ION Setup v3.0: SEPAM Protection Relays

[enrgyautomation]

Hi All,

I have circa 150ish SEPAMs of various models (S40, T40, S80, T80 etc etc) on a site, all wired on a Modbus RS485 to TCPIP network.

Are the SEPAMs confgurable via ION Setup? I do not want access to the protection or trip settings, just basic info, updating clocks, alarm thresholds.

“Powerlogic SEPAM Digital Relay” is in the device list, however, when I try and connect via ION Setup, nothing happens. I’ve carried out network fault finding, and that is all fine. I can see the device in PME Vista.

Many thanks.

@Robert_Lee

[Robert_Lee · Accepted solution]

SEPAM relays were only partially added to allow QA operations only (i.e. that the relays were communicating and some basic diagnostics information was available like model, version, SN#).  No configuration of any registers were requested via ION Setup so at this point, so no work has been done to allow for setup configuration.

[enrgyautomation]

Thanks @Robert_Lee,

That's what I wanted to know. I don't want to be able to change any settings remotely anyhow (...that could be dangerous!!) but rather just check comms, S/N, set time etc. The system has hundreds of other Powerlogic devices (ION7650s, PM5000s, PM8000s etc) so it will be handy to manage the Sepam's from the same utility.

I tried to connect to a Sepam T40 via ION Setup and it did not return any data, so just to help me in my fault finding:

1) Does the firmware need to be upgraded to the latest version to work with ION Setup? They are quite old and I think F/W version is V0.0.0

2) Is there a "Comm Protection" setting like there is on the iEM-range meters?

I can view the Sepams from PME Vista and scan all the registers via Modscan, so I know field comms are ok.

Many thanks.