EasyLogic™ APF

Active Harmonic Filter

User Manual

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01/2024

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Table of Contents
Foreword ......................................................................................................5
Safety Information ......................................................................................5
Safety Precautions .....................................................................................6
Introduction ..................................................................................................7
Active Harmonic Filter .................................................................................7
Operation .....................................................................................................8
Basic Operating Instructions........................................................................8
Introduction to 7-inch HMI .........................................................................10
Home Screen .....................................................................................10
User Access Permission......................................................................10
Menu Interface ...................................................................................12
Measurement Interface .......................................................................13
Setting Interface .................................................................................17
Event Log Interface .............................................................................26
Help Interface .....................................................................................28
Fault Reset.........................................................................................28
About Interface ...................................................................................29
Introduction to 4.3-inch HMI.......................................................................30
Home Screen .....................................................................................30
User Access Permission......................................................................30
Menu Interface ...................................................................................32
Measurement Interface .......................................................................33
Setting Interface .................................................................................38
Event Log Interface .............................................................................46
About Interface ...................................................................................47
Fault Reset.........................................................................................47
Operation Instructions for Startup/Shutdown and Debugging ...........49
Startup Steps ...........................................................................................49
Shutdown Steps .......................................................................................50
System Parameter Configuration ...............................................................51
Quick Parameter Setting .....................................................................51
Advanced Parameter Setting ...............................................................52
System Debugging ...................................................................................54
Cybersecurity.............................................................................................56
Equipment Safety .....................................................................................56
Password Management ............................................................................56
Access Control .........................................................................................57
Local Access............................................................................................57
Modbus RTU based Remote Access..........................................................57
Firmware Update......................................................................................58
Safe Disposal...........................................................................................58
Network Security Vulnerabilities or Events ..................................................58
Open-source Library License Statement.....................................................58
EasyLogic™ APF HMI Firmware Upgrade Instruction ........................60
Troubleshooting ........................................................................................65

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Foreword
Safety Information
Important Information
Read these instructions carefully and look at the equipment to become
familiar with the device before trying to install, operate, service, or maintain
it. The following special messages may appear throughout this
documentation or on the equipment to warn of potential hazards or to call
attention to information that clarifies or simplifies a procedure.

The addition of this symbol to a Danger or Operations safety

message indicates that an electrical hazard exists which will result in
death or serious injury if the instructions are not followed.

This is the safety alert symbol. It is used to alert you to potential

personal injury hazards. Obey all safety messages with this symbol
to avoid possible injury or death.

DANGER
DANGER indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, will result in
death or serious injury.

WARNING
WARNING indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result
in death or serious injury.

CAUTION
CAUTION indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in
minor or moderate injury.

NOTICE
NOTICE is used to address practices not related to physical injury.

Please note
Electrical equipment should be installed, operated, serviced, and maintained only
by qualified personnel. No responsibility is assumed by Schneider Electric for any
consequences arising out of the use of this material.
A qualified person is one who has skills and knowledge related to the construction,
installation, and operation of electrical equipment and has received safety training
to recognize and avoid the hazards involved.

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Safety Precautions
Installation, wiring, testing and service must be performed in accordance with all
local and national electrical codes.

DANGER
HAZARD OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, EXPLOSION, OR ARC FLASH
• Apply appropriate personnel protective equipment (PPE) and follow safe
electrical work practices. Refer to your local regulations.
• This equipment must only be installed in area accessible to electrically
skilled personnel and electrically instructed personnel with the proper
authorization and serviced by qualified electrical personnel.
• This equipment must only be installed in area without combustible materials.
• Turn off all power to auxiliary contacts and short CT secondary’s before
working on or inside the equipment.
• Always use a properly rated voltage sensing device to confirm power is off.
• Ensure all disconnect switches are disconnected before servicing
equipment. More than one may be present.
• After removing power, wait 15 minutes to allow capacitors to discharge
before opening or removing covers.
• Replace all devices and covers before turning on power to this equipment.
• Carefully inspect the interior for tools left behind before replacing covers.
• Verify the rating of the neutral conductor for each unit in the system is
greater than the neutral current limit setting.
Failure to follow these instructions will result in death or serious injury.

WARNING
POTENTIAL COMPROMISE OF SYSTEM AVAILABILITY, INTEGRITY, AND
CONFIDENTIALITY
• Change default passwords at first use to help prevent unauthorized access
to device settings and information.
• Disable unused ports or services and default accounts, where possible, to
minimize pathways for malicious attacks.
• Place networked devices behind multiple layers of cyber defenses (such as
firewalls, network segmentation, and network intrusion detection and
protection).
• Use cyber security best practices (for example, least privilege, separation of
duties) to help prevent unauthorized exposure, loss, modification of data and
logs, interruption of services, or unintended operation.
• Restrict unit access to authorized personnel only.
Failure to follow these instructions can result in death, serious injury, or
equipment damage.

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Introduction
Active Harmonic Filter
Active Harmonic Filters are static power electronic products that employ digital
logic and IGBT semiconductors to synthesize a current waveform that is injected
into the electrical network to cancel harmonic currents caused by nonlinear loads.
Active Harmonic Filter employ current transformers to measure the load current to
determine the content of harmonic current present. By injecting the synthesized
current, network harmonic currents are greatly mitigated, thus reducing the
heating effects of harmonic current and reducing voltage distortion.
Active Harmonic Filter also have the ability to correct for poor displacement power
factor (DPF) and for mains current balancing. DPF correction can be provided for
either leading (capacitive) or lagging (inductive) loads that cause poor DPF. Mains
current balancing is achieved by measuring the negative and zero sequence
current present and injecting the inverse of those currents to balance the current
for the upstream network.
Schneider Electric Active Harmonic Filter, EasyLogic™ APF enclosures are
available in an IP20 rack-mounted, IP20, and IP31 wall-mounted. EasyLogic™
APF can be powered by three phase conductors to provide corrective current for
Line-to-Line connected loads or by three phase conductors and neutral to provide
correction for Line-to-Line and Line-to-Neutral connected loads. The amount of
neutral current for up to three times the phase current correction. The neutral
wiring must be sized appropriately based on the selected neutral current
correction.
The EasyLogic™ APF module can be used as an expansion unit, for example, to
be installed in other types of cabinets such as Motor Control Center (MCC). After
expansion, the whole system is automatically assigned a host unit. The expanded
system shall be equipped with an HMI, which allows to view and change the
parameter settings of the whole system or any other unit in the parallel system.
The expansion unit only needs to connect cables such as power cables and
parallel cables.

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Operation

The HMI of Schneider Electric EasyLogic™ APF is a color touch LCD screen and
two sizes: 4.3-inch and 7-inch, and the resolutions are 480*272 pixels, 800*480
pixels. Two touch screens have a brightness of 250 nit. The 4.3-inch HMI is built
into the wall-mounted module, and the 7-inch HMI is used externally when the
rack-mounted or wall-mounted modules are connected in parallel.

Basic Operating Instructions

Before operating the HMI, please check and understand the basic operation of the
HMI. The interface of the HMI of Schneider Electric EasyLogic™ APF includes the
information display area and the operation instruction area, as follows:

B A

A. This area displays the current operation status of APF and real-time
measurement indicators of power grid and load, such as THDi indicator.
Other similar areas include areas that display charts and curves.
B. This area displays the function buttons that can be operated by APF.
The functions that can be operated on the HMI are indicated by raised or
highlighted graphic and text buttons, menus, prompt boxes or input boxes, as
shown below:

An example of a raised button, which indicates that click to enter the

measurement interface.

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An example of a raised button, which indicates that click to enter the next page.

An example of a menu, which indicates that click to enter the corresponding

information interface, and the menu highlighted in green indicates the currently
displayed interface information.

An example of a prompt box, which indicates that click to select the required
parameter value in the drop-down prompt box.

An example of an input box, which indicates that click and enter the required
parameter value.

An example of a virtual keyboard, which indicates that you need to enter

information.

NOTICE
AVOID TAPPING THE HMI IN RAPID SUCCESSION
When tapping the touch screen in rapid succession, it will enter the blue
calibration interface.
Failure to follow these instructions can result in equipment damage.

