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Viewing Status/Control

This section explains how to view status data and execute basic control of the various controller functions. The following status/control information can be viewed:

  • I/O Terminal

  • Zone

  • Schedule

  • Communications

  • Input

  • Panel

  • Controller

Observable status/control information ranges from the ON/OFF state of sources, number of packet errors regarding protocols used, breakers assigned to panels, timer controls, current analog values from sensors, etc.

Viewing Panel Status

To view panel status, follow these steps:

  1. From the MAIN MENU screen, select STATUS/CONTROL > PANEL.

    The PANEL STATUS MENU screen displays:

  2. From this screen, do the following:

    • View circuit breaker status

    • View control bus status

    • View panel status

Viewing Circuit Breaker Status

To view circuit breaker status, follow these steps:

  1. From the MAIN MENU screen, select STATUS/CONTROL > PANEL > BREAKER.

    The BREAKER STATUS screen displays:

  2. From this screen, do the following:

    • Circuit breaker status details and control breaker ON/OFF control state

    • Circuit breaker status by panel

    • Circuit breaker status by zone

Viewing Circuit Breaker Details

To view detailed status of individual circuit breakers, follow these steps:

  1. From the MAIN MENU screen, select STATUS/CONTROL > PANEL > BREAKER > DETAILS.

    The BREAKER DETAILS screen displays:

    NOTE: See BREAKER DETAILS Screen Data for descriptions of the circuit breaker status options.
  2. Select the desired PNL (panel) number.

  3. Select the desired BKR (circuit breaker) number.

    Only detected circuit breakers (BKR number) in a panel are selectable. If no circuit breakers exist in a panel, a message stating “No Breakers Found” will be displayed.

  4. To clear accumulated run-time hours for the selected circuit breaker, select YES for the CLR? option.

    NOTE: The CLR? option appears with Level 1 access only.
  5. To set the breaker state as ON or OFF from this menu, select the current value for Control and toggle it ON or OFF.

BREAKER DETAILS Screen Data

Option Description
PNL Select the panel number and nametag of a circuit breaker location.
BKR Select the circuit breaker number and nametag.
Blink Timer (READ ONLY) The countdown time left until the circuit breaker turns OFF after a blink notice.
Poles (READ ONLY) The number of poles on the circuit breaker (1-, 2-, or 3-pole)
H:M (READ ONLY) The accumulated run-time hours and minutes for the selected circuit breaker.
CLR? Select this to clear the accumulated run-time hours for the selected circuit breaker.
Requires Level 1 access.
Desired (READ ONLY) The commanded state of the circuit breaker as determined by the zone logic.
Control The control state is selectable between ON or OFF to control the state of the circuit breaker. This value should match the Actual state. If the Actual and Control states do not match, a circuit breaker is not responding to commands.
Actual (READ ONLY) The actual state of the circuit breaker, as indicated by true voltage measurement. This value should match the Control state. If the Actual and Control states do not match, a circuit breaker is not responding to commands.

Viewing Status by Panel

To view circuit breaker status by panel, follow these steps:

  1. From the MAIN MENU screen, select STATUS/CONTROL > PANEL > BREAKER > BY PANEL.

    The STATUS BY PANEL screen displays:

  2. Select the PNL (panel) number.

    The PNL nametag appears on the right side of the screen above "p01".

  3. Select the status type from the following choices:

    • BREAKERS PRESENT:

    • NON-RESPONDING BREAKERS:

    • ACTUAL STATE = ON:

    • ACTUAL STATE = OFF:

EXAMPLE: When BREAKERS PRESENT is selected, all locations where circuit breakers are not present are blanked. For ACTUAL STATE = ON (OFF), all circuit breakers that are not ON (OFF) are blanked.

Viewing Circuit Breaker Pages: The VIEW /EDIT BRKRS screen uses pages to view panels with more than 24 circuit breakers. Only 24 circuit breakers per panel can be viewed per page.

In the VIEW /EDIT BRKRS screen a “page number” (p01) appears on the far right of PNL. Move the cursor over the page number and use the -/+ key to view more pages containing breakers assigned to that panel.

NOTE: Only detected Powerlink breakers in each panel are displayed. Only the motorized poles are displayed on 2- and 3-pole breakers.

Viewing Status by Zone

To view circuit breaker status by zone, follow these steps:

  1. From the MAIN MENU screen, select STATUS/CONTROL > PANEL > BREAKER > BY ZONE.

    The BREAKERS BY ZONE screen displays:

  2. Select the ZON (zone) number.

    The ZON nametag appears.

  3. Select the PNL (panel) number.

    The PNL nametag appears.

  4. Select the status type from the following choices:

    • BREAKERS PRESENT:

    • NON-RESPONDING BREAKERS:

    • ACTUAL STATE = ON:

    • ACTUAL STATE = OFF:

EXAMPLE: When BREAKERS PRESENT is selected, all locations where circuit breakers are not present are blanked. For ACTUAL STATE = ON (OFF), all circuit breakers that are not ON (OFF) are blanked.

Viewing Circuit Breaker Pages: The VIEW /EDIT BRKRS screen uses pages to view panels with more than 24 circuit breakers. Only 24 circuit breakers per panel can be viewed per page.

In the VIEW /EDIT BRKRS screen a “page number” (p01) appears on the far right of PNL. Move the cursor over the page number and use the -/+ key to view more pages containing circuit breakers assigned to that panel.

NOTE: Only detected Powerlink circuit breakers in each panel are displayed. Only the motorized poles are displayed on 2- and 3-pole circuit breakers.

Viewing Control Bus Status

To view control bus status, follow these steps:

  1. From the MAIN MENU screen, select STATUS/CONTROL > PANEL > BUS.

    The BUS STATUS screen displays:

  2. Select the desired BUS (control bus) number (BUS C is displayed).

Control Bus Status Screen Parameters and Descriptions

Option Value Description
BUS A, B, C, etc. Indicates the assigned control bus number.
Bus name (READ ONLY) EXAMPLE: “Bus 2” Name appears to the far right of the BUS number.
Status (READ ONLY) Normal
Non Responding
Normal operation
Communications problems
Model (READ ONLY) EXAMPLE: NF12SBR, NF12SBL, NF18SBR, NF18SBL NF21SBR, NF21SBL, etc. Displayed as the control bus catalog number.
Panel Assignment (READ ONLY) 001, 002, 003, etc. Indicates the assigned panel number
Inverted (READ ONLY) Model numbers ending:
'L' = LEFT
'R' = RIGHT.
Indicates if a right bus is on the left and vice versa.
NOTE: If the selected bus is not present, a message indicating that the bus is not detected will display.

Viewing Panel Status

To view panel status, follow these steps:

  1. From the MAIN MENU screen, select STATUS/CONTROL > PANEL > PANEL.

    The PANEL DETAILS screen displays:

  2. Select the PNL (panel) number (PNL 001 is displayed).

    The panel status screen displays the status (NON-RESPONDING or NORMAL) and the number of buses assigned to the panel (2). A panel is considered to be non-responding when any breaker in the panel is non-responding.

Panel Status Screen Parameters and Descriptions

Option Description
PNL Scrollable from 0–7. Indicates a panel’s assigned number. Use the -/+ key to view a different panel.
Panel name (READ ONLY) A panel’s assigned name.
Status (READ ONLY) Indicates the current state of a panel.
Assigned Busses (READ ONLY) Indicates a panel’s assigned control busses.

View Panel Bus Status

To view panel bus status, follow these steps:

  1. From the MAIN MENU screen, select STATUS/CONTROL > PANEL > PANEL > VIEW PANEL BUSES.

    The VIEW PANEL BUSES screen displays:

    PNL 001 and BUS C are shown as default.

  2. See View Panel Buses Screen Parameters and Descriptions for descriptions of the panel bus status options.

View Panel Buses Screen Parameters and Descriptions

Option Description
PNL Scrollable from 0–7. Indicates the panel number being viewed.
BUS Indicates the control bus number being viewed.
Status (READ ONLY) Indicates the operational state of the control buses.
Model (READ ONLY) Indicates the control bus model.
F/W (READ ONLY) Indicates the firmware version installed on the selected bus.
Inverted (READ ONLY) Indicates the inversion state of the control bus (Y=Yes, N=No).

Viewing Zone Status

To view zone status, follow these steps:

  1. From the MAIN MENU screen, select STATUS/CONTROL > ZONE.

    The ZONE STATUS screen displays:

  2. From this screen, do the following:

    • View detailed zone and control source status information.

