Using the SCADA Status Window and Maintenance Tools
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.
Using the SCADA Status Window
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.
SCADA Status Menus and Toolbar
File Menu
Tools Menu
Actions Menu
Help Menu
Understanding the SCADA Status Tree View Pane
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.
Note: If you right-click a tree node, the context menu will display various operations that can be performed on the selected item.
FEP Monitor
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
FEP Monitor Menus and Toolbar
File Menu
Tools Menu
Actions Menu
Sort Menu
Help Menu
FEP Monitor User Interface
The FEP Monitor tool consists of three sections:
• FEP Status
• FEP Status List Banner
• SCADA Message Counts
• Message Queues
FEP Status
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.
FEP Status List Banner
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:
• Enabled: A count of the number of FEPs enabled for scanning.
• Disabled: A count of the number of FEPs currently shut down.
• Failed: A count of the number of FEPs that are currently deemed to be in a failed state due to communication issues.
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.
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.
• 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.
Point Monitor
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.
Using Point Monitor Menus and Toolbar
File Menu
Tools Menu
Actions Menu
Sort Menu
The table below describes the options available on the Sort menu.
Understanding IED Point (Filtered) Views
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
• All Inputs: Displays both analog and digital inputs.
• Analog Inputs: Displays only analog inputs.
• Digital Inputs: Displays only digital inputs.
FEP Details
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).
File Menu
Actions Menu
Help Menu
FEP Details Components
The FEP Details tool is comprised of two main sections:-
• Common Options
• Connection List
FEP Common Options
The FEP Common options are typically the following:
• Control: The configured state of the FEP. This is updated by actions menu options.
• Status: The actual state of the FEP as reported by the system (not editable).
• Name: A unique FEP name in the system, used for logging audit messages and errors.
• Description: Optional description.
• Debug: Defines whether internal debug information is logged for this FEP or not.
• Keep Alive: The interval in milliseconds between keep alive messages to the FEP. A value of zero disables the keep alive functionality.
• Retry Interval: The connection retry time in milliseconds.
FEP Connections List
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.
Each connection has the following options:
• Control: The configured state of the connection. This is edited by actions menu options.
• Status: The actual state of the connection as reported by the system (not editable).
• Name: A unique (on the FEP) name for the connection, used for logging audit messages and errors.
• Description: Optional description.
• Order: A defined order to try the connections - lowest value first.
• IP Address: The TCP/IP address of the FEP for the connection.
• Port: The TCP/IP port for the connection.
IED Monitor
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:
Menus and Toolbars
File Menu
Tools Menu
Actions Menu
Sort Menu
Help Menu
IED Summary Banner
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:
• Enabled: A count of the number of IEDs enabled for scanning.
• Disabled: A count of the number of IEDs currently disabled.
• Failed: A count of the number of IEDs that are currently deemed to be in a failed state due to communication issues.
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.
IED Status List
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.
IED Details and Template Details
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:
• Common Options
• Default Analog Scaling Options
• Protocol Specific Options
• Connections and Input/Output List
Menus and Toolbars
File Menu
Tools Menu
Actions Menu
Sort Menu
Help Menu
IED Common Options
The IED common options consists of the following fields:
• Control: The configured state of the IED. This is updated by actions menu options.
• Status: The actual state of the IED as reported by the system (not editable).
• Substation: The substation that the IED is in
• Manufacturer: A user configurable field for manufacturer information.
• Firmware: A user configurable field for IED version information.
• Name: A unique IED name in the system, used for logging audit messages and errors.
• Protocol: What protocol is used to communicate with the IED.
• Commission: The commissioned state of the IED.
• FEP: Which FEP will communicating to the IED.
• Stale Timeout: The time taken for a control request to arrive at the FEP from the originating client is compared against the stale timeout. If the travel time exceeds the timeout then the control is discarded by the FEP and a control failure is sent back to the client. The stale timeout value is in milliseconds.
