAR ................................................................................................................. 9 2.1.1 File Menu ............................................................................................................................ 9
2.1.1.1 2.1.1.2 2.1.1.3 2.1.1.4 2.1.1.5 2.1.1.6 2.1.1.7 2.1.1.8 2.1.1.9 2.1.1.10 2.1.1.11 2.1.1.12 Open Test Plan .............................................................................................................................................................. 9 Open Result ................................................................................................................................................................. 10 Save Test Plan ............................................................................................................................................................. 10 Save Result .................................................................................................................................................................. 11 Save in TDMS ............................................................................................................................................................. 11 Save All Files ......................................................................................................................................................... 13 Import COMTRADE .................................................................................................................................................. 14 Import from third parties formats ................................................................................................................................ 14 Import from USB Flash Drive (CBA 2000 only) ........................................................................................................ 14 Results Analysis...................................................................................................................................................... 15 Print ........................................................................................................................................................................ 15 Close ....................................................................................................................................................................... 15

2.1.2
2.1.2.1 2.1.2.2 2.1.2.3

Test Editor Menu ............................................................................................................... 16

Create Test Plan ......................................................................................................................................................... 16 Open Test Plan ............................................................................................................................................................ 16 Save Test Plan ............................................................................................................................................................. 16

2.1.3
2.1.3.1 2.1.3.2 2.1.3.3 2.1.3.4 2.1.3.5 2.1.3.6 2.1.3.7 2.1.3.8

Test Control Menu ............................................................................................................. 17

Download Pending Result ........................................................................................................................................... 17 Download Results ....................................................................................................................................................... 17 Delete Results ............................................................................................................................................................. 18 Download Pending Test Plan ...................................................................................................................................... 19 Download Test Plans................................................................................................................................................... 19 Delete Test Plans ......................................................................................................................................................... 20 Upload Test Plan ......................................................................................................................................................... 21 Upload Current Test Plan ............................................................................................................................................ 21

2.1.4
2.1.4.1 2.1.4.2 2.1.4.3 2.1.4.4

Options Menu .................................................................................................................... 21

Customize ................................................................................................................................................................... 21 Languages ................................................................................................................................................................... 27 Save Calibration .......................................................................................................................................................... 27 Upload Calibration ...................................................................................................................................................... 27

2.1.5 2.1.6
2.1.6.1 2.1.6.2 2.1.6.3

Window Menu .................................................................................................................... 28 ? Menu ............................................................................................................................... 28

About CBA Pro ........................................................................................................................................................... 28 Instrument Information ............................................................................................................................................... 28 ISA Web Site .............................................................................................................................................................. 29

2.2 THE CBA_PRO TOOLBAR ......................................................................................................... 29 2.2.1 Create Test Plan ................................................................................................................ 30 2.2.2 Open .................................................................................................................................. 31 2.2.3 Save ................................................................................................................................... 31 2.2.4 Connect/Disconnect Button ............................................................................................... 31 2.2.5 Download Pending Result ................................................................................................. 31 2.2.6 Download Pending Test Plan ............................................................................................ 31 2.2.7 Print ................................................................................................................................... 32 2.2.8 Test Start............................................................................................................................ 34 2.2.9 Stop Test Button................................................................................................................. 35 2.2.10 Zoom Button ................................................................................................................... 35 2.2.11 Zoom Horizontal Buttons ............................................................................................... 35 2.2.12 Zoom Vertical Buttons ................................................................................................... 35 2.2.13 Drag Channels Button ................................................................................................... 35 2.2.14 Reset Channels Layout Button ....................................................................................... 36 2.2.15 Overlap Coils ................................................................................................................. 36 2.2.16 Overlap Transducers...................................................................................................... 36 2.2.17 Overlap All ..................................................................................................................... 36 2.3 THE CBA STATUS BAR ............................................................................................................. 37 3

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TEST PLAN (FOR CBA 1000 INSTRUMENT) ................................................................. 38

3.1 TEST HEADER ........................................................................................................................... 39 3.1.1 Header ............................................................................................................................... 39 3.1.2 Parameters ........................................................................................................................ 40 3.2 TRIGGER OPTIONS ..................................................................................................................... 41 3.2.1 Coil Current ...................................................................................................................... 41 3.2.2 Internal Trigger ................................................................................................................. 41 3.2.3 Coil Command Reset ......................................................................................................... 42 3.2.4 Analog Input ...................................................................................................................... 42 3.2.5 External Trigger on SLAVE input ..................................................................................... 42 3.2.6 Auxiliary Input ................................................................................................................... 42 3.3 TEST OPTIONS ........................................................................................................................... 43 3.4 RECORDING OPTIONS ................................................................................................................ 46 3.5 BREAKER CONTACTS SETTINGS ................................................................................................ 47 3.6 AUXILIARY CONTACT SETTINGS ............................................................................................... 48 3.7 COILS SETTINGS ........................................................................................................................ 48 3.8 ANALOG INPUT SETTINGS ......................................................................................................... 48 3.8.1 Analog Input ...................................................................................................................... 49 3.8.2 Travel Transducer ............................................................................................................. 50 3.8.3 Pressure Transducer ......................................................................................................... 52 3.8.4 Current Clamp................................................................................................................... 53 4. TEST PLAN (FOR CBA 2000 INSTRUMENT) ................................................................. 54 4.1 TEST HEADER ........................................................................................................................... 55 4.1.2 Header ................................................................................................................................... 55 4.1.2 Parameters ........................................................................................................................ 56 4.2 TRIGGER OPTIONS ..................................................................................................................... 57 4.2.1 Coil Current ...................................................................................................................... 57 4.2.2 Internal Trigger ................................................................................................................. 57 4.2.3 Coil Command Reset ......................................................................................................... 58 4.2.4 Analog Input ...................................................................................................................... 58 4.2.5 External Trigger on SLAVE input ..................................................................................... 58 4.2.6 Auxiliary Input ................................................................................................................... 58 4.3 TEST OPTIONS ........................................................................................................................... 59 4.4 RECORDING OPTIONS ................................................................................................................ 62 4.5 BREAKER CONTACTS SETTINGS ................................................................................................ 63 4.6 AUXILIARY CONTACT SETTINGS ............................................................................................... 64 4.7 COILS SETTINGS ........................................................................................................................ 65 4.8 ANALOG INPUT SETTINGS ............................................................................................................. 65 5 7. MICRO-OHMMETER TEST ................................................................................................. 72 RESULT.................................................................................................................................. 75 6 PASS / FAIL .................................................................................................................................. 73 7.1 THE GRAPHIC RESULT WINDOW ............................................................................................... 75 7.1.1 The Graphic Panel ............................................................................................................ 76
7.1.1.1 Zooming and Resizing Channels Tracks ..................................................................................................................... 80

7.1.2 7.1.3
7.1.3.1 7.1.3.2 7.1.3.3

The Cursors Panel ............................................................................................................. 80 The right part of the display .............................................................................................. 80
Operation Page ............................................................................................................................................................ 81 Measurements Page ..................................................................................................................................................... 82 Pass/Fail Page ............................................................................................................................................................. 85

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Channels Options Page................................................................................................................................................ 86 Graphic Options Page.................................................................................................................................................. 87

7.2 THE RESISTANCE RESULT WINDOW .......................................................................................... 89 7.3 THE RESULT MENU ................................................................................................................... 90 7.3.1 The Result Menu of a Graphic Result ............................................................................... 90 7.3.2 The Result Menu of a Resistance Result ............................................................................ 91 7.4 COMPARING RESULTS ............................................................................................................... 91

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1.

CBA Pro Overview

CBA Pro software is a powerful application that provides connectivity with CBA 1000 or CBA 2000 instrument for Circuit Breaker analysis. The software performs various tasks, such as: Download of test plans defined on CBA 1000 or CBA 2000 Download of results (waveforms, transducers and micro-Ohmmeter measures) stored on CBA 1000 and/or CBA 2000 local memory Display of channels waveforms Calculation on data received from CBA 1000 or CBA 2000 Comparison of different curves on the same graph It also controls the instrument to: Upload a test plan defined by CBA Pro software Save or Upload the calibration values This program runs under Windows 2000 or later operative systems. Revision 6.4.4 incorporates the following new features. Added the tolerance, and the Pass-Fail message, on de-bounce duration and transducer speed. Added the possibility to create any test sequence (which is impossible on the test set in stand-by mode). This can be useful for the CBA type testing. The sequence can be interrupted with messages instructing the operator about physical interventions. Test reports can be now grouped in a single page, one phase at a time. Also the measurements list can be grouped, one per phase. Added in a window where the user can define up to 10 labels of the fields that can be printed in the result report. The values of each custom field can be set and then saved inside the testplan file and the result file (table Breaker Parameter) in the Test Header panel -> Parameters tab -> Custom Fields button. Results window: added five new buttons. Decrease Graph Height Increase Graph Height Overlap Coil Currents Graphs Overlap Travel Transducers Graphs Overlap all graphs.

Note: Windows is trademark of Microsoft Corporation

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2.

Program Main Window

In this chapter well describe the main window of CBA Pro application.

As you can see, the CBA window is composed by three main controls: 1. A Menu Bar on the top of the window 2. A moveable Toolbar with the most used commands 3. A Status Bar to display several messages and to visualize the CBA connection status

At the top the standard icons for Windows available in order to reduce to icon, resize or close the program. It is possible to open more than one Test Plan or Results window and to switch from one to the other by selecting it.

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2.1

The CBA Menu Bar

In this chapter well describe the menus that can be found at the top of the CBA Pro window.