    • View zone status by control source.

    • View zone status by circuit breaker.

    • Set zone state to ON or OFF.

    • Override zones to an ON or OFF state and specify an override duration.

Viewing Zone Status Details

To view zone status details, follow these steps:

  1. From the MAIN MENU screen, select STATUS/CONTROL > ZONE > DETAILS.

    The ZONE DETAILS screen displays:

  2. Select the ZON (zone) number.

    The ZON nametag, status, override active state, override timer value, and priority level for the zone are displayed.

  3. See table below for descriptions of the zone status options.

ZONE DETAILS Status Data

Option Value Description
ZON 1–256 The zone number and nametag of a zone.
Status ON/OFF Selectable zone status ON/OFF.
EXAMPLE: If a change is made to Status to turn the zone ON, any other control related events can change it back, such as a schedule going ON or OFF.
Override Ctrl ON/OFF/RELEASE/------(NO ACTION) Selects the control state of the zone.
Override Duration HH:MM

The selectable time duration until override timeout.

NOTE: If set to 00:00, there is no duration. Override will remain either ON or OFF until it is RELEASED by the user.
Override Active (READ ONLY) Y/N Determines whether or not the zone state is affected by an override.
Override Timer (READ ONLY) HH:MM:SS Located to the right of the Override Active. Indicates the time until the override expires.
Level (Priority) (READ ONLY) 1, 2, 3 Indicates the current priority level for the current zone.

Viewing Zone Status Source Details

To view zone status source details, follow these steps:

  1. From the MAIN MENU screen, select STATUS/CONTROL > ZONE >SOURCE DETAILS.

    The SOURCE DETAILS screen displays:

    The ZON (zone) number and nametag, logic type, and four available control sources for the zone are displayed.

  2. Set options given in table below.

SOURCE DETAILS Status Data Options

Option Value Description
ZON 1–256 The zone number and nametag of the zone.
Logic Type (READ ONLY) LAST EVENT, COMBO, TRUTH TABLE, AND, OR, or XOR Indicates the logic type used for control source comparison.
Source Types (READ ONLY) INP, TRM, ZON, RMT, BKR, SCH Indicates the sources applied to selected zone.
Src1 — Src4 (READ ONLY) ON/OFF or OPEN/CLOSE The control sources assigned to the selected zone. The control source status (ON/OFF or OPEN/CLOSED) is displayed next to the control source.

View by Source

To view zone status by control source, follow these steps:

  1. From the MAIN MENU screen, select STATUS/CONTROL > ZONE > BY SOURCE.

    The ZONES BY SOURCE screen displays:

    The control source’s nametag, status, and zone membership value is displayed on the far right. In the previous screen the control source is a member of one zone. If the control source was not a member of any zones, “000” will appear. See table below for descriptions of the STATUS BY SOURCE screen options.

    STATUS BY SOURCE Screen Data

    Option Value Description
    Source Type INP 1–256
    SCH 1–64
    ZON 1–256
    BKR 1–336
    PNL 0–7
    RMT 1–64
    TRM 1–16
    Selectable source type and number.
    Status (READ ONLY) ON/OFF or OPEN/CLOSED Displays the status of the control source.
    Zone Memberships (READ ONLY)   Displays the current number of zones a remote source is a member.
  2. Select VIEW SOURCE ZONES to view the zone information for each zone the selected control source is a member.

    The VIEW SOURCE ZONES screen displays:

    The control source’s nametag, status, and zone assignments are shown with that zone’s status, override state, and priority. See table below for descriptions of the control source options.

    If the control source is a member of multiple zones, change the zone (ZON) number to obtain status details of other assigned zones. Only zones that contain the control source are scrollable.

    Zone Information by Control Source Data

    Option Value Description
    Source Type INP 1–256
    SCH 1*–64
    ZON
    1*–256
    BKR
    1*–336
    PNL 0*–7
    RMT 1*–64
    TRM 1*–16
    Selectable source type and number.
    Status (READ ONLY) ON/OFF or OPEN/CLOSED Displays the status of the control source.
    ZON 1*–256 Selectable zone number and zone nametag where the control source is a member.
    Status (READ ONLY) ON or OFF Displays the zone status of the control source it is a member of.
    Override Active (READ ONLY)   Determines whether or not the zone state is affected by an override.
    Level (Priority) (READ ONLY)   Indicates the current priority level for the current zone the control source is a member.

