D/E Remote Relay

Panel User Guide

This manual should remain with the unit.

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Detailed Specifications ..............................................2 System Specification ................................................2

Environmental Specs ................................................2 Hardware Functional Description ..............................3
Power Supply Requirements ....................................2 Software Specification ..............................................4
Relay Outputs (8) ......................................................2 Configuration Examples ............................................5
Communication With D/E Panel ................................2 Example 1 ................................................................5
Packaging and Mounting ..........................................2 Example 2 ................................................................5
Transportation and Storage ......................................2 Electrical Data ............................................................6
Exploded Views & Parts Lists ..................................7

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS ‹ PACKAGING AND MOUNTING

Enclosure type Sheet metal box.
‹ ENVIRONMENTAL SPECS
Base Panel Wall/flush mount
Temperature -20°C to +50°C #A6985/#A7437
Humidity 0 to 95% Non Condensing Front Panel Wall/flush mount
#A6987/#A9698
‹ POWER SUPPLY REQUIREMENTS Mounting Wall or flush.
Power Supply Source Generator Battery/External Weight requirements None
DC supply.
Manuals Yes - Operator guide
Nominal Supply +12V to +24VDC
Transient protection Spikes clamped to 40V ‹ TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE
Power Usage 600mA maximum. Temperature -20°C to +80°C
Battery Supply cable 2 wire - DC resistance less Humidity 0-95% Non Condensing
than 6 Ohms per conductor.
Fuse on front panel 2 Amp SYSTEM SPECIFICATION
The D/E Panel Remote Relay Panel (RRP) provides
‹ RELAY OUTPUTS (8) remote monitoring and activation of up to 8 genera-
tor parameters.
Contact per channel 1 pair NO/NC (1xSPDT)
Volt-free contacts It is functionally similar to the existing 20 Light
Remote Annunciator (model 09845-0) which inter-
Maximum contact 30VDC/1A or 120VAC/0.5A faces with the ‘D/E’ Panel display, the main difference
rating being that it provides relay outputs for each channel
rather than a visual display.
‹ COMMUNICATION WITH D/E PANEL
Each RRP can monitor up to 8 channels, but multi-
Communication link 2 wire RS485 fully isolated. ple units may be used to obtain all 18 parameters.
Cable 2 wire - twisted pair with Power to the RRP is supplied from the generator bat-
overall screen tery or external DC supply (+12V to +24V) via a 2
Overall Cable spec. Cable is 4 conductor, 2 for wire link. Communication with the D/E Panel is via a
Power and Ground, 2 for 2 wire RS485 serial data link. See Figure 1.
RS485 Communications.

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Figure 1 Selected Parameters

The user can select up to 8 of the following 18 param-
eters using the 10/8 way dip switches S1/S2 on the
PCB.
S1 Parameter S2 Parameter
1 RPM Sensor Loss 1 Battery Charger AC Failure
2 Overcrank 2 Low Battery Voltage
3 Overspeed 3 High Battery voltage
4 Low Oil Pressure 4 Generator Run
5 High Water Temp. 5 Generator Power
6 Emergency Stop 6 Not In Auto
7 Pre-Low Oil Pressure 7 Line Power
8 Pre-High Water Temp. 8 Spare Channel
‹ HARDWARE FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION 9 Pre-Low Water Temp.
The RRP normally polls the D/E panel every 10 sec- 10 Pre-Low Fuel
onds and receives the 18 generator status parame-
ters. It then activates/deactivates the relay outputs to The relay outputs are assigned to the selected param-
reflect the status of up to 8 selected parameters. eters in sequential order. I.e. if DIP1-1..8 are select-
ed, these are assigned to relay’s 1..8 respectively as
The relay outputs match exactly the status of the indi-
shown in Figures 3 and 4.
cators on the D/E panel. There is no facility to over-
ride or accept alarms locally either by the operator or
automatically at the RRP. Figure 3 — S1

Relay Outputs
Each channel will provide one pair of Normally
Open/Normally Closed contacts. See Figure 2.
The relay status is fail-safe when using the NC con-
tacts as the alarm output i.e.:
Alarm OFF = Relay ON = NC contact OPEN
Alarm ON = Relay OFF = NC contact CLOSED

Figure 2
Figure 4 — S2

NOTE:
So a DC supply failure will reset the relay to Off = If a unit is wired up and then subsequently an
alarm ON - N/C Closed. additional DIP is selected or deselected all the
relay outputs will be re-assigned sequentially and
therefore may require re-wiring.

