Adding an IEC 61850 device

NOTE: These instructions assume that you have two I/O Servers, and that you will be renaming ports.

To add an IEC 61850 device to a project:

  1. From the Power Operation Studio screen, display the project to which you want to add the devices: In the upper left corner of the screen, choose the project from the drop-down menu.
  2. Click Topology > I/O Devices > I/O Device Manager.

    The I/O Device Manager welcome screen displays.

  3. Click Create an I/O Device in the project, then click Next.
  4. At the Choose profile screen, select the first device profile that you want to use to add a device to the project. Click Next.
  5. At the Enter instance information screen, enter a descriptive profile name, for example: Bay1Circuit1 (no spaces or punctuation; to allow space in Power Operation, the preferred limit is 16 characters). The Comment field is stored in the equipment.dbf file.

    LDName

    In the Additional Information section at the bottom, you can change the original logical device names for the IED. This is required only if the logical device name was changed in the SCL file that was imported into the Profile Editor.

    BRCBs and URCBs

    In the Additional Information, you can also enter BRCB or URCB information. BRCBs (buffered report control blocks) and URCBs (unbuffered report control blocks) can be used to return data in blocks rather than in individual tags. To enter either one, you need to have downloaded an SCL file for the device in question. When you click the line to add data, you must browse to the SCL file and select the BRCB/URCB you want. You will need the logical device, logical node, and RCB names. The Help column gives examples of the formatting that is required.

    Click Next.

  6. At the Communications Settings screen, browse to the location where you have saved the SCL file. If there is only one IED, it displays automatically; otherwise, choose the correct device. Click Next.
  7. At the Ready to perform action screen, click Next.

    After the devices are added, a screen displays telling you that the project was updated successfully.

    • To view a detailed list of all the devices and all operations performed in the project, click View audit log. The list displays after the device is added.
    • To continue adding or removing devices, click Next. Repeat steps 3 through 7.

  8. When you have finished adding devices, uncheck Add/remove more equipment, then click Finish.

    If you clicked View audit, the list displays.

    If you did not click Add/remove, the I/O Device Manager closes. If you clicked Add/remove, the Welcome screen displays again.

  9. Compile the project. Correct any compile errors and then compile the project again.
  10. Click Run to view the runtime environment.