File Test Editor Test Control Options Window ? Result Menu

2.1.1 FILE MENU

2.1.1.1 Open Test Plan By choosing this option it is possible to select and open a test plan file (*.cbt) via a standard Windows dialog. After choosing the file, the system will open the Test Plan window that will be described later in this manual. The program searches for Test Plan files in the default directory C:\xtest\CBA\TestPlans.

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2.1.1.2 Open Result By choosing this option it is possible to select and open a result file (*.cba) via a standard Windows dialog and view the results. After choosing the file, the system will open the Graphic Result or the Resistance Result windows that will be described later in this manual. The program searches for Results files in the default directory C:\xtest\CBA\Results\CBA.

2.1.1.3 Save Test Plan By choosing this option it is possible to save a test plan file (*.cbt) via a standard Windows dialog. This menu item is available only if a Test Plan window is active in the CBA Pro main window. The program suggest as default directory for saving Test Plan files the directory C:\xtest\CBA\TestPlans.

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2.1.1.4 Save Result By choosing this option it is possible to save a result file (*.cba) via a standard Windows dialog. This menu item is available only if a Result (Graphic or Resistance) window is active in the CBA Pro main window. The default directory for saving Results files is C:\xtest\CBA\Results\CBA.

2.1.1.5 Save in TDMS This menu item is available only if a Test Plan or a Result file is opened. By choosing this option it is possible to export the Test Plan or the Results file currently active to the database of the program TDMS. By choosing this option the program will automatically open the network defined inside the program TDMS, as shown in the following picture.

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After this window has opened, follow these steps: 1. Select the breaker to which you want to link the Test Plan or the results file currently active. 2. Define the name of the file that you are exporting to TDMS. NOTE: TDMS will display this name in the grid (column Original Filename) of the Results or of the Test Plan linked to the selected breaker. 3. Click the Save button. The program will automatically export these data to the TDMS database, linking them to the breaker selected at point 1. Once a test result or plan has been exported to TDMS, it is possible to select four different print formats, as follows. Go to TDMS, Options, Preferences.

The following window is opened.

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Select the Reports folder, and reach for Breakers: the window is the following one.

There are four selections. o Report breaker: it is the default selection; the report format is the same as the one obtained by the Print command of the CBA.Pro program, that is: Header, settings, diagrams in more than one page, test results in more pages. o Custom/ Report breaker compact: the report format changes: all diagrams are shown together in the first page, test results in more pages. o Custom/ Report breaker XS: all diagrams are shown together in the first page, test results are grouped in one page. o Custom/ Report breaker Reduced Dimensions: diagrams and test results are grouped in one page. The format selection is performed as follows. o Left click on the desired report format: the format is highlighted; o Right click on the same format: the following message is displayed

o Left click on the message: the selection is confirmed. 2.1.1.6 Save All Files By choosing this option the program saves all opened files (both Test Plan and Results) in the selected folder. Once youve clicked on this item the following dialog window will be displayed.

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This dialog window allows you to choose the folder where all opened files will be stored. If you click Cancel the save operation will be aborted; otherwise, if you select the folder where to save the result files, and you click Ok, the operation will continue. After you press the Ok button, the program prompts you with the following question:

If you press Yes the saved file will be automatically closed. 2.1.1.7 Import COMTRADE By choosing this option it is possible to import a COMTRADE file (*.cfg) via a standard Windows dialog and view the channels waveforms. Also in this case the system will open the Graphic Result window and, in this way, its possible to save the COMTRADE file in the CBA Result format (*.cba). When the user imports a COMTRADE file no measures will be calculated. 2.1.1.8 Import from third parties formats By choosing this option it is possible to import an ASCII file generated by third parties software, in order to view digital or analog channels waveform. If the program is able to parse the file, it will open a Graphic Result window and, in this way, its possible to save opened file in the CBA Result format (*.cba). 2.1.1.9 Import from USB Flash Drive (CBA 2000 only) This function is used to import results saved on the USB Flash Drive (available only on CBA 2000 instrument type). By choosing this option following window is opened. This form let the user navigate inside the disk unit of the computer.

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Insert the USB Flash Drive on which you have saved results downloaded from CBA 2000s instrument; open the ISATEST folder; the results file list saved on the USB device will appear. Its possible to select one or more results files (by pressing the SHIFT and/or CTRL keystrokes); by clicking the Import Selected File button the program will open as many Graphic Result windows as many selected file; in this way, its possible to save the opened files in the CBA Result format (*.cba). 2.1.1.10 Results Analysis By choosing this menu item two options appear: Analyse Opened Results or Select the Results to be analysed. This opens a special window with the results of the analysis. 2.1.1.11 Print By choosing this menu item it is possible to print the data of the active window (Test Plan or Result file). This functionality is described later in this manual (paragraph 2.2.7). 2.1.1.12 Close This option will close the CBA Pro main window and all its children windows.

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2.1.2 TEST EDITOR MENU

Some items of this menu, such as Open Test Plan and Save Test Plan, are the same of the File menu, but we have grouped under this menu all the features regarding a Test Plan definition. 2.1.2.1 Create Test Plan By choosing this option it is possible to create a Test Plan that can be uploaded on CBA1 000 or CBA 2000 instrument. When the user chooses this option, the program opens a select window that allows the user to decide what is the instrument type on which the Test Plan will be uploaded:

By pressing the Ok button the software will open the Test Plan window which will be described later in this manual. 2.1.2.2 Open Test Plan See paragraph 2.1.1.1 in this manual. 2.1.2.3 Save Test Plan See paragraph 2.1.1.3 in this manual.

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IMPORTANT: All items of this menu operate only if a CBA is connected to the PC. 2.1.3.1 Download Pending Result By choosing this option the program will download the current result shown on the CBA 1000 or CBA 2000. It means that you can also download a result which hasnt been saved yet onto the CBA flash card. Basically there are two types of Result files that you can download: a graphical result or a resistance result. The graphical result includes registration of breaker contacts, coil currents, analog channels, dynamic resistance tests but also static resistance tests. Instead the resistance result doesnt include any graphical representation of a registration ; it is composed only with resistance of Single Test type, Test on Phase type or both of them. Once the download of the result is finished, the program will open the related Result window, according to the type of result you have downloaded (Graphical or Resistance). Note that at this point the file hasnt been saved on your hard disk but has only been transferred to the CBA Pro software; if you want to keep the result in your PC, you have to save it with the related commands. 2.1.3.2 Download Results This option allows you to view the list of all the result files stored on the CBA flash card and to choose one or more of them to download. Once you have clicked on this item a dialog similar to the following will be displayed.

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As you can see in the dialog is visible the list of all the results saved onto the CBA, with their own saving date. To download a result you have to select one item of the results list and click the Download button. To download more than one result hold the key CTRL while selecting the rows. When you hold the SHIFT key with the CTRL key, all the results between the penultimate and the last clicked rows will be selected. If youll click the Cancel button, the download operation will be aborted. Once youve clicked the Download button the program will open the Graphic or the Resistance Result window, according to the type of the result file. Note that at this point the file hasnt been saved on your hard disk but has only been transferred to the CBA Pro software; if you want to keep the result in your PC you have to save it with the related commands. 2.1.3.3 Delete Results This option allows you to delete one or more result onto the CBA choosing from the list of all the result files stored onto the CBA. As for the Download Results option, the following dialog will be shown, with the list of all the files stored onto the CBA.

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To delete a result you have to select one item of the results list and click the Delete button; at this point the system will ask you if youre sure to delete the file; selecting Yes the file will be deleted otherwise no operation will be executed; if youll click the Cancel button the delete operation well be aborted. To delete more than one result hold the key CTRL while selecting the rows. If you hold the SHIFT key with the CTRL key, all the results between the penultimate and the last clicked rows will be selected. 2.1.3.4 Download Pending Test Plan By choosing this option the program will download the current test plan shown on the connected instrument. It means that you can also download a test plan which hasnt been saved yet onto the instruments flash card but only just created. Once the download of the test plan is finished the program will open the Test Plan window. Note that at this point the file hasnt been saved on your hard disk but has only been transferred to the CBA Pro software; if you want to keep the test plan on the PC you have to save it with the related commands. 2.1.3.5 Download Test Plans This option allows you to view the list of all the test plan files stored on the CBA 1000 or CBA 2000 flash card and to choose one or more of them to download. Once you have clicked on this item a dialog similar to the following will be displayed.

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To download a test plan you have to select one item of the test plans list and click the Download button; if youll click the Cancel button the download operation well be aborted. Once youve clicked the Download button the program will open the Test Plan window. Note that at this point the file hasnt been saved on your hard disk but has only been transferred to the CBA Pro software; if you want to keep the test plan on the PC you have to save it with the related commands. To select more than one row hold the key CTRL while selecting the rows. If you hold the SHIFT key with the CTRL key, all the rows between the penultimate and the last clicked rows will be selected. 2.1.3.6 Delete Test Plans This option allows you to delete one or more test plan from the CBA flash card choosing from the list of all the test plan files stored onto the CBA. As long as for the Download Test Plans option the following dialog, with the list of all the files stored onto the CBA, will be shown.

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and the system will ask you if youre sure to delete the file; selecting Yes the file will be deleted otherwise no operation will be executed; if youll click the Cancel button the delete operation well be aborted. To delete more than one testplan, hold the key CTRL while selecting the rows. If you hold the SHIFT key with the CTRL key, all the rows between the penultimate and the last clicked rows will be selected. 2.1.3.7 Upload Test Plan This option allows you to send to the CBA a test plan file created from the PC and to save it directly onto the CBA flash card. 2.1.3.8 Upload Current Test Plan This option allows you to send to the CBA the test plan opened in the active Test Plan window. It is useful to upload to the instrument Test Plan saved and executed from TDMS program. 2.1.4 OPTIONS MENU

2.1.4.1 Customize By clicking on this menu item the system will open the Customize dialog to set the configuration of the CBA Pro program. The Customize dialog is made of three main tabs: Environment, Chart Options and Custom Fields. A. Environment.

