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User Guide
Setting Software
The aim of this handbook is to provide to the User, the necessary information’s for the use of
the setting software SMARTsoft (Setting Maintenance Analysis Recording Timesaving soft),
common to the whole of Industry, Railway, Transport, Regulation and Distribution ranges.
We advise you to read it carefully, in order to take note of the available functionalities and to
proceed to connection and power of the product in accordance with the recommendations
provided in the Handling Guide.
By clicking the “Next” button, the setting software SMARTsoft is installed in the selected
directory.
If “Run the program” stays selected, the program is launched after clicking on the button
“Done”. Otherwise, from the icon “SMARTsoft" installed to the desktop, launch the program
of the setting software.
After the first installation, import the data base of the equipments to be configured from the
CD supplied.
Report to the paragraph “Addition or update of the bases of the equipments” of this guide.
The different user profiles and their password by default are following:
"Commissioning": "mes"
"Operation": "exp"
"Consultation": " "
♦ Edit Menu:
Management of preferences
Access to parameters
♦ RTM Menu: Real time measures (measures, Input state, relay state, state of the
protection functions, counter values, etc.).
♦ Commissioning Menu: Help for commissioning and maintenance of the protection
(LCD test, contrast tuning, time setting, output testing, wiring control, thresholds
control).
♦ Events Menu: reading of the device log, reading of a saved events file
♦ Disturbances Menu: reading of devices disturbances, reading of disturbance file
recorded
♦ Help Menu: Display of the setting software issue.
♦ New Button:
Create a new configuration
♦ Open Button:
Open a previously archived configuration.
♦ Close Button:
Close current configuration.
♦ Compare Button:
Compare a file with the current configuration.
♦ Save Button:
Save the current configuration.
♦ Manage DB Button:
Addition or update of the databases of the equipments
♦ Connect Button:
Connection to the device and reading of parameters.
♦ Upload Button:
Writing of the current configuration in the device
♦ Parameters Button:
Display of the device parameters.
♦ Events Button:
Display of the events occurred in the device.
♦ Disturbances Button:
Display of the disturbance recordings executed by the device
2.1 Preferences
Select the EDIT menu, then the PREFERENCES sub menu. Multiple choices are proposed
to the operator:
Choice of the HMI language.
Operator has a list of usable communication ports to interact with the device.
Note: These ports can be used by USB or network adapters. In this case, the
driver has to be installed to the PC and the adapter connected to it has to be
shown in the list of available ports.
To communicate with a device, connect the linkage cable between the RS232 plug of an
NP800 device and the RS232 output corresponding to the COM port selected (Local on PC,
deported by USB).
This action is possible only in not connected mode and without open configuration file.
The operator activates the function “Add, updated bases” or deletes the bases.
The button “List dir. Data’” allows the update of a set of bases of several equipments.
(directory "DATA" of SMARTsoft or from the CD)
The button “List a/the base(s)" allows the update of base(s) of equipment.
3.1.1.1 Button “List dir. Data”
After clicking the button “List dir. Data” the following screen is displayed. The operator must
selects the directory "DATA" of SMARTsoft or from the CD
The selection of the directory validates the button “Base(s) Import / selected ". The operator
chooses the bases to be imported and confirms the import by action on the button “Base(s)
Import / selected ".
The selection of the file validates the button "Base(s) Import selected ". The operator
chooses the bases to be imported and confirms the import by action on the button “Base(s)
Import / selected".
2 - Choose the family, the equipment, and then eventually, the version of the equipment
1 - Select the case of your equipment, according to the supplied version / or the diagram n°:
2 - Select the options and alternatives of your device, according to the supplied configuration:
Directory location
Files location
1- Create a configuration file (Cf. 3.2) according to the data base to be transferred. The
choice of the case, options and alternatives will be imported with the parameters.
2- Select the “File” menu, then the “Import settings” sub menu.
The imported file must imperatively be a previous version. One exception, it is possible to
import a V2.20 file from the old NP800 Setting Software to a V2.20 version of
SMARTsoft.
Note: The new features of the database file of SMARTsoft and non-existent in the
importing will not be changed.
Directory location
Files location
This window allows programming the whole of device parameters, classified by categories
associated to an icon.
Icon Category
Information’s
Operation
Protection
Programmable functions
LED
Digital Inputs
Digitals Outputs
Communication
Regulation
Logical Selectivity
Disturbance
Inhibition
Note: The categories depend on the type of the selected device. The list of icons above is
not exhaustive.
After a selection of a category, the list of functions of this category appears in the table. By
packing / expanding the functions, the parameters are displayed in the table. For every
parameter, the description and the affected value of every set are displayed.
The modified values by the operator are displayed in red.
Example:
- Zone of packed functions, symbolized by “+“.
- Parameter modification of one function via a combo, in a data input zone, an elevator.
Before the modification, all information’s of the parameters are displayed in black.
Modification via a combo:
- The button allows reloading either the initial value, or the last validated
value.
The different parameters are classified by categories, then by functions. These categories
and functions depend on the device type to configure.
Refer to the Application guide of the device to be configured to obtain a detailed list of the
available functions and their setting.
