Reading the Status of a Power Defense Breaker

The primary, secondary, and cause of status are read using two registers: 6145 and 6146. It
is easiest if you read these as hex values, otherwise you can use a converter to go from
decimal to hex (the Windows calculator will also do this).

Once you have the value from register 6145 in hex, make sure it is 4 digits (put 0's at the
beginning if needed). The first 2 digits are the primary status, and the second 2 digits are
the secondary status. Register 6146 is the cause of status. These are defined in the
Modbus register map section of the manual (MCCBs section 11.3.8.2, ICCBs (PD-NF/PD-RF)
section A.3.10, ACBs (Magnum PXR/PD-SB) section 9.3.1). Excerpts are included on the
following pages (page 2 for ACBs, page 3 for ICCBs, and pages 4-5 for MCCBs).

In the below example, register 6145 has a value of 519 (decimal). This is equal to 0207 in
hex. Register 6146 has a value of 1.

 The primary status is 02, which means closed

 The secondary status is 07, which means powered up
 The cause of status is 1, which means normal operating mode

If register 6145 has a value of 263 decimal (0107 hex), this means the breaker is open and
powered up.

 The primary status is 01, which means open

 The secondary status is 07, which means powered up
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Table 21. Modbus real-time data status decoding.

Primary status Definition Secondary Definition
code register status code
number 6145 register
(high) number 6145
(low)
0x01 Open 0x03 Test mode
0x02 Closed 0x07 Powered-up
0x03 Tripped 0x08 Alarm
0x04 Alarmed
0x0D Picked-up

Cause of status register Definition

number 6146
0x0000 Unknown
0x0001 Normal
0x0003 Instantaneous
0x0005 Instant. neutral over current
0x000E Aux-power under power
0x001F Operations count
0x0021 Control via communication
0x0029 Battery low alarm
0x003D Long delay
0x003E Short delay
0x0049 High load alarm 1
0x004B Making current release
0x004C Fixed hardware instantaneous
0x004D Setpoints error
0x004E Over temperature
0x0050 Long delay neutral over current
0x0054 Ground fault
0x0055 Earth fault
0x0071 Calibration
0x0088 Real-time clock
0x0099 MM mode
0x009A Breaker mechanism fault
0x07FD Non-volatile memory error
0x07FE Watchdog fault
0x009E Short delay neutral over current
0x009F Thermal memory alarm
0x00A0 Local test from LCD
0x00A1 High load alarm 2
0x00A2 Ground fault pre-alarm

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A.3.10 Primary Status /Secondary Status/Cause Table A16. Cause Code Definitions
Code Definitions Applies to firmware version 02.02 and later.
Code Definition Code Definition
Table A14. Primary Status Code Definitions. 0x0000 Unknown 0x004E Over temperature
0x0001 Normal 0x0050 Long delay neutral over current
Code Definition
0x0003 Instantaneous 0x0054 Ground Fault
0x01 Open
0x0005 Instant. neutral over 0x0055 Earth fault
0x02 Closed current
0x03 Tripped 0x000E Aux-power under power 0x0071 Calibration
0z04 Alarmed (firmware version 02.02 and later) 0x001F Operations count 0x0088 Real time clock
0x0D Picked-up 0x0021 Control via 0x0099 MM mode
communication
Table A15. Secondary Status Code Definitions 0x0025 Coil supervision 0x009A Breaker mechanism fault
0x0029 Battery low alarm 0x07FD Non-volatile memory error
Code Definition 0x003D Long delay 0x07FE Watchdog fault
0x01 Not applicable 0x003E Short delay 0x009E Short Delay Neutral Over current
0x03 Test mode 0x0049 High load alarm 1 0x009F Thermal memory alarm
0x07 Powered-up since last trip/alarm reset 0x004B Making current release 0x00A0 Local test from LCD
0x08 Alarm 0x004C Fixed hardware 0x00A1 High Load Alarm 2
instantaneous
0x004D Setpoints error 0x00A2 Ground Fault Pre-Alarm
Table A16. Cause Code Definitions
Applies to firmware version 02.00 and 02.01.
Code Definition Code Definition
A.3.11 Exception Codes
When there’s error in request or response, trip unit would
0x0000 Unknown 0x004D Setpoints error
respond an exception code.
0x0001 Normal 0x004E Over temperature
● If the function code in the query is not supported by trip
0x0003 Instantaneous 0x0050 Long delay neutral over current unit, exception code 01 is returned in the response, also
0x000E Aux-power under power 0x0054 Ground fault used for the unsupported sub-function code in Modbus
0x001F Operations count 0x0055 Earth fault
diagnostics.

