Understanding the FEP Monitor
The FEP Monitor tool consists of three sections:
• FEP Status List
• SCADA Message Counts
• Message Queues
FEP Status List
The FEP Monitor List is a table that shows the current state of all Front End Processors (FEPs) configured in the system. Each row in the FEP monitor list shows information about a FEP and a specific connection configured for that FEP. Therefore, if a FEP has multiple configured connections then that FEP may show up in the list multiple times, once for each connection. Only one FEP row can be selected and a time and when a FEP is selected a right click context menu allows you to choose from the available actions to be performed on that FEP. The context menu will only show that actions valid for the current state of the FEP, for example if the FEP is in the enabled state then the Enable FEP option will not be available.
Context Menu Options
Depending on what you select, you may have the following options.
• FEP Details: Open the FEP Details tool allowing edit of the configurable FEP options.
• Show IEDs for the Selected FEP: Opens the IED Monitor filtered to only display IEDs that are configured for the selected FEP.
• Enable FEP: Enables the selected FEP.
• Disable FEP: Disables the selected FEP.
• Change Active Connection: Changes the communications channel used to communicate to the FEP. Only visible if the FEP has multiple channels configured.
• Reset FEP Statistics: Resets the communication statistics for the selected FEP.
• Reset All IED Statistics: Resets the communication statistics for all IEDs configured on the selected FEP.
• Enable Debug: Enables the logging of debug messages for the selected FEP.
• Disable Debug: Disables the logging of debug messages for the selected FEP.
• Synchronize: Resynchronizes the FEP configuration to the FEP itself.
• Create New IED: Opens the IED Details tool, which allows you to create a new IED.
• Create New IED from Template: Creates a new IED as copy of a preconfigured template and opens the IED Details on the resulting new IED.
• Delete FEP: Deletes the FEP. This action will only complete if the FEP has no IEDs configured.
FEP Connection Options
The FEP Connection context menu provides the following options.
• Enable Connection: Enables the selected FEP connection.
• Disable Connection: Disables the selected FEP connection.
• Change Active Connection: Changes the communications channel used to communicate to the FEP. Only visible if the FEP has multiple channels configured.