The blue calibration interface is a normal function of the touch screen and entering
this interface does not indicate any abnormal function of the screen. If you enter
this interface by mistake, you can follow the prompts on the screen and
automatically return to the original interface after completing the screen
calibration.

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Introduction to 7-inch HMI

Home Screen
The home screen of the 7-inch HMI is as follows:

The home screen of HMI is used to display the menu button, date, APF status,
number of parallel, user, the Grid, Load and APF output information, home button,
On-off button, including:
• : Menu button, click to menu Interface.
• Grid: Display Grid Frequency, Grid U, Grid THDu, Grid I, Grid THDi, Grid PF.
• Load: Display Load I, Load THDi, Load PF.
• APF: Display APF Output, APF Load Rate.
ON
• : You can turn on or turn off the APF.

User Access Permission

The HMI of Schneider Electric APF is configured with four levels of user access
permission, namely:
• Visitor permission: Visitors can see the home screen.
• Operator permission: Level I permissions. Operators can perform after
entering permission password of this level, such as entering the setting
interface to set common parameters, or to turn on and off the equipment.
• Admin permission: Level II permission. After entering permission password
of this level, the senior operator can perform more operations on the basis of
level I permissions, such as entering the setting interface to set advanced
parameters.
• Manufacturer permission: Level III permission. The professional operator of
the manufacturer can perform more operations on the basis of level II
permission after entering permission password of this level. Schneider
Electric does not provide level III permission passwords to end customers.
The operation interface for users with level I permission and level II permission to
enter permission password is as follows:

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CAUTION
OPERATE THE EQUIPMENT IN COMPLIANCE WITH CYBERSECURITY
REQUIREMENTS
Always follow Schneider Electric's cybersecurity guidelines to operate the
equipment.
Failure to follow these instructions can result in injury or equipment
damage.

For requirements of Schneider Electric cybersecurity, see Cybersecurity, page 56

chapter.
If necessary, you can reset the password on the above-mentioned interface Get
Permissions. Click Reset Password to enter the following interface to update the
password:

Before updating your password, you must answer three password security
questions correctly. To set security questions, see Setting Interface, page 17
section for details.

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After answering the security questions correctly, you can set the new password as
follows:

Menu Interface
Click the on the home screen to enter the menu interface.
This section introduces the Menu interface of the 7-inch HMI, which contains six
sub-menu interfaces: Measurement, Event Log, Setting, Help, Fault Reset, and
About.

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Measurement Interface
Click Measurement on the menu screen to enter the measurement interface.
This section introduces the measurement interface of the 7-inch HMI, which
contains four sub-menu interfaces: Power, Harmonics Histogram,
Waveform, Module Info.

Power Measurement Interface

Click the Power measurement menu, which contains the power measurement
interface that displays the power data at the grid side and load side in real time,
including active power (P), reactive power (Q), apparent power (S) and
displacement power factor (cosφ).

Harmonics Histogram Measurement Interface

Click Harmonics Histogram measurement menu, and the interface displays the
content of each harmonic at the grid side and load side of any phase in real time in
the form of histogram. Under the histogram, click to view different phases of THDi
and THDu.
Click < or > at the bottom of the interface to turn the page back and forth to check
the content of each harmonic.
The 7-inch HMI can display the content of 50th harmonic at most.

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Waveform Measurement Interface

Click the Waveform measurement menu, which contains the waveform
measurement interface that displays the three-phase current and three-phase
voltage at the grid side, the three-phase current at the load side and the
compensated three-phase current waveform in real time.
Click the drop-down menu at the bottom of the screen and select the relevant
information to be viewed.
The WAVES screen can display up to four different values at the same time. You
can click one of the boxes at the bottom of the screen to display a table of the 13
different values available.

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None The channel does not display waveform

Comp. IL1 L1 compensation current waveform

Comp. IL2 L2 compensation current waveform

Comp. IL3 L3 compensation current waveform

Grid IL1 L1 grid current waveform

Grid IL2 L2 grid current waveform

Grid IL3 L3 grid current waveform

Grid UL1 L1 line-neutral voltage waveform

Grid UL2 L2 line-neutral voltage waveform

Grid UL3 L3 line-neutral voltage waveform

Load IL1 L1 load current waveform.

Load IL2 L2 load current waveform
Load IL3 L3 load current waveform

Module Info Interface

Under level I permission, click Module Info measurement menu, which contains
Compensation Current, Voltage(V) , Others and Select.

• Compensation Current: APF compensation current Effective Value (A) and

Load Rate (%).
• Voltage (V): APF Bus voltage including Positive Bus Voltage and Negative
Bus Voltage.
• Others: Displays the IGBT temperature of different phases and the
temperature information of inlet and outlet in real time.
• Select: Click the tab in the lower right corner of Module Info interface. Select
system or any parallel module to view the information.

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Under level II permission Click Module Info measurement menu, the information
of Others is different, including Total Operate Time and T:More Than 50% Load.

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Setting Interface
Schneider Electric APFs main objective is to filter out harmonic current in the
power grid, meanwhile to compensate reactive power and unbalance of the power
grid. In the setting interface, you can set the corresponding operation mode and
adjust the equipment operation parameters according to the on-site power grid
status.
Click the Setting option on the menu screen to enter the Setting interface.
You need to enter the permission password to access different permission setting
interfaces. For permission login, see User Access Permission, page 10 section.
This section introduces the Setting interface of the 7-inch HMI, which contains four
sub-menu interfaces: System, Compensation, Communication and
Customize.

System Setting Interface

Under level I permission, click the System menu, and the interface displays
general setting parameters, including Grid Setting, CT Setting, Operation
Parameter Setting and Capacity Setting.

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Parameter settings are described as follows:

• Connection Type: Select the corresponding 3-phase 3-wire or 3-phase 4-
wire parameters according to the wire system applied by the equipment. If
this parameter is set incorrectly, it will cause fault alarm.
• Nominal Voltage: The working voltage of the APF system is 208 V, 400 V,
and 480 V, which can be selected according to the power grid voltage of the
APF.
• Nominal Frequency: Divided into 50 Hz and 60 Hz Corresponding
parameters should be set according to the frequency of the power grid.
• CT Ratio: Set the transformation ratio parameters of external CT. APF can
only be applied to CT with a secondary side current of 5 A, and the setting
range for primary current is 1~3000 A.

NOTICE
USE AND CONFIGURE CT OF CORRECT SPECIFICATION
• Use CT that meets the technical requirements of APF.
• The same transformation ratio parameters as the CT must be
configured and adopted in the HMI.
Failure to follow these instructions can result in equipment damage.

• CT Location: Divided into Load side and Grid side. It needs to be selected
according to actual installation position of the external CT.
• L1/L2/L3 CT Wiring: The default value is A+,B+ and C+. If there is a wiring
error, you can adjust this setting to correct it without changing the wiring.
• Power On Mode: It is divided into Automatic and Manual.
◦ In Automatic mode, APF will automatically start filtering output after the
system is powered on.
◦ In Manual mode, the system needs to be started manually in HMI.
◦ The system defaults to Manual mode.

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• Operation mode: The drop-down menu of the input contains up to 13

operation modes, including Harmonic compensation mode, Harmonic
compensation mode, Auto-aging operation mode,etc. the user can select
the corresponding operation mode according to the actual power grid or load
status on site.
◦ Harmonic compensation mode: A simple operation mode aimed at
compensating harmonics. After this mode is selected, APF will only filter
out harmonics in the power system.
◦ Hybrid operation modes: If CT Location is grid and Control Algorithm is
set as enable, t here will be no priority. The compensation of harmonic
(H), reactive (Q) and unbalanced (B) current will be distributed in equal
proportion to the total available capacity. The others setting, APF will
priority compensate in sequence according to the output capacity status of
the equipment. For example, the H+Q+B operation mode is selected, the
APF outputs all current necessary to correct the harmonic current(H)
content. Any output capacity left over is used for reactive power (Q), then
for load unbalance(B).
◦ Auto-aging operation mode: This is a factory test or engineering
debugging mode, not an operation mode applicable to the customer's site.
After this mode is selected, APF will work in the mode of actively emitting
reactive current.

