In plant structure SSC600 unit can be placed on multiple different locations, depending on the application: substation, voltage level or bay.
The bay level IEDs or Merging Units that send measurements to SSC600 need to be instantiated to the plant structure to corresponding bay nodes.
It is possible to do various tasks in the plant structure.
- Insert either offline or online IED
- Import a template IED that is available in the template library as a .pcmt file
- Import a preconfigured IED available as a .pcmi file
Note: PCM600 uses two kinds of IED files: .pcmt and .pcmi. Both files include the complete IED configuration but their usage differs. The .pcmt files are always accessed through the PCM600 template manager while the .pcmi files are meant for sharing the IED instances between different PCM600 users enabling quick import/export directly from the plant structure context menu.
Note: IEC 61850 Edition 1 and Edition 2 IEDs cannot be used simultaneously in the same PCM600 project. The first inserted IED determines the IEC 61850 version for the whole project.