CSC-2000(V2)

Substation Automation SCADA System

Technical Application Manual
 CSC-2000(V2)
Substation Automation SCADA System
Technical Application Manual

Compiled: Cui Xingyu

Checked: Liu Ju

Standardized: Li Lianchang

Inspected: Cui Chenfan

Version: V1.00
Doc.Code: 0SF.492.118(E)

Issued Date: 2013.12.31

 Version：V1.00

Doc. Code: 0SF.492.118(E)

Issued Date：2013.12

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Contents
1 Overview .................................................................................................................................. 1
1.1 Background ................................................................................................................. 1
1.2 System characteristics and architecture ................................................................. 2
1.2.1 System characteristics ................................................................................... 2
1.2.2 System architecture ....................................................................................... 2
2 Online Operation .................................................................................................................... 4
2.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 4
2.2 Operation ..................................................................................................................... 5
2.2.1 Remote Control ............................................................................................... 5
2.2.2 Device Hang Board ........................................................................................ 6
2.2.3 Digital Position Set ......................................................................................... 7
2.2.4 Analog Configuration ..................................................................................... 8
2.2.5 Sequence Control ........................................................................................... 8
2.2.6 Bay Unlock .................................................................................................... 10
2.2.7 Clear Blink ..................................................................................................... 10
2.2.8 Hang Board Administration ......................................................................... 11
2.2.9 Alarm push graph ......................................................................................... 11
3 Report and Curve ................................................................................................................. 12
3.1 Report......................................................................................................................... 12
3.1.1 Basic Application........................................................................................... 14
3.1.2 Create Report................................................................................................ 18
3.1.3 Operate Report Template ............................................................................ 19
3.1.4 Edit Report Template.................................................................................... 21
3.1.5 Report Save and Synchronization ............................................................. 49
3.2 Curve .......................................................................................................................... 51
3.2.1 History curve ................................................................................................. 52
3.2.2 Real-time curve ............................................................................................. 54
4 Real-time Alarm .................................................................................................................... 56
4.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................ 56
4.2 Real-time Alarm Window ......................................................................................... 57
4.2.1 Configuration of alarm type ......................................................................... 58
4.2.2 Alarm Action .................................................................................................. 59
4.2.3 Edit Alarm Type ............................................................................................. 61
4.2.4 Timing and Times Alarm .............................................................................. 63
4.2.5 Example of Configuration ............................................................................ 63
4.3 Frequent Question and Answer .............................................................................. 64
5 Protection information .......................................................................................................... 66
5.1 IED Management...................................................................................................... 66
5.1.1 Protection Management .............................................................................. 66
5.1.2 Record Device Management ...................................................................... 69
5.2 DR Management ...................................................................................................... 70
5.2.1 Setting of DR Analysis ................................................................................. 70
 5.2.2 Read DR File ................................................................................................. 71
6 History Information ............................................................................................................... 76
6.1 History Query ............................................................................................................ 76
6.1.1 General introduction ..................................................................................... 76
6.1.2 Interface of History Query ........................................................................... 76
1 Overview
1.1 Background
CSC-2000 series automation system (CSC-2000 system) is a layered and
distributed substation automation system, with the integrated functions of
monitor, control, measurement, record, relay protection, safe-automation
equipments, communication and remote control. The system has the ability
to operate in different voltage levels and guarantee the power system
running economically, safely, reliably, and stably. CSC-2000 system can be
widely used in different voltage level substations.

Basing on years of research and development in substation and experience

of engineering application, and referring to international standard, CSC-2000
(V2) substation automation system (V2 system) is improved to adapt the
development of higher voltage level and larger system, and solve the
problems of interoperability of operation systems. To sum up, V2 system is
the comprehensive upgrade of CSC-2000 system.

V2 system passed the technology authentication of China Electric Machinery

Engineering Institute and acquired higher evaluation on Nov.12, 2005. The
local SCADA, telecontrol, bay layer protection, and bay control equipments
meet the IEC61850 and can be applied in various substations in 1000kV
level and below. V2 system is also compatible with present protocols. That
solves the problem of transition from current protocols to IEC61850. Because
of the excellent open-endedness, it is convenient to apply the current
substation automation equipments and upgrade the system.

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1.2 System characteristics and architecture

1.2.1 System characteristics

Besides inheriting the design of distribution and object-oriented and the

advantage of generation of CSC-2000 system, V2 system supports the
following new characteristics:

 Supporting multiple operation systems (Windows/UNIX) and multiple

and mixed (32bit/64bit) hardware platform;

 Supporting IEC61850 protocol;

 On the basis of SCADA data platform, integrated voltage quality control

function (VQC);

 SCADA system integrates with interlock function and realize complete

operation sequence function;

 Supporting the design of graphics and database integration and topology

analysis dynamic coloring function.

1.2.2 System architecture

All the function modules, including communication, AVQC, interlock system,

and operation sequence, adopt kit design, so they can be configured on
computer in accordance with different requirements of customer. There are
two typical configuration schemes: distributed configuration and centralized
configuration. In distributed configuration structure, main applications can
operate in separately different servers. For centralized configuration, these
applications are integrated into the two operation station. Due to V2 system
supports Windows/UNIX mixed platform, Windows operation system and
UNIX operation system can be used in operation station and server
respectively for distributed configuration architecture, in order to bring
convenience for operators and guarantee the reliability. In addition, high
configured hardware platform V2 system adopted can ensure to achieve all
the SAS function even the system is quite integrated. V2 system also
supports flexible scalability. Excluding telecontrol, all the functions can be
realized in single computer for a substation in 110kV level and below.

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 RCC

satellite

WAN

Time server

Operation Operation Protection Maintenance M/B SCADA Interlock

station 1 station 2 engineer station Engineer Station Server system station

Gateway

Ethernet 1

Ethernet 2

Network
information
PPM/
management
PPM/
IEC60870-5-103
IRIG-B

HV Protection MV BCU &

BCU BCU Protection
Protection
from 3rd part

Figure 1 CSC-2000 (V2) Distributed Configuration Structure

RCC

satellite

WAN

Time server

Operation Operation Protection Interlock

station 1 station 2 engineer station system station

Gateway

Ethernet 1

Ethernet 2

Network
information
PPM/
management
PPM/
IEC60870-5-103
IRIG-B

HV Protection MV BCU &

BCU BCU Protection
Protection
from 3rd part

Figure 2 CSC-2000 (V2) Centralized Configuration Structure

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2 Online Operation
2.1 Introduction
User can complete the interaction with SCADA system, including monitoring
running status, inquiring relative data, and issuing control command in
system, via online operation interface.

Startup of online operation interface: click Start → Applications → Graph

Applications → SCADA Running. The interface is shown as following figure:

Figure 3 SCADA Operation Interface

Here is the introduction of main toolbar functions:

Navigation graphics: Use the function to open a navigation graphics of

the current graphics. Draw the mouse on the navigation graphics to move the
displayed content of the graphics window.

