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Capstone Turbine Corporation • 21211 Nordhoff Street • Chatsworth • CA 91311 • USA Technical Reference: Grid Connect Operation–Capstone Models C30 and C65 • Remote input allows the microturbine to be dispatched via potential-free digital inputs from the User Connection Bay (UCB). • CRMS – From the microturbine control panel menu, select Settings > User Connection Bay Settings, and set the Start Input slider to Mode 0, 1, 2 or 3. • C30 Display panel: Enter the user password (default is 87712370) and navigate as follows - System Data > System Configuration > Start Input, and select the Start Input options. • C65 display panel: not available. The Start Input options are described below: • User (Mode 0) – Allows a start command from local display panel, CRMS or thirty party control system (third party control system must speak “Capstone Protocol” or use Capstone supplied Modbus translator). Refer to Modbus Translator (MOXA) Technical Reference (Table 1) for details. • Remote (Mode 1) – Allows a start/stop command from digital inputs on UCB (5 VDC wetting for all digital inputs is provided by the microturbine UCB board, and is limited to a distance of 100ft). o C30 requires a closed contact between terminals TB1, pin 3 and TB4, pin 4 to start (see Figure 6). o C65 requires a closed contact between terminals J12, pin 4 and TJ12, pin 5 to start (see Figure 7). • GC User / SA Remote (Mode 2) – Allows start/stop command from User Mode when GC interlock has been linked (enabled). Allows start/stop command from Remote Mode when SA interlock has been linked (enabled). • SA User / GC Remote (Mode 3) – Allows start/stop command from User Mode when SA interlock has been linked (enabled). Allows start/stop command from Remote Mode when GC interlock has been linked (enabled). 410027 Rev G (April 2013) Page 7 of 32 Capstone reserves the right to change or modify, without notice, the design, specifications, and/or contents of this document without incurring any obligation either with respect to equipment previously sold or in the process of construction. CRMS UCB Settings Menu Description Value Default Start Input