DATE : 20/03/2015 DOC. MSE10166 REV. 7.0.

CBA Pro Circuit Breaker Analyzer

USER MANUAL
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REVISION DESCRIPTION OF CHANGES VISA

N PAG. DATE
1 All 09/21/2006 Issued release 4.1.1 Bellotti

2 All 11/30/2007 Issued release 5.0.1 Morandi

3 All 02/10/2008 Updated for release 5.0.3 Rossoni

4 All 09/05/2008 Updated for release 5.1.2 Rossoni

5 65-66, 84 12/01/2008 Added Digital travel transducers options, and Rossoni

new voices in the Result Menù
5.2.5 12-13, 38, 20/02/2009 Added the new menu 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

6.5.0 None 10/3/2014 Updated to the revision Lodi

7.0.4 70-72 20/3/2015 Updated to the revision Lodi

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1. CBA PRO OVERVIEW .......................................................................................................... 6

2. PROGRAM MAIN WINDOW ............................................................................................... 7
2.1 THE CBA MENU BAR ................................................................................................................. 9
2.1.1 File Menu ............................................................................................................................ 9
2.1.1.1 Open Test Plan .............................................................................................................................................................. 9
2.1.1.2 Open Result ................................................................................................................................................................. 10
2.1.1.3 Save Test Plan ............................................................................................................................................................. 10
2.1.1.4 Save Result .................................................................................................................................................................. 11
2.1.1.5 Save in TDMS ............................................................................................................................................................. 11
2.1.1.6 Save All Files… ......................................................................................................................................................... 13
2.1.1.7 Import COMTRADE .................................................................................................................................................. 14
2.1.1.8 Import from third parties formats ................................................................................................................................ 14
2.1.1.9 Import from USB Flash Drive (CBA 2000 only) ........................................................................................................ 14
2.1.1.10 Import CBT400 files ............................................................................................................................................... 15
2.1.1.11 Results Analysis...................................................................................................................................................... 15
2.1.1.12 Print ........................................................................................................................................................................ 15
2.1.1.13 Close ....................................................................................................................................................................... 15
2.1.2 Test Editor Menu ............................................................................................................... 16
2.1.2.1 Create Test Plan ......................................................................................................................................................... 16
2.1.2.2 Open Test Plan ............................................................................................................................................................ 16
2.1.2.3 Save Test Plan ............................................................................................................................................................. 16
2.1.3 Test Control Menu ............................................................................................................. 17
2.1.3.1 Download Pending Result ........................................................................................................................................... 17
2.1.3.2 Download Results ....................................................................................................................................................... 17
2.1.3.3 Delete Results ............................................................................................................................................................. 18
2.1.3.4 Download Pending Test Plan ...................................................................................................................................... 19
2.1.3.5 Download Test Plans................................................................................................................................................... 19
2.1.3.6 Delete Test Plans ......................................................................................................................................................... 20
2.1.3.7 Upload Test Plan ......................................................................................................................................................... 21
2.1.3.8 Upload Current Test Plan ............................................................................................................................................ 21
2.1.4 Options Menu .................................................................................................................... 21
2.1.4.1 Customize ................................................................................................................................................................... 21
2.1.4.2 Languages ................................................................................................................................................................... 27
2.1.4.3 Save Calibration .......................................................................................................................................................... 27
2.1.4.4 Upload Calibration ...................................................................................................................................................... 27
2.1.5 Window Menu .................................................................................................................... 28
2.1.6 ? Menu ............................................................................................................................... 28
2.1.6.1 About CBA Pro ........................................................................................................................................................... 28
2.1.6.2 Instrument Information ............................................................................................................................................... 28
2.1.6.3 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

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2.3 THE CBA STATUS BAR ............................................................................................................. 37

3. 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 ........................................................................................................................... 54
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 ........................................................................................................................ 64
4.8 ANALOG INPUT SETTINGS ............................................................................................................. 65
4.8.1 Analog travel transducer ....................................................................................................... 66
4.8.2 Pressure transducer ............................................................................................................... 68
4.8.3 Digital travel transducer ....................................................................................................... 69
4.8.4 Analog input........................................................................................................................... 70
5 MICRO-OHMMETER TEST ................................................................................................. 72
6 PASS / FAIL .................................................................................................................................. 73
7. RESULT.................................................................................................................................. 75
7.1 THE GRAPHIC RESULT WINDOW ............................................................................................... 75
7.1.1 The Graphic Panel ............................................................................................................ 76

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7.1.1.1 Zooming and Resizing Channels Tracks ..................................................................................................................... 80

7.1.2 The Cursors Panel ............................................................................................................. 80
7.1.3 The right part of the display .............................................................................................. 80
7.1.3.1 Operation Page ............................................................................................................................................................ 81
7.1.3.2 Measurements Page ..................................................................................................................................................... 82
7.1.3.3 Pass/Fail Page ............................................................................................................................................................. 85
7.1.3.4 Channels Options Page................................................................................................................................................ 86
7.1.3.5 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 test-
plan 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.

