Figure 286: Standby Ied Activation Process - GE MiCOM P40 Technical Manual

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Chapter 21 - Communications

Figure 286: Standby IED Activation Process

The following sequence would occur under this scenario:

During the installation phase, a spare standby IED is installed in the substation. This can remain inactive,

until it is needed to replace functions in one of several bays. The device is connected to the process bus, but

does not have any subscriptions enabled.

If a failure occurs (in this example, bay 1), first isolate the faulty device by disabling its process bus and

station bus interfaces. You do this by turning off the attached network interfaces.

Retrieve the configuration that the faulty device normally uses, and load this into the standby redundant

Place the IED into the "Test Blocked" mode, as defined in IEC 61850-7-4 Edition Two. This allows test signals

to be injected into the network, which will check that the configuration is correct. GOOSE signals issued by

the device will be flagged as "test" so that subscribing switchgear controllers know not to trip during this

testing. In this way the protection can be tested all the way up to the switchgear control merging units

without having to operate primary circuit breakers, or by carrying out any secondary injection.

Take the standby IED out of "Test-Blocked" mode and activate it so that it now replaces the protection

functions that were disabled from the initial device failure.

The standby IED reduces downtime in the case of device failure, as protection functions can be restored quickly

before the faulted device is replaced.

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