Following up on the success of our HCS series high power supplies, we come up with this new range of low power supplies based on the feedbacks from end users. We add an USB port for access to computer to run cyclical operation with programmable voltage, current, period time and cycles. The on-housing presets, separate remote control, rotary encoder dual action control for easy tuning of voltage and current, and all the features of the original HCS are kept. In addition it is of universal AC input voltage . It is probably the most cost effective Remote Programmable Power supply with such advanced features and protections. It is ideal for laboratory, university, work shop, production, quality control and sophisticated DIY applications.
- Remote Programmable via USB to computer
- 20 programmable sets of V, I & cycle periods for repetitive operation up to 999 cycles
- 3 user defined V & I panel presets for frequent use
- Analogue Remote Control of V, I, & output On-Off without computer.
- Rotary encoder knob with definitive action of fine and coarse tuning
- Smart cooling fan speed control from zero to full speed
- Self diagnostic check on LED display and cooling fan on start up
- Isolated ground , Active PFC & high power efficiency
- Universal AC input
- Over load , Tracking Over Voltage Protections
- Constant Current limit setting with output open circuit
Voltage Setting Resolution
Voltage meter digit and accuracy
3 Digit LED Display ±(0.2% +3counts)
Current meter digit and accuracy
3 Digit LED Display ±(0.2% +3counts)
Thermostatic Control Fan from Zero to full speed
Overload, Short Circuit by Constant Current, Output Tracking Over Voltage, Over Temperature
CE EMC: EN 55011, EN 55032 LVD: EN 61010, EN 62368-1
Tablet PC becomes popular. MANSON thinks this will be a common platform for remote control console.
MANSON prepares an application in iPad/Android for Power Supply remote control and Digital Power Meter remote monitoring.
To enable MANSON USB ready devices to being managed in this platform, we use Raspberry Pi technology to make the connection happen.
You can connect Manson Power Supply and DPM with USB port to Raspberry Pi B+ model. Then they can be remotely controlled through TCP/IP network from iPad/Android.
To enable this feature, it just needs two things.
1. Driver to run in Raspberry Pi. It can be downloaded in this page
2. iPad or Android apps. Search Manson Power Supply in Google Play or App store.
Please follow instruction in file to configure driver in Raspberry Pi
Driver
HCS PC software
Ver 2.2.f
English
40MB
01/10/2016
PC software for HCS series
Manson universal PC control software (Ver 3.4.5)
Ver 3.4.5
English
67MB
24/04/2024
Support OS : Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10
Manson universal PC control software (Ver 3.3.2)
Ver 3.3.2
English
40MB
09/07/2021
Support OS : Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10
Manson universal PC control software for Linux (Ver 3.3.2)
Ver 3.3.2
English
40MB
26/08/2022
Support OS : Any Linux OS with java installed
Manson universal PC control software (Ver 3.4.3)
Ver 3.4.3
English
50MB
25/12/2023
Support OS : Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10
USB driver for Windows 10 Universal
Ver 10.1.3
English
772KB
01/08/2018
USB driver for Windows 10 Universal
USB driver for Windows 7/8/8.1
Ver 6.7.6
Englishd
7MB
01/08/2018
USB driver for Windows 7/8/8.1
HCS high current LabVIEW driver
Ver 1.0
English
207KB
06/03/2014
LabVIEW driver for HCS-3100, HCS-3150, HCS-3200, HCS-3202, HCS-3300-USB, HCS-3302-USB, HCS-3400-USB, HCS-3402-USB, HCS-3404-USB, HCS-3600-USB, HSC-3602-USB, HCS-3604-USB. Support LabVIEW 8.2.1 or above
Labview example
Ver 1.0
English
38kB
24/03/2014
LabView Example for HCS series power supply
Python library
Ver 1.0
English
5.5kB
12/09/2017
Python Library for Manson HCS series power supply and NTP-6000 series power supply
Raspberry Pi driver
Ver 1.2
English
1MB
15/01/2021
Manson driver for Raspberry Pi. Support Raspberry Pi OS 10 (buster)
Document
HCS series catalogue
Rev.1
English
04/10/2018
HCS-3200/3202/3204 user manual
Rev.10
English
06/03/2024
HCS Trouble shooting list
Rev.1
English
08/05/2019
Trouble shooting and fault list for HCS series power supply
HCS LabVIEW example
Rev.1.1
English
12/03/2019
LabVIEW usage example for HCS series power supply
PC software user manual
Rev.4
English
24/04/2024
Manson PC software user manual
Python sample program
Rev.1
English
06/03/2014
Python sample program for HCS
HCS VB 6 sample code
Rev.1
English
01/12/2015
How to configure USB port
HCS USB configuration for remote programming
This application note describe how to configure the USB port for HCS remote programming use.
HCS remote programmable power supply with USB model can connected to PC through USB cable.
Beside using Manson bundled PC control software, it can also be controlled by HCS command set.
Manson HCS power supply is using a USB to serial bridge design for remote connection. When it
connected to PC, it will converted as COM port as following picture. E.g. COM3
If the COM port does not come up, please check USB driver probably installed. The USB driver is
come with HCS software CD. Then it can program as stand COM port.
The default COM port setting;
baudrate : 9600
Data bits : 8 bit
stop bit : 1
Parity : None
The HCS then can be programmed by send ASCII commend to this COM3.
Please refer to HCS manual for commend set list
Voltage & Current tuning with Rotary Encoder MCU Manson HCS power supplies
English
HCS analogue remote control in action
English
Change preset values
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