Revision 6.5.0 incorporates the feature of importing data with a different format (CBT 400).

Revision 7.0.4 allows performing the first trip test with three phase currents.

Note: Windows is trademark of Microsoft Corporation

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2. Program Main Window

In this chapter we‟ll 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 we‟ll 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 suggests 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 you‟ve 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, it‟s 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, it‟s 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 2000‟s
instrument; open the “ISATEST” folder; the results file list saved on the USB device will appear.
It‟s 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, it‟s possible to save the opened files in the CBA Result format
(*.cba).

2.1.1.10 Import CBT400 files

This function is used to import results saved with the CBT400 format. The selection is active only if
in the Operating System register is active the Activation key.

2.1.1.11 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.

2.1.1.12 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).

2.1.1.13 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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2.1.3 TEST CONTROL MENU

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 hasn‟t been saved yet onto
the CBA flash card.
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 not static resistance tests.
Resistance results don‟t include any graphical representation of a registration; it is a table with
resistance measurements, types Single Test, Test on Phases or Y CB.
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 hasn‟t 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 you‟ll click the “Cancel” button, the download
operation will be aborted.
Once you‟ve 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 hasn‟t 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 you‟re sure to delete the file; selecting “Yes” the file will be deleted
otherwise no operation will be executed; if you‟ll click the “Cancel” button the delete operation
we‟ll 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 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 hasn‟t been saved yet
onto the instrument‟s 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 hasn‟t 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 you‟ll click the “Cancel” button the download operation we‟ll be aborted.
Once you‟ve clicked the “Download” button the program will open the Test Plan window. Note that
at this point the file hasn‟t 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.

To delete a test plan you have to select one item of the test plans list and click the “Delete” button

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and the system will ask you if you‟re sure to delete the file; selecting “Yes” the file will be deleted
otherwise no operation will be executed; if you‟ll click the “Cancel” button the delete operation
we‟ll 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 it‟s 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 don‟t 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 doesn‟t 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 software‟s 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 you‟ll 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

It is possible to customize the configuration of this toolbar; in fact, you can change the size of the
icons (16x16 or 32x32), the visibility of a descriptive text at the bottom of each button and the
position of the toolbar itself.

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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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2.2.2 OPEN

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 you‟ll 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 you‟ll 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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2.2.7 PRINT

: 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:

then the report is displayed in a new window :

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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

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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 you‟ll 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.
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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 you‟re 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

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window; by select each node in the treeview you‟ll be able to set the different parts of the test plan
in the right panel on the window.
Now let‟s 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, it‟s the model of the breaker to test
 Breaker S/N, it‟s the serial number of the breaker to test

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 Operator, it‟s 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, it‟s the version of the PicJ10 firmware
 Pic16F fw Version, it‟s the version of the Pic16F firmware
 Firmware Version, it‟s the version of CBA 1000 firmware
 Format Version, it‟s 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 CB‟s, 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.

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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; you‟re 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.

You may input the message you desire, and then press OK. Then, press Add: the operation
is added to the right.

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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 allows adding a new test after the selected row.
 Save saves the sequence into the temporary memory.
 deletes the selected row.
 Shift up shifts the selected line up by one position.
 Shift down 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.

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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.

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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

In this frame it is possible to enable or disable the analog channel and decide which kind of analog
input will be tested.
As “analog channel” you can select between four choices:

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 Analog Input
 Travel Transducer
 Pressure Transducer
 Current Clamp

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.
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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 you‟ll use the input labelled
“Transducer/Analog Input” of the CBA 1000 instrument; 5V choice means that you‟ll 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 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 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.

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You can also enable Datum Points, that are two points, „A‟ and „B‟, that will be drawn on the travel
transducer‟s 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 it‟s 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 calibration‟s 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

As long as for the travel transducer also for the pressure transducer you can assign a label and you
must select the analog input used. Here you have also to specify the pressure corresponding to 0 V,
the relative unit of measure (Bar or lb/in²), and the relation between voltage and pressure.

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3.8.4 CURRENT CLAMP

First of all for the current clamp you can assign a label and select the analog input used.
Then it‟s 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 you‟ll be able to set the different parts of the test
plan in the right panel on the window.
Now let‟s see in details all these parts of a test plan.

4.1 Test Header

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

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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, it‟s the model of the breaker to test
 Breaker S/N, it‟s the serial number of the breaker to test
 Operator, it‟s 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:

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 PicJ10 fw Version, it‟s the version of the PicJ10 firmware

 Pic16F fw Version, it‟s the version of the Pic16F firmware
 Firmware Version, it‟s the version of CBA 2000 firmware
 Format Version, it‟s 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 the 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 zero.

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; you‟re 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.

