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Chapter 1. Description and Start
1.1 Functions ... 1.1-1
1.1.1 Introduction to the Zivercomplus® Communications Program ... 1.1-2 1.1.2 Functions ... 1.1-2 1.1.2.a Substation Management ... 1.1-2 1.1.2.b Connection with Positions in Previously Defined Substations ... 1.1-2 1.1.2.c Receiving, Sending and Managing Information associated with the
Position ... 1.1-2 1.1.2.d Executing Actions associated with the Position ... 1.1-2 1.1.2.e Configuration Management ... 1.1-2 1.1.2.f Offline Operation ... 1.1-2 1.1.2.g Use via Intelitool ... 1.1-2 1.1.2.h Other Functions ... 1.1-3 1.1.3 Connection between Computer and Equipment Features ... 1.1-3
1.2 Getting Started ... 1.2-1
1.2.1 System Requirements ... 1.2-2 1.2.2 Preparation for Installation ... 1.2-2 1.2.3 Zivercomplus® Program Installation ... 1.2-2 1.2.4 Starting Up the Program ... 1.2-2 1.2.5 Description of the Initial Screen ... 1.2-3 1.2.6 Start-up from Intelitool ... 1.2-3
1.3 Users, Languages and Oscillograph Display ... 1.3-1
1.3.1 Users ... 1.3-2 1.3.2 Languages ... 1.3-4 1.3.3 Oscillograph Display ... 1.3-4 1.3.4 Screen “About...” ... 1.3-4
Chapter 2. Application Development
2.1 Defining and Managing Installations ... 2.1-1
2.1.1 Introduction ... 2.1-2 2.1.2 Accessing the Installation Dialog ... 2.1-2 2.1.3 Editing the Installation ... 2.1-4 2.1.4 Communicating with the Installation ... 2.1-5
2.2 Connecting and Communicating with Equipment ... 2.2-1
2.2.1 Connection ... 2.2-2 2.2.2 Initial Communication Screen ... 2.2-4
2.2.5.a Introduction ... 2.2-17 2.2.5.b Managing the Configuration ... 2.2-18 2.2.5.c Managing the User Curve ... 2.2-20 2.2.5.d Language Manager ... 2.2-21 2.2.6 Actions, Active Group and Synchronization ... 2.2-22 2.2.7 Records ... 2.2-24 2.2.7.a Events ... 2.2-24 2.2.7.b Fault Conditions ... 2.2-27 2.2.7.c History Logs ... 2.2-28 2.2.7.d Oscillographs ... 2.2-29 2.3 Emulation ... 2.3-1 2.3.1 Introduction ... 2.3-2 2.3.2 Entering to Emulation Mode ... 2.3-2 2.3.3 Description of the “Emulation” Substation ... 2.3-3
Chapter 3. Managing Control Configurations
3.1 Introduction ... 3.1-1
3.1.1 Introduction ... 3.1-2 3.1.2 Functions ... 3.1-2 3.1.2.a Creating a Configuration ... 3.1-2 3.1.2.b Editing a Selected Configuration ... 3.1-2 3.1.2.c Generating Files ... 3.1-3 3.1.2.d Controlling and Checking Configuration Data ... 3.1-3 3.1.2.e Validating a Configuration ... 3.1-3 3.1.2.f Importing Data from Other Logic Configurations ... 3.1-3 3.1.2.g Controlling and Managing Configurations ... 3.1-3
3.2 Getting Started ... 3.2-1
3.2.1 Loading and Validating the Profile ... 3.2-2 3.2.2 Start Menu ... 3.2-4 3.2.3 Operating Method (Mouse & Keyboard) ... 3.2-4 3.2.4 Information Displays ... 3.2-5 3.2.5 Using the Controls ... 3.2-5 3.2.6 Selecting Signals ... 3.2-7 3.2.6.a Signal Selection Screen ... 3.2-7 3.2.6.b Signal Types ... 3.2-8 3.2.6.c Signal Restrictions ... 3.2-8 3.3 File Menu ... 3.3-1 3.3.1 New Configuration ... 3.3-2 3.3.2 Configuration Information ... 3.3-2 3.3.3 Load Configuration ... 3.3-2 3.3.4 Save Configuration ... 3.3-3 3.3.5 Compile Configuration ... 3.3-3 3.3.6 Quit ... 3.3-3
3.5 Configuration-Associated Logic ... 3.5-1
3.5.1 Introduction ... 3.5-2 3.5.2 Definition of Opcodes ... 3.5-2 3.5.3 Records Associated with Logic ... 3.5-10 3.5.4 Managing Records ... 3.5-10 3.5.4.a Opcodes... 3.5-14
3.6 Defining Resources ... 3.6-1
3.6.1 Introduction ... 3.6-2 3.6.1.a Digital Signals ... 3.6-2 3.6.2 Parameters ... 3.6-3 3.6.3 Settings ... 3.6-4 3.6.3.a Settings Group ... 3.6-4 3.6.3.b Defining Settings ... 3.6-5 3.6.4 Constants ... 3.6-6
3.6.5 Commands ... 3.6-7 3.6.5.a Command Element Description ... 3.6-7 3.6.5.b Configuring the Command ... 3.6-8 3.6.6 Analog Commands ... 3.6-15 3.6.6.a Analog Command Actions ... 3.6-15 3.6.6.b Command Blocks ... 3.6-16
3.7 Communications ... 3.7-1
3.7.1 Introduction ... 3.7-2 3.7.1.a General Format and Screen Handling ... 3.7-2 3.7.2 Procome... 3.7-4 3.7.2.a Events ... 3.7-4 3.7.2.b Control Changes ... 3.7-6 3.7.2.c Commands ... 3.7-9 3.7.2.d Metering Values ... 3.7-11 3.7.2.e Meters ... 3.7-13 3.7.2.f Output Writings ... 3.7-14 3.7.3 DNP3 ... 3.7-19 3.7.3.a Contacts ... 3.7-19 3.7.3.b Commands ... 3.7-20 3.7.3.c Metering Values (Profile I) ... 3.7-24 3.7.3.d Metering Values (Profile II) ... 3.7-26 3.7.3.e Meters ... 3.7-29 3.7.3.f Analog DNP3 Output Writings (Profile I) ... 3.7-31 3.7.3.g DNP3 Analog Output Writings (Profile II) ... 3.7-34 3.7.4 MODBUS Protocol ... 3.7-37 3.7.4.a Inputs and Outputs ... 3.7-37 3.7.4.b Commands ... 3.7-39 3.7.4.c Metering Values ... 3.7-41 3.7.4.d Meters ... 3.7-43 3.7.4.e Analog Output Writings ModBus ... 3.7-44 3.7.5 61850 Protocol ... 3.7-47 3.7.5.a Validity Configuration ... 3.7-47 3.7.5.b CSWI Node ... 3.7-48
3.7.5.j IHMI ... 3.7-59 3.7.5.k CALH ... 3.7-59 3.7.5.l SIMG ... 3.7-60 3.7.5.m GENGGIO ... 3.7-60 3.7.5.n TGOGGIO and TGO2GGIO ... 3.7-62 3.7.5.o YLTC ... 3.7-63
