Enable power quality event detection
See Supported Devices for Power Quality Performance monitoring for supported devices.
Enabling power quality event detection on the supported meters involves:
- Enabling Sag/Swell detection
- Enabling Transient detection
Disturbance direction detection (DDD) is enabled by default if supported.
NOTE: DDD, available on select meters, is used to determine if the events are undetermined, internal, or external to the system. Without DDD, all events will show as undetermined in the Power Quality Performance features.
You can do this by using meter configuration tools (such as ION Setup), or by configuring the meter directly. Refer to the meter documentation for more information.
In addition, you can configure ION meters (such as, ION9000, ION7650, PM8000, etc.), in PME Vista.
After the power quality events are detected by the meter, they are classified by Power Monitoring Expert Power Quality Event Classification method and stored in Power Monitoring Expert database as:
- Interruptions
- Voltage Sag
- Voltage Swell
- Transient Voltage
- Over voltage
- Under voltage
See Power Quality Performance events and disturbances for information on PME Power Quality Event Classification.