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GE PMCS 6.15 manual

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    GE MULTILIN TM EnerVista PMCS 6.15 Quick Start Guide i[...]

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    EnerVista PMCS 6. 15 Quick Start Guide Table Of Contents INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................. 3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ....................................................................................................................[...]

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    Introduction Welcome to the Enervista P MCS 6.15 Quick start Guide . The intent of this g uide is to quickly walk a user through the basic configuration and opera tion steps in order to view data fr om a GE Multilin device. It is not intended to illustrate or explain advanced fea tures and configurations s uch as adding generic Modbus devices or cr[...]

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    EnerVista PMCS 6. 15 Quick Start Guide Recommended system requirements : 2+ GHz Processor 1GB RAM Video capable of displaying 16-bit, 1280x1024 resolution IEDs Supported - Summary The following devices are supported in the Modbus Servers in this release. Multilin Industrial IEDs Multilin UR Family IEDs GE IEDs 239 B30 Spectra MicroVersa Trip 269+ C[...]

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    Supported Firmware Versions IED Product Versions Supported IED Product Versions Supported 239 2.3x to 2.7x Spectra MicroVersa Trip 5.1x 269+ 6.0x Enhanced MicroVersa Trip C 4.1x 369 1.6x to 2.3x Enhanced MicroVersa Trip D 4.1x 469 2.5x to 5.0x EPM1000 3.8x 489 1.3x to 4.0x EPM2000 1.0 735/737 1.5x EPM4000 3.8x 745 2.4x to 5.0x EPM5000P 2. 4x 750/76[...]

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    EnerVista PMCS 6. 15 Quick Start Guide Introduction to EnerVista PMCS 6.15 Welcome to EnerVista PMCS 6.15, a PC-ba sed program for on-de mand monitoring a nd control. After successful installation of P MCS 6.15, the first item to launch is the EnerVista P MCS 6.15 Configurator via the screen shortcut or the Start > Progra ms menu. You should now[...]

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    DEVICE SETUP Toolkit group - Device Setup Introduction to Device Setup The Device Setup tool is use d to add/edit/modify GE IEDs. The ma ximum number of devices t hat can be configured is 100. Upon accessing the Device Setup screen from the Ener Vista PMCS Configurator main menu, the following screen will pop up, showin g sites (Ethern et and Ser i[...]

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    EnerVista PMCS 6. 15 Quick Start Guide “Serial” – reserved for devic es using Modbus RT U accessed via PC COM ports connected t o a RS232/485 line. Examples are the PQM, SR750, MicroVersaTrip, etc. Devices accessed via Ethernet Port Servers such as the GE P ower Leader Ethernet Gateway ar e considered serial, as the port server serial p orts [...]

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    FAQ Device Modbus slave addressing considerations when using a Multinet or Modbus Bridge: Modbus RTU devices configured with a Multilin Multinet are configured in the Ethernet Site. Each device will have the same IP Address (that of the Multinet) and Modbus Port, but each device on the same Multinet must have a unique Modbus address. Ethernet Modbu[...]

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    EnerVista PMCS 6. 15 Quick Start Guide Serial, Modbus RTU parameters Returning to the Main Menu: Should you want t o cancel your changes made in this s ession, you can click on the [CANCEL] bu tton to exit back to the EnerVista PMCS Configurator me nu without savi ng. If you wish to confirm the changes you have made in this section, click on th e [[...]

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    FAQ EVENTS The Enervista Event Logging syste m is made up of tw o components: the Even tServer, which collects events and stores them in an on-line database, and the EventView er, which provides an intuitive graphical interface for viewing, querying, and PMCS the database c ontents. The Eventserver is only configured and activated for a device when[...]

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    EnerVista PMCS 6. 15 Quick Start Guide What’s on the EventViewer Screen? To launch the EventViewer select the “EV ENTS” catego r y i n T O O L K I T a r e a o f t h e m a i n w i n d o w . A f t e r you click ‘EVENTS’, the main window appears, as shown below: You can open additional child windows, but there must always be at least one win[...]