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The Environment tab

The Environment tab allows you to perform a number of selections. The first one is to change some toolbar appearance properties, such as: the icons size, the display of icons text and the docking of the toolbar; with the word docking we mean the position where the toolbar has to be placed (at the top of the window, at the bottom, at the left or at the right). It is also possible to change the time measurement units. The default is seconds; if you check the box, the time will be measured in cycles, once specified the mains frequency. It is also possible to change the communication port to connect to a CBA instrument; it is possible to choose from eight serial ports and USB ports. Last, the Measures window section allows performing the following selection. If the checkbox is not checked, measurements of different phases are grouped together in the test results table.

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If the tab is checked, results of different phases are grouped in three different columns, as follows.

The properties modified in the Environment tab are all applied pressing the OK button on the dialog. B. Chart options.

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The Chart Options tab

The Chart Options tab allows you to change several properties of the graphic representation of the registration; these properties are: The background color of the graph; The default color used to draw Analog Channels; The default color used to draw Digital MAIN Channels; The default color used to draw Digital AUX Channels; The color to draw the X axis; The color to draw the Y Axis; The color of T1 cursor; The color of T2 cursor; The decimal digit to display in the X axis; The decimal digit to display in the Y axis; The thickness of Main digital channels when they are in the Close status; The thickness of Main digital channels when they are in the Resistance status; The thickness of Aux digital channels when they are in the Close status. To modify a color property you have to click in the color box to the right of the property and the following color dialog window will appear.

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At this point is sufficient to click on the wished color and press the OK button, and you will see that the color in the box at the right of the edited property is changed and its the same you have chosen in the color dialog.

The last three options are used as default when a result file is downloaded from the test set (only if none Graph Template is defined, see later for further details). Then, they are stored separately inside the result file saved on the PC. Graphs Height: changes the vertical size of the Currents and Transducers graphs: from x1 (minimum, default) to x15 (maximum). Overlap Coils Currents diagrams: if checked, the diagrams of the Close and Open Coils are overlapped (and the Y-axis minimum and maximum are re-calculated). Overlap Transducers Graphs: if checked, these graphs are overlapped (and the Y minimum and maximum are re-calculated). Overlap All Graphs: if checked, all analog channels graphs are overlapped (and the Y-axis minimum and maximum are re-calculated)

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The change in the Chart Options tab has effect in the Result windows which will be opened after configuration editing but not for the Result windows already opened. Moreover the colors of digital and analog tracks are considered only when you open a comtrade file or when you download a result, because they dont have any color property; instead when you open a *.cba file already saved the colors of each channel are saved in the file, and will be reproduced as recorded. C) Custom Fields

In this window the user can define up to 10 labels of the fields that can be printed in the result report. The values of each custom field can be set, and then saved inside the test-plan file and the result file (table Breaker Parameter), when you are creating a new test plan, and you are in the Test Header panel -> Parameters tab -> Custom Fields button.

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The user can change the label and can insert the corresponding value. These strings are automatically copied to the result file when downloaded from the test set. 2.1.4.2 Languages It is possible to set the language of CBA Pro. By clicking on a specific language menu item, the language of CBA Pro main window and of all the others related windows will change according to the chosen language. 2.1.4.3 Save Calibration This item allows you to download the calibration file from a CBA instrument and save it on the hard disk of your PC via a standard Windows dialog. 2.1.4.4 Upload Calibration This item allows you to send the calibration file, saved on the hard disk of your PC, to a CBA instrument.

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2.1.5 WINDOW MENU

The Window menu is different from all the others CBA menus because it doesnt contain a predefined number of items, but contains the list of all the files opened in the CBA Pro session; by clicking on a menu item it is possible to switch from a file to another. You can see that each menu item contains the type of the file (Result or Test Plan ) and the related path. Obviously if no file is opened no items will be displayed under the Window menu. 2.1.6 ? MENU

2.1.6.1 About CBA Pro The About CBA Pro menu item opens a window that describes the softwares version and other ISA contact details. It also provides a direct link with the ISA website by clicking on the hyperlink www.isatest.com label. 2.1.6.2 Instrument Information By clicking on this item youll see the following dialog containing all the informations about the connected instrument; if no instrument is connected with the PC all the fields will results blank.

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As you can see, in this dialog are shown the model and the serial number of the instrument, its firmware version, the PicJ10 and the Pic16F firmware versions and, at the end, the size of the flash card, the size of the Static RAM and the size of the Dynamic RAM. 2.1.6.3 ISA Web Site By clicking on this item the system will open your default Internet browser and will go to the ISA website www.isatest.com.

2.2

The CBA_Pro Toolbar

The CBA toolbar contains the most used commands such as open/save test plan, open/save result, the zoom and the start/stop test buttons. This is how the toolbar appears after power-on, when no Test Plans files and no Results files are open.

This is how the toolbar appears after connection to the test set, when no Test Plans files and no Results files are open.

This is how it appears when opening a Test Plan file.

This is how it appears when opening a Results file

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To change the position of the toolbar you can right click with the mouse in the toolbar area and the following menu will appear.

the actual position of the toolbar is shown on the toolbar menu with a check symbol. At this point you can change the toolbar position simply clicking on the wished menu item. You can also change the position of the toolbar with the configuration editor (Options menu > Customise) described in the paragraph 2.1.4.1 in this manual. 2.2.1 CREATE TEST PLAN By clicking on this button it is possible to create a new Test Plan with standard configuration that can be modified. Once pressed, the software asks you to choose the test set that you will use.

After the selection, the window becomes the following one.

See chapter three if you are planning to develop a Test Plan for CBA 1000, chapter four if you will work with CBA 2000.

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By clicking on the small arrow at the right of the button or directly on the button icon, the Open menu will be shown and youll be able to open a test plan or a result file, as described in paragraphs 2.1.1.1 and 2.1.1.2 2.2.3 SAVE

As long as for the Open button, to view the Save menu you have to click on the small arrow at the right of the button or directly onto the icon; to save a test plan you must have a test plan dialog as the active window, otherwise youll not be able to save the file. The same considerations are valid to save a result file (for more information see paragraphs 2.1.1.3 and 2.1.1.4). 2.2.4 CONNECT/DISCONNECT BUTTON This button has a double function: it allows the PC to connect with CBA and also to disconnect from it, each time you want. When the PC is disconnected from a CBA 1000 instrument the button is not pressed, while when the PC is connected the button is pressed. : this is the button icon shown when the PC is disconnected from CBA. To connect with CBA click on the button. : instead this is the icon shown when the PC is connected with CBA. To disconnect CBA click on the button. 2.2.5 DOWNLOAD PENDING RESULT

: this button allows to download quickly the pending result currently opened on the instrument; the instrument must be obviously connected to the PC. Please refer to paragraph 2.1.3.1. 2.2.6 DOWNLOAD PENDING TEST PLAN

: this button allows to download quickly on the PC the Test Plan currently active on the instrument; the instrument must be obviously connected to the PC. Please refer to paragraph 2.1.3.4. If the active menu on the instrument is the Test Plan menu the loaded one will be downloaded. Instead, if a result file is opened on the instrument, the Test Plan that generated this result will be downloaded. Please refer to paragraph 2.1.3.4.

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: this button allows to print the data of the selected window: Test Plan or Results. Upon pressing the button, a new window with print settings is opened. The following is the Report Settings window for a Result.

As it can be seen, it is possible to choose whether to display : the Test Plan relative to the Results; the Graph for the results; the table with all measures downloaded from the instrument or calculated; the table with all Static Resistance measures downloaded from the instrument; the table with all Y2 type resistance measures. It is also possible to select which analog and digital channels should be included in the graph. In the report, pages are organized as follows: Test header; Test plan, i.e. the test settings; Result diagram (can be in more than one page); Results table; Test notes. If the test plan or result is exported to TDMS it is possible to select more compact printing formats: see 2.1.1.5. The following is the Report Settings window for a Test Plan.

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As it can be seen, there are no Print settings for a Test Plan. In both report setting windows it is possible to change the logo that will appear on the report: by pressing the relative button, the following window is opened:

By pressing the Browse button it is possible to choose an image as a logo. The Logo of many companies can be found in the directory C:\xtest\LOGO. By pressing the OK button, the chosen logo will be displayed on the report. Upon pressing the Print Preview button, the following message is shown:

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At the top of the Print Preview window there is a toolbar:

Use the arrows to browse the pages of the report. Press the button with the printer to open the Windows standard dialogue window that allows to choose the printer. Pressing on the button with the envelope to export the report in a file of a selection of formats : pdf, doc, xls, rtf. The directory where the report will be saved is chosen upon pressing the ok button. By pressing on the button with the lens, it is possible to zoom the page. 2.2.8 TEST START

: the Test Start button is visible only when the active window is a Test Plan window. This command is very powerful because allows you to keep the control of a CBA instrument directly from your PC. By clicking on this button the test plan opened in the active window of the CBA Pro is sent to the CBA, is executed and when the test is finished CBA Pro provides to 34

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download automatically the result of the test. 2.2.9 STOP TEST BUTTON

: the Stop Test button is visible only when the active window is a Test Plan window. This command allows you to stop any test which the CBA connected with your PC is executing. 2.2.10 ZOOM BUTTON : the Zoom button is visible only when the active window is a Graphic Result window. By clicking on the zoom plus button the Result window enters in zoom modality (that will be explained better in the paragraph 4.1.1.1); this means that youll be able to select a part of a registration and enlarge it to view it in detail 2.2.11 ZOOM HORIZONTAL BUTTONS : the Zoom Horizontal (plus and minus) buttons are visible only when the active window is a Graphic Result window. By clicking on the zoom plus button, the registration graph shown in the result window will be enlarged, so that new bounds will be the red cursor and the blue cursor. By clicking on the zoom minus button the registration graph shown in the result window is resized to its original size. 2.2.12 ZOOM VERTICAL BUTTONS : the Zoom Vertical (plus and minus) buttons are visible only when the active window is a Graphic Result window. By clicking on the zoom plus button, the registration graph shown in the result window will be vertically enlarged. The operation can be repeated as desired. By clicking on the zoom minus button, the registration graph shown in the result window will be vertically reduced. The operation can be repeated until the original dimension is reached. 2.2.13 DRAG CHANNELS BUTTON : the button Drag Channels is visible only when the window is of type " Results ". It allows to move the position of a channel on the graph. It is very useful when superimposing similar channels in order to better see the differences. After selection, when moving the mouse on a channel, the mouse pointer changes into a small hand. By pressing the left button it is now possible to drag the channel onto another graph. This picture shows two channels in two different graphs as normally displayed;

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The same situation after the dragging.