This category allows displaying or modifying the configuration of the device general
parameters, for example:
Nominal (rated) voltage
Name of the sub/station, device, device number
Definition of the different sensors
…
This category allows displaying or modifying the configuration for the whole of the
device functions such as:
Max I
dI / dt
Max U
Min U
Max F
Recloser
…
This category allows defining the assignment of LEDS on the front side of the device.
Two parameters by LED allow defining the associated function and the display mode:
Definition of the function associated to the LED
Display mode on signal:
o Fix,
o Flashing
Display mode on fault:
o Inst. Fault Fix
o Inst. Fault flashing
o Inst-Flashing Trip-Fix
o Inst-Fix Trip-Flashing
o Trip –Fix
o Trip-Flashing
This category allows defining the association of inputs to the different device
functions.
The parameter "Operating mode of Digital Inputs" allows selecting the active status
for each input.
This category allows defining the output assigned to the different functions:
Output for the tripping of Circuit Breaker
Output signalling a trip
Output signalling the current table of parameters
…
This category, activated if the communication option is present, allows defining the
parameters of the RS485 communication, like:
JBUS slave number
Transmission format
Transmission speed
According to the device, the button, appearing on the line of the function, allows the
graphic representation of the setting of minimum of impedance [21] and directional [32]
functions.
If the type of device, the variants (alternatives) and the options are compatible with the data
in the memory, the transfer is done.
If the type of device is the same, but its variables or options are not compatible with the data
in the memory, the transfer is aborted. The “options and variants” window appear to display
those of the device. If the operator validates, the parameters in memory are updated with the
options and variants of the device.
4.4 Comparison
During the editing of device parameters, an action on the button allows selecting a
file to compare to the current editing parameter.
During the display of the comparison, the operator can modify the parameters of the
configuration current editing.
To display all the differences between the configurations, the operator has to display each
category of parameter.
An action on the button cancels the current comparison. The screen displays the
list of current editing parameter.
From the window of parameters inputs, a click on the button opens the window of
parameters to print. Many output options are available:
- A printing towards the printer configured by default.
- An output towards a file in "PDF" format.
- Printing of one page
- Printing of the entire document.
This window is accessible by button. The RTM window is divided in two tables
allowing displaying at same time:
- The whole of measurements or states of the device.
- The remote control.
Screen without remote control:
This category allows displaying the different measurements to display on the RTM.
Current
Voltage
…
This category allows showing the various states memorized of the equipment.
State of instantaneous faults
State of the delayed faults…
…
This category allows displaying the values of the different counters of device.
Reclosing counter
Tripping counter
…
By selecting a line in the remote control zone, the possible actions are displayed. The
operator has to choose the action to do and ask the transfer to the device.
Execution report
The "Screen test" function allows controlling the screen and the lights of the device:
- alternate lighting of the 16 characters on the two lines of screen.
- flashing of L1, L2, L3 and L4.
The “LCD contrast" function allows to set the screen according to the viewing angle
compared to the operator.
Place the device "Viewing angle" cursor,
Press on the “Test” button to verify the good contrast of the screen.
Press on the “Validate” button to record the new setting.
This screen allows setting the time of the device with the PC time. This time-setting is
necessary for dating the events.
This screen is available with “Commissioning” level. It allows to access to the different
following functions according to the connected device.
This screen available with "Commissioning" level, allows verifying the wiring of the output
relays of device. The number of relay depends on the device type (Number of the relays,
options, variants).
A click on the associated button of one output unit allows activating temporarily this one.
.
This screen available, according to the device, with « Commissioning » level allows to
access to the wiring control of analog inputs.
This screen allows the display of specific measure values, allowing to the software to
determine if the analog inputs are correctly wired.
These screens available, according to device with « Commissioning » level, allows the
thresholds control.
7.1 Memorization/Acknowledgement
The list of the memorized events in the device can be loaded via button.
The « Information » button allows displaying event detail (see chapter below).
The « Print » button allows printing the list of events.
The « Refresh » allows reading new events occurred since the last loading.
The « Save » button allows recording the events.
The « Close » button allows to exit from the event menu.
This menu allows choosing the disturbance recording needed to be transferred towards the
device for display. These data disturbance can be saved in a set of files in “Comtrade”
format, for external use: Analysis, values extraction, reproduction with a test set.
The setting options, on left of the disturbance recordings window, allow modifying the
presentation of the lines:
"Settings": choice of background colour, Grid of the background or marking of time
stamping points on the disturbance recording line.
"Analog inputs": selection of analog inputs (main line), selection of the line color.
"Digital inputs": selection of digital inputs (at bottom of line), selection of the line
colour.
The selection of channels is done by rolling lists.
The colour selection is done by clicking in the corresponding case to open the window for the
colours.
Some vertical bars can be placed to do time measures, which are displayed on the service
line (t0, t1 and t1 - t0)
With the help of the mouse, select the starting point of zoom and slide the mouse until the
end point of zoom. The selected zone appears in black, like on the picture below.
Choose the profile to modify, then type the old password and validate.
The cable to be used between the device and the DB9 output points of a PC fitted with a
RS232 port is as follow: