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Reporting and Alarm Functions
BE1-951
I.D. Number
Diagnostic
Description
25
LOGIC=NONE ALARM
W
Active logic = NONE
26
VAR DEMAND ALARM
W
Var demand maximum exceeded
27
WATT DEMAND ALARM
W
Watt demand maximum exceeded
28
FREQ OUT OF RANGE ALARM
W
Frequency out of range
29
CHANGES LOST ALARM
Password access lost
30
60 FUSE LOSS ALARM
W
One or more phases of voltage lost
31
VOLTS PER HERTZ ALARM
Trips at settable percentage of the pickup level
Alarms with an asterisk (
W
) are non-latching. A non-latching alarm clears itself automatically when the alarm
condition goes away. All other alarms are latching and must be manually reset by using the HMI Reset
button or the RA=0 command.
Any programmable alarm can also be used in programmable logic expressions without being programmed
to be reported by the programmable alarm reporting function. The ALMLGC variable is provided for this
purpose. Programmable alarm variables can be masked to drive BESTlogic variable ALMLGC by using the
SA-LGC command.
Programming Alarm Priorities
Alarm settings include Major, Minor, and Logic alarm priorities, Demand alarm points, and the Breaker alarm
points. Programming details for Demand alarm points is available in the Demand Functions subsection.
Refer to the Breaker Monitoring subsection for details about programming Breaker alarm points. Major,
Minor, and Logic programmable alarm settings are summarized in Table 6-18.
Table 6-18. Programmable Alarm Settings
Command
Range/Purpose
Default
alarm num
Major alarm
points
Setting Alarm, Major command which prioritizes the
alarm point numbers in the command as Major Alarms.
Drives Major Alarm LED and ALMMAJ logic variable.
25
Minor alarm
points
Setting Alarm, Minor command which prioritizes the
alarm point numbers in the command as Minor Alarms.
Drives Minor Alarm LED and ALMMIN logic variable.
29
Logic alarm
points
Setting Alarm, Logic command which prioritizes the
alarm point numbers in the command as Logic Alarms.
Drives ALMLGC logic variable.
0
SA-MAJ/MIN/LGC Command
Purpose:
Read or set major/minor/logic alarm setting mask.
Syntax:
SA-<type>[=<alarm num 1>/<alarm num 2>.../<alarm num n>]
Comments: type = MAJ (Major), MIN (Minor), or LGC (Logic)
alarm num = alarm identifier
Privilege G or S password access is required to change settings. See Table 6-17 for
SA_MAJ/MIN/LGC settings information.
SA-MAJ/MIN/LGC Command Example
1.
Set the Major Alarm to trigger when the trip circuit voltage and continuity monitor asserts, when breaker
failure occurs, or when virtual output 15 is TRUE.
>SA-MAJ=1/2/23