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beassociatedtoaclass(Class1,Class2orClass3),otherwiseitshouldbeassociatedtoNone.BydefaultallDNP
Pointsdon’tgenerateevents,thisfeatureshouldbemodifiedbytheuser.
ExceptionDeadBandandClassAssignmentsTable:TheExceptiontableprovidestheabilitytodefineReg/Index
ranges
thatareneededtobeconfigureddifferentlythanDefaultDeadBandandClassAssignments.
Example:TheStatingReg/IndexforLongInputis512andiftheHighestRegisterAddressissetto522andtheReg/Index514,
516,518‐519areneededtobesetfordifferentDeadBandandClassAssignmentsthanDefault,thenthefinalresultforall10
registerswouldbeasfollows:
• Reg/Index512‐513,515,517and520‐522wi llbesettoDefaultDeadBandandClassAssignments.
• Reg/Index514,516and518‐519willbesettoExceptionDeadBandandClassAssignments.
Note:TheStartingReg/IndexandEndingReg/IndexofExceptiontableentriesforasingleReg/IndexsuchasReg/Index514

and516inaboveexamplehastobethesameaddress.
• ClicktheAddbuttonandthefollowingdialogwindowwillappear:
StartingReg/Index(Required):Ent ertheStartingRegisterforexceptionclassassignments.Thevalidrangesare0to
yourconfiguredhighestregister,andmustbelessthanorequaltoEndingRegister.
EndingReg/Index(Required):EntertheEndingRegisterforexception
classassignments.Thevalidrangesare0to
yourconfiguredhighestregister,andmustbegreaterthanorequaltoStartingRegister.
EnterDeadBandValue(Required):ValuesoutsidethisDeadBandgenerateevents.TheDeadBandparametersetshow
eventdataisgeneratedbyyourmoduleasaDNPslavedevice.
Forexample:TheAnalogInputDeadBandbeingsettoavalueof1000willreportallofthepointsasbeingclass3data(asset
bythe“AnalogInputclass”parameterbeingsetto3)anditwillgenerateaneventeverytimeananaloginputchangesbya
value
of1000ormore.ThisAnalogInputDeadBandcanbesettoanyvaluebetween0to32767(generateaneventwhenthe
valuechangesby32767).
Object31‐FrozenAnalogInput:ThisfieldisactivatedonbothLevels2and2+.It’susedtodetermineifaDNPpoint
willgenerateevents.IncaseaDNPpointgeneratesevents(Object2BinaryChangeEvents)thenitshouldbeassoci‐
atedtoaclass(Class1,Class2
orClass3),otherwiseitshouldbeassociatedtoNone.BydefaultallDNPPointsdon't’
generateevents,thisfeatureshouldbemodifiedbytheuser.