3.8 HMI ... 3.8-1
3.8.1 Introduction ... 3.8-2 3.8.2 Commands ... 3.8-2 3.8.3 Events ... 3.8-3 3.8.4 User Defined HMI Screens ... 3.8-4 3.8.5 HMI Cyclical Screens ... 3.8-5 3.8.5.a HMI Available Screens ... 3.8-6
3.9 Graphical HMI ... 3.9-1
3.9.1 Introduction ... 3.9-2 3.9.2 Graphic Diagram Screens to be Shown ... 3.9-2 3.9.2.a Screens available for the Graphical HMI ... 3.9-3 3.9.3 User Graphic Diagrams ... 3.9-3 3.9.3.a Single Line Diagram Data Configuration ... 3.9-3 3.9.3.b Single Line Diagram Design ... 3.9-7 3.9.3.c Import Single Line Diagram and Import Single Line Diagram Graphic
Design ... 3.9-8
3.10 Profile Descriptions ... 3.10-1
3.10.1 Introduction ... 3.10-2 3.10.1.a Digital Signals ... 3.10-2 3.10.1.b Analog Signals ... 3.10-2
3.11 Documentation ... 3.11-1
3.11.1 Introduction ... 3.11-2 3.11.2 Reports ... 3.11-2 3.11.3 Report Output Types ... 3.11-4 3.11.4 Report Parts ... 3.11-5
A. Oscillo Viewer ... A-1
A.1 Introduction ... A-2 A.2 Structure of the Application... A-2
A.3 Operational Modes ... A-3
A.4 Main Menu ... A-4 A.4.1 File Menu ... A-4
A.4.2 Edit Menu ... A-4 A.4.3 View Menu ... A-5 A.4.4 Tools Menu: Phasor Calculation ... A-5 A.4.5 Configuration Menu ... A-6 A.4.6 Window Menu ... A-6 A.4.7 Help Menu ... A-6 A.5 File Explorer ... A-7 A.6 Channel Information ... A-8
A.6.1 Selecting Oscillos ... A-8 A.6.2 Selecting Graphs ... A-8 A.6.3 Selecting Channels ... A-9
A.7 Graphic Zone ... A-10 A.7.1 Graphic Zone Tools Edition ... A-10
A.7.2 Zoom ... A-10 A.7.3 Pan ... A-10 A.7.4 Information ... A-10
Chapter 1
Description and
Start
Content 1.1 Functions 1.2 Getting Started
1.1.1 Introduction to the Zivercomplus® Communications Program ... 1.1-2
1.1.2 Functions ... 1.1-2
1.1.2.a Substation Management ... 1.1-2
1.1.2.b Connection with Positions in Previously Defined Substations ... 1.1-2
1.1.2.c Receiving, Sending and Managing Information associated with the Position .... 1.1-2
1.1.2.d Executing Actions associated with the Position ... 1.1-2
1.1.2.e Configuration Management ... 1.1-2
1.1.2.f Offline Operation ... 1.1-2
1.1.2.g Use via Intelitool ... 1.1-2
1.1.2.h Other Functions ... 1.1-3
This manual is intended to serve as help in using the Zivercomplus® communications program, which runs on WINDOWS® compatible PCs.
1.1.1
Introduction to the Zivercomplus
®Communications
Program
The Zivercomplus® program is designed to dialog directly with ZIV equipments, enabling connection from a PC, either directly through a local port or remotely through the use of a modem or via TCP/IP in a LAN or WAN. This manual is a generic guide for the Zivercomplus® communications program.
The Zivercomplus® program provides easy and convenient user access to all the available information on the equipment with which a dialog is established. It also makes it easy to adjust settings and extract the available information for generating records or reports. It is also capable of generating, sending, receiving and managing the different configurations that can be loaded on a ZIV equipment.
1.1.2 Functions
1.1.2.a Substation Management
Creates, edits, modifies or deletes the different substations with which communications can be established, including local connections.
1.1.2.b Connection with Positions in Previously Defined Substations
For connection with positions in previously defined substations.
1.1.2.c Receiving, Sending and Managing Information associated with the Position
For reading and writing position data on status, settings, different types of records and setup. Also for storing the information on a hard disk and list printouts.
1.1.2.d Executing Actions associated with the Position
Encompasses changing of active tables and time synchronization, and possible user-defined actions during setup.
1.1.2.e Configuration Management
Creates and modifies the different configurations that can be uploaded to the protection.
1.1.2.f Offline Operation
Users can work offline for tasks that require this mode of operation: analyzing and managing collected information, generating lists of settings for subsequent sending to protection, editing configurations, etc.
1.1.2.h Other Functions
Calling up the oscillographic display, changing language, accessing the ZIV website, etc.
1.1.3
Connection between Computer and Equipment Features
The features required for this connection are the following:- RS232 serial port up to 38400 bps for direct connection to a local port or for remote connection via modem.
1.2.1 System Requirements... 1.2-2
1.2.2 Preparation for Installation ... 1.2-2
1.2.3 Zivercomplus® Program Installation ... 1.2-2
1.2.4 Starting Up the Program ... 1.2-2
1.2.5 Description of the Initial Screen ... 1.2-3
1.2.1 System
Requirements
The minimum requirements for the PC to be used with this application are: - Minimum 256MB of RAM
- Hard drive with 500MB of free space. - VGA card, minimum 800x600. - Color VGA monitor.
