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Preface
Introduction
This guide and the relevant operating or service manual documentation for the equipment provide
full information on safe handling, commissioning and testing of this equipment.
Documentation for equipment ordered from NR is dispatched separately from manufactured goods
and may not be received at the same time. Therefore, this guide is provided to ensure that printed
information normally present on equipment is fully understood by the recipient.
Before carrying out any work on the equipment, the user should be familiar with the contents of
this manual, and read relevant chapter carefully.
This chapter describes the safety precautions recommended when using the equipment. Before
installing and using the equipment, this chapter must be thoroughly read and understood.
When electrical equipment is in operation, dangerous voltages will be present in certain parts of
the equipment. Failure to observe warning notices, incorrect use, or improper use may endanger
personnel and equipment and cause personal injury or physical damage.
Before working in the terminal strip area, the equipment must be isolated.
Proper and safe operation of the equipment depends on appropriate shipping and handling,
proper storage, installation and commissioning, and on careful operation, maintenance and
servicing. For this reason, only qualified personnel may work on or operate the equipment.
Are familiar with the installation, commissioning, and operation of the equipment and of the
system to which it is being connected;
Are able to safely perform switching operations in accordance with accepted safety
engineering practices and are authorized to energize and de-energize equipment and to
isolate, ground, and label it;
Are trained in the care and use of safety apparatus in accordance with safety engineering
practices;
DANGER!
It means that death, severe personal injury, or considerable equipment damage will occur if safety
precautions are disregarded.
WARNING!
It means that death, severe personal, or considerable equipment damage could occur if safety
precautions are disregarded.
CAUTION!
It means that light personal injury or equipment damage may occur if safety precautions are
disregarded. This particularly applies to damage to the device and to resulting damage of the
protected equipment.
WARNING!
The firmware may be upgraded to add new features or enhance/modify existing features, please
make sure that the version of this manual is compatible with the product in your hand.
WARNING!
During operation of electrical equipment, certain parts of these devices are under high voltage.
Severe personal injury or significant equipment damage could result from improper behavior.
Only qualified personnel should work on this equipment or in the vicinity of this equipment. These
personnel must be familiar with all warnings and service procedures described in this manual, as
well as safety regulations.
In particular, the general facility and safety regulations for work with high-voltage equipment must
be observed. Noncompliance may result in death, injury, or significant equipment damage.
DANGER!
Never allow the current transformer (CT) secondary circuit connected to this equipment to be
opened while the primary system is live. Opening the CT circuit will produce a dangerously high
voltage.
WARNING!
Exposed terminals
Do not touch the exposed terminals of this equipment while the power is on, as the high voltage
generated is dangerous
Residual voltage
Hazardous voltage can be present in the DC circuit just after switching off the DC power supply. It
takes a few seconds for the voltage to discharge.
CAUTION!
Earth
Operating environment
The equipment must only be used within the range of ambient environment detailed in the
specification and in an environment free of abnormal vibration.
Ratings
Before applying AC voltage and current or the DC power supply to the equipment, check that they
conform to the equipment ratings.
Do not attach and remove printed circuit boards when DC power to the equipment is on, as this
may cause the equipment to malfunction.
External circuit
When connecting the output contacts of the equipment to an external circuit, carefully check the
supply voltage used in order to prevent the connected circuit from overheating.
Connection cable
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The information in this manual is carefully checked periodically, and necessary corrections will be included in future editions. If
nevertheless any errors are detected, suggestions for correction or improvement are greatly appreciated.
Documentation Structure
The manual provides a functional and technical description of this relay and a comprehensive set
of instructions for the relays use and application.
1 Introduction
Briefly introduce the application, functions and features about this relay.
2 Technical Data
Introduce the technical data about this relay, such as electrical specifications, mechanical
specifications, ambient temperature and humidity range, communication port parameters, type
tests, setting ranges and accuracy limits and the certifications that our products have passed.
3 Operation Theory
Introduce a comprehensive and detailed functional description of all protective elements.
4 Supervision
Introduce the automatic self-supervision function of this relay.
6 Hardware
Introduce the main function carried out by each plug-in module of this relay and providing the
definition of pins of each plug-in module.
7 Settings
List settings including system settings, communication settings, label settings, logic links and etc.,
and some notes about the setting application.
9 Configurable Function
Introduce how to make system configuration, function configuration, binary input and binary output
configuration, LED indicator configuration and programming logic through PCS-PC software.
10 Communication
Introduce the communication port and protocol which this relay can support, IEC60970-5-103,
IEC61850 and DNP3.0 protocols are introduced in details.
11 Installation
Introduce the recommendations on unpacking, handling, inspection and storage of this relay. A
guide to the mechanical and electrical installation of this relay is also provided, incorporating
earthing recommendations. A typical wiring connection to this relay is indicated.
12 Commissioning
Introduce how to commission this relay, comprising checks on the calibration and functionality of
this relay.
13 Maintenance
A general maintenance policy for this relay is outlined.
Deviations may be permitted in drawings and tables when the type of designator can be obviously
derived from the illustration.
&
AND gate
OR gate
Comparator
BI
Binary signal via opto-coupler
EBI
Enabling binary input, an input via opto-coupler for function enabling
VEBI
Virtual enabling binary signal, a signal for enabling function via
SET I>
Input signal from comparator with setting
EN
Input signal of logic setting for function enabling
SIG
Input of binary signal except those signals via opto-coupler
OTH
Input of other signal
XXX
Output signal
Timer
t
t
Time (optional definite-time or inverse-time characteristic)
10ms 0ms
Timer [delay pickup (10ms), delay dropoff (0ms), non-settable]
[XXX] 0ms
Timer (delay pickup, settable)
0ms [XXX]
Timer (delay dropoff, settable)
[XXX] [XXX]
Timer (delay pickup, delay dropoff, settable)
IDMT
Timer (inverse-time characteristic)
1 Introduction
Table of Contents
1 Introduction ...................................................................................... 1-a
1.1 Application....................................................................................................... 1-1
1.2 Function ........................................................................................................... 1-1
1.3 Features ........................................................................................................... 1-3
1.4 Order Information............................................................................................ 1-3
List of Figures
Figure 1.1-1 Functional diagram of PCS-924...........................................................................1-1
1.1 Application
PCS-924 is a fully numerical stub differential relay which is mainly designed for protecting T zone
of one and a half breakers arrangement. It is developed based on UAPC (Unified Advanced
Platform for Protection and Control) platform.
The protection function of PCS-924 comprises of current differential protection, phase overcurrent
protection and feeder line end fault protection.
* Busbar No.1
ICB1
87S 50FLE 50P
52
* Line
ILine
52
ICB2
* Line
52
Busbar No.2
1.2 Function
1. Protection Functions
2. Logic
3. Additional function
CT circuit supervision(CTS)
Self diagnostic
Event Recorder including 1024 disturbance records, 1024 binary events, 1024 supervision
events and 1024 device logs.
Disturbance recorder including 64 disturbance records with waveforms (The file format of
disturbance recorder is compatible with international COMTRADE file.)
Clock synchronization
PPS(RS-485)
IRIG-B(RS-485)
PPM(DIN)
SNTP(PTP)
IEEE1588
SNTP(BC)
PPS(DIN)
4. Monitoring
Frequency
5. Communication
2 RS-485 communication rear ports conform to IEC 60870-5-103 protocol or DNP3.0 protocol
Up to 4 Ethernet ports (depend on the chosen type of plug-in MON module), IEC 61850, or
IEC 60870-5-103 over TCP/IP
Up to 2 Ethernet ports via optic fiber (ST interface or SC interface, depend on the chosen type
of plug-in MON module)
6. User Interface
Friendly HMI interface with LCD and 9-button keypad on the front panel.
1.3 Features
The intelligent device integrated with protection, control and monitor provides powerful
protection function, flexible protection configuration, user programmable logic and
configurable binary input and binary output, which can meet with various application
requirements.
Powerful PC tool software can fulfill protection function configuration, modify setting and
waveform analysis.
This device is flexible to configure according to the application. The following table shows the
required information when ordering a PCS-924.
Ordering Code:
Software Version
Standard 1
Language
Chinese + English E
Chinese + French F
Chinese + Russian R
Chinese + Spanish S
Chinese + Portuguese P
Auxiliary Power
88~300 Vdc 1
Analog AC Inputs
Non available O
CT 1A A
CT 5A B
Digital AC Inputs
Non available 0
2 x 100Base-FX,
1
ST-Connector
2 x 100Base-FX,
ST-Connector, IRIG-B 2
input (ST)
Other 3*
Support to GOOSE
Non available O
2 x 100Base-FX,
A
ST-Connector
Other B*
Binary Inputs
Non available 0
4 fixed + 14 configurable 1
4 fixed + 32 configurable 2
4 fixed + 50 configurable 3
Binary Outputs
Non available O
33 contacts (22 contacts
A
controlled by fault detector)
44 contacts (22 contacts
B
controlled by fault detector)
55 contacts (22 contacts
C
controlled by fault detector)
Communication Ports
for Automation
2 x EIA-485 + 2 x
1
100Base-TX, RJ45
4 x 100Base-TX, RJ45 2
2 x 100Base-TX, RJ45 + 2
x 100BaseFX, 3
ST-Connector
Other 4*
Protocol
IEC 60870-5-103 A
DNP 3.0 B
IEC 61850 C*
Note!
For items not specified in the table, please refer to our sales or agent.
Note!
The items marked with * are not included in the basic price and have an additional cost.
2 Technical Data
Table of Contents
2 Technical Data .................................................................................. 2-a
2.1 Electrical Specifications ................................................................................. 2-1
2.1.1 AC Current Input ................................................................................................................ 2-1
Insulation resistance
Isolation resistance >100M@500VDC
measurements
2.6 Certifications
ISO9001:2000
ISO14001:2004
OHSAS18001:1999
ISO10012:2003
CMMI L3
Note!
The meanings of symbols mentioned in the following sections are given here.
3 Operation Theory
Table of Contents
3 Operation Theory ............................................................................. 3-a
3.1 Fault Detector (FD) .......................................................................................... 3-1
3.1.1 Application.......................................................................................................................... 3-1
List of Figures
Figure 3.1-1 Flow chart of protection program .......................................................................3-3
List of Tables
Table 3.1-1 Input signal .............................................................................................................3-3
Table 3.3-3 Feeder line end fault protection settings ........................................................... 3-11
The device has plug-in DSP modules with fault detector DSP and protection DSP for fault detector
and protection calculation respectively. Protection DSP with protection fault detector element is
responsible for calculation of protection elements, and fault detector DSP is responsible to
determine fault appearance on the protected power system. Fault detector in fault detector DSP
picks up to provide positive supply to output relays. The output relays can only operate when both
the fault detector in fault detector DSP and a protection element operate simultaneously.
Otherwise, the output relays would not operate. An alarm message will be issued with blocking
outputs if a protection element operates while the fault detector does not operate.
Main part of FD is differential current fault detector element and two breakers sum current fault
detector element. They are continuously calculating the analog input signals.
2. Pickup condition 2: two breakers sum current is greater than the setting value
If any of the above conditions is complied, the FD will operate to activate the output circuit
providing with DC power supply to the output relays.
Where:
= A, B or C
I3Dmax=Max( I CB1_ I CB2_ I Line_ ), the maximum value of phase differential current of phase A,
phase B and phase C, please refer to Figure 3.2-1 about I CB1 , I CB2 and I Line .
If operating condition is met, differential current element will pickup and trigger FD to provide DC
power supply for output relays, the FD operation signal will maintain 7 seconds after differential
current element drops off.
3.1.2.2 Fault Detector Based on Two Breakers Sum Current (pickup condition 2)
The criterion:
Where:
= A, B or C
If above condition is met and phase overcurrent protection is enabled, two breakers sum current
element will pickup and trigger FD to provide DC power supply for output relays, the FD operation
signal will maintain 7 seconds after two breakers sum current element drops off.
The protection device is running either of the two programs: one is Regular program for normal
state, and the other is Fault calculation program after protection fault detector picks up.
Under the normal state, the protection device will perform the following tasks:
3. Hardware self-check
Once the protection fault detector element in protection calculation DSP picks up, the protection
device will switch to fault calculation program, for example the calculation of phase overcurrent
protection, and to determine logic. If the fault is within the protected zone, the protection device will
send tripping command.
Main program
Sampling program
No Yes
Pickup?
The protection FD pickup conditions are the same as the FD in fault detector DSP as shown below.
The operation criteria for the conditions are also the same as that in fault detector DSP. Please
refer to section 3.1.2 for details.
2. Pickup condition 2: two breakers sum current is greater than the setting value
When any pickup condition mentioned above is met, the protection device will go to fault
calculation state.
FD
I3P1 Pkp
I3P2
Diff.Pkp
I3P3
OC.Pkp
Generally, differential current is composed of 3-terminal current (current of two breakers and
current of the feeder line, shown as Figure 3.2-1), only when normally closed auxiliary contact of
feeder line disconnector is energized (feeder line disconnector is open), differential current is
composed of 2-terminal current (current of two breakers).
Three groups of current are inputted to the device (3 current circuits per group), as shown in
Figure 3.2-1. I CB1_ and I CB2_ are secondary phase currents of two circuit breakers, I Line_
*
CT1
ICB1
0201~0206
CT group 1
52 CB1
CT3
0207~0212
CT group 2
PCS-924
* Line
ILine
CB2
0213~0218
52
CT group 3
ICB2
CT2
* Line
52 CB3
When current differential protection is enabled, 3-terminal current differential protection is valid if
normally closed auxiliary contact of feeder line disconnector is open (feeder line disconnector is
closed).
The criterion:
Where:
When I3D>1.3In, tripping output will operate once current differential protection operates (In:
secondary rated current of CT).