It is possible to better identify the small differences. 2.2.14 RESET CHANNELS LAYOUT BUTTON : by pressing this button, the modifications made to the positions of the channels on the graph are discarded. 2.2.15 OVERLAP COILS : by pressing this button, all current coil waveforms are displayed on the same line: this gives more room to other traces. 2.2.16 OVERLAP TRANSDUCERS : by pressing this button, all transducers waveforms are displayed on the same line. This allows comparing the movements of different phases. 2.2.17 OVERLAP ALL : by pressing this button, current coils and transducer waveforms are all displayed on the same line: this gives more room to other traces.

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2.3

The CBA Status Bar

1 2 The CBA Status Bar is composed by two areas: the Message Area (1) and the Connection Status Area (2). The Message Area is used to display several messages according to the operation youre doing; for example if you open a big result file the operation may require much time and the message area will display the message that the system is opening the file. The Connection Status Area show two messages: Not Connected is displayed when the CBA is disconnected and Connected when the CBA is connected.

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3.

Test Plan (For CBA 1000 instrument)

Basically a Test Plan is a program that a CBA 1000 instrument has to follow to execute a certain test. You can create a test plan directly with a CBA instrument or also with the CBA Pro software. Moreover the CBA Pro software allows you to download or to delete the test plans stored on the CBA memory. Even if you choose to create a test plan entirely with CBA Pro or to download a test plan from the CBA 1000 memory to modify it, the system will open the Test Plan window.

A Test Plan is composed by: A Test Header The Trigger Options The Test Options The Recording Options The Breaker Settings The Auxiliary Channels Settings The Coil Settings The Analog Input Settings The Micro-Ohmmeter Options The Pass/Fail Settings To navigate between these parts you have to use the treeview control at the left of the test plan 38

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window; by select each node in the treeview youll be able to set the different parts of the test plan in the right panel on the window. Now lets see in details all these parts of a test plan.

3.1

Test Header

This selection can be seen by choosing the top node of the treeview.

The test header is composed by two parts: The first part, called Header, is the main body of the header and it describes the test executed with the test plan itself The second part, called Parameters, is used to describe the breaker on which the test plan will be applied 3.1.1 HEADER

The Header is composed by the following parameters: Plant Name, is the name of the substation where the breaker is installed Feeder, is the name of the line where the breaker is installed Breaker Model, its the model of the breaker to test Breaker S/N, its the serial number of the breaker to test 39

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Operator, its the name of the person who has made the test Date, in case of downloading of pending result or test plan, or when you create a new test plan by PC, this field shows the current date, instead in case of downloading or opening of saved file this field show the file saving date. Following fields are visible when the test plan is downloaded from the instrument: PicJ10 fw Version, its the version of the PicJ10 firmware Pic16F fw Version, its the version of the Pic16F firmware Firmware Version, its the version of CBA 1000 firmware Format Version, its the version of the test plan format Version BSG Option, if present it is the version of the firmware of the BSG Option All these fields are automatically filled only when you download a result from a CBA instrument, while when you download a test plan file they remain blank, because the header is applied only to result files. Moreover the fields Plant Name, Feeder, Breaker Serial Number are used for the Automatic Import procedure in TDMS. 3.1.2 PARAMETERS

The Parameters part of the test header is used to describe in detail the breaker to test. All the fields are not mandatory and you can let them blank. At the bottom, for older CBs, it is possible to specify the serial number of the different phases, and the number of operations performed.

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3.2

Trigger Options

In this panel you can set the trigger options; as you see there are several trigger types: Coil Current Internal Trigger Coil Command Reset Analog Input on 500V External Trigger on SLAVE input Auxiliary Input 3.2.1 COIL CURRENT By select Coil Current it means that the trigger will start when the coil current arrives at a certain specified percentage of the range; you are able to set this percentage in the frame that the software will show when you decide to use a Coil Current trigger, as shown above.

In this frame you can set the trigger current percentage and at the same time you can see the Open and Close currents ranges and the preview of the trigger currents. Depending on the type of test (paragraph 3.3 Test Options) the reference current will be the one of the close coil or that of the first open coil. 3.2.2 INTERNAL TRIGGER By select Internal Trigger it means that the trigger will start the first time the coil is excitated. 41

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3.2.3 COIL COMMAND RESET By select Coil Command Reset it means that the trigger will start the first time that the coil current returns to its normal value after an excitation. 3.2.4 ANALOG INPUT By select Analog Input it means that the trigger will start when the voltage at the 500 V input is greater than or less than the value set in the frame shown above, which appears each time you select the Analog Input trigger. Here it is also possible to set the input range (5V, 50V o 500V). ATTENTION: this value of input range will be kept identical to the one set in the Analog Input Settings.

3.2.5 EXTERNAL TRIGGER ON SLAVE INPUT By select External Trigger on SLAVE Input it means that the trigger will start when the external input connected to CBA 1000 goes from a high status to a low status. 3.2.6 AUXILIARY INPUT Selecting Auxiliary Input the following frame appears at the bottom of the Trigger Options panel.

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In this frame you can drive the trigger starting with the auxiliary input. To determinate the trigger condition you have to enable the inputs which will make the trigger to start; at this point you have to choose the trigger status of each enabled channel (NC, NO or Edge) and specify if all the conditions are to be verified or only one of them to start the trigger. For example, we enable aux input 1 and 2. For aux input 1 we choose NO, that is normally open, while for aux input 2 we choose Edge, that is any change of the aux input 2 status. If as Trigger Mode we choose Match of All the trigger will start when aux input 1 goes from the open status to the close status and the aux input 2 changes its status, regardless of its starting condition. If we choose Match of One, instead, the trigger will start when one of the conditions specified will be true.

3.3

Test Options

In this page you can choose which kind of operation you want to do; youre able to choose among: . Open: if the test set has the four-coils options, you can select also the phase or the phases to open; . Close: always on all phases; . Open-Close : if the test set has the four-coils options, you can select the phase or the phases to open, but also whether to repeat the tests. For this purpose, this frame is shown:

By selecting Test Repetitions it is possible to define the number of repetitions and the Time interval between tests. . Close-Open : has the same features as the Open-Close type of test. . Open-Close-Open: just an operation. . Sequence. Once selected, the following window is opened.

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When connected to the instrument, the user can program sequences to send to the instrument. For each operation it is possible to program: The operation to be performed: as you press, the following list is available.

To add a test, press Add: you will see it displayed on the list to the right. Among the standard operations, you find also Message to operator. If you select it, the window says:

Pressing the button, the Notes page is opened.

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You can input the delay with respect to the next operation; in the first test it is zero. You can program also the Open Close coil duration. The following is an example of an Open Close, with a message in between.

If you press Start, the first operation message is sent to CBA. Then, the program waits for the test result, before proceeding with test 2. If there is a message, the program displays it to the operator, and does not continue the sequence until OK is pressed. Add Save Shift up Shift down allows adding a new test after the selected row. saves the sequence into the temporary memory. deletes the selected row. shifts the selected line up by one position. shifts the selected line down by one position.

When you save the test result in TDMS you have one result (one row) containing more than one test.

. Enable Minimum Trip Coil. This feature is disabled if the instrument is connected and the hardware option is not installed. The selection allows performing the threshold test of the MTC; that is, we can measure the actual auxiliary DC voltage at which the CB is opened. When selecting it, a frame appears in order to select the MTC parameters:

In this frame you must input the nominal DC battery voltage and the voltage threshold (in percentage, from 10% to 95%, or as the absolute value of the nominal DC battery voltage).

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3.4

Recording Options

In the Recording Options you can set the following fields: Open Coil Duration, indicates the time (in milliseconds) for the duration of the open coil excitation Close Coil Duration, indicates the time (in milliseconds) for the duration of the close coil excitation Open to Close Delay, indicates the delay time (in milliseconds) between the open and the close operations Close to Open Delay, indicates the delay time (in milliseconds) between the close and the open operations Pretrigger Duration, indicates the maximum duration of the pretrigger (in milliseconds) Sample Frequency, indicate the Sample Frequency (in Hz) for the recording Recording Duration, indicates the total recording duration (in milliseconds), including the pretrigger duration You also can decide to break the recording in two parts and to do this you have to check the field Two Recordings. At this time the field Recording Duration will be hidden and the following fields will appear:

First Duration, indicates the duration (in milliseconds) of the first half of the recording Second Duration, indicates the duration (in milliseconds) of the second half of the recording Dead Time, indicates the dead time (in milliseconds) between the first and the second half of the recording. 46

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3.5

Breaker Contacts Settings

In the Breaker Contacts Settings there is the frame Breaker Contacts where you can set the following fields: Contacts Monitoring, you can specify to monitor only the A1 contact, the A1-B1-C1 contacts or all the contacts Resistor Range, here you can enable or disable the resistance verify on digital contacts When the BSG Option is plugged on the instrument this frame will change appearance in order to select the relative BSG settings:

The Close Contact Threshold must be set, and optionally the Graphite Contact Threshold. If the Graphite Contact Threshold is selected, the value must be at least 50 greater than the Close Contact Threshold. If the BSG Option is present it is also not possible to choose Two Recordings as Recording Options, and the total recording duration (Pre-trigger + Duration) must be lower than 1s. 47

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3.6

Auxiliary Contact Settings

In the Auxiliary Inputs 1-2 and Auxiliary Inputs 3-4 frames you can enable the monitoring of each auxiliary input, assign them a label and determine if they works in dry or wet modality.

