Schneider Electric HRB1684301-01 Alarm screens, Alarm display and notification, Alarm details

Chapter 10—Alarms PowerLogic™ PM5500 series user manual

Configuring the LED for alarms using ION Setup

You can use the ION Setup to configure your meter’s LED for alarming.

1.Start ION Setup.

2.Connect to your meter

3.Navigate to I/O configuration > Energy Pulsing.

4.Select Front Panel LED and click Edit.

5.Set the control mode to Alarm.

6.Click Send to save your changes.

Using alarms for external control

You can set the alarm to trigger a digital output, which you can then use to control an external relay. See “Digital output applications” on page 77 for details.

Alarm screens

If your meter is equipped with a display, use the front panel buttons to navigate to the alarm setup or display screens.

Maint

Alarm setup

Reset

Setup

Meter

Comm

Alarm

Alarm display

Alarm Active

Hist

Count

Unack

Alarm display and notification

The meter notifies you when an alarm condition is detected. “Alarm priorities” on page 94 outlines the differences in alarm notification based on alarm priorities.

Alarm icon

When a low, medium or high priority alarm is tripped, this symbol appears at the top right corner of the display screen, indicating that an alarm is active:

For high priority alarms, the alarm icon remains displayed until you acknowledge the alarm.

Alarm / energy LED

If configured for alarming, the alarm / energy pulsing LED also flashes to indicate the meter has detected an alarm condition. See “LED alarm indicator” on page 99.

Alarm details

Details about the alarms can be viewed from the active alarms (Active), alarm history (Hist), alarm counters (Count) and unacknowledged alarms (Unack) screens.

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