Draw graphics: Use this function to draw the graphics on the current
graphics window.

Operation: Use this function to handle specific SCADA operation on the

graphics, like telecommand, hang board and so on. In normal condition, this
toolbar function must be selected.

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 Display hang board information: Use this function to display or shield the
hang board information.

Display device label: Use the tool to display or shield device name.

Display real-time date: Use the tool to display or shield the value of
telemetering value.

Display selection: Use the tool to configure function extension for the last
three tools above.

Sequence control: Use the tool to edit sequence control and operate
sequence control.

Topology Trigger: Use the tool to trigger topology analysis manually.

VQC Information: Use the tool to view current running information of

VQC.

2.2 Operation
Besides the toolbar introduced above, all the operations in the running
interface can be achieved by creating function buttons, such as graphics shift,
device reset and so on, which base on the operation in process of graphics
edition. SCADA system also supports some basic operation in mouse
right-click menu. The details will be introduced in below.

2.2.1 Remote Control

Left click device to operate a remote operation. The following items must be
met before the remote control process.

1) The node must be an operation station;

2) This device has been matched with remote control and digital input;

3) The node must allow remote control;

4) Corresponding interlock logic digital of the remote control point is verified.

(Optional) That is, if the value of interlock logic signalization in real-time
database configuration tool is “1”, the remote control point cannot be
controlled.

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 5) The equipment, which the control point matched, allows remote control.

6) Pass the verification of interlock logic. (Optional)

Only all the items above are satisfied, the dialog box of remote control
operation is shown in system interface as following graphics.

Figure 4 interface of dialog box of Remote Control

The method of operation verification can be selected in system setting

according to the type of telecontrol. The button “Select” will be opened only
by passing operation verification, and the execution of telecommand will be
opened when telecommand is selected successfully.

2.2.2 Device Hang Board

Right click in the device, and select Device Hang Board in the pop-up menu.
The interface of hang board and un-hang board is shown as following figure.

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 Figure 5 interface of Device Hang Board

The current hanged boards of the device are shown in the upper area of the
interface, and all the boards can be shown in below. Select a board in the below
area and click “hang board” to list board for the device. Select listed board in
upper area and click “un-hang board” to take off board. The concept and
property can be defined in system setting. The shape can be defined in
component edition and then connected to the board name. The position of the
board also can be moved in graphics edition.

2.2.3 Digital Position Set

Right click on the device and select Digital Position Setting in floating menu.
The interface is shown as follow.

Figure 6 interface of Digital Position Setting

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 If the switch has four statuses, four graphics icons appear in the above figure.
The different graphics icon corresponds to different digital status. Click
Manual Setting to set the position of the device. Click “Set Cancel” to
recover to original status.

2.2.4 Analog Configuration

Right click the device and select Analog Configuration. The interface of
analogue configuration is shown as follow.

Figure 7 interface of Analog Configuration

The content of analog configuration includes high limit, low limit, superior
high limit, inferior lower limit as well as manual setting for engineer values.
When manually set value, select the option of Manual Setting firstly, and
then input specific value. Next, click “Apply” button to finish.

2.2.5 Sequence Control

Click “Sequence control” button in toolbar, the operation and edition interface
of sequence control can be shown as follow.

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 Figure 8 interface of sequence Control Operation

Select the “Edit” option to start the edition of sequence control task. Then
select “device adding to sequence control list” to add the device to sequence
control tasks in pop-up menu.

Show moving up, moving down, moving out and clear the
object respectively in sequence control list.

When “Edit” is not select, it means task operation is in sequence. The buttons
of operation are:

Group Implementation: Continuously implement the remote

command of a group of switches.

Single Step Implementation: Only execute one remote command.

Suspend Implementation: Click the button to suspend the

implementation. Click the group implementation and single step
implementation to continue the task.

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 Progress bar can display the implementation condition of the task. Additional,
there are four types status for remote command.

Indicate waiting for implementation;

Indicate implementation in processing;

Indicate the fault of implementation;

Indicate the success of implementation.

2.2.6 Bay Unlock

Bay unlocking means unlocking interlock for selected device. After

completion of the remote control, interlock recovers to original status. The
effective time of bay interlock unlocking is one remote control operation.

Right click the device in graphics and select Bay unlock in the pop-up menu.
After inputting the user name and password, the interface of bay unlock will
be shown as following figure:

Figure 9 interface of Bay Unlock

Select the bay and click “Ok” to confirm.

2.2.7 Clear Blink

When there is graphics element blinking, right click it and select Clear Blink in
pop-up menu to clear blink for the graphics element. Plus, the clear blink
button supplied by interface can be applied to take batch clear blink.

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2.2.8 Hang Board Administration

Right click on the blank space of single line diagram window, and select
“Hang Board Manage” in pop-up menu.

Figure 10 interface of Hang Board Manage

After the filtration of type and voltage, according to the connection relation,
corresponding device and be selected. If right click menu does not contain
this option, please check the graphics configuration file: project / sysconfig /
GraphPorperty.ini whether usehbmanage property is set to Enable.

2.2.9 Alarm push graph

The graph pushed need to be defined in real-time database configuration tool.

Hence, the graph of the alarm point is pre-defined bay graphics. When alarm
occurs, the defined graph will be pushed automatically in running window,
and the alarm push graph button will turn to red. If more than one push graph
existing simultaneously, only the first graph will be pushed. The other graphs
in push graph sequence will be pushed one by one after the last alarm push
graph is confirmed. Only all the alarm push graphs are confirmed, the button
will recover to be normal. If special graph need to be pushed in alarm point, it
can be defined in push graph configuration file,
project/sysconfig/pushgraph.ini. In this file, the method of push graph and
condition of alarm definition can also be set.

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3 Report and Curve
3.1 Report
Reports are important method for substation to operate monitoring and save
operation data. It includes two aspects of meaning: firstly, report is the
important function for SCADA system; secondly, report is powerful support
for operators, because plenty of statistic data is necessary in local operation.
Report contains following functions.
1. Edit report template: report template is the defined aggregation of a
serial of point, character string and formula. The edition of report
template, such as new report, edit report and copy report, is usually
finished by engineering personnel, who edit the corresponding daily
report, monthly report, annual report and so on, in accordance with the
requirement in locale.

2. Generate operating report: the operating personnel in locale can select

date, daily table, monthly table and annual table in the range of selected
date generated by report template, and so on. The operating personnel
also can export reports, such as print, and saving as Excel file.

Click StartApplicationsHistoryReport, to start report management,

shown as following figure.

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 Figure 11 startup of Report

After the startup of report program, the layout is shown as Figure 12. In the
left is the list of report root which is displayed in tree structure. The menu bar
and toolbar can be find in the top of the window. Some buttons in toolbar are
not available and in grey in condition of report browsing. When the report
interface is in the condition of edition, all the functions will be available. In the
list of report root, the root node is report root and the sub-nodes are the main
nodes of types of report, such as operating report, daily report, weekly report,
monthly report, season report and annual report. Double click these nodes to
unfold corresponding type of report. Double click these reports,
corresponding daily report, monthly report, and annual report can be
generated according to the set date in browsing mode, while in edition mode,
the report template can be opened for edition.

