Protection and Control IED Manager PCM600 offers all the necessary functionality to work throughout all stages of the protection relay's 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 project 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 and assist the tool with communications.
PCM600 communicates with devices over Ethernet using either IEC 61850 or the FTP/FTPS protocols. This communication allows PCM600 to configure and monitor the devices. In addition to IEC 61850, the devices have optional communication 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 REX610 protection relay within a station by using the Ethernet connection. The connection can be used for service and maintenance purposes and to handle disturbance records from the protection relays.
REX610 also supports one-to-one connection using the front USB port. This port can be used for service and maintenance purposes.
The modern protection relays are designed using the concept of the IEC 61850 standard. This is mainly visible in how functions within the protection relay are modelled and how the protection relay is represented in the substation. The logical nodes follow the structure and rules defined in part 7 of the standard.
The communication protocol engineering is a separate task and an addition to the engineering of protection and control functions.
As PCM600 can be used for different purposes throughout the protection relay life cycle, a set of tools is available for different applications.
The applications can be organized into groups.
- Relay engineering
- Communication engineering
- Record management
- Device monitoring and diagnostic
- User management