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PowerLogic™ PM5300 series user guide Chapter 7—Alarms
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Unary Alarms
The power meter has four unary alarms. These alarms help to alert you when the meter
powers on after a control power loss, when the meter resets for any reason, when the
meter self-diagnostic feature detects a problem, or when the meter detects a phase
rotation different than expected.
Alarm Priorities
Each alarm has a priority level. Use priorities to help distinguish between events that
require immediate action and those that do not require action. See “Setting up the alarm /
energy pulsing LED” on page 42 for information on configuring the alarm LED for alarm
mode.
• High priority—if a high priority alarm occurs, the display informs you in two ways: the
alarm LED on the display flashes until you acknowledge the alarm, and the alarm icon
blinks while the alarm is active. An alarm message is displayed while the alarm is
active. See “Viewing Unacknowledged Alarms and the Alarm History Log” on page 73
for information on acknowledging alarms.
• Medium priority—if a medium priority alarm occurs, the alarm LED and the alarm
icon blink only while the alarm is active. An alarm message is displayed while the
alarm is active.
• Low priority—if a low priority alarm occurs, the alarm LED and the alarm icon blink
only while the alarm is active. No alarm message is displayed.
• No priority—if an alarm is set up with no priority, no visible representation appears on
the display. Alarms with no priority are not entered in the alarm Log.
If multiple alarms with different priorities are active at the same time, the display shows
the alarms in the order they occurred.
When a pickup event occurs, the active alarm list appears. Press “Detail” to see more
event information. See “Alarm Setup” on page 66 for more information.
Using an Alarm to Control a Relay and Digital Output
Relays can be configured as external, and alarm. Digital Outputs can be configured as
external, demand sync, and alarm. See the “Setting Up Alarms” sections in this chapter
and “Digital output setup” on page 52.
Alarm Setup
Evaluation of all alarms is temporarily suspended while alarm setup screens are
displayed. Evaluation resumes immediately upon exit from alarm setup screens.
To set up standard alarms:
To set up standard alarms:
1. Navigate to Maint > Setup.
2. Enter the setup password (default is “0000”), then press OK.
3. Press Alarm.
Use the directions in the following sections to set up alarms.