• Compensation Mode: It is divided into three types: Intelligent, Sequential

and All.
◦ Intelligent compensation: Intelligent Fourier algorithm is adopted to
intelligently adjust to the best filtering effect, which can avoid resonance to
a certain extent.
◦ Sequential compensation: Fourier algorithm is used to quickly filter out
the selected harmonics.
◦ All compensation: The instantaneous reactive power algorithm is used to
quickly filter out various harmonics and reactive power in the system.
It is recommended to select the Intelligent compensation operation mode
first. When it is necessary to adjust the harmonic compensation effect of
certain orders, adjust to Sequential compensation or All compensation
mode.
• Control Algorithm: For this function, enable and disable can be selected
from the drop-down menu of this input box. When CT is located at the power
supply side and the equipment is in closed-loop compensation state, it is
recommended to set to enable to achieve more accurate compensation
effect. The default value is enable.
• Compensation Rate: Set the compensation ratio of the current to be
compensated and measured by APF. The setting range is 0% ~ 100%. The
default value is 100%.

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• Total Capacity: Indicates the total capacity of the paralleled system

monitored by the HMI. The input box needs to be input according to the total
current capacity value of the paralleled module, and the unit is A.
• Total Module Qty: Set the total number of modules monitored by HMI. The
setting range is 1~8.
• Master Module No.: The default value is 0, You can set any module in the
parallel system as the master module. However, the master mode is related
to the CT installation location and Harmonic mode 2 settings.
• Temperature Derating: APF has built-in device temperature protection
function, which can automatically derate the output according to the internal
monitoring temperature. For this function, enable and disable can be
selected from the drop-down menu of this input box. This function is enabled
by default.
• Altitude Derating: This parameter is used to control the maximum output of
the equipment and is often used to set the altitude derating value. The setting
range is 0%~100%. If you set altitude derating 10%, the maximum output is
90% of APF rated capacity.
Under level II permission, click the System setting menu to add the following
advanced parameter setting items on the basis of level I permission setting
parameters: including Com. Parameter Setting, Reactive Power Setting, Other
Setting, Protection Setting.

• L1/L2/L3 Harmonic Comp. Rate: The harmonic compensation rate can be

set by phase according to the measured harmonic current of different phases
to be compensated. The setting range is 0% ~ 110%. The default value is
100%.
• L1/L2/L3 Phase Offset: If there is phase angle difference between the
primary and secondary sides of external CT, this parameter can be set for fine
tuning to obtain better measurement effect.

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• Fundamental Phase Offset: If there is phase angle difference between the

primary and secondary sides of external CT, this parameter can be set for fine
tuning to obtain better reactive power measurement effect.
• Target Power Factor: This input box sets the power factor target value of the
power grid when compensating reactive power. The setting range is -1~1.
The default value is 1.
• Capacitive Compensation enable: For this function, enable and disable
can be selected from the drop-down menu of this input box. This function is
enabled by default. When this function is disabled, the capacitive reactive
power will not be compensated.
• Unbalance Load Threshold: When the unbalance degree of the power grid
where the equipment is located exceeds the set value, the system will
compensate. The default value is 0%. To adjust this parameter, please
contact Schneider Electric for more information.
• THDU Limit (%): When the THDu of the power grid where the equipment is
located exceeds the set value, the system will compensate. The default value
is 0%. To adjust this parameter, please contact Schneider Electric for more
information.
• Fan Speed Ratio: The fan speed can be adjusted, and the default value is
100%. The setting range is 50%~100%.
• Abnormal input Current: For this function, enable and disable can be
selected from the drop-down menu of this input box. When the field current
jumps, it may cause the APF to falsely report an over-current fault. In this
case, it can be set to disable this function to facilitate on-site debugging. The
default value is enable.
• Overheat times: When the internal temperature of APF is too high, the
equipment will automatically stop output, and automatically recover output
after the internal temperature becomes normal. However, when the set value
is exceeded, the equipment will stop working and report over-temperature
fault, which needs to be manually cleared before it can resume operation. The
default value is 3.
• ECO Mode Load Threshold: Low load coefficient can be set. If the output of
APF system falls below the target parameter, the equipment will stop output
compensation. The setting range is 0%~100%. The default value is 0%.

Harmonics Compensation Setting Interface

Click the Compensation menu, and the interface displays the following:
Harmonics order, compensation rate, phase angle, compensation mode and grid
THDI of each harmonics, three-phase Grid THDI, three-phase Load THDI.

The following parameters can be set in this interface:

• 2~31st harmonic compensation rate: 0~110% adjustable. Set
compensation rate of each harmonic separately by inputting the value, and
the maximum compensation is 1.1 times.

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• 2~31st harmonic phase angle offset: Adjustment range -180~180. It is

used to set the offset phase angle of this harmonic. It is recommended to
debug with a step angle of +/-0.2 degrees.
• For 3P3W, harmonic compensation of 3 and its integral multiple will be
blocked. The setting of integral multiple of 3 will be invalid.
• Mode 1/2/3: Click the tick the mode corresponding to the harmonic to start
the compensation of the harmonic.
• Mode 1: Conventional compensation mode.
• Mode 2: Intelligent compensation mode, which can be used for debugging to
avoid resonance. Please contact Schneider Electric for more information.
• Mode 3: High-order harmonic compensation mode, which is generally used
for harmonic compensation of more than 10th order to obtain better effect
than conventional compensation. Please contact Schneider Electric for more
information.
• Odd harmonics: Click to switch to all odd harmonic settings.
• Even harmonics: Click to switch to all even harmonic settings.
• </>: Click to view and set harmonics of other orders than those displayed on
the current page.

Communication Setting Interface

After clicking the Communication menu, and the interface displays the
background communication parameters, including RS485 Address, Baud Rate
(Bps), Parity Bits, Data Bits and Stop Bits.

Parameter settings are described as follows:

• RS485 Address: Used to set the communication address of HMI.
• RS485 Baud Rate: Used to set the communication rate, and there are five
parameters of 19200/9600/4800/2400/1200 for setting.
• Parity Bits: Used to set the check mode, including no parity check, odd parity
check and even parity check.
• Data Bits: Divided into two formats of 7 and 8.
• Stop Bits: Divided into two formats of 1 and 2.

Customize Setting Interface

Click the Customize menu, and parameters displayed will be Date, Language,
Monitor, Backlight Brightness, Lighting Time, Power Saving，Security
Questions, Change Operator Password, Report, Upgrade and Factory Reset.

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Parameter settings are described as follows:

• Date: Displays the current internal date and time of HMI. After modification,
click sync to complete the modification of HMI internal clock.
• Language: Displays the language of the current HMI interface (English only).
• Monitor: This parameter does not need to be set.
• Backlight Brightness: Displays the current backlight brightness value. The
brightness value can be modified from 10 to 64. After the backlight setting is
completed, the monitor needs to be restarted, however the operation of the
module will not be affected and will remain in the original state.
• Lighting time: Displays the lighting duration of the current HMI. The time can
be modified from 10 vs to 255 vs.
• Download Report: Click to download data in different time ranges. After
inserting the USB disk into the USB port of the HMI, click this button and
select to download the weekly report, monthly report and annual report to the
Record-x folder of the USB disk in the pop-up options.
• Software Upgrade: Click this button, and the HMI will upgrade automatically
when it detects that there is an upgrade file in the USB disk. For details about
software upgrade. see Troubleshooting, page 65 section.
• Factory Reset: Restore all default values and delete all alarms and operation
records.
• Special parameters of level I permission (operator permission): Modify
operator password.
• Special parameters of level II permission (administrator permission):
Modify administrator password.
• Power Saving: As shown in the figure below, you can set the on/off time of
working days, and the date of non-working days.

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•
◦ Working day: Select Working day in a week (Monday to Sunday is
optional) and enter the on-off time of each day, and click Time Switch to
complete the working day setting.
◦ Non-working day: Enter the start and end date of the desired rest date,
and click the Add Item to complete the setting. If you no longer need a
certain rest day setting, just click to select Non-working day setting (in
this case, a green arrow will be added before the selected rest day
setting), and then click Delete Item to complete the deletion.
• The password setting interface under each permission is the same: As
shown in the figure below, set a new password and confirm the password.

