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Safety Precautions Safety Precautions Before installation of the soft starter, please note the following safety precautions 1. The General Description of FWI-SS3 Series Soft Starter 1.1 The Main Function Please check this user manual carefully before installing the product. 1.2 The Main Characteristics 2.
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1. The General Description of FWI-SS3 Series Soft Starter Reliable and High-grade Quality FWI-SS3 series Soft Starter is new type start-up equipment which integrates This product is designed according to the computer analog test, has the electric force and electron techniques computer technique and modern best electromagnetic compatibility.
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VTdrive VTdrive www.vtdrive.com www.vtdrive.com FWI-SS3 series Motor Soft Starter Code FWI-SS3 -5d5-4 3.2 The installation Requirement Input voltage 3-phase AC460V 60Hz ● The direction and distance of installation: To make suret the soft Matched motor 5.5KW starter be in good draft and heat dissipation, please install the product...
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VTdrive VTdrive www.vtdrive.com www.vtdrive.com The outlinedDimension and installation dimensions of 75KW-600KW The FWI-SS3 Soft Starter has three types of connection, as following Main Installation Outline circuit connection: it contains the wiring of 3-phase source input, the output Rated Dimensions(mm) Dimensions(mm)
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VTdrive VTdrive www.vtdrive.com www.vtdrive.com 4.2 The External Terminal Terminal ⑾ ⑿ are DC 0-20mA analogue output ,they show the current Please see the diagram 4.2 value of motor when real-time working, 20mA is full-scale value and is four times than rated current of nominal power of soft starter, while, we can contact a 0-20mADC current meter to check.
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VTdrive VTdrive www.vtdrive.com www.vtdrive.com 4.4 The Communication Interfaces ● Open state: you should not press the "run" key until the ready-lamp RJ-45 is the standard web line socket lights and show “READY" DB9 socket has Rs485 and RS232 interfaces inside Please see the diagram 4.5...
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VTdrive VTdrive www.vtdrive.com www.vtdrive.com ● The "Up" and "Down" ("▲"" ▲ ") key :In the Set Menu ,you can press Factory The range Explanation Code Codes Name of value Default these two keys to choose the Function Code you need when the Colon is not shining and can choose the Parameters under the Colon when Colon is shining ,It is the same as the operation in Help Menu.
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VTdrive VTdrive www.vtdrive.com www.vtdrive.com Setting Factory Setting Factory Explanation Explanation Code Code Codes Name Codes Name Range Default Range Default 0: primary level; 1: light-load level; This code is This code is for P6, P7 programming 2: standard level; used to adjust...
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VTdrive VTdrive www.vtdrive.com www.vtdrive.com Factory Setting Codes Name Explanation Code Range Default “The rated current of motor” This code is used is the same as the current Rated to set the” rated nominal current of motor value current-of Motor” ...
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VTdrive VTdrive www.vtdrive.com www.vtdrive.com ● Having stopped because of any fault and delay time for 60 seconds, As the following form (Form 5.3) the soft starter will re-start automatically Numerical value ● The total automatic re-start times is "n" ,"n" is setted by keyboard PE parameter.
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VTdrive VTdrive www.vtdrive.com www.vtdrive.com Base of the Max working current of motor (Set by F6 Item), (The diagram 6.1 s how) ○ Power voltage failure protection: the delayed time is separately less than 0.5s or 3s when the power voltage is less than half of limited value or less than setted value.
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VTdrive VTdrive www.vtdrive.com www.vtdrive.com ● The light-load level protection, standard protection level and heavy-load protection level all have the protection function of soft standard. The difference among them is the surges of motor overload heat-protection. See the diagram of 6.1 and Form 6.1.
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VTdrive VTdrive www.vtdrive.com www.vtdrive.com ● If the soft starter starts n o t g o o d , y o u c a n c h e c k w h e t h e r t h e starting mode you choose is suitable for your motor.
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VTdrive VTdrive www.vtdrive.com www.vtdrive.com Note:This mode will cause big-current shock to the motor, so if the ramp voltage or limit-current mode can be used, please do not choose to use the Note:It is normal that the starting time is less than the setted time under torque control mode to start.
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VTdrive VTdrive www.vtdrive.com www.vtdrive.com 7.3.1 Soft-stopping Mode (The P2 item is not set as"0",this stopping mode 7.4 Application Examples is valid) When using this mode to stop the motor, the power supply The parameters of the different loadings are different, please see the motor will be transferred from the by-pass contactor to the controlled Form 7.2...
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