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 protection relay life cycle.
• Planning
• Engineering
• Commissioning
• Operation and disturbance handling
• Functional analysis
The whole substation configuration can be controlled and different tasks and functions
can be performed with the individual tool components. 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 protection relays.
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 devices. This
communication allows PCM600 to configure and monitor the devices. In addition to IEC
61850 the devices have optional communications protocols and hardware to connect to
station engineering tools. PCM600 provides the ability to export the configuration of the
devices or an entire substation in a standard file format which enables station engineering
in separate IEC 61850 System Configuration tools.
A PC with PCM600 can be connected to any 615 series protection relay 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 relays.
The modern-day protection relays are designed using the concept of the IEC 61850
standard. This is primarily in regards to how functions within the protection relay are
modelled and how the protection relay is represented in the substation. See the IEC 61850
parameter list for the list of logical nodes available in the protection relay 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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