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• Security questions setting: set password security questions as prompted,

as shown in the figure below.

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Event Log Interface

Click Event Log on menu screen to enter the Event Log interface.
This section introduces the Event Log interface of 7-inch HMI, which contains
three sub-menu interfaces of Active Alarm, Historic Alarms and Operations.

Schneider Electric APF 7-inch HMI can record a total of 500 Active Alarm and
Historic Alarms. A total of 1000 Operations can be recorded. When the internal
record is full, the oldest record will be automatically overwritten.
1. Active Alarm interface
As shown in the figure, this interface displays active alarm information of the
equipment and the occurrence time of the alarm.

In the Active Alarm interface, click at the lower left corner to turn on and
off the alarm warning tone of the HMI.

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2. Historic Alarms interface

As shown in the figure, this interface displays the historical alarm information
of the equipment, the occurrence time and end time of the alarm.

3. Operations interface
As shown in the figure, this interface records operations that distribute
parameters to the equipment, including the occurrence time and the change
of operations value.

4. Download
In the Event Log interface, click Download in the upper right corner to
download the alarm records, operation records, historical data and fault point
information recorded on the HMI to the USB disk.
Before downloading, insert the USB disk into the USB port of the HMI. Enter
the Event Log interface, click Download, and jump to the Get Permissions
interface. After obtaining permission confirmation, enter the common
operation interface. Click Download, the interface will pop up the function
selection dialog box. After clicking the data button to be downloaded, and the
interface prompts download succeeded , the Record-x folder will be
automatically generated in the USB disk, which contains the downloaded
record report.

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Help Interface
Click Help on the menu to enter the Help interface.
This section introduces the Help interface of the 7-inch HMI, which contains eight
sub interfaces of Inverter Over-temperature, Voltage Issue, Frequency Issue,
Non-compen. I output, Inverter Overload, CT Ratio setting Error, Monitor
Setting Error and Emergency shutdown.
Introduction to each help topic:
• Inverter Over-temperature
• Voltage Issue
• Frequency Issue
• Non-compen. I output
• Inverter Overload
• CT Ratio setting Error
• Monitor Setting Error
• Emergency shutdown

Fault Reset

When APF encounters some fault alarms (such as over-temperature alarm), the
equipment will automatically enter the operation locking state: the equipment
stops harmonic output and cannot automatically resume operation. After the fault
is removed, it is necessary to click the Fault Reset button to manually clear the
fault locking state before restarting the equipment.

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It should be noted that the operation of clicking Fault Reset only releases the
operation locking status of the equipment and does not clear the fault alarm
records generated before.

About Interface
Click About on menu screen to enter the about interface.

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Introduction to 4.3-inch HMI

Home Screen
The home screen of the 4.3-inch HMI is as follows:

The home screen of HMI is used to display the menu button, date, APF status,
user, the Grid, Load and APF output information, home button, On-off button,
including:
• : Menu button, click to menu Interface.
• Grid: Display Grid Frequency, Grid U, Grid THDu, Grid I, Grid THDi, Grid PF.
• Load: Display Load I, Load THDi, Load PF.
• APF: Display APF Output, APF Load Rate.
ON
• : You can turn on or turn off the APF.

User Access Permission

The permission management of 4.3-inch HMI is similar to that of 7-inch HMI,
which is also divided into four levels of access and three levels of permission
management. For details, see User Access Permission, page 10 section.

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CAUTION
OPERATE THE EQUIPMENT IN COMPLIANCE WITH CYBERSECURITY
REQUIREMENTS
Always follow Schneider Electric's cybersecurity guidelines to operate the
equipment.
Failure to follow these instructions can result in injury or equipment
damage.

For requirements of Schneider Electric cybersecurity, see Cybersecurity, page 56

chapter.
If necessary, you can reset the password on the above-mentioned interface for
entering permissions. Click Reset Password to enter the following interface to
update the password:

Before updating your password, you must answer three password security
questions correctly. To set security questions, see Setting Interface, page 38
section.
After answering the security questions correctly, you can set the new password as
follows:

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Menu Interface
Click on the home screen to enter the Menu interface.
This section introduces the Menu interface of the 4.3-inch HMI, which contains five
sub-menu interfaces: Measurement, Event Log, Setting, Fault Reset and
About.

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Measurement Interface
Click the measurementon menu screen to enter the measurement interface.
Measurement interface of 4.3-inch HMI is as follows:

Voltage Measurement Interface

Click Voltage under the measurement interface to enter the grid voltage
measurement interface. This interface displays: Voltage(V), Freq and THDU(%).

At the bottom of the interface, click Wave and Histogram respectively to view
corresponding information.
Click Wave to enter the waveform display interface, as shown below:

Click Histogram to enter the histogram display interface, as shown below:

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Click buttons of different phases at the bottom of the histogram to view the voltage
information of corresponding phases.
Click < or >in the lower right corner of the screen to turn the page back and forth to
check the content of each harmonic. The 4.3-inch HMI screen can display the
content of 50th harmonic at most.

Current Measurement Interface

Click Current in the measurement interface to enter the current measurement
interface, which includes three measurement sub-menu interfaces of I Grid, I
Load, I Comp..
(A): Click the I Grid menu to display parameters such as current per phase on the
grid side, cosφ and THDi.

Click Wave and Histogram at the bottom of the interface to access relevant
information.
Click Wave to enter the grid current waveform interface, as follows:

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Click Histogram to enter the grid current histogram interface, as follows:

Click buttons of different phases at the bottom of the histogram to view the current
information of corresponding phases.
Click<or >in the lower right corner of the screen to turn the page back and forth to
check the content of each harmonic.
(B): Click I Load menu to display parameters such as current per phase on the
load side, cosφ and THDi.

(C): Click the I Comp. menu to display parameters such as compensation current
and load rate of each phase.

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Click the Wave enter the compensation current waveform interface, which is
similar to the grid current waveform interface and the load current waveform
interface.

Power Measurement Interface

Click Power in the measurement interface to enter the power measurement
interface. This interface displays the active power, reactive power, apparent power
and power factor of each phase on the grid side or load side.

Other measurement interface

Under level I permission, Click Others measurement menu, which contains
Compensation Current, Voltage(V), Temp.(℃).

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• Compensation Current: APF compensation current Effective Value (A) and

Load Rate (%).
• Voltage (V): APF Bus voltage including Positive Bus Voltage and Negative
Bus Voltage.
• Temp. (℃): Displays the IGBT temperature of different phases and the
temperature information of inlet and outlet in real time.
Under level II permission , click Others measurement menu, there are more
informations, including Total Operate Time and T:More Than 50% Load.

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Setting Interface
Click the Setting on menu screen to enter the setting interface.

System Setting Interface

Under level I permission, click System setting menu, and the interface displays
common setting parameters, including Grid Setting, CT Setting, Running
Setting, Capacity Setting.

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Parameter settings are described as follows:

• Connection Type: Select the corresponding 3-phase 3-wire or 3-phase 4-
wire parameters according to the wire system applied by the equipment. If
this parameter is set incorrectly, it will cause fault alarm.
• Nominal Voltage: The working voltage of the APF system is 208 V, 400 V,
and 480 V, which can be selected according to the power grid voltage of the
APF.
• Nominal Frequency: Divided into 50 Hz and 60 Hz..Corresponding
parameters should be set according to the frequency of the power grid.
• CT Ratio: Set the transformation ratio parameters of external CT. APF can
only be applied to CT with a secondary side current of 5 A, and the setting
range for primary current is 1~30000 A.

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• CT Location: Divided into Load side and Grid side. It needs to be selected
according to actual installation position of the external CT.

NOTICE
USE AND CONFIGURE CT OF CORRECT SPECIFICATION
• Use CT that meets the technical requirements of APF.
• The same transformation ratio parameters as the CT must be
configured and adopted in the HMI.
Failure to follow these instructions can result in equipment damage.