If it needs to create or modify the existed report, operator should select setup
in the menu or click the option of report edition in toolbar to enter report
edition. System can judge whether user has right to edit and modify report
according to authority of user.

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 Figure 12 main interface of Report

3.1.1 Basic Application

3.1.1.1 Browse Report

Click the Report Edit button in toolbar to shift the two state of report
edition and report browsing. When editing report, users need to have
corresponding editing right. However, in browsing state, user can browse
report only being provided with operating report right.

In the browsing state, double click report node of the list in the left to export
reports of current day, current month, and current year. If previous report is
needed, it can be realized by setting report date. Click date button in toolbar
to pop up date dialog, shown as following figure.

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 Figure 13 dialog of Date Selection

After selecting date and confirming, report of the selected date can be
exported. Furthermore, current report is not necessary to be shut down, but
can be fresh according to selected date.

Figure 14 example 1 of report browse

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 Figure 15 example 2 of report browse

3.1.1.2 Operate Report

Beside of the daily report, report function also supports some special reports.
Daily report alternating with history data supplies user a method to examine
history record. When browsing the information, data cannot be modified but
can be printed and export as Excel.

Operator can create and edit an operation template in edition mode, and
open the template and input some information manually, such as substation
operation log in browsing mode. In the report, all the cells can be edited by
the method of double clicking.

3.1.1.3 Report Output

Report can be exported as Excel in both modes of edition and browsing,

according to click the Excel button in toolbar. The figure below will pop
up to save exported file. The default path is
csc2100_home\project\Report\opt and the default output file name is
yyyy_mm_dd_hh_mm_ss.xls. User can also assign output path and file
name. For UNIX host, the Excel files can be downloaded to Windows PC by
FTP software, so user can view the files with Microsoft Excel.

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 Figure 16 dialog of Report Output

Note: The output window of report is mode window. Thus, other window can be
operated until, the dialog being closed.

Meanwhile, from the Version V1.2.1.9, report supports the function of file
output with serial port to meet the requirement of some users, who wish the
Excel report can be transferred to the fixed directory of windows host of third
party. Refer to the Chapter VI Report Maintenance of Engineering and
Operation Manual for specific configuration process of serial port.

3.1.1.4 Report Print

Click print report button in toolbar to print the report.

Before printing, the page setup of report can also be regulated in printing

setup button . The modification of page setup of report in the mode of

browsing cannot influence the page setup of template. Page setup of report
will recover back when opening report next time. The only method to modify
permanently the page setup of report is setting in report edition mode and
saving it.

Click printing preview button to preview the printing effect before

printing. Furthermore, the report cannot be printed if not being set the printing
area.

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3.1.2 Create Report

Click function menu FileNew report, select new report ( include new
operating report, new daily report, new week report, new month report, new
season report) to select one.

Right click the sub-node in left tree structure list to pop up corresponding
menu. But only the new report of this sub-node can be created. The detail is
shown as figures below.

Figure 17 example of new daily report menu

Figure 18 example of new weekly report menu

If the report is in the edition mode, the following dialog will pop up and prompt
user inputting the name of new report template file. Otherwise, alarm dialog
will be shown in the main window to prompt user entering the edition mode
firstly.

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 Figure 18 dialog of new report

Input name of new report in the dialog box. The name can be Chinese
character, alphabet and Arabic numerals but not including illegal characters,
like “<”, “>” and so on. After the confirmation, the blank report template will be
shown as following figure.

Figure 19 blank report template

3.1.3 Operate Report Template

Select a report in the list, and right click to display report operation floating
menu, shown as follow. Report operation floating menu includes Open
Report, Rename Report, Delete Report, Copy Report, and Time Printing
Report. Except that Open report can be applied in browsing mode, other
items can only be used in edition mode.

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 Figure 20 operation report floating menu

1. Select Open Report, or directly double click the report in the list to open
the report in order to display history data in the browsing mode, or to edit in
edition mode.

2. Select Rename Report to edit the item of report. Input the new name of
the report and enter to change the original name.

Figure 21 figure of Rename Report

3. Select Delete Report to delete the report after confirmation.

4. Select Copy Report to copy the original report to new report after
inputting the new name of the report.

5. Report management supports daily time printing report. Select Timing

Printing Report to pop up time setup dialog of timing printing, shown as
figure below. The time of timing printing of report defaults as 1:15. The set

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 printing time of each report can be in time interval, such as 5 minutes.

Figure 22 Setup Dialog of Timing Print Time

After setup, the icon of report item in the tree structure list on the left will be

changed. The icon of printer is added on the left side of report icon,
which shows the report has been set timing printing, such as .

Note: Before setting Timing Printing Report, it needs to set the printing area of report
and then adjust printing result by printing setup. Refer to the latter chapter for
detailed operation.

The timing printing report can only proceed on the master operator station.
On the node of the master operator station, report starts up automatically. As
long as the existence of desk program, the report exists always. Even shut
down the report, it can work in background to guarantee report printing
punctually.

6. Select Cancel Timing Print to cancel time printing of report.

3.1.4 Edit Report Template

In report template edition, a blank report template can be defined points,

character string, and formula, finally formed to be a complex report template.

In report edition, the work can be divided into two types: one is defining and
modifying content of cell in report; the other one is defining the displaying
color, extension, color of cell, format of report.

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 Figure 23 Example 1 of Report Template

Figure 24 Example 2 of Report Template

3.1.4.1 Definition of Cell

In report template, cell includes four types: character string, date, point, and
formula. In the template, the point can be indicated by “****”, and automatic
filled point can be pointed at “**”. The automatic filled points depend on the
defined point, and cannot be edited directly, but can be proceeded with “****”

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point. The formula begins with symbol of “#”, such as “#SUM(A2: A35)”. In
the undefined blank cell, double click to pop up dialog of cell type.

Figure 25 Window of Cell Type Selection

Note: the cell definition above is to define the blank cell. If double clicking the cell
defined with type of character string, formula or point, this window will not pop up but
the corresponding definition window will.

1. Define date

In the dialog of Select Cell Type, select Date and confirm, and then the cell
is defined to be date type with the default of current date. The display date of
date type cell is consistent of the date of report in browsing mode. Only one
date type cell can be defined in report. A new date type cell will erase last cell
defined in date type.

2. Define characteristic string

In the dialog of Select Cell Type, select String and confirm, and then the
following dialog can be shown. The content of string type cell is fixed.
Additional, characteristic string of time can be automatically filled.

Figure 26 Window of Character String Input

3. Define Point

In the dialog of Select Cell Type, select Point Edit and confirm, and then the
following dialog can be shown.

