Creating a Custom Contactor or Impulse Relay
You can create a new custom generic pulse meter model.
- Click the Custom Library main tab.
- Click +Create on the lower left
part of the page.
The Create a custom model dialog opens.
- Enter the following settings:
Field Setting Select model type Select either Contactor or Impulse Relay. Create model Select the basis for the new custom model:
- New
- Based on a custom model
<base model type> If you are basing the new custom model on an existing custom model, select the existing model on which the new model is based. Model name Enter the name of the new custom model, or accept the default name Contactor CustomorImpulse Relay Custom.Default value of commodity Select a default commodity the new model measures. Default value of usage Select a default value for how the new model is used - Click Create.
The dialog closes, and the newly created custom model properties page opens for initial configuration.
- Configure the measurement properties of a contactor or
impulse relay.
Measurement Properties
Field Description
Signal element
Enter the element being monitored, or accept the default Status Output.
Value for 0
Enter the state represented by a value of 0, or accept the default OFF.
Value for 1
Enter the state represented by a value of 1, or accept the default ON.
By default, measurements are logged and published to the hosted
platform.