SCADA Status provides an overview of the configured SCADA interfaces. To display the SCADA Status window, select SCADA Status from the Web Workspace Tools menu.

The SCADA Status window contains two panes. On the left, a tree view shows the current status of items in the SCADA system; on the right, a docked frame displays tabs for each open SCADA maintenance tool.

The following SCADA maintenance tools are provided in Oracle Utilities Network Management System SCADA Status window.

 

 

 

The tree view pane displays the configured Front End Processors (FEPs) and the Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) that are associated with them.

The Unassociated IEDs node at the top of the tree view contains any IEDs not currently associated with a FEP. The Unassociated IED node is where new IED instances are created and updated until ready to be made active.

 

The FEP Monitor opens as a tab in the SCADA Status window. The tab may be dragged out of the SCADA Status window or set to be a standalone window

 

 

 

 

 

The FEP Monitor tool consists of three sections:

The FEP Status pane contains 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 at a time; 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 the 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.

The FEP Status List banner situated above the Status List gives a summary of the state of the FEPs in the list and allows quick filtering. The banner consists of a label and count for each state a FEP can be in. The count is an indication of the number of FEPs in the list that match that state.

The available states are:

Selecting any label or count in the banner will filter out that state from the FEP Status List. The label in the banner will be highlighted and the states count will be struck through to indicate that FEPs in that state have been filtered out of the Status List.

Reselecting the label or count in the banner will restore all FEPs in that state back into the FEP Status List, they will no longer be filtered out. The label will no longer be highlighted and the count will no longer be struck through.

Depending on what you select, you may have the following options.

The FEP Connection context menu provides the following options.

The point monitor is a point list that can be used to display the current value and quality of input points from any IED or combination of IEDs. Using the option on the right-click context menu of the IED input tool the user can choose the 'Add to point Monitor' option to add the selected points to the point monitor list. This list is common for all points and so does not contain any protocol specific columns. The context menu on the point monitor row allows the user to position on the relevant component in the diagram, or to remove the point from the point monitor list.

 

 

 

The table below describes the options available on the Sort menu.

Point Monitor views are filters based on the type of the point in the point monitor list. In the standard out of the box NMS product offering the point monitor starts with displaying all inputs assigned to the monitor. The currently active filter is displayed above the table along with the current sort option.

The point monitor is pre-configured with several different global filters that can be selected in the filters panel. Your system may also have several shared filters and any personal filters that you have created and saved.

The NMS product configuration includes the following Global filters

FEP Details opens in a tab that is used to view and edit the detailed options required to setup a FEP within the system. The tab name follows this pattern: FEP Details, a dash, and then the FEP Identifier (for example, FEP Details ‑ FEP_ID).

 

The FEP Details tool is comprised of two main sections:-

The FEP Common options are typically the following:

This section allows the configuration of one or more connections between the NMS system and the FEP itself. This could be redundant connections to the same FEP instance or connections to redundant FEPs. Connections can be added or removed as required, and also enabled or disabled from a right-click context menu.

The IED Monitor List is a table that shows the current state of all Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) configured in the system. Each row in the IED monitor list shows information about an IED and a specific connection configured for that IED. Therefore if an IED has multiple configured connections then that IED may show up in the list multiple times, once for each connection. Only one IED row can be selected and a time and when a IED is selected a right click context menu allows you to choose from the available actions to be performed on that IED. The context menu will only show that actions valid for the current state of the IED, for example if the IED is in the enabled state then the Enable IED option will not be available.

The IED Monitor tool consists of two sections:

 

 

 

 

The IED Monitor List banner situated above the IED Monitor List gives a summary of the state of the IEDs in the list and allows for quick filtering. The banner consists of a label and count for each state an IED can be in. The count is an indication of the number of IEDs in the list that match that state.

The available states are:

Selecting any label or count in the banner will filter out any IEDs in that state from the Monitor List. The label in the banner will be highlighted and the states count will be struck through to indicate that IEDs in that state have been filtered out of the Monitor List.

