User Guide

Viewing Battery and Monitor Status
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23.2. String Status Screen
At start-up, the BMDM displays the String Status screen. The first time the program runs, no
strings are listed. The communication and status fields summarize the polling status, string
and location names, connection status, and errors.
Figure 92. String Status
String Status has up to eight columns that indicate the status of each string: String ID,
Customer Name, Location Name, Battery Name, String Name, String Status, Monitor Status,
and Update Date/Time. The columns are updated every time the monitor reports status, you
manually call a location, or during polling. You can hide the String ID, Customer Name,
Location Name, and Battery Name columns using Setup|Preferences.
String ID - The string ID is needed only if using a pager. When a page is issued, the numeric
message includes the string ID, which indicates the string in alarm condition.
String Status - The String Status column reports six conditions on the Historical Events
screen, no priority assigned, and eleven on the String Status screen, each assigned a priority.
For example, if conditions Alarm and Warning exist, when the monitor calls, it reports Alarm
because Alarm has higher priority than Warning. However, Warning is not lost. When you
acknowledge and reset Alarm, the Warning status appears on disconnect.
Priority Status Meaning
1 Acknowledge When acknowledge function is enabled, indicates an event has
occurred that must be acknowledged, either through the
program or by pressing the reset button.
2 Names do not match Location, battery or strings names do not match between the
hardware and database.
3 Names need to be set up Location, battery or strings names are not programmed into
the hardware.
4* DCM Com Error Communication error between DCM and BDS Controller.
5 Discharging The battery is in discharge.
6* Unknown The system has not yet been called. (New string entry.)
7* Discharge Occurred Battery discharge occurred.
8* Alarm A battery parameter violated an alarm threshold.
9* Warning A resistance reading violated a warning threshold.
10* Alarm Disabled Alarm Disabled in Battery Setup.
11 Good System within normal parameters.
* also appears on Historical Events screen.