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 Figure 27 Window of Point Definition

In Measurands and Objects node, the specific digital signal, analog or energy
can be selected. The relative statistics types can be set, such as current
value, maximum and minimum time of analog input, and absolute energy. In
the equipment node, VQC related equipments can be selected, such as
capacitance, reactance, double-coil transformer and triple-coil transform. The
statistics type of relative point of these equipments can be set such as times
of rise/enable and reduce/disable.

Additional, the pointing mode of point can also be set, including initial time,
time of step, pointing number and so on. When the number of pointing is
more than 1, the arrangement direction of point can be set. Furthermore, if
the type of statistics is current value for AI, the colors of upper limit and lower
limit can be set. The upper and lower limit value is the same as limit value of
AI in real-time database. In the following, the point definition and statistics
mode will be specifically introduced. If it is known that the interior ID32,
Global ID (Non-equipment ID) of equipment matched Measurands and
objects, the name can be configured via the method of front symbol of
(ana/dig/pul/vqc) +ID, for example, ana36 is the AI equaled to 36 in interior
ID32.

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Because the arrangement direction of report is vertical, so vertical is in
default, and horizontal is optional.

Note: as mentioned above, there are two types of point: manual defined point by
“****” and automatic filled point by “**”. In the definition of point, when the pointing
number of point definition is more than1, the automatic filled points will appear, which
belong to manual defined point and cannot be edited. If it is needed to delete, copy a
paste certain point definition, the related filled points should also be selected and
edited together.

For the current value of analog, the colors in daily report and month report
can be used to show whether the value is off-normal upper limit and lower
limit in real-time database. In default, off-normal upper limit color and lower
limit color are red and blue respectively, and the normal color is black.
However, after defining report, the upper and lower limit of analog in real-time
database change, so operator need to redefine the point.

In additional, full point value can be selected to display in month report, but
this is the superposition with the function of daily function. It is recommended
to display the full point value of specific time each day.

4. Define formula

In the dialog of Select Cell Type, select Formula Edit and confirm, and then
the following dialog can be shown.

Figure 28 Window of Formula Definition

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 It could be seen that the cell of formula definition is pink, to prompt user to
only edit formula in the cell. First, left click the formula edition bar, where
displays an equal sign. The formula can be edited behind the equal sign. The
cell is shown as coordinate, for example, the cell in first row and A column is
A1, and the collection from the third row B column to H column can be
marked as B3:H3. Take the sum of cells from the seventh row C column to
thirtieth row C column as an example, it can be realized by inputting sum
(C7:C30).

The following functions can be applied in formula definition.

 Trigonometric and inverse trigonometric function: SIN, COS, ASIN,

ACOS

 Absolute Value: ABS()

 Square Root: SQRT()

 Average Value Function: AVERAGE()

 Max Function: MAX()

 MIN Function: MIN()

 SUM Function: SUM()

The first three functions above are single value functions, and the rest can be
used for multiple ones. They are also can be operated with “+”, “-”, “*”, “/”,
and so on.

After defining a formula cell, it can be copied and paste to several formula.
Refer to the content of Area Cut Copy section for examples.

3.1.4.2 Definition of Report Format

The definition of report format is divided into two parts: one is the definition of
complete format such as display extension, front color, background color,
display proportion, and printing area setup, which is named as report setup;
the other one is the definition of local area format, such as font, color, and
display mode, which is named cell format setup.

1. Set Report Sheet

Right click in the report to pop up floating menu, and select Sheet Setting.

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 Figure 29 Floating menu of report edition

There are four options relating with sheet setting, Hide Grid Lines, Show Row
Heading, Show Column Heading and Formats Sheet. The first three can be
selected and taken effect immediately. Click Formats Sheet to pop up
window of property setup of worksheet.

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 Figure 30 Window of Property Setup of Worksheet

Here the foreground, background colors, displaying extension, displaying

proportion (percentage) and scroll bay can be set. It is recommended that not
set the foreground color, and horizontal scrollbar and vertical scrollbar are set
as Auto.

2. Set Cell

Left click and draw mouse to select the area of cells, and then select Font
Format in right-click floating menu. In the pop-up setup window, it can be set
the font, color and size for the selected area.

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 Figure 31 window of Font Format

Select area and the format of the cell to pop up window of cell format. It can
be set the table style, color, number format and so on.

Figure 32 window of Cell Format

After selecting area, the font format and cell format can also be set according

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to the two function buttons in toolbar of report.

Note: In Windows platform, the selected area displays reverse color. The selected
area loses color when right-click floating menu pop up, and will be recovered when
floating menu disappears.

In font format window, the font, size, color and the style can be set, including
Bold, Italic, Strikeout, and Underline. Because the font relies on the font
resource file of operating system, it cannot display when font resource does
not exist. It is suggested to use Serif font.

In the cell format window, Alignment, Border color, and number format can be
set. It is suggested to use Horizontal Center Vertical Center. The number
format can be used to set the style of number displayed in cell. It is only
available for the cells to display number, such as values of the Analog.
General is the default format, which is not limited format. The usual used
placeholder includes “0”, “#”, and “.”. “0” indicates that 0 is filled when there is
no bit. “.” shows the display position of decimal. For example, “#.###” means
the data only displaying the last three digits to decimal. However, “0.00”
shows the data displaying the last two digits to decimal, and filling “0” if less
than two digits. It needs to be noted that the display effect of 0 values is not
good if only “#” in use. For example, in “#.##”, 0 value displays as “.”, so it is
recommended that two placeholders can be used cooperatively, such as
“0.0##”.

Note: Merge Cell is used to combine the cells in selected area which is used to
display the fixed content, like the report name shown as following figure. If editing the
merged cell, it needs to double click on the upper left corner of the cell to edit. If not,
the edition cannot be displayed.

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 Figure 33 Example of Report Template

3.1.4.3 Area Edition

Though a complex template can be made by defining cell and setting the
format, more operations are modification, copy and batch processing on the
current base to improve efficiency. These operations are based on one
particular area, so they can be named area edition. The command option of
area edition can be executed in the right click floating menu.

1. Automatically filling time

Though the cell can be selected as character string type to input text in
definition of cell, for the text with strong regularity and sequence, such as
time and number, it can be selected the mode of batch filling.

Left click to select initial cell and right click to select Filling Time in floating
menu. The pop-up menu is shown as the figure below. The text format can
be selected as “2:00”, “1”, “Monday”, “1”, “January”, and so on. The
explanation is as follows:

 “2:00” shows the filling time is format of “HH24:MI”, which is usually used
in daily report.

 “1” shows filling number.

 “Monday” shows to fill the text with unit of week.

 “1” shows to fill text with daily format, which is used in month report.

 “January” shows to fill text with month format, which is used in season
report and year report.

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 Figure 34 window of automatically filling text

Take day report as an example, it needs to display whole point value of 24

hour in a day, and make annotation on the side of time point. The operation is
as follows:

Select Text Format as “2:00”, Start Time as 0 O’clock, Step Time as 60

minutes, Sample Data Sum as 24, and arrangement direction as vertical.
After confirmation, it can automatically fill time.

