A typical project in PCM600 contains a plant structure including one or several IED objects, where each IED object contains the engineering data created or modified using the different PCM600 tools.
Several projects can be created and managed by PCM600, but only one project can be active at a time.
Regardless of the protocol used in installation for each project, it is possible to have Edition 1 and Edition 2 relays configured in the same PCM600 project. The PCM600 project's SCL edition is the highest SCL edition relay in the project. If IEC 61850 is not used for station bus, either version can be applied. The protection relay's IEC 61850 version is by default Edition 2.
With PCM600, it is possible to do various tasks.
- Open existing projects
- Import projects
- Create new projects
- Export projects
- Delete projects
- Rename projects
- Copy and paste projects
Exporting a project enables you to transfer a project between different computers as a single file. The supported file formats are APCMP and APCMA. APCMP is the default format suitable for common use. APCMA/PCMA is an archiving format which should be used if the export file is stored for a long time. It is an SQL Server version independent format which can always be imported directly to the latest PCM600 version.