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    FAQ WAVEFORMS Toolkit group – Waveforms Waveform Availability Waveforms are only av ailable from devices that support and are confi gured for automatic wave form retrieval. Manual triggering of waveforms is supported t hrough Waveform Client ap plication on some of the Supported devices. By default aut omatic waveform retrieval is not activated. [...]

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    EnerVista PMCS 6. 15 Quick Start Guide On clicking [Viewer] , Waveform Viewe r application will be launched, which has wave form display, harmonic display, phasors display, a nd playback features. Waveform files retrie ved by Waveform Server in COMTREADE format can be view ed in the Waveform Clien t. Introduction to COMTRADE EnerVista PMCS supports[...]

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    FAQ Displayed on the top of the window are the following parameter fields: • The Blue field (labeled ) displays the parameter value at the blue cursor 2 position. • The Green field (labeled ) displays the parameter valu e at the green cursor 1 p osition. • The Yellow field (labeled ) indicates the relative parameter differe nce between the tw[...]

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    EnerVista PMCS 6. 15 Quick Start Guide • Select the Trigger button to have the cursor times displayed as an offset from the ‘Trigger Time’ of the COMTRADE fil e. A negative time i ndicates a time that occurs be fore the trigger and a positive time indicates a time that occurs after the trigger. • Select the Actual button to have t he cursor[...]

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    FAQ • The Delta box on the t op right side of the s creen indicates the differe nce in magnitude between the two cursors. The box at the top shows the di fference in time (milliseconds). • Waveforms may be super-i mposed on top of each other by selecting and dragging them wit h the left mouse button. Please refer to the Wave form Viewer Help fr[...]

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    EnerVista PMCS 6. 15 Quick Start Guide EnerVista System Tray Tool This is a simple tool for accessing the Se rver applications, in case user wants. This tool is automatically launched by the system while start- up and this is av ailable alwa ys as Tray Icon on the Task bar. By double clicking on this Icon, the tool gets visible. EnerVista PMCS Conf[...]

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    FAQ Understanding Enervista PMCS Architecture P M C S 6 . 1 5 i s d e s i g n e d t o c o m m u n i c a t e w i t h G E M o d b u s d e v i c e s . I t i s c o m p r i s e d o f t h e f o l l o w i n g components. Hardware Modbus devices – Typically GE Multili n devices supp orted Modbus RTU and/or Modb us TCP/IP (natively or with a Multinet ga t[...]

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    EnerVista PMCS 6. 15 Quick Start Guide Understanding Modbus device updat e times and system performance Subject: GE Multilin Modbus TCP/IP/RT U device update times Applies to: All GE Multilin Modbus devices and mo st generic (third party) modbus devices Perquisites: A basic understanding of Modbus devices, polling, Multilin devices and the Enervist[...]

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    FAQ Modbus TCP/IP vs. Modbus RTU: Many people assume th at Modbus TCP/IP is ‘faster’ th an Modbus RTU due to the fact that it runs on Ethernet or a TCP/IP networ k. However since Mo dbus TCP/IP follows the same r ules as Modbus RTU the device update performance is almos t identical. The major adva ntage for using Modbus TCP /IP is related to ?[...]

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    EnerVista PMCS 6. 15 Quick Start Guide and creates a Modbus requ est(s) for the required regist ers. If all the registers required can fit into one Modbus return message (124 register s in sequential order) than only one request for one block of data is made. With only one request needed the GE device update time will be r oughly 250ms. However if [...]

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    FAQ Data needed from each MLP QM. For this exampl e each PQM will r equire 5 modbus requests for the required data. Below is a breakdown of the example req uests. Data needed for the ML750: Assume the ML750 re quires 6 Modbus requests for the required data Data needed for the F60: Assume the F60 requires 8 Modbus requests for the re quired data Ass[...]

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    EnerVista PMCS 6. 15 Quick Start Guide UR 1.1.1.2 2000ms 2000ms Multinet 1.1.1.3 1500ms 1500ms *ML750 1.1.1.4 1500m s 1500ms Enervista PMCS Enervista PMCS incorporate device ‘wiz ards’ or pre- made device graphics containing data point displays of typically required in a device. These displays can be very data intensi ve requiring many register[...]