ARCUBE ®

(Monoblock Elevator Controller Unit)

ARCUBE Intro – Project type

• For new and modernization projects

ARCUBE Intro - Motor control

• Synchronous (gearless) and Asynchronous (geared) machines

ARCUBE Intro – System type

• Machine Room (MR) or Machine Roomless (MRL) systems

ARCUBE Intro – Installation type

MR MRL
ARCUBE Intro – Installation type
ARCUBE Intro – Installation type
ARCUBE Intro – General specifications

For rope lifts;

• VVVF driver and main controller.

• Evacuation by active-driving with UPS and Battery.
• Integrated switching components.
• Fullfils all the requirements of EN81-20 standard.
ARCUBE Intro – General specifications

• Compact and lightweight design.

• Easy assembly and installation.
• Easy-to-use but powerful user interface specific to ARKEL.
• Easy fault detection.
• Silent operation with the STO feature.
• Operable in many working environments thanks to the leading edge
design.
• Less traveling cable and less switching elements for an economic
solution.
• Integrated annoucement board on the inspection board.
ARCUBE Intro – General specifications

• Supports up to 16 floors.
• Single Full-Automatic/Semi-Automatic/Manual door support.
• 2 elevators group control.
• 1,75m/s speed support.
• High comfortable travel thanks to the new generation motor drive
technology.
• Direct landing feature.
• Re-Leveling and Door Pre-Opening function with integrated
relays.
ARCUBE Intro – General specifications

• Car position information:

Geared motors;
Open loop: ML1-ML2 counter
Close loop: Incremental encoder
with (5V TTL or 10-30V HTL)
Gearless motors;
Close loop: Absolute encoder
with (EnDat, SSI, SinCos or BISS)
ARCUBE Intro – General specifications

• Automatic functions: - Motor tuning

- Shaft learning

• Anti-Rollback and Pre-Torque function: with analog voltage or

current output.
• Fine level tuning in open loop (Open Loop Slip Compensation).
• Firmware update and parameter transfer: With the AREM tool or
the keypad on ARCUBE (with the Micro SD card on the LCB board).
• Remote Access with ArLift.
ARCUBE Intro – LOP and COP connections

• LOP connections;
Serial connection: With Shaft CANbus line
Parallel connection: With MSP-16_EXP board, single button 16
floors or double button 9 floors
• COP connections;
Serial connection: FX-CUBE-S + CPC
Parallel connection: FX-CUBE
ARCUBE Intro – Hand terminal (AREM)

• AREM Bootloader V2.0 or above must be installed on the tool

ARCUBE Geared (Asynchronous) panel front view
 Display and menu keypad Circuit brakers

Recall switch and

drive buttons

Rescue switch of
OSG

Encoder board

LCB board

Main power switch Motor, brake, brake resistor, shaft CANbus, UPS/Battery
connections
ARCUBE Gearless (Synchronous) panel front view
 Display and menu keypad Circuit brakers

Recall switch and Manual brake

drive buttons release control

Encoder board

LCB board

Main power switch Motor, brake, brake resistor, shaft CANbus,

UPS/Battery connections
ARCUBE LCB
ARCUBE LCB
 SD card socket
ARCUBE LCB - Connections RS485
Safety circuit supply
MDC board serial comm. connection

Recall connec. Shaft CANbus Programmable relay

Pit 230VAC Brake release (2 prog. inputs)

supply input

supply input
Shaft light

Door supply

Shaft light relay contact

Shaft light output

RP main contactor relay

Shaft light relay supply output

Oversp. gover. connect. Spare terminals

Car light
BYPASS 0 1 2 3 supply
Pit connections

4 Progr.
inputs

PTC connect. Safety circuit

contacts

Group connect.
Landing door safety
circuit contacts Traveling cable
car top
ARCUBE LCB – LEDs and programming

Programmable relay

Programmable relay default signal; 2 Programmable inputs

PR1: (BYPA) Door Bypassed Travel Alarm

Programmable inputs
default signal;

PD1: (SEV) Manual

24V LED Evacuation Switch
PD2: <Undefined>

5V LED

CPU LED

4 Programmable inputs

Programmable inputs default signal;

PI1: (141) Down Direction Magnet Signal

PI2: (142) Up Direction Magnet Signal
PI3: (FES) Fire Evacuation Signal
PI4: (DEP) Earthquake Detection Signal
ARCUBE MSP-16_Exp

- Parallel LOP connection board. LOP wiring system is selected from ARCUBE menu
(2.6A:LOP WIRING SYSTEM). After it is selected as parallel from the menu, the
MSP-16_Exp will be directly activated. Works without dipswitch.
- Connects to the LCB board with the flex cable so it is located in the ARCUBE panel.
- Supports 16 floor single button and 9 floor double button. (2.7:COLLECTION TYPE)
- Indicator outputs as 7seg, gray, inv gray, binary, inv binary. (9.1:MSP16-EXP
DISPLAY OUTPUTS)
ARCUBE MSP-16_Exp - Connections

LCB board flat cable connection

Out of service, up/down

direction and buzzer outputs

Gray, Inv Gray, Binary, Inv Binary

7-Segment outputs LOP call buttons input
ARCUBE MSP-16_Exp, LCB board flat cable
ARCUBE FX-CUBE (parallel inspection box board)
 ARCUBE FX-CUBE Connections
Gray, Inv Gray, Binary, Inv Binary 7-Segment outputs Car call inputs

