Schneider Electric HRB1684301-01 Setting up custom alarms, Logic alarm setup error prompts

Chapter 10—Alarms PowerLogic™ PM5500 series user manual

Logic alarm setup error prompts

Both the meter and ION Setup have error-checking provisions, and alert you with an error message if the following actions are attempted:

•The output of a logic alarm is used as an input to itself.

•The same source is duplicated as another input on the same logic alarm.

•The source register used is invalid or is a nonexistent parameter.

Setting up custom alarms

Use ION Setup to configure custom (Cust1s) alarms.

1.Select the custom alarm you want to set up, then click Enable to display the available setup options.

2.Use the dropdown list to select the parameter you want to set for your custom alarm.

3.Use the Label box to define a name for your custom alarm.

4.Use the dropdown list to select the setpoint condition you want to monitor:

—Over: Alarm condition occurs when the value goes above the pickup setpoint setting.

—Under: Alarm condition occurs when the value goes below the pickup setpoint setting.

—Over (absolute): Alarm condition occurs when the absolute value goes above the pickup setpoint setting.

—Under (absolute): Alarm condition occurs when the absolute value goes below the pickup setpoint setting.

5.Configure the rest of the alarm setup parameters, click OK, then Send to save your changes to the meter.

Custom alarm setup parameters

Setting	Option or range	Description
Enable	Yes (checked) or No	This enables or disables the alarm.
	(cleared)
		This is the value (magnitude) you define as the setpoint
Setpoint Pickup	See “Standard (1-Sec)	limit for triggering the alarm. For “over” conditions, this
		means the value has gone above the Pickup limit. For
	alarms” on page 88
		“under” conditions, this means the value has gone
		below the Pickup limit.
Delay		This specifies the number of seconds the signal must
	0 to 999999	stay above the pickup setpoint (for “over” conditions),
(Setpoint Pickup)		or below the pickup setpoint (for “under” conditions)
		before the alarm is tripped.
		This is the value (magnitude) you define as the limit for
Setpoint Dropout	See “Standard (1-Sec)	dropping out of the alarm condition. For “over”
		conditions, this means the value has gone below the
	alarms” on page 88
		Dropout limit. For “under” conditions, this means the
		value has gone above the Pickup limit.
Delay		This specifies the number of seconds the signal must
	0 to 999999	stay below the dropout setpoint (for “over” conditions),
(Setpoint Dropout)		or above the dropout setpoint (for “under” conditions)
		before the alarm condition is ended.
Priority	High, Medium, Low, None	This sets the alarm priority and notification options.
		See “Alarm priorities” on page 94.
Select Dig Output	None,
	Digital Output D1,	Select the digital output(s) you want to control when the
(Outputs)	Digital Output D2,	alarm is triggered.
	Digital Output D1 & D2

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