IED Default Scaling Options
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:
• Absolute Change: Default required absolute difference before being reporting
• Percent Change: Default required percentage difference before being reporting
• Offset Before Multiply: Default add value before multiply operation - use negative value for subtraction
• Offset After Multiply: Default add value after multiply operation - use negative value for subtraction
• Scale Multiplier: Default multiplier for analog values
IED Protocol Specific Options
The protocol specific section of the IED details screen varies depending of which protocol is to be used to communicate to the IED.
• DNP3 Options
• IEC60870-5-104 Options
• ICCP Options
DNP Options
• Local Address: Local DNP3 station number.
• Remote Address: Remote DNP3 station number.
• IED Mode: Run as outstation instead of master. Y=IED N=Master (Default).
• Listen Mode: Listen for inbound connection instead of making outbound. Defaults to outbound.
• Class Zero Poll Rate: Poll rate in seconds for Class 0 polling. Defaults to 0 (no polling).
• Class One Poll Rate: Poll rate in seconds for Class 1 polling. Defaults to 0 (no polling).
• Class Two Poll Rate: Poll rate in seconds for Class 2 polling. Defaults to 0 (no polling).
• Class Three Poll Rate: Poll rate in seconds for Class 3 polling. Defaults to 0 (no polling).
• Max Msg Size: Max DNP3 message size.
• Ack Timeout: Timeout in ms to recv ack from peer.
• Response Timeout: Timeout in ms to recv response from peer.
• Refresh Mode: Reset connection on failure to receive response from peer within timeout.
• Multi Drop ID: Multi-drop id, when one connection is shared among multiple DNP3 outstations (SERIAL mode only).
• Baud Rate: Serial line Baud rate (SERIAL mode only).
• Parity: Serial line parity (SERIAL mode only).
IEC60870-5-104 Options
• Connect timeout (T0): Connection establishment timeout. Range 1 s to 255 s, accuracy 1 s. default 30 seconds.
• APDU timeout (T1): Timeout of an acknowledge (S‑Frame) must be received for any sent APDUs. Range 1 s to 255 s, accuracy 1 s. default 15 seconds.
• Acknowledge timeout (T2): Maximum timeout before an acknowledge (S‑Frame) must be transmitted when no data messages are being sent. Range 1 s to 255 s, accuracy 1 s. default 10 seconds, must be less than t1 ADPU timeout.
• Idle timeout (T3): Time-out for sending test frames in case of a long idle state. Range 1 s to 48 h, resolution 1s, default 20 seconds.
• Max APDU Transmit (K): Maximum outstanding APDUs (I-Frame) without an acknowledge (S-Frame) being received., default 12. Range of values 1 to 32767 APDUs, accuracy 1 APDU.
• Max APDU Receive (W): Maximum received APDUs (I Frames) before an acknowledge (S-Frame) must be transmitted, default 8. Range 1 to 32767 APDUs, accuracy 1 APDU - Recommendation: W should not exceed two-thirds of K.
• Station Address: Local IEC104 station number.
• Server Mode: Run as server instead of client. Y=Server N=Client (Default).
ICCP Options
• TSEL: Transport selector.
• SSEL: Session selector.
• PSEL: Presentation selector.
• AP Title: Application Process Title.
• AE Qualifier: Application Entry Qualifier.
• Local Domain: Local domain name.
• Remote Domain: Remote domain name.
• Local Table ID: Local Bilateral Table ID.
• Remote Table ID: Remote Bilateral Table ID.
• TCP/IP Address: Optional IP address for the Local VCC - Gates incoming connections, default is to accept connections on any IP address.
• Block 1: Periodic System Data: Status points, analogue points, quality flags, time stamp, change of value counter, protection events.
• Block 2: Extended Data Set Condition Monitoring: Provides report by exception capability for the data types that block 1 is able to transfer periodically.
• Block 3: Block Data Transfer: Provides a means transferring Block 1 and Block 2 data types as block transfers instead of point by point.
• Block 4: Information Messages: Simple text and binary files.
• Block 5: Device Control: \nDevice control requests: on/off, trip/close, raise/lower etc. \nand digital setpoints.
