4.6.10 Modbus Protection Switch Setup Registers

Protection switch setup data starts at register 05001, each protection switch covers 20 registers for its setup data. This means that protection switch 2 starts at register 05021, protection switch 3 at 05041 and so on. protection switch 32 (there physically only 16 switches available, but the Modbus address space is reserved for a future expansion to 32 switches) starts with address 05621 up to and including address 05633.

The register definitions for protection switch 1 are:

  Register    Purpose                   Remarks
  
  05001       protection switch 1       0 = unused / off
              operation mode            1 = 1:1 protection
                                        2 = 2:1 protection
  05002       protection switch 1       1 = protection enable
              enable
  05003       chain A fault input 1     See 'Chain Fault Linking'
  05004       chain A fault input 2     below
  05005       chain A fault input 3
  05006       chain A fault input 4
  05007       chain A fault input 5
  05008       chain B fault input 1
  05009       chain B fault input 2
  05010       chain B fault input 3
  05011       chain B fault input 4
  05012       chain B fault input 5

Configuring switches which are not licensed has no effect, the switch automatically falls back to 'unused'.

Chain Fault Linking

Each protection switch has 5 fault link registers for each switch direction protection switching takes place if the fault condition of at least one of them becomes true.

A fault link register containing '-1' is inactive, number 0..63 refer to the inputs 1..64 and 100..105 to the LNA supply monitors 1..6