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SPRECON Basic Training

functionality SPRECON and SPRECON-E designer

Control Device

Cyclic calculation

Grouping

Variable properties

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function overview

 SPRECON-E system manual

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Function overview

 SPRECON-E-Firmware functions
• Control and monitoring of switchgears and other processes
• Configurable bay interlocking
• Control outputs with high making/breaking capacity (e.g. direct control of disconnector motors)
• Direct or select before operate (SBO) based command sequence
• Control of tap changers for transformers and petersen coils
• Measured- value processing with direct connection to current and voltage transformers
• Threshold-value monitoring
• Maximum demand value calculation
• Maximum value calculation (non return pointer)
• Configurable transmission mode for measured values
• Operating hours counter, switching operations counter
• Local operation via separated control panel
• Programmable logics
• Programmable automatic functions (switching sequences)
• Data archiving (event recorder)
• Short message service (SMS notification)
• Time management with DCF-77/GPS (external) or via SCADA protocol

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Control functions

 The control function enables controling and monitoring of switching devices and other components

 Operation can be initiated through

• SCADA
• Station HMI
• Local HMI
• Digital Inputs
• Sequence control system

 Possible concepts of controlling

• 1-pole command output
• 1.5-pole command output
• 2-pole command output

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Control functions

 Switching command outputs are issued with the integration of switching readiness and permissibility
tests

 Tests before a command is released

• Switching device ready for operation ?
• SET VALUE = ACTUAL VALUE?
• Double operation interlocking ? (1 of n)
• Control authority ? (remote/local)
• Interlocking condition fulfilled ? (Boolean or PLC)

 After a switching command the right operation of each switching device is monitored
• Alarms are generated during operational irregularities
• Switching operation running
• Runtime overflow
• Interlocking violation

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switching device control

Hardware assignment, OFF MLD Hardware assignment, OFF BEFEHL

Hardware assignment, ON MLD Hardware assignment, ON BEFEHL

command, control station ON Double command variable, DPI

command, control station OFF
command, local operation ON switching operation, SPI
command, local operation OFF
Runtime overflow, SPI

Switching Device, f.e. Q0 Interlocking violation, SPI

Switching error protection

Manual tracking, ON
Manual tracking, OFF

LOCK, ON
LOCK, OFF

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Hardware properties

 Switching device type and assignment to hardware is set in the hardware configuration

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Switching device data points

 List of SD variable are in the system configuration

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Data flow

 Automatic data flow FEC

Automatic data flow up

to 3 hierarchical levels STC

BC BC BC

 Addressing concept
• Automatic SPRECON Addressing (IEC60870 or IEC61850)
• Or free addressing (IEC60870 or IEC61850)
• Customer profiles can be managed (Tennet, Westnetz)
• Export/import CSV interface available

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Presentation in designer

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Time synchronization

 Synchronization
• Network: NTP client / server
• Serial: DCF77/GPS radio clock
• Remote via IEC60870-5-101

 Resolution = 1 ms

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Redundancy

 Redundancy functions in direction station bus

 Redundancy functions in direction control center connection
 Redundant IEC 61850-client 569
 SPRECON-E data point redundancy

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Presentation in designer

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Data point redundancy

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Functionality SPRECON designer / system-configuration

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System configuration

 Create system configuration (ONCE ONLY!)

 View data point list, tabular form or detailed form
 Analog transformer module
 Analog inputs/outputs
 Binary
 Switchgear interlocks
 Cyclic equations with Boolean algebra
 Automation control
 Sum assignment
 Grouping of signals
 Data point redundancy
 Generate IEC61850 model
 Export/import interface for CSV
 Generate PDL, loadable file for SPRECON-E-C device

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Designer system configuration

Open data point list with

double click

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Data point properties

 Data point properties will be configured via a detailed form

SPRECON Address

Data point text

inversion

Data type

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Function assignment

 If the signal status changes from OFF => ON, the firmware function entered in the function input field is
executed by the component via the function assignment

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LED assignment

 Indicate panel number f. e. 1

 Indicate led number 1-25

resp. 1-100 at alarm panel

 101,102,103 are system-LED

103-> local display

 Flashing and flickering for incoming and outgoing signal before acknowledge

 „Acknowledge“ – LED switches from flashing to constant light, if the alarm is still on

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Additional functions

 DPGEN, print derived data points

 Derivation, calculate measurands like elapsed hour or mean value

 Display, output format of display

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Enable command level

 Control superiority is set via a function DPGEN

command level resp. interlock will be assigned to remote/local/unlocked key

E.g. set Position LOCAL DPGEN ON and enable CP with setting of

command level via tabular form

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Function UNLOCKED

 With function assignment INTERLOCKING OFF, the lock can be bypassed

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Switching device parameter

 Hardware assignment and runtime will be adjusted in hardware configuration

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System configuration

 The switching device can be added in the system configuration via context menu on SD.

Hardware-Configuration

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Boolean Algebra

 SD on/off=basic condition ∧ (bay interlock ∨ substation interlock)

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Example

 Substation interlock => bay specific for lead field

for unique referencing of a switching device in the substation interlock, the SD name must be prefixed
with the substation part from the hardware configuration, separated by '-' or '.'

Interlock for this bay

Substation - SDNAME
from which bay - which switching device

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Sums

Visualize Grouping
Grouping

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Group signal

 Suppress a signal in dependence of an event

one variable is function 52 (signal group INVALIC) and is assigned to group number

if MELD SPG FEHL all signals in group 3

are invalid

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Cyclic equations

 If result of equations is TURE, the DPGEN will start => enable command level

Start enable command level

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Thank you, end of this chapter

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