When I3D<1.3In, tripping output will operate with a time delay of 20ms since current differential
protection operates.
Both local circuit breakers (CB1 and CB2) are tripped and transfer tripping is initiated after
3-terminal current differential protection operates.
When current differential protection is enabled, 2-terminal current differential protection is valid if
normally closed auxiliary contact of feeder line disconnector is closed (feeder line disconnector is
open).
The criterion:
Where:
When I2D>1.3In, tripping output will operate once current differential protection operates (In:
secondary rated current of CT).
When I2D<1.3In, tripping output will operate with a time delay of 20ms since current differential
protection operates.
Both local circuit breakers are tripped (CB1 and CB2) but transfer tripping is not initiated after
2-terminal current differential protection operates.
87S
I3P1
I3P2
87S.Op
I3P3
BI_89b_DS
87S.En1
87S.En2
87S.Blk
3.2.5 Logic
Logic diagram of 3-terminal current differential protection and 2-terminal current differential
protection are shown in following two figures.
SIG I3DA>1.3In
>=1
& >=1
BI BI_89b_DS 20ms 0
SIG [87S.En2]
SIG [87S.Blk]
Where:
SIG I2DA>1.3In
>=1
& >=1
BI BI_89b_DS 20ms 0
SIG [87S.En2]
SIG [87S.Blk]
Where:
3.2.6 Settings
0: disable
1: enable
Two stages of feeder line end fault protection is available for the device. If feeder line end fault
protection is enabled, feeder line end fault protection is in service when normally closed auxiliary
contact of feeder line disconnector is closed. (feeder line disconnector is open)
The criterion:
Where:
ILine_max=Max(ILine_A, ILine_B, ILine_C), ILine_A, ILine_B and ILine_C are secondary phase current of the line.
[50FLE1.I_Set]/[50FLE2.I_Set]: current setting of stage 1 and stage 2 of feeder line end fault
protection
I3Dmax=Max( I CB1_ I CB2_ I Line_ ), the maximum value of phase differential current of phase A,
phase B and phase C, please refer to Figure 3.2-1 about I CB1 , I CB2 and I Line .
In order to prevent the device from undesired trip due to error in normally closed auxiliary contact
of feeder line disconnector, feeder line end fault protection is controlled by differential current
element.
Provided that differential current element of feeder line end fault protection operates, if
ILine_max >[50FLE1.I_Set], stage 1 of feeder line end fault protection will operate to initiate transfer
trip after the time delay of [50FLE1.t_Op], if ILine_max >[50FLE2.I_Set], stage 2 of feeder line end
fault protection will operate to initiate transfer trip after the time delay of [50FLE2.t_Op].
50FLEx
I3P3 50FLEx.St
BI_89b_DS
50FLEx.Op
50FLEx.En1
50FLEx.En2
50FLEx.Blk
3.3.5 Logic
Logic diagram of feeder line end fault protection is shown in the following figure.
EN [50FLEx.En]
&
SIG [50FLEx.En1]
SIG [50FLEx.En2]
SIG [50FLEx.Blk]
BI BI_89b_DS
Where:
x=1 or 2
3.3.6 Settings
Phase overcurrent protection is based on the sum current of two circuit breakers, the criterion is:
= A, B or C
Both local circuit breakers (CB1 and CB2) will be tripped if phase overcurrent protection operates.
50P
I3P1 50P.St
I3P2
50P.Op
50P.En1
50P.En2
50P.Blk
3.4.4 Logic
EN [50P.En]
&
SIG [50P.En1]
SIG [50P.En2]
50P.St
&
SIG [50P.Blk] 50P.t_Op 0ms 50P.Op
3.4.5 Settings
For any enabled protection tripping elements, their operation signal will convert to appropriate
tripping signals through trip logics and then trigger output contacts by configuration.
This module gathers signals from protection tripping elements and then converts the operation
signal from protection tripping elements to appropriate tripping signals.
3.5.3 Logic
0 t_DDO_Trp
&
0 t_DDO_Trp
&
1 [t_DDO_Trp] is the shortest period of tripping contact operation. The tripping contact shall be
Name Description
I3P1 Three-phase current input of CT1
I3P2 Three-phase current input of CT2
I3P3 Three-phase current input of CT3
87S.Op (3-Terminal) 3-terminal current differential protection operates.
87S.Op (2-Terminal) 2-terminal current differential protection operates.
50FLE1.Op Operation signal of stage 1 of feeder line end fault protection
50FLE2.Op Operation signal of stage 2 of feeder line end fault protection
50P.Op Operation signal of phase overcurrent protection
Name Description
Trp Tripping local two circuit breakers
TT Initiating transfer tripping
3.5.5 Settings
4 Supervision
Table of Contents
4 Supervision ...................................................................................... 4-a
4.1 General Description ........................................................................................ 4-1
4.2 Supervision Alarms ......................................................................................... 4-1
4.3 Relay Self-supervision.................................................................................... 4-4
4.3.1 Relay Hardware Monitoring................................................................................................ 4-4
Table of Tables
Table 4.2-1 Alarm description and handling suggestion ........................................................4-1
The numerical relay based on the microprocessor operations is suitable for implementing this
automatic supervision function of the protection system.
In case a defect is detected during initialization when DC power supply is provided to the
equipment, the equipment will be blocked with indication and alarm of relay out of service. It is
suggested a trial recovery of the equipment by re-energization. Please contact supplier if the
equipment is still failure.
When a failure is detected by the automatic supervision, it is followed by a LCD message, LED
indication and alarm contact outputs. The failure alarm is also recorded in event recording report
and can be printed If required.
A minor abnormality may block a certain number of protections functions while the other functions
can still work. However, if severe hardware failure or abnormality are detected, all protection
functions will be blocked and the LED HEALTHY will be extinguished and blocking output
contacts BO_FAIL will be given. The protective device then can not work normally and
maintenance is required to eliminate the failure. All the alarm signals and the corresponding
handling suggestions are listed below.
Note!
If the protective device is blocked or alarm signal is sent during operation, please do find
out its reason with the help of self-diagnostic record. If the reason can not be found at site,
please notify the factory NR. Please Do not simply press button TARGET RESET on the
protection panel or re-energize on the protective device.
the alarm signal [Fail_Sample] will be issued and the device will be blocked.
Table of Contents
5 Meaurement and Recording............................................................ 5-a
5.1 Measurement ................................................................................................... 5-1
5.2 Recording ........................................................................................................ 5-1
5.2.1 General Description ........................................................................................................... 5-1
5.1 Measurement
PCS-924 performs continuous measurement of the analogue input quantities. The relay samples
24 points per cycle and calculates the RMS value in each interval and updated the LCD display in
every 0.5 second. The measurement data can be displayed on the LCD of the relay front panel or
on the local/remote PC via software tool. Navigate the menu to view the sampling value through
LCD screen.
1. RMS Values
Access path: Press key to enter main menu firstly. Select the item Measurements and
press key ENT to enter, and then select submenu Measurements1. Press key ENT to display
corresponding measurement values as below on the LCD.
Measured directly
Calculated by DSP
Phase Angle
5.2 Recording
5.2.1 General Description
PCS-924 provides the following recording functions:
1. Event recording
2. Disturbance recording
3. Present recording
All the recording information except waveform can be viewed on local LCD or by printing.
Waveform could only be printed or extracted with PCS-PC software tool and a waveform analysis
software.
The device can store the latest 1024 disturbance records, 1024 binary events, 1024 supervision
events and 1024 device logs. All the records are stored in non-volatile memory, and when the
available space is exhausted, the oldest record is automatically overwritten by the latest one.
When any protection element operates or drops off, such as fault detector, distance protection etc.,
they will be logged in event records.
The device is under automatic supervision all the time. If there are any failure or abnormal
condition detected, such as, chip damaged, VT circuit failure and so on, it will be logged in event
records.
When there is a binary input is energized or de-energized, i.e., its state has changed from 0 to 1
or from 1 to 0, it will be logged in event records.
If an operator implements some operations on the device, such as reboot protective device,
modify setting, etc., they will be logged in event records.
Disturbance records can be used to have a better understanding of the behavior of the power
network and related primary and secondary equipment during and after a disturbance. Analysis of
the recorded data provides valuable information that can be used to improve existing equipment.
This information can also be used when planning for and designing new installations.
5.2.3.2 Design
A disturbance record consists of fault record and fault waveform. A disturbance record is initiated
by fault detector element.
The device can store up to 64 disturbance records with waveform in non-volatile memory. It is
based on first in first out queue that the oldest disturbance record will be overwritten by the latest
one.
1. Sequence number
Each operation will be recorded with a sequence number in the record and displayed on LCD
screen.
The time resolution is 1ms using the relay internal clock synchronized via clock synchronized
device if connected. The date and time is recorded when a system fault is detected.
An operating time (not including the operating time of output relays) is recorded in the record.
4. Faulty phase
5. Protection elements
MON module can store 64 pieces of fault waveform oscillogram in non-volatile memory. If a new
fault occurs when 64 fault waveform have been stored, the oldest will be overwritten by the latest
one.
Each fault record consists of all analog and digital quantities related to protection, such as original
current and voltage, differential current, alarm elements, and binary inputs and etc.
Each time recording includes 10-cycle pre-fault waveform, and 250 cycles at least and 500 cycles
at most can be recorded.
Each time recording includes 10-cycle waveform before triggering, and 250 cycles at most can be
recorded.
6 Hardware
Table of Contents
6 Hardware .......................................................................................... 6-a
6.1 General Description ........................................................................................ 6-1
6.2 Typical Wiring .................................................................................................. 6-4
6.2.1 Conventional CT/VT (For reference only) .......................................................................... 6-4
6.3.4 DSP Plug-in Module (Fault Detector and Protection Calculation) .................................... 6-15
List of Figures
Figure 6.1-1 Rear view of fixed module position ....................................................................6-1
Table of Tables
Table 6.3-1 Terminals definition and description................................................................6-9
PCS-924 is comprised of intelligent plug-in modules, except that few particular plug-in modules
position cannot be changed in the whole device (gray plug-in modules as shown in Figure 6.1-1),
other plug-in modules like AI (analog input) and IO (binary input and binary output) can be flexibly
configured in the remaining slot positions.
MON module
PWR module
DSP module
BO module
BO module
BO module
BO module
AI module
BI module
BI module
Slot No.
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 00
PCS-924 has 16 slots, PWR module, MON module and DSP module are assigned at fixed slots.
Besides 3 fixed modules are shown in above figure, there are 13 slots can be flexibly configured.
AI plug-in module, BI plug-in module and BO plug-in module can be configured at position
between slot B02, B03 and B06~B15. It should be pay attention that AI plug-in module will occupy
two slots.
This device is developed on the basis of our latest software and hardware platform, and the new
platform major characteristics are of high reliability, networking and great capability in
anti-interference great capability in anti-interference. See Figure 6.1-2 for hardware diagram.
Output Relay
Binary Input
External
Protection
Conventional CT/VT A/D Calculation
DSP
ECVT
Fault
A/D Detector Pickup
DSP Relay
ECVT
ETHERNET
LCD +E
Clock SYN
Power
Uaux LED CPU
Supply
RJ45
Keypad
PRINT
The working process of the device is as shown in above figure: current and voltage from
conventional CT/VT are converted into small voltage signal and sent to DSP module after filtered
and A/D conversion for protection calculation and fault detector respectively (ECVT signal is sent
to the relay without small signal and A/D convertion). When DSP module completes all the
protection calculation, the result will be recorded in 64-bit CPU on MON module. DSP module
carries out fault detector, protection logic calculation, tripping output, and MON module perfomes
SOE (sequence of event) record, waveform recording, printing, communication between
protection and SAS and communication between HMI and CPU. When fault detector detects a
fault and picks up, positive power supply for output relay is provided.
The items can be flexibly configured depending on the situations like sampling method of device
(conventional CT/VT and ECT/EVT), the mode of binary output (conventional binary output and
GOOSE binary output), and whether it needs independent binary output for pole discrepancy
protection. The configurations for PCS-900 series based on microcomputer are classified into
standard and optional modules.
3 NR1161 Protection calculation and fault detector module (DSP module) standard
MON module provides functions like management function, event record, setting
management etc.
AI module converts AC current and voltage from current transformers and voltage
transformers respectively to small voltage.
DSP module performs filtering, sampling, protection calculation and fault detector calculation.
BI module provides binary inputs, the binary inputs are opto-couplers of rating
24V/110V/125V/220V/250V (configurable).
BO module provides output contacts for tripp[ing, and signal output contact for annunciation
signal, remote signal, fault and disturbance signal, operation abnormal signal etc.
PWR module converts DC 250/220/125/110V into various DC voltage levels for modules of
the device.
HMI module is comprised of LCD, keypad, LED indicators and multiplex RJ45 ports for user
as human-machine interface.
NET-DSP module receives and sends GOOSE messages, sampled values (SV) from
merging unit by IEC61850-9-2 protocol.
PCS-924 series is made of a 4U height 19 chassis for flush mounting. Components mounted on
its front include a 320240 dot matrix LCD, a 9 button keypad, 20 LED indicators and a multiplex
RJ45 port. A monolithic micro controller is installed in the equipment for these functions.
1 11
HEALTHY PCS-924
2 12
ALARM STUB DIFFERENTIAL RELAY
3 13
4 14
GRP
5 15
6 16 ENT
ESC
7 17
8 18
9 19
10 20
20 LED indicators are, from top to bottom, operation (HEALTHY), self-supervision (ALARM),
others are configurable.
For the 9-button keypad, ENT is enter, GRP is group number and ESC is escape.
