Menus and Toolbars

File Menu

Menu Option	Description	Toolbar Icon
Toggle Dockable Window	Changes a standalone window to a pane that may be moved or docked in another window or frame. See Understanding Docked Panes and Standalone Window Tools on page 2-13 for more information on dockable and standalone windows.	--
Exit	Closes the window.	--

Tools Menu

Menu Option	Description	Toolbar Icon
View...	Shows the associated device in the Viewer.
Show Device Links...	Displays the device links window for the IED allowing you to maintain the link between an IED input and a SCADA measurement.

Actions Menu

Menu Option	Description	Toolbar Icon
Create Outputs	Invokes the Create Output dialog box allowing you to create new outputs. See Create Outputs.
Update Analog Outputs	Invokes the Update Outputs dialog box to allow the selected analogs to be updated. See Update Outputs.
Update Digital Outputs	Invokes the Update Input dialog box to allow the selected digitals to be updated. See Update Outputs.
Delete Outputs	Deletes the selected outputs. A confirmation dialog box is invoked to confirm.
Enable Outputs	Enables the selected outputs. You can now send a control request to the measurement associated with the output.
Disable Outputs	Disables the selected outputs. You can no longer send a control request to the measurement associated with the output.

Sort Menu

Menu Option	Description	Toolbar Icon
Sort Dialog...	Invokes the sort dialog window to allow custom sorts of the output list.	--
Default	Sort the output list by the default sort. The default sort is based on the protocol of the IED. • DNP3: Sort on the Information Object Address. • IEC104: Sort on the address • ICCP: Sort by Transfer Set	--
Type	Sort by the type of the input (analog and digital).
RTI Alias	Sort by the RTI Alias of the linked NMS device.

Help Menu

Menu Option	Description	Toolbar Icon
IED Outputs Help	Launches online help for IED Outputs.	--

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.