3.7

Coils Settings

In this panel you can choose the current range for the CBA 1000 close and open coils.

3.8

Analog Input Settings

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By pressing the Settings button it is possible to define the setting for the selected Analog Channel 3.8.1 ANALOG INPUT

The analog input is a generic input measured in Volts which is connected to CBA 1000. You can assign to the channel a label and you have to specify the range of the input voltage. If you check the option Full Wave the instrument will be able to record both negative and positive value of the analog input. ATTENTION: if the option Analog input on 500V input of the Test Option page is selected (see 49

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paragraph 3.2) the value set as input range will be identical. 3.8.2 TRAVEL TRANSDUCER

In the travel transducer panel you can assign a label, that will be displayed in the graph legend of the result window, and the information about the phase of the transducer. You have to set several parameters to execute a test with a travel transducer. First of all you have to choose the transducer input (500V or 5V). 500V choice means that youll use the input labelled Transducer/Analog Input of the CBA 1000 instrument; 5V choice means that youll use the MICRO OHM METER input of the CBA 1000 instrument. Then you have to define the nominal breaker stroke with its unit of measure. Then you have to set some parameters for the transducer related to the breaker: first of all if the transducer rotates select degree as unit of measure; otherwise if the transducer moves linearly, select mm or inch as unit of measure. Next, you must define to total transducer stroke and the breaker stroke, in order to build a relation between the transducers position and the close and open positions of the breaker (you can define it in absolute value or in percentage value). For a more detailed explanation, please refer to the application guide of CBA 1000 (MIE11166-CBA 1000 APPLICATION GUIDE.pdf document). The instrument provides a 5V internal generator that can be used to supply the travel transducer. If the travel transducer is supplied by an external generator, you must uncheck the option Use auxiliary 5V internal generator for travel transducer and insert the value of the external voltage generator. 50

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You can also enable Datum Points, that are two points, A and B, that will be drawn on the travel transducers graph. The instrument will calculate breaker close and/or open speed (it depends on the type of test selected) exactly between these two points. If you check this option, please insert the value of point A and B on Close to Open transition and/or Open to Close transition, and select the option that determines the difference between point A and point B.

Distance Offset means that the point B will be traced exactly after the millimeters inserted with respect to point A. Time Offset means that the point B will be traced exactly after the milliseconds with inserted respect to the point A. The position of the point A can be defined by selecting following option:

If you click the button , a window opens: this window shows detailed figures that can help you to understand datum points. These points are shown on the travel transducer graph: if the kind of test is open or close the program will drawn only two datum points. If the test is open-close or close-open the program will drawn four datum points. Finally if the test is open-close-open the program will drawn six datum points. Finally its possible to calibrate the transducer clicking the button Calibrate Transducer (enabled if the instrument is connected). The program will navigate among the instrument menu until it reaches the calibration section. If the breaker is in the open position the Transducer Open Position Reference field will be compiled. If the breaker is in the close position then Transducer Close

Position Reference field will be compiled. Clicking the button Start the instrument will open or close the breaker. All the calibration fields will be compiled as shown in the following picture:

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If the transducer stroke error is less than 10% the message Calibration completed will be shown. Otherwise the message Warning! Transducer Stroke Error > 10% will be shown. NOTE: if the user modifies a data regarding the breaker or the transducer, all calibration value will be reset. To finish calibrations operation, click the button Exit from Calibration. When you finally click the Ok button all calibration data are saved in Test Plan file. The button Reset Travel Transducer Calibration is enabled when the instrument is in calibration menu. If you click this button, calibration data are all reset. 3.8.3 PRESSURE TRANSDUCER

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First of all for the current clamp you can assign a label and select the analog input used. Then its mandatory to set the relationship between the voltage and the current and to set the max current available. If you check the option Full Wave the instrument will be able to record both negative and positive value of the analog input.

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4.

Test Plan (For CBA 2000 instrument)

Basically a Test Plan is a program that a CBA 2000 instrument has to follow to execute a certain test. You can create a test plan directly with a CBA instrument or also with the CBA Pro software. Moreover the CBA Pro allows you to download or to delete the test plans stored on the CBA memory. Even if you choose to create a test plan entirely with CBA Pro or to download a test plan from the CBA 2000 memory to modify it, the system will open the Test Plan window.

A Test Plan is composed by: A Test Header The Trigger Options The Test Options The Recording Options The Breaker Settings The Auxiliary Channels Settings The Coil Settings The Analog Channel Settings The Micro-Ohmmeter Options The Pass/Fail Settings To navigate between these parts you have to use the treeview control at the left of the test plan window; by select each node in the treeview youll be able to set the different parts of the test plan in the right panel on the window. Now lets see in details all these parts of a test plan. 54

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4.1

Test Header

This selection can be seen by choosing the top node of the treeview.

The test header is composed by two parts: The first part, called Header, is the main body of the header and it describes the test executed with the test plan itself The second part, called Parameters, is used to describe the breaker on which the test plan will be applied 4.1.2 HEADER

The Header is composed by the following parameters: Plant Name, is the name of the substation where the breaker is installed Feeder, is the name of the line where the breaker is installed Breaker Model, its the model of the breaker to test Breaker S/N, its the serial number of the breaker to test Operator, its the name of the person who has made the test Date, in case of downloading of pending result or test plan, or when you create a new test 55

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plan by PC, this field shows the current date, instead in case of downloading or opening of saved file this field show the file saving date. Following fields are visible when the test plan is downloaded from the instrument: PicJ10 fw Version, its the version of the PicJ10 firmware Pic16F fw Version, its the version of the Pic16F firmware Firmware Version, its the version of CBA 2000 firmware Format Version, its the version of the test plan format Version BSG Option, if present it is the version of the firmware of the BSG Option All these fields are automatically filled only when you download a result from a CBA instrument, while when you download a test plan file they remain blank, because the header is applied only to result files. Moreover the fields Plant Name, Feeder, Breaker Serial Number are used for the Automatic Import procedure in TDMS. 4.1.2 PARAMETERS

The Parameters part of the test header is used only to describe in detail the breaker to test. All the fields are not mandatory and you can let them blank.

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4.2

Trigger Options

In this panel you can set the trigger options; as you see there are several trigger types: Coil Current Internal Trigger Coil Command Reset Analog Input on 500V input External Trigger on SLAVE input Auxiliary Input 4.2.1 COIL CURRENT By select Coil Current it means that the trigger will start when the coil current arrives at a certain specified percentage of the range; you are able to set this percentage in the frame that the software will show when you decide to use a Coil Current trigger, as shown above.

In this frame you can set the trigger current percentage and at the same time you can see the Open and Close currents ranges and the preview of the trigger currents. Depending on the type of test (paragraph 3.3 Test Options) the reference current will be the one of the close coil or that of the first open coil. 4.2.2 INTERNAL TRIGGER By select Internal Trigger it means that the trigger will start the first time th e coil is excitated.

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4.2.3 COIL COMMAND RESET By select Coil Command Reset it means that the trigger will start the first time that the coil current returns to its normal value after an excitation. 4.2.4 ANALOG INPUT By selecting Analog Input on 500V input it means that the trigger will start when the voltage at the 500 V input is greater than or less than the value set in the frame shown above, which appears each time you select the Analog Input trigger. For the CBA 2000 instrument it is also possible to set the source input from which the test will be started. Once the input number is selected it is possible to set the input range (5V, 50V o 500V). ATTENTION: this value of input range will be kept identical to the one set in the Analog Input Settings.

4.2.5 EXTERNAL TRIGGER ON SLAVE INPUT By select External Trigger on SLAVE Input it means that the trigger will start when the external input connected to CBA 2000 goes from a high status to a low status. 4.2.6 AUXILIARY INPUT Selecting Auxiliary Input the following frame appears at the bottom of the Trigger Options panel.

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In this frame you can drive the trigger starting with the auxiliary input. To determinate the trigger condition you have to enable the inputs which will make the trigger to start; at this point you have to choose the trigger status of each enabled channel (NC, NO or Edge) and specify if all the conditions are to be verified or only one of them to start the trigger. For example, we enable aux input 1 and 2. For aux input 1 we choose NO, that is normally open, while for aux input 2 we choose Edge, that is any change of the aux input 2 status. If as Trigger Mode we choose Match of All the trigger will start when aux input 1 goes from the open status to the close status and the aux input 2 changes its status, regardless of its starting condition. If we choose Match of One, instead, the trigger will start when one of the conditions specified will be true.

4.3

Test Options

In this page you can choose which kind of operation you want to do; youre able to choose among: . Open: if the test set has the four-coils options, you can select also the phase or the phases to open; . Close: always on all phases; . Open-Close : if the test set has the four-coils options, you can select the phase or the phases to open, but also whether to repeat the tests. For this purpose, this frame is shown:

By selecting Test Repetitions it is possible to define the number of repetitions and the Time interval between tests. . Close-Open : has the same features as the Open-Close type of test. . Open-Close-Open: just an operation. . Sequence. Once selected, the following window is opened. 59

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When connected to the instrument, the user can program sequences to send to the instrument. For each operation it is possible to program: The operation to be performed: as you press, the following list is available.