NR1102 NR1401 NR1161 NR1504 NR1504 NR1521 NR1521 NR1521 NR1521 NR1301
1 5V OK ALM
2 BO_ALM BO_FAIL
DANGER
1 BO_COM1
2 BO_FAIL
3 BO_ALM
4 BO_COM2
5 BO_FAIL
6 BO_ALM
7 OPTO+
8 OPTO-
9
10 PWR+
11 PWR-
12 GND
PWR module
DSP module
BO module
BO module
BO module
AI module
BI module
Slot No.
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 00
Current of CT1
0203 BI_01 + 0802
0204 Ib
0206 Ic
BI_06 + 0807
Current of CT2
0209
0210 Ib
0211
Ic BI_12 + 0814
0212
0215
0216 Ib
BI_18 + 0821
0217
0218 Ic 0822
-
1101
PWR+ 0010
1121
0001 BO_FAIL BO_11 1122
0002 BO_ALM
0003 COM 1201
0004
Signal Binary Output (option)
1221
cable with single point earthing
To the screen of other coaxial
485-1B 0102
COM
BO_11 1222
SGND 0103
0104
1301
element and last 2 contacts without controlled by
BO_01
First 9 contacts controlled by fault detector
Slot No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 00
Module ID NR1102 NR1401 NR1161 NR1504 NR1504 NR1521 NR1521 NR1521 NR1521 NR1301
Slot No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 00
PWR module
DSP module
BO module
BO module
BO module
AI module
BI module
Slot No.
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 00
BI_01 + 0801
terminal
(LC Type)
Up to 8
Phase C TX BI_03 + 0805
- 0806
BI_11 + 0821
- 0822
element
opto-coupler (24V) 0008
OPTO- 1105
BO_03 1106
0001 BO_FAIL 1121
0002 BO_11 1122
BO_ALM
0003 COM
0004 BO_FAIL 1201
SGND 0103 1221
0104 BO_11 1222
SYN+ 0101
Clock SYN
0012
SYN- 0102
SGND 0103 Grounding
0104 Bus
Multiplex
RJ45 (Front)
RTS 0105
PTINTER
TXD 0106
SGND 0107 0225
IRIG-B
Slot No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 00
Slot No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 00
Module ID NR1102 NR1161 NR1136 NR1504 NR1504 NR1521 NR1521 NR1521 NR1521 NR1301
NET-
MON DSP BI BI BO BO BO BO PWR
DSP
In the protection system adopting electronic current and voltage transformer (ECT/EVT), the
merging unit will merge the sample data from ECT/EVT, and then send it to the device through
multi-mode optical fibre. DSP module receives the data from merging unit through the optical-fibre
interface to complete the protection calculation and fault detector.
The difference between the hardware platform based on ECT/EVT and the hardware platform
based on conventional CT/VT lies in the receiving module of sampled values only, and the device
receives the sampled value from merging unit through multi-mode optical fibre.
The +3.3V DC output provides power supply for the microchip processors, and the +5V DC output
provides power supply for all the electrical elements that need +5V DC power supply in this device.
The 12V DC output provides power supply for A/D conversion circuits in this device, and the
+24V DC output provides power supply for the static relays of this device.
The use of an external miniature circuit breaker is recommended. The miniature circuit breaker
must be in the on position when the device is in operation and in the off position when the device is
in cold reserve.
A 12-pin connector is fixed on PWR module. The terminal definition of the connector is described
as below.
NR1301A
5V OK ALM
BO_ALM BO_FAIL
1 BO_COM1
2 BO_FAIL
3 BO_ALM
4 BO_COM2
5 BO_FAIL
6 BO_ALM
7 OPTO+
8 OPTO-
9
10 PWR+
11 PWR-
12 GND
01
BO_FAIL
02
BO_ALM
03
04
BO_FAIL
05
BO_ALM
06
Note!
The standard rated voltage of PWR module is self-adaptive to 88~300 Vdc. For
non-standard rated voltage power supply module please specify when place order, and
check if the rated voltage of power supply module is the same as the voltage of power
source before the device being put into service.
PWR module provides terminal 12 and grounding screw for device grounding. Terminal 12
shall be connected to grounding screw and then connected to the earth copper bar of
panel via dedicated grounding wire.
Effective grounding is the most important measure for a device to prevent EMI, so effective
grounding must be ensured before the device is put into service.
MON module uses the internal bus to receive the data from other modules of the device. It
communicates with the LCD module by RS-485 bus. This module comprises 100BaseT Ethernet
interfaces, RS-485 communication interfaces, PPS/IRIG-B differential time synchronization
interface and RS-232 printing interface.
Modules with various combinations of memory and interface are available as shown in the table
below.
TX TX
ETHERNET ETHERNET ETHERNET ETHERNET ETHERNET
RX RX
TX TX
RX RX
ETHERNET ETHERNET
05 RXD
RS-232 06 TXD To printer
07 SGND
4 RJ45 Ethernet To SCADA
01 SYN+
02 SYN- To clock
RS-485
03 SGND synchronization
NR1102D 128M DDR Twisted pair wire
04
05 RXD
RS-232 06 TXD To printer
07 SGND
2 RJ45 Ethernet To SCADA Twisted pair wire
2 FO Ethernet To SCADA Optical fibre SC
01 SYN+
02 SYN- To clock
RS-485
NR1102H 128M DDR 03 SGND synchronization
04 Twisted pair wire
05 RXD
RS-232 06 TXD To printer
07 SGND
2 RJ45 Ethernet To SCADA Twisted pair wire
2 FO Ethernet To SCADA Optical fibre ST
01 SYN+
02 SYN- To clock
RS-485
NR1102I 128M DDR 03 SGND synchronization
04 Twisted pair wire
05 RXD
RS-232 06 TXD To printer
07 SGND
2 RJ45 Ethernet To SCADA
01 485-1A To SCADA
02 485-1B
RS-485
03 SGND
04
05 485-1A
06 485-1B
NR1101E 128M DDR RS-485 To SCADA Twisted pair wire
07 SGND
08
09 SYN+
10 SYN- To clock
RS-485
11 SGND synchronization
12
RS-232 13 RXD To printer
14 TXD
15 SGND
16 FGND To earth
The correct connection is shown in Figure 6.3-4. Generally, the shielded cables with two pairs of
twisted pairs inside shall be applied. One pair of the twisted pairs are respectively used to connect
the + and terminals of difference signal; the other pair of twisted pairs are used to connect the
signal ground of the interface, i.e. connect the signal groundings of all the devices connected with
the bus to the twisted pair. The module reserves a free terminal for all the communication ports;
the free terminal has no connection with any signal of the device; it is used to connect the external
shields of the two cables when connecting multiple devices in series. The external shield of cable
shall be grounded at one of the ends.
485-1B 02
COM
cable with single point earthing
To the screen of other coaxial
SGND 03
04
Clock SYN
SYN- 02
SGND 03
04
TXD 06
SGND 07
There are two types of AI module with rating 5 A or 1 A. Please declare which kind of AI module is
needed before ordering. Maximum linear range of the current converter is 40In.
Ia1, Ib1 and Ic1 are three phases current of CT1. Ia2, Ib2 and Ic2 are three phases current of CT2.
Ia3, Ib3 and Ic3 are three phases current of CT3. Terminal 0201, 0203 and 0205 are polarity marks
of CT1. Terminal 0207, 0209 and 0211 are polarity marks of CT2. Terminal 0213, 0215 and 0217
are polarity marks of CT3. Terminal 0225 is ground point. It shall be connected to ground bus.
NR1401
Ia1 01 Ia1n 02
Ib1 03 Ib1n 04
Ic1 05 Ic1n 06
Ia2 07 Ia2n 08
Ib2 09 Ib2n 10
Ic2 11 Ic2n 12
Ia3 13 Ia3n 14
Ib3 15 Ib3n 16
Ic3 17 Ic3n 18
19 20
21 22
23 24
NR1161
When the module is connected with conventional CT/VT, it can perform the synchronous data
acquisition through AI plug-in module. When the module is connected with ECT/EVT, it can
receive the real-time synchronous sampled value from merging unit through NET-DSP plug-in
module.
NR1136A NR1136C
RX
This module consists of high-performance DSP (digital signal processor), two 100Mbit/s
optical-fibre interface and two 100Mbit/s RJ-45 ethernet and other peripherals. It supports GOOSE
and SV by IEC 61850-9-2 protocols. It can receive and send GOOSE messages to intelligent
control device, and receive SV from MU (merging unit).
This module supports IEEE1588 network time protocol, E2E and P2P defined in IEEE1588
protocol can be selected.This module supports Ethernet IEEE802.3 time adjustment message
format, UDP time adjustment message format and GMRP.
Each BI module is with a 22-pin connector for 11 binary inputs (NR1503) or 18 binary inputs
(NR1504).
For NR1503, each binary input has independent negative power input of opto-coupler, and can be
configurable. The terminal definition of the connector of BI plug-in module is described as below.
[BI_n] (n=01, 02,,11 can be configured as a specified binary input by PCS-PC software.)
NR1503
BI_01 01
Opto01- 02
BI_02 03
Opto02- 04
BI_03 05
Opto03- 06
BI_04 07
Opto04- 08
BI_05 09
Opto05- 10
BI_06 11
Opto06- 12
BI_07 13
Opto07- 14
BI_08 15
Opto08- 16
BI_09 17
Opto09- 18
BI_10 19
Opto10- 20
BI_11 21
Opto11- 22
For NR1504, all binary inputs share one common negative power input, and can be configurable.
The terminal definition of the connector of BI plug-in module is described as below. [BI_n] (n=01,
02,,18 can be configured as a specified binary input by PCS-PC software.)
NR1504
Opto+ 01
BI_01 02
BI_02 03
BI_03 04
BI_04 05
BI_05 06
BI_06 07
08
BI_07 09
BI_08 10
BI_09 11
BI_10 12
BI_11 13
BI_12 14
15
BI_13 16
BI_14 17
BI_15 18
BI_16 19
BI_17 20
BI_18 21
COM- 22
Terminal description for NR 1503 and NR1504 are shown as follows respectively.
1. NR1503
2. NR1504
First four binary signals (BI_01, BI_02, BI_03, BI_04) in first BI plug-in module are fixed, they are
[BI_TimeSyn], [BI_Print], [BI_Maintenance] and [BI_RstTarg] respectively.
It is used to receive clock synchronism signal from clock synchronization device, the binary input
[BI_TimeSyn] will change from 0 to 1 once pulse signal is received. When the setting
[Opt_TimeSyn] is set as PPM(DIN), the device receives PPM (pulse per minute), and when the
setting [Opt_TimeSyn] is set as PPS(DIN), the device receives PPS (pulse per second). If the
setting [Opt_TimeSyn] is set as other values, this binary input is invalid.
It is used to manually trigger printing latest report when the equipment is configured as manual
printing mode by logic setting [En_AutoPrint]=0. The printer button is located on the panel usually.
If the equipment is configured as automatic printing mode ([En_AutoPrint]=1), report will be printed
automatically as soon as it is formed.
It is used to block communication export when this binary input is energized. During device
maintenance or testing, this binary input is then energized not to send reports via communication
port, local display and printing still work as usual. This binary input should be de-energized when
the device is restored back to normal.
The application of the binary input [BI_Maintenance] for digital substation communication adopting
IEC61850 protocol is given as follows.
a) The protection device should send the state of this binary input to client.
b) When this binary input is energized, the bit Test of quality (Q) in the sent message changes
to 1.
c) When this binary input is energized, the client cannot control the isolator link and circuit
breaker, modify settings and switch setting group remotely.
d) According to the value of the bit Test of quality (Q) in the message sent, the client
discriminate whether this message is maintenance message, and then deal with it correspondingly.
If the message is the maintenance message, the content of the message will not be displayed on
real-time message window, audio alarm not issued, but the picture is refreshed so as to ensure
that the state of the picture is in step with the actual state. The maintenance message will be
stored, and can be inquired, in independent window.
a) When this binary input is energized, the bit Test in the GOOSE message sent by the
protection device changes to 1.
b) For the receiving end of GOOSE message, it will compare the value of the bit Test in the
GOOSE message received by it with the state of its own binary input (i..e [BI_Maintenance]), the
message will be thought as invalid unless they are conformable.
a) When this binary input of merging unit is energized, the bit Test of quality (Q) of sampling
data in the SV message sent change 1.
b) For the receiving end of SV message, if the value of bit Test of quality (Q) of sampling data
in the SV message received is 1, the relevant protection functions will be disabled, but under
maintenance state, the protection device should calculate and display the magnitude of sampling
data.
c) For duplicated protection function configurations, all merging units of control module
configured to receive sampling should be also duplicated. Both dual protection devices and dual
merging units should be fully independent each other, and one of them is in maintenance state will
not affect the normal operation of the other.
It is used to reset latching signal relay and LCD displaying. The reset is done by pressing a button
on the panel.
Note!
The rated voltage of binary input is optional: 24V, 48V, 110V, 125V, 220V or 250V, which
must be specified when placed order. It is necessary to check whether the rated voltage of
BI module complies with site DC supply rating before put the relay in service.
