70 GE INFORMATION D20E ETHERNET I/O MODULE INSTRUCTION MANUAL
CHAPTER 3: CONFIGURING THE D20E FIRMWARE
Control output point quality flag
A digital control point includes the quality flags listed in Table 18.
Table 18: Digital control point quality flags
Control output point configuration settings
The control/digital output is the control point in D20E-K and D20E-C modules.
Table 19 lists the Control/Digital Output Point configuration settings and recommended
setting values.
Table 19: Control/Digital output points configuration settings
Quality flag Description
On-line This bit indicates an output's online/offline state.
Restart This bit indicates if the device (point) has restarted, but has not been
initialized yet.
Communication Lost This bit is set when this point is off-line,
Remote Forced This bit is set when the point is remote forced;
Local Forced This bit is set when the point is locally forced.
Chatter Filer This bit is set when the chatter file is active for this point (need confirm).
Reference Check This bit is set when the analog input reference is not set (may not be
needed).
Setting Descriptions Range Default
General settings
Reference
Name
Specify a text string that combines the bay
name, group name, and provider name from
the General tab.
Bay Name Specify the name of the bay to which the
digital output belongs.
Group Name Specify a unique name used in conjunction
with the below Point Description setting when
referencing the Provider Application Digital
Point information.
The Group Name is used by the HMI for
trending and event querying; therefore, using a
label associated with the substation topology
is recommended.
0 to 64 characters
Point Name Specify the name of the point.
The Point Name should be unique within the
bay and group to which it belongs.
Point
Description
Specify a descriptive label for the digital output
point.
This setting is used in the HMI Application Point
Status Viewer and Event Recorder.
0 to 128 characters
Value Type Specify the data type the Provider application
uses when storing the digital output in the
database.
Single Point
Double Point
Initial Value Specify the initial counter value that appears in
the database during initialization.
Open
Close
Command
Type
Specify the digital output type used to
command the remote device.
Trip/Close
Regulating step
Reset
Freeze
Trip/
Close