To add a test, press Add: you will see it displayed on the list to the right. Among the standard operations, you find also Message to operator. If you select it, the window says:

Pressing the button, the Notes page is opened.

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is added to the right. You can input the delay with respect to the next operation; in the first test it is zero. You can program also the Open Close coil duration. The following is an example of an Open Close, with a message in between.

If you press Start, the first operation message is sent to CBA. Then, the program waits for the test result, before proceeding with test 2. If there is a message, the program displays it to the operator, and does not continue the sequence until OK is pressed. Add Save Shift up Shift down allows adding a new test after the selected row. saves the sequence into the temporary memory. deletes the selected row. shifts the selected line up by one position. shifts the selected line down by one position.

When you save the test result in TDMS you have one result (one row) containing more than one test. . Enable Minimum Trip Coil. This feature is disabled if the instrument is connected and the hardware option is not installed. The selection allows performing the threshold test of the MTC; that is, we can measure the actual auxiliary DC voltage at which the CB is opened. When selecting it, a frame appears in order to select the MTC parameters:

In this frame you must define the nominal DC battery voltage and the voltage threshold (as percentage from 10% to 95% or as absolute value of the nominal DC battery voltage).

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4.4

Recording Options

In the Recording Options you can set the following fields: Open Coil Duration, indicates the time (in milliseconds) for the duration of the open coil excitation Close Coil Duration, indicates the time (in milliseconds) for the duration of the close coil excitation Open to Close Delay, indicates the delay time (in milliseconds) between the open and the close operations Close to Open Delay, indicates the delay time (in milliseconds) between the close and the open operations Pretrigger Duration, indicates the maximum duration of the pretrigger (in milliseconds) Sample Frequency, indicate the Sample Frequency (in Hz) for the recording Recording Duration, indicates the total recording duration (in milliseconds), including the pretrigger duration You also can decide to break the recording in two parts and to do this you have to check the field Two Recordings. At this time the field Recording Duration will be hidden and the following fields will appear:

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Dead Time, indicates the dead time (in milliseconds) between the first and the second half of the recording.

4.5

Breaker Contacts Settings

In the Breaker Contacts Settings there is the frame Breaker Contacts where you can set the following fields: Contacts Monitoring, you can specify the option One contact per breaker, Two contacts per breaker, Four contacts per breaker or Six contacts per breaker Resistor Range, here you can enable or disable the resistance verify on digital contacts When the BSG Option is plugged on the instrument this frame will change appearance in order to select the relative BSG settings:

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contact, the second threshold allows detecting it. In this case, the value must be at least 50 greater than the Close Contact Threshold. If the BSG Option is present, it is also not possible to choose Two Recordings as Recording Options, and the total recording duration (Pre-trigger + Duration) must be lower than 1s.

4.6

Auxiliary Contact Settings

In this window it is possible to program the auxiliary INPUTs, and also the auxiliary OUTPUT contact, which is available on CBA 2000 only. The twelve auxiliary inputs are divided into three main pages. In each frame it is possible to enable the monitoring of each auxiliary input, assign them a label and determine if they work in dry or wet modality. The auxiliary output can be enabled checking the tab; this performed, it is also possible to program the activation delay, in seconds, with respect to test start.

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4.7

Coils Settings

In this panel you can choose the current range for the CBA 2000 close and open coils.

4.8 Analog Input Settings

In this frame it is possible to enable or disable the two analog channels and up to three other inputs (transducers). If an analog input is selected then it is possible to open the relative button Settings; now a window opens to allow the setting of the parameters of the selected analog input.

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The analog input is a generic input measured in Volts which is connected to CBA 2000. You can assign to the channel a label and you have to specify the range of the input voltage. ATTENTION: if the option Analog input on 500V input of the Test Option page is selected (see paragraph 3.2) the value set as input range will be identical. If you check the option "Full wave" the analog input of the instrument will record both negative and positive voltage values. By selecting the option Current Clamp it is possible to set the relationship between the voltage and the current and to set the max current available (which obviously is related to the maximum voltage selected) Regarding the other three inputs it is necessary to define whether they are Analog Travel Transducers, Pressure Transducers or Digital Travel Transducers.

First of all you can set a name for the channel which will be displayed on the graph legend of the result window. By pressing the button settings a different window will open depending upon the selected transducer type. In case of Analog Travel transducer, the following settings window opens.

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You have to set several parameters to execute a test with a travel transducer; first of all you have to define the nominal breaker stroke with its unit of measure. Then you have to set some parameters for the transducer related to the breaker: first of all if the transducer rotates select degree as unit of measure; otherwise if the transducer moves linearly, select mm or inch as unit of measure. Then you must define to total transducer stroke and the actual stroke corresponding to the breaker stroke in order to build a relation between the transducer s position and the close and open positions of the breaker (you can define it in absolute value or in percentage value). For a more detailed explanation, please refer to the application guide of CBA 2000 (MIE11168-CBA 2000 APPLICATION GUIDE.pdf document). If the option Different Actual Strokes is checked then you can insert for each selected transducer of different phases different value as actual stroke. Use radio buttons 1, 2 or 3 to choose different travel transducers. The instrument provides a 5V internal generator that can be used to supply the travel transducer. If the travel transducer is supplied by an external generator, you must uncheck the option Use auxiliary 5V internal generator for travel transducer and insert the value of the external voltage generator. You can also enable Datum Points, that are two points A and B, that will be drawn on the travel transducers graph. The instrument will calculate breaker close and/or open speed (it depends on the type of test selected) exactly between this two points. If you check this option, please insert the 67

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value of point A and B on Close to Open transition and/or Open to Close transition, and select the option that determines the difference between point A and point B.

Distance Offset means that the point B will be traced exactly after the millimeters inserted respect to the point A. Time Offset means that the point B will be traced exactly after the milliseconds inserted respect to the point A. The position of the point A can be defined by selecting following option:

If you click the button , a window opens: this window shows detailed figures that can help you to understand datum points. These points are shown on the travel transducer graph: if the kind of test is open or close the program will draw only two datum points. If the test is open-close or close-open the program will draw four datum points. Finally if the test is open-close-open the program will draw six datum points. Finally its possible to calibrate the transducer clicking the button Calibrate Transducer (enabled if the instrument is connected). The program will navigate among menu of the instrument until it reaches the calibration one. If the breaker is in the open position the Transducer Open Position Reference field will be compiled. If the breaker is in the close position then Transducer Close

Position Reference field will be compiled. Clicking the button Start the instrument will open or close the breaker. All the calibration fields will be compiled as shown in the following picture:

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If the transducer stroke error is less than 10% the message Calibration completed will be shown. Otherwise the message Warning! Transducer Stroke Error > 10% will be shown. When second and/or third transducer is enabled, calibration must be repeated also for these transducers. Use option buttons 2 and 3 to select the transducer that must be calibrated. NOTE: if the user modifies a data regarding the breaker or the transducer, all calibration value will be reset. To finish calibrations operation, click the button Exit from Calibration. When you finally click the Ok button all calibration data are saved in Test Plan file. The button Reset Travel Transducer Calibration is enabled when the instrument is in calibration menu. If you click this button, calibration data are all reset. In case of Pressure transducer the following window opens.

If you select this transducer you can define the pressure value corresponding to the 0 V reference value, with the unit of measure (Bar or lb/in) of this pressure. Then you can define the linear law existing between the measured voltage value and the corresponding pressure value. Use option button 1, 2 or 3 to choose different pressure transducer. If the user selects the Digital Travel Transducer setting, the following window will open:

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First of all it is necessary to set the Nominal Breaker Stroke, and its unity of measure (mm or inch). There are two transducers parameters: the number of impulses per turn and the actual stroke of the transducer with respect to the breakers nominal stroke. In case the two strokes are different for each phase, tick the setting Different Actual Strokes and use the options 2 and 3 to set the transducers parameters on the other phases. If the instrument is connected, it is possible to calibrate the transducer by measuring the error in degrees of the transducer stroke and therefore the error with respect to the nominal stroke given for the breaker. To start the calibration, simply press the button Calibrate Transducer.

By pressing the Start button , the instrument will then drive the breaker to a close or to an open and will measure the transducers actual stroke. Then all calibration parameters will be set, as in the following picture:

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NOTE: if the user modifies data regarding the breaker or the transducer, all calibration values will be reset. To finish the calibration operation, click the button Exit from Calibration. When you finally click the Ok button, all calibration data are saved in the Test Plan file. The button Reset Travel Transducer Calibration is enabled when the instrument is in calibration menu. If you click this button, calibration data are all reset.

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Micro-Ohmmeter Test

In this panel you can choose to enable the microohmeter test, selecting to do a static or dynamic resistance test. If you select the Static Resistance Test, first of all you have to set the nominal test current (20, 100 or 200 A) and the resistance range (200 , 1 m, 10 m or 100 m regarding the selected current range). Also you have to set the test mode: Single Test, on Breaker Phase (if so you have to indicate on which phase) or on Y2 Hybrid Breakers.

If you select Dynamic Resistance Test the instrument can measure the main resistance of the circuit breaker during close or open operation. If you select this option the test type (see paragraph 3.3) can only be open or close. If, for example, the breaker is open before the starting of the test, instrument give close command; when the breaker closes, the current flows across the contact and the instrument measures the resistance changes. Parameters to set for this type of test are the nominal test current (20, 100 or 200 A) and the resistance range (200 , 1 m, 10 m or 100 m regarding the selected current range); then you can insert the nominal Open (or close) time and the breaker phase on which the test must be performed. In the results graph the close or open coil current, the current injected across the main resistance, the voltage measured and the calculated resistance will be shown.