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 Figure 35 example of automatically filling time

2. Area Cut, Copy and Paste

If using the copy function, drag the copied area and right click to pop up
floating menu. Select Copy to finish the function. Cut function is similar to
copy, but the area would be clear.

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 Figure 36 figure of area copy

Then, on the left upper corner of the pasted area, select Paste in right-click
menu. The Paste can also multiply proceed in horizontal. Use the left key
draw and select paste area. Note that the area should be integer times of
copied area. For instance, if the copied area is 26 row*1 column, the pasted
area is supposed to be 26 row* N column. (N is integer)

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 Figure 37 figure of area paste

If modifying definition of point in the paste area, select modified area and
select Change Points in the right-click menu.

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 Figure 38 select modification of point

After clicking Change Point, the point modification dialog will pop up.
Choose the corresponding point and confirm, and then system automatically
uses selected point to substitute the point with same type in the selected
area. If there are DI, AI, Energy, VQC equipments in the selected area,
Change Point will fully substitute all points consistent to the selected point
type.

The dialog box of Change Point is the same as dialog box of point definition,
supporting the search function of using interior ID32, GlabaleID of equipment
of Measurands and objects. Input the mark of point such as ana36, dig12,
vqc222 TO ID32 edition box and then search the point.

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 Figure 39 window of Change Point

Additional, the copy function is convenient to make formula. For example,

B2:B8 column is a column of point definition. If defining C2:C8 column, which
is 1.732 times of B2:B8 column, we can complete the definition of the first cell,
such as define D2=C2*1.732. Refer to Figure 40.

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 Figure 40 define C2 cell for formula copy function

Right click C2 cell and select copy in floating menu. Refer to Figure 41.

Figure 41 copy C2 cell for formula copy function

Select the pasted area C3:C8. Then right click and select Paste to complete.

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 Figure 42 Paste area of C3:C8

After copy, the result is shown as following figure.

Figure 43 Paste result

3.1.4.4 Adjust Report

1. Insert row and column

If inserting row or column in finished part of repot, select Insert Rows (or
Insert Columns) in the right-click floating menu on the upper left corner of
inserting row or column. Take Inserting Column as an example, shown as the

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following figures.

Figure 44 select Insert Columns in C4

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 Figure 45 after inserting a column

Inserting rows is similar to inserting columns. However, the operation of

inserting rows (or columns) cannot proceed for the area of merged cell.

2. Area clearance

Delete definition: select area and right click to select Clear Contents. Refer
to Figure 46.

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 Figure 46 example of area clearance

After deleting content of designed area, the report will be shown as following
figure.

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 Figure 47 the result of area clearance

Clear All is similar to Clear Contents. Select area and select Clear All in
floating menu. However, Clear All can clear all of the definition of cell and
format, and Clear Contents still reserves the format of the area, such as font,
frame of cell.

3. Adjust the height and width of cell

If adjusting the height (or width) of one row (or column), select Height (or
Width) on the right-click menu. The following dialog box will pop up.

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 Figure 48 window of adjusting Row Height

Select Unit in the dropdown menu and Custom for self-defined mode. Input new
number and confirm to change the Row Height in Figure 48.

Adjusting the width of column is similar with the method about adjusting height of
row.

3.1.4.5 Print Setting of Report

Left click and draw to select the printing area and then right click the area to pop
up floating menu. Select Print Area shown as following example. Clicking Set
Print Area, then only the content of area of the report is reprinted. Selecting
Cancel Print Area, the report sheet will be recovered.

Note: The report should be set print area first and then print. After setting print area,
the report only displays the content of printing area, so only the displayed content will
be printed automatically. In additional, if merged cell is contained in the area, it
should be completely included.

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 Figure 49 print area set step 1: pitch on

Figure 50 print area set step 2: setting in right-click menu

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 Figure 51 result of print area

After completion of set print area, select the button of Print Setting

in the toolbar to pop up the window of print setting shown

as Figure 52.

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 Figure 52 dialog of Print Setting: Page

In the window of print setting, it can be set the type of printing paper, the
direction of printing, scaling proportion and so on.

In the Margins page, the page margin can be set in the unit of inches or
centimeters.

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 Figure 53 dialog of Print Setting: Margins

Print Preview is usually used with print setup to adjust the output result of
report. Directly click the button of Print Preview in the toolbar to start preview
the report. The window of print preview is shown as follow.

Note: in the browsing mode the print setting of report can be use, but cannot be
saved. The print setting saved in edition mode is in default.

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 Figure 54 Window of Print Preview

3.1.5 Report Save and Synchronization

In the edition process or completion of edition, the report can be save

according to clicking icon of Save on the toolbar. When shut

down the report, the system also prompt whether to save the report or not. It
needs to be noted that the print setting also should be saved, too.

In normal work, the finished reports also need to be synchronized to other

hosts via the following steps.

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A. Firstly, confirm the report program of other node does not start up;
otherwise, the current report of other nodes will be saved when exiting.
That makes the synchronization failure. The reports in background also
need to exit.

B. Click option of Sync Report in the File menu shown in Figure 55.

C. Start up reports in other node and check whether synchronization is

completed.

Figure 55 Report Synchronization

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3.2 Curve
Curve can significantly display the change rule of data and vividly reflect the
operation condition and load changing condition of station equipment in
power system. In V2 SCADA system, history curve can display AI information
and other information, which is helpful to analyze the trend of equipment
running and load changing. Real-time curve supports two modes, time
window mode and 24 hours mode to reflect the real-time change condition of
data.

In order to bring convenience to user, the system adopts the conception of

“curve group”. Before using curve, the curve group should be defined first to
put the curves with same type or needed comparison in one curve group. A
single curve also can be put in a curve group.

Click Start → Applications → Graph Applications → Curve to run the curve

program. History curve or real-time curve can be selected by option of label
page.

Figure 56 running curve program

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3.2.1 History curve

As the figure shown Figure 57, there are four function buttons in the toolbar.

: Curve configuration;

: Display point name;

: Display vertical coordinate;

: Display horizontal coordinate.

The curve working space is in the left and curve displays in the right. It can
be set the working space to configure the curve group. Click curve name in
working space and then click color button to set the color in palette for the
displayed curve. The curve can be set to display or not by using the option of
displaying.

Figure 57 window of history curve

3.2.1.1 Curve Configuration

Click button in the toolbar to enter curve configuration, which includes

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curve property and chart configuration.

Figure 58 window of curve configuration

1. Curve Property

The maximal and minimal value of coordinate can be set. Click the icons of
Background Color, Grid Color, Location Line Color and Text Color to set the
color of corresponding items.

2. Curve Configuration

Figure 59 Curve Configuration

1) Curve group definition: Add, delete and modify the chart group and
define maximal value and minimal value of Y axis.

2) Configuring point for curve group: define the AI included in each curve
group. The configuration method is selecting required AI in data list on the

left, and then clicking button to add it to statistics point of the curve
group and option to select curve color. According to this method to
choose required points, and form the configuration of curve group. In

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 additional, button can be used to delete AI points, and

and can be used to move points.