• L1/L2/L3 CT Wiring: The default value is A+,B+ and C+. If there is a wiring
error, you can adjust this setting to correct it without changing the wiring.
• Power On Mode: It is divided into Automatic and Manual.
◦ In Automatic mode, APF will automatically start filtering output after the
system is powered on.
◦ In Manual mode, the system needs to be started manually in HMI.
◦ The system defaults to Manual mode.
• Operation mode: The pull-down menu of the input box contains up to 13
operation modes, different combinations of harmonic (H), reactive power (Q)
and unbalance (B), Auto-aging operation mode, etc. the user can select the
corresponding operation mode according to the actual power grid or load
status on site. Similar to the 7-inch HMI, please refer to Setting Interface,
page 17 section.
• Compensation Mode: It is divided into three types: Intelligent, Sequential
and All.
◦ Intelligent compensation: Intelligent Fourier algorithm is adopted to
intelligently adjust to the best filtering effect, which can avoid resonance to
a certain extent.
◦ Sequential compensation: Fourier algorithm is used to quickly filter out the
selected harmonics.
◦ All compensation: The instantaneous reactive power algorithm is used to
quickly filter out various harmonics and reactive power in the system.
It is recommended to select the Intelligent compensation operation mode
first. When it is necessary to adjust the harmonic compensation effect of
certain orders, adjust to Sequential compensation or All compensation
mode.
• Control Algorithm: For this function, enable and disable can be selected
from the drop-down menu of this input box. When CT is located at the power
supply side and the equipment is in closed-loop compensation state, it is
recommended to set to enable to achieve more accurate compensation
effect. The default value is enable.
• Compensation Rate: Set the compensation ratio of the current to be
compensated and measured by APF. The setting range is 0%~100%. The
default value is 100%.
• Total Capacity: Indicates the capacity of module, and the unit is A.
• Total Module Qty: Set the number of module. The setting is 1.
• Master Module No.: The default value is 0.
• Temperature Derating: APF has built-in device temperature protection
function, which can automatically derate the output according to the internal
monitoring temperature. For this function, enable and disable can be
selected from the drop-down menu of this input box. This function is enable
by default.
• Altitude Derating : This parameter is used to control the maximum output of
the equipment and is often used to set the altitude derating value. The setting
range is 0%~100%. If you set altitude derating 10%, the maximum output is
90% of APF rated capacity.

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Under level II permission, click System setting menu to add the following
advanced parameter setting items on the basis of level I permission setting
parameters: including Compensation Setting, Comp. Parameter Setting,
Reactive Power Setting, Other Setting and Protection Setting.

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• L1/L2/L3 Harmonic Comp. Rate: The harmonic compensation rate can be

set by phase according to the measured harmonic current of different phases
to be compensated. The setting range is 0%~110%. The default value is
100%.
• L1/L2/L3 Phase Offset: If there is phase angle difference between the
primary and secondary sides of external CT, this parameter can be set for fine
tuning to obtain better measurement effect.
• Fundamental Phase Offset: If there is phase angle difference between the
primary and secondary sides of external CT, this parameter can be set for fine
tuning to obtain better reactive power measurement effect.
• Target Power Factor: This input box sets the power factor target value of the
power grid when compensating reactive power. The setting range is -1~1.
The default value is 1.
• Capacitive Compensation enable: For this function, enable and disable
can be selected from the drop-down menu of this input box. This function is
enabled by default. When this function is disabled, the capacitive reactive
power will not be compensated.
• Unbalance Load Threshold: When the unbalance degree of the power grid
where the equipment is located exceeds the set value, the system will
compensate. The default value is 0%. To adjust this parameter, please
contact Schneider Electric for more information.
• THDU Limit(%): When the THDu of the power grid where the equipment is
located exceeds the set value, the system will compensate. The default value
is 0%. To adjust this parameter, please contact Schneider Electric for more
information.
• Fan Speed Ratio: The fan speed can be adjusted, and the default value is
100%. The setting range is 50%~100%.

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• Abnormal input Current: For this function, enable and disable can be
selected from the drop-down menu of this input box. When the field current
jumps, it may cause the APF to falsely report an over-current fault. In this
case, it can be set to disable this function to facilitate on-site debugging. The
default value is enable.
• Overheat times: When the internal temperature of APF is too high, the
equipment will automatically stop output, and automatically recover output
after the internal temperature becomes normal. However, when the set value
is exceeded, the equipment will stop working and report over-temperature
fault, which needs to be manually cleared before it can resume operation. The
default value is 3.
• ECO Mode Load Threshold: Low load coefficient can be set. If the output of
APF system falls below the target parameter, the equipment will stop output
compensation. The setting range is 0%~100%. The default value is 0%.

Harmonic Compensation Setting Interface

Click Compensation tab, and the interface displays the following: Harmonics
order, compensation rate, phase angle, compensation mode, Load THDI and grid
THDI.

The following parameters can be set in this interface:

• 2~31st harmonic compensation rate: 0~110% adjustable. Set
compensation rate of each harmonic separately by inputting the value, and
the maximum compensation is 1.1 times.
• 2~31st harmonic phase angle offset: Adjustment range -180~180. It is
used to set the offset phase angle of this harmonic. It is recommended to
debug with a step angle of +/-0.2 degrees.
• For 3P3W, harmonic compensation of 3 and its integral multiple will be
blocked. The setting of integral multiple of 3 will be invalid.
• Mode 1/2/3: Click the tick the mode corresponding to the harmonic to start
the compensation of the harmonic.
• Mode 1: Conventional compensation mode.
• Mode 2: Intelligent compensation mode, which can be used for debugging to
avoid resonance. Please contact Schneider Electric for more information.
• Mode 3: High-order harmonic compensation mode, which is generally used
for harmonic compensation of more than 10th order to obtain better effect
than conventional compensation. Please contact Schneider Electric for more
information.
• Odd harmonics: Click to switch to all odd harmonic settings.
• Even harmonics: Click to switch to all even harmonic settings.
• </>: Click to view and set harmonics of other orders than those displayed on
the current page.

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Communication Setting Interface

As shown in the figure, click Communication, and the interface will display the
background communication parameters, including Local address, Master address
and Baud rate. Similar to the 7-inch HMI, please refer to Communication Setting
Interface, page 22 for description of parameter settings.

Customize Setting Interface

Click the Customize tab, and the interface displays the following parameters:
Language, Change Password, Security Questions, Factory Reset, Power
Saving.

Click Power Saving setting button to enter the time setting interface, as follows:

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When setting security questions, please note that at least three security questions
are set, and each question supports up to 26 characters.

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Event Log Interface

Click Event Logon the home screen to enter the record interface.
This section introduces the record interface of 4.3-inch HMI, which contains three
sub-menu interfaces of Active Alarms, Historic Alarms, Operations.
Similar to the 7-inch HMI, the 4.3-inch HMI can also record a total of 100 Active
Alarms and Historic Alarms. A total of 100 Operations can be recorded. When
the internal record is full, the oldest record will be automatically overwritten. The
4.3-inch HMI has no record download function.
1. Active Alarms interface
As shown in the figure, this interface displays current alarm information of the
equipment and the occurrence time of the alarm.

Click < and > in the lower right corner of the screen to view more event
records.
2. Historic Alarms interface
As shown in the figure, this interface displays the historical alarm information
of the equipment, the occurrence time and end time of the alarm.

Click < and > in the lower right corner of the screen to view more event
records.

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3. Operations record interface

As shown in the figure, this interface records operations that distribute
parameters to the equipment, including the occurrence time and the change
of operation value.

Click < and > in the lower right corner of the screen to view more event
records.

About Interface
Click About in the menu screen to enter the interface and view the version
information of HMI.

Fault Reset

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When APF encounters some fault alarms (such as over-temperature alarm), the
equipment will automatically enter the operation locking state: the equipment
stops harmonic output and cannot automatically resume operation. After the fault
is removed, it is necessary to click Fault Reset to manually clear the fault locking
state before restarting the equipment.
It should be noted that the operation of clicking Fault Reset only releases the
operation locking status of the equipment and does not clear the fault alarm
records generated before.