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RRP Address ‹ SOFTWARE SPECIFICATION

Each RRP has a user selectable address (0-3) which
is used during the communication process. It must Serial Interface
be set to a unique value for each RRP using DIP Default 4800, n, 8, 1
switch S3.1 & S3.2 as shown in Figure 5.
Auto-detect 2400, 9600 bd.
Figure 5 — RRP Value Request Frequency
Nominally once every 10 seconds
To enable more than 1 RRP to co-exist with other
Address S3.1 S3.2 RRP’s or with a Remote Annunciator Panel (RAP), the
0 0 0 individual communication process of each RRP
1 0 1 dynamically adapts to the overall user configuration.
2 1 0 This means that when a new RRP or RAP is powered
3 1 1 up onto an existing RS485 network, there may be a
period of time, during which any or all of the units
may report “Communication failure”. The system will
settle to normal operation automatically without user
The default address is 0 as shown and should be intervention.
used for a single RRP.
Error Detection
NOTE:
The D/E panel should respond to a data request with-
S3.3 is unused and should be set to OFF. in 1 second for each transaction.
RS485 Line Termination The RRP will continuously try 3 times at each of 3
baud rates (4800, 9600, 2400 bd) before reporting a
An RS485 terminating resistor is switched in (ON) or
communication error by switching all the relays off.
out (OFF) using DIP switch S3.4. Normally, for a sin-
gle RRP configuration the DIP switch should be ON Limits of Operation
(default as shown in Figure 5).
The following communication restrictions apply for
If however the configuration includes more than 1 multiple units on a common RS485 line:
RRP or also includes a RAP then either of the next
two options should be used: • Up to 4 RRPs may be used together.
• Only 1 RAP may be used with multiple RRPs.
a. If more than 1 RRP is present on the same RS485
• An RRP/RAP can only communicate with 1 D/E
line this switch must be re-positioned to OFF on
panel.
every additional RRP.
• Each RRP should be set to a different “address”.
b.Or a Remote Annunciator Panel (RAP) is present
on the same RS485 line, this switch must be re- • Only 1 RRP should have the RS485 termination
positioned to OFF on every RRP. resistor selected.

RS485 Communication
There are no options available, the jumpers J1 & J2
must both be set to positions 1-2.
Communication Jumper Position
RS485 J1 1-2
(default) J2 1-2

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CONFIGURATION EXAMPLES Figure 8 — S2

‹ EXAMPLE 1
A single RRP is connected to a D panel (Figure 6).
S3.1, 3.2 Address 0, S3.1 and S3.2 OFF
S3.2 Unused is OFF
S3.4 RS485 termination resistor is ON

Figure 6 — Single RRP Connected to D Panel

‹ EXAMPLE 2
If subsequently DIP1-3 is removed, and DIP2-5 is
added, then relays will be re-assigned as (Figures 9
and 10).
DIP Parameter Relay
1, 1 RPM Sensor Loss 1
1, 5 High Water Temp 2
1, 10 Pre-Low Fuel 3
2, 5 Generator Power 4

Figure 9 — S1

DIP S1-1, 3, 5, 10 are initially selected, these are

assigned to relays 1, 2, 3, 4 (Figures 7 and 8).
DIP Parameter Relay
1, 1 RPM Sensor Loss 1
1, 3 Overspeed 2
1, 5 High Water Temp 3
1, 10 Pre-Low Fuel 4
Figure 10 — S2
Figure 7 — S1

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 Electrical Data
Electrical Schematic – Drawing No. 0A9893

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 Exploded Views and Parts Lists
Surface Mount – Drawing No. 0A9828-A

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4 5
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ITEM PART NO. QTY. DESCRIPTION

1 0A6985 1 PANEL ANUNCIATR REAR

2 0A9036 2 ASSEMBLY 8-CHAN REM RLY STAND RRP
3 040213 12 PCB SUPPORT SNAP-IN 1/4"
4 0A6990 2 SUPPORT PC BOARD
5 036261 8 RIVET POP .125 X .275 AL
6 0A9697 1 PANEL ANUNCIATOR FRONT
7 056892 4 SCREW CRIMPTITE 10-24 X 3/8
8 025034 2 PLUG STEEL 1.0625 (NOT SHOWN)

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 Exploded Views and Parts Lists
Flush Mount – Drawing No. 0A9829-A

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1

2
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ITEM PART NO. QTY. DESCRIPTION

1 0A7437 1 PANEL ANUNCIATOR REAR

2 0A9036 2 ASSEMBLY 8-CHAN REM RLY STAND RRP
3 040213 12 PCB SUPPORT SNAP-IN 1/4"
4 0A6990 2 SUPPORT PC BOARD
5 036261 8 RIVET POP .125 X .275 AL
6 0A9698 1 PANEL ANUNCIATOR FRONT
7 056892 4 SCREW CRIMPTITE 10-24 X 3/8
8 025034 1 PLUG STEEL 1.0625

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Part No. 0A9825 Revision B (11/11/03) Printed in U.S.A.