Configuration

Before configuring the DDD Indicators application, confirm that the Prerequisites are in place for your system.

New Application

Configuring the DDD Indicators application for the first time in your PME system, requires the following steps:

• Setting up the DDD Indicator framework in the VIP.
• Running the DDD Indicator Wizard in Vista.

To set up the DDD Indicator framework in the VIP:

1. Open Designer and log in with a supervisor-level user account.
2. Open the VIP.DDD node.

   NOTE: The VIP.DDD is part of the default PME install. Only use this VIP for the DDD Iindicators application. Do not use the VIP.DDD for any application other than the DDD Indicator. At this point of the configuration process, the VIP.DDD should only contain the EventLogCtl 1, Diagnostics 1 and VIP ION core modules. If there are other modules in the VIP.DDD that are not related to this application, then move these modules to a different VIP, or delete them, before installing the DDD framework. Do not install the DDD framework into the VIP.DDD as long as it contains other, non-core modules. See Upgrade from a pre- 9.0 version of PME, if your PME system was upgraded and contains a VIP configuration for an earlier version of the DDD Indicators application.

3. Click Edit > Paste from framework.
4. Navigate to ...\config\fmwk\DDD_Indicator_Wizard and open DDD Indicator_Wizard.fwn.
5. In Paste Summary, select the framework modules for lock paste.

   NOTE: You must lock paste the framework or the DDD Indicator Wizard will not function correctly.

   TIP: For information on lock pasting ION modules, see Copying and pasting ION modules.

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   unintended equipment operation

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   Before pasting an ION framework verify that the system is not performing critical control actions that may affect human or equipment safety.

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   Do not overwrite an existing ION framework in the VIP using lock paste.

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   Verify correct system operation after pasting an ION framework.

   Failure to follow these instructions can result in death, serious injury, or equipment damage.

    

6. In Paste Summary, click OK to paste the framework.
7. In Designer, Send & Save the changes.
8. An Operation Incomplete message box is displayed. This is expected. It is caused by the initial state of some of the modules in the ION framework when they are saved the first time. Click Continue.

   

9. In Designer, Send & Save the changes again. No message box should appear this time.

   View of the DDD framework after pasting and saving:

   

10. This completes setting up the DDD Indicator framework. Close the VIP.DDD node in Designer.
11. Close Designer.

To run the DDD Indicator Wizard in Vista:

1. Open Vista and log in with a supervisor-level user account.
2. Click File > Open.
3. Navigate to ...\config\diagrams\ud\DDD_Indicator_Wizard and open How To Use This Wizard.dgm.
4. Follow the steps in the DDD Indicator Wizard to complete the configuration.

   TIP: Later, to simplify the copying of the DDD Indicators from the wizard to the one-line diagrams, click Window > Arrange All in Vista to show the wizard and the diagrams side-by-side.

Upgrade from a pre- 9.0 version of PME

If you have a PME system that was upgraded from a version of the software older than PME 9.0 and that already has the DDD Indicators configured, then you have the following options:

1. Maintain or extend the application, using the methods that were valid in the older version of PME for which it was first configured.

   See the System Technical Note: "How can I …Indicate a Disturbance's Direction Using a Power Monitoring Expert's One-Line Diagram?" for details.

2. (Recommended) Remove the existing DDD Indicators configuration and rebuild it with the new PME 2023 methods.

   To remove the existing DDD Indicators configuration and rebuild it with the new PME 2023 methods:

   • Delete the existing (old) DDD Indicators VIP framework.
   • Delete the DDD Indicators and the Incident Navigators from the existing one-line diagrams.

     TIP: Make a note of the devices that were used for this application so you can use that information when building the new DDD Indicators.

   • Disable or remove the automatic DDD database table updates. This was done with an SQL Server Agent job for systems SQL Server Standard, or a task in the Windows Task Scheduler for systems with SQL Server Express. See the System Technical Note: "How can I …Indicate a Disturbance's Direction Using a Power Monitoring Expert's One-Line Diagram?" for details on how this was setup.
   • Follow the New Application steps to recreate the previous DDD Indicators application.

NOTE: You cannot mix the old ways of configuring this application with the new DDD Indicator Wizard configuration. The old and the new methods for Incident grouping are not compatible.

TIP: PME 2023 uses a wizard to configure large portions of the DDD Indicators application. This makes it much easier and faster to implement this application as compared to previous versions. We recommend you recreate existing DDD Indicators applications in PME 2023 instead of maintaining them using the old, manual methods.