User Guide

Viewing Battery and Monitor Status
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String View > View alarm or View|Alarm then, if not displayed, Get current alarms or
View|Current Alarm
The Current Alarms screen indicates Active or Latched for the alarm contacts. Active indicates a
parameter is presently violating a threshold. The screen displays the alarm name and start time.
Latched indicates the parameter returned to normal, but the alarm relay must be reset. The end time
indicates when the alarm event changed to a latched state. Peak Value lists the highest or lowest value
reached during the event. For latch to function, enable the latch under Battery Setup for each
parameter. If latch is not selected, the alarm contact de-energizes when the parameter returns to
normal. A record of a present alarm is saved as a Current Historical Alarm.
Figure 87. Current Alarm List
String View > View alarm
or View|Alarm then Reset alarm or View|Reset Alarm
When you select Alarm, active or latched alarms in the monitor are retrieved. These alarms stay
active until the condition clears or you click Reset Alarm. However, if you click Reset Alarm and the
violation still exists, the alarm reappears in the Current Alarm list.
String View > View alarm
or View|Alarm then Get current historical alarms or
View|Current historical alarm
The Current Historical Alarm screen displays alarms that reset or cleared on their own and were not
set to latch. Select Current Historical Alarm to retrieve the alarms still in monitor memory. Normal
indicates the alarm returned to a valid value on its own. No reset date or time is displayed. If an alarm
exists and it is reset, an entry is created in Current Historical Alarms at the reset time, and a new
alarm is created because the alarm condition still exists. Reset indicates a latched alarm was reset.
The reset date and time column indicates when the reset occurred. Peak Value lists the highest or
lowest value the parameter reached during the event. When you select Current Historical Alarm, data
is transferred from the monitor to the database and saved under Historical Alarms. If you select
Current Historical Alarm using a Central computer, the current history data is permanently removed
from the monitor.
String View > View alarm or View|Alarm then View historical alarms or
View|Historical alarm
The Historical Alarm screen shows a history of alarms transferred to the computer database using
Current Historical Alarm. Select Historical Alarm to display a list of alarm events that pertain to the
battery and are saved in the database.