PQ Dashboard Overview

Russell Robertson
April 18, 2017

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The GPA Open Source PQ Tool Suite

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 openMIC – Meter Information Collector
Version 1.2

Features Recent Improvements

Schedules device Adaptation for TVA
interrogation and to address monitor
manages the data
returned from DFRs idiosyncrasies (now
• Via IP
set OFF by default)
• Via Modem Ability to shell out
(RAS & FTP)
to vendor provided
Via MODBUS
•
downloaders
Logs and reports
monitor problems Expanded logs in db
Includes a mobile-
ready web app to
configure openMIC
and view DFR
interrogation statistics

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 openMIC – Meter Information Collector
Version 1.2

Features Recent Improvements

Schedules device Adaptation for TVA
interrogation and to address monitor
manages the data
returned from DFRs idiosyncrasies (now
• Via IP
set OFF by default)
• Via Modem Ability to shell out
(RAS & FTP)
to vendor provided
Via MODBUS
•
downloaders
Logs and reports
monitor problems Expanded logs in db
Includes a mobile-
ready web app to
configure openMIC
and view DFR
interrogation statistics

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 PQDIF Explorer
Version 1.0.3

Features Recent Improvements

Allows discovery of all Updated from
information within the time-to-time with
binary format of PQDIF
(IEEE 1159.3) --including the GSF
information hidden by Stable since 2016
higher-level PQDIF
parsing tools
Good validator for
vendors developing
PQDIF writers
Valuable
implementation
example of GPA’s
open source PQDIF
parser

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 openXDA – eXtensible Disturbance Analytics
Version 1.51

Features Recent Improvements

Automatically processes and Improved email
analyzes event files from
disturbance monitoring notifications
equipment such
as DFRs and PQ monitors as Reprocessing
well as relays
waveforms w/o
Loads this file-based
data into an enterprise having to read
grade relational database files
Enables on-the-fly analytics
such as single and double APIs added
ended fault location, voltage
sag and swell analysis, Self-hosted setup
breaker timing evaluation, and configuration
among others.
Supports both open source
Installation Overview – Hardware & Systems tool
and proprietary analytics  Ability to add notes
The data layer for Open PQ  Ability to override
Dashboard and openSEE
event types

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 openEAS – Extended Analytic Services
( a template )

Features Recent Improvements

A sandbox to Updated from
deploy research- time-to-time with
grade analytics in
production the GSF
Matlab DLLs Small performance
Implemented: improvements in
 Incipient cable fault 2016
analysis (2015)
 Capacitor switching
transient analysis
(2016) openEAS integration in
Code template PQ Dashboard to be
and draft user’s re-factored in 2017
guide developed
so that others can
develop their own
openEAS apps

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 EPRI Open PQ Dashboard
Version 1.0.6

Features Recent Improvements

A web-based enterprise Links to edit
dashboard that nicely
complements records / add
traditional vendor- notes
provided waveform
analysis tools
Displays the results of
the analytics that run
automatically in
openXDA
Provides drill-down
from wide-area data
displays all the way to Target for major
the waveforms that re-factoring in 2017
were analyzed to
produce the analytic
results

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 openSEE – Waveform Viewer
Version 2.0

Features Recent Improvements

Browser-based tool Transitioned to
to display wave-form FLOT-based
data contained in the
openXDA database graphics in 2016
Recently updated to Additional
Version 2.0 next/back button
 Significantly improved context
performance
 All open source
graphics (FLOT)
 Next / Back buttons to
move though events Target for major
on the line re-factoring in 2017
 Improved navigation /
zooming / axis and
legend labeling

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 openXDA and Trending API’s
Features Recent Improvements
Three types of JSON API
event data implemented Fall
 Configuration 2016
 Event Data
 Event Details
Better API
documentation
GPA’s trending
db, the Grafana Interface
openHistorian,
already has a rich
set of APIs

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 What’s Grafana?
A platform to visualize time-series
data.
Key Features
 Open source (on GitHub) sponsored by
Google
 Easy to create “panels” for display of data
 Built in alarming and notifications
 Can accommodate data from mixed sources
Plug-ins available for the
openHistorian, PI & eDNA is coming
soon.
As a POC, an openXDA interface has
been implemented for event data

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 EPRI PQ Mark
2016 Objectives 2017 Plans
POC of the EPRI Develop Data Gateway
Secure web portal service components
 CSFs - High security, low
hassle & maintenance
Participating utilities
can log into EPRI’s
system to see results

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 Open Source PQ Products

openMIC – Meter Information Collection System – Version 1.2

PQDIF Explorer – Version 1.0.3

openXDA – eXtensible Disturbance Analytics – Version 2.1
openEAS – Extended Analytic Services – ( a template )
EPRI open PQ Dashboard – Version 1.0.6
openSEE – Disturbance waveform viewer – Version 2.0 (as embedded in the PQ Dashboard)
EPRