Aluratek POWERCURRENT SENSOR AND INTEGRATED CONTROLLER AC301102 User Guide

AC301-102 & AC301-106 Power Sensors User’s Guide 
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Welcome! 
We greatly appreciate your purchase of the  AC301 -102/106  Power 
Sensor/Controller . We are sure you will find it reliable and simple to use. 
Superior performance for the right price, backed by solid technical and 
customer support is what ALTINEX ha s to offer. 
We are committed to providing our customers with Signal  Management 
Solutions
®  to the most demanding audiovisual installations at competitive...

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4. Technical Specifications 
Specifications are subject to change.  See 
www.altinex.com  for up -to -date information.  
 
Features/Description   AC301-102/106  
Inputs   
  AC (pass-through) AC301- 102  NEMA 5-15P  (1) 
  AC (pass -through) AC301- 106  IEC M – C14 (1)  
  Control/Power   4-pin Terminal Block (1)  
Output   
  AC (pass-through) AC301- 102  NEMA 5-15R (1)  
  AC (pass-through) AC301- 106  IEC F – C13 (1)  
Compatibility...

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5. About Your AC301-102/106 
•   Large Load Capacity, 50 mA to  5 A AC at 120 or 240 VAC  
•   Remote on/off of  live  AC  line 
•   Current s ensor output  voltage  
•   Live line circuit breaker  
The  AC301 -102/106  Power Sensor/Controller  allows the  ALTINEX Neutron controllers to  remotely control the AC power applied to a single audiovisual device 
as well as monitor the power consumption of  the device .  The AC301 -102 has a...

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6. Application Diagrams 
Diagram  1 :  Typical Setup  
 
 
  

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Diagram 2 :  Internal View AC301 -102 
 
 
CURRENT DETECT
POWER
I SENSE
ON/OFF
POWER
NEMA 5-15P
TERM BLOCK
+12V
LIVE
OUTPUT
INPUT/CONTROL
NEUTRAL GROUND
GROUND
NEUTRAL LIVE
LIVE
NEMA 5-15R
  

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Diagram 3 :  Internal View AC301 -106 
 
 
CURRENT DETECT
POWER
I SENSE
ON/OFF
POWER
IEC M
TERM BLOCK
+12V
LIVE
OUTPUT
INPUT/CONTROL
NEUTRAL GROUND
GROUND
NEUTRAL LIVE
LIVE
IEC F
  

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7. Operation 
The  AC301 -102/106  requires no adjustments for optimum  performance. 
Once set -up, the AC301 -102/106  will work trouble -free without user 
intervention.   
R emember: the AC device should draw at least 50 mA of AC c urrent and 
not more than 5A AC.  
7.1 Device Control  
The  AC301 -102/106  automatically enables power to the device  wh ile 
the  Relay Control  input line is connected to ground . 
7.2 Current Sense...

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8. Troubleshooting Guide 
We have carefully tested and have found no problems in the supplied  AC301-102/106 . However, we would like to offer suggestions for the following:  
Symptom Resolution 
Output LED  is OFF    The 
Output  LED only turns on when the AC301 -102/106  Power Sensor/Controller is passing AC power through to 
the external device. This only occur s when the Neu tron Controller is pulling the Relay Control input of the...