GE Power Management
SPM Synchronous Motor Protection & Control
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4 USER INTERFACE
4.1 SPMPC SOFTWARE
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4.1.9 TRENDING
Trending from the SPM can be accomplished with the SPMPC software. Many different parameters can be
trended and graphed at sampling periods ranging from 1 second up to 1 hour.
The parameters which can be Trended by the SPMPC program are:
Filter Line Current
Filter Exciter Current
Filter Line Voltage
Filter Exciter Voltage
Filter Power Factor
Filter Field Ohms
Filter Phase Angle
Demo Trending
1.
To use the Trending function, run SPMPC and establish communications with a connected SPM relay.
2.
Select the Actual Values > Trending menu item open the Trending window.
3.
Press the Setup button to enter the Graph Attribute window.
4.
Program the Graphs to be displayed by selecting the pull down menu beside each Graph Description.
Change the Color, Style, Width, Group #, and Spline selection as desired. Select the same Group # for all
parameters to be scaled together.
5.
Select Save to store these Graph Attributes, and OK to close this window.
6.
Use the pull-down menu to select the Sample Rate, click the checkboxes of the Graphs to be displayed,
and select RUN to begin the trending sampling.
7.
The Trending File Setup button can be used to write the graph data to a file in a standard spreadsheet
format. Ensure that the Write Trended Data to File box is checked, and that the Sample Rate is at a min-
imum of 5 seconds. Set the file capacity limit to the amount of memory available for trended data.
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