GE Power Quality Meter Series User Manual

GE Power Management PQM Power Quality Meter
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
5. MONITORING
5.1 ACTUAL VALUES VIEWING
5.1.1 DESCRIPTION .......................................................................................... 5-1
5.2 A1 METERING
5.2.1 CURRENT ................................................................................................. 5-2
5.2.2 VOLTAGE.................................................................................................. 5-4
5.2.3 PHASORS ................................................................................................. 5-6
5.2.4 POWER ..................................................................................................... 5-7
5.2.5 ENERGY.................................................................................................. 5-12
5.2.6 DEMAND ................................................................................................. 5-14
5.2.7 FREQUENCY .......................................................................................... 5-16
5.2.8 PULSE COUNTER .................................................................................. 5-17
5.2.9 ANALOG INPUT...................................................................................... 5-19
5.3 A2 STATUS
5.3.1 ALARMS.................................................................................................. 5-20
5.3.2 SWITCH STATUS.................................................................................... 5-22
5.3.3 CLOCK..................................................................................................... 5-23
5.3.4 PROGRAMMABLE MESSAGE ............................................................... 5-23
5.4 A3 POWER ANALYSIS
5.4.1 POWER QUALITY................................................................................... 5-24
5.4.2 TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION.......................................................... 5-25
5.4.3 DATA LOGGER....................................................................................... 5-26
5.4.4 EVENT RECORDER ............................................................................... 5-27
5.5 A4 PRODUCT INFO
5.5.1 SOFTWARE VERSIONS & MODEL INFORMATION.............................. 5-31
6. SOFTWARE
6.1 INTRODUCTION
6.1.1 OVERVIEW................................................................................................ 6-1
6.1.2 HARDWARE CONFIGURATION............................................................... 6-1
6.2 PQMPC INSTALLATION
6.2.1 CHECKING IF INSTALLATION/UPGRADE IS REQUIRED ...................... 6-3
6.2.2 INSTALLING/UPGRADING PQMPC......................................................... 6-4
6.2.3 CONFIGURING PQMPC COMMUNICATIONS......................................... 6-5
6.3 PQMPC MENUS
6.3.1 DESCRIPTION .......................................................................................... 6-6
6.4 UPGRADING FIRMWARE
6.4.1 DESCRIPTION .......................................................................................... 6-7
6.4.2 SAVE/PRINT PQM SETPOINTS TO A FILE............................................. 6-7
6.4.3 LOADING NEW FIRMWARE INTO THE PQM.......................................... 6-8
6.4.4 LOADING SAVED SETPOINTS INTO THE PQM................................... 6-10
6.5 USING PQMPC
6.5.1 ENTERING SETPOINTS......................................................................... 6-11
6.5.2 VIEWING ACTUAL VALUES................................................................... 6-12
6.5.3 SETPOINT FILES.................................................................................... 6-12
6.5.4 GETTING HELP....................................................................................... 6-12
6.6 POWER ANALYSIS
6.6.1 WAVEFORM CAPTURE.......................................................................... 6-13
6.6.2 HARMONIC ANALYSIS........................................................................... 6-13
6.6.3 TRACE MEMORY.................................................................................... 6-16
6.6.4 DATA LOGGER....................................................................................... 6-18

GE Power Quality Meter Series Specifications

General

Brand	GE
Model	Power Quality Meter Series
Category	Measuring Instruments
Language	English