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Operation Instructions for Startup/Shutdown and

Debugging
This section will introduce the power on/off and debugging process of Schneider
Electric APF. For convenience of illustration, the interface of 7-inch HMI will be
introduced. The operation of 4.3-inch HMI is similar and will not be repeated.

Startup Steps
After the Schneider Electric APF module (or multi-module paralleled system) is
powered on, startup process can be performed.

DANGER
HAZARD OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, EXPLOSION, OR ARC FLASH
• Apply appropriate personnel protective equipment (PPE) and follow safe
electrical work practices. Refer to your local regulations.
• This equipment must only be installed in area accessible to electrically
skilled personnel and electrically instructed personnel with the proper
authorization and serviced by qualified electrical personnel.
• This equipment must only be installed in area without combustible materials.
• Turn off all power to auxiliary contacts and short CT secondary’s before
working on or inside the equipment.
• Always use a properly rated voltage sensing device to confirm power is off.
• Ensure all disconnect switches are disconnected before servicing
equipment. More than one may be present.
• After removing power, wait 15 minutes to allow capacitors to discharge
before opening or removing covers.
• Replace all devices and covers before turning on power to this equipment.
• Carefully inspect the interior for tools left behind before replacing covers.
• Verify the rating of the neutral conductor for each unit in the system is
greater than the neutral current limit setting.
Failure to follow these instructions will result in death or serious injury.

DANGER
DANGER OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, EXPLOSION OR FLASH BURN
• After the power port of the equipment is powered on, the internal auxiliary
power supply of the equipment will be automatically turned on.
• Appropriate sensing devices with rated voltages should always be used to
confirm that the power is on.
Failure to follow these instructions will result in death or serious injury.

The startup steps are as follows:

1. Close the circuit breaker between the mains and the module or system.
After power on, the auxiliary power supply in the system starts automatically
and the HMI lights up. The green operation indicator on the module panel will
flash, indicating that the equipment is in standby state.
2. Check equipment status
In standby mode, click Measurement on the menu screen, select the Power
menu, and check the power grid, Whether the electrical parameter values
(voltage, current, frequency, power, etc.) are consistent with the actual state,
and whether the parallel modules are normally online.

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3. Start harmonic output

When the equipment is in standby state:
• If Power On Mode is set to Automatic before, the system will
automatically start filtering output when the system self-test meets the
startup conditions, and the green operation indicator on the module panel
keeps on, and the HMI control screen displays that the module is
running.
• If Power On Mode is set to Manual before, only when click the Power On
button in the bottom left corner power on and permission is confirmed
that the system starts filtering output, and the green operation indicator
on the module panel keeps on, and the HMI control screen displays that
the module is running. The system is in Manual by default.
• After the module starts filtering output, click Measurement on the menu
screen to view the harmonic treatment effect and the internal
temperature monitoring results of the module under the Other
measurement interface.

Shutdown Steps
When the APF module (or multi-module paralleled system) needs to be powered
off, a shutdown can be performed.
The shutdown steps are as follows:
1. Turn off harmonic output
On HMI home screen interface and click the Power Off button. After the
permission is confirmed, the module will close harmonic output.

DANGER
DANGER OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, EXPLOSION OR FLASH BURN
• Pressing the shutdown button can only stop harmonic output of the
equipment and cannot completely power off the equipment.
• Appropriate sensing devices with rated voltages should always be used
to confirm that the power is off.
Failure to follow these instructions will result in death or serious
injury.

In this state, operations such as module maintenance are prohibited.

2. Disconnect the circuit
Disconnect the circuit breaker between the mains and the module or system,
and the system will be completely powered off.

DANGER
DANGER OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, EXPLOSION OR FLASH BURN
• Wait 15 minutes after the power is cut off to allow the capacitor in the
module to discharge
• Appropriate sensing devices with rated voltages should always be used
to confirm that the power is completely off inside the equipment.
Failure to follow these instructions will result in death or serious
injury.

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System Parameter Configuration

When APF module is powered on and the HMI lights up, it is necessary to set
parameters of the module or paralleled system before starting harmonic output, so
that the APF has the desired harmonic output capability. The Quick Parameters
Setting section will introduce how to quickly set the APF to achieve basic
harmonic output capability, while the advanced parameter settings section will
introduce how to set the APF to have more functions to adapt to more complex
application scenarios.

Quick Parameter Setting

Schneider Electric APF can configure the common operating parameters of the
module through level I permission (operator permission) in the system setting
interface, so that the APF has the basic harmonic output capability.
Common basic settings are:
• Operation Mode setting: Select harmonic compensation mode.
• Connection Type: Select the corresponding 3-phase 3-wire or 3-phase 4-
wire ccording to the actual wiring system.
• Nominal Voltage: The working voltage of the APF system is 208 V, 400 V,
and 480 V, which can be selected according to the power grid voltage of the
APF.
• Nominal Frequency: Divided into 50 Hz and 60 Hz. Corresponding
parameters should be set according to the frequency of the power grid.
• CT Ratio: Set the transformation ratio parameters of external CT.
• CT Location: Divided into Load side and Grid side. It needs to be selected
according to actual installation position of the external CT.
• L1/L2/L3 CT Wiring: The default value is A+,B+ and C+. If there is a wiring
error, you can adjust this setting to correct it without changing the wiring.
• Power On Mode: Select manual startup and select automatic startup after
debugging.
• Compensation Mode setting: Select intelligent compensation mode.
• Compensation Rate setting: Enter 100%.
• Operation mode: Harmonic compensation mode aimed at compensating
harmonics.
• Total Capacity setting: Set according to the total capacity of parallel module,
and the unit is A.
• Total Module Qty setting: Set according to the actual number of modules
monitored by HMI.
• Other parameters: Keep the default settings.

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After completing the above settings, it is necessary to first return to the menu
screen of HMI and click the measurement to observe whether the actual status
parameters of power grid and load, measurement waveforms and other data are
true and correct, so as to judge whether the CT and power line are correctly
connected. After confirming that parameter settings are correct and APF has no
fault alarm, then click power on. After the permission is confirmed, the equipment
starts harmonic output, and automatically monitors and governs power grid
harmonics.
Status parameters of power grid and load before APF filtering on site are as
follows:

Advanced Parameter Setting

In the actual operation site of APF, the effect of APF filter will be affected by the
power quality of the power grid and the change of environmental conditions such
as temperature and climate. Schneider Electric APF provides targeted parameter
settings for reactive power, unbalance or temperature change at the application
site to improve the equipment's adaptability to complex application scenarios.
In addtion to the quick parameter setting, some advanced parameters could be
adjusted to fulfill different application needs.
In consideration of the professional operation needed in parameter adjustment,
some parameters need higher permissions (level II permission) to be set.

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1. When there are not only harmonics and reactive power in the power system.
The settings need to be adjusted as follows:
• Operation Mode setting: Select the mode of harmonic + reactive power
(H+Q) or reactive power + harmonic(Q+H). Please refer to Setting
Interface, page 17 section for introductions of the operation mode.
• Target Power Factor setting: Enter 1.
• Capacitive Compensation enable: Select enable.
2. When there are not only harmonics but also unbalance in the power system.
The settings need to be adjusted as follows:
• Operation Mode setting: Select the mode of harmonic + unbalance(H
+B) or unbalance + harmonic(B+H). Please refer to Setting Interface,
page 17 section for introductions of the operation mode.
• Unbalance Load Threshold setting: Enter 0%.

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3. When there are not only harmonics but also reactive power and unbalance in
the power system.
The settings need to be adjusted as follows:
• Operation Mode setting: Select the mode of harmonic + reactive power
+ unbalance(H+Q+B) or other different combination of the three modes.
Please refer to Setting Interface, page 17 section for introduction of the
operation mode.
• Target Power Factor setting: Enter 1.
• Capacitive Compensation enable: Select enable.
• Unbalance Load Threshold setting: Enter 0%.
4. When the ambient temperature at APF site exceeds the specified ambient
temperature limit.
The settings need to be adjusted in addition to previous settings:
• Temperature Derating setting: Select enable.
5. When APF is applied in high altitude.
The settings need to be adjusted in addition to previous settings:
• Altitude Derating: Enter the corresponding factor according to the
actual altitude. You can also refer to the following table for quick settings.

