Prerequisites

The entire content of this manual has been written according to the following prerequisites:

• .Net Framework platform 4.6.2 or higher installed;

• Action.Net version 2016.2.70.53 or higher installed; and

• Configuration file 61850 (cid, icd, scd, or scl) stored in the product projects folder.

Step-by-step import

Running the importer

The 61850 point importer can be accessed along with other extensions in the "Run – Extensions – Import" section.

Selecting import data source

When you double-click on the importer or when you select the importer and click the "Execute" button, the import source selection screen will appear. On this screen you can indicate the address of some equipment that uses the 61850 drive or indicate the location of some configuration file for the 61850 (*.cid, *.icd, *.scd or *.scl).

Performing the import

By clicking the "Ok" button, the 61850 points import screen will be shown.

The following is a description of the various controls shown on the screen and their functionality.

The first field shown (Node Station) is a label with the information of the node to be created. This field cannot be edited by the importer and uses default values. These values can be changed in the "Edit – Devices – Nodes" section in engineering mode.

The field "Branch" corresponds to the node selected for importing points. This field can be configured manually by entering the desired address or by selecting a node from the selection tree ("Select Branches").

The field "Use template" is used to define a template name that will store the items selected for import. If the name defined in this field already exists, depending on the selection of objects made by the user, it can be updated to receive new selected items. If the template does not exist in the project, it is created with the items selected by the user in the "Select Items" tab.

The field "Use Object" is used to define an object that will instantiate the template defined in the "Use template" field described above.

The selection fields "Remove FC" and "Remove LN" are used for the purpose of formatting the name resulting from the import of the points. To remove the information regarding "FC" from the final name of the points, the item "Remove FC" must be selected. The same is true for the "Remove LN" field and information regarding the "Logical Node" (LN).

There are two tabs used respectively to select nodes for importing points for these nodes (tab "Select Branches...") and a tab for point-to-point selection of items from items for the selected node (tab "Select Items...").

The selection tree "Select Branches", located in the "Select Branches" tab, displays all the items (parent nodes and sheet) existing in the data source and automatically searched by the importer at the opening of the screen. A click on any node in this tree selects it and changes the "Branch" field described above. A double-click on any node in the tree (other than the "Servers" nodes and the ID nodes of IEDs) fetches all the children and ancestors for that node.

To the right of the "Select Branches" node selection tree, located in the "Select Branches" tab, there is a field of the type list of selectable items "Select FC's to discard". In this field, you can select which types of FC's the user wants to make available when importing points.

 In the "Select Items" tab, an item selection datagrid (grid "Select Items...") and a "Refresh" button are presented. By clicking the " buttonRefresh", the "Select Items" grid is updated according to the information selected in the fields described above.

From the grid "Select Items", you can select item by item or from a selection of items, which points should be imported. To select or remove items to import, select the desired items, right-click somewhere on the grid, and select the desired action ("Check to import" or "Uncheck").

If any item has already been imported previously, it will be displayed with the symbol ❌  in the "New" column and disabled in the column Import (❌ ).

Just below the points selection tabs to import, two buttons appear:

• The " buttonCancel" cancels importation; and

• The " buttonOK" performs the import as specified by the user.

By clicking the "Ok" button the import progress window is shown and the import process starts. The screen closes as soon as the import finishes.

From this point, it is possible to verify that the requested template has been created / changed in the list of templates of the section "Edit – Tags – Templates" and the user-defined object has been created and inserted in the table of the section "Edit – Tags – Objects". Additionally, a channel, a node and all created points are inserted in the "Edit – Devices" section in their respective tables ("Channels", "Nodes" and "Points").

Running a build

After importing, run a "Build" in the project from the "Run – Build – Messages" section. This will ensure that all project objects as well as newly created ones are properly referenced.