Section 3 Pcm600 Tool - ABB Relion 615 Series Engineering Manual

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Section 3
615 series ANSI
Engineering Manual
PCM600 tool
Protection and Control IED Manager PCM600 offers all the necessary functionality to
work throughout all stages of the IED life cycle.
• Planning
• Engineering
• Commissioning
• Operation and disturbance handling
• Functional analysis
With the individual tool components, you can perform different tasks and functions
and control the whole substation. PCM600 can operate with many different topologies,
depending on the customer needs.
PCM600 is used to conduct complete engineering and configuration activities needed
for the bay level IEDs.
Connectivity Packages are separate software packages that provide type and version
information to PCM600. Further Connectivity Packages assist the tool with
communications.
PCM600 uses IEC 61850 over Ethernet to communicate with bay IEDs. This
communications allows PCM600 to configure and monitor the IEDs In addition to IEC
61850 the IEDs have optional communications protocols and hardware to connect to
station engineering tools. PCM600 provides the ability to export the configuration of
the IEDs or entire substation in a standard file format which allows for station engineering.
A PC with PCM600 can be connected to any 615 series IED within a station by using
the Ethernet connection. The connection can also be used for service and maintenance
purposes. In addition, the connection is used to handle digital fault records from the
protection IEDs using the IEC 61850 file transfer.
The modern-day IEDs are designed using the concept of the IEC 61850 standard. This
is primarily in regards to how functions within the IED are modelled and how the IED
is represented in the substation. See the IEC 61850 parameter list for the list of logical
nodes available in the IED and observe how they follow the structure and rules as
defined in part 7 of the standard.
The engineering of the used communication protocols is a separate task and an addition
to the engineering of protection and control functions.
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