- RS232 Serial Port (for direct connection to equipment). Supported operative systems are:
- Microsoft Windows® XP. - Microsoft Windows® 7. - Microsoft Windows® 8.
- Windows® XP Mode (Microsoft Virtual PC).
1.2.2 Preparation
for
Installation
Prior to commencement of Zivercomplus® installation, check the requirements specified in the section above and that the hard disk where the program is to be installed has enough free space for the new application, which uses approximately 80 MB space. Also, add 400MB for equipments profiles Database to install next the Zivercomplus®.
1.2.3
Zivercomplus® Program Installation
Zivercomplus® is supplied in a CD-Rom for later installation into a PC.
Installation is made by inserting the CD-ROM. If the installation does not start automatically, manually run the setup.exe file on the CD-ROM.
During the installation process the program gives options to select the folder where the program is to be installed, as well as the group to be generated in the program manager.
By default, the installation is generated in C: \ Program Files \ Zivercom. For Windows ® 7 is recommended to use a dedicated directory for Zivercomplus® outside Program Files.
1.2.4
Starting Up the Program
Once the Zivercomplus® program is installed, start it up by double clicking on the icon appearing on your desktop.
1.2.5
Description of the Initial Screen
When the program startsup, it displays next screen.
The user must introduce a valid User and Password into the "Identification" dialog box to log on.
Depending on the access level associated to his identification, the user may or may not carry out given tasks with the Zivercomplus®.
Chapter 6 deals with the users in more detail, but it must be born in mind that when installing the Zivercomplus® only one user is created with the following passwords (both in lower case):
User: zivercom.
Password: ziv (in this case, characters are hidden).
1.2.6
Start-up from Intelitool
Zivercomplus® can be accessed from the configuration tool Intelitool in two different ways. By clicking on Protection
Settings from Intelitool’s main
In this case, the top part of the display will show, next to the name of the application (ZivercomPlus), the name of the application that is accessing the same (i.e.: Intelitools) and the equipment that seeks access to the application:
Also, this can be accessed from the main menu, in order to be able to operate with all kinds of equipment:
In this case, the top part of the display will only show the name of the application that is accessing the same:
In both cases, the Intelitool tool indicates the language in which it is going to be implemented within the ZivercomPlus®, which will is the same as the language displayed by Intelitool when it is accessed.
The most important elements will share the same use throughout the application on the main display, and are described as follows:
This is the main menu. The status bar is divided into five segments:
Shows additional information about the selected menu item.
Used to indicate activity in general for lengthy processes, using explanatory texts and progress bars indicating percentage.
Used to indicate communication activity using red and green colors.
Advanced functionality used for debugging purposes.
Oscillograph Display
1.3.1 Users ... 1.3-2 1.3.2 Languages ... 1.3-4 1.3.3 Oscillograph Display ... 1.3-4 1.3.4 Screen “About...” ... 1.3-41.3.1 Users
The Configuration submenu lets you access the User management functions. User management is only allowed if the current user has aSuperuser Access Level. If
so, a dialog like the one shown below is accessed.
This screen shows the registered users and the User,
Password and Access Level
texts.
You can Create a new user by pressing , pulling up the screen shown at right.
You can Edit a user by pressing and Delete a user by selecting the user to be deleted and pressing .
The user management rules are as follows:
- When the Zivercomplus® program is installed, only one user with the superuser access level is created, with zivercom - ziv as User and Password.
- User management can only be carried out if the current user has a superuser access level.
- There can be no more than one superuser and, moreover, the superuser cannot be deleted (although the superuser's User and Password can be edited, but not the
Access Level).
- There cannot be two users with identical User and Password. - One user is allowed to leave the User and Password empty.
There are four access levels, from lowest to highest: - Queries:
- Queries and Editing: - Total Access: - Superuser:
The following table shows the accessible functions for each access level:
Queries Queries and Editing
Total Access Superuser
Connect YES YES YES YES
Request Status YES YES YES YES
Request Settings YES YES YES YES
Send Settings NO YES YES YES
Send Configuration NO NO YES YES
Request User Curve YES YES YES YES
Send User Curve NO YES YES YES
Request Events YES YES YES YES
Request Faults YES YES YES YES
Req. Measures Logs YES YES YES YES
Req. Oscillo Reports YES YES YES YES
Request Oscillos YES YES YES YES
User Management NO NO NO YES
Request Active Group YES YES YES YES
Send Active Group NO YES YES YES
Request Time YES YES YES YES
Synchronize NO NO YES YES
1.3.2 Languages
The Configuration submenu also lets you access the
Language management functions. The Configuration
submenu also lets you access the Language management functions. For this function, it is essential that there be no open sessions, whether on or offline. Upon entering the submenu you are shown the dialog at right, where the available languages are displayed (in this case, Spanish, English, Portuguese and French). In the example, the current selection is English. The language selection can be changed by highlighting the desired selection and pressing Set.
The language change is only confirmed if you exit this dialog by pressing OK, and the new language configuration takes effect immediately, without it being necessary to exit Zivercomplus®.
If Zivercomplus® is accessed from the Intelitool setup program, it automatically uses
Intelitool’s current language and this cannot be modified during the implementation of the
same.
1.3.3 Oscillograph
Display
The Oscillography Display submenu lets you tell Zivercomplus® which program you wish to use to view the oscillographs when you double-click on them
The dialog shown at right is displayed to let you select the executable file with and the parameters used when attempting to view oscillographs with .
What is shown in this dialog is installed by default along with Zivercomplus®.
1.3.4 Screen
“About...”
Click the Help program button (on the main tool bar), to display the submenu About..., enabling the user to access a screen similar to the screen on the right. This screen shows, among other data, the version of the installed Zivercomplus® (for example, Version: 1.49) and the version of the installed -languages + profiles- database (for example, db:1.39).
Chapter 2
Application
Development
Content2.1 Defining and Managing Installations
2.2 Connecting and Communicating with Equipment 2.3 Emulation
Installations
2.1.1 Introduction ... 2.1-2
2.1.2 Accessing the Installation Dialog ... 2.1-2
2.1.3 Editing the Installation ... 2.1-4
2.1.1 Introduction
Users can create, edit or delete installations as required. Each installation is associated with a text file whose name and location are the user's responsibility. The installation contains the following information:
- Installation Text. All installations have associated text.