Analog current-voltage 3 Progr. relay

inputs outputs

817-818
inputs
Car light supply
KL-NF-PE
Out of service, up/down direc. outputs
Car top inspection hand
terminal connections

Inspec. term. alarm button Announc. SD card socket

Emergency light
Fan supply

LiftSense inputs

Alarm button
Full- FAN-NF-PE
Fan, Door Over
open/close, load, Outlet supply
Photocell, Door 3 Announc. speaker
fully open/close Prog.
1-NF-PE
inputs inputs Jumper
Door supply
K220-N-PE
Battery
Spare
Alarm speaker
terminals

Safety circuit contacts

Traveling cable connections

Traveling cable connections
100 outputs Traveling cable connections

Traveling cable connections 1000 outputs

ARCUBE FX-CUBE – LEDs and programming
3 Programmable relays

Programmable relays default signal;

PR1: (K5) Door Open Command

PR2: (K3) Door Close Command
PR3: (K4) Door Nudging Close Command

5V LED

CPU LED
24V LED
Jumper

3 Programmable inputs

Jumper position;

Position 0: YH1 is standard spare terminal.

Programmable inputs default signal; Position 1: If the jumper is at this position, it
switches the YH1 terminal to BAT output. In
PI1: (141) Down Direction Magnet Signal this way it is possible to get 12VDC battery
PI2: (142) Up Direction Magnet Signal output at the panel.
PI3: <Undefined>
ARCUBE FX-CUBE-S (serial inspection box board)
 ARCUBE FX-CUBE-S - Connections Fan, Door open/close, Photocell,
817-818 inputs Battery Annouc. speaker Door fully open/close, Full-Overload
inputs

LiftSense inputs 3 Prog. relay outputs

Car top inspection hand
terminali connections

Car light supply

Analog current-voltage inputs 6 Prog. inputs
KL-NF-PE

Annouc. SD kart socket

Inspec. term. alarm button Fan supply

FAN-NF-PE
XKON spare terminals
Alarm speaker
Outlet supply
XKON cable 1-NF-PE
Jumper
Door supply
K220-N-PE

2 Prog. transistors Spare

Safety circuit connections
terminals

Traveling cable connections

Traveling cable connections
100 outputs Traveling cable connections

Traveling cable connections 1000 outputs

ARCUBE FX-CUBE-S – LEDs and programming

Programmable inputs default signal;

3 Programmable relays
PI1: (141) Down Direction Magnet Signal
PI2: (142) Up Direction Magnet Signal
PI3: <Undefined>
PI4: <Undefined>
PI5: <Undefined>
6 Programmable
PI6: <Undefined>
inputs

Programmable relay outputs default signal;

5V LED PR1: (K5) Door Open Command

PR2: (K3) Door Close Command
PR3: (K4) Door Nudging Close Command
24V LED CPU LED

Jumper

Jumper position;

2 Programmable trasistors Position 0: YH1 is standard spare terminal.

Position 1: If the jumper is at this position, it
Programmable transistor ouputs signal; switches the YH1 terminal to BAT output. In this
way it is possible to get 12VDC battery output
PT1: <Undefined> at the panel.
PT2: <Undefined>
ARCUBE MDC

- The ARCUBE CPU is on this board.

- This is the CPU board which controls the system.
- Encoder board connection and inverter
communication connection is made to this board.
 ARCUBE MDC - Connections
IPM temperature sensor connection

24V supply LCB board serial communication

ARCUBE class dipswitch setting socket

MSCR display connection

ARCUBE inverter fan
connection

From left to right;

- KRC
Encoder board connection ARCUBE inverter - EN
communication connection - (spare – not used)
- Relay common
- KFR1 relay
- KFR2 relay
ARCUBE MSCR

- ARCUBE display and keypad.

- MSCR is connected to the related sockets on
the MDC board.
ARCUBE MSCR - Buttons

ESC button

ENTER button

Keypad direction buttons

ARCUBE MDC and MSCR
ARCUBE MDC and MSCR
ARCUBE MDC and MSCR
ARCUBE CPC (COP panel serial connection board)

3 programmable outputs

- 1 programmable transistor 1 programmable input and output

output
- Alarm button
From top to bottom;
- Emergency light output
- Door open button
- Fan button
XKON cable socket - Door close button

XKON spare
terminals

Battery output Car call button terminals

ARCUBE ENCA and ENCI (encoder board)

- ENCA board is used with

gearless (synchronous) motors

- ENCI board is used with geared

(asynchronous) motors
ARCUBE ENCI or ENCA
ARCUBE Indicators

BC-D3X BC-D2X BC-BUT

- If the indicators are going to be used as floor indicators

in ARCUBE system, they are connected to the shaft
CANbus.
- ARCUBE also supports ACM and 7-Segment indicators.
ARCUBE Indicators

BC-LCD10555 LiftMedia

- If the indicators are going to be used as floor indicators in

ARCUBE system, they are connected to the shaft CANbus.
- ARCUBE also supports ACM and 7-Segment indicators.
- LiftMedia is more used on the COP panel. It is connected
trough CANbus to the CPC board.
 ARCUBE Input/Output programming

On the main screen Press Enter button

By pressing the Right

On the upcoming screen button, go to the 10. or
11. menu which is shown
below

By entering these menus, you will see the programmable

input and ouput terminals of the related boards.