Instruction Manual

Pulsar Plus Controller Family
Issue 7 December 2011 185
Appendix E: Alarms and Relays
Alarm Relays
The control unit is provided with ten alarm relays; seven to provide the actual alarm condition, and three to
provide the severity associated with the alarm. The severity relays transmit Power Critical (PCR), Power
Major (PMJ), or Power Minor (PMN). Each alarm is factory assigned a severity based on industry practices.
However, they may be reassigned to PCR, MAJ, MIN, or RO (Record Only). An alarm condition with the RO
severity results in the system controller transmitting the alarm without the severity but is stored in the
history log. PCR, PMJ nor PMN are transmitted with the alarm.
The seven selectable alarm relays are called User Alarm Relay 1 (R1) through User Alarm Relay 7 (R7). Relays
are user definable in that the user may assign any combination of alarms from a given set of alarms. The
following table shows which alarms may be assigned along with their factory default settings.
Alarms
Table E-1 shows a list of all alarms along with their descriptions, default settings, ranges and/or severity, and
affected alarm relays and LEDs.
Table E-1 Alarms, Alarm Relays and LEDs Assignments – Pulsar Display
Severity - Relay and Display Additional Relay LED
Description CRIT PMJ PMN WRN RO R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 AC DC BD
Object
ID
AC Fail MIN R4 AC ACF1
Alarm Cut-off Active RO AAC1
Alarm Test Aborted RO ATB1
Alarm Test Active RO ATA1
Auxiliary 1 MAJ AUX1
Auxiliary 2 MAJ AUX2
Auxiliary 3 MAJ AUX3
Auxiliary 4 MAJ AUX4
Auxiliary 5 MAJ AUX5
Auxiliary 6 MAJ AUX6
Auxiliary 7 MAJ AUX7
Auxiliary 8 MAJ AUX8
Auxiliary 9 MAJ AUX9
Auxiliary 10 MAJ AUX10
Auxiliary 11 MAJ AUX11
Auxiliary 12 MAJ AUX12
Auxiliary Major Alarm MAJ AMJ1
Battery Test Active RO BD BTA1
Battery on Discharge (Float and Boost) MAJ R1 BD BDA1
Battery Thermal alarm MIN BTHA1
Check Battery MIN BFA1
Clock Battery Low MIN BBL1
Clock Changed RO CLC1
Communication Loss Major MAJ MCM1
Communication Loss Minor MIN CMA1
Configuration Changed RO CCH1