NR1521A
BO_01+ 01 01
BO_01
BO_01- 02 02
BO_02+ 03 03
BO_01
BO_02- 04 04
BO_03+ 05 05
BO_01
BO_03- 06 06
BO_04+ 07 07
BO_01
BO_04- 08 08
BO_05+ 09 09
BO_01
BO_05- 10 10
BO_06+ 11 11
BO_01
BO_06- 12 12
BO_07+ 13 13
BO_01
BO_07- 14 14
BO_08+ 15 15
BO_01
BO_08- 16 16
BO_09+ 17 17
BO_01
BO_09- 18 18
BO_10+ 19 19
BO_01
BO_10- 20 20
BO_11+ 21 21
BO_01
BO_11- 22 22
NR1521C
BO_01+ 01 01
BO_01
BO_01- 02 02
BO_02+ 03 03
BO_01
BO_02- 04 04
BO_03+ 05 05
BO_01
BO_03- 06 06
BO_04+ 07 07
BO_01
BO_04- 08 08
BO_05+ 09 09
BO_01
BO_05- 10 10
BO_06+ 11 11
BO_01
BO_06- 12 12
BO_07+ 13 13
BO_01
BO_07- 14 14
BO_08+ 15 15
BO_01
BO_08- 16 16
BO_09+ 17 17
BO_01
BO_09- 18 18
BO_10+ 19 19
BO_01
BO_10- 20 20
BO_11+ 21 21
BO_01
BO_11- 22 22
7 Settings
Table of Contents
7 Settings ............................................................................................. 7-a
7.1 Communication Settings ................................................................................ 7-1
7.2 System Settings .............................................................................................. 7-4
7.3 Device Settings ............................................................................................... 7-5
7.4 Protection Settings ......................................................................................... 7-5
7.4.1 Phase Overcurrent Protection Settings (50P) .................................................................... 7-5
7.4.2 Feeder Line End fault Protection Settings (50FLE) ............................................................ 7-5
Table of Tables
Table 7.1-1 Communication settings........................................................................................7-1
The device has some setting groups for protection to coordinate with the mode of power system
operation, one of which is assigned to be active. However, equipment parameters are common for
all protection setting groups.
Note!
All current settings in this chapter are secondary current converted from primary current by
CT ratio.
10 IP_LAN4 000.000.000.000~255.255.255.255
11 Mask_LAN4 000.000.000.000~255.255.255.255
12 En_LAN4 0 or 1
13 Addr_RS485A 0~255
15 Protocol_RS485A 0, 1 or 2
16 Addr_RS485B 0~255
18 Protocol_RS485B 0, 1 or 2
20 En_AutoPrint 0 or 1
21 En_FastPrint 0 or 1
PPS(RS-485)
IRIG-B(RS-485)
PPM(DIN)
SNTP(PTP)
22 Opt_TimeSyn
IEEE1588
SNTP(BC)
PPS(DIN)
NoTimeSync
Access Path:
Setting Description
They are used for Ethernet communication based on the 103 protocol. When the IEC 61850
protocol is applied, the IP address of Ethernet A will be GOOSE source MAC address.
4. Addr_RS485A, Addr_RS485B
They are the devices communication address used to communicate with the SCADA or RTU via
serial ports (port A and port B).
5. Baud_RS485A, Baud_RS485B
6. Protocol_RS485A, Protocol_RS485B
1: DNP3.0 protocol
2: Modbus Protocol
Note!
Above table listed all the communication settings, the device delivered to the user maybe
only show some settings of them according to the communication interface configuration.
If only the Ethernet ports are applied, the settings about the serial ports (port A and port B)
are not listed in this submenu. And the settings about the Ethernet ports only listed in this
submenu according to the actual number of Ethernet ports.
The standard arrangement of the Ethernet port is two, at most four (predetermined when
ordering). Set the IP address according to actual arrangement of Ethernet numbers and
the un-useful port/ports need not be configured. If the PCS-PC configuration tool auxiliary
software is connected with this device through the Ethernet, the IP address of the PCS-PC
must be set as one of the available IP address of this device.
7. Baud_Printer
8. En_AutoPrint
If automatic print is required for fault report after protection operating, it is set as 1. Otherwise, it
should be set to 0.
9. En_FastPrint
It is set as 0 for common printing with high definition, while it is set as 1 for high-speed printing.
10. Opt_TimeSyn
There are seven modes of time synchronization for user to select. The clock message via IEC103
protocol is enabled fixedly and is disabled only and only IRIG-B (RS-485) mode is enabled the
mode
PPS(RS-485)
IRIG-B(RS-485)
PPM(DIN)
SNTP(PTP)
IEEE1588
SNTP(BC)
PPS(DIN)
NoTimeSync
When no time synchronization signal is connected to the equipment, please select this option and
the alarm message [Alm_TimeSync] will not be issued anymore.
If the IEC61850 protocol is adopted in substations, the time tags of communication messages are
required according to UTC (Universal Time Coordinated) time.
The setting [OffsetHour_UTC] is used to set the hour offset of the current time zone to the GMT
(Greenwich Mean Time) zone; for example, if a relay is applied in China, the time zone of China is
east 8th time zone, so this setting is set as 8. The setting [OffsetMinute_UTC] is used to set the
minute offset of the current time zone to the GMT zone.
Time zone GMT zone East 1st East 2nd East 3rd East 4th East 5th
Setting 0 1 2 3 4 5
th th th th th
Time zone East 6 East 7 East 8 East 9 East 10 East 11th
Setting 6 7 8 9 10 11
th st nd rd th
Time zone East/West 12 West 1 West 2 West 3 West 4 West 5th
Setting -12/12 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5
th th th th th
Time zone West 6 West 7 West 8 West 9 West 10 West 11th
Setting -6 -7 -8 -9 -10 -11
1 Active_Grp 1~10
2 PrimaryEquip_ID
3 Opt_SysFreq 50,60 Hz
4 I1n_CT1 0~9999 A
5 I1n_CT1 0~9999 A
6 I1n_CT1 0~9999 A
7 I2n 1 or 5 A
Setting Description
1. [Active_Grp]
The number of active setting group, ten setting groups can be configured and only one is active at
a time.
2. PrimaryEquip_ID
It is intended to set Chinese character field codes (12 bits) or ASCII codes (last 6 bits), which can
be recognized by the device automatically. Such settings is used for printing messages.
3. Opt_SysFreq
4. I1n_CT1
5. I1n_CT2
6. I1n_CT3
7. I2n
Access path:
Setting Description
1. Bxx.Un_BinaryInput
This setting is used to set voltage level of binary input module. If low-voltage BI module is
equipped, 24V or 48V can be set according to the actual requirement, and if high-voltage BI
module is equipped, 110V or 220V can be set according to the actual requirement.
Access path:
MainMenuSettingsProt Settings
Each function link is one of the conditions that decide whether the relevant protection function is in
service. If the function link [Link_RmtCtrlLink] is set as 1, through SAS or RTU, the function link
can be set as 1 or 0; and it means that the relevant protection function can be in service or out
of service through remote command.
These function links provide a convenient way for the operator to put the function in service or out
of service remotely away from an unattended substation.
Access Path:
Table of Contents
8 Human Machine Interface ............................................................... 8-a
8.1 Overview .......................................................................................................... 8-1
8.1.1 Keypad Operation .............................................................................................................. 8-1
List of Figures
Figure 8.1-1 Front panel ............................................................................................................8-1
Figure 8.1-4 Corresponding cable of the RJ45 port in the front panel ..................................8-3
List of Tables
Table 8.1-1 Definition of the 8-core cable ................................................................................8-3
8.1 Overview
The human-machine interface consists of a human-machine interface (HMI) module which allows
a communication to be as simple as possible for the user. The HMI module helps to draw your
attention to something that has occurred which may activate a LED or a report displayed on the
LCD. Operator can locate the data of interest by navigating the keypad.
1 11
HEALTHY PCS-924
2 12
5 STUB DIFFERENTIAL RELAY
ALARM
3 13
4 14
GRP
5 15
6 16 ENT
ESC
7 17
4
8 18
1
9 19
3
10 20
ENT
ESC
1. ESC:
2. ENT:
3. GRP
Page up/down
HEALTHY
ALARM
Steady Green Lit when the equipment is in service and ready for operation.
Note!
HEALTHY LED can only be turned on by energizing the device and no abnormality
detected.
ALARM LED is turned on when abnormalities of device occurs like above mentioned
and can be turned off after abnormalities are removed except alarm report [CTS.Alm]
which can only be reset only when the failure is removed and the device is rebooted or
re-energized.
Other LED indicators with no labels are configurable and user can configure them to be lit
by signals of operation element, alarm element and binary output contact according to
requirement through PCS-PC software.
Figure 8.1-4 Corresponding cable of the RJ45 port in the front panel
P1: To connect the multiplex RJ45 port. An 8-core cable is applied here.
The definition of the 8-core cable in the above figure is introduced in the following table.
The Ethernet port can be used to communication with PC via auxiliary software (PCS-PC) after
connecting the protection device with PC, so as to fulfill on-line function (please refer to the
instruction manual of PCS-PC). At first, the connection between the protection device and PC
must be established. Through setting the IP address and subnet mask of corresponding Ethernet
interface in the menu SettingsDevice SetupComm Settings, it should be ensured that the
protection device and PC are in the same network segment. For example, setting the IP address
and subnet mask of network A. (using network A to connect with PC)
The IP address and subnet mask of protection device should be [IP_LAN1]= 198.87.96.XXX,
[Mask_LAN1]=255.255.255.0, [En_LAN1]=1. (XXX can be any value from 0 to 255 except 102)
If the logic setting [En_LAN1] is non-available, it means that network A is always enabled.
NR1102C
ETHERNET
Network A
Network B
SYN+
SYN-
SGND
GND
RXD
TXD
SGND
GND
Note!
If using other Ethernet port, for example, Ethernet B, the logic setting [En_LAN2] must be
set as 1.
Press to enter the main menu with the interface as shown in the following diagram:
MainMenu
Language
Clock
Quick Menu
For the first powered protective device, there is no record in quick menu. Press to enter the
main menu with the interface as shown in the following diagram:
Measurements
Status
Records
Settings
Local Cmd
Information
Test
Clock
Language
The descriptions about menu is based on the maximized configuration, for a specific project, if
some function is not available, the corresponding submenu will hidden.
Main Menu
Measurements
Status
Records
Settings
Loca Cmd
Information
Test
Clock
Language
Under the main interface, press to enter the main menu, and select submenu by pressing ,
and ENT. The command menu adopts a tree shaped content structure. The above diagram
provides the integral structure and all main menus under menu tree of the protection device.
Main Menu
Measurements
Measurements1
Measurements2
Measurements3
This menu is used to display real-time measured values, including AC voltage, AC current, phase
angle and calculated quantities. These data can help users to acquaint the devices status. This
menu comprises following submenus. Please refer to section measurement about the detailed
measured values.
secondary value)
8.2.3.2 Status
Main Menu
Status
Inputs
Contact Inputs
GOOSE Inputs
Outputs
Contact Outputs
GOOSE Outputs
Superv State
Prot Superv
FD Superv
GOOSE Superv
SV Superv
This menu is used to display real time input signals, output signals and alarm signals of the device.
These data can help users to acquaint the devices status. This menu comprises following
submenus. Please refer to section signal list about the detailed inputs, output and alarm signals.
1 Contact Inputs Display states of binary inputs derived from opto-isolated channels
1 Prot Superv Display states of self-supervision signals from protection calculation DSP
8.2.3.3 Records
Main Menu
Records
Disturb Records
Superv Events
IO Events
Device Logs
Clear_Records
This menu is used to display all kinds of records, including the disturbance records, supervision
events, binary events and device logs, so that the operator can load to view and use as the
reference of analyzing accidents and repairing the device. All records are stored in non-volatile
memory, it can still record them even if it loses its power.
8.2.3.4 Settings
Main Menu
Settings
System Settings
Prot Settings
Logic Links
Function Links
GOOSE Links
SV Links
Spare Links
Device Setup
Device Settings
Comm Settings
Label Settings
Copy Settings
This menu is used to check the device setup, system parameters, protection settings and logic
links settings, as well as modifying any of the above setting items. Moreover, it can also execute
the setting copy between different setting groups.
Check or modify the logic links settings, including function links, SV links,
3 Logic Links
GOOSE links and spare links
4 Spare Links Check or modify spare links settings (used for programmable logic)
3 Label Settings Check or modify the label settings of each protection element.
8.2.3.5 Print
Main Menu
Device Info
Settings
System Settings
Prot Settings
Logic Links
Function Links
GOOSE Links
SV Links
Spare Links
Device Setup
Device Settings
Comm Settings
Label Settings
All Settings
Latest Modified
Disturb Records
Superv Events
IO Events
Device Statues
Waveform
IEC103 Info
Cancel Print
This menu is used to print device description, settings, all kinds of records, waveform, information
related with IEC60870-5-103 protocol, channel state and channel statistic.
Print the current state of the device, including the sampled value of
6. Device Statues
voltage and current, the state of binary inputs, setting and so on
4 Spare Links Print spare links settings (used for programmable logic)
Main Menu
Local_Cmd
Reset Target
Trig Oscillograph
Download
Clear Counter
This menu is used to reset the tripping relay with latch, indicator LED, LCD display, and as same
as the resetting function of binary inputs. This menu provides a method of manually recording the
current waveform data of the device under normal condition for printing and uploading SAS.
Besides, it can send out the request of program download, clear statistic information about
GOOSE, SV and AR.
1 Reset Target Reset the local signal, indicator LED, LCD display and so on
8.2.3.7 Information
Main Menu
Information
Version Info
Board Info
In this menu, the LCD displays software information of all kinds of intelligent plug-in modules,
which consists of version, creating time of software, CRC codes and management sequence
number. Besides, plug-in module information can also be viewed.
Display software information of DSP module, MON module and HMI module,
1 Version Info which consists of version, creating time of software, CRC codes and
management sequence number.
2 Board Info Monitor the current working state of each intelligent module.
8.2.3.8 Test
Main Menu
Test
SV Comm Counter
AR Counter
Device Test
Prot Elements
All Test
Select Test
Superv Events
All Test
Select Test
IO Events
All Test
Select Test
This menu is mainly used for developers to debug the program and for engineers to maintain the
protection device. It can be used to fulfill the communication test function. It is also used to
generate all kinds of reports or events to transmit to the SAS without any external input, so as to
debug the communication on site. Besides, it can also display statistic information about GOOSE,
SV and AR.