View by Breaker

To view zone status by circuit breaker, follow the steps below:

  1. From the MAIN MENU screen, select STATUS/CONTROL > ZONE > BY BREAKER.

    The STATUS BY BRKR screen displays:

    The panel, circuit breaker number, actual circuit breaker state, the direct breaker action, and the number of zones the breaker is a member are displayed. If the circuit breaker was not a member of any zones, then “000” is displayed as shown in the screen above. See table below for descriptions of the STATUS BY SOURCE screen options.

  2. Select the PNL (panel) number and the BKR (circuit breaker) number.

  3. Select VIEW BREAKER ZONES to view the zone information for each zone the selected circuit breaker is a member.

    STATUS BY BRKR Screen Data

    Option Value Description
    PNL 0*–7 Selectable panel number.
    BKR 1*–336 Selectable breaker number.
    Direct Breaker Action (READ ONLY) ON or OFF Displays the status of the circuit breaker as a result of a direct breaker control action.
    Zone Memberships (READ ONLY)   Displays the current number of zones a circuit breaker is a member.
  4. Select the VIEW BRKR ZONES screen displays:

    The circuit breaker’s number, panel, actual state, and direct breaker action state with the assigned zone’s status, override state, and priority level are displayed. See Zone Information by Control Source Data for descriptions of the control source options.

  5. To view other zones the circuit breaker is a member, select a different zone number.

    Zone Information by Control Source Data

    Option Value Description
    PNL 0*–7 Selectable panel number.
    BKR 1*–336 Selectable breaker number.
    Actual (READ ONLY) ON or OFF Located on the right of the selected panel and breaker number. Displays the actual state of the selected circuit breaker on the selected panel.
    ZONE 1–256

    Selectable zone number and zone nametag where the circuit breaker is a member of.

    NOTE: Only zones that the selected circuit breaker is assigned to will be selectable.
    Zone Status (READ ONLY) ON or OFF Displays the state of the zone that the circuit breaker is a member of.
    Ovrd Active (READ ONLY) Y or N Determines whether or not the zone state is affected by an override.
    Level (Priority) (READ ONLY)   Indicates the current priority level for the current zone the circuit breaker is a member.

Viewing Schedule Status

To view schedule status, follow these steps:

  1. From the MAIN MENU screen, select STATUS/CONTROL > SCHEDULE.

    The SCH STATUS MENU screen displays:

  2. From this screen, do the following:

    • View special days that are active in periods.

    • View periods that are active in schedules and special days that are assigned to a period.

    • View schedules that are assigned to periods.

Viewing Special Day Status

To view special day status, follow these steps:

  1. From the MAIN MENU screen, select STATUS/CONTROL > SCHEDULE > SPECIAL DAYS.

    The SPEC DAY STATUS screen displays:

    This screen indicates if the selected special day is active, and if so, which periods it is active in.

    The current special day is not in effect. If it were, YES would display where NO is displayed above.

    NOTE: The number displayed next to ACTIVE IN PERIODS is the number of periods that a selected special day is active in.
  2. Select the desired special day number (SPD 001 is displayed).

  3. Select ACTIVE IN PERIODS to view the periods that the selected special day is assigned to.

    The ACTIVE IN PRD screen displays:

  4. Select a different special day to view other periods that other special days are assigned to.

    NOTE: If a special day is selected that is not active in the system, a notification will display:

    Viewing Pages: When viewing more assigned items (circuit breakers, periods, etc.) than will fit on a single screen “Pages are used”. A “page number” (p01) appears on the far right of the screen. Move the cursor over the page number and use the + / - key to view more pages.

Viewing Status by Periods

To view period status, follow these steps:

  1. From the MAIN MENU screen, select STATUS/CONTROL > SCHEDULE > PERIODS.

    The PERIOD STATUS screen displays:

    This screen indicates when a selected period turns ON or OFF, which schedules contain the active period, and which special days are assigned to the period.

    NOTE: The number displayed next to ACTIVE IN SCHEDULES and ASSIGNED SP DAYS is the number of schedules and assigned special days in the selected period.
  2. Select the period number (PRD 001 is displayed).

    The current period turns on at 14:30 and turns off at 16:00 on Monday through Friday and off on Saturday and Sunday.

