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OPERATING / MAINTENANCE SHEET
AMALARM
FUNCTION :
:
OPERATING & MAINTENANCE OF THE MPR RACK

SUBFUNCTION READING AND INTERPRETING
THE ALARMS
1 AIM
To read and interpret the operating alarms.
2 RELEVANT DOCUMENTS
Operating / maintenance sheets
AMCONFIG Configuring the rack
3 CONDITIONS TO BE RESPECTED
None.
4 OPERATING MODE
There are two families of alarms:
Local alarms : Generated by the ZCGAMS board and indicated by 4 LEDs on the board strip.
There are 14 local alarms.
SYSTEM alarms : These are caused by the 14 local alarms and there are 3 of them. Two are indi-
cated by two LEDs on the board strip.
These 14 alarms are grouped into three additional SYSTEM alarms:
Urgent SYSTEM alarm,
Nonurgent SYSTEM alarm,
Absence of mains alarm.
READING AND INTERPRETING
THE ALARMS
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4.1 READING LOCAL ALARMS
To do this, access the front and view the LEDs which display the alarms on the control board (LEDs Nos.
3 to 6). Interpret them as indicated in paragraph 4.3.2, page 2.
The layout of the LEDs on the front panel is as follows:
POWER SUPPLY
LED 7
LED 6
LED 5
LED 4
LED 3
LED 2
LED 1
BIT 3
BIT 2
BIT 1
BIT 0
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ANU
Figure 1. Front panel strip of the ZCGAMS board
4.2 ACKNOWLEDGING LOCAL ALARMS
The alarms disappear as soon as their activation conditions are no longer met. There is therefore no alarm
acknowledgement.
4.3 INTERPRETING LOCAL ALARMS
4.3.1 PRESENTATION
This chapter constitutes a guide to interpreting the alarms.
The action to take in the event of an alarm are provided for information purposes.
Note that a single anomaly can cause several alarms, and that the operator has in this case an interpreta-
tion task to carry out. For example, a mains cutoff will generate the input voltage fault alarms on all recti-
fiers.
4.3.2 LIST AND DESRIPTION OF THE ALARMS
A 1 in the alarm code corresponds to the on state of the LED. The code is read from bottom to top on
LEDs 3 to 6. LED No. 3 corresponds to the lowest position and to the encoding bit at the far right of the
code (LSB).
Example: the code 1011 corresponds to:
LED No. 3 ON, LED No. 4 ON, LED No. 5 OFF, LED No. 6 ON
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Priorities: the following list is presented in order of descending priority. As an example, alarm No. 1 (incor-
rect rectifier configuration) masks alarm No. 3 (48V output circuit breaker fault).
ALARM No. 1 (Urgent): Incorrect rectifier configuration (code: 1111)
DESCRIPTION: the microswitch configuration code does not corre-
spond to the real configuration of the rack.
ACTION: check that the rectifiers are plugged in cor-
rectly. Their position in the subrack must be that pro-
grammed on the control board.
ALARM No. 2 (Urgent): 230V circuit breaker fault (code: 1110)
DESCRIPTION: the signalling contact of the 230V circuit breaker is
read as faulty.
ACTION: check that the circuit breaker is not open. This circuit
breaker may be opened either manually or by press-
ing the urgent action button or by detection of a cur-
rent greater than 50A for a main output, or by detec-
tion of a current greater than 40A.
ALARM No. 3 (Urgent): 48V output circuit breaker fault (code: 1101)
DESCRIPTION: the signalling contact of one or more of the 48V circuit
breakers is read as faulty. The faulty contacts (main
and auxiliary) are grouped on the two levels.
ACTION: check that all the circuit breakers are closed (includ-
ing those which are not used). These circuit breakers
may be opened either manually or by detection of a
current greater than 50A for a main output, or by
detection of a current greater than 10A or 20A for an
auxiliary output (according to calibre).
ALARM No. 4 (Urgent): Battery branch A circuit breaker fault (code: 1100)
DESCRIPTION: the signalling contact of the battery branch A circuit
breaker is read as faulty.
ACTION: check that the circuit breaker is closed. This circuit
breaker may be opened either manually or by detec-
tion of a current greater than 100A.
ALARM No. 5 (Urgent): Battery branch B circuit breaker fault (code: 1011)
DESCRIPTION: the signalling contact of the battery branch B circuit
breaker is read as faulty.
