SECTION 6 • REPORTING AND ALARMS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 6 • REPORTING AND ALARMS .............................................................................................. 6-1
General .................................................................................................................................................. 6-1
Relay Identifier Information .................................................................................................................... 6-1
Clock ...................................................................................................................................................... 6-2
IRIG Port............................................................................................................................................. 6-2
Setting the Clock Function ................................................................................................................. 6-2
Reading and Setting the Clock ........................................................................................................... 6-3
Alternate DST (Daylight Saving Time) Settings ................................................................................. 6-3
General Status Reporting ...................................................................................................................... 6-4
General Status Report ........................................................................................................................ 6-4
Other RG Commands ......................................................................................................................... 6-6
Demand Functions ................................................................................................................................. 6-7
Demand Reporting ............................................................................................................................. 6-7
Breaker Monitoring ............................................................................................................................... 6-10
Breaker Status Reporting ................................................................................................................. 6-10
Breaker Duty Monitoring ................................................................................................................... 6-11
Breaker Alarms ................................................................................................................................. 6-14
Trip Circuit Monitor ............................................................................................................................... 6-18
Fault Reporting .................................................................................................................................... 6-19
Logic Expressions for Fault Reporting ............................................................................................. 6-19
Targets ............................................................................................................................................. 6-21
Fault Summary Reports ................................................................................................................... 6-22
Oscillographic Records .................................................................................................................... 6-25
Sequence of Events Recorder ............................................................................................................. 6-28
Retrieving SER Information Using BESTCOMS™............................................................................ 6-28
Retrieving SER Information Using ASCII Commands ..................................................................... 6-29
Alarms Function ................................................................................................................................... 6-29
Relay Trouble Alarms ....................................................................................................................... 6-29
Major, Minor, and Logic Programmable Alarms ............................................................................... 6-30
Links between Programmable Alarms and BESTlogic .................................................................... 6-33
Hardware and Software Version .......................................................................................................... 6-34
Settings Compare ................................................................................................................................ 6-35
Figures
Figure 6-1. General Operation Screen, General Information Tab ............................................................. 6-1
Figure 6-2. Reporting and Alarms Screen, Clock Display Mode Tab ........................................................ 6-2
Figure 6-3. Reporting and Alarms Screen, Demands Tab ........................................................................ 6-9
Figure 6-4. BESTlogic Function Element Screen, Breaker Status .......................................................... 6-11
Figure 6-5. Reporting and Alarms Screen, Breaker Monitoring Tab ....................................................... 6-12
Figure 6-6. BESTlogic Function Element Screen, Breaker Duty Monitoring ........................................... 6-13
Figure 6-7. Reporting and Alarms Screen, Breaker Monitoring Tab ....................................................... 6-14
Figure 6-8. Protective Fault Analysis ....................................................................................................... 6-16
Figure 6-9.Trip Detector Circuit ............................................................................................................... 6-18
Figure 6-10. Trip Circuit Voltage and Continuity Monitor ........................................................................ 6-18
Figure 6-11. TCM with Other Devices ..................................................................................................... 6-19
Figure 6-12. BESTlogic Function Element Screen, Fault Recording ...................................................... 6-20
Figure 6-13. Reporting and Alarms Screen, Fault Recording Tab .......................................................... 6-22
Figure 6-14. View/Download Relay Fault Files Screen ........................................................................... 6-23
Figure 6-15. View/Download Relay Fault Files ....................................................................................... 6-27
Figure 6-16. Browse for Folder Screen ................................................................................................... 6-27
Figure 6-17. Fault Record Filenames ...................................................................................................... 6-27
Figure 6-18. View/Download Relay Fault Files Screen ........................................................................... 6-28
Figure 6-19. Reporting and Alarms Screen, Alarms Tab ........................................................................ 6-32
Figure 6-20. Programmable Alarm Function ........................................................................................... 6-33
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