  3. Select ACTIVE IN SCHEDULES to view schedules that contain the active period.

    The ACTIVE IN SCH screen displays:

    To view schedules containing a different active period, select a different period number.

  4. Select ASSIGNED SP DAYS to view which special days are in the selected period.

    The ASSIGNED SP DAYS screen displays:

  5. To view other special days assigned to a period, select a different period number.

Viewing Pages: When viewing more assigned items (circuit breakers, periods, etc.) than will fit on a single screen “Pages are used”. A “page number” (p01) appears on the far right of the screen. Move the cursor over the page number and use the + / - key to view more pages.

Viewing Status by Schedule

To view schedule status, follow these steps:

  1. From the MAIN MENU screen, select STATUS/CONTROL > SCHEDULE > SCHEDULES.

    The SCHEDULE STATUS screen displays:

    This screen indicates if the selected schedule is ON or OFF.

    The current schedule (SCH 001) is OFF.

    NOTE: The number displayed next to ASSIGNED PERIODS is the number of periods assigned to a selected schedule.
  2. Select the schedule number (SCH 001 is displayed).

  3. Select ASSIGNED PERIODS to view the periods assigned to the selected schedule.

    The ASSIGNED PERIODS screen displays:

    To view other assigned periods, select a different schedule (SCH) number.

    NOTE: If a schedule is selected that is not active in the system, system, a notification will display:

Viewing Input Status

The input status screen displays the actual status of inputs defined for the selected controller.

To view input status, follow these steps:

  1. From the MAIN MENU screen, select STATUS/CONTROL > INPUTS.

    The INPUT STATUS screen displays:

  2. From this screen, do the following:

    • View input details.

    • View input sync details.

    • Control the input state.

    • Set the inhibit state.

    • Set timer inhibit state.

    • Set the input’s analog level.

Viewing Input Status Details

To view input status, follow these steps:

  1. From the MAIN MENU screen, select STATUS/CONTROL > INPUT > DETAILS.

    The INPUT DETAILS screen displays:

    For input status details, refer to INPUT STATUS Screen Data for a detailed description of each input timer type.

    NOTE: The displayed settings reflect the values entered in the ZONE INPUT screen in Input Setup.
  2. Select the desired Input (INP) number.

  3. Set Status and Inhibit Timer Inhibit to ON or OFF.

  4. Set the Level from 0 to 100%.

INPUT STATUS Screen Data

Option Value Description
INP 1–256 Selectable input number. Shows name on the right of the screen.
Status ON or OFF This field allows for the selection of the current state of the input. It is possible to manually control the input status by selecting its value with the arrow keys.
Inhibit ON or OFF This field allows for the selection of status for Input Inhibit. Data can be inhibited from the assigned terminal, and C-Bus synchronization with the input. This effectively disables the switch, photo cell, sensor, C-Bus device, etc. connected to the input.
Level 0–100% This field displays the analog value from 0–100%.
Timer Type (READ ONLY) NO TIMER, TIMED ON, OFF-DELAY, ON-DELAY

This field shows the timer type for the input. If TIMED ON is displayed, the timer is used to automatically turn the input OFF when the timer expires.

If OFF DELAY is displayed, the timer is used to to extend the ON time when the input is turned OFF.

If ON DELAY is displayed, the timer is used to extend the OFF time when the input is turned ON.

Timer Value (READ ONLY) HH:MM:SS When an input is configured to use a timer (see Input Setup), this field counts down showing the remaining time until the described action for that Timer Type occurs.
Timer Inhibit (READ ONLY) ON or OFF This field shows the status of the timer inhibit. If this field is ON, the timer will be disabled, and the Timer Value field will be reset to 0. This must be OFF for the input timer to operate. If ON, the input will operate as if it has no timer setup.

Viewing Input Status Sync

  1. From the MAIN MENU screen, select STATUS/CONTROL > INPUT > SYNC.

    The INPUT DETAILS screen displays:

  2. elect the desired input (INP) number.

    From this screen, view which control sources (schedule, zone, breaker, remote source, terminal, input) are synced with the input type and its status (ON or OFF).

