Setting The Arc Times; Predefined Arc Handling - Advanced Energy Pinnacle User Manual

Pinnacle™ 20 kW
This feature changes the window of time over which the Pinnacle unit averages the
density of hard and micro arcs. You can select a value between 1.0 s and 10 s. With a
window of 1.0 s, the display will show the actual number of arcs that occurred in the
previous second. If the window is set at a value greater than 1.0 s, however, arcs per
second will show the number of arcs averaged over the number of seconds established
by the window. When the arc average window value is changed, the new value
remains in effect for subsequent power ups.
To change the length of the arc average window:
1. Press PROCESS → ARC → STATS → DENSITY → WINDOW.
4 WINDOW, SECOND and RUN options appear.
2. Select WINDOW.
3. Rotate the MODIFY knob to select an arc average window in seconds.
4. Press ENTER to accept and exit.

SETTING THE ARC TIMES

PROCESS → ARC → TIMES
You can customize your Pinnacle unit's arc handling. If you select "Custom," at the
PROCESS → ARC → TIMES menu, then two more menu selections become available
to you: "Shutdown" for selecting an arc shutdown time, and "Detect" for selecting an
arc detect delay time. Choose among several values for each. If you select
"Predefined" then the shutdown and detect times are pre-set.
To select a custom arc shutdown time:
1. Press PROCESS → ARC → TIMES → CUSTOM.
2. Select SHUTDOWN.
3. Rotate the MODIFY knob to select one of ten available settings in micro-seconds.
4. Press ENTER to accept and exit.
To select a custom arc detect delay time:
1. Press PROCESS → ARC → TIMES → CUSTOM
2. Press DETECT
3. Rotate the MODIFY knob to select one of ten available settings in micro-seconds.
4. Press ENTER to accept and exit.

PREDEFINED ARC HANDLING

This function lets you indicate the type of arc handling you would like for your
process by identifying the type of target in your process: metal or non-metal. This is
useful in situations where the arcing characteristics of a process are unknown, making
it difficult to set "custom" arc times. Selecting a metal or non-metal target initiates
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