Simple Power Outage Detection

[sesa43433_bridg]

We have a customer (multi-site retail) that would like to get some form of alert (email, SMS, etc) if the power fails at one of their locations.  I see a similar question asked in https://community.se.com/message/95669.  Is there a TVD solution for this?  I would imagine it would have to include some form of battery backup, an independent network like a GPRS or 3G connection, as well as the device to detect the outage and send the alert.

[Anonymous user]

Hi,

The ComX210 and ComX510 have a custom email on event feature in release 4.0.10. You can set it to send an email when a meter's power drops to 0, for example. Does this help?

Best,

Colton

[KuanKhoon]

Hi,

I highly recommend using the PowerTag with the SmartLink Si D or Si B for this purpose. The PowerTag will detect the loss in power and the SmartLink programmed with the SMTP server will send the notification email out upon power failure.

Needless to say, the SmartLink Si D or Si B requires an uninterruptible power source together with whatever is providing internet connectivity to the setup at each location in order for this solution to work.

I have implemented this on my home experimental setup and it has been working for more than 1 year already.

SmartLink Si D Email Server Settings

SmartLink Si D Alarm Event Settings

SmartLink Si D PowerTag Mapping

Best Regards,

Tan Kuan Khoon

Senior Specialist, PAE

Digital Energy, EcoBuildings

Schneider Electric Singapore