Viewing Communication Status

The COMMS STATUS screen displays the actual status of communications. To begin viewing communications status, do this step:

  1. From the MAIN MENU screen, select STATUS/CONTROL > COMMS.

    The COMMS STATUS screen displays:

  2. From this screen, do the following:

    • View the status of Ethernet communications.

    • View the status of serial communications.

    • View the status of Modbus communications.

    • View the status of subnet communications.

    • View the status of BACNet communications.

Viewing Ethernet Status

To view Ethernet communications status, follow these steps:

  1. From the MAIN MENU screen, select STATUS/CONTROL > COMMS > ETHERNET STATUS.

    The ETHERNET STATUS screen displays:

    See table below for descriptions of the serial status options.

  2. To clear all messages, highlight the Clear option, and change NO to YES.

    NOTE: The Clear option appears with Level 1 access only.

Ethernet Communications Status

RX/TX Frames Description
Clear Selectable option that clears all send/receive Ethernet communications values.
Rx Frames (READ ONLY) The number of frames received by the controller via Ethernet communications.
Rx Frames w/ error (READ ONLY) The number of frames received containing errors.
Tx Frames (READ ONLY) The number of frames transmitted by the controller via Ethernet communications.
Tx Frames w/ error (READ ONLY) The number of frames transmitted containing errors.

Viewing Serial Status

To view serial communications status, follow these steps:

  1. From the MAIN MENU screen, select STATUS/CONTROL > COMMS > SERIAL STATUS.

    The SERIAL STATUS screen displays:

  2. See table below for descriptions of the serial status.

Serial Communications Status

Error Messages Description
RS232 Frame Errors Number of serial messages received with a framing error.
RS232 Parity Errors Number of serial messages received with a parity error.
RS232 Overrun Errors Number of serial messages received with a overrun error.
RS485 Frame Errors Number of serial messages received with a framing error.
RS485 Parity Errors Number of serial messages received with a parity error.
RS485 Overrun Errors Number of serial messages received with a overrun error.

Viewing Modbus Status

To view Modbus status, follow these steps:

  1. From the MAIN MENU screen, select STATUS/CONTROL > COMMS > MODBUS STATUS.

    The MODBUS STATUS screen displays:

  2. See table below for descriptions of the serial status options.

  3. To clear all messages, highlight the Clear option, and change NO to YES.

    NOTE: The Clear option appears with Level 1 access only.

Modbus Status

Option Description
Clear Selectable option that clears all MODBUS/TCP status values.
Rx (READ ONLY) Number of Modbus messages received for this address.
Tx (READ ONLY) Number of Modbus messages sent from this address.
Rx (all other) (READ ONLY) Number of Modbus messages received for other addresses.
Events (READ ONLY) Number of all Modbus messages received.
Function Code Errs (READ ONLY) Number of Modbus function code error messages received.
Exception Errors (READ ONLY) Number of Modbus exception errors received.

Viewing BACNET Status

NOTE: BACnet is only displayed if it is enabled.

To view BACnet objects, follow these steps:

  1. From the MAIN MENU screen, select STATUS/CONTROL > COMMS > BACNET STATUS.

    The BACNET STATUS screen displays:

  2. See table below for descriptions of the BACnet communications status options.

BACnet Status Options

Option Value Description
Network Enabled BACnet/IP – BACnet/IP is enabled, MS/TP is disabled.
MS/TP – MS/TP is enabled, BACnet/IP is disabled.
NONE – neither BACnet/IP nor MS/TP is enabled
(all BACnet functionality is disabled).
The BACnet network on which the device is configured to communicate.
System Status OPERATIONAL – control of BACnet objects is enabled (both read and write are possible).
OP_READONLY – control of BACnet objects is disabled (only read is possible).
Reflects the ‘Control Enabled’ parameter of the ‘BACNET COMMS’ screen.
Comm Control ENABLED – all BACnet communications are enabled.
DISABLED – all BACnet communications are disabled.
Controlled by external BACnet clients (via the Device Communication Control service).
Comm Control Timer 00000–65535 Shows the number of remaining minutes the device will ignore all BACnet communications except Device Communication Control and Reinitialize Device requests. After a disable request, the device will transition into a DISABLED mode (listen only). The timer will begin counting down, displaying the time remaining until the device returns to the normal ENABLED mode.