ACTION: check that the circuit breaker is closed. This circuit
breaker may be opened either manually or by detec-
tion of a current greater than 100A.
ALARM No. 6 (Nonurgent): Absence of mains (code: 1011)
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DESCRIPTION: the signalling contact of the 230V circuit breaker is
not read as faulty (circuit breaker closed) but an input
voltage fault is detected simultaneously on all rectifi-
ers declared for the ZCGAMS.
ACTION: the probable cause is mains absence. If this is not the
case, check that the 230V circuit breaker is present
at the level of each subrack (power supply leads of
subracks connected correctly).
ALARM No. 7 (Nonurgent): Faults on one rectifier (code: 1001)
DESCRIPTION: there are 3 rectifier faults which are transmitted to the
ZCGAMS individually. The context of their activation
may be related to a rectifier failure or to an external
event causing the fault. At the ZCGAMS board level,
these faults are translated by local alarms and are
then converted into system alarms. Three LEDs on
the front panels of the rectifiers are used to locate the
faulty rectifier.
ACTION: since the fault is located on one rectifier only, identify
the rectifier concerned and identify the nature of the
fault using the three LEDs on the front panel. If, de-
spite replacing the rectifier, the fault persists replace
the control board or check the connection.
ALARM No. 8 (Nonurgent): Faults on more than one rectifier (code: 1001)
DESCRIPTION: there are faults on several rectifiers. They may be
isolated or general. The diagnostic may reveal a fault
related to a failure or to a fault related to the environ-
ment of the rectifiers.
ACTION: if the alarm remains on certain rectifiers, the problem is
a rectifier failure. If the alarm is located on a more gener-
al level of the MPR, check in the first instance if the
ZCGAMS commands are involved (control board ab-
sent or inter subrack connection lead connected incor-
rectly). If the rectifier control loop faults disappear when
changing the position of the rectifiers (CAUTION: modify
the configuration consequently), the ZCGAMS board
may be concerned at the level of this command.
RECTIFIER FAULTS
a ) 48V fault (GREEN LED OFF): this fault is related to a 48V output voltage anomaly:
high voltage threshold if the output voltage exceeds 58V,
low voltage threshold if the output voltage is lower than 40V and if the rectifier is not in current
limitation.
b ) Loop fault (RED LED ON): this fault is related to a rectifier control loop anomaly. It appears when
the loop is open (ZCGAMS absent) or when the loop command exceeds the minimum and maximum
thresholds authorised.
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c ) Alternator fault (YELLOW LED OFF): this fault is related to a rectifier input voltage anomaly, notably
if the network voltage goes out of tolerance.
Visual signalling:
a ) YELLOW LED: this LED is on under normal power supply conditions of the rectifier (network voltage).
It is off when the power supply voltage goes out of limits.
b ) GREEN LED: this LED is on when the regulated voltage is present in output.
c ) RED LED: this LED is on when regulation of the rectifier is faulty (standby position).
ALARM No. 9 (Nonurgent): ZCGAMS power supply fault (code: 1000)
DESCRIPTION: the power supplies required for the correct operation
of the control board are generated by the board. The
ZCGAMS board power supply fault corresponds to
the supervision of a voltage threshold by the board
itself.
ACTION: the failure is located on the ZCGAMS, replace the
board.
ALARM No. 10 (Nonurgent): battery contactors open (code: 0111)
DESCRIPTION: after a complete battery discharge cycle, the two
branches are disconnected by the ZCGAMS board in
order to preserve the endurance of the batteries and
to avoid complete discharge. The application con-
nected to the MPR is no longer powered and only the
ZCGAMS consumes energy from the battery and de-
livers its local and system alarms.
ACTION: identify the cause of the mains absence (urgent stop
button, external isolating switch, external protec-
tions, etc.) and reestablish the power supply volt-
age of the rack.
ALARM No. 11 (Nonurgent): Consumption greater than the configuration (code: 0110)
DESCRIPTION: the MPR rack is always fitted with a redundant rectifier
which can participate in recharging the battery, but
which in no case should be used to power the applica-
tion connected to the rack except in the event of a recti-
fier fault. The alarm appears when N rectifiers are con-
figured and consumption on the charge exceeds (N1)
times the nominal current of a rectifier in Amperes.
