Protection and Control IED Manager PCM600 offers all the necessary functionality to work throughout all stages of the protection relay life cycle.
- Planning
- Engineering
- Commissioning
- Operation and disturbance handling
- Functional analysis
The whole substation configuration can be controlled and different tasks and functions can be performed with the individual tool components. PCM600 can operate with many different topologies, depending on the customer needs.
PCM600 is used to conduct complete engineering and configuration activities needed for the bay level protection relays.
Connectivity Packages are separate software packages that provide type and version information to PCM600. Further Connectivity Packages assist the tool with communications.
PCM600 uses IEC 61850 over Ethernet to communicate with bay devices. This communication allows PCM600 to configure and monitor the devices. In addition to IEC 61850 the devices have optional communications protocols and hardware to connect to station engineering tools. PCM600 provides the ability to export the configuration of the devices or an entire substation in a standard file format which enables station engineering in separate IEC 61850 System Configuration tools.
A PC with PCM600 can be connected to any 615 series protection relay within a station by using the Ethernet connection. The connection can also be used for service and maintenance purposes. In addition, the connection is used to handle disturbance records from the protection relays.
The modern-day protection relays are designed using the concept of the IEC 61850 standard. This is primarily in regards to how functions within the protection relay are modelled and how the protection relay is represented in the substation. See the IEC 61850 parameter list for the list of logical nodes available in the protection relay and observe how they follow the structure and rules as defined in part 7 of the standard.
The engineering of the used communication protocols is a separate task and an addition to the engineering of protection and control functions.
PCM600 can be used for different purposes throughout the protection relay life cycle. A set of special tools is available for different applications.
The applications can be organized into groups.
- Relay engineering
- Communication engineering
- Record management
- Device monitoring and diagnostic