Setting BACnet Objects

The BACNET OBJECTS screen provides a means to display the Present Value of all BACnet objects in the controller. It also displays the entire Priority Array for commandable objects (Input Control, Zone Control, and Breaker Control), while allowing limited control of the values in the Priority Array. Refer to Performing a Relinquish Function for more information.

To view BACnet objects, follow these steps:

  1. From the MAIN MENU screen, select STATUS/CONTROL > COMMS > BACNET STATUS > BACNET OBJECTS.

    The BACNET OBJECTS screen displays:

  2. See BACnet Objects Screen Parameters for descriptions of the BACnet communications status options.

    The following message will show if any Type/Instance combination is invalid:

BACnet Objects Screen Parameters

Option Value Description
Type AV = Analog Value
AO =Analog Output
BV = Binary Value
MV = Multi-state Value
MO = Multi-state Output

Selectable object type.

Changing the Type will update the screen, only showing valid parameters for that type.

Instance Object instance number (1–99999)

Selectable specific object of interest.

Changing instance, will change the instance AND also change the name that instance is tied to.

EXAMPLE: 10001 is InputCtrl_001, AND 10002 is InputCtrl_002.

Specific to REL function. (See Performing a Relinquish Function).

Name (READ ONLY) 16-character object name Information only (e.g. InputStat_001, ZoneStat_001, etc.)
Nametag (READ ONLY) 16-character Powerlink nametag (optional) Information only (e.g. Corridor Switch)
Present Value (Press Val) (READ ONLY) 0–255 Information only (current value of object e.g., input, zone, etc.)
Priority Array (READ ONLY) Value of 16 levels (NN for NULL)

Information only (value of priority 1–16)

NOTE: MV, MO, and AO only.
Relinquish Command Functions (REL) (READ ONLY) – – – Do nothing (default value) No effect
INT (Relinquish internal control ) Sets priority 10 of the priority array to null.
EXT (Relinquish external control) Sets all priorities EXCEPT priority 10 of the priority array to null.
ALL (Force Relinquish Default) Sets all priorities of the priority array to null.
NOTE: After navigating off the field, the relinquish field (REL) will then be reset to the default value (---).
Relinquish Default (READ ONLY) 0–9

Information only (relinquish default value)

Displayed on the bottom right as a Value (#) over R.

NOTE: MV, MO, and AO only.

Performing a Relinquish Function

To perform a release function for a selected object, follow these steps:

  1. From the MAIN MENU screen, select STATUS/CONTROL > COMMS > BACNET STATUS > BACNET OBJECTS.

  2. Navigate to the relinquish field (REL).

  3. Scroll through the four available selections by using the + / – keys on the controller as described in BACnet Objects Screen Parameters.

  4. Select the desired function then navigate off the field to activate the function on the selected object.

NOTE: After navigating off the field, the relinquish field (REL) will then be reset to the default value (---).

Viewing SUBNET Communications

To view SUBnet status, follow these steps:

  1. From the MAIN MENU screen, select STATUS/CONTROL > COMMS > SUBNET STATUS.

    The SUBNET STATUS screen displays:

    This screen displays the total number of messages sent by the primary to the sub-net, and the total number of errors.

  2. See table below for descriptions of the SUBnet communications status options.

  3. To clear all messages, highlight the Clear option, and change NO to YES.

    NOTE: The Clear option appears with Level 1 access only.

SUBnet Communications Status Options

Messages/errors Description
Total Packets Number of total Modbus messages received.
Good Packets Number of Modbus messages without errors.
Error Packets Number of Modbus messages received with error.
Reply Timeout Number of Modbus messages timeouts.
Checksum Errors Number of Modbus received with checksum errors.

Viewing Terminal Status

To view terminal status, follow these steps:

  1. From the MAIN MENU screen, select STATUS/CONTROL > IO TERMINAL.

    The TERMINAL STATUS screen displays:

  2. Select the TRM (terminal) number (TRM 011 is displayed). The terminal status screen displays:

    • The terminal switch type (see Terminal Types and Descriptions.)

    • Terminal status (OPEN or CLOSED)

    • Terminal level percentage

    • Input Memberships displays the number of inputs the terminal is assigned to.

  3. Select VIEW TERMINAL INPUTS to view terminal input status (ON or OFF), level, and if input inhibit is ON or OFF.

  4. If more than one Input Membership, change the input (INP) number to scroll through other inputs that the terminal is assigned to.

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