Basic Alarm Groups - Siemens ACCESS 9340 Reference Manual

ACCESS 9340 and 9360 Meters
Chapter 6—Basic Alarms

Basic Alarm Groups

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Whether you are using a default alarm or creating a custom alarm,
you first choose the alarm group that is appropriate for the
application. Each alarm condition is assigned to one of these alarm
groups:
•
Standard—Standard alarms have a detection rate of 1 second
and are useful for detecting conditions such as over current and
under voltage. Up to 40 alarms can be set up in this alarm group.
•
Digital—Digital alarms are triggered by an exception such as the
transition of a digital input or the end of an incremental energy
interval. Up to 12 alarms can be set up in this group.
•
Custom—The meter has many pre-defined alarms, but you can
also set up your own custom alarms using WinPM.Net. For
example, you may need to alarm on the ON-to-OFF transition of a
digital input. To create this type of custom alarm:
1. Select the appropriate alarm group (digital in this case).
2. Select the type of alarm (described in Table 6–5 on page 83).
3. Give the alarm a name.
4. Save the custom alarm.
After creating a custom alarm, you can configure it by applying
priorities, setting pickups and dropouts (if applicable), and so
forth.
WinPM.Net and the meter display can be used to setup standard,
digital, and custom alarm types.
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