APC NBRK0550 Manuel D’Utilisation

– Define the custom dry contact sensor

a. Select Dry Contact and click OK to display the Add Dry Contact Sensor window.

This window features the following fields and controls:

b. Type in the appropriate values for the dry contact sensor hardware.

c. When you have finished, click OK to add this sensor definition to the list of available 

Sensor Types.

Sensor type label

The name of the custom sensor definition. Once 
defined, the Sensor type label appears only in the 
Sensor Type Installed drop-down list when 
specifying Sensor Pod external port settings. 

Default sensor label

The label used, by default, for any new sensors added 
using this custom sensor definition.

To modify the labels, see “Settings” on page 69.

Closed value

The text that describes the sensor value reported 
when the dry contact sensor is in a Closed state.

Open value

The text that describes the sensor value reported 
when the dry contact sensor is in a Open state.

Open-close switch time 
(ms)

The time, in milliseconds, that must pass when the 
dry contact sensor goes from Open state to Closed 
state before the state change is reported.

Close-open switch time 
(ms)

The time, in milliseconds, that must pass when the 
dry contact sensor goes from Closed state to Open 
state before the state change is reported.

Dry contact type

Specifies whether the dry contact sensor is normally 
open (NO) or normally closed (NC).