Altitude ≤ 1500 m ≤ 2000 m ≤ 2500 m ≤ 3000 m ≤ 3700 m

Derating
0% 5% 10% 15% 22%
factor

System Debugging
After the APF module or system is powered on, if it completes parameter setting
and turns on harmonic output of the equipment, APF will automatically monitor the
power grid status and conduct harmonic control. But sometimes it is necessary to
manually adjust and optimize the system parameters on the basis of automatic
compensation to further optimize the harmonic control effect of APF.
Debugging steps:
1. Before debugging, check whether there are alarm items on the screen
interface first, and check whether the data (THDi, etc.) on the measurement
interface are consistent with the actual working condition.
During debugging, it is recommended to use power analyzer for comparison
measurement to facilitate debugging and optimization.

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2. Enter the harmonic menu from the measurement interface of the menu
screen, observe the content of each harmonic on the grid side from the
harmonic distribution diagram, and select each harmonic that needs to be
optimized and compensated.

3. Return to the Home screen and enter the Setting interface and select the
System to change the Compensation Mode from Intelligent to Sequential.
4. Click Compensation under the setting interface to enter the harmonic
compensation setting interface.

5. According to the harmonics to be optimized selected in step 2, adjust the

compensation rate parameters of each harmonic one by one (the maximum
value can be set to 110%), and observe the THDi data on the interface. If it
meets the standard, the debugging is completed. If not, proceed to step 6.
6. Still in the harmonic compensation interface, adjust the phase angle
parameters of each harmonic one by one (it is recommended to conduct
phase angle offset debugging at a step angle of +/- 0.2 degrees) until the
filtering requirements are met.
After the above debugging, APF can control the harmonics within the range
required by the standard. If any problems are encountered during debugging,
please consult Schneider Electric customer service hot-line for relevant help.

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Cybersecurity
At Schneider Electric, we have always regarded cybersecurity as a key
requirement, and are committed to providing more reliable, stable and safe
products to minimize potential network risks, so as to better protect our customers'
lives, property and the environment.
Cybersecurity aims to protect your system, communication network and
equipment from possible damage, data tampering or confidential information
disclosure. In addition to suggestions for APF in this article, it is strongly
recommended that you follow Schneider Electric's defense-in-depth approach to
achieve cybersecurity, which is described in the system technical specification
How to reduce vulnerability to cyber-attacks . In addition, you can find more useful
resources and up-to-date information on Schneider Electric's Cybersecurity
Support Portal.

WARNING
CHANGE DEFAULT PASSWORD AT FIRST USE
Changing the default password at first use helps prevent unauthorized access
and changes to important data such as operating parameters and configuration
of the device.
Failure to follow these instructions can result in death, serious injury, or
equipment damage.

Equipment Safety
• Digital signature technology based on public key infrastructure (PKI) is used
to ensure the authenticity and integrity of device firmware and prevent
malicious code injection
• Use verification technology to ensure the integrity of important configuration
and business data stored in the equipment
• Provide password-based access control (see and User Access Permission,
page 30 section ) to ensure that only authorized personnel can access and
change equipment configuration
• After entering wrong password for 3 consecutive times, the equipment will be
locked for 5 minutes, which effectively alleviates the possibility of brute force
attack
• Supports password reset through security questions (see and User Access
Permission, page 30 section). Users need to set the security questions at first
use and keep the answers properly
• Provide keys to ensure that only authorized personnel can have APF cabinet
door keys and access to important interfaces (such as USB, TF) and
components
• The equipment is shipped with the debugging port disabled to prevent
attackers from reading and changing the firmware and configuration
parameters in the equipment
• Strict input verification ensures that only legitimate data from HMI and
Modbus RTU are accepted

Password Management
The password is an important line of defense against network attacks or damage
to the equipment. The default password is as follows:
• Level I (Operator) password: 08080808

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• Level II (Administrator) password: 87654321

The following rules shall be followed for the first time to modify the default
password:
• The new password contains 8 to 16 characters
• The password must contain at least any two of the following combinations of
characters:
• Numbers
• Uppercase letters
• Lowercase letters
• Special characters
Best practices on passwords, including but not limited to:
• Change the password regularly and do not reuse the old password
• Do not share personal passwords
• Do not display password when entering password
• Do not transmit passwords by email or any other means
• Do not save your password on PC or other devices
• Supports password reset through security questions. It is strongly
recommended that users set security questions and corresponding answers
according to prompts at first use and keep the answers properly

Access Control
APF provides the possibility of local access and Modbus RTU based remote
access. You must ensure that only authorized users can access it.

Local Access
It provides various possibilities for attackers to access and control devices locally.
Installs the APF in a secure area and implements and manages access rules for
the secure area. It is recommended that:
• This area remains locked at all times
• The area is equipped with an access control system, and only authorized
personnel can have the keys or access codes
• Communication ports and network cables entering the secure area, as well as
connection ports on communication equipment outside the room are
protected

Modbus RTU based Remote Access

APF only provides remote access interface for Modbus RTU. When monitoring
and control software (SCADA) local system or clairvoyance accesses APF
through Modbus RTU via gateway, it is recommended that:
• The Modbus communication cables and ports are protected
• Ensure that the computer using Modbus RTU to access APF requires a login
username and password
• Passwords follow strong password rules
• Set the computer lock screen to lock the computer screen when it is not used
or when the timer times out

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• The operating system on the computer shall be reinforced and anti-virus

software shall be installed, and the virus library shall be kept updated
• The computer is not allowed a direct connection to the Internet

Firmware Update
When you need to upgrade firmware, please refer to HMI Software Upgrade or
contact Schneider Electric Technical Support Engineers or local agents to help
you complete the upgrade.

Safe Disposal
When the equipment needs to be disposed, please use Factory Reset (see
Setting Interface, page 17 and Setting Interface, page 38 section) and destroy it
through safe channels to ensure that the equipment will not be re deployed to your
operation system or used illegally.

Network Security Vulnerabilities or Events

You can visit Schneider Electric Cybersecurity Vulnerability Portal (https://www.se.
com/ww/en/work/support/cybersecurity/vulnerability-policy.jsp) to review
vulnerability management policy or report potential Cybersecurity vulnerabilities or
events.

Open-source Library License Statement

The following open-source libraries are used in this product, all of which comply
with the open-source license.

Library name Open source license

atftp https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

bridge-utils https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

busybox https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

dbus-glib https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

glibc https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html

gmp https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html

iperf https://opensource.org/licenses/NCSA

iproute2 https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

iw http://www.isc.org/downloads/software-support-policy/isc-license/

kmod https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html

libatomic1 https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

libffi https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT

libgpg-error https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html

Libiniparser https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT

libnl https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html

libsanitizer http://www.linfo.org/bsdlicense.html

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libts https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

libusb https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html

linux_kernel https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

linuxconsoletools https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

mtd https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

netbsd-resolv http://www.linfo.org/bsdlicense.html

openssl https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html

readline https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

safestring https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT

snmp https://www.agentpp.com/licenses/SNMP_PP_LICENSE.txt

sqlite3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain

uboot https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

util-linux https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

zlib http://zlib.net/zlib_license.html

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EasyLogic™ APF HMI Firmware Upgrade Instruction

1. HMI Communication Upgrade
• Upgrade Media Requirement
(1) USB Disk.

• Upgrade Process
(1) Turn Off EasyLogic™ APF.

(2) Copy monitor.tar.gz file to USB Disk.

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(3) Insert USB Disk into the slot on the left side of HMI (as shown below).

(4) Select Setting and key in password (08080808) to proceed.

(5) Select Customize and then click Upgrade.

You will hear a few beep sound once upgrade is started. Then HMI will
be restarted and upgrade is completed with a few beep sound.

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2. HMI Interface Upgrade

• Upgrade Media Requirement
(1) SD card and SD card reader.

(2) SD card capacity should be 2G - 8G, and file system of SD card must
be FAT32 format.

• Upgrade Process
(1) Turn Off EasyLogic™ APF.

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(2) Copy DWIN_SET folder to SD card.

