RCSTOOL_900 Software

Instruction Manual

Nanjing Nari-Relays Electric Co., Ltd.

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Table of Content
Table of Content ...........................................................................................................................i
Chapter 1 Introduction ...............................................................................................................1

1.1 Function ..........................................................................................................................1

1.2 Run Software ..................................................................................................................1

Chapter 2 Preparation.................................................................................................................3

2.1 Make Communication Cable.........................................................................................3

2.2 Parameter Configuration ..............................................................................................5

2.2.1 Equipment configuration....................................................................................5

2.2.2 Software configuration .......................................................................................5

Chapter 3 Usage Instruction......................................................................................................7

3.1 Introduction of Menu Bar..............................................................................................7

3.2 Introduction of Tool Bar................................................................................................9

3.3 View and Modify Settings ...........................................................................................10

3.4 View Real-time Sampled Value................................................................................... 11

3.5 View Reports ................................................................................................................12

3.6 Reset Signal .................................................................................................................13

3.7 Clear Channel Statistic................................................................................................13

3.8 Clear Heat Accumulation ............................................................................................13

3.9 Print...............................................................................................................................13

Chapter 4 Manual Version History ..........................................................................................15

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 Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 1 Introduction

NOTE：This manual gives detailed operation instruction of RCSTOOL_900 (also called

DBG9000) software for user. The equipment type displayed on the interface is just an
example to show the operating steps to communicate with the equipment using
RCSTOOL_900 software. The actual protection equipment for user is
application-specific.

1.1 Function

RCSTOOL_900 software is developed for users to test and maintain the protection equipment on
site, which is kind of local HMI (Human Machine Interface) as RCS-900 serial protective
equipments. User can view real-time sampled values, read and modify settings and view all kinds
of report through the RCSTOOL_900 software compatible with MW (Microsoft Windows) 95,
WM98, WM 2000, WM ME and WM XP operation systems on a computer.

Besides this kind of local communication, user still can realize the local human-machine
communication with the relay through the keypad and LCD on the frontpanel of the equipment, or
realize the remote human-machine communication on a PC with the SAS (Substation Automatic
System) software via a RS-485 port.

1.2 Run Software

Run the software RCSTOOL_900 with the double click on the executable file RCSTOOL_900.exe.

If the connection succeeds between the equipment with computer via RS-232 port, the computer
screen will display as following figure. If user fails to connect the equipment to a local computer,
please modify the communication parameters of equipment and RCSTOOL_900 software
respectively to make them matched.

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Figure 1.2-1 Display of connection with equipment using RCSTOOL_900

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Chapter 2 Preparation

2.1 Make Communication Cable

(1) RCS-900 serial 4U height equipments

On the frontpanel of this serial equipments, there are a 9-pin RS-232 connector for communication
with PC and a 15-pin connector for analog quantity inputs by HELP-90A during commissioning,
which consist of RCS-900 serial line protections and auxiliary protections and RCS-917 reactor
protection.

(2) RCS-900 serial 8U~12U height equipments

On the frontpanel of these serial equipments, there is a 9-pin RS-232 connector for
communication with PC during commissioning, which consists of RCS-978 transformer protection
and RCS-915 busbar protection.

User needs to make a communication cable to connect the equipment with a computer through
the RS-232 port on the front panel. One end of the cable is DB9 female serial connector, and the
other end of the cable is DB9 male serial connector. Each serial connector generally has two
screws measuring 0.3mm allow the serial connection to be securely connected to the equipment.
Please refer to Figure 2.1-1 and Figure 2.1-2 for correct connections of three kinds of equipments
mentioned above respectively.

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Figure 2.1-1 Connection diagram of 4U equipments

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Figure 2.1-2 Connection diagram of 8U~12U equipments

2.2 Parameter Configuration

2.2.1 Equipment configuration

Set the setting [Debug_Baud] in the menu “COMM SETTINGS” through keypad and LCD on the
frontpanel.

The baud rate of transformer protection equipments for debugging is fixed at 15200bps in
program.

2.2.2 Software configuration

There are 3 bars, which are from top to bottom:

 Title bar

 Menu bar

 Tool bar

Shown as figure below.

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Figure 2.2-1 Title bar, menu bar and tool bar of RCSTOOL-900

Click the icon of tool bar “Config” , dialog box of parameter configuration for communication is
displayed, shown as Figure 13-4. Only the parameter “COM port”shall be configured as same as
the port of computer which is actually connected with the equipment, all other parameters shall be
configured as same as displayed in Figure 11-4.