ACTION: if there is a temporary overconsumption, the alarm
disappears when the charge connected to the rack
reduces. However, this overconsumption may be
linked to incorrect dimensioning of the rack. New rec-
tifiers should then be integrated or a energy should
be distributed differently within the additional racks.
Using the redundant rectifier to power the charge has
direct implication on the battery recharge time if the
rectifier must participate in this recharge.
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ALARM No. 12 (Nonurgent): Battery branch A discharge (code: 0101)
DESCRIPTION: a discharge current has been read in battery branch
A. Aside from a mains absence, this alarm may ap-
pear during maintenance action on the batteries. If a
discharged battery branch is connected to a charged
battery branch, the charged battery branch risks dis-
charging in the other branch until equally charged. If
the discharge current reaches approximately 6A, the
alarm is transmitted.
ACTION: this alarm is temporary because, in the other cases,
it is masked by alarms with higher priority (230V cir-
cuit breaker fault, mains absence, etc.).
ALARM No. 13 (Nonurgent): Battery branch B discharge (code: 0100)
DESCRIPTION: a discharge current has been read in battery branch B. Aside
from a mains absence, this alarm may appear during
maintenance action on the batteries. If a discharged
battery branch is connected to a charged battery
branch, the charged battery branch risks discharging
in the other branch until equally charged. If the dis-
charge current reaches approximately 6A, the alarm
is transmitted.
ACTION: this alarm is temporary because, in the other cases,
it is masked by alarms with higher priority (230V cir-
cuit breaker fault, mains absence, etc.).
ALARM No. 14 (Nonurgent): Rack internal temperature exceeded or ZLTEMP link problem (code: 0011)
DESCRIPTION: this alarm is transmitted if the internal temperature of
the rack exceeds 655C. CAUTION: this temperature
is measured by a sensor placed on the ZCGAMS
board and is not to be confused with that of the batter-
ies. This alarm is also generated if the battery tem-
perature sensor board is connected incorrectly to the
ZLTEMP lead.
ACTION: aside from a fire inside the rack itself, such tempera-
tures can only be obtained if the exposure of the rack
is not in compliance with the recommendations, or if
the rectifiers reach an abnormal temperature. Identi-
fy the phenomenon causing the increase in tempera-
ture and correct it.
ALARM No. 15 (Nonurgent): Lightning arrester fault (code: 0010)
DESCRIPTION: the default contact of the lightning arrester support(s)
is read as faulty by the ZCGAMS.
ACTION: check the cartridge indicator to confirm that the light-
ning arresters are not triggered. If triggering did not oc-
cur, the default contact of the lightning arrester support
may be faulty. Proceed with replacing the support.
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4.4 INTERPRETING SYSTEM ALARMS
These alarms are available by connections to the rack. An alarm distribution frame collects this information
for operation.
SYSTEM alarm No. 1: URGENT
DESCRIPTION: this alarm is supplied in the form of a dry loop via
ZLALBO and ZLALBF leads connected to 99A. The
ZLALBO lead is used when opening of the dry loop
is required in the case of nonurgent alarms. The
ZLALBF lead is used when closure of the dry loop is
required in the case of urgent alarms. LED No. 2 al-
ways lights up in the case of an urgent alarm (AU).
ACTION: this type of alarm requires urgent intervention as
quickly as possible.
SYSTEM alarm No. 2: NONURGENT
DESCRIPTION: this alarm is supplied in the form of a dry loop via
ZLALBO and ZLALBF leads connected to 99A. The
ZLALBO lead is used when opening of the dry loop is
required in the case of nonurgent alarms. The
ZLALBF lead is used when closure of the dry loop is
required in the case of urgent alarms. LED No. 1 al-
ways lights up in the case of an urgent alarm (ANU).
ACTION: this type of alarm is not linked to essential functions
of the box and does not require an urgent replace-
ment.
SYSTEM alarm No. 3: MAINS ABSENT
DESCRIPTION: this alarm is supplied in the form of a dry loop via
ZLALBO and ZLALBF leads connected to 99B. The
ZLALBO lead is used when closure of the dry loop is
required in the case of an alarm. The ZLALBF lead
is used when opening of the dry loop is required in the
case of an alarm. This alarm also generates a non
urgent system alarm.
ACTION: this type of alarm does not require urgent interven-
tion. It necessarily concerns battery discharge. It is
therefore important to take the necessary precau-
tions if the mains absence is prolonged.
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