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6 Pass / Fail

This page contains the tolerances that you can apply to the measures of the result which will be created with this test plan. In the first column you can decide to enable or disable the tolerance check, the second column contains the description of the tolerance, the third column contains the value of the tolerance which you can edit and, in the end, in the fourth column you can see the unit of measure of the tolerance. You can set the following pass/fail: Minimum/Maximum Open Coil Current, this tolerances always go together; here you can set the minimum and the maximum current value for the Open Coil Minimum/Maximum Close Coil Current, also this tolerances always go together; here you can set the minimum and the maximum current value for the Close Coil Maximum Flow Time Open Current, is the maximum time allowed for the flow of the Open Current Maximum Flow Time Close Current, is the maximum time allowed for the flow of the Close Current Maximum Open Contact Spread, is the maximum spread time allowed between contacts during an Open operation Maximum Close Contact Spread, is the maximum spread time allowed between contacts during a Close operation Maximum Open Pole Spread, is the maximum spread time allowed between poles during an Open operation Maximum Close Pole Spread, is the maximum spread time allowed between poles during a Close operation Maximum Open Time Phase 1/2/3, they are the maximum time allowed to open each phase Maximum Close Time Phase 1/2/3, they are the maximum time allowed to close each phase Maximum Open Contact Bounce, is the maximum time allowed for the bounces of the contacts during an Open operation Maximum Close Contact Bounce, is the maximum time allowed for the bounces of the 73

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contacts during a Close operation Open Contact Debounce, this parameters allows you to filter the contacts bounces under the time specified for an Open operation Close Contact Debounce, this parameters allows you to filter the contacts bounces under the time specified for a Close operation Maximum Resistance, is the maximum resistance allowed for the breaker contact Maximum Resistance 1/2/3, they are the maximum resistances allowed for each breaker phase

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7.

Result

A Result is the output produced by CBA 1000 or CBA 2000 once it had executed a test plan. There are basically two type of results: Graphical Result and Resistance Results. The graphical result includes registration of breaker contacts, coil currents, analog channels, dynamic resistance tests but also static resistance tests. Instead the resistance result doesnt include any graphical representation of a registration; it is composed only with resistance tests of Single Test type, Test on Phase type or both of them. If you want to view a Graphical Result or a Comtrade file the CBA Pro will open the Graphic Result Window, otherwise it will open the Resistance Result Window.

7.1

The Graphic Result Window

Cursors

Graphics

Properties

The Graphic Result Window is composed by three main areas: The Graphic Panel The Cursors Panel The Properties Panel

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7.1.1 THE GRAPHIC PANEL The Graphic Panel is the area where the waveforms of analog and digital channels are shown. Let see in details all the parts of this area. 1

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1) Digital Channels Graph: in this graph are shown all main and auxiliary digital channels. 2) Analog Channels Graphs: this graphs are the ones where are displayed the waveform of all the kind of analog channels, i.e. Coil Currents, Transducer Output, Current Clamp, Dynamic Resistance Values, etc. 3) Legend Area: at the right of the graphs you can find the legend which displays, for the digital channels, the name of each channel, and for the analog channels the name of each channel and also the values of the Y coordinates related with the cursors T1 and T2. Note that the box with the legend of each analog channel always follows the last visible point of the related channel so, when you zoom a result, youll always find, at the right of the analog channel track, its legend box. 4) Cursor T1: the X value of this cursor can be viewed in the Cursors Panel, while its Y value changes for each analog channel and can be viewed in the legend box of each analog channel. When you have a travel transducer result this cursor can be used, with the cursor T2, to calculate dynamically the speed of the transducer between two points. 5) Cursor T2: the X value of this cursor can be viewed in the Cursors Panel, while its Y value changes for each analog channel and can be viewed in the legend box of each analog channel. When you have a travel transducer result this cursor can be used, with the cursor T1, to calculate dynamically the speed of the transducer between two points. 6) Trigger Line: this dashed line shows the trigger time of the result

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If the test requires the use of a transducer the result page will look similar to this.

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Curve (1) shows the graph of the breaker; the values corresponding to cursors 1 and 2 are displayed in legend (4). If the option Calculate Breaker Speed is selected in Breaker Panel (7), the graph will show the curve of the speed (2), and the speeds corresponding to cursors 1 and 2 in legend (5); in the table the average dynamic speed between cursors 1 and 2 is calculated (8). If the option Calculate Breaker Acceleration is selected in Breaker Panel (7), the graph will show the curve of the acceleration (3), and the acceleration corresponding to cursors 1 and 2 in legend (6);

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If the test includes the measure of the dynamic resistance of the contacts, the result page will be shown as in the following picture.

This result window shows in curve (1) the current injected during the test, curve (5) is the measured voltage and curve (2) represents the measured resistance: the value is infinite at the left of the curve, when the current has not yet been injected, and becomes a few uOhm during the actual measure. The values of current and resistance identified at the position of the two cursors are displayed in the legend captions (3), (6) and (4).

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The following picture shows a test of dynamic resistance at the opening of a contact: as it can be seen, the voltage and current curves are reversed.

If the test includes the option Minimum Trip Coil, the result window will appear as in the following picture.

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7.1.1.1 Zooming and Resizing Channels Tracks In the graphic panel you can zoom the digital tracks in this way: 1. click on the Zoom button 2. click with the left button of the mouse on the graphic panel 3. at this point youll see a cursor which is the zoom cursor. This cursor indicates the start of the zoom zone 4. keeping pressed the left button of the mouse, move the mouse and youll see to appear another zoom cursor; this is the cursor which indicates the end of the zoom zone 5. when you have decided the zoom area you can release the mouse button 6. at this point you can see that the tracks have been zoomed and youre able to see the recording in details Alternatively if you click on the Zoom+ button the graph will be enlarged within the red cursor and blue cursor bounds. To resize the recording you have simply to click on the Zoom - button and all the tracks will be resized so that youll be able to see the entire recording. 7.1.2 THE CURSORS PANEL

In the Cursors Panel you can find the time values related with the T1 and the T2 cursors and also the time difference between that cursors. Each cursor label follows the movements of its own cursor so you cannot mistake the cursors values. 7.1.3 THE RIGHT PART OF THE DISPLAY On the right of the display, a number of tabs allows selecting many diagram and report characteristics.

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This part is a very useful tool to view the Result Measures, set the Pass/Fail conditions, view all the test contained in a sequence, edit the channels colors and visibility and also to change some graphic options of the Graphic Panel. The Properties Panel is composed by five pages: 1) the Operation page 2) the Measurements page 3) the Pass/Fail page 4) the Channels Options page 5) the Graphic Options page Each page of the Properties Panel has a Close button which will hide the panel to allow you to have a more wide Graphic Area to view your results. Let see in details all the pages of this panel 7.1.3.1 Operation Page

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Here you can see that each row of this page is related with a test contained in a sequence. To view a test of the sequence you simply have to click on the desired operation and the related waveforms with their measures will be visualized. 7.1.3.2 Measurements Page

This page contains all the measures that can be executed on the selected test; here is a bill of all the measures that CBA Pro can performs on a result: Current of Open phases A, B, C: the maximum open coil current of each phase Close Coil Current: the maximum close coil current Open Coils 1, 2 and 3s Flow Time of Current: the time during which the open current flows Close Coils Flow Time of Current: the time during which the open current flows Open Contact Spread of phases 1, 2 and 3: the difference between the best and the worst open times of each phase Close Contact Spread of phases 1, 2 and 3: the difference between the best and the worst close times of each phase Open Pole Spread, the difference between the best and the worst open times of each pole Close Pole Spread, the difference between the best and the worst close times of each pole Open Time of contacts A1, A2, (A3A6 for CBA 2000), B1, B2, (B3B6 for CBA 2000), C1, C2, (C3C6 for CBA 2000): the open time of each contact Close Time of Contacts A1, A2, (A3A6 for CBA 2000), B1, B2, (B3B6 for CBA 2000), C1, C2, (C3C6 for CBA 2000): the close time of each contact Open Contact Bounce of phases 1, 2 and 3: the time during which are present bounces in the digital track Close Contact Bounce of phases 1, 2, and 3: the time during which are present bounces in the digital track Open to Close Transducer Overtravel (phase A,B,C for CBA 2000): the amount of penetration space of the transducer during a Close operation Close to Open Transducer Overtravel (phase A,B,C for CBA 2000): the amount of penetration space of the transducer during an Open operation 82

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Open to Close Transducer Rebound (phase A,B,C for CBA 2000): the amount of rebound space of the transducer during a Close operation Close to Open Transducer Rebound (phase A,B,C for CBA 2000): the amount of rebound space of the transducer during an Open operation Open to Close Transducer Wipe (phase A,B,C for CBA 2000): is the difference, in space, between the close position of the breaker and the position of the breaker at the last closed contact Close to Open Transducer Wipe (phase A,B,C for CBA 2000): is the difference, in space, between the close position of the breaker and the position of the breaker at the first opened (or resistive) contact Open to Close Damping Time, is the difference, in time, between the last closed contact and the transducers real closure Close to Open Damping Time, is the difference, in time, between the first opened contact and the transducers real overture Resistance, Current and Voltage of phases A1, A2, A3, A4, B1, B2, B3, B4, C1, C2, C3, C4 The definition of the displacement of the circuit breaker is explained in the following figure.

