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3. Tests 1 & 2: Hazardous Potential and Foreign Voltages
These tests employ the same measurement technique; so, they can be implemented as a single test to save time,
assuming that the source of the hazardous potential is always foreign (not generated by the SLIC). The exception
would be if the user implements high-voltage ringing on a short loop, which may result in a ring signal that delivers
>50 V
to the load and/or a dc potential >135 V between ring bursts. The user must be cognizant of this possi-
RMS
bility.
The dc voltage on TIP and RING can be directly read from Direct Registers 80 and 81 while in the OPEN linefeed
state; however, in the presence of a foreign ac voltage, it is very inaccurate. If a large enough sample set is taken
at timed intervals to reconstruct an ac voltage at a minimum of 20 Hz, both the ac and dc voltages are quantified.
If N samples are taken at fixed intervals, the ac and dc voltages on TIP (or RING) may be calculated as follows:
N – 1
1
N
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VTIP.DC
=
VTIP(n)
∑
n = 0
Equation 1.
N – 1
1
N
2
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VTIP.AC
=
(VTIP(n) – VTIP.DC)
∑
n = 0
Equation 2.
1.5 V
1.5 V
RST
TIP
RSH*
RSR
RING
*RSH installation is optional
Figure 1. Si321X OPEN Linefeed State DC Equivalent Circuit
Refer to the demonstration code for an example of implementing ac voltage measurement.
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