Daktronics E SERIES User Manual

E SERIES OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE MANUAL

Daktronics Automated Rigging System

Manufacturer’s contact info

7200 Rawson Road

Victor, New York 14564

tel 866-486-7835 585-924-5000 fax 585-924-0545

email sales@daktronics.com

web site www.daktronics.com/rigging

Vortek® is a registered trademark of Daktronics, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective companies.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

01 SAFETY INFORMATION 1

Warnings, Cautions, and Notes 1

Electrical Safety—General Warning 1 Included Safety Features 2

02 GENERAL INFORMATION 3

Motor and Electronic Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) 3

Hoist Assembly (Cable Drum, Load Brake, Limit Switches and Frame) 3 E Series Controller 4 Speciﬁcations 4 USA (60Hz) E Series Based Models and Applications 4 European (50Hz) E Series Based Models and Applications 5 Dimensions of Standard Unit 5

03 THEORY OF OPERATION 7

04 SETUP & USER ACCOUNTS 9

Power up 9 System Login 9 User Account setup 9

05 MENU SCREEN 11

Main Menu Screen 11

06 HOIST OPERATION SCREENS 13

Hoist Screen 13 Alarms Screen 14

Help Screen 15 Set Date & Time & Log Off Timers 15 Hoist Setup & Debug Screen 16

07 TROUBLESHOOTING 17

08 WARRANTY 19

TABLE OF CONTENTS

01 SAFETY INFORMATION

Warnings, Cautions, and Notes

All Warning notes contained in this manual indicate information that may endanger personnel.

WARNING

Before working on any of the Vortek hoists, the main electrical disconnect must be turned off and locked out according to OSHA regulations 29 CFR 1910.147.

The Daktronics rigging system is designed to raise and lower theatrical equipment under the rated hoist capacity ONLY. This system is NOT designed to lift or lower personnel, and should never be used for that purpose.

Only trained and authorized personnel should be permitted to operate the Daktronics system. The unauthorized use, alteration, or use for purposes other than those for which it was designed may cause injury to persons, damage to the equipment, or create conditions which could lead to fatalities. All proper safety considerations must be observed. While operating the Daktronics rigging system, a spotter must be used in conjunction with the user at all times. The spotter must have a clear view of all moving elements while maintaining contact with the user. If an unsafe situation occurs, the spotter must immediately signal the user to halt all movements until the environment is cleared of any person or obstruction.

All installation and maintenance involving the Vortek drive unit itself or the main electrical control cabinets will require trained personnel. Simple daily maintenance activities such as cleaning of the touchscreen and the E Series controller workstation may be carried out by the operators, and in most cases will be all that is needed once installed.

Electrical Safety—General Warning

WARNING

The voltages used in the motor drive and master control panels can cause severe electrical shock and/or burns. Extreme care is necessary at all times when working with the motor drives. Only authorized personnel should carry out any installation, commissioning, or maintenance of the electrical systems. All drive systems have been tuned at the factory and will not require any additional alteration or adjustment by the owner’s personnel unless specifically authorized by a Daktronics representative.

SAFETY INFORMATION

Included Safety Features

Over-load and Under-load Protection - Load Sensing

The E-Series Enhanced Control system allows the authorized operator to preset maximum and minimum load thresholds for each individual Vortek hoist. If the system detects a load outside the set range, indicative of a possible problem, the unit will automatically stop all motion. If no range is set by the operator, the hoist will stop based off the maximum rated load and minimum under-load values pre-programmed into the system. Administrators are recommended to use this feature to prevent any possible injury to personnel or damage to equipment..

Emergency Stop

A red Emergency Stop mushroom head push button is located next to the HMI touch-screen interface. Pressing this button will disable all motor drives connected through the respective HMI’s MODBUS system, as well as set all motor brakes. This will stop all motion of the attached loads on each Vortek hoist immediately, and inhibit further movement until reset.

The Emergency Stops should ONLY be used for real emergencies, or when required to reset a motor fault if indicated on the E-Series Alarms screen on the HMI.

Vortek Back-Up Brake

This secondary mechanical braking system is designed to hold the rated load in the improbable case of a failure of the primary motor brake or gearbox. This system acts independently of any electrical inputs on the system.

Compliance with Regulations

The Daktronics system complies with the relevant European directives required for the CE mark, including:

98/37/EC: Machinery Directive 73/23/EEC: Low Voltage Directive 89/336/EEC: Electromagnetic Compatibility

Independent reviews/tests in support of above compliance

EN55022 Class A Radiated and Conducted Emissions EN61000-4-2 Electrostatic Discharge EN61000-4-6 Conducted Susceptibility EN60950, 60204 Safety Review

Airborne noise emissions

Continuous A-weighted sound pressure levels at distances 440 feet from the Vortek hoist module, a typical distance for the operator E-Series HMI unit to be located, do not exceed 70 decibels.

WARNING

02 GENERAL INFORMATION

The Vortek batten hoists are not designed to raise and lower people. These hoists should NEVER be used for this purpose.

The Vortek counter-weighted. Each hoist can lift loads only up to the design capacity. Overloading will result in electrical overload protection shut down of the hoist and possible damage to rigging components.

Each hoist system consists of an integral electric motor driven gear reducer, directly coupled to a cable drum, which winds steel cables (wire ropes) leading over sheaves installed within the hoist assembly and along the structural steel of the building.

The Vortek hoist system consists of three basic parts:

Motor Electronic Variable Frequency Drive (VFD)

The Electronic Variable Frequency Drive and dynamic braking resistor for each motor are located in each Vortek motorized hoist. A local control panel is located on each hoist for programming and diagnostics by factory personnel. There is a reset-able circuit breaker located at each power point on the High Voltage Wireway (HV-WW). The rated twist-locking plug on each unit acts as the main high voltage disconnect along with its corresponding circuit breaker (CB).

Hoist Assembly (Cable Drum, Load Brake, Limit Switches, and Frame)

The Vortek hoist assemblies are mounted on the rigging steel at the top of the stage house. The gear motor, helically grooved cable drum, support bearing and frame structure are all factory assembled and tested. Maximum upper height and minimum lower height are set by limit switches which are adjusted by factory-trained personnel during installation and commissioning of the system. A position encoder is located at the brake end of each hoist drum, attached directly to the drum shaft. Each hoist assembly is also equipped with a LOAD BRAKE, a unique safety feature provided exclusively by Daktronics. This unit is designed to engage automatically when the load is being lowered. This greatly reduces any possibility of a load to descend uncontrolled.

hoist system is an automated rigging system with “dead-haul” hoists, meaning that the load is not

Daktronics E Series Controller

Control of all hoists is possible from the E Series enhanced control console. The hoists can be controlled individually and at various set speeds. Please see the Controls Operation portion of this manual for the operation procedures.

GENERAL INFORMATION

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