Bus Power (Switch Position 4); What's A Transient - Maretron N2KMeter User Manual

9 Bus Power (Switch Position 4)

The N2KMeter continuously monitors the NMEA 2000
Display

9.1 What's a Transient?

A transient is a short, temporary deviation of the bus voltage level.
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Every NMEA 2000
acceptable. Transients in excess of 2V P-P can contribute to node failures and communication
errors in some cases and should be investigated. Transients in excess of 10V P-P are an
indication of serious network problems.
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network has some level of bus power transients, which is perfectly
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bus power quality.
What it means
Current network bus voltage is 12.2V.
Minimum bus voltage recorded since
N2KMeter was plugged in or reset is
12.1V.
Maximum bus voltage recorded since
N2KMeter was plugged in or reset is
12.4V.
Current peak-to-peak (P-P) voltage
(transient or ripple) is 0.1Vp-p.
 Maximum peak-to-peak (P-P)
voltage recorded since N2KMeter
was plugged in or reset is 0.2V.
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