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SEL-251, -2, -3 Instruction Manual
GROUP n
GROUP n designates the Group Variable. This variable specifies which setting group to use
when no Setting Group Selection inputs are assigned or all assigned inputs are deasserted (n = 1,
2, 3, 4, 5, or 6). You can execute this command at any time, but the setting group changes only
when no Setting Group Selection inputs are assigned or all assigned inputs are deasserted.
Otherwise, the current setting group remains active; the Group Variable becomes the Active
Group only when no Setting Group Selection inputs are assigned or all assigned inputs are
deasserted.
GROUP n command execution does not clear the event report buffer. However, any time the
active setting group is changed, the relay pulses ALARM output contacts.
If global setting DEMR=Y and the active setting group is changed, the demand values are reset
(see SET G p in this section).
=>>GROUP 3 <ENTER>
GROUP 3 <ENTER>
Change Group Variable:
Are you sure (Y/N) ? Y <ENTER>
Y <ENTER>
=>>
Active Group = 1
Group Variable = 3
=>
The above response to
GROUP 3
command execution indicates that only Setting Group
Selection input SS1 is energized (see Table 2.3) because the active group did not change to
Group 3, but remained Group 1.
If you do not designate a setting group, the relay displays present group information:
=>>GROUP <ENTER>
GROUP <ENTER>
Active Group = 1
Group Variable = 3
=>
OPEN
The OPEN command closes the TRIP output contacts when jumper JMP104 is installed on the
main board. TRIP output contacts remain closed for at least the duration of TDUR (you must
enter a TDUR setting) starting with the rising edge of the trip output. The TRIP outputs drop out
only if none of the overcurrent element pickups in Relay Word row R1 are picked up or if you
push the TARGET RESET button on the front panel.
To open the power circuit breaker by command, type
OPEN <ENTER>
. The prompt "Open
BREAKER (Y/N) ?" is transmitted. Answering
Y <ENTER>
yields a second prompt: "Are you
sure (Y/N) ?" Answering
Y <ENTER>
again closes the TRIP output relay as described above.