Reselecting the label or count in the banner will restore all IEDs in that state back into the IED Monitor List (they will no longer be filtered out). The label will no longer be highlighted and the count will no longer be shown with strikethrough text.

The IED status list provides a table showing the current state of all Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) configured in the system. Each row in the IED Monitor table shows information about an IED and a specific connection configured for that IED. Therefore, if an IED has multiple configured connections, then that IED may show up in the table multiple times (once for each connection). Only one IED row can be selected at a time, and when a IED is selected, a context menu allows you to choose from the available actions that may be performed on that IED. The context menu will only show the actions that are valid for the current state of the IED; for example, if the IED is in the enabled state, then the Enable IED option will not be available.

The IED Details tool is used to view and edit the detailed options required to setup an IED within the system; the Template Details tool does the same for Template IEDs.

This information is displayed in four main sections:

 

 

 

 

 

The IED common options consists of the following fields:

The default scaling options are a definition of the analog scaling values that will be used for all analogs on an IED unless overridden by values on the input itself:

The protocol specific section of the IED details screen varies depending of which protocol is to be used to communicate to the IED.

This sections contains several tabs detailing the component parts of the IED.

This will include tabs for:

This section allows the configuration of one or more connections between the FEP and the IED itself. This is normally redundant connections to the same IED instance. Connections can be added or removed as required, and also enabled or disabled from a right-click context menu.

Each connection has the following options:

This ICCP Remote VCC definition has all of the same columns as the IED connections defined above and the following additional columns

See “IED Inputs”.

See “IED Outputs”.

IED Templates shows the configured template IEDs on the system and allows them to be maintained and then enabled/disabled. Only IED templates in the enabled state can be used as a master to create other IEDs from.

The IED Templates list columns are as follows.

The Select template dialog box allows the user to create an IED configuration as a copy of a previously prepared IED Template and optionally to automatically link the new IED to an NMS device.

The select template dialog can be displayed as part of several different workflows.

The dialog box consists of three sections:

This section lists the available templates that can be selected. This list is automatically filtered depending on how the dialog is called. When creating a new IED from the SCADA status display then all enabled templates are listed. When creating a new IED and linking it to a specified device then only those templates which are defined for that device class will be listed (see the IED templates display to check which NMS device classes are supported by each template). When extending an IED only templates with the same protocol as the existing IED are displayed. When extending an existing IED and also linking it to a device then only templates with matching protocol and device class are displayed.

The template list columns are as follows

The IED name field allows the user to define the IED name when creating a new IED. This new name must be unique and will be checked when the OK button is selected and display an error if an existing IED has the same name. When extending an existing IED an IED selector window may be displayed first to allow selection of which IED to extend. The list of IEDs shown will be filtered to only those defined as being in the same substation or any IEDs that have no substation defined.

When automatically linking to a device the name of the selected device will be displayed here also.

IED Inputs shows a protocol specific list of the input points on the IED. Context sensitive menu options allow creation, deletion, and editing of input points. For analog values the scaling calculation can also be configured.

 

 

 

 

 

The IED Input columns list includes the following items, some of which are only populated if the input is linked to a device measurement:-

The Create or Update Inputs dialog box allows you to create new analog or digital inputs or to edit existing inputs. The dialog consists of three selections:

The select input type section is only used when creating new points, and is not displayed when updating existing points

The Select Input type section of the Create Inputs dialog box allows you to choose between creating digital or analog points and allows you to indicate how many new points you wish to create.

The point details contains the following common fields used by all protocols:

Point Name: A unique name for the point. If more than one input is being created subsequent point names will be appended with _1, _2, _3 etc.

Dnp3 IEDs contain the following protocol specific fields:

IEC104 IEDs contain the following protocol specific fields:

The ICCP IEDs contain the following protocol specific fields:

Digital inputs contain the following specific fields:

 

The Analog Scaling dialog box allows you the analog scaling parameters of an input or set of inputs.

The dialog consists of three sections:

The Select Scaling option allows you to assign individual scaling parameters to a set of inputs or to default to the IED scaling options.

 

The following scaling parameters are available to set:

Each of the scaling parameters has two values:

This display shows a protocol specific list of the output points on the IED. Context sensitive menu options allow creation, deletion and editing of output points.

 

 

 

 

 

The IED Output columns list includes the following items, some of which are only populated if the output is linked to a device measurement:

The Create or Update Outputs dialog allows the user to add new analog or digital outputs. The dialog consists of three components:

The select output type section is only used when creating new points, and is not displayed when updating existing points

The Select Output type section of the Create Outputs dialog box allows you to choose between creating digital or analog points and allows you to indicate how many new points you wish to create.

This display shows the linkage of IED input and output points to device input and output measurements. The display consists of four grids, showing IED Inputs and Outputs on the left and a selected Device Inputs and Outputs on the right.

 

 

 

 

 

 

All four grids have the same columns if in a slightly different order. Some columns are IED specific and some device specific. Only when an IED point is linked to a device measurement will all columns have values.

The IED specific columns are as follows:

The Device specific columns are as follows:

Using menu options links can be added or removed between IED points and device points.

If the IED points were created from a template with device linkage information, then all inputs and outputs for a selected device may be automatically linked to IED points in a single operation.

Highlighting options are available to identify:

Selecting a table row allows the following context sensitive options:

 

The SCADA Audit Log provides a chronologically documented audit trail of SCADA maintenance and operational events.

The SCADA Audit Log is preconfigured with several different global filters that can be selected in the filters panel. Your system may also have several shared filters and any personal filters that you have created and saved.

The SCADA Debug Log provides a chronologically documented log of SCADA debug messages.

The SCADA Debug Log is pre-configured with several different global filters that can be selected in the filters panel. Your system may also have several shared filters and any personal filters that you have created and saved.

Template IEDs are, as the name suggests, master IED configurations from which other IEDs can be created. Typically template IEDs are contain the input and output points required for a single NMS device, with the device class being stored as part of the template definition.

Templates can be created in one of two ways:-

The automatic method is more useful in that it allows information about the device and measurement linkage to be included within the template definition. This then enables the I/O points on any IED created from the template to be automatically linked to new NMS devices and measurements.

Templates can be applied in two ways:

When a template is used to create a new IED then the entire template configuration is copied to the new IED, including base IED options, connection configuration and all Input and Output configuration. The user is only required to provide a name for the new IED at the time of creation and can subsequently adjust the IED address and connection TCP/IP options as required.

When a template is used to extend an existing IED then only the Input and Output configuration from the template is added into the existing IED to add to the existing points. No changes are made to the base IED or IED connection configuration. This operation can be repeated multiple times if required to add support for more than one device to the IED.

This menu action allows you to download IED schema in an XSD file. The schema defines the structure of IED that is expected by the system during the import process.

The Export IED... action allows you to export an IED configuration. Selecting this action opens a dialog box with four check box options:

The exported information will be determined by your selection. The information is exported as an XML file.

The Import IED... action opens a dialog box allowing you to select an XML file with an IED configuration to import to the system.

Once the file is selected, it will open a new dialog box with messages related to file validation. First, the XML will be validated against a schema. If the schema defined in the XML is correct, then the data will be validated and the report will be displayed. If there are any critical errors (for example, undefined mandatory fields like IED name or point name) error messages will be shown in the dialog box and you have to fix the issues and then import the file again.

If there are no error messages, you will be presented with the following.

After selecting any SCADA device in the Viewer, the right‑click context menu includes SCADA options for creating related devices, adding a relationship to an existing device, and getting information about the selected SCADA device.

This option allows you to open the IED Details page for the IED that is linked to the selected device.

This option allows you to create a new IED using templates and link the new IED to the selected device.

This option allows you to select an IED from the same substation as the selected device and to apply template to the selected IED.