View the relevant information about disturbance records (only used for
1 Protection Elements
debugging persons)
View the relevant information about supervision events (only used for
2 Superv Events
debugging persons)
View the relevant information about binary events (only used for debugging
3 IO Events
persons)
Users can respectively execut the test automatically or manually by selecting commands All Test
or Select Test.
8.2.3.9 Clock
The current time of internal clock can be viewed here. The time is displayed in the form
YY-MM-DD and hh:mm:ss. All values are presented with digits and can be modified.
8.2.3.10 Language
automatically. Device logs will not pop up and can only be viewed by navigating the corresponding
menu.
Under normal condition, the LCD will display the following. The LCD adopts white color as its
backlight that is activated if once there is any keyboard operation, and is extinguished
automatically after 60 seconds of no operation.
2011-04-08 10:10:00
Ia1 0.00A
Ib1 0.00A
Ic1 0.00A
Ia2 0.00A
Ib2 0.00A
Ic2 0.00A
Ia3 0.00A
Ib3 0.00A
Ic3 0.00A
The content displayed on the screen contains: the current date and time of the protection device
(with a format of yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss:), the active setting group number, the three-phase
current sampling value and the address relevant to IP address of Ethernet A.
If the device has detected any abnormal state, itll display the self-check alarm information.
For the situation that the disturbance records and the supervision events coexist, the upper half
part is the disturbance record, and the lower half part is the supervision event. As to the upper half
part, it displays separately the record number of the disturbance record, fault name, generating
time of the disturbance record (with a format of yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss), protection element and
tripping element. If there is protection element operation, faulty phase and relative operation time
with reference to fault detector element are displayed. At the same time, if displayed rows of
protection element and tripping element are more than 3, a scroll bar will appear at the right. The
height of the black part of the scroll bar basically indicates the total lines of protection element and
tripping element, and its position suggests the position of the currently displayed line of the total
lines. The scroll bar of protection element and tripping element will roll up at the speed of one line
per time. When it rolls to the last three lines, it will roll from the earliest protection element and
tripping element again. The displayed content of the lower half part is similar to that of the upper
half part.
If the device has no the supervision event, the display interface will only show the disturbance
record.
24 ms A 87S.Op
If the device has the supervision event, the display interface will show the disturbance record and
the supervision event at the same time.
24 ms A 87S.Op
Disturb Records NO.2 shows the title and SOE number of the disturbance record.
2011-04-08 07:10:00:200 shows the time when fault detector picks up, the format is
yearmonth-date and hour:minute:second:millisecond.
24ms A 87S.Op shows operation element and its relative operation time
Alm_CTS1 0 1
Superv_Events NO.4 shows the SOE number and title of the supervision event
2011-04-09 09:18:47:500 shows the real time of the report: yearmonth-date and
hour:minute:second:millisecond
3. IO Events NO.4
2011-04-09 09:18:47:500ms
BI_RstTarg 0 1
IO Events NO.4 shows the number and title of the binary event
2011-04-09 09:18:47:500 shows date and time when the report occurred, the format is
yearmonth-date and hour:minute:second:millisecond
BI_RstTarg 01 shows the state change of binary input, including binary input
name, original state and final state
Device Logs NO. 4 shows the title and the number of the device log
2011-04-08 10:18:47:569 shows date and time when the report occurred, the format is
yearmonth-date and hour:minute:second:millisecond
It will be displayed on the LCD before the fault report and self-check report are confirmed. Only
pressing the restore button on the protection screen or pressing both ENT and ESC at the
same time can switch among the fault report, the self-check report and the normal running state of
protection device to display it. The binary input change report will be displayed for 5s and then it
will return to the previous display interface automatically.
2. Press the or to move the cursor to the Measurements menu, and then press
3. Press the or to move the cursor to any command menu, and then press the
ENT to enter the menu;
4. Press the or to page up/down (if all information cannot be displayed in one
display screen, one screen can display 14 lines of information at most);
6. Press the ENT or ESC to exit this menu (returning to the Measurements menu);
2. Press the key or to move the cursor to the Status menu, and then press the
ENT or to enter the menu.
3. Press the key or to move the cursor to any command menu item, and then press
the key ENT to enter the submenu.
4. Press the or to page up/down (if all information cannot be displayed in one
display screen, one screen can display 14 lines of information at most).
6. Press the key ENT or ESC to exit this menu (returning to the Status menu).
2. Press the or to move the cursor to the Records menu, and then press the
ENT or to enter the menu;
3. Press the or to move the cursor to any command menu, and then press the
ENT to enter the menu;
7. Press the ENT or ESC to exit this menu (returning to the Records menu);
2. Press the or to move the cursor to the Print menu, and then press the ENT or
to enter the menu;
3. Press the or to move the cursor to any command menu, and then press the
ENT to enter the menu;
Selecting the Disturb Records, and then press the or to select pervious
or next record. After pressing the key ENT, the LCD will display Start Printing... ,
and then automatically exit this menu (returning to the menu Print). If the printer
doesnt complete its current print task and re-start it for printing, and the LCD will
display Printer Busy. Press the key ESC to exit this menu (returning to the
menu Print).
Selecting the command menu Superv Events or IO Events, and then press the
key or to move the cursor. Press the or to select the starting and
ending numbers of printing message. After pressing the key ENT, the LCD will
display Start Printing, and then automatically exit this menu (returning to the
menu Print). Press the key ESC to exit this menu (returning to the menu Print).
5. If selecting the Settings, press the key ENT or to enter the next level of menu.
6. After entering the submenu Settings, press the key or to move the cursor, and
then press the key ENT to print the corresponding default value. If selecting any item to
printing:
Press the key or to select the setting group to be printed. After pressing the key
ENT, the LCD will display Start Printing, and then automatically exit this menu
(returning to the menu Settings). Press the key ESC to exit this menu (returning to the
menu Settings).
7. After entering the submenu Waveforms, press the or to select the waveform
item to be printed and press ENT to enter. If there is no any waveform data, the LCD will
display No Waveform Data! (Before executing the command menu Waveforms, it is
necessary to execute the command menu Trig Oscillograph in the menu Local Cmd,
otherwise the LCD will display No Waveform Data!). With waveform data existing:
Press the key or to select pervious or next record. After pressing the key ENT, the LCD
will display Start Printing, and then automatically exit this menu (returning to the menu
Waveforms). If the printer does not complete its current print task and re-start it for printing, and
the LCD will display Printer Busy. Press the key ESC to exit this menu (returning to the menu
Waveforms).
2. Press the or to move the cursor to the Settings menu, and then press the
ENT or to enter the menu;
3. Press the or to move the cursor to any command menu, and then press the
ENT to enter the menu;
7. Press the ESC to exit this menu (returning to the menu Settings).
Note!
If the displayed information exceeds 14 lines, the scroll bar will appear on the right side of
the LCD to indicate the quantity of all displayed information of the command menu and the
relative location of information where the current cursor points at.
2. Press the or to move the cursor to the Settings menu, and then press the
ENT or to enter the menu;
3. Press the or to move the cursor to any command menu, and then press the
ENT to enter the menu;
7. Press the ESC to exit this menu (returning to the menu Settings );
8. If selecting the command menu System Settings, move the cursor to the setting
item to be modified, and then press the ENT;
Press the or to modify the value (if the modified value is of multi-bit, press the or
to move the cursor to the digit bit, and then press the or to modify the value), press the
ESC to cancel the modification and return to the displayed interface of the command menu
System Settings. Press the ENT to automatically exit this menu (returning to the displayed
interface of the command menu System Settings).
Move the cursor to continue modifying other setting items. After all setting values are modified,
press the , or ESC, and the LCD will display Save or Not?. Directly press the ESC or
press the or to move the cursor. Select the Cancle, and then press the ENT to
automatically exit this menu (returning to the displayed interface of the command menu System
Settings).
Press the or to move the cursor. Select No and press the ENT, all modified setting item
will restore to its original value, exit this menu (returning to the menu Settings).
Press the or to move the cursor to select Yes, and then press the ENT, the LCD will
display password input interface.
____
Note!
For different setting items, their displayed interfaces are different but their modification
methods are the same. The following is ditto.
9. If selecting the submenu Prot Settings, and press ENT to enter. After selecting
different command menu, the LCD will display the following interface: (take 50P
Settings as an example)
50P Settings
Active Group : 01
Selected Group : 02
Press the or to modify the value, and then press the ENT to enter it. Move the cursor to
the setting item to be modified, press the ENT to enter.
Take the setting [50P.I_Set] as an example is selected to modify, then press the ENT to enter and
the LCD will display the following interface. is shown the or to modify the value and then
press the ENT to confirm.
50P.I_Set
Note!
After modifying protection settings in current active setting group or system parameters of
the device, the HEALTHY indicator lamp of the device will go out, and the device will
automatically restart and re-check them. If the check doesnt pass, the device will be
blocked.
2. Press the or to move the cursor to the Settings menu, and then press the
ENT or to enter the menu;
3. Press the or to move the cursor to the command menu Copy Settings, and
then press the ENT to enter the menu.
Copy Settings
Active Group: 01
Copy To Group: 02
Press the or to modify the value. Press the ESC, and return to the menu Settings.
Press the ENT, the LCD will display the interface for password input, if the password is incorrect,
continue inputting it, press the ESC to exit the password input interface and return to the menu
Settings. If the password is correct, the LCD will display copy setting OK!, and exit this menu
(returning to the menu Settings).
Active Group: 01
Change To Group: 02
Press the or to modify the value, and then press the ESC to exit this menu (returning to
the main menu). After pressing the ENT, the LCD will display the password input interface. If the
password is incorrect, continue inputting it, and then press the ESC to exit the password input
interface and return to its original state. If the password is correct, the HEALTHY indicator lamp
of the protection device will go out, and the protection device will re-check the protection setting. If
the check doesnt pass, the protection device will be blocked. If the check is successful, the LCD
will return to its original state.
2. Press the , , , and ENT; Press the ESC to exit this menu (returning to
the original state). Press the ENT to carry out the deletion.
Note!
The operation of deleting device message will delete all messages saved by the protection
device, including disturbance records, supervision events, binary events, but not including
device logs. Furthermore, the message is irrecoverable after deletion, so the application of
the function shall be cautious.
2. Press the or to move the cursor to the Clock menu, and then press the ENT
to enter clock display
4. Press the + or - to modify value, and then press the ENT to save the modification
and return to the main menu;
5. Press the ESC to cancel the modification and return to the main menu.
Clock
Year 2008
Month 11
Day 28
Hour 20
Minute 59
Second 14
2. Press the or to move the cursor to the Information menu, and then press the
ENT or to enter the menu;
3. Press the or to move the cursor to the command menu Board Info, and then
press the ENT to enter the menu;
5. Press the ENT or ESC to exit this menu (returning to the Information menu).
2. Press the or to move the cursor to the Information menu, and then press the
ENT to enter the submenu.
3. Press the key or to move the cursor to the command menu Version Info, and
then press the key ENT to display the software version.
2. Press the key or to move the cursor to the Test menu, and then press the key
ENT or to enter the menu.
3. Press the key or to move the cursor to the submenu Device Test, and then
press the key ENT to enter the submenu,to select test item. If Prot Elements Superv
Events or IO Events is selected, two options All Test and Select Test are
provided.
Prot Element
All Test
Select Test
4. Press the key or to move the cursor to select the corresponding command menu
All Test or Select Test. If selecting the All Test, press the ENT, and the device will
successively carry out all operation element message test one by one.
5. If Select Test is selected, press the key ENT. Press the or to page up/down,
and then press the key or to move the scroll bar. Move the cursor to select the
corresponding protection element. Press the key ENT to execute the communication
test of this protection element, the substation automatic system (SAS) will receive the
corresponding message.
Note!
If no input operation is carried out within 60s, exit the communication transmission and
return to the Test menu, at this moment, the LCD will display Communication Test
Timeout and Exiting....
Press the key ESC to exit this menu (returning to the menu TEST, at this moment, the LCD will
display Communication Test Exiting.
2. Press the key or to move the cursor to the command menu Language, and
then press the key ENT to enter the menu and the following display will be shown on
LCD.
1
2 English
3. Press the key or to move the cursor to the language user preferred and press
the key ENT to execute language switching. After language switching is finished, LCD
will return to the menu Language, and the display language is changed. Otherwise,
press the key ESC to cancel language switching and return to the menu Language.
Note!
LCD interface provided in this chapter is only a reference and available for explaining
specific definition of LCD. The displayed interface of the actual device may be some
different from it, so you shall be subject to the actual protection device.
9 Configurable Function
Table of Contents
9 Configurable Function..................................................................... 9-a
9.1 General Description ........................................................................................ 9-1
9.2 Introduction on PCS-PC software.................................................................. 9-1
9.3 Protective Device Configuration .................................................................... 9-1
9.3.1 Configuration of LED Indicators ......................................................................................... 9-1
List of Tables
Table 9.4-1 Input signal .............................................................................................................9-4
Overall functions:
3. Latched check boxes with the LEDS are available. When a check box is selected, the
respective LED could only be reset by energizing [BI_RstTarg] once it is lit. If the check box is
not selected, the signals will reset automatically once the trigger signal resets.
4. The column is used to choose color for each LED. yellow, green and red are
provided to choose from.
5. If the LED_5 is used to indicate the device ready for AR of CB1, configure it as the following
picture.
7. The signal in the column of Signal can be deleted by right-click, and then left-click to execute
delete command.
2. The next step is to set delay pick up and drop off time in the columns of and
4. The signal in the column of Int. Signal can be deleted by right-click, and then left-click to
execute delete command.
4. The signal added in the column of Int. Signal can be deleted by right-click, and then left-click
to execute delete command.
Users can configure the equipment parameters, system settings and etc.