- Communications Protocol. Each installation communicates via a single protocol which
can be selected from a list of protocols.
- Type of Communication. A certain communications protocol can be supported by
different hardware and ways of accessing them. The type of hardware and access determine the 'type of communication'.
- Additional Information. Depending on the protocol and type of communication, the
user should provide certain additional information in order to be able to dialog with the installation.
2.1.2
Accessing the Installation Dialog
Selecting the Protections menu option on the initial screen calls up the menu shown on the right. By selecting the first menu option, Installations, you access a dialog that allows you to explore the PC's file system and manage the various installations.This dialog is a customized version of the standard Windows 'open' dialog. You will first see the
..\datos\subestaciones subdirecty, which is the default location where the installations are
created. Only files with an sbs extension are shown, i.e. files containing information about installations.
In the screen on the right, the file sub_tests.sbs is selected. Its complete path is shown under the
Path heading and its contents are
shown for informational purposes only under the Preview heading.
Each installation is represented by a single file, so you can manage the installations just like you would handle a regular file.
You can delete a installation by highlighting the file and pressing delete. This deletes the selected file and, consequently, the installation.
You can Create a installation by entering a nonexistent file name in the dialog box next to
Name and pressing Edit , or you can Edit an existing installation by selecting the relevant file
and pressing Edit.
It is important to note that users are free to create a installation in the location of their choice within the directory tree, to organize the installation by directories as required and to know where are those installations and directories.
In either case a dialog like the one shown on the right is called up, where the only difference is that the heading shown at the top of the dialog will be either Create installation or Edit installation. The above dialog box shows the default settings entered by Zivercomplus® when a new installation is created.
2.1.3
Editing the Installation
Whether you are creating or editing a installation, the way the data are edited is the same: - The Installation Text field is always editable.
- The Protocol field lets the user select a specific communications protocol; in our case
only PROCOME 3.0 is available.
- The Communication Type field lets you indicate the hardware used for data
transmission, which can be:
o Direct, in this case the rest of the additional data are included in the SERIAL box,
except the Telephone and Modem fields (see above screen).
o RTC, Switched Telephone Network; in this case the rest of the additional data are
included in the SERIAL box.
o LAN, Local Area Network; in this case the rest of the additional data are included
in the NETWORK box.
Depending on the selection enabled in Communication Type, only meaningful fields may be edited in the SERIAL and NETWORK boxes.
The meaning and range of each of the fields is described individually below. - Installation Text: text indicating the selected installation.
- Protocol: indicates the communications protocol to be used; the only value allowed is
PROCOME.
- Communication Type: the allowed values are:
o DIRECT, direct communication via serial line.
o RTC, Communication via Switched Telephone Network. o LAN, Communication via Local Area Network.
- Speed: the speed of communication. The allowed values are:
300 9600
600 14400
1200 19200
2400 38400
4800
- Select default values (for speed): allows users to indicate whether or not default
values are accepted for the selected speed.
o YES selects the default values (cannot be edited).
o NO lets the values be edited. Users are advised to use default values, and in any case not to use values that are smaller than the existing default values:
T. first character (ms): indicates the maximum delay time for arrival of the
first character.
T. message (ms): indicates the maximum delay time allowed between the
arrival of the first and last character of the message.
T. between retries (ms): indicates the set delay time before retrying.
Nº. of retries: indicates the number of retries.
- Data bits: the allowed values are:
o 7 o 8
- Stop bits: the allowed values are: o 1 o 2 - Parity o No parity. o Odd. o Even. - Port COM1 COM5 COM2 COM6 COM3 COM7 COM4 COM8
- Telephone. Telephone number for connecting with the installation.
- MODEM: indicates the modem to be used for communications. The Zivercomplus®
program lets you use any installed modem, according to the list shown in Start > Configuration > Control Panel > Modems.
o ZIV UCS, indicates you are communicating with the protection through the ZIV Central Installation Unit.
o Transparent, indicates you are communicating with the protection transparently through a concentrator.
- IP Address, indicates the IP address of the ZIV UCS through which you will interact
with the protection.
- Port, if there are no special circumstances, the value should be 32001.
- T. message (ms): indicates the maximum message delay time for network
communications. The default value is 5000 and there are three retries. It is important to note that:
- Any modem that can be installed under WINDOWS® can be used to communicate with the installations.
- Direct relay communications (PC serial cable <-> protection) should be viewed as a particular means of communicating with a installation. In fact, there is no explicit
option in Zivercomplus® for directly communicating with a protection, so this must be done by creating a installation with the DIRECT option in the 'Communication Type' field.
2.1.4 Communicating
with the Installation
In the installation management dialog, the Communicate button lets you go directly to the dialog that lets you communicate with the installation selected at that time. As described in section 2.2.1 of Chapter 2, this is one of the two ways of accessing the communications input dialog.
Communicating with
Equipment
2.2.1 Connection ... 2.2-2
2.2.2 Initial Communication Screen ... 2.2-4
2.2.2.a Starting a Session ... 2.2-4
2.2.2.b Closing a Session ... 2.2-5
2.2.3 Status ... 2.2-6
2.2.4 Settings ... 2.2-7
2.2.4.a General Screen Description ... 2.2-7
2.2.4.b Operations with Settings ... 2.2-8
2.2.4.c Special Settings Screens ... 2.2-16
2.2.5 Configuration, User Curve and Equipment Language ... 2.2-17
2.2.5.a Introduction ... 2.2-17
2.2.5.b Managing the Configuration ... 2.2-18
2.2.5.c Managing the User Curve ... 2.2-20
2.2.5.d Language Manager ... 2.2-21
2.2.6 Actions, Active Group and Synchronization ... 2.2-22
2.2.7 Records ... 2.2-24
2.2.7.a Events ... 2.2-24
2.2.7.b Fault Conditions ... 2.2-27
2.2.7.c History Logs ... 2.2-28
2.2.1 Connection
Dialog with a protection is always through an installation, even in case of direct communication (see section 2.1.3 of Chapter 2).