• Block 6: Program Control: Allows an ICCP client to remote control programs executing on an ICCP server.
• Block 7: Event Reporting: Extended reporting to a client of error conditions and device state changes at a server.
• Block 8: Additional User Objects: Scheduling, accounting, outage and plant information.
• Connection Mode: Connection direction - Inbound, Outbound, or Dual.
• Role: ICCP role (Client, Server, or Both).
• Reduce List: ICCP behavior option - negotiate non-existent points in transferset definitions.
• Mismatch Flag: ICCP behavior option - create csv file listing non-existent points in transferset definitions.
• Keep Alive: Periodically send MMS Identify request as keep-alive. Default=0 meaning do not send.
• Secure Mode: Enable/Disable secure ICCP.
• TLS Certificate: TLS public client certificate, or local private server certificate identifier - Secure Only.
• ACSE Certificate: ACSE public certificate, or local private certificate identifier - Secure Only.
IED Connections and Input/Output Tab List
This sections contains several tabs detailing the component parts of the IED.
This will include tabs for:
• IED Connections (All IEDs except ICCP IEDs): The configuration of the connections between the FEP and the IED.
• Remote VCC (ICCP IEDs only): The configuration of the Remote ICCP nodes to communicate with.
• Transfersets (ICCP IEDs only): The configuration of how inputs are transfered over the ICCP link.
• Input Points: A protocol specific list of the input points on the IED.
• Output Points: A protocol specific list of the output points on the IED.
IED Connections List (All IEDs except ICCP IEDs)
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:
• Control: The configured state of the connection. This is edited by actions menu options.
• Status: the actual state of the connection as reported by the system (not editable).
• Name: A unique (on the IED) name for the connection, used for logging audit messages and errors.
• Description: optional description.
• Order: A defined order to try the connections – lowest value first.
• IP Address: The TCP/IP address of the FEP for the connection.
• Port: The TCP/IP port for the connection.
• Poll Period: The period to collect poll statistics in seconds.
• Stats Period: The frequency to report the statistics.
• Recovery Percent: Required percentage of good vs bad polls for connection recovery.
• Failure Percent: Required percentage of good vs bad polls for connection failure.
ICCP Remote VCC List – only for ICCP IEDs
This ICCP Remote VCC definition has all of the same columns as the IED connections defined above and the following additional columns
• TSEL: Transport selector.
• SSEL: Session selector.
• PSEL: Presentation selector.
• AP TITLE: Application Process Title.
• AE QUALIFIER: Application Entry Qualifier.
• Application Entry Qualifier: TLS public client certificate, or local private server certificate identifier - Secure Only.
• ACSE CERTIFICATE: ACSE public certificate, or local private certificate identifier - Secure Only.
• TLS CA CERTIFICATE: TLS public Certificate Authority certificate identifier - Secure Only.
• ACSE CA CERTIFICATE: ACSE public Certificate Authority certificate identifier - Secure Only.
ICCP Transfersets – only for ICCP IEDs
• Control: Configured state of Transferset.
• Status: Actual state of Transferset.
• Number: Dataset Number - referenced by points.
• Transfer Mode: Specify change-based or interval transmission of information reports.
• Start Time: Absolute start time of transfer set.
• Start Delay: Start Delay for transferset (not used).
• Buffer Time: Time in seconds to queue data on server before sending report.
• Interval: Interval in seconds for INTERVAL transferMode.
• Integrity Interval: Interval in seconds to send integrity scan reports. Default/0 means no integrity scan reports.
• Operator Request: Enable operator request.
• Report By Exception: Report By Exception mode for INTERVAL reports - only send points when they have changed over interval.
• All Changes: Send lists of all changes with INTERVAL reports.
• Critical: Enable critical ACK.
• Initial Read: Do initial read of all points in data set.
Inputs List
Outputs List
IED Templates List
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.
• IED ID: The unique ID of the IED (normally a hidden column).
• Control: Whether the template is active or not - disabled templates can not be used.
• Name: The unique name for the template IED.
