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Configuration and layout templates
RCU Connect is a PC application that allows
a user to configure a RCU, check the
operation of a RCU, and allow a user to
maintain configuration templates to suit
various installation scenarios.
Configuration templates
Each utility will have a set of configuration
settings that are applicable to their entire
population of RCUs (or at worst a few
different configuration scenarios, such as
solar powered and auxiliary power supply
powered sites). They will also have a small
number of settings that are unique for each
site. RCU Connect allows the user to set-up a
configuration file whereby all common
settings are pre-set and only those site
specific settings are available to the
commissioning crew and require data entry.
This saves time and reduces the chance for
operator error during the commissioning
process.
This is achieved with the aid of a
configuration template. The customer
completes the RCU configuration template
specification form (KMS-3100) for each
installation scenario, and returns the
completed form to Siemens. Siemens will
then create a configuration template file for
each scenario tailored to the user's specified
requirements.
Configuration templates have a ".rcu" file
extension.
See the appendix for details of the RCU
specific configuration settings.
Layout templates
The RCU configuration template
specification form (KMS-3100) also allows
the user to specify the visibility to each
configuration item as displayed in RCU
Connect.
Each configuration item can be set to be:
Open – for the end user to enter data
freely into the field,
Read only – to display data in a field
without being able to modify it,
Challenge – requiring a response to a
challenge, meaning that the user is
restricted from entering data into the
field until the user has clicked a button
and entered a word to satisfy the
challenge, or
Hidden – the field is not visible to the
user at all.
Read-only fields can be used to convey
information without being able to change it.
Challenge fields appear and behave like
read-only fields until the challenge is
satisfied. They will then appear and behave
like open fields. Challenge fields can be
used to prevent accidental data entry.
This allows the user to choose what specific
set of configuration options the person
responsible for the deployment of the RCU
requires.
In addition to the configuration template
file described above, using the visibility
selections specified by the user in the RCU
configuration template specification form
(KMS-3100), Siemens will provide a second
file called a "Layout File" back to the user.
This layout file will also be loaded into RCU
Connect to define how the settings display
appears.
Layout files have a ".ucl" file extension.
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