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PCM600 2.10 ReadMe

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Doc ID 1MRS229074 Rev. A
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PCM600 2.10 Installation
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The installation procedure is described in the installation guide, which also

is available on PCM600 DVDs and in the ABB Substation Automation Software
Library at https://www143.abb.com/SoftwareLibrary/

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Known limitation and supporting information about this release
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Application Configuration:
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Group signals can not be monitored through ACT Online Monitoring. Such
connected signals will appear with value [0] always shown next to them when
Online Monitoring is in progress.

Application Configuration: Online operation (Read/Write, Online monitoring

etc.) of some older IED configuration may cause save button enabled and a
dialog may come asking to save the configuration because of new PCM600
capabilities. In order to do online operation user should save the
configuration and rewrite the configuration to IED.

Application Configuration: Creating glue logic connection between application

function blocks in ACT (Application Configuration Tool) is not supported.

Application Configuration: Glue logics are not saved to MainApplication

templates. If glue logics are needed, user must use the IED (Intelligent
Electronic Device) templates.

Application Configuration: If signals are inverted in ACT (Application

Configuration Tool), they will be invisible in SMT (Signal Matrix Tool).

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Common Read Write:
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Common Read Write: If read or write operation fails, canceling the operation
might take minutes.

Common Read Write: Validator Tool does not currently validate Application
Configuration Layout. The Application shall be validated in ACT before
downloading.

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Communication:
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Communication: PCM600: If you get an error of detaching database while
exporting the project, restart PCM600 and export the project again.

Communication: After modifying the IEC61850 horizontal communication in the IEC

61850 Configuration tool or any other system engineering tool, user needs also
to verify the configuration in Signal Matrix.

Communication: Some LON cards are not Vista or later Operation system
compatible. On Vista or later environment when using LON, user might get an
error screen about LON. Error screen can be ignored because LON communication
still works just fine.

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Installation:
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If PCM600 2.4 SP1 or an older version is uninstalled after PCM600 2.5 has been
installed, PCM600 2.5 must be repaired.

PCM600 2.6 and previous: Lifecycle Service Tool will only work with one version
of PCM600. If you want to operate the Lifecycle Service Tool with the previous
version of PCM600 (e.g. PCM600 2.4 SP1), please uncheck the Lifecycle Service
Tool in the PCM600 2.5 installation dialog.

If one PC has several PCM600 versions installed, user gets errors after
uninstallation of one of the versions. Running repair installation of the
effected version fixes the situation. Repair installation can be executed from
Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs in Windows.

If PCM600 is installed on the same PC where CET for SPAZC-40x is existing, PC

needs to be restarted before using CET.

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Parameter Setting (PST):
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Parameter Setting: Some IED (Intelligent Electronic Device) parameters are
unitless, so PCM600 Option dialog for changing length and temperature settings
does not affect them.

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PCM600:
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PCM600: When PCM600 is started, it tries to open the most recently used
project, and if this fails, an error dialog may be displayed behind the
active window. Ctrl + Tab key combination is needed to bring the error dialog
to front.

PCM600: On some occasions, user might get an error like this: "DataTable
internal index is corrupted". The problem is described in Microsoft's Knowledge
Base (http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/KB932491). Workaround is to restart PCM600
after the error appears.

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Scheduler:
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Scheduler: Task Manager requires administrator privileges in Windows 7 and
later operating systems. If an error message is displayed, start PCM600 with
administrator privileges or adjust Windows UAC to a setting that allows a
user to start services in Windows.

Scheduler: Scheduling DR (Disturbance Recorder) read can't be used if

authentication is enabled in the IED (Intelligent Electronic Device).

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SCL (Substation Configuration Language):
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SCL: Before importing PCM600 1.5 projects to PCM600 2.5 or later, it must be
made sure that object captions in Plant Structure are valid IEC61850 names.

SCL: Maximum number of report control blocks shouldn't be defined to be more

than IED (Intelligent Electronic Device) can handle. Please refer to IED
documentation.