The installation connection dialog can be accessed by pressing the Communicate button as described in section 2.1.4 or from the start screen menu shown in section 2.1.2 (both in Chapter 2).
In this case, a list of the last instalations with which communications have been established is displayed in the IEDs submenu, between the
Instalations and Emulate menu options. In the
example shown at right, the last instalation accessed was Sb Example. This list can have up to a maximum of 10 items.
A dialog like the one shown on the right is displayed upon selecting any of the available instalations. The instalation text - in this example the text is Sb Example - is displayed under the
Communicate title.
Under the fixed Preview text there is a window where you can see the contents of the file that supports the installation. It is for informational purposes only, that is, you cannot make any communication setup changes here.
Under the fixed Addresses text a list is displayed with the possible addresses for a protection within an installation. In the example, the '0' is highlighted in the address column.
By selecting the address of the protection equipment you wish to communicate with and pressing OK, the Zivercomplus® program tries to communicate with the selected address.
In case of an error, the program shows successive messages (shown below) before returning to the start screen.
The protection equipment may have a loaded configuration; if this is the case, then you are informed of it and sent the (univocal) ID for that configuration. The Zivercomplus® program saves its configurations in files with the cfp extension. If the received ID matches one of the configurations in the Zivercomplus® program, then it loads the configuration and establishes the connection. If it is not stored in the Zivercomplus® program, then before asking the protection equipment for the configuration, the Zivercomplus® program asks the user to select a directory and file where the configuration is to be saved. If you do not select a directory and file, then you will work without a configuration.
The configuration complements the protection equipment's operation. The items obtained from the configuration (settings, commands) are distinguishable because there is a shown before their regular symbols.
Another possibility is that the protection equipment has a password. If so, you will be asked to enter it:
Also, if Zivercomplus® is accessed from Intelitool’s setup program for specific equipment, the user will be informed, if applicable, that there is no coincidence between the model that corresponds to the identifier received and the identifier expected, and this will enable the user to continue with the communication, or end the same.
The final objective of Intelitool’s configuration tool when it accesses Zivercomplus® for a specific equipment is reading and writing settings on the CID, and forward compact configurations (CPTs) to the equipment; not all settings are contemplated in the CID, but only those bearing the logo :
2.2.2
Initial Communication Screen
2.2.2.a Starting a Session
If you connect successfully, the program displays a screen like the one shown below, with all the basic left-hand nodes open.
The general appearance of the communications screens is similar to that of the Windows File Manager: a panel on the left-hand side with nodes and a panel on the right-hand side with nodes and terminal items.
A description of the nodes on the left-hand side of the screen follows - down to the first three levels:
- : Indicates you are connected to a installation whose descriptive text is 'Sb Example'.
- : Indicates that through the above
installation you are connected to a protection located at the '000' address, the model is '#IRVA1N***100*A' and it has a configuration whose descriptive text is 'CONFIG_05.12.21'. It is important that the configuration text is easily visible, because its presence determines the protection equipment's operation in a major way. The configuration will be addressed later on. When communication with the protection
equipment fails for any reason, the status is indicated with a red X ( ). When communication is restored, the previous status is shown.
- Status: displays a tree with all the status items; that is, instant - and consequently perishable – information sent by the protection equipment, and which it makes no sense to edit from the PC, at least not directly. For example: date and time, pending record types, unit status, instant measures, etc.
- Configuration: provides access to a screen which allows management of two
things from the PC: the user curve and the configuration. It is not a dropdown item.
- Settings: provides access to the settings tree, which includes protection
equipment operating parameters that can be edited from the protection itself, such as: reclosing times, trip permissions, masks for the different events, configuration of Inputs / Outputs / LEDs, etc.
- Control Operations: permits at least two things, namely, editing the active
group and setting the protection time. If the protection has a configuration with (user-defined) commands loaded, then the protection equipment is a node instead of a terminal item; that is Control Operations, is displayed
- Records: Indicates the access to four fixed items that represent the four types of records that can be included in the protection: Events, Faults, History Logs and
Oscillography.
2.2.2.b Closing a Session
The left panel has a button , that is enabled only if the installation you are connected to is selected in the left panel. When this button is pressed, the Zivercomplus® program tries to shut down the connection, performing the necessary actions in each case: shutting down port, hanging up phone, etc. The Zivercomplus® program first checks to see whether there is information the user has not saved and which might be convenient to save. Specifically, this refers to records (events, fault conditions, metering logs, oscillographs - see the section Records) the user has retrieved but not saved. If this is the case, the unsaved information is shown and the user is prompted to confirm the
And, if the ZivercomPlus® is accessed from
Intelitool’s setup program, the user will be
informed that there are settings that have not been saved (if applicable)
Within this context, saving entails exporting data according to the CID/XML format, as indicated below. And the settings are left pending saving
when forwarded to the equipment successfully, or when any of the local settings is modified, whatever means are used for implementing the same: i.e. load settings by default, copy tables, import settings, etc.
2.2.3 Status
When the Status node is selected in the left panel, the status information is shown in
the right panel. When Status is pressed for the first time, in turn, all the status
information is requested. You can drill down all the different subdirectories to see the terminal information received from the protection equipment, which is what really matters most.
In a regular situation, the status screen can look like this. Pressing CTRL, ALT or SHIFT keys while keeping pressed the node, drops down a list of node "daughter branches" on the right screen panel ( nodes). The right panel, which
contains status information, is divided
into four columns:
- Text. Provides
text and graphic information about the items and their relationship with other items.
- Value. This is shown only for terminal values, and there are different ways of displaying
the information coming from the protection equipment: date / time for the date and time, and for enabling / disabling, numbers for modules and arguments and counters, symbol to indicate pending records, etc.la
- Units. Units associated with the value, if any.
- Additional information. Empty (used for settings).
The top bar contains items for performing actions as well as informational items:
- Toggle button for displaying status measurements, multiplied or not by the relevant transformer ratio.
- Information bar common to all right-side panels, containing significant information. Shows available information from the session root up to the item selected in the left panel. It always has the following format: \substation text\ddd-model\... If the text fails to fit in the bar, an ellipsis (three dots) is used. If the bar is clicked with the left mouse button, the text is left-aligned or right-aligned, depending on its position at that time. The purpose is to always be able to have all the necessary information available even when the left panel is hidden.