Users can select to show or hide some setting, and modify typical setting values
10 Communications
Table of Contents
10 Communications .......................................................................... 10-a
10.1 General Description .................................................................................... 10-1
10.2 Rear Communication Port Information ..................................................... 10-1
10.2.1 RS-485 Interface ............................................................................................................ 10-1
List of Figures
Figure 10.2-1 EIA RS-485 bus connection arrangements.....................................................10-2
This section outlines the remote communications interfaces of NR Relays. The protective device
supports a choice of three protocols via the rear communication interface (RS-485 or Ethernet),
selected via the model number by setting. The protocol provided by the protective device is
indicated in the menu SettingsDevice SetupComm Settings.
The rear EIA RS-485 interface is isolated and is suitable for permanent connection of whichever
protocol is selected. The advantage of this type of connection is that up to 32 protective devices
can be daisy chained together using a simple twisted pair electrical connection.
It should be noted that the descriptions contained within this section do not aim to fully detail the
protocol itself. The relevant documentation for the protocol should be referred to for this
information. This section serves to describe the specific implementation of the protocol in the relay.
The EIA RS-485 two-wire connection provides a half-duplex fully isolated serial connection to the
product. The connection is polarized and whilst the products connection diagrams indicate the
polarization of the connection terminals it should be borne in mind that there is no agreed
definition of which terminal is which. If the master is unable to communicate with the product, and
the communication parameters match, then it is possible that the two-wire connection is reversed.
The EIA RS-485 bus must have 120 (Ohm) Watt terminating resistors fitted at either end
across the signal wires (refer to Figure 10.2-1). Some devices may be able to provide the bus
terminating resistors by different connection or configuration arrangements, in which case
separate external components will not be required. However, this product does not provide such a
facility, so if it is located at the bus terminus then an external termination resistor will be required.
EIA RS-485
Master 120 Ohm
120 Ohm
The EIA RS-485 standard requires that each device is directly connected to the physical cable that
is the communications bus. Stubs and tees are expressly forbidden, such as star topologies. Loop
bus topologies are not part of the EIA RS-485 standard and are forbidden by it also.
Two-core screened cable is recommended. The specification of the cable will be dependent on the
application, although a multi-strand 0.5mm2 per core is normally adequate. Total cable length must
not exceed 500m. The screen must be continuous and connected to ground at one end, normally
at the master connection point; it is important to avoid circulating currents, especially when the
cable runs between buildings, for both safety and noise reasons.
This product does not provide a signal ground connection. If a signal ground connection is present
in the bus cable then it must be ignored, although it must have continuity for the benefit of other
devices connected to the bus. At no stage must the signal ground be connected to the cables
screen or to the products chassis. This is for both safety and noise reasons.
10.2.1.4 Biasing
It may also be necessary to bias the signal wires to prevent jabber. Jabber occurs when the signal
level has an indeterminate state because the bus is not being actively driven. This can occur when
all the slaves are in receive mode and the master is slow to turn from receive mode to transmit
mode. This may be because the master purposefully waits in receive mode, or even in a high
impedance state, until it has something to transmit. Jabber causes the receiving device(s) to miss
the first bits of the first character in the packet, which results in the slave rejecting the message
and consequentially not responding. Symptoms of these are poor response times (due to retries),
increasing message error counters, erratic communications, and even a complete failure to
communicate.
Biasing requires that the signal lines be weakly pulled to a defined voltage level of about 1V. There
should only be one bias point on the bus, which is best situated at the master connection point.
The DC source used for the bias must be clean; otherwise noise will be injected. Note that some
devices may (optionally) be able to provide the bus bias, in which case external components will
not be required.
Note!
It is extremely important that the 120 termination resistors are fitted. Failure to do so will
result in an excessive bias voltage that may damage the devices connected to the bus.
As the field voltage is much higher than that required, NR cannot assume responsibility for
any damage that may occur to a device connected to the network as a result of incorrect
application of this voltage.
Ensure that the field voltage is not being used for other purposes (i.e. powering logic inputs)
as this may cause noise to be passed to the communication network.
It is recommended to use twisted screened eight-core cable as the communication cable. A picture
is shown bellow.
Each equipment is connected with an exchanger via communication cable, and thereby it forms a
star structure network. Dual-network is recommended in order to increase reliability. SCADA is
also connected to the exchanger and will play a role of master station, so the every equipment
which has been connected to the exchanger will play a role of slave unit.
SCADA
Exchanger A
Exchanger B
To use the rear port with IEC60870-5-103 communication, the relevant settings to the protective
device must be configured.
The IEC60870-5-103 interface over serial port (RS-485) is a master/slave interface with the
protective device as the slave device. It is properly developed by NR.
Initialization (reset)
Time synchronization
General interrogation
General commands
Disturbance records
The link layer strictly abides by the rules defined in the IEC60870-5-103.
10.3.2 Initialization
Whenever the protective device has been powered up, or if the communication parameters have
been changed, a reset command is required to initialize the communications. The protective
device will respond to either of the two reset commands (Reset CU or Reset FCB), the difference
is that the Reset CU will clear any unsent messages in the transmit buffer.
The protective device will respond to the reset command with an identification message ASDU 5,
the COT (Cause Of Transmission) of this response will be either Reset CU or Reset FCB
depending on the nature of the reset command.
If the protective device clock is synchronized using the IRIG-B input then it will not be possible to
set the protective device time using the IEC60870-5-103 interface. An attempt to set the time via
the interface will cause the protective device to create an event with the current date and time
taken from the IRIG-B synchronized internal clock.
All spontaneous events can be gained by printing, implementing submenu IEC103 Info in the
menu Print.
Refer the IEC60870-5-103 standard can get the enough details about general interrogation.
All general classification service group numbers can be gained by printing, implementing submenu
IEC103 Info in the menu Print.
The disturbance records are stored in uncompressed format and can be extracted using the
standard mechanisms described in IEC60870-5-103.
All channel numbers (ACC) of disturbance data can be gained by printing, implementing submenu
IEC103 Info in the menu Print.
The IEC60870-5-103 interface over Ethernet is a master/slave interface with the relay as the slave
device. It is properly developed by NR too. All the service of this relay is based on generic
functions of the IEC60870-5-103. The following table lists all the group number of this relay. And
this relay will send all the relevant information about group caption to the SAS or RTU after
establishing a successful communication link.
10.5.1 Overview
The IEC 61850 standard is the result of years of work by electric utilities and vendors of electronic
equipment to produce standardized communications systems. IEC 61850 is a series of standards
describing client/server and peer-to-peer communications, substation design and configuration,
testing, environmental and project standards. The complete set includes:
IEC 61850-5: Communications and requirements for functions and device models
IEC 61850-7-1: Basic communication structure for substation and feeder equipment
Principles and models
IEC 61850-7-2: Basic communication structure for substation and feeder equipment - Abstract
communication service interface (ACSI)
IEC 61850-7-3: Basic communication structure for substation and feeder equipment
Common data classes
IEC 61850-7-4: Basic communication structure for substation and feeder equipment
Compatible logical node classes and data classes
IEC 61850-8-1: Specific Communication Service Mapping (SCSM) Mappings to MMS (ISO
9506-1 and ISO 9506-2) and to ISO/IEC 8802-3
IEC 61850-9-1: Specific Communication Service Mapping (SCSM) Sampled values over
serial unidirectional multidrop point to point link
IEC 61850-9-2: Specific Communication Service Mapping (SCSM) Sampled values over
ISO/IEC 8802-3
These documents can be obtained from the IEC (http://www.iec.ch). It is strongly recommended
that all those involved with any IEC 61850 implementation obtain this document set.
1. MMS protocol
IEC 61850 specifies the use of the Manufacturing Message Specification (MMS) at the upper
(application) layer for transfer of real-time data. This protocol has been in existence for a number
of years and provides a set of services suitable for the transfer of data within a substation LAN
environment. Actual IEC 61850-7-2 abstract services and objects are mapped to MMS protocol
services in IEC61850-8-1.
2. Client/server
This is a connection-oriented type of communication. The connection is initiated by the client, and
communication activity is controlled by the client. IEC61850 clients are often substation computers
running HMI programs or SOE logging software. Servers are usually substation equipment such
as protection relays, meters, RTUs, transformer, tap changers, or bay controllers.
3. Peer-to-peer
A substation configuration language is a number of files used to describe IED and communication
system realized according to IEC 61850-5 and IEC 61850-7. Each configured device has an IED
Capability Description (ICD) file and a Configured IED Description (CID) file. The substation single
line information is stored in a System Specification Description (SSD) file. The entire substation
configuration is stored in a Substation Configuration Description (SCD) file. The SCD file is the
combination of the individual ICD files and the SSD file, moreover, add communication system
parameters (MMS, GOOSE, control block, SV control block) and the connection relationship of
GOOSE and SV to SCD file.
Each IED represents one IEC61850 physical device. The physical device contains one or more
logical device(s), and the logical device contains many logical nodes. The logical node LPHD
contains information about the IED physical device. The logical node LLN0 contains information
about the IED logical device.
The GGIO logical node is available in the PCS-900 series relays to provide access to digital status
points (including general I/O inputs and warnings) and associated timestamps and quality flags.
The data content must be configured before the data can be used. GGIO provides digital status
points for access by clients. It is intended that clients use GGIO in order to access digital status
values from the PCS-900 series relays. Clients can utilize the IEC61850 buffered reporting
features available from GGIO in order to build sequence of events (SOE) logs and HMI display
screens. Buffered reporting should generally be used for SOE logs since the buffering capability
reduces the chances of missing data state changes. All needed status data objects are transmitted
to HMI clients via buffered reporting, and the corresponding buffered reporting control block
(BRCB) is defined in LLN0.
Most of analog measured values are available through the MMXU logical nodes, and metering
values in MMTR, the else in MMXN, MSQI and so on. Each MMXU logical node provides data
from a IED current/voltage source. There is one MMXU available for each configurable source.
MMXU1 provides data from CT/VT source 1(usually for protection purpose), and MMXU2 provides
data from CT/VT source 2 (usually for monitor and display purpose). All these analog data objects
are transmitted to HMI clients via unbuffered reporting periodically, and the corresponding
unbuffered reporting control block (URCB) is defined in LLN0. MMXUx logical nodes provide the
following data for each source:
MMXU.MX.Hz: frequency
The following list describes the protection elements for PCS-924 series relays. The specified relay
will contain a subset of protection elements from this list.
PTOC: phase overcurrent, zero sequence overcurrent and overcurrent when CTS
The protection elements listed above contain start (pickup) and operate flags, instead of any
element has its own start (pickup) flag separately, all the elements share a common start (pickup)
flags PTRC.ST.Str.general. The operate flag for PTOC1 is PTOC1.ST.Op.general. For
PCS-924 series relays protection elements, these flags take their values from related module for
the corresponding element. Similar to digital status values, the protection trip information is
reported via BRCB, and BRCB also locates in LLN0.
Logical node LLN0 is essential for an IEC61850 based IED. This LN shall be used to address
common issues for Logical Devices. Most of the public services, the common settings, control
values and some device oriented data objects are available here. The public services may be
BRCB, URCB and GSE control blocks and similar global defines for the whole device; the
common settings include all the setting items of communication settings. System settings and
some of the protection setting items, which can be configured to two or more protection elements
(logical nodes). In LLN0, the item Loc is a device control object, this Do item indicates the local
operation for complete logical device, when it is true, all the remote control commands to the IED
will be blocked and those commands make effective until the item Loc is changed to false. In
PCS-900 series relays, besides the logical nodes we describe above, there are some other logical
nodes below in the IEDs:
MMXU: This LN shall be used to acquire values from CTs and VTs and calculate measurands
such as r.m.s. values for current and voltage or power flows out of the acquired voltage and
current samples. These values are normally used for operational purposes such as power
flow supervision and management, screen displays, state estimation, etc. The requested
accuracy for these functions has to be provided.
LPHD: Physical device information, the logical node to model common issues for physical
device.
PTRC: Protection trip conditioning, it shall be used to connect the operate outputs of one or
more protection functions to a common trip to be transmitted to XCBR. In addition or
alternatively, any combination of operate outputs of protection functions may be combined to
a new operate of PTRC.
RDRE: Disturbance recorder function. It triggers the fault wave recorder and its output refers
to the IEEE Standard Format for Transient Data Exchange (COMTRADE) for Power System
(IEC 60255-24). All enabled channels are included in the recording, independently of the
trigger mode.
IEC61850 buffered and unbuffered reporting control blocks locate in LLN0, they can be configured
to transmit information of protection trip information (in the Protection logical nodes), binary status
values (in GGIO) and analog measured/calculated values (in MMXU, MMTR and MSQI). The
reporting control blocks can be configured in CID files, and then be sent to the IED via an
IEC61850 client. The following items can be configured.
Bit 1: Data-change
Bit 4: Integrity
Bit 1: Sequence-number
Bit 2: Report-time-stamp
Bit 3: Reason-for-inclusion
Bit 4: Data-set-name
Bit 5: Data-reference
Bit 8: Conf-revision
Bit 9: Segmentation
MMS file services are supported to allow transfer of oscillography, event record or other files from
a PCS-900 series relay.
10.5.4.3 Timestamps
The Universal Time Coordinated(UTC for short) timestamp associated with all IEC61850 data
items represents the lastest change time of either the value or quality flags of the data item.
IEC61850 specifies that each logical node can have a name with a total length of 11 characters.
The name is composed of:
Complete names are of the form xxxxxxPTOC1, where the xxxxxx character string is configurable.
Details regarding the logical node naming rules are given in IEC61850 parts 6 and 7-2. It is
recommended that a consistent naming convention be used for an entire substation project.