• Protocol: The protocol used to communicate with the IED.
• Description: An optional description for the template.
• Device Class: The device class number this IED template was created for (normally a hidden column)
• Device Class Name: The name of the device class this IED template was created for
• Minimum Digital Input: The lowest protocol specific address of digital input in the template (normally a hidden column).
• Maximum Digital Input: The highest protocol specific address of digital input in the template (normally a hidden column).
• Minimum Analog Input: The lowest protocol specific address of analog input in the template (normally a hidden column).
• Maximum Analog Input: The highest protocol specific address of analog input in the template (normally a hidden column).
• Minimum Digital Output: The lowest protocol specific address of digital output in the template (normally a hidden column).
• Maximum Digital Output: The highest protocol specific address of digital output in the template (normally a hidden column).
• Minimum Analog Output: The lowest protocol specific address of analog output in the template (normally a hidden column).
• Maximum Analog Output: The highest protocol specific address of analog output in the template (normally a hidden column).
Select Template Dialog Box
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.
• From the SCADA Status display to simply create a new IED.
• From the SCADA status to extend an existing IED by adding more I/O points.
• From the Viewer or Control tool to create a new IED from the template and automatically link the IED I/O points to the selected device.
• From the Viewer or Control tool to select an existing IED and add extra I/O points to it and then automatically link the new IED I/O points to the selected device.
The dialog box consists of three sections:
• Template List
• IED and Device Selection
• Buttons
Template List
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
• Name: The unique name for the FEP.
• Protocol Name: The protocol that the IED is configured for.
• Description: The user entered description for the template.
IED and Device Selection
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.
Select Template Buttons
• OK: Selecting OK closes the dialog and creates the new IED. This is only enabled when a template has been selected.
• Cancel: Selecting cancel closes the dialog and cancels the operation.
• Help: Selecting help invokes the online help.
IED Inputs
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.
Menus and Toolbars
File Menu
Tools Menu
Actions Menu
Sort Menu
Help Menu
The IED Input columns list includes the following items, some of which are only populated if the input is linked to a device measurement:-
• Input type: Analog or Digital.
• Control: Whether the input is enabled or disabled Protocol Specific Address fields.
• Point Name: Unique (on the IED) name for the point.
• RTI Alias: Unique measurement identifier (if linked).
• Attribute: What type of device measurement the input is for (if linked).
• Phase: Indicates if the input is for a specific phase, only valid for status inputs.
• Link State: Indicates whether the input is linked to a device measurement.
• Commissioned: The commission state of the input - only commissioned input points update values into the core NMS system.
• Raw Value: The current value received from external IED or SCADA system
• Value: Converted value to be passed to NMS system.
• Interpretation: Optional lookup table used to standardize raw digital input values to a common standard value before passing to NMS.
• Quality: Indicates the quality of the scan point - Disabled, Enabled, Failed or No Scan (no value received since enabled).
• Timestamp: The timestamp of the latest update received from the external SCADA source.
• Jitter State: An indication whether the input is malfunctioning; see Understanding Jitter State.
• Absolute Change: Default required absolute difference before being reporting.
• Percent Change: Default required percentage difference before being reporting.
• Offset Before Multiply: Default add value before multiply operation - use negative value for subtraction.
• Offset After Multiply: Default add value after multiply operation - use negative value for subtraction.
• Scale Multiplier: Default multiplier for analog values.
Using the Create/Update Inputs Dialog Box
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:
• Select Input Type
• Point Details
• Buttons
Select Input Type
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.
• Digitals: Select this option to create digital inputs
• Analogs: Select this option to create analog inputs
• Amount to Create: Enter the number of new input wants you wish to create.
Point Details
Common Fields
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 Specific Fields
Dnp3 IEDs contain the following protocol specific fields:
• IOA: The information object address of the input.
• Static Type: The DNP3 object type used for static value reporting.
• Event Type: The DNP3 object type used for value change events.
IEC104 Specific Fields
IEC104 IEDs contain the following protocol specific fields:
• Common Address: The Common ASDU address of the input.
• IOA: The information object address of the input.
• Point Type: The IEC104 point type.
ICCP Specific Fields
The ICCP IEDs contain the following protocol specific fields:
• Scope: The point scope of the input.
• ICC: The point is only visible on this VCC.
• VCC: The point is visible to all remote VCC’s.
• Transfer Set: The associated Transfer Set for this input.
• Point Type: The ICCP point type.
Digital Specific Fields
Digital inputs contain the following specific fields:
• Interpretation: The interpretation table associated with the input points.
Buttons
• OK: Selecting OK closes the dialog and creates the inputs.
• Cancel: Selecting cancel closes the dialog and cancels the operation.
• Help: Selecting help invokes the online help.
Using the Analog Scaling Dialog Box
The Analog Scaling dialog box allows you the analog scaling parameters of an input or set of inputs.
The dialog consists of three sections:
• Select Scaling option
• Scaling Details
• Buttons
Select Scaling Option
The Select Scaling option allows you to assign individual scaling parameters to a set of inputs or to default to the IED scaling options.
• IED Defaults: Selecting this option sets the scaling options for the points to the IED’s default values.
• Point Overrides: Selecting this option allows you to override the IED default scaling options for the selected points.
Scaling Details
The following scaling parameters are available to set:
• Absolute Change: The absolute deadband value
• Percentage Change: The percentage deadband value
• Multiplier: The scaling multiplier to apply.
• Offset Before Multiplier: The offset to apply to the value before any multiplier is applied. Negative values are subtracted.
• Offset After Multiplier: The offset to apply to the value after any multiplier is applied. Negative values are subtracted.
Each of the scaling parameters has two values:
• IED: The IED default value. This field is not editable.
• Point: The override value that will be used instead of the IED value. This field is only editable if the Point Overrides scaling option is enabled.
Buttons
• OK: Selecting OK closes the dialog and applies the scaling.
• Cancel: Selecting cancel closes the dialog and cancels the operation.
• Help: Selecting help invokes the online help.
IED Outputs
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.
Menus and Toolbars
File Menu
Tools Menu
Actions Menu
Sort Menu
Help Menu
The IED Output columns list includes the following items, some of which are only populated if the output is linked to a device measurement:
• Output Type: Analog or Digital
• Control: Whether the output is enabled or disabled.
• Protocol Specific Address fields.
• Point Name: Unique (on the IED) name for the point
• RTI Alias: Unique measurement identifier (if linked)
• Attribute: What type of device measurement the output is for (if linked)
• Phase: Indicates if the output is for a specific phase, only valid for status outputs.
• NMS Action: Indicates whether the output point is an Open, Close or Open and Close Control
• Link State: Indicates whether the output is linked to a device measurement.
• Commissioned: The commission state of the output - only commissioned outputs can issue controls.
Create/Update Outputs Dialog Box
The Create or Update Outputs dialog allows the user to add new analog or digital outputs. The dialog consists of three components:
• Select Output Type
• Point Details
• Buttons
Select Output Type
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.
• Digitals: Select this option to create digital outputs.
• Analogs: Select this option to create analog outputs.
• Amount to Create: Enter the number of new outputs wants you wish to create.
Point Details
Common Fields
The point details contains the following common fields used by all protocols:
• Point Name: A unique name for the point. If more than one output is being created subsequent point names will be appended with _1, _2, _3, and so on.
• NMS Action: The NMS Action associated with the output points.
Valid values for digital outputs are:
• Open: The outputs are for open controls.
• Close: The outputs are for close controls.
• Open and Close: The outputs are for open and close controls.
Valid values for analog outputs are:
• Set Point: The output is for a set point control.
Dnp3 Specific Fields
Dnp3 IEDs contain the following protocol specific fields:
• IOA: The information object address of the output.
• Control Type: The DNP3 object type of the output.
• Control Kind: Whether this is a control or set point.
• Clear: The clear control flag
• Latch: The latch control flag
• Pulse: The pulse control flag
• Queue: The queue control flag
• SBO: The select before operate control flag
• Trip Close: The Trip Close control flag
• Checkback ID: The check back id for select before operate.
IEC104 Specific Fields
IEC104 IED’s contain the following protocol specific fields:
• Common Address: The Common ASDU address of the output.
• IOA: The information object address of the output.
• Point Type: The IEC104 point type.
ICCP Specific Fields
The ICCP IED’s contain the following protocol specific fields:
• SBO: The select before operate flag.
• Scope: The point scope of the output.
• ICC: The point is only visible on this VCC.
• VCC: The point is visible to all remote VCCs.
• Control Kind: The ICCP Control kind. Valid values are:
• Control: Valid options Discrete/ Real.
Buttons
• OK: Closes the dialog box and creates the outputs.
• Cancel: Closes the dialog box and cancels the operation.
• Help: Selecting help invokes the online help.
IED Device Links
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.
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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:
• IED Name: The name of the IED that the point is on.
• Point Name: Unique (on the IED) name for the point.
• Phase: Indicates if the output is for a specific phase, only valid for status outputs.
• Type: Analog or Digital
• Commissioned: The commission state of the point.
• Auto Link Device: The device identifier if the point can be automatically linked.
• Auto Link Attribute: The measurement identifier if the point can be automatically linked.
The Device specific columns are as follows:
• Device: The device name.
• Attribute: The measurement attribute on the device.
• RTI Alias: Unique measurement identifier.
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:
• Points that can be automatically linked to device measurements but which are not currently linked.
• Points that are currently linked to device measurements
Selecting a table row allows the following context sensitive options:
• Display the IED point or Device measurement associated with the selected row (default double click action)
• View the device on the Viewer (if currently linked to a device)
• Highlight points and measurements associated with the same device as the current row.
• Link or unlink the current row
• Link all IED input/output measurements to the current IED device identifier (see AutoLinkDevice).
• Unlink all IED input/output measurements from the current IED device identifier (see AutoLinkDevice).
SCADA Audit Log
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.
SCADA Debug Log
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.
Understanding Template IEDs
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:-
• Manually using the Template Details tool.
• Automatically by having the system create the template from an existing IED.
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:
• To create a new complete IED
• To extend an existing IED to support further devices.
Creating a New IED
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.
Extending an IED
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.
Understanding SCADA Status Actions Menu Options
Download IED Schema... Action
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.
Export IED... Action
The Export IED... action allows you to export an IED configuration. Selecting this action opens a dialog box with four check box options:
• Header Information
• Protocol Specific Information
• Point Information
• Device Linkage Information
The exported information will be determined by your selection. The information is exported as an XML file.
Buttons
• Search: Allows you to select the location to save the xml file.
• Export: Completes the exports action and saves the XML file.
Note: The Export button is enabled when you select the location to save the XML file.
• Cancel: Cancels the export process and closes the dialog box.
Import IED... Action
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.
• If the IED defined in the xml is new, the following options will be presented.
• Import: Initiates the import process. The actions log is displayed in the dialog box.
After the import process is completed, you will be presented with two buttons.
• OK: Closes the dialog box.
• Download Logs: Allows you to download the logs shown in the dialog box.
• Cancel: Cancels the import process and closes the dialog box.
• If the IED defined in the XML file exists in the system, you will be presented with three buttons.
• Update: Updates the definition of the existing IED defined in the XML. The log is displayed in the dialog box.
• Replace: Replaces the existing IED with the IED defined in the XML. The log is displayed in the dialog box.
• Cancel: Cancels the import process and closes the dialog box.
If you select the Update or the Replace options, you will be presented with the following options.
• OK: Closes the dialog box.
• Download Logs: Allows you to download the logs shown in the dialog box.
Understanding SCADA Options
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.
Open IED Details...
This option allows you to open the IED Details page for the IED that is linked to the selected device.
Create IED...
This option allows you to create a new IED using templates and link the new IED to the selected device.
Add to IED...
This option allows you to select an IED from the same substation as the selected device and to apply template to the selected IED.