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FOR THE SEL-501 RELAY Date
RELAY SETTINGS FOR BREAKER FAILURE PROTECTION APPLICATION: “BFR”
(SERIAL PORT COMMAND SET AND FRONT PANEL)

CHECKMARK TO INDICATE X SIDE RELAY ______ OR Y SIDE RELAY ______

General Data
Relay Identifier (13 characters) ID =                                                                             
Relay Application (OFF, MOT, BFR, FDR, OC1, TMR) APP =        
   BFR             
Current Transformer Ratio (CTR:1); (1–6000) CTR =                         
Demand Ammeter Time Constant (Off, 5–60 minutes) DATC =                      

Phase/Residual Overcurrent Elements

Phase Overcurrent Pickup—0.1 A steps
(Off, 0.5–80 A sec {5 A Model}, 0.1–16 A sec {1 A Model}) 50PP =                        
Residual Overcurrent Pickup—0.1 A steps
(Off, 0.5–80 A sec {5 A Model}, 0.1–16 A sec {1 A Model}) 50NP =                       

BFR Delay/Retripping/ BFI Latch

62FC Breaker Failure Delay (0.00–63.75 cycles) FC =                            
Enable Retripping (Y, N) ERTR =                      
Retrip Delay (0.00–63.75 cycles) 62RT =                       
Enable Breaker Failure Initiate Latch (Y, N, 1) EBFIL =                     

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FOR THE SEL-501 RELAY Date
RELAY SETTINGS FOR FEEDER-OVERCURRENT PROTECTION APPLICATION: “BFR”
(SERIAL PORT COMMAND SET P AND FRONT PANEL)

Protocol Setting (see below)

Protocol (SEL, LMD, SYMAX, MOD) PROTOCOL =                                      

Protocol Settings.
Set PROTOCOL = SEL for standard SEL ASCII protocol.
Set PROTOCOL = LMD for SEL Distributed Port Switch Protocol (LMD).
Set PROTOCOL = SYMAX for the Square D PowerLogic SY/MAX protocol (SEL­501­1 only). 
Set PROTOCOL = MOD for Modbus® RTU protocol (not available with SEL­501­1). 
Refer to Appendix D:  Distributed Port Switch Protocol for details on the LMD protocol.
Refer to Appendix F:  SY/MAX Protocol for details on the SY/MAX protocol.
Refer to Appendix G:  Modbus RTU Communications Protocol.

Protocol = SEL

If PROTOCOL is set to SEL, the following are the applicable fields that need to be entered by 
the user.

Communications Settings
Baud Rate (300, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400) SPEED =                                              
Data Bits (7, 8) DATA_BITS =                                     
Parity (None [N], Even [E], Odd [O]) PARITY =                                            
Stop Bits (1, 2) STOP =                                                 

Other Port Settings (see below)

Time­Out (0–30 minutes) TIMEOUT =                                         
Automatic Message Output (Y, N) AUTO =                                               
Enable RTS/CTS Hardware Handshaking (Y, N) RTS_CTS =                                          
Fast Operate Enable (Y, N) FAST_OP =                                          

Other Port Settings.  Set TIMEOUT to the number of minutes of serial port inactivity for an 
automatic log out.  Set TIMEOUT = 0 for no port time­out.

Set AUTO = Y to allow automatic messages at the serial port.

Set RTS_CTS = Y to enable hardware handshaking.  With RTS_CTS = Y, the relay will not send 
characters until the CTS input is asserted.  Also, if the relay is unable to receive characters, it 

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FOR THE SEL-501 RELAY Date
RELAY SETTINGS FOR FEEDER-OVERCURRENT PROTECTION APPLICATION: “BFR”
(SERIAL PORT COMMAND SET P AND FRONT PANEL)
deasserts the RTS line.  Setting RTS_CTS is not applicable for EIA­485 serial port option or 
when PROTOCOL = LMD.

Set FAST_OP = Y to enable binary Fast Operate messages at the serial port.  Set FAST_OP = N 
to block binary Fast Operate messages.

Protocol = LMD

If PROTOCOL is set to LMD, the following are the applicable fields that need to be entered by
the user.

Communications Settings
LMD Prefix (@, #, $, %, &) PREFIX =                                             
LMD Address (1–99) ADDRESS =                                        
LMD Settling Time (0–30 seconds) SETTLE_TIME =                                 
Baud Rate (300, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400) SPEED =                                              
Data Bits (7, 8) DATA_BITS =                                     
Parity (None[N], Even [E], Odd [O]) PARITY =                                            
Stop Bits (1, 2) STOP =                                                 

Other Port Settings (see below)

Time­Out (0–30 minutes) TIMEOUT =                                         
Automatic Message Output (Y, N) AUTO =                                               
Fast Operate Enable (Y, N) FAST_OP =                                          

Other Port Settings.  Set TIMEOUT to the number of minutes of serial port inactivity for an 
automatic log out.  Set TIMEOUT = 0 for no port time­out.

Set AUTO = Y to allow automatic messages at the serial port.

Set FAST_OP = Y to enable binary Fast Operate messages at the serial port.  Set FAST_OP = N 
to block binary Fast Operate messages.

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RELAY SETTINGS FOR BREAKER FAILURE PROTECTION APPLICATION: “BFR”
(SERIAL PORT COMMAND SET P AND FRONT PANEL)

Protocol = SYMAX

If PROTOCOL is set to SYMAX, the following are the applicable fields that need to be 
entered by the user.

Communications Settings
Baud Rate (300, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400) SPEED =                                              
AddressX (1–99) ADDRESSX =                                      
AddressY (1–99) ADDRESSY =                                      
Data Bits (7, 8) DATA_BITS =                                     
Parity (None[N], Even [E], Odd [O]) PARITY =                                            
Stop Bits (1, 2) STOP =                                                 

Protocol = MOD

If PROTOCOL is set to MOD, the following are the applicable fields that need to be entered by
the user.

Communications Settings
Baud Rate (300, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200) SPEED =                                              
Parity (None[N], Even [E], Odd [O]) PARITY =                                            
Stop Bits (1, 2) STOP =                                                 
Modbus Slave ID (1–247) SLAVEID =                                          

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