Breaker monitoring, Breaker status reporting, Programming the breaker status reporting function – Basler Electric BE1-851 User Manual

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next processing loop with the currently calculated demand value. No write access is needed to reset

demand register values at the HMI. It is also possible to preset a value into the Peak Since Demand

registers. Pressing the Edit key can do this. Write access to the Reports functional area is required to

preset values at the HMI.
Values and time stamps in the demand registers can also be read through the communication ports by

using the RD (report demands) command.
Demand information specific to current, can be obtained by including an object name with the command

function (R) and subgroup (D). Today’s Peak, Yesterday’s Peak, and Peak Since Reset information for

current is available using the RD-TI, RD-YI, and RD-PI commands.

Breaker Monitoring

Breaker monitoring helps manage equipment inspection and maintenance expenses by providing

extensive monitoring and alarms for the circuit breaker. Breaker monitoring functions include breaker

status and operations counter reporting, fault current interruption duty monitoring and trip-speed

monitoring. Each function can be set up as a programmable alarm. The Alarms Function subsection has

more information about the use of programmable alarms. The breaker trip circuit voltage and continuity

monitor is a related function and is described in the Trip Circuit Monitor subsection.

Breaker Status Reporting

The breaker status monitoring function monitors the position of the breaker for reporting purposes.

Opening breaker strokes are also counted and recorded in the breaker operations counter register. Circuit

breaker status is also used by the breaker trip circuit voltage and continuity monitor. The Trip Circuit

Monitor subsection provides more details.

Programming the Breaker Status Reporting Function

Since the relay is completely programmable, it is necessary to program which logic variable will monitor

breaker status. Breaker status is programmed in BESTCOMS using the BESTlogic Function Element

screen. Figure 6-4 illustrates this screen. To open the BESTlogic Function Element screen for Breaker

Status, select Reporting and Alarms from the Screens pull-down menu. Then select the Logic button in

the lower left hand corner of the screen and inside the box labeled, Breaker Status Logic. Alternately,

settings may be made using the SB-LOGIC ASCII command.
To connect the Breaker Status BLOCK input, select the BLOCK button. The BESTlogic Expression

Builder screen will open. Select the expression type to be used. Then, select the BESTlogic variable or

series of variables to be connected to the input. Select Save when finished to return to the BESTlogic

Function Element screen. For more details on the BESTlogic Expression Builder, see Section 7,

BESTlogic Programmable Logic. Select Done when the settings have been completely edited.
Example 1.

Make the following logic settings to the Breaker Status, CONTROL logic input. Figure 6-4

illustrates these settings.

CONTROL: /IN3

NOTE

When the NOT symbol (/) is used, the symbol is applied to the variable

immediately following the symbol.

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