parkerVM600Mk2 A Second-Generation Architecture for a New Era

XMV16 module, but in a manner that completely segregates the protective functions (black) from the condition

monitoring functions (gray). Like its predecessor, the same sensors can be shared between protective and

condition monitoring functions via the rack’s backplane.

Permanent Ethernet communication link

X

M

V16

MPC4

VM600rack

Condition 

monitoring

Sensor

Machinery protection 

configuration software

VibroSight condition

monitoring software

Machinery

protection

K

“Alarms and data are perfectly synchronized 

between the two environments and the condition 

monitoring environment can be used to visualize 

everything while allowing an additional layer of 

alarming.

The new MPC4Mk2 cards allow

the measurements and statuses 

to be shared with VibroSight

condition monitoring software

rather than requiring that they be

re-created therein. This eliminates 

the problem of measurements and 

statuses that do not exactly agree 

between the two environments. It

also allows the user to augment the

underlying protection system data 

with supplemental measurements

and alarms. In this diagram, the 

capabilities of a single channel in 

the MPC4Mk2 are depicted.

The protective alert (PA) and

protective danger (PD) alarms for

each measurement are shown in

orange and red, respectively. The 

MPC4Mk2 is capable of generating

10 measurements and associated 

alarms from each of its four 

dynamic channels. 

The VibroSight condition 

monitoring system can then 

augment these 10 measurements 

with n additional measurements as

shown by 11 through 10+n in the

diagram. In addition, software-only

alarms (SA) can be implemented

for all measurements and allow

earlier warning on any desired

parameter than is available from 

the protection hardware alone. In

the diagram, a software alarm is

present on Measurement 1 even 

though no hardware alarms are

present. 

On Measurement 10, a hardware

alarm is present (Alert) and is

identically annunciated in both 

the protection and condition 

monitoring environments. 

Measurement 12 is supplemental 

and does not appear in the 

underlying protection system at all. 

Not only is the measurement

available in the software, it has

also exceeded the software alarm

threshold and thus shows as

being in an alarm state. The other 

supplemental measurements are 

all green, indicating that they 

are below their respective alarm

thresholds.