TEST START CB CONTACTS OPEN DELAY CLOSED REFERENCE WIPE: STROKE BEFORE OPENING REBOUND FIRST OPENING

OPEN REFERENCE

OVER-TRAVEL

The Operation Page has three columns to describe the measures of the result; the first column is the name of the measure, the second column is the value and the third column is the unit of measure referred to the value in the second column. When a measure doesnt match with the parameters set in the Pass/Fail page the related row will be shown in red color. Moreover, if the result contains a travel transducer channel, the Measurement tap will be divided in two: Measurements, as usual, and Breaker Panel. Lets see in detail all the parts of this second panel.

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6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1) Calculate Breaker Speed, by checking this flag in the graph area will be drawn the graph of the transducer speed (phase A, B, C for CBA 2000) 2) Calculate Breaker Acceleration, by checking this flag in the graph area will be drawn the graph of the transducer acceleration (phase A, B, C for CBA 2000) 3) Unit, this combobox allows you to choose between three unit of measures: feet, millimeters and inches; once you have changed the unit of measures all the measures and the graphs related to the travel transducer will be recalculated in the new unit 4) Open Ref, indicate the value expressed in the selected unit of the breaker open position reference (phase A, B, C for CBA 2000) 5) Close Ref, indicate the value expressed in the selected unit of the breaker close position reference (phase A, B, C for CBA 2000) 6) Dynamic Speed, its the speed calculated between the position of the T1 and T2 cursors on the breaker graph (phase A, B, C for CBA 2000) 7) C-O/O-C Datum Tabs, allows you to switch between the Close to Open Datum Points page and the Open To Close Datum Points page 8) Datum A Position, allows you to define where is the position of Datum A respect to Close or Open Position or to the contact Trip (use ? button to open a diagram with a graphical representation) 9) Datum A, here you can type the distance from the first open position of the breaker to show the datum point A 10) Datum B, here you can type the distance in displacement or in time from the datum point A 11) Datum B Calculation Mode, here you can decide to calculate the datum point B in distance offset, there is in displacement, or in time offset 12) A-B Speed, this is the speed calculated between the Datum point A and the Datum point B (phase A, B, C for CBA 2000) 84

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This page contains the tolerances that you can apply to the measures page in the Properties Panel. The first column contains the description of the tolerance, in the second column you can decide to enable or disable the tolerance check, in the third column you can type the value of the tolerance and, in the end, in the fourth column you can see which is the unit of measure of the tolerance. You can set the following pass/fail: Minimum/Maximum Open Coil Current: these tolerances always go together; here you can set the minimum and the maximum current value for the Open Coil Minimum/Maximum Close Coil Current: also these tolerances always go together; here you can set the minimum and the maximum current value for the Close Coil Maximum Flow Time Open Current: is the maximum time allowed for the flow of the Open Current Maximum Flow Time Close Current: is the maximum time allowed for the flow of the Close Current Maximum Open Contact Spread: is the maximum spread time allowed between contacts during an Open operation Maximum Close Contact Spread: is the maximum spread time allowed between contacts during a Close operation Maximum Open Pole Spread: is the maximum spread time allowed between poles during an Open operation Maximum Close Pole Spread: is the maximum spread time allowed between poles during a Close operation 85

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Maximum Open Time Phase 1/2/3: they are the maximum time allowed to open each phase Maximum Close Time Phase 1/2/3: they are the maximum time allowed to close each phase Maximum Open Contact Bounce: is the maximum time allowed for the bounces of the contacts during an Open operation Maximum Close Contact Bounce: is the maximum time allowed for the bounces of the contacts during a Close operation Open Contact Debounce: this parameter allows you to filter the contacts bounces under the time specified for an Open operation Close Contact Debounce: this parameter allows you to filter the contacts bounces under the time specified for a Close operation Maximum Resistance: is the maximum resistance allowed for the breaker contact Maximum Resistance 1/2/3: they are the maximum resistances allowed for each breaker phase 7.1.3.4 Channels Options Page

In this page you can choose to show or hide a particular channel and also to change its colour. For example if you want to hide the channel named Close coil select the node and set the Show property to false by using the menu or by double clicking on the row of the bottom property list. At the same time, if you want to change the colour of the analog channel Open coil 1, you have to click on the node, select the row Color at the bottom property list and choose between the colours available in your colour palette. To change a colour you have only to click on the area which contains the wished colour and the channel will be modified instantaneously.

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This is the last page of the Properties Panel. In this page you can change several graphic properties; let see in details all the members of the upper part this page. Background Color, this item allows you to change the background color of the chart X Axis Color, this item allows you to change the color of the x axis of the chart Y Axis Color, this item allows you to change the color of the y axis of each sub graph contained in the result chart Analog Channels Color, this item allows you to change the color of all the analog channels contained in the result Digital MAIN Channels Color, this item allows you to change the color of all the main digital channels contained in the result Digital AUX Channels Color, this item allows you to change the color of all the auxiliary digital channels contained in the result Cursor T1 Color, this item allows you to change the color of the cursor T1 Cursor T2 Color, this item allows you to change the color of the cursor T2 X Axis Font, this item allows you to change the font of the x axis via a standard Windows dialog Y Axis Font, this item allows you to change the font of the y axis via a standard Windows dialog Legend Font, this item allows you to change the font of the legend via a standard Windows dialog Cursors Font, this item allows you to change the font of the cursors via a standard Windows dialog 87

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X Axis Decimal Digits, this item allows you to modify the number of decimal digits displayed in the x axis Y Axis Decimal Digits, this item allows you to modify the number of decimal digits displayed in the y axis of each sub graph in the result Legend Width, this item allows you to modify the width of the chart legend Show Legend, this item allows you to show or hide the chart legend Show Grid, this item allows you to show or hide the chart grid. The second part is the graph layout template. The user can save all the layout settings (Digital and Analog Colors, Graphs positioning and layout) in this table.

Buttons: New: create the new template; Save: updates the selected template with the modified settings; Delete: delete selected template; Set as default: this is the default template applied when the results are downloaded from the test set. NOTE: saved results keep the graph layout set by the user.

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7.2

The Resistance Result Window

When you open or download a result which doesnt contain any digital or analog channel track the Static Resistance Window will be opened instead of the Graphic one. This window may be composed by up to four areas: The Single Tests area, which contains the values of single resistance tests; The Tests on Phases area, which contains the values of the resistances on predetermined phases; The hybrid CBs test, which is made of two parts: to the left, are reported the test results of series resistances; to the right, are reported the computed single resistances. The columns of the Single Tests area are the following: Id, is the number id of the test Label, is a descriptive label of the test Resistance, is the value of the calculated resistance (u.o.m. = m) Voltage, is the value of the voltage (u.o.m. = V) Current, is the value of the current (u.o.m. = A) The columns of the Tests on Phases area are the following: Phase, is the phase observed in the test Resistance, is the value of the calculated resistance (u.o.m. = m) Voltage, is the value of the voltage (u.o.m. = V) Current, is the value of the current (u.o.m. = A) The columns of the hybrid CBs tests are the following: A) to the left. Phase, is the phase observed in the test 89

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Type of test: the three series resistance measurements; Resistance, is the value of the calculated resistance (u.o.m. = m) Voltage, is the value of the voltage (u.o.m. = V) Current, is the value of the current (u.o.m. = A). B) To the right: Phase, is the phase observed in the test Type of test: the three computed single resistances; Resistance, is the value of the calculated resistance (u.o.m. = m).

7.3

The Result Menu

When you open a graphic or a resistance result window, a menu item, called Result Menu, will appears on the menu bar, after the ? menu item. This menu contains different items according to the type of result you have opened; let see these items in details. 7.3.1 THE RESULT MENU OF A GRAPHIC RESULT

View Test Plan, once you have clicked on this item a test plan window will be opened. This window will contains the test plan used to produce the result youre working on, and youll not be able to change any setting; only the test plan header can be modified Extract Test Plan, clicking on this item youll be able to save the test plan associated with the current result in a cbt file Compare Result, clicking on this item youll be able to open another result file in the same chart of the current result and compare their waveforms and their measures (to know in details how to compare results see paragraph 4.4) View Operation List, opens the Properties Panels Operation List page View Measurements, opens the Properties Panels Measurements page View Resistance Measures, this item opens the Static Resistance window to see resistance measures of the result. If the result doesnt contains any Static Resistance measure of Single Test type this item will be not visible. View Pass/Fail, opens the Properties Panels Pass/Fail page View Channels Options, opens the Properties Panels Channels Options page View Graphic Options, opens the Properties Panels Graphic Options page 90

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Save as Bitmap, allows you to save a bitmap file (bmp) of the analog and digital tracks of the result 7.3.2 THE RESULT MENU OF A RESISTANCE RESULT

View Test Plan, once you have clicked on this item a test plan window will be opened. This window will contains the test plan used to produce the result youre working on, and youll not be able to change any setting; only the test plan header can be modified. Extract Test Plan, clicking on this item youll be able to save the test plan associated with the current result in a cbt file.

7.4

Comparing Results

Starting from the version 4.1.1 of CBA Pro is available the result comparison feature. The result comparison can be very useful, for example, when you want to compare two results made from the same breaker but in different times. Anyway to compare two results you have to consider that these results must be homogenous each other; as homogenous it means that the results must match the following conditions: 1. 2. 3. 4. the master and the comparing result cannot be a sequence the type of the operation of the two results must be the same the sampling frequency of the two results must be the same the trigger time (if theres one) of the two results must be the same

If your results match with these conditions then youll be able to compare them and youll see something like the following picture.

In this picture you can see the comparison of two Close tests made on the same breaker but in different times. As you can see the digital tracks are displayed on the same sub graph but the names of the digital channels of the comparing result are comprised between asterisks. The same thing happens for the names of the analog channels but their tracks are shown after the 91

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last analog track of the master result. Regarding the measurements table, you can see the measures of the first result, as usual, at the top of the table, while the measures of the second results are shown in green color after the measures of the first results and separated from them by an empty row.

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