Figure 2.2-2 Parameter configuration

Baud rate: should be same to the setting [Debug_Baud] in “COMM SETTIGNS”

Parity check: Even parity

Stop bit: 1

Download baud rate: can be set freely and 115200bps is recommended.

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Chapter 3 Usage Instruction

3.1 Introduction of Menu Bar

There are eight menus in the menu bar: “Interface”, “View”, “Download”, “Operation”,
“Configuration”, “Print”, “Status Reset”and “Help”. Click buttons of each menu, and items will be
displayed in drop-down list. The gray items are not accessible in the RCSTOOL_900 software of
this version

1) Interface

-Undo：Cancel the latest operation.

-Cut：Delete the selected item and copy it into clipboard.

-Copy：Copy the selected item into clipboard.

-Paste：Past the content on clipboard to the specified location.

-Tool Bar：Show/hide the tool bar.

-Status Bar：Show/hide the status bar.

-Exit：Exit the RCSTOOL_900 software.

2) View

-Equip Description：View equipment information.

-Online Data：View real-time data. The menu has the following drop-down list.

-Measurement：Display real-time measurement of equipment.

-Binary Input：Display real-time status of binary input of equipment.

-Trip Element：Display real-time status of trip element of equipment.

-Alarm Element：Display real-time status of alarm element of equipment.

-Settings：View and modify settings of equipment.

-Read Disturbance Data List：Display disturbance data list of equipment.

-Report： Display equipment report and this menu will vary with report type equipment
supported.

-LED Indicator：Display LED indicator of HMI module of equipment.

-Control：Display telecontrol information of equipment.

-Real-time Curve Graph：Display real-time curve graph which is special for excitation device.

-Frame Show：View communication report between equipment and RCSTOOL_900 software.

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3) Download

-Download Program：Download equipment software.

-Download CFG File：Download configuration file.

-Download HMI File：Download HMI module file.

4) Operation

-Reconnect: Reconnect equipment with RCSTOOL_900 software.

-Time Synchronization：Synchronize equipment clock with the clock of Windows operation

system on PC.

-Upload CFG File：Upload configuration file.

5) Configuration

-COM Parameter：Set communication parameters.

-Front：Select preferred font, style and size of character displayed on the frame of the software
SLD.

-Front Color：Select preferred color of font displayed on the frame of the software SLD

-Background： Select preferred color for background color displayed of the frame of the
software SLD

-Other Settings：Set parameters of oscillograph, exe file of oscillograph and waveform display
and etc.

6) Print

-All Description：Print all descriptions.

-Equip Description：Print equipment description.

-Settings：This menu item has the following drop-down list.

-All Settings：Print all settings.

-Latest Modified Settings：Print the latest modified settings.

-Other Group Settings：Print settings of the specified setting group.

-XXXXXX (optional menus) ： Print settings of specified settings. These menus are
generated according to equipment.

-Present Value：This menu item has following drop-down list.

-Measurement：Print measurement values of equipment.

-Binary input：Print binary input of equipment.

-Alarm Element：Print real-time status of equipment alarm element.

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-Trip Element：Print real-time status of equipment trip element.

-Waveform：Print presently recorded waveform.

-Report：Drop-down list of this menu item will generate according report type supported by
equipment. Go into the drop-down list menu to print some report.

-Set Waveform Group：Set waveform group for printing.

- Communication Protocol：Print communication protocol of equipment.

7) Status Reset

-Reset Target of Equipment: reset magnetic latched contacts of equipment.

-Reset Target of Channel：Clear statistic data of communication channel of equipment.

-Reset Target of Heat Accum: clear heat accumulation.

8) Help

-Help Topic

-About RCSTOOL_900：Display copy right declaration of RCSTOOL_900 software.

3.2 Introduction of Tool Bar

There are elevent quick launch buttons on tool bar shown in the figure below.

1) Config

Same to menu item “COM Parameter”.

2) Down PRM

Same to menu item “Download Program”.

3) Reconnect

Same to menu item “Reconnect”.

4) Trip

Display trip report of equipment.

5) BI

Display binary input change report of equipment.

6) Alarm

Display alarm report.

7) Time

Same to menu item “Time Synchronization”.

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8) Reset

Same to item “Reset Target of Equipment”.

9) Setting

Same to menu item “Settings”.

10)Print

Same to item “All Description”.

