ACTAS Px60 Quick Start Guide

Connect the sensors

Connect the sensors to the secondary side of the current transformers and to the release coils, then connect them to ACTAS according to the configuration.

Sensor connections from the current transformers and release coils to the ACTAS unit

Create the connection configuration

Under Connections, create a First Trip connection configuration. Click the First Trip connection configuration to open it.

Connections screen showing the First Trip connection configuration

Configure the main contacts

Under Connections / Main contacts:

Select the First Trip test mode.
Set the connection mode to three phase or per pole.
Configure the sensor being used.
Connect the leads to Sensor 2.

Main contacts settings for First Trip mode, connection mode, and Sensor 2

Set the coil-current sensors

Set the sensors for measuring the coil currents under Connections / Sensors.

Connections Sensors screen configured to measure coil currents

Open Trigger

Switch to Trigger.

ACTAS interface with the Trigger section selected

Configure the trigger set

Apply a Signal function / Coil current trigger set with:

An Over trigger with a positive trigger value.
An Under trigger with a negative trigger value.

Coil current trigger set with positive Over and negative Under trigger values

Open the First Trip test

Switch to Tests / First Trip.

ACTAS Tests section with First Trip selected

Define the recording parameters

Define the parameters for the recording. To obtain an optimum test result, do not set either the pre-trigger duration or the recording duration below the basic setting of 500 ms.

First Trip recording parameters showing pre-trigger and recording duration settings