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ACCESS System
Up to this point we have looked at how various factors effect
power quality. The following sections will focus on components
of the ACCESS system and how they can be used as a
complete power monitoring and management system.
Supervisory Devices In general, ACCESS works on two levels: supervisory and field.
Supervisory devices, such as WinPM™, collects and displays
information from a network of field devices. A supervisory
device sends requests and receives feedback from field
devices over a serial network. This process, called polling,
allows the supervisory and field devices to exchange
information. Siemens WinPM software runs on a personal
computer (PC).
Field Devices Field devices include meters, circuit breakers, protective relays,
I/O devices, motor protectors, and personal computers (PCs).
Field devices send and receive information about an electrical
system.
In the following sections we will look at ACCESS system
products used as supervisory devices, in network
communication, and field devices.
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