2.2.4 Settings
To explain the Settings screen, a general description of the screen will be given first, and then all the possible operations in this screen will then be described in sequence.
2.2.4.a General Screen Description
In a normal situation, exploring the settings screen before performing any operations, the user can encounter a situation like this. The right panel, which contains settings information, is divided into six columns:
- Text: provides
text and graphic information about the items and their relationship with the other items
indicates that the item is a grouping of settings; the rest
of the symbols depict different types of settings:
o Indicates a Boolean setting, i.e a setting with only two possible values. In general, the text will be yes / no, although it can also be open / closed, control function / clock, etc. Nothing is in the additional information column.
o Indicates a decimal setting type. The additional information column indicates the minimum, maximum, step, and default values.
o Indicates a decimal type value that is converted according to a certain factor. The additional information column indicates the minimum, maximum, step, and default values.
- 1T: shows whether a setting is a single-group setting or a setting with several groups. If
there is a # symbol in the column, then it is a single-group setting. If there is nothing, like in the figure, the setting has several groups (4 in this example).
- Current value: indicates the value of the setting in the equipment; if the setting has not
been brought yet we put . Cannot be edited.
- New value: indicates the working value currently available for operating (send, save, print, etc.). It can be obtained in various ways and it can be edited. Its absence is indicated by too. If ZivercomPlus® is accessed from Intelitool, this new value will be present when accessing the equipment, and is imported from the CID. For adjustments that are not contemplated under the CID, the default value will be applied.
- Units.: units associated with the setting, if any.
- Additional information: specific to the setting type; not always present.
2.2.4.b Operations with Settings
This section explains the Top Bar items as you are walked through a logical and consistent sequence through all the operations that can be performed with settings.
The button, as with all the screens where it is displayed, shows / conceals the left panel. The only exclusively informational item in the top bar is the group selector which provides information about how many groups are available in the equipment (in this example, four) and which is the active group: in this case, the active group is group three (red color and arrow). It also tells you that the current work group is group one (depressed button). This indicates that the settings you see on the screen, if any, are for group one. Obviously, this does not affect single-group settings, which are marked with a #. The current work group is changed by pressing the desired group number. Note that whatever is displayed on the screen always refers to the current group.
A setting request is performed explicitly by pressing . This implies a request for all settings, and implicitly two things are requested the first time a settings screen is displayed: the active group number and the factor settings . This is because the information for the active group is essential for operating purposes, and the settings have to be known in advance to be able to depict other settings.
The collected settings are displayed in the Current Value column as indicated by the setting type. In this case, you are viewing the settings for group three. You can see the values for the different groups by selecting them (except for single-group settings).
You can then Accept Current Settings by pressing . This operation also affects all settings, setting by setting and group by group, including single-group settings. The current settings are copied over the new values, and this is reflected on the screen:
Once new values are implemented, you are ready to perform different operations with them.
Specifically, you can Edit Settings and then send them to the protection equipment. The only exception is settings, which cannot be edited.
By right-clicking a setting, the mouse pointer changes appearance indicating what can be edited.
Enter edit mode by left-clicking the mouse.
For Option-type settings, you can scroll through a list of options, but for numerical settings, you have to enter the number.
When a setting is highlighted, i.e. is being edited, you can:
- Edit the setting as appropriate (entering the number or scrolling to the option).
- Press ESC to exit edit mode without changing the setting. This is equivalent to
canceling the operation.
- Press RETURN to validate an alteration; and if successful, the setting is changed and you exit edit mode. If the operation fails, the reason is indicated and you continue in edit mode in the same setting.
- Press TAB to validate an alteration; and if successful, the setting is changed and you
scroll down to the next editable setting. If the operation fails, the reason is indicated and you continue in edit mode in the same setting.
- Pressing SHIFT-TAB has the same effect as pressing TAB alone, but editing scrolls up
instead of down.
- Press with the left bottom out of the setting; if the validation is successful it's shown as
RETURN, if it's not successful it's shown as ESC. If the press have been in other
setting, it will be edit.
Validation of the setting will always be successful if the setting is a listed setting, but can fail if it is a numeric setting. The following type of information can be provided, allowing you to properly edit the setting or cancel the operation.
After editing the settings, the differences between the current values (Protection) and the new values (PC) for the current group or for settings without groups are displayed in red. The red color indicating the difference is also propagated toward the root of the tree, as shown in the
The setting with a difference (Reverse-Direction), as well as its descriptive text (Phase IOC Direction), are colored red, as are all the branches up to the root in both panels. As a result, you can locate the differences at a glance.
As you will see below, there are two more ways of editing new values: creating default settings or importing them .
Regardless of how you edit the settings, you can send the new values by pressing . If no problems have occurred, after sending, you have to check that there are no differences between the current and new values.
Each setting has a Default Value that can be copied to the New Value. Press the button to access the dialog shown at right, which provides great flexibility in terms of changing settings and groups. You can select the groups you wish from the list on the right. On the left-hand side you can choose from three options:
- Right Panel Selection indicates that you accept the settings selected in the right panel.
The right panel allows for multiple selection of settings and of complete branches, so if
a branch is selected, all its daughter branches and their settings (visible and invisible) are also selected, and so on. When using this option, carefully select what you want from the right panel before pressing the button to create new default values.
- All Right Panel indicates that the operation will apply to all the right panel settings,
whether visible or not.
- All indicates that the operation will apply to all settings.
By pressing you can Copy
Groups. As with all other cases, the
editing of settings affects the new values. By pressing OK, the group 1 settings will be copied over the group 2 and 3 settings. This will apply to All the protection settings comprising multiple groups. The Source Group list only allows one selection, while the Target Group(s) list allows multiple selections.
Print Settings is an option whose interface is very
similar to that of the Create default values option. As with the other cases, only the new values are printed. Press OK to call up the dialog which works similar like the Default Values dialog in terms of the selection made. The difference it's that can be activated the option Only Differences, that permits to print only the settings that have different values in Actual Value and New Value.
Pressing OK button exports the selection to XML format and calls up 'Microsoft Internet Explorer', which displays the data in the XSLT format provided with the installation. The following is an example of what is displayed.