0x0021 Control via 0x0071 Calibration ● If the requested data register/ bit address is illegal, excep-
communication tion code 02 is returned.
0x0025 Coil supervision 0x0088 Real time clock ● If the data in the query is illegal, exception code 03 is
0x0027 Diagnostics warning 0x0099 MM mode returned.
0x003D Long delay 0x009A Breaker mechanism fault ● If trip unit doesn’t support the query function, exception
code 04 is returned.
0x003E Short delay 0x07FD Non-volatile memory error
0x0049 Phase currents near 0x07FE Watchdog fault ● In certain circumstances, exception code 05(ACK) is
pickup, high load alarm returned.
0x004B Making current release 0x0800 Local test from LCD ● If trip unit can’t perform the current request at this time,
0x004C Fixed hardware a BUSY exception code 06 is returned.
instantaneous ● If trip unit can’t perform the requested action, a NAK
exception code 07 is returned.
● If only a partial register is used in the query, exception
code 132 is returned.
● If the requested event entry doesn’t exist, exception code
135 is returned.

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11.3.8 Internal diagnostics

11.3.8.1 Modbus function 8ode 8 diagnostics
Trip unit support internal Modbus diagnostics to monitor internal Modbus port communica-
tion with function code 08. For different sub-function codes, diagnostics information is listed
below.

Sub-function code Data Action

0 Echo query
1 0000 remain the counters Restart communication
00FF reset all counters
4 0000 Force listen
10 0000 Clear counters
11 0000 Modbus UART bus message count
12 0000 Modbus UART CRC error count
13 0000 Exception count
14 0000 Slave message count
15 0000 Slave no response count
16 0000 Slave NAK count
17 0000 Slave busy count
18 0000 Modbus UART over run error count
20 0000 Clear Modbus UART counters
23 0000 Modbus UART framing error count
24 0000 Modbus UART noise error count
25 0000 Modbus UART parity error count
26 0000 MCU1 firmware version
27 0000 MCU1 firmware reversion
28 0000 MCU1 firmware build
29 0000 MCU2 firmware version
30 0000 MCU2 firmware reversion
31 0000 MCU2 firmware build
32 0000 USB version
33 0000 USB reversion
34 0000 Reset block of registers

11.3.8.2 Real-time data diagnostics

Primary status
Definition Code
Open 0x01
Closed 0x02
Tripped 0x03
Alarmed 0x04
Picked-up 0x0D

Secondary status
Definition Code
Not applicable 0x01
Test mode 0x03
Powered-up since last trip/alarm reset 0x07
Alarm 0x08

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Cause of status
Definition Code Definition Code
Unknown 0x0000 Fixed hardware instantaneous 0x004C
Normal 0x0001 Set points error 0x004D
Instantaneous 0x0003 Over temperature 0x004E
Aux-power under power 0x000E Long delay neutral over current 0x0050
Current un-balance 0x0011 Ground fault 0x0054
Operations count 0x001F Earth fault 0x0055
Control via communication 0x0021 Calibration 0x0071
Coil supervision 0x0025 Real time clock 0x0088
Battery low voltage alarm 0x0029 MM mode 0x0099
Diagnostics warning #2 0x002B Breaker mechanism fault 0x009A
(configuration reading failure)
Long delay 0x003D Digital bypass 0x07FC
Short delay 0x003E NV memory failure 0x07FD
Phase currents near pickup, 0x0049 Watchdog fault 0x07FE
high load alarm
Making current release 0x004B Motor alarm or trip 0x07FF

11.3.9 Board information data (fixed data section)

Trip unit information, include device name, model name, catalog #, style # , serial # date
code, firmware version1/ 2, USB version and product ID, the following registers are the data
objects.
Fixed data section
Register Modbus
number address Description Format Range Registers Comments
404497 0x1190 Device name ASCII 16 char 8 EATON PXR25 (for pxr25)
EATON PXR20D (for pxr20d)
EATON PXR20 (for pxr20)
404505 0x1198 Model name ASCII 16 char 8 PXR 20/25 MCCB
404513 0x11A0 Catalog # ASCII 32 char 16 Vista catalog #
(max 20 characters)
404529 0x11B0 Style # ASCII 32 char 16 Vista style #
(max 20 characters)
404545 0x11C0 Serial # ASCII 32 char 16
404561 0x11D0 Date code ASCII 12 char 6 yyyy.mm.dd
404567 0x11D6 Firmware ASCII 16 char 8 Example version of 01.02.0033
version 1
404575 0x11DE Firmware ASCII 16 char 8 Example version of 01.02.0033
version 2
404583 0x11E6 USB version ASCII 16 char 8 Example version of 01.02.0033
404591 0x11EE Reserved 16
… Reserved Refer to
404606 0x11FD Reserved
404607 0x11FE Product ID Bit map 32-bit 2 ppppppvvvvdddddd
Use division code (dddddd) of 32
(0x20)
Use product code (pppppp) of 2 for
PXR MCCB
Start with comm version (vvvv) of 0
112 Block size

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