11)Help

Same to item “About RCSTOOL_900”.

12)LED

Same to item “LED Indicator”.

3.3 View and Modify Settings

After connecting with equipment successfully, click the icon of tool bar “Setting”, the following
figure will be displayed.

Figure 3.3-1 the diagram of showing device settings

User can view and modify the setting values. Besides, many other functions such as save setting
values, printing and etc. are also provided for user by clicking the icons on the bottom of the
dialog.

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(1) “Print”：print the current settings

(2) “Default”：Reset all setting groups to default settings. There are three other options in the
drop-down menu.

 “Restore this menu settings”：Only reset current setting group to default settings

 “Restore all to max values”: Restore all settings (including system settings, equipment
settings and protection settings, etc.) in the current group to the mimum values in their
setting ranges respectively.

 “Restore all to min values”: Restore all settings (including system settings, equipment
settings and protection settings, etc.) in the current group to the maximum values in their
setting ranges respectively.

NOTE: “Restore all to max values”and “Restore all to min values”two options are only

for testing, and lease not download those settings to the relay. Otherwise, settings check
error probably occurs in the relay.

(3) “Reading”：Reading the active group setting from a relay.

(4) “Download”: download settings to a relay. There is only one option in the drop-down menu.

 “Download all settings”：Download all configured setting values (including system

settings, equipment settings and protection settings, etc.) to the current setting group.

NOTE: “Download all settings”option is usually used when user wants to modify setting

values of the relay. Once after the software of a relay is changed, it is strongly
recommended to use this option at the first time of downloading setting values so that
the relay can operate normally, and then modify other settings.

(5) “Load file”：Select a setting file to load its setting values.

(6) “Save”：Save the current settings displayed on the dialog to a setting file.

(7) “Close”：Close the dialog.

3.4 View Real-time Sampled Value

After connecting with equipment successfully, click the item “Binary input”of the tree on the left
of the window，the following figure will be displayed.

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Figure 3.4-1 the diagram of showing device status

User can observe real time sampled data and binary inputs status, and save them as a file.

3.5 View Reports

After connecting with equipment successfully, click the icons of tool bar “Trip”“Alarm”and “BI”
and the tripping report, alarm report and binary input report will be displayed respectively. A
tripping report is taken as an example shown in below.

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Figure 3.5-1 the diagram of showing device report

There are two selection items on the bottom left corner used to adjust the format for displaying
reports.

(1) “Return value”: This time is set only for tripping report. If the item is selected, the operation
report is also displayed when the corresponding protection element drops off.

(2) “Phase-mode show”：The function is reserved.

The functions of five icons on the bottom right corner are listed below

(3) “Wave record”：Select one tripping report, and click this icon to read the waveform from
the relay and save as a waveform file. User can view and analyze waveform through FR
analyzing software.

(4) “Refresh”：Read the newest report data from the relay and refresh the report display on the
software.

(5) “Clear”： Delete all the report saved in the relay except the user operating report in “CTRL
REPORT”menu.

(8) “Save”：Save current reports displayed on the dialog as a file.

(6) “Print”：Print current reports displayed on the dialog as a file.

3.6 Reset Signal

After connecting with equipment successfully, click the icon of tool bar “Reset”, all magnetic
latched output relays and signal relays will be reset.

3.7 Clear Channel Statistic

After connecting with equipment usefully, click “Status Reset”->”Reset Target of Channel”and
statistics data of optical fiber channel is cleared and restart to count. Only 4U equipment of current
differential protection with optical fiber channel has this function.

3.8 Clear Heat Accumulation

This function is designed for testing thermal overload protection of 4U equipment. Between two
tests, click menu item “Status Reset” -> “Clear Target of Heat Accum” to clear heat
accumulation before start the next time test, so as that heat accumulation of the last time test
which may not attenuate to zero before the next test will not have influence on this time test.

3.9 Print

After connecting with equipment successfully, print function of equipment can be driven through

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RCSTOOL_900 software, which includes printing all descriptions, printing equipment description,
printing settings, printing present values, printing report, printing communication protocol and etc.

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Chapter 4 Manual Version History

The version histories of the software and the manual for RCSTOOL_900 software are listed below.

Software Manual
Source Documentation
Version Version

V1.00 V1.00 RCSTOOL_900_Insturction_Manual_Standard_V1.00.doc

Modifying description of each manual version is shown below.

Manual Page
Section Description of change Note
Version No.

V1.00 Original Issue to standard version

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