3.2.1.2 Curve Browsing

After the configuration of curve, the curve group can be viewed by selecting

the name and clicking the button of and

in Figure 57. Different time period of history curve can be

inquired by selection of date.

3.2.2 Real-time curve

The configuration and window layout of real-time curve are the same with
history chart. The following paragraphs will introduce the two modes of
real-time curve. Refer to Figure 60 and Figure 61.

Figure 60 Window Mode of real-time mode

Figure 61 Hour Mode of real-time mode

3.2.2.1 Window Mode

The length of time window and sampling intervals can be set in this mode.
The maximal samples in time window= length of time/sampling intervals.
When curve started up, the current latest value will be read by bay and set in
time window. If samples exceed the maximal value, the first sample will be
moved in sequence. Therefore, the real-time curve in this mode is movable.
It can fully reflect current changes of real-time AI, but cannot indicate the
whole change trend.

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3.2.2.1 Hour Mode

The mode can describe the samples from zero clock to the time of curve
starting up. The new samples can also be reflected to curve according to the
bay of AI. Additional, this mode supports the comparison with former curve
(shown by dotted line).

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4 Real-time Alarm
4.1 Introduction
Real-time alarm includes following several types: graphics flash, alarm push
graph, fault sound, sound alarm, real-time alarm window, and alarm indicator.

Graphics Flash: When there is point in alarm, the corresponding graphic icon
in graphics will flash.

Alarm Push Graph: When protection event occurs with CB (Circuit Breaker)
tripping, the system considers it is a fault and searches graph of
corresponding point and then pushes from window.

Fault Sound: When alarm occurs, whistle and bell sound rings. On one hand,
the sound can be triggered by bell and whistle, which are connected with
binary output of IED; On the other hand, PC can be used to play the sound
files of bell and whistle.

Sound Alarm: When alarm occurs, the recorded voice file can be played.

Real-time Alarm Window: Real-time alarm window can be used to show the
latest 1000 piece of alarm information. It can be selected to pop up alarm
window or not.

Alarm Indicator: When alarm occurs, the indicator corresponding to the alarm
will flashing until the alarm is confirmed.

The alarm type, alarm action and completed configured alarm category of
CSC-2000(V2) alarm system can be self-defined in accordance with
requirement of different condition.

Alarm Type: system divides all alarm events into several types by ordinary
condition for convenience. Furthermore, the new alarm type can also be
added in system.

Alarm Action: the action after occurrence of alarm, such as display, sound,
whistle and bell, can be defined. An action corresponds to one or multiple
alarm type. A specific alarm can also define its own action. If an alarm does
not configure alarm action, the action will be implemented following the
action of belonging alarm type.

Alarm Category: because of the big quantity of alarm type, it is necessary to

arrange the alarm type in categories. The alarm type can be divided by
similar property, such as analog and digital. It can also be divided by
importance, such as fault and general alarm. An alarm category corresponds
to an alarm indicator.

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4.2 Real-time Alarm Window
When alarm occurs, real-time alarm window will analyze and display specific
information to user. Real-time alarm window includes two parts: alarm
indicators and alarm window. The detailed interface is shown below.

Figure 62 alarm indicators of real-time alarm window

When alarm occurs, the corresponding alarm indicator will flash. Click the
alarm indicator to pop up alarm window. The alarm window can also pop up
directly by configuration. The function of alarm indicator is used to prompt
user to check. User can decide whether to examine on the basis of alarm
level.

Figure 63 alarm window of real-time alarm window

The alarm window is composed with two parts: toolbar and content area. All
the alarm content can be examined directly and also can be filtrated to view
by alarm Category.

The specific content of alarm can be controlled by setting the display of list.
The icon list in left is fixed to identify whether the current alarm has been
confirmed or not.

The function icons in the toolbar are Sound Reset, Confirm All, Delete All,
Alarm Configuration and Save Configuration, respectively. The interface is as
follows:

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 Figure 64 Window of Alarm Configuration

Display configuration will be introduced in detail in following content. In

Column option of Figure 64, the display of list in the alarm table can be
configured. In Font option, the font of alarm table can be set.

4.2.1 Configuration of alarm type

In Figure 64, it could be seen the display configuration content of alarm type,
Pre-Acknowledged Icon, Post-Acknowledged Icon, Background Color and
Foreground Color.

Configure Action: configure action for alarm type. If there is no appropriate

one, click the action configuration button to enter the maintenance of

action, which will be introduced in next section.

Flash until Acknowledge: the alarm article flashes in alarm table until
acknowledged.

Pop up Windows: when alarm occurs, the alarm window can be configured to
pop up or not.

Auto Acknowledge: system acknowledges the alarm automatically and the

acknowledgement time can be set.

The above configuration can be selected multiple nodes to batch set in the
left tree.

The corresponding relation between alarm category and alarm type can

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 proceed in right-click menu and the interface is in follow.

Figure 65 the interface of relation between alarm category and alarm type

Add Alarm Category: add an alarm category. The corresponding content of

node tree, alarm indicator window and alarm window will be also added
automatically.

Append Alarm Type: match alarm category and alarm type.

Delete Selected: delete alarm category and the corresponding relation

between alarm category and alarm type.

Alarm Type Edit: define alarm type. Refer to next section in detail.

4.2.2 Alarm Action

Click action configuration button in Figure 65 to enter maintenance interface

of alarm action shown as following figure:

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 Figure 66 interface of Alarm Action Configuration

The alarm action can be added, deleted and modified in this window.

Alarm Enable: Only select the item to enable all the detail action can be
selected.

Display: Enable display alarm in real-time alarm window.

Sound: play appointed voice file. Besides this configuration, other

requirements are needed. One is the process of voice play needed to be
started up in node configuration; the other one is the function should be
configured in local setting.

Bell and Whistle: drive the practical bell and whistle. The loudspeaker box
can play the sound file of bell and whistle if in use. Please do not manually
select the sound file of bell and whistle in default voice file.

Print: output the alarm content to stylus printer by parallel port. Besides, the
print process needed to start up and local alarm printing function should be
enabled.

Save: save the alarm into history database.

PDR (Post Disturbance Review): the alarm triggers PDR.

SMS (Short Message): the alarm content can be sent to relative staff by short
message. The informed object can be set and the interface can be shown as
following window.

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 Figure 67 SMS setting interface

4.2.3 Edit Alarm Type

If the existed alarm type of the system does not meet requirements of user, the
self-defined alarm type can be edited. Here is the interface:

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 Figure 68 Alarm Type Edit Interface

Alarm type can be added, deleted and modified in the window. Some alarm
type cannot be deleted, but the name and other properties can be modified.
Self-defined alarm must be configured to analog point. Click button of Add to
pop up the following interface.

Figure 69 Define Alarm Type

When adding a self-defined alarm of digital, two alarm types, open and close,
are added.