You may input the message you desire, and then press OK. Then, press Add: the operation

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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 allows adding a new test after the selected row.
 Save saves the sequence into the temporary memory.
 deletes the selected row.
 Shift up shifts the selected line up by one position.
 Shift down 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:

 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

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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:

The Close Contact Threshold must be set, and this is usually enough. If the CB has a Graphite
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.

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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.

4.7 Coils Settings

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

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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.

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)

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Regarding the other three inputs it is necessary to define whether they are Analog Travel
Transducers, Pressure Transducers, Digital Travel Transducers or Analog input.

4.8.1 ANALOG TRAVEL TRANSDUCER

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.

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,

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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
transducer‟s 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
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 it‟s 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

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picture:

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 calibration‟s 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.

4.8.2 PRESSURE TRANSDUCER

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/in²) of this pressure. Then you can define the linear law

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existing between the measured voltage value and the corresponding pressure value. Use option
button 1, 2 or 3 to choose different pressure transducer.

4.8.3 DIGITAL TRAVEL TRANSDUCER

If the user selects the “Digital Travel Transducer” setting, the following window will open:

First of all it is necessary to set the Nominal Breaker Stroke, and its unity of measure (mm or inch).
There are two transducer‟s parameters: the number of impulses per turn and the actual stroke of the
transducer with respect to the breaker‟s 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 transducer‟s 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.

4.8.4 ANALOG INPUT

With this selection, the three 10 V inputs of the round connectors are made available to measure any
other voltage. In particular, this feature has been developed to allow the three-phase first trip test
and the power synchronization test.

When selected, the window becomes the following one.

These inputs are named Analog input 3, 4 and 5, because they can be used together with the 500 V
inputs, which are named Analog inputs 1 and 2. You have to check the input you want to use; after
this, the following window is displayed.

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You can:
 Label the input;
 Select the input range. The selection 1 V is the one to be used in conjunction with the clip-
on AC (or DC) transformer, which has the ratio of 0.1 V per $;
 Full wave is selected for AC signals, such as those coming from the clip-on AC transformer;
 Select the current clamp: by this selection, the result will be displayed in A rather than V;
 Maximum clam current: 10 A.

With OK, the first input is selected. If you want, proceed selecting the other two channels.

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5 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 µΩ, 1 mΩ, 10 mΩ or 100 mΩ 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 µΩ, 1 mΩ, 10 mΩ or 100 mΩ
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

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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 doesn‟t 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.

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4

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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, you‟ll 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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5

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6

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.

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5

4
2

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.

The curve represents the voltage applied to the Minimum Trip Coil. In the example, the coil opens
at 13.4 V and closes at 61.28 V.

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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 you‟ll 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 you‟ll 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 you‟re 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 you‟ll 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

This page allows you to switch between tests of a sequence.

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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 3’s 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, (A3…A6 for CBA 2000), B1, B2, (B3…B6 for CBA 2000), C1, C2,
(C3…C6 for CBA 2000): the open time of each contact
Close Time of Contacts A1, A2, (A3…A6 for CBA 2000), B1, B2, (B3…B6 for CBA 2000), C1, C2,
(C3…C6 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

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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
transducer‟s real closure
Close to Open Damping Time, is the difference, in time, between the first opened contact and the
transducer‟s 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 FIRST OPENING

CLOSED REFERENCE
“WIPE”: STROKE BEFORE
OPENING

REBOUND

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 doesn‟t 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”. Let‟s see in detail all the parts of this second
panel.

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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, it‟s 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)

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7.1.3.3 Pass/Fail Page

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

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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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7.1.3.5 Graphic Options Page

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

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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 doesn‟t 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 CB‟s 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. = mΩ)
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. = mΩ)
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 CB‟s tests are the following:

A) to the left.
Phase, is the phase observed in the test

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Type of test: the three series resistance measurements;

Resistance, is the value of the calculated resistance (u.o.m. = mΩ)
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. = mΩ).

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 you‟re working on, and you‟ll not be
able to change any setting; only the test plan header can be modified
Extract Test Plan, clicking on this item you‟ll be able to save the test plan associated with the
current result in a cbt file
Compare Result, clicking on this item you‟ll 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 Panel‟s Operation List page
View Measurements, opens the Properties Panel‟s Measurements page
View Resistance Measures, this item opens the Static Resistance window to see resistance
measures of the result. If the result doesn‟t contains any Static Resistance measure of Single Test
type this item will be not visible.
View Pass/Fail, opens the Properties Panel‟s Pass/Fail page
View Channels Options, opens the Properties Panel‟s Channels Options page
View Graphic Options, opens the Properties Panel‟s Graphic Options page

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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 you‟re working on, and you‟ll not be
able to change any setting; only the test plan header can be modified.
Extract Test Plan, clicking on this item you‟ll 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. the master and the comparing result cannot be a sequence

2. the type of the operation of the two results must be the same
3. the sampling frequency of the two results must be the same
4. the trigger time (if there‟s one) of the two results must be the same

If your results match with these conditions then you‟ll be able to compare them and you‟ll 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.
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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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