PASS® is a powerful, Windows®-based software tool used with Dranetz-BMI 8010 and 8020 PQNodes to control instrument setup, data retrieval and archiving, and data viewing.
PASS software was developed as part of EPRI project RP-3098, "An Assessment of Distribution System Power Quality."
Data from PASS can conveniently be exported to other Windows-based application tools, such as spreadsheets, word processors, and several other important power quality software tools including:
TOP, The Output Processor, for graphical analysis of power quality data PQView, for producing power quality statistics WebPASS, for operating a PASS system over the World Wide Web
Foolproof PQNode Setups
User selected setup parameters for the control of PQNodes is prepared offline. Sending a new setup to the instrument requires an explicit command from a password-authorized user. This is accomplished by either direct or modem communication. PASS provides commands to copy setups from one PQNode to another, and to restore setups to user-defined default values.
Automatic Downloading of PQNode Data
PASS is able to automatically retrieve recorded data from some or all PQNodes in a system application, typically via direct dial modem communications.
Intuitive Data Presentation
PASS displays PQNode event data as a "Disturbance Roll." The Disturbance Roll contains only the events the user wishes to see. The user can switch to different channels and different events. The type of data recorded in the 8010/20 PQNode includes rms voltage disturbances, sub-cycle transients, high frequency transients, harmonic and power trends, power outages and cold-load pickup events.
Flexible Output
PASS displays can be copied to other Windows programs through the clipboard facility. This allows the user to include PASS charts and tables directly in reports prepared by word processor and to customize or even create new charts using graphical design and spreadsheet programs. PASS also exports data to disk in several standard file formats.
