PCM600 is used for various tasks in the protection relay engineering process.
- Relay engineering management
- Organizing the bay protection relays in the structure of the substation by defining voltage levels and bays below the substation. PCM600 manages the project.
- Configuring the protection relay functions (for example, protection and control functions) by using the Application Configuration tool.
- Configuring the parameters and setting values for the protection relay itself and for the process functions by using the Parameter Setting tool.
- Drawing single-line diagrams and making links to dynamic process values by using Graphical Display Editor. The single-line diagrams are displayed in LHMI and WHMI on the bay protection relay.
- Configuring connections between the application configuration function blocks and physical hardware inputs and outputs by using the Signal Matrix tool or the Application Configuration tool.
- Configuring the events shown on the LHMI using the HMI Event Filtering tool.
- Reusing configurations from older protection relay versions using the Configuration Migration tool.
- Communication management
- IEC 61850 station communication engineering is done using the internal IEC 61850 Configuration tool or the separate IET600. PCM600 interacts with IET600 by importing and exporting SCL files.
- Configuring the GOOSE receiving data connections to the protection relay's application configuration function blocks by using the Application Configuration tool and the Signal Matrix tool.
- Configuring protocol data mapping for IEC 60870-5-101/104, Modbus or DNP3 with the Communication Management tool.
- Configuring the sampled values (process bus) between the devices using the Application Configuration tool and IEC 61850 Configuration tool.
- Record management
- Generating overviews on the available (disturbance) recordings in all connected protection relays by using the Disturbance Handling tool.
- Manually reading the recording files (in the COMTRADE format) from the protection relays by using the Disturbance Handling tool or automatically by using the PCM600 Scheduler.
- Managing recording files with the Disturbance Handling tool.
- Creating recording file content overview reports for fast evaluation with assistance of the Disturbance Handling tool.
- Using the Fault Record tool to read fault records from the protection relay, save records to a PC and clear old records.
- Using the Load Profile tool to read load profile records from the protection relay, save records to a PC and clear old records.
- Service management
- Monitoring the selected signals of a protection relay for commissioning or service purposes by using the Signal Monitoring tool and Event Viewer tool (including audit trail).
There are also additional functions for managing projects and organizing user rights.
- PCM600 user management
- Organizing users regarding their rights, profiles and passwords to use different tools and functions in the tools.
- Defining allowed activities for user profiles to use tools in PCM600.
Once the engineering of the protection relay is finished, the results must be written to the protection relay.
The connection between the physical IED and PCM600 is established via an Ethernet link on the front or rear port on the protection relay.