You may be interested in saving settings for subsequent analysis (see Emulation paragraph) or to copy them to another protection by importing them, etc. Bear in mind that the saved settings are always the New Values.
By pressing the button you access the Save XML Format, Save PR3 Format, Export XLS
Format or Export TXT Format dialog, a function of the option selected by the user to the right
of Type.
As shown by the text above, formats
XML and PR3 allow saving and later
retrieving those data, whereas formats
XLS and TXT only allow exporting.
In all cases the user is always responsible for deciding the settings that must be saved or exported in which file and folder.
By saving the settings in XML format they can easily be printed, viewed with the browser, etc.; but, it can also be seen simply as a way of saving and retrieving information. As indicated earlier, when Zivercomplus® is installed, a format file is provided for viewing the XML file information coherently.
PR3 storage is typical of
Zivercomplus® and only allows saving and retrieving settings.
The Settings to Export box provides a selection of settings and list of groups that is used in the exact same way as the default settings box. The Overwrite checkbox lets you overwrite settings in an existing file or add to the settings already in that file.
The bottom window shows the text contents of the XML file selected in File Name, if any contents exist.
If accessed from Intelitool, the ZivercomPlus® enables an additional specific export mode, which is format CID/XML, which is will be the one ZivercomPlus® will provide by default; and, with this format one can only save All tables.
At the right of Type there is a list that permits choose between XML, XLS and TXT. The XLS format is a read-only export format (which can be read e.g. with Excel).
TXT format it's a text format too, and has been thought of for the user to exactly control the
width of each field; there are no tabs and space characters are used. It can be showed with the Notepad, i.e.
The right screen is showned if this format is choosen. It can be indicated a Text Width and a Table Width; the program indicate the Total Width que se obtendrá al exportar. If the information it's longer than the choosen witdh the last character will be *.
You can also Import settings that were previously exported. As with the previous cases, what you import goes to New Values.
On the settings screen, pressing displays the
Import dialog, which is very similar to the export
dialog. The difference is that you have to select an existing file. In addition, you have to indicate which
New Value settings you're interested in importing
in the Settings to Import option. In other words, when importing, you choose the settings that match the selection made in Settings to import from among the settings saved in the selected file.
2.2.4.c Special Settings Screens
Special screens are needed for settings of complex nature, as is the case for Logic Inputs or
Outputs and LEDs, as shown in the following
screens.
In both cases, when there are settings in the New
Value field, the setting can be edited.
The difference between Input, Output or LED is highlighted using the red color.
By just pressing the circle areas ( or ), the user can disable an element of the New Value blocks.
With the help of the mouse, the user may drag and release outputs between Available logic outputs list and OR and AND blocks. Double clicking OR and AND block elements changes the current element value to Not Used and Not Used to the value selected from the Available Logic Outputs list.
2.2.5 Configuration,
User
Curve and Equipment Language
2.2.5.a Introduction
If the file for the equipment profile indicates that the equipment may have a Configuration, may have a User Curve or the relay Language, the node will be displayed in the left panel
Configuration.
In addition, if upon connecting it was resolved that there was a dialog with configuration with the equipment, then the name of the configuration is displayed, as mentioned earlier, together with the address and the model name in brackets: .
By selecting the Configuration node in the left panel, the right panel displays the first image in case of the No Configuration and No Language Dialog and the second image in case of the with configuration and language dialog.
2.2.5.b Managing the Configuration
As you have seen, in the case of the Dialog with Configuration, the configuration information is repeated in the Actual Value and New Value columns. The same occurs for the language. The reason for repeating this information is to avoid losing it when you edit the New Value, as you will see below. The same rules that apply for the settings, apply here.
This information consists of three fields separated by commas: - Configuration name.
- Configuration version with d.dd format. - Configuration checksum.
Management of the different types of configurations is guided by the following rules.
ZivercomPlus® can be accessed from Intelitool to be used for a single equipment only, or else implement it on its own. From the point of view of configurations, both of the last two circumstances are identical, hence we will only refer to access from Intelitool, or on its own, which includes “from Intelitool to any equipment”.
There are two different types of configuration files: normal configurations with CPF extension, and compact configurations with CPT extension.
Normal CFP configurations are used as profile extensions (equipment, model), but cannot be interpreted by the relay. There are two types of CFPs: those generated from the ZivercomPlus® / ZIVerCID® and those generated from Intelitool. Both types can be edited with their respective tools, ZivercomPlus® / ZIVerCID®, or Intelitool. As regards ZivercomPlus® /
ZIVerCID® these are internally accessed via Ziverlog®. When ZivercomPlus® is accessed from
Intelitool, Ziverlog®‘s functionality is not accessible.
Compact CPTs’ configurations contain the configuration data, both from the format that is legible via the configuration tools, and from the format required by the relay. In fact, the CPT indicates compact configuration and has a CFP inside, and the associated data is legible from the relay.
These also contain data as regards the relay model -single- on which the configuration can be loaded. This file can be generated both via the ZivercomPlus® and also via the IntellliTool. Based on the above information, we are going to describe the behaviour of the different buttons when the current selection of the list is on :
- is always disabled, configurations are never requested explicitly, except when communication with the equipment begins.
- can only be enabled when communication (not emulation) has been established, and when something has been selected in . In this case, CPTs can be forwarded if they have been generated for the equipment in use, and CFPs can only be forwarded when access has not been made through Intelitool, providing that this is a configuration that has been generated via Ziverlog®.
- gives access to Ziverlog® in order to edit or create a Ziverlog® CFP. It will be disabled if ZivercomPlus® has been accessed from Intelitool and, if what we have under is a CPT, or an Intelitool type CFP, it will also be disabled, i.e., it will only be enabled if we have a Ziverlog® type CFP and if this has not been accessed from
Intelitool. Also, if access has not be made via Intelitool, and there is no data
within , it is enabled to create a (CFP) configuration from zero.
In order to modify or run the contents of you must click below this with the left-hand button of the mouse.
In this case, the ZivercomPlus® will display a form where the CFP and/or CPT files will be exclusively displayed, which will be usable under a specific context, which will show up on the display as follows:
That is, the ZivercomPlus® is in charge of filtering the useless CFPs and CPTs.