When adding a self-defined alarm of analog, eight alarm types are added,
high limit, low limit and so on.

When adding a self-defined alarm of remote control, three alarm types are
added, such as telecommand selection.

When deleting a self-defined alarm, the corresponding alarm types will also
be deleted.

The self-defined alarm type can be added to alarming group, and mapped to
its own action and specific analog point.

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4.2.4 Timing and Times Alarm

The alarm system can realize timing and times alarm as well as second
alarm for some especially important alarm. Refer to database administration
section of engineering and operation manual for detailed configuration.

4.2.5 Example of Configuration

According to the current standard, definition of current standard, alarm of

general requirements can be met. Some special requirements can be
realized by defining the alarm type, alarm action and analog. An example will
be introduced in follow.

After adding the sound alarm, some users require to distinguish the alarm
voice of ordinary isolator and ground isolator. In standard definition, the
digital types of the two are isolator, so the default corresponding alarm types
are both isolator open and isolator closed. Hence, for the two alarms, the
alarm action and the voice files are same, too.

There are two kinds of methods to solve the problem in current system
configuration.

 Method 1: Re-define alarm type to the digital of ground isolator.

Sept 1: Add the self-defined alarm type of isolator, and match the alarm
type to appropriate alarm category.

Sept 2: Add alarm action for ground isolator open, ground isolator close
and correspondingly voice file.

Sept 3: Match the corresponding relation between alarm type and alarm
action.

Sept 4: Define the alarm type of each ground isolator as ground isolator
in database configuration.

The logic used in the method is: a point can alarm according to alarm type
defined in system when the alarm type is in default. If the alarm type of the
point has been defined, it will alarm following the self-defined alarm type. The
self-defined alarm type should also correspond to self-defined alarm action.

 Method 2: Re-define alarm action of digital of ground isolator.

Step 1: Add a special alarm action. The voice file is vacant but enabling
the voice alarm.

Step 2: Define the alarm action of each isolator as this special alarm
action in database configuration.

Step 3: Re-define this DI alarm sound of open and close.

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 The logic used in the method is: a point can alarm according to alarm action
corresponding to alarm type when the alarm action is in default. If the alarm
action of the point has been defined, it will act following self-defined action.
Action of alarm type is invalid. Here, the self-defined action is set and original
action of alarm type including voice files is ineffective. However, the voice file
of self-defined action is vacant, so the alarm will be sounded in accordance
with the sounds of open and close.

4.3 Frequent Question and Answer

Q1: Real-time alarm window does not display alarm.

A1: Firstly check whether the alarm service progress AlarmApp has been
started up. It must be guaranteed that there is only one AlarmApp in the
whole system. Secondly, check whether Display Enable in alarm action has
been selected.

Q2: Alarm repeat in Real-time Alarm Window.

A2: Multiple alarm service processes has been started up in system.

Q3: Sound does not work.

A3: Check whether the corresponding Sound Enable in alarm action has
been selected and the voice files have been configured correctly.

Check whether the voice service process VoiceApp has been started up.
(Configure in node configuration)

Check whether the function of local voice of the node has been enabled.
(Configure in local configuration)

Refer to Q7 in the section for the condition of whistle and bell in use.

Q4: Alarm cannot be printed

A4: Check whether print is installed correctly. Run test program of Testprint,
and the printer can print test alarm normally.

Check whether the corresponding Print Enable in alarm action has been
selected.

Check whether the print service progress PrintApp has been start up.
(Configure in node configuration)

Check whether the function of local print of the node has been enabled.
(Configure in local configuration)

Q5: The action condition of point alarm is not consistent with action belonged
the alarm type.

Check the point is matched with single alarm action or self-defined alarm.

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Q6: Bell and whistle do not ring (Adam module in use)

Check whether corresponding Bell/Whistle Enable in alarm action has been

selected.

Check whether the whistle and bell have been enabled. (Configure in local
configuration)

Check whether Adam module has been configured correctly.

Check whether the print service progress Din out of the node has been
started up. (Configure in node configuration)

Q7: Bell and whistle do not ring (sound box in use)

Because bell and whistle with sound box in use can be realized on the base
of voice alarm, the last two step of A3 should be checked.

Besides, check corresponding Bell/Whistle Enable in alarm action has been

selected.

Check whether the whistle and bell have been enabled. (Configure in local
configuration)

Check whether the setting of “bell and whistle using sound box” has been
started up. (Configure in system configuration)

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5 Protection information
5.1 IED Management
This section is composed of two parts: IED management and Distributed
Record (DR) management. Protection management includes the operation of
setting management and calling history record. DR management is only
applicable to apply the function of calling distributed history of record. Click
Applications → Prot Manager to start the window of protection management.

Figure 70 startup of Protection Management

After entering window of protection management, in the left is tree directory and
the status bar is in the right. According to the directory of tree, it is divided into
IED and DR device.

5.1.1 Protection Management

In the interface of protection manager, it displays all the IED and the operation
items of settings and history record of the substation shown in the following

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 figure.

Figure 71 interface of Protection Manager

5.1.1.1 Setting Management

Figure 72 icons of setting management

Call setting: Click the icon of Call to pop up the dialog box of selecting setting
group number. Then select inquired setting group number. (Setting group number
from 0 to 14 and 0 represents the current setting group number)

Take CSI-200E as an example, after calling the setting group, the setting will be
displayed in setting bar in right side of Figure 71. In additional, CSI-200E also
inquires digital input setting group (only available for CSI-200E). In the below
figure, select the group number (8 group in total) to display 8 channels DI setting
including SOE, long delay, bell and whistle.

Note: If the parity of group number is different, the corresponding DI group number will be

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 different. Odd group numbers correspond with 8 groups DI and even group numbers
correspond with 4 groups DI. For example, the first group corresponds with 8 groups DI
and the second group corresponds with 4 groups DI.

Figure 73 DI setting

Modify setting group: if need to modify setting group, click the icon of Modify to
amend the settings and DI setting of the setting group as shown in figure below.
When complete the modification, right click to pop up floating menu. Select
saving, and fill file name in the dialog box of file saving. Also, modification can be
realized by selecting opening menu, loading certain setting file, and modifying,
then saving it.

Figure 74 floating menu in setting

The operation about downloading setting, write setting and shifting setting group
are similar with the previous content, which will not be introduced.

In additional, when click the icon buttons shown as Figure 74, they will be
displayed as a small icon showing the task is in processing.

5.1.1.2 History Record

For the IEC61850 device, when DR file is generated, the device will trigger a

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manual trigger mode to call history record.

Figure 75 Dialog box of calling record

5.1.2 Record Device Management

The record devices of the station displayed under the DR IED node is the old
protection equipped with independent record network in middle and high voltage.
(Other IED record can be called according to the record in protection history
report.) That is corresponding to the configured DR IED in recfile.txt.

Figure 76 Directory of Record Device

Double click the certain DR device to pop-up dialog box of Calling Fault Record
shown as following figure.

