Using the SCADA Commissioning tool

In addition to the SCADA Maintenance tools in the SCADA Status display, the Oracle Utilities Network Management System also provides a SCADA Commissioning tool.

To display the SCADA Commissioning tool, select SCADA Commissioning from the Web Workspace Tools menu

The SCADA Commissioning display has two tabs

• IED View

• Point View

Understanding the IED View

The IED view allows the commissioning engineer to view a complete list of IEDs and manage their commissioning state.

There are default filters available to:

• Filter on the commissioning state of the IED.

• Filter on the commissioning state of points within the IED

• Filter on IEDs In Test Mode

The IED view has the following columns:

• Name

• Protocol

• Device(s) that the IED points are linked to

• Substation

• The commissioning state - Commissioned/Uncommissioned/Tested/Decommissioned

• The In Test state - Yes/No

• The status - Enabled/Disabled/Failed

• Number of (linked) commissioned / un-commissioned inputs and outputs

• Who - user that last changed the IED commissioning state

• Comments - an optional comment entered when the commissioning state was changed

• IED communications statistics

• Number of unlinked inputs and outputs

• Number of linked inputs and outputs that do not exist as measurements or devices in NMS

• Whether the IED has been placed in test or not.

Understanding the Point View

The Point view has the following columns:

• Type - Digital / Analog / Control

• IED Name

• The IED In Test state - Yes/No

• Substation

• Address - protocol specific

• Linked (Yes / No)

• Link state - No device in NMS/ no measurement in NMS/ Pending/OK

• Measurement

• Phase

• Value

• Quality

• Timestamp

• analog filters

• Commissioning state

• Commissioning timestamp

• Comments

• Who - user that last changed the point commissioning state

The SRS rule SCADA Maximum Commission Points To Fetch defines the maximum number of rows that can be fetched for this display.

The point view has a summary banner that indicates how many points are in particular states and allows easy filtering of the viewable list.

The summary categories are as follows:

• input points

• output points

• points that are commissioned

• points that are tested

• points that are non-commissioned

• points that are unlinked

• points on an IED in Test mode

Context sensitive menu options allow the user to change the commission state of the IED itself and one or more points.

Understanding the IED Test Mode

From the SCADA commissioning tool, the IED can also be placed in test mode. When an IED is in test mode, any changes in input values for uncommissioned points will generate any configured alarms in a separate Test Mode alarm world instead of the normal 'Live' world. These test mode alarms are visible in Test Mode active and historic alarm displays which can be opened from the SCADA Commissioning Tools menu.

When an IED is in Test Mode, controls may be sent to any uncommissioned output points directly from the SCADA Commissioning Point View and any corresponding change in input value can be observed.

When you close the SCADA Commissioning tool, any open Test Mode alarm displays are closed and any IEDs that the user placed into Test Mode are automatically removed from Test mode.