Managing device profiles

Use the Add/Edit Device Profile screen to add device profiles to the system. To view this screen, go to the Create Device Profiles tab.

Adding device profiles

Open the Create Device Profiles tab: from the Create Device Profiles tab, click Add / Edit.
In the Profile Options box, click Create New or Create From.
If you are creating from another device profile, choose it from the Device Profile to Create From drop-down menu.
Click Next to make the name and description fields live.
Type a unique Device Profile Name using a maximum of 32 characters; do not use \ / : * ? < > |
(Optional) Type a device description. This will display as a tool tip in later screens.
Select a device profile Type. The default associated component will be selected and shown below in an image next to a button with the component name.

NOTE: To associate a device profile with a different component, click the button to open the Graphics Editor Component Library and select a different component.

Click Next again to make the remaining fields live.
From the Available Devices list, highlight the first device or device group (Protection, Monitoring, Composite) to be included in this profile. Click the right arrow button to move it to the Selected Devices box. You must select and move devices or device groups one at a time (no shift+click to select multiples).
If you will want to import this project into another instance of the Profile Editor, see Add project parameters.
When you have all of the devices you want, click Next.
From the Device Type Tags list on the left, select the tags you want to include in this profile. You can select entire tag groups or individual tags from a group; but you must select them one at a time.
After each addition, the tag or tag group displays in the Selected tags box. You can override any tag name (typically for generic I/O devices with multiple tags, such as inputs, for which names alone would not be intuitive in runtime. To override a tag, select it, then click Override Tag Name. Choose the tag you want. Click OK. The new tag will correctly display the value of the original tag, but will take the appearance of the override tag (such as description, metadata).
The final column, Is Device Tag, displays only for composite devices. Check this box to tie a tag back to its actual physical device. For example, if the same tag is in three devices, and you set PC-based alarms for each device, you need to be able to determine which device has a problem in runtime. To prevent confusion, check Is Device Tag to cause Power Operation to report the tag for its physical device, rather than the composite device.
When you have selected all tags, click Next.
NOTE: If you have duplicate tags from multiple devices, you need to resolve this by using an override for one of the tags.
On the next page, choose whether each tag will have a PC-based alarm or trend associated with it. Click Finish.
When the project is added to the project, PC based alarms are added to the Analog Alarms or Digital Alarms file. When the project is added to the project, historical trends are added to the Trend Tags file. Logging will automatically begin when the tag is added to the project.
By default, there are two different intervals for scanning trend tags. All selected tags are scanned every 15 minutes with FIFO storage of 12 months. For the following tags, there is an additional “short” scanning interval of 5-seconds, with FIFO storage of two weeks:
Current A, Current B, Current C, Voltage A-B, Voltage B-C, Voltage C-A, Power Factor Total, Apparent Power Total, Reactive Power Total, Real Power Total, and Frequency.
For instructions on changing the “short” scan interval settings, see Trend tag scan intervals.

The Driver Parameters box contains options that you can check for IEC 61850 devices. If a device includes datasets and report control blocks, you can edit the information on the Managing IEC 61850 datasets and Edit IEC 61850 Report control blocks screens.
Check the Close Wizard box, and click Finish to return to Create Device Profiles tab. Or, leave it unchecked, and click Finish to return to the Add/Edit Device Profile screen.

Editing device profiles

Only unlocked profiles are available for editing.

Open the Create Device Profiles tab: from the Create Device Profiles tab, click Add/Edit.
In the Profile Options box, click Edit Existing.
From the drop-down menu, choose the profile you want to edit.
You can change any of the attributes that have been selected for this profile.
Click Save to save the change, or click Save & Exit to save changes and close the screen.

There are two ways to edit tags:

From this first screen, you can select a profile and then:
- Trend Tags sub-tab: choose trend intervals (to create or edit intervals, see ).
- PC Based Alarms or Onboard Alarms sub-tabs: change alarm levels (this will override the default that is set in ).
- Onboard Alarms sub-tab: enable waveform capture for on-board alarms (see Enabling waveforms for onboard alarms for complete instructions on enabling these waveform captures).
- Onboard Alarms sub-tab: add Alarm On and Alarm Off text. What you enter here will override the default setting that comes from the custom tag (see for more information).
- Parameters sub-tab: Edit parameters for IEC 61850 driver parameters (see Edit driver parameters for more information).

Click Add/Edit to progress through several screens to edit all aspects of the profile. See the tables below for detailed instructions.

Deleting device profiles

You cannot delete standard profiles or custom profiles that have been associated with projects. To delete a custom profile that is associated with a project, you need to go to the Set Up Project tab.

Open the Create Device Profiles tab; from the Create Device Profiles tab, click Add/Edit.
In the Profile Options box, click Delete Existing.
From the drop-down menu, highlight the profile you want to delete.
Click Delete.
Click Yes to confirm the deletion.
Exit the screen.