IEC61850 specifies the type of broadcast data transfer services: Generic Object Oriented
Substation Events (GOOSE). IEC61850 GOOSE services provide virtual LAN (VLAN) support,
Ethernet priority tagging, and Ether-type Application ID configuration. The support for VLANs and
priority tagging allows for the optimization of Ethernet network traffic. GOOSE messages can be
given a higher priority than standard Ethernet traffic, and they can be separated onto specific
VLANs. Devices that transmit GOOSE messages also function as servers. Each GOOSE
publisher contains a GOOSE control block to configure and control the transmission.
The GOOSE transmission (including subscribing and publishing) is controlled by GOOSE VEBI
settings in device.
The PCS-900 series relays support IEC61850 Generic Object Oriented Substation Event (GOOSE)
communication. All GOOSE messages contain IEC61850 data collected into a dataset. It is this
dataset that is transferred using GOOSE message services. The GOOSE related dataset is
configured in the CID file and it is recommended that the fixed GOOSE be used for
implementations that require GOOSE data transfer between PCS-900 series relays.
IEC61850 GOOSE messaging contains a number of configurable parameters, all of which must be
correct to achieve the successful transfer of data. It is critical that the configured datasets at the
transmission and reception devices are an exact match in terms of data structure, and that the
GOOSE addresses and name strings match exactly.
Where:
C1: Shall be "M" if support for LOGICAL-DEVICE model has been declared
O: Optional
M: Mandatory
Where:
C2: Shall be "M" if support for LOGICAL-NODE model has been declared
C3: Shall be "M" if support for DATA model has been declared
C4: Shall be "M" if support for DATA-SET, Substitution, Report, Log Control, or Time models has
been declared
C5: Shall be "M" if support for Report, GSE, or SMV models has been declared
M: Mandatory
S59 DeleteFile O N
S60 GetFileAttributeValues M/O Y
Time
SNTP M Y
The PCS-924 series relays support IEC61850 logical nodes as indicated in the following table.
Note that the actual instantiation of each logical node is determined by the product order code.
The GOOSE service supports the exchange of public data comprised of data sets, it is used to
protect the data transmission which requires high real-time like tripping, breaker position and
interlocked information. The information exchange of GOOSE service is based on the
publish/subscribe mechanism, and any IED device in the same GOOSE network can be
In order to ensure the real-time property and reliability of GOOSE service, GOOSE message
adopts ASN.1 code which relates to basic encoding rule (BER) and transmit data directly in
Ethernet link layer without passing through TCP/IP protocol and also adopts special
receiving/sending mechanism.
Sending of the GOOSE message adopts heartbeat message and position-altering message fast
resending combination mechanism. If the data in GOOSE data sets is not changed, the heartbeat
message whose interval is T0 will be sent, the status number (stnum) in message will not be
changed and the sequence number (sqnum) will be increased progressively. If the data in GOOSE
data set is changed, after sending a frame of position-altering message, the position-altering
message will be fast resent in the interval of T0, T1, T2, and T3. The status number (stnum) in the
message whose data is position-altered will be increased, and the sequence number (sqnum) will
be started from zero.
The GOOSE receiving can detect link interrupt according to the TATL (Time Allow to Live) in the
GOOSE message. The GOOSE data receiving mechanism can be divided into single frame
receiving and dual-frames receiving. The intelligent operation box uses dual-frames receiving
mechanism and update data after receiving two frames of messages with the same GOOSE data.
Other protection and monitoring devices use single frame receiving mechanism and update data
immediately after receiving position-altering message (stnum changed). If the status number
(stnum) in the received message is not changed, dual-frames message confirmation will be used
to update data.
2. GOOSE Alarm
GOOSE will alarm the abnormal conditions produced during receiving/sending process, the
GOOSE alarms mainly include: GOOSE network A/B network link breaking alarm, GOOSE
configuration inconformity alarm and GOOSE network A/B network-storm alarm.
The GOOSE network A/B link breaking alarm is: this alarm will be produced when correct GOOSE
message is not received in 2 times of the TATL (Time Allow to Live).
The GOOSE configuration inconformity alarm is: the attribute of GOOSE control block of GOOSE
publisher and subscriber like configuration version number must be identical. Otherwise this
GOOSE configuration inconformity alarm will be produced.
The GOOSE network A/B network-storm alarm is: when network-storm is produced in GOOSE
network, if data flow of network port is beyond normal range and abnormal message is produced,
this GOOSE network A/B network-storm alarm will be produced.
3. GOOSE Service
When service status of the device is set to 1, the GOOSE message sent by the device has a Test
Flag and receiving terminal can obtain service status of sending terminal by the test flag of
message. When the service status of sending terminal conforms to that of receiving terminal, the
device will carry out normal processing to the received GOOSE data. When the service status of
sending terminal doesnt conform to that of receiving terminal, the device will process the received
GOOSE data accordingly to ensure that the serviced device will not influence the normal running
of device, improving the flexibility and reliability of GOOSE service.
10.7.1 Overview
The descriptions given here are intended to accompany this relay. The DNP3.0 protocol is not
described here; please refer to the DNP3.0 protocol standard for the details about the DNP3.0
implementation. This manual only specifies which objects, variations and qualifiers are supported
in this relay, and also specifies what data is available from this relay via DNP3.0.
The relay operates as a DNP3.0 slave and supports subset level 2 of the protocol, plus some of
the features from level 3. The DNP3.0 communication uses the EIA RS-485 at the rear of this relay.
The data format is 1 start bit, 8 data bits, no parity bit and 1 stop bit.
1. Supported qualifiers
The protection operation signals, alarm signals and binary input state change signals are
transported respectively according to the variation sequence in above table.
Object 2, SOE
If the master qualifier is 0x07, the slave responsive qualifier is 0x27; and if the master
qualifier is 0x01, 0x06 or 0x08, the slave responsive qualifier is 0x28.
The metering values are transported firstly, and then the protection measurement values are
transported.
The master adopts the Object 60 for the Class 0 data request and the variation is 0x01.
The slave responds with the above mentioned Object 1, Object 30 and Object 40 (see
Supported objects and variations in Section 10.7.4.3).
The master adopts the Object 60 for the Class 1 data request and the variation is 0x02.
The slave responds with the above mentioned Object 2 (see Supported objects and
variations in Section 10.7.4.3).
The master adopts the Object 60 for the multiple object request and the variation is 0x01,
0x02, 0x03 and 0x04.
The slave responds with the above mentioned Object 1, Object 2, Object 30 and Object
40 (see Supported objects and variations in Section 10.7.4.3).
The function code 0x03 and 0x04 are supported in this relay. The function code 0x03 is for the
remote control with selection; and the function code 0x04 is for the remote control with execution.
The selection operation must be executed before the execution operation, and the single point
control object can be supported to this relay.
11 Installation
Table of Contents
11 Installation .................................................................................... 11-a
11.1 Overview ....................................................................................................... 11-1
11.2 Safety Information ........................................................................................ 11-1
11.3 Checking Shipment ...................................................................................... 11-2
11.4 Material and Tools Required........................................................................ 11-2
11.5 Device Location and Ambient Conditions.................................................. 11-2
11.6 Mechanical Installation ................................................................................ 11-3
11.7 Electrical Installation and Wiring ................................................................ 11-4
11.7.1 Grounding Guidelines .................................................................................................... 11-4
List of Figures
Figure 12.5-1 Dimensions of PCS-924 ................................................................................... 11-3
Figure 11.6-3 Demonstration of plugging a board into its corresponding slot .................. 11-4
Figure 11.7-4 Glancing demo about the wiring for electrical cables ................................... 11-7
11.1 Overview
The device must be shipped, stored and installed with the greatest care.
Choose the place of installation such that the communication interface and the controls on the
front of the device are easily accessible.
Air must circulate freely around the equipment. Observe all the requirements regarding place of
installation and ambient conditions given in this instruction manual.
Take care that the external wiring is properly brought into the equipment and terminated correctly
and pay special attention to grounding. Strictly observe the corresponding guidelines contained in
this section.
In certain cases, the settings have to be configured according to the demands of the engineering
configuration after replacement. It is therefore assumed that the personnel who replace modules
and units are familiar with the use of the operator program on the service PC.
DANGER! Only insert or withdraw the PWR module while the power supply is switched
off. To this end, disconnect the power supply cable that connects with the PWR module.
WARNING! Only insert or withdraw other modules while the power supply is switched off.
WARNING! The modules may only be inserted in the slots designated in Section 6.2.
WARNING! Industry packs and ribbon cables may only be replaced or the positions of
Should boards have to be removed from this relay installed in a grounded cubicle in an HV
switchgear installation, please discharge yourself by touching station ground (the cubicle)
beforehand.
Only hold electronic boards at the edges, taking care not to touch the components.
Only works on boards that have been removed from the cubicle on a workbench designed for
electronic equipment and wear a grounded wristband. Do not wear a grounded wristband,
however, while inserting or withdrawing units.
Always store and ship the electronic boards in their original packing. Place electronic parts in
electrostatic screened packing materials.
Visually inspect all the material when unpacking it. When there is evidence of transport damage,
lodge a claim immediately in writing with the last carrier and notify the nearest NR Company or
agent.
If the equipment is not going to be installed immediately, store all the parts in their original packing
in a clean dry place at a moderate temperature. The humidity at a maximum temperature and the
permissible storage temperature range in dry air are listed in Chapter Technical Data.
A suitable drill and spanners are required to secure the cubicles to the floor using the plugs
provided (if this relay is mounted in cubicles).
There should also be free access at the rear of the equipment for additions and replacement of
electronic boards.
Since every piece of technical equipment can be damaged or destroyed by inadmissible ambient
conditions, such as:
1. The location should not be exposed to excessive air pollution (dust, aggressive substances).
2. Severe vibration, extreme changes of temperature, high levels of humidity, surge voltages of
high amplitude and short rise time and strong induced magnetic fields should be avoided as
far as possible.
The equipment can in principle be mounted in any attitude, but it is normally mounted vertically
(visibility of markings).
WARNING! Excessively high temperature can appreciably reduce the operating life of
this relay.
482.6
291 465.0
101.6
177.0
465.0
101.6
179.0
4-6.8
450.0
NOTE! It is necessary to leave enough space top and bottom of the cut-out in the cubicle
The safety instructions must be abided by when installing the boards, please see Section 11.2 for
the details.
Following figure shows the installation way of a module being plugged into a corresponding slot.
In the case of equipment supplied in cubicles, place the cubicles on the foundations that have
been prepared. Take care while doing so not to jam or otherwise damage any of the cables that
have already been installed. Secure the cubicles to the foundations.
On the other hand, electronic apparatus can transmit interference that can disrupt the operation of
other apparatus.
In order to minimize these influences as far as possible, certain standards have to be observed
with respect to grounding, wiring and screening.
NOTE! All these precautions can only be effective if the station ground is of good quality.
Metal accessories such as side plates, blanking plates etc., must be effectively connected
surface-to-surface to the grounded frame to ensure a low-impedance path to ground for RF
interference. The contact surfaces must not only conduct well, they must also be non-corroding.
NOTE! If the above conditions are not fulfilled, there is a possibility of the cubicle or parts
of it forming a resonant circuit at certain frequencies that would amplify the transmission
of interference by the devices installed and also reduce their immunity to induced
interference.
Movable parts of the cubicle such as doors (front and back) or hinged equipment frames must be
effectively grounded to the frame by three braided copper strips (see Figure 11.7-1).
The metal parts of the cubicle housing and the ground rail are interconnected electrically
conducting and corrosion proof. The contact surfaces shall be as large as possible.
NOTE! For metallic connections please observe the voltage difference of both materials
The cubicle ground rail must be effectively connected to the station ground rail by a grounding strip
(braided copper).
Door or hinged
equipment frame
Cubicle ground
rail close to floor
Braided
copper strip
Station
ground
Conducting
connection
There are some ground terminals on some connectors of this relay, and the sign is GND. All the
ground terminals are connected in the cabinet of this relay. So, the ground terminal on the rear
panel (see Figure 11.7-2) is the only ground terminal of this device.
The grounding strips must therefore be of (preferably tinned) braided copper and not round copper
conductors, as the cross-section of round copper would have to be too large.
Proper terminations must be fitted to both ends (press/pinch fit and tinned) with a hole for bolting
them firmly to the items to be connected.
The surfaces to which the grounding strips are bolted must be electrically conducting and
non-corroding.
Press/pinch fit
cable terminal
Braided
copper strip Terminal bolt
Contact surface
Power supply, binary inputs & outputs: brained copper cable, 1.0mm2 ~ 2.5mm2
The following figure shows the glancing demo about the wiring for the electrical cables.
01 02
03 04
Tighten 05 06
07 08
09 10
11 12
01
13 14
15 16
17 18
19 20
21 22
23 24
Figure 11.7-4 Glancing demo about the wiring for electrical cables
DANGER! Never allow the current transformer (CT) secondary circuit connected to this
equipment to be opened while the primary system is live. Opening the CT circuit will produce a
dangerously high voltage.
12 Commissioning
Table of Contents
12 Commissioning ............................................................................ 12-a
12.1 Overview ...................................................................................................... 12-1
12.2 Safety Instructions ...................................................................................... 12-1
12.3 Commission Tools ...................................................................................... 12-2
12.4 Setting Familiarization ................................................................................ 12-2
12.5 Product Checks ........................................................................................... 12-3
12.5.1 With the Relay De-energized ......................................................................................... 12-3
12.1 Overview
This relay is fully numerical in their design, implementing all protection and non-protection
functions in software. The relay employs a high degree of self-checking and in the unlikely event of
a failure, will give an alarm. As a result of this, the commissioning test does not need to be as
extensive as with non-numeric electronic or electro-mechanical relays.
To commission numerical relays, it is only necessary to verify that the hardware is functioning
correctly and the application-specific software settings have been applied to the relay.
Blank commissioning test and setting records are provided at the end of this manual for
completion as required.