(3) Insert SD card into the slot on the left side of HMI (as shown below).
You will hear a click sound once SD card is inserted successfully.

(4) After SD card is inserted, blue screen will appear for a while, followed
by all the latest HMI interfaces flashing one by one. It will take 1-2 mins to
complete this process.
(5) Once completed, you will see the startup interface (as shown below).

(6) Remove SD card and restart HMI (switch off and on APF power) to
complete the upgrade.
3. Power Off, then Power on the Circuit breaker of EasyLogic™ APF

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4. Check the Software version

You can click About to check the Software Version before and after
upgrade.

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Troubleshooting
When the Schneider Electric APF encounters a fault, the red fault light on the
equipment housing will light up, and the HMI will also display the fault information
and give a buzzer alarm.
In general, in case of minor fault, the equipment will automatically stop harmonic
output and automatically resume operation when the equipment is in normal state.
In case of serious fault, the equipment will not restart automatically after output
stops and it needs to be manually restarted after troubleshooting. In case of
emergency, it is necessary to press EPO to forcibly stop harmonic output of the
equipment.

DANGER
THERE IS A DANGER OF UNEXPECTED OPERATION OF EQUIPMENT
• Pressing the EPO emergency stop button can only stop harmonic output of
the equipment and cannot completely power off the equipment.
• Appropriate sensing devices with rated voltages should always be used to
confirm that the power is off.
Failure to follow these instructions will result in death or serious injury.

To completely power off the equipment, disconnect the front circuit breaker of the
APF line.
The common fault information and solution of Schneider Electric APF are as
follows for reference.

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No. Fault information Description Solution

The current flowing through any IGBT exceeds Check whether IGBT, Hall, bus capacitor, inverter
1 Inverter short circuit inductor and input relay are short circuited
the set value

1. For false alarm, set Abnormal Input Current

to disable through parameter setting to shield
false alarm
2. For system resonance, it is necessary to find
the resonance frequency of the system first,
and then close the resonance frequency and
1. False alarm caused by excessive load the harmonic compensation orders near the
Output Current frequency to eliminate or weaken the
2 current
Abnormal resonance
2. Resonance
3. If full compensation mode or higher harmonic
compensation mode is used resonance may
occur. If there is no other alternative method,
you can try switching compensation mode to
intelligent compensation mode, or
alternatively reduce the high harmonic
compensation rate to avoid resonance

One or more fans are blocked, and the fan The fan needs to be replaced. Please contact
3 Fan Fault module is disconnected or damaged Schneider Electric Product Engineer

Check whether the ambient temperature is too

high, whether the air inlet and outlet of the system
Inverter over- The temperature of the radiator exceeds the
4 are unblocked, and whether the fan works
temperature maximum allowable operating temperature
normally; Otherwise, please contact Schneider
Electric Product Engineer

CT Ratio Setting
Error (4.3 inch) If the CT ratio is too small, the current transformer
The actual load current is greater than the rated
5 needs to be replaced and this needs to be 1.5 to 2
Transformer reverse detection current of CT
times the maximum load
fault (7 inch)

It is necessary to confirm whether the

1. Resonance compensation current detection of APF is correct; If
6 Inverter Overload there is any problem, please contact Schneider
2. Filter fault
Electric Product Engineer

During normal operation of APF, the sum of the

positive bus voltage and the negative bus voltage
exceeds the set value A or is lower than the set Please contact Schneider Electric Product
7 System Fault
value B, or the difference between the positive Engineer
bus voltage and the negative bus voltage
exceeds the software set value C
Please contact Schneider Electric Product
Software Version Mismatch between DSP software and CPLD
8 Engineer; Power off and update DSP and CPLD
Error software versions
software

1. The system is powered on for more than

Please contact Schneider Electric Product
9 Monitor Setting Error 50s, and no DSP is set for monitoring
Engineer to reset system parameters
2. There is a conflict in parameter settings

10 Capacity Read Error Native capacity setting error Contact Schneider Electric Product Engineer

There are generally several reasons for this fault:

1. The emergency stop button is closed
2. The emergency stop button is incorrectly Check the cause step by step. If there is any
Emergency selected problem, please contact Schneider Electric Product
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Shutdown Engineer
3. Monitoring false alarm
4. EPO wiring error
5. Module internal relay fault

1. For voltage over the limit, it is a normal

phenomenon and can be recovered by itself
When this alarm occurs, it can generally be after the voltage is restored
inferred that:
2. If the module wiring system is inconsistent
1. The field voltage exceeds the allowable with the actual wiring, it is necessary to
range of the module change the module wiring system or change
12 Voltage Abnormal the wiring mode through advanced password
2. The wiring system of the module is
inconsistent with the actual wiring system according to the actual requirements of the
(including default phase) site

3. The internal fuse of the module is damaged 3. For module failure, the equipment code and
software version shall be recorded and timely
reported to Schneider Electric customer
service

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No. Fault information Description Solution

1. If the dial switch is not 000, reset the dial

switch
2. For internal wiring of the module, it shall be
operated by Schneider Electric Customer
Service Engineer
1. 485 wiring error 3. Corresponding to the parameter setting error
it is required to set number of parallel units
2. Filter dialing error as the actual number of modules
Communication 3. Incorrect parameter setting 4. For dialing error, the module shall be coded
13 Failure (only 7inch) 4. Large number of subordinate modules and continuously from 000 according to the user
delayed communication occurs manual
5. The monitor is disconnected from the filter 5. For wiring problems, correct the wiring
host Generally, this fault does not exist in the
module itself. If it does not belong to the
above problems through troubleshooting
timely feedback of the on-site situation is
required
6. For communication delay, restart after power
off

1. For frequency exceeding the limit, please

contact Schneider Electric Customer Service
1. The frequency exceeds the limit Engineer
14 Frequency Abnormal
2. The voltage sag causes false alarms 2. For false alarm caused by voltage sag, it shall
be fed back to Schneider Electric Customer
Service

1. Correct the wiring mode

1. The module wiring system setting is
inconsistent with the actual wiring 2. If there is still abnormal bus difference after
15 Bus Diff Abnormal
the wiring mode is corrected, contact
2. The bus sampling circuit is abnormal Schneider Electric Product Engineer for
solution

1. The thyristor and the drive line need to be

disassembled for inspection
2. Check whether the setting of three-phase n-
wire on the monitor is consistent with the
1. The thyristor is damaged, or the thyristor actual wiring, and whether the N-wire is
drive line is in poor contact missed or misconnected. In case of cabinet
16 Soft Start Fault type paralleled system, the N-wire between
2. Bus sampling circuit is abnormal
modules shall not be connected when adopts
3. The setting error of three-phase n-wire is three-phase three-wire
inconsistent with the actual wiring
3. Pay attention to whether the input wiring has
negative sequence. If the three-phase voltage
waveform displayed in the monitor is not in
the order of A-B-C, it belongs to negative
sequence

1. In the paralleled system, check whether CT

position of the monitor is set correctly and
1. 422 communication line is in poor contact
whether it is falsely set to power side
422 Communication or is dropped
Failure (4.3inch) 2. Power off and re-plug the 422-communication
2. 422 communication circuit is damaged.
17 line and troubleshoot other faults of other
422 Comm. Error Since the 422 communication is connected
modules in the system. If 422 communication
(7inch) in series, if a module in the middle fails, it
failure still cannot be recovered after
will cause 422 communication failures in all
troubleshooting, contact the Customer
modules at the back end
Service Engineer of Schneider Electric for
assistance

1. In the paralleled system, check whether CT

position of the monitor is set correctly and
whether it is falsely set to power side
CAN 1. The CAN communication line is in poor 2. Power off and re-plug the CAN
Communication contact or is dropped communication line, and check whether the
Failure (4.3inch) 2. No matching resistor is added during multi- wiring is dropped or reversed
18
module communication, or too many 3. Power off and use a multimeter to measure
CAN Comm. Error matching resistors are added the total resistance at both ends of CAN-H
(7inch) and CAN-L, and check the number of
3. CAN-H and CAN-L are reversely connected
matching resistors added on the bus. If no
resistor is added, add corresponding
resistors. If too many resistors are added,
remove some resistors

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