[SBE] Burk ARC-16 Question

[Dennis Sloatman]

Here's one possible solution I have used which provides "granular control"
of alarm reporting:

Connect one raise or lower channel to an unused status input.  Set this
status to alarm without delay.  Turn off the alarm on the generator status
input.  Write a simple autopilot (I can help with this if you desire) that
constantly monitors the generator status.

The Auto pilot can gave a built-in "Glitch delay" to prevent random and
unnecessary callouts. The autopilot will then continue to call by triggering
the alarm until the generator is off-line.  It would be possible to use
another raise or lower channel to stop the autopilot (as an
"acknowledgement") as well.

I've used this method in the past for a variety of similar alarms, such as
tower light outages, etc.

Best Regards,

Dennis L Sloatman
Sloatman Associates
MCSE/CSRE/AMD/CBNT/CNE

-----Original Message-----
From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] On Behalf Of Richard
Rudman
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 2:26 PM
To: sbe member discussion mail list
Subject: Re: [SBE] Burk ARC-16 Question

I'd suggest setting up a separate Burk event using the generator "run"  
sensor, but time delay it.

The worst thing that will happen is that the CE will get two calls...

Richard


On Jul 13, 2009, at 11:04 AM, Curt Yengst wrote:


> Thanks Vic.  Yeah, we're aware of that "feature."

>

> It looks like, for the time being, we'll just have to fill up the  

> available callout slots.

>

> Does anyone know if the new Burk units have any improvements in this  

> area?

>

>

>

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> From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org on behalf of Vic Jester

> Sent: Mon 7/13/2009 1:50 PM

> To: sbe member discussion mail list; sbe at sbe.org

> Subject: Re: [SBE] Burk ARC-16 Question

>

>

>

> Curt - I have the same condition with our ARC-16's.  I do not know  

> of a way to work around this except to have multiple phone numbers  

> in the unit.  It will call a list of numbers until 1) someone  

> answers, or 2) it runs out of numbers.

>

>

>

> One other design "feature" of this system you need to be aware of  

> is, once an alarm condition has been set, it will not dial out on  

> other alarms.  So, for instance, if your site transferred to  

> generator, the unit called you, and you did not clear the alarm, it  

> would then not make another call due to a something else setting an  

> alarm condition.

>

>

>

> In defense of the unit --- Peter's design is 20+ years old now, and  

> for its day, it worked much better than anything else on the  

> market.  My units work well, they just have design limitions..

>

>

>

> "A man's got to know his limitions" Harry Callahan

>

>

>

> Vic

>

>

>

> 	-----Original Message-----

> 	From: Curt Yengst

> 	Sent: Jul 13, 2009 1:09 PM

> 	To: sbe at sbe.org

> 	Subject: [SBE] Burk ARC-16 Question

> 	

> 	

> 	I've got a bit of a dilema regarding our Burk ARC-16 remote control



> system, and before I set about possibly re-inventing the wheel, I  

> figured I'd put it up here to see if anyone else had "been there,  

> done that, got the t-shirt."

> 	

> 	Our Burk is set to call the CE whenever the transfer switch for our



> generator switches, so he knows that the site is now running on  

> generator power.  Well, this past weekend we had a power failure at  

> the site.  The backup power system did exactly what it was supposed  

> to do, except the Burk never called him to tell him.  So this  

> morning he finds out that the generator was basically running all  

> weekend!

> 	

> 	Is there a somewhat simple way to get the Burk to call out on an  

> alarm more than once?  In this case, even if it actually called him  

> and he missed the call, it wouldn't have called him back.  I guess  

> the simplest solution would be to add additional numbers to the  

> callout list, but is there a way to perhaps have the unit call on an  

> hourly or bi-hourly basis until the alarm condition no longer exists?

> 	

> 	What other failsafes can you suggest?

> 	

> 	

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