Figure 77 dialog box of fault record

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5.2 DR Management
This part is mainly to realize the displaying and failure analysis of comtrade DR
file. In the following figure, click Application → Record Manager to start protection
management window.

Figure 78 startup of Record Manager

Open the DR Manager interface, two buttons are shown in the upper
side. The functions are DR file opening and DR file analysis, respectively.

5.2.1 Setting of DR Analysis

Click the button of setup of DR analysis and the interface is shown as following
figure.

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 Figure 79 Disturbance Recording Analyze Setting

In binary system comtrade record file, the binary quantity can be stored in two
modes, 8 bits occupying one byte and 16 bits occupying two bytes. When reading
the corresponding file, it needs to read by the mode of original mode of storage.
Otherwise, file reading will be abnormal.

5.2.2 Read DR File

In the DR main interface, click DR file opening to pop up following file selection
window.

Figure 80 DR file Opening

Select a DR file in Figure 80 to view, the channel selection interface will be shown
below.

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 Figure 81 interface of channel selection in Disturbance recording file

Select required record channel from the left in the interface to right, and click
read data from file button, the DR analysis interface will be shown as follow.

Figure 82 Record data analysis system

5.2.2.1 Fault Value Curve and Information Display

As the window shown in Figure 82, if draw the vertical staff gauge of time tag

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 in the curve area on the right, the value of curve could be read in the
information bar on the left.

In default, open DR file, the real-time value of curve is shown in information

bar. If click the icons of real-time value , RMS value , phase angle vaule

located in the top of information bar or toolbar, the responding value will
be shown.

5.2.2.2 Collate Copies

In Figure 82, only 10 analog channels and 10 digital channels can be

displayed in information bar, so when the quantity of selected analog
channels or digital channels is more than 10, the operation interface of curve
area will be paged automatically. The button Page Up and Page Down
in the right top of display area can be used to achieve the function of collate
copies.

5.2.2.3 Magnification and Reduction of Wave

By the dropdown lists of “X axis flex rate” and “Y axis flex rate” and buttons of

“X axis magnification ”, “X axis reduction ”, “Y axis magnification ”

and “Y axis reduction ” in the toolbar, the display proportion of curve can
be magnified or reduced conveniently for the condition of displaying high
density curve.

5.2.2.4 Vector Graph

Click the button of vector graph in the toolbar to pop up the interface in
Figure 83. In the condition of this interface, if drawing vertical staff gauge of
time tag, the value in both information display in the left and vector diagram in
the right will correspondingly changes.

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 Figure 83 vector graph

5.2.2.5 Setup of Sign Line

In the interface of wave operation, right click to pop up following menu to set
sign line.

Figure 84 menu of sign line setup

The operation as Complete setup, Cancel sign line, Link two sign lines and
Cancel the connection can be achieved in curve operation area by this menu.
System has two sign lines: sign line 1 (yellow), and sign line 2 (red); the main
sign line is movable one; when drawing sign line, the changes can be shown
in status bar in bottom of interface, shown as below.

Figure 85 status bar of Record data analysis system

The instruction of figure 85:

: indicate sign line 1 is main sign line;

: indicate sign line 2 is main sign line;

and : indicate both sign line 1 and 2 are in active state;

: the time of position where main sign line is located;

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 : Time and angle difference between sign
line 1 and 2. The values will be displayed after the connection of sign line 1
and 2.

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6 History Information
6.1 History Query
6.1.1 General introduction
History query module is mainly applied with the functions of reappearance,
sorting order, and search for history data. It realized the multi-level inquiry
from substation to bay, then to type. It can also classify the inquiry content.
It is very simple to use History Query Module. The settings of query will be
introduced below.

6.1.2 Interface of History Query

The interface can be started up in following operations:
Click Start → Applications → History → Alarm History Query

Figure 86 startup of History Query interface

Open the application, the window will be shown as Figure 87.

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 Figure 87 window of Alarm History Query

1. Setting of Query
Setting of query includes the settings of substation, bay and type. Only one
substation can be selected, but more than one bays and types can be
selected. The bay selected should belong to the substation, so the name of
bay in bay list will be change with the alternation of substation. However, “All
Bay” is an exception, because this item exists in all the substation lists. In
query, when the item “All Bay” is selected, other item in the list would be
neglected. Hence, once “All Bay” is selected, the query will proceed
according to all bays. The item “All Type” has the same usage.
2. Query Time Setting
Here, the starting and end time of the query can be set. When first open the
history query, the end time is current date, and the starting time is the day
before current date. When the starting time is later than end time, an error
will be prompted.

Figure 88 Error when starting time later than end time

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In query, the time interval should be small than 2 years. If it exceeds, a dialog
box will also pop up to prompt mistake.

Figure 89 Time interval overstep dialog box

3. Query
Following the setting of query and time, the query result from history
database will be displayed in the table on the right. If there is no content
found in the setting range, the following warning box will pop up.

Figure 90 No Result Found

4. Export file
Export the current query result as file. Click the button of export file to select
directory and file name and save.

Figure 91 window of file exporting

Once export successfully, the directory and name of the file will be prompted.

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The default file type is .html.

Figure 92 Output succeed

Using IE to open the file:

Figure 93 Opening in IE interface

Using Excel to open the file:
Note: the designed date format can be set at cell format in Excel.

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 Figure 94 Opening in Excel interface
Using Word to open the file:

5. Query Type
Double click a certain alarm type to display the queried result by alarm type.
(Refer to the figure below)
Note:
1) If the current query result is vacant (if not query, the result also
considered as vacant), double click a certain alarm type to set it as query

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2) If double click “All Type”, the page will be shifted to page. The
table page corresponding to “All Type” is the page of Result.1 If double click a
certain item of alarm type, result page can also be created by the type. If the
result page already existing, the page would be altered. If not, the new page
would be created.

Figure 95 Result pages of Alarm history query

6. Search the result

Right click and select “Find”.

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If a certain type has been assigned (for example, digital) in query, the page of Result would only contain
relative items of digital. Double click “All types” in alarm type and page of Result will still be shifted. Next,
if double click “digital” item in alarm type at that time, a new “digital” page will be established with the
same content of Result page.

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 Figure 96 Result Searching

It can be set in searching box:

a. Find: Input searching content. The subsequent space is invalid.
b. Whole Cell: compare the entire searched character string with the whole
character string in each cell, but not contained. The option is not
selected in default.
c. Case Sensitive: distinguish alphabetic case of searching content.
d. Content only: only search in “alarm content” column.
e. Direction: select the direction to search. Search will be start from current
selected line. Backward is in default.

Figure 97 dialog box of Find

f. Find All and Find Next: Find All will search all result and the
corresponding line will be collected to a new table window with the Find
content displaying in the head( refer to the following figure); Find next
will fine the first line matched with searching content.

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 Figure 98 Find result window
Note: if no result is queried, please check the setting of query and
confirm whether a special condition is appointed. For example, there is
possibly on record when inquiring the record of certain type in certain
bay.

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