Before carrying out any work on the equipment, the user should be familiar with the contents of the
safety and technical data sections and the ratings on the equipments rating label.
WARNING! Hazardous voltages are present in this electrical equipment during operation.
Non-observance of the safety rules can result in severe personal injury or property
damage.
WARNING! Only the qualified personnel shall work on and around this equipment after
becoming thoroughly familiar with all warnings and safety notices of this manual as well
as with the applicable safety regulations.
The earthing screw of the device must be connected solidly to the protective earth conductor
before any other electrical connection is made.
Hazardous voltages can be present on all circuits and components connected to the supply
voltage or to the measuring and test quantities.
Hazardous voltages can be present in the device even after disconnection of the supply
voltage (storage capacitors!)
The limit values stated in the Chapter Technical Data must not be exceeded at all, not even
during testing and commissioning.
When testing the device with secondary test equipment, make sure that no other
measurement quantities are connected. Take also into consideration that the trip circuits and
maybe also close commands to the circuit breakers and other primary switches are
disconnected from the device unless expressly stated.
DANGER! Current transformer secondary circuits must have been short-circuited before
WARNING! Primary test may only be carried out by qualified personnel, who are familiar
with the commissioning of protection system, the operation of the plant and safety rules
and regulations (switching, earthing, etc.).
Multifunctional dynamic current and voltage injection test set with interval timer.
Multimeter with suitable AC current range and AC/DC voltage ranges of 0~440V and 0~250V
respectively.
NOTE! Modern test set may contain many of the above features in one unit.
Optional equipment:
An electronic or brushless insulation tester with a DC output not exceeding 500V (for
insulation resistance test when required).
A portable PC, with appropriate software (this enables the rear communications port to be
tested, if this is to be used, and will also save considerable time during commissioning).
EIA RS-485 to EIA RS-232 converter (if EIA RS-485 IEC60870-5-103 port is being tested).
With the front cover in place all keys are accessible. All menu cells can be read. The LED
indicators and alarms can be reset. Protection or configuration settings can be changed, or fault
and event records cleared. However, menu cells will require the appropriate password to be
entered before changes can be made.
These product checks cover all aspects of the relay which should be checked to ensure that it has
not been physically damaged prior to commissioning, is functioning correctly and all input quantity
measurements are within the stated tolerances.
If the application-specific settings have been applied to the relay prior to commissioning, it is
advisable to make a copy of the settings so as to allow them restoration later. This could be done
by extracting the settings from the relay itself via printer or manually creating a setting record.
The following tests are necessary to ensure the normal operation of the equipment before it is first
put into service.
Hardware tests
These tests are performed for the following hardware to ensure that there is no hardware
defect. Defects of hardware circuits other than the following can be detected by
self-monitoring when the DC power is supplied.
Function tests
These tests are performed for the following functions that are fully software-based. Tests of
the protection schemes and fault locator require a dynamic test set.
Timers test
Conjunctive tests
The tests are performed after the relay is connected with the primary equipment and other
external equipment.
On load test.
After unpacking the product, check for any damage to the relay case. If there is any damage, the
internal module might also have been affected, contact the vendor. The following items listed is
necessary.
Protection panel
Carefully examine the protection panel, protection equipment inside and other parts inside to
see that no physical damage has occurred since installation.
The rated information of other auxiliary protections should be checked to ensure it is correct
for the particular installation.
Panel wiring
Check the conducting wire which is used in the panel to assure that their cross section
meeting the requirement.
Carefully examine the wiring to see that they are no connection failure exists.
Label
Check all the isolator binary inputs, terminal blocks, indicators, switches and push buttons to
make sure that their labels meet the requirements of this project.
Check each plug-in module of the equipments on the panel to make sure that they are well
installed into the equipment without any screw loosened.
Earthing cable
Check whether the earthing cable from the panel terminal block is safely screwed to the panel
steel sheet.
Check whether all the switches, equipment keypad, isolator binary inputs and push buttons
work normally and smoothly.
Insulation resistance tests are only necessary during commissioning if it is required for them to be
done and they have not been performed during installation.
Isolate all wiring from the earth and test the isolation with an electronic or brushless insulation
tester at a DC voltage not exceeding 500V, The circuits need to be tested should include:
DC power supply
Output contacts
Communication ports
Test method:
To unplug all the terminals sockets of this relay, and do the Insulation resistance test for each
circuit above with an electronic or brushless insulation tester.
On completion of the insulation resistance tests, ensure all external wiring is correctly reconnected
to the protection.
Check that the external wiring is correct to the relevant relay diagram and scheme diagram.
Ensure as far as practical that phasing/phase rotation appears to be as expected.
Check the wiring against the schematic diagram for the installation to ensure compliance with the
customers normal practice.
The relay only can be operated under the auxiliary power supply depending on the relays nominal
power supply rating.
The incoming voltage must be within the operating range specified in Chapter Technical Data,
before energizing the relay, measure the auxiliary supply to ensure it within the operating range.
Other requirements to the auxiliary power supply are specified in Chapter Technical Data. See
this section for further details about the parameters of the power supply.
WARNING! Energize this relay only if the power supply is within the specified operating
ranges in Chapter Technical Data.
The current and voltage transformer connections must remain isolated from the relay for these
checks. The trip circuit should also remain isolated to prevent accidental operation of the
associated circuit breaker.
Connect the relay to DC power supply correctly and turn the relay on. Check program version and
forming time displayed in command menu to ensure that are corresponding to what ordered.
If the time and date is not being maintained by substation automation system, the date and time
should be set manually.
Set the date and time to the correct local time and date using menu item Clock.
In the event of the auxiliary supply failing, with a battery fitted on CPU board, the time and date will
be maintained. Therefore when the auxiliary supply is restored the time and date will be correct
and not need to set again.
To test this, remove the auxiliary supply from the relay for approximately 30s. After being
re-energized, the time and date should be correct.
On power up, the green LED HEALTHY should have illuminated and stayed on indicating that
the relay is healthy.
The relay has latched signal relays which remember the state of the trip, auto-reclose when the
relay was last energized from an auxiliary supply. Therefore these indicators may also illuminate
when the auxiliary supply is applied. If any of these LEDs are on then they should be reset before
proceeding with further testing. If the LED successfully reset, the LED goes out. There is no testing
required for that that LED because it is known to be operational.
It is likely that alarms related to voltage transformer supervision will not reset at this stage.
Apply the rated DC power supply and check that the HEALTHY LED is lighting in green. We
need to emphasize that the HEALTHY LED is always lighting in operation course except that the
equipment find serious errors in it.
Produce one of the abnormal conditions listed in Chapter Supervision, the ALARM LED will
light in yellow. When abnormal condition reset, the ALARM LED extinguishes.
This test verified that the accuracy of current measurement is within the acceptable tolerances.
Apply rated current to each current transformer input in turn; checking its magnitude using a
multimeter/test set readout. The corresponding reading can then be checked in the relays menu.
The measurement accuracy of the protection is 2.5% or 0.02In. However, an additional allowance
must be made for the accuracy of the test equipment being used.
NOTE! The closing circuit should remain isolated during these checks to prevent
This test verified that the accuracy of voltage measurement is within the acceptable tolerances.
Apply rated voltage to each voltage transformer input in turn; checking its magnitude using a
multimeter/test set readout. The corresponding reading can then be checked in the relays menu.
The measurement accuracy of the relay is 2.5% or 0.1V. However an additional allowance must be
made for the accuracy of the test equipment being used.
NOTE! The closing circuit should remain isolated during these checks to prevent
This test checks that all the binary inputs on the equipment are functioning correctly.
The binary inputs should be energized one at a time, see external connection diagrams for
terminal numbers.
Ensure that the voltage applied on the binary input must be within the operating range.
The status of each binary input can be viewed using relay menu. Sign 1 denotes an energized
input and sign 0 denotes a de-energized input.
Test method:
To unplug all the terminals sockets of this protective device, and do the Insulation resistance test
for each circuit above with an electronic or brushless insulation tester.
On completion of the insulation resistance tests, ensure all external wiring is correctly reconnected
to the protection.
3) Self-check and the transition of binary input in the process of devices start
Confirm the external wiring to the current and voltage inputs is correct.
However, these checks can only be carried out if there are no restrictions preventing the
tenderization of the plant being protected.
Remove all test leads, temporary shorting leads, etc. and replace any external wiring that has
been removed to allow testing.
If it has been necessary to disconnect any of the external wiring from the protection in order to
perform any of the foregoing tests, it should be ensured that all connections are replaced in
accordance with the relevant external connection or scheme diagram. Confirm current and voltage
transformer wiring.
After the above tests are completed, remove all test or temporary shorting leads, etc. If it has been
necessary to disconnect any of the external wiring from the protection in order to perform the
wiring verification tests, it should be ensured that all connections are replaced in accordance with
the relevant external connection or scheme diagram.
If the protection is in a new installation or the circuit breaker has just been maintained, the circuit
breaker maintenance and current counters should be zero. If a test block is installed, remove the
test plug and replace the cover so that the protection is put into service.
Ensure that all event records, fault records, disturbance records and alarms have been cleared
and LEDs has been reset before leaving the protection.
13 Maintenance
Table of Contents
13 Maintenance ................................................................................. 13-a
13.1 Appearance Check ...................................................................................... 13-1
13.2 Failure Tracing And Repair ......................................................................... 13-1
13.3 Replace Failed Modules ............................................................................. 13-1
13.4 Cleaning ....................................................................................................... 13-3
13.5 Storage ......................................................................................................... 13-3
NR numerical relay PCS-924 is designed to require no special maintenance. All measurement and
signal processing circuit are fully solid state. All input modules are also fully solid state. The output
relays are hermetically sealed.
Since the device is almost completely self-monitored, from the measuring inputs to the output
relays, hardware and software defects are automatically detected and reported. The
self-monitoring ensures the high availability of the device and generally allows for a corrective
rather than preventive maintenance strategy. Therefore, maintenance checks in short intervals are
not required.
Operation of the device is automatically blocked when a hardware failure is detected. If a problem
is detected in the external measuring circuits, the device normally only provides alarm messages.
2. It is only allowed to plug or withdraw relay board when the supply is reliably switched off.
Never allow the CT secondary circuit connected to this equipment to be opened while the primary
system is live when withdrawing an AC module. Never try to insert or withdraw the relay board
when it is unnecessary.
3. Check weld spots on PCB whether they are well soldered without any rosin joint. All dual
inline components must be well plugged.
When a failure is detected by supervision, a remote alarm is issued and the failure is indicated on
the front panel with LED indicators and LCD display. It is also recorded in the event record.
Failures detected by supervision are traced by checking the Superv Events screen on the LCD.
Repair at the site should be limited to module replacement. Maintenance at the component level is
not recommended.
Check that the replacement module has an identical module name (AI, PWR, CPU, SIG, BI, BO,
etc.) and hardware type-form as the removed module. Furthermore, the CPU module replaced
should have the same software version. In addition, the AI and PWR module replaced should have
the same ratings.
The module name is indicated on the top front of the module. The software version is indicated in
LCD menu Version Info.
Caution!
When handling a module, take anti-static measures such as wearing an earthed wrist band
and placing modules on an earthed conductive mat. Otherwise, many of the electronic
components could suffer damage. After replacing the CPU module, check the settings.
1) Replacing a module
Short circuit all AC current inputs and disconnect all AC voltage inputs
Warning!
Hazardous voltage can be present in the DC circuit just after switching off the DC power
supply. It takes approximately 30 seconds for the voltage to discharge.
Unplug the ribbon cable on the front panel by pushing the catch outside.
After replacing the CPU module, input the application-specific setting values again.
Warning!
Units and modules may only be replaced while the supply is switched off and only by
appropriately trained and qualified personnel. Strictly observe the basic precautions to
guard against electrostatic discharge.
Warning!
When handling a module, take anti-static measures such as wearing an earthed wrist band
and placing modules on an earthed conductive mat. Otherwise, many of the electronic
components could suffer damage. After replacing the CPU module, check the settings.
Danger!
After replacing modules, be sure to check that the same configuration is set as before the
replacement. If this is not the case, there is a danger of the unintended operation of
switchgear taking place or of protections not functioning correctly. Persons may also be
put in danger.
13.4 Cleaning
Before cleaning the relay, ensure that all AC/DC supplies, current transformer connections are
isolated to prevent any chance of an electric shock whilst cleaning. Use a smooth cloth to clean
the front panel. Do not use abrasive material or detergent chemicals.
13.5 Storage
The spare relay or module should be stored in a dry and clean room. Based on IEC standard
60255-1 the storage temperature should be from -40oC to +70oC, but the temperature of from 0oC
to +40oC is recommended for long-term storage.
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14 Decommissioning and Disposal................................................. 14-a
14.1 Decommissioning ....................................................................................... 14-1
14.2 Disposal ....................................................................................................... 14-1
14.1 Decommissioning
1. Switching off
To switch off the PCS-924, switch off the external miniature circuit breaker of the power supply.
2. Disconnecting Cables
Disconnect the cables in accordance with the rules and recommendations made by relational
department.
Danger!
Before disconnecting the power supply cables that connected with the DC module of the
PCS-924, make sure that the external miniature circuit breaker of the power supply is
switched off.
Danger!
Before disconnecting the cables that are used to connect analog input module with the
primary CTs and VTs, make sure that the circuit breaker for the primary CTs and VTs is
switched off.
3. Dismantling
The PCS-924 rack may now be removed from the system cubicle, after which the cubicles may
also be removed.
Danger!
When the station is in operation, make sure that there is an adequate safety distance to
live parts, especially as dismantling is often performed by unskilled personnel.
14.2 Disposal
In every country there are companies specialized in the proper disposal of electronic waste.
Note!
Strictly observe all local and national regulations when disposing of the device.