Inputs
The Electrical Distribution Monitoring and Alarming application collects data from connected products to provide access to consolidated views of electrical measurements, status information, and individual device details. It also monitors remote control actions.
Electrical measurements and status information can be acquired from a wide range of connected products as well as third-party equipment through open communication protocols. Typical connected products include:
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Energy/Power meters, such as PowerLogic ION9000, PM8000, PM5000, HDPM6000, Acti9 iEM3000, PowerTag
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Protection devices, such as PowerLogic P5/P3, MasterPacT MTZ, ComPacT NSX (including its wireless auxiliary contact), Acti9 Active
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Other equipment, such as UPS (Galaxy VX/VL/VM/VS), ATS/PTS (ASCO 7000 Series PTS, TransferPacT Active Automatic), ATS controller (PowerLogic T300), protective devices (ASCO SPD with ASM), power correction devices (PowerLogic PFC and AccuSine PCS+/PCSn/EVC/PFV+), Load Banks
ASCO
SPD with ASMPowerLogic
PFCPowerLogic
AccuSine
PCS+/PCSn/EVC/PFV+Load Banks
Electrical Measurements
The following electrical measurements are collected from connected products (real-time values, the minimum, maximum, and average values):
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Current and voltage
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Power (Active, Reactive, Apparent)
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Frequency
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Power factor
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Energy
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Harmonic distortion
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Voltage and current unbalance
Status Information and Control Actions
From intelligent electrical devices such as circuit breakers, power quality correction equipment, ATSs, and other electrical distribution equipment:
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Circuit breaker position (open, closed, racked-in, racked-out, etc.)
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Circuit breaker trip status, protection status
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UPS status, motor status
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Other statuses, operating modes or conditions
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Control actions (operator or automatic)
Other Physical Measurements
Non-electrical measurements, such as environmental conditions (temperature, humidity, etc.), can also be integrated into the system.
User Input: Alarm Recipient Information and Schedule
For alarm/event notification and distribution, recipient delivery schedules need to be configured.
These schedules are configured to send notifications to the appropriate operators, taking into account shift schedules, holidays, and weekends.
Delivery mechanisms include SMS and SMTP (email).