The form (or dialogue), contains useful data for the user, distributed in four columns. Direct and reverse alphabetical ordering is enabled for the first three fields and, also, CFP and CPT files are distinguished with different colours.
If button is enabled, the user can click on the same to forward the configuration to the equipment, either in format CFP or CPT.
When the equipment receives the configuration it resets and is ready to operate again after approximately 15 seconds. Once the configuration has been forwarded, the ZivercomPlus®, will close the session and it will be up to the user to decide whether to open it again after the necessary time has lapsed.
2.2.5.c Managing the User Curve
The user curve is handled similarly to the configuration: The equipment can send a curve ID (a chain of characters) and the curve itself, which the Zivercomplus® program can save to your hard disk so as to avoid having to ask for it in its entirety every time. Curve files can also be provided to the Zivercomplus® program by other means. A curve ID is univocally matched to a curve file.
The basic difference is that the user curve can be requested and sent at any time, like a normal setting, and not when starting or ending the session like with the configuration.
From the configuration screen you can select User curve and press . The program asks for the curve ID, and if it accepts it, searches for the curve from among the available user curve files (crv extension).
If it finds the file, it shows the associated data directly in New
Value; and if it doesn't, it prompts you
in New Value to save the curve in the directory and file (with a crv extension) of your choice.
Once this is done, when the same curve ID is received in the future, the user already knows where to look for the data.
If you succeed in pulling up the curve, you will see something similar to the following illustration on the screen:
That is, like with the configuration, you have the name (or ID) of the curve, along with its version and its checksum.
You can edit the New Value of the curve in the same way as the configuration: when you place the cursor above New Value, it changes in appearance to , indicating that it can be edited. By right clicking you are prompted to select one of the saved crv files.
2.2.5.d Language Manager
The Language Window shows the language information twice as Actual Value and New
Value. The reason to repeat the information is to avoid losing it when the New Value is edited.
The concept is similar to the settings. The information has two fields:
- Language name. - Language version.
Independent of the existence of configuration, the options in the Language Window are: - Placing the cursor over New Value the icon indicates that is possible to select a new
value from the pull down menu activated with a left-click of the mouse.
- Once a New Value is selected, to send it to the IED click on the OK button. The
language manager will analyze the language file and will create the language files if no problems are encountered. The message to the right will be shown. Once this procedure is completed the language is ready to be sent to the IED.
- Once the language under New Value is validated and compiled, to send the file to the IED select the Language element in the right panel and click the button.
Similar to the configuration loading, the IED resets once it receives the new language. Once the language is sent, Zivercomplus® will close the active session and a new session has to be manually opened by the user after the IED finish the reset cycle.
Since the language update requires closing the active session, a confirmation message will pop up with the option to cancel in case that the changes during the session need to be saved (sew section Closing Session).
The window to the right gives the option to cancel sending the language and closing the session. It also indicates how many records haven't been saved.
If the language is successfully sent Zivercomplus® will close the active session. A new session and has to be opened by the user after the IED finish the reset cycle.
When the Language element is selected in the right panel, it is not possible to collect the language information from the IED. The collect button will be disabled: . The Language information is collected automatically, when the configuration node is selected in the left panel tree.
2.2.6
Actions, Active Group and Synchronization
The left panel will always show a Control Operations node from the protection equipment, which may or may not have a (or ) sign, depending on the circumstances. Selecting this node in the left panel, the right panel displays the following:
- A Group Activation item for requesting and editing the active group.
- A Time Synchronization item for requesting from and sending time to the protection
equipment.
- Occasionally, a subtree in the right panel indicates different user-defined commands.
As you already know, if you define your own commands when generating a configuration, these will appear below the time synchronization.
Generally, the screen will look like this:
As usual, the symbol overlaps other symbols to indicate user-defined; that is, extracted from the configuration.
If you had entered settings before pressing Actions in the left panel, an implicit request for the active group would have occurred.
That is, the retrieved data are placed in Actual Value and in Action.
In any case, you can set the Actual Value for all items by pressing . In the case of the active group, it will be the number of the current active group; for the time synchronization, it will be the protection equipment time; and for commands, it will be the command status.
The right panel will then look something like this:
As you can see, the Actual Value is also entered into Action. The same value is proposed in the Action field for the group and time as is found in the Actual Value field. However, in regard to commands, the present command status is found in Actual Value, while in Action we find one of the potential actions, taking the command status into account.
As with the settings, you can edit the different Action values one by one in order to send them to the IED:
- For the active group you can select any of the possible options, bearing in mind the total number of groups.
- The Action field cannot be edited for time synchronization.
The PC's time is taken when sending to the IED. - For commands,
you can choose between actions that are
compatible with the Actual value.
As you can see in the screen, the current value is ON and the possible action proposed is TURN OFF LED 1. Clicking on Action displays all the possible actions for the current value.
Another possible situation for this same example is shown in the screen at right.
Unlike the settings, in this case the data are sent to the protection equipment one by one, by pressing the relevant Execute button.
In all cases except synchronization, the Zivercomplus® program shows the action to be performed, like in the example at right.
If the user presses OK, the action is carried out and the IED indicates whether the action is accepted or rejected.
2.2.7 Records
In the left panel, open up the Records
node to see the four types of records contained in it: Events, Faults, Metering Logs and Oscillographs.
All records have in common that they are labeled by date and are displayed in lists where the natural order is by date, although you can order them according to your own criteria.
The operations that can be performed with them are fairly common: issuing a request, ordering according to different criteria, saving to disk, printing and deleting. Moreover, all the lists allow multiple item selection, so you can apply the operations listed above to the items of your choice. The way the different types of records are handled is described below.
2.2.7.a Events
If no event has been retrieved earlier, pressing on the Events node in the left panel will result in a screen similar to the one below.
The events list will be empty and the Zivercomplus® program will indicate this by the prompt No events to
display.
You can Request
Events from the
protection equipment by pressing . In this case, the Zivercomplus® program lets you specify which events you want.
The available options will shown to be selected (see the righ screen). Starting Date and Ending
Date will be editables only when the Record
option selection is Between Dates. The current date is provided as the default for the start and end dates.