Appendix e: alarms and relays, Alarm relays, Alarms – GE Industrial Solutions Pulsar Plus Controller User Manual
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Appendix E: Alarms and Relays
Alarm Relays
The control unit is provided with ten alarm relays; seven to provide the actual alarm condition, and three to
provide the severity associated with the alarm. The severity relays transmit Power Critical (PCR), Power
Major (PMJ), or Power Minor (PMN). Each alarm is factory assigned a severity based on industry practices.
However, they may be reassigned to PCR, MAJ, MIN, or RO (Record Only). An alarm condition with the RO
severity results in the system controller transmitting the alarm without the severity but is stored in the
history log. PCR, PMJ nor PMN are transmitted with the alarm.
The seven selectable alarm relays are called User Alarm Relay 1 (R1) through User Alarm Relay 7 (R7). Relays
are user definable in that the user may assign any combination of alarms from a given set of alarms. The
following table shows which alarms may be assigned along with their factory default settings.
Alarms
Table E-1 shows a list of all alarms along with their descriptions, default settings, ranges and/or severity, and
affected alarm relays and LEDs.
Table E-1 Alarms, Alarm Relays and LEDs Assignments – Pulsar Display
Severity - Relay and Display
Additional Relay
LED
Description
CRIT
PMJ
PMN
WRN
RO
R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
R6
R7
AC
DC
BD
Object
ID
AC Fail
MIN
R4
AC
ACF1
Alarm Cut-off Active
RO
AAC1
Alarm Test Aborted
RO
ATB1
Alarm Test Active
RO
ATA1
Auxiliary 1
MAJ
AUX1
Auxiliary 2
MAJ
AUX2
Auxiliary 3
MAJ
AUX3
Auxiliary 4
MAJ
AUX4
Auxiliary 5
MAJ
AUX5
Auxiliary 6
MAJ
AUX6
Auxiliary 7
MAJ
AUX7
Auxiliary 8
MAJ
AUX8
Auxiliary 9
MAJ
AUX9
Auxiliary 10
MAJ
AUX10
Auxiliary 11
MAJ
AUX11
Auxiliary 12
MAJ
AUX12
Auxiliary Major Alarm
MAJ
AMJ1
Battery Test Active
RO
BD
BTA1
Battery on Discharge (Float and Boost)
MAJ
R1
BD
BDA1
Battery Thermal alarm
MIN
BTHA1
Check Battery
MIN
BFA1
Clock Battery Low
MIN
BBL1
Clock Changed
RO
CLC1
Communication Loss Major
MAJ
MCM1
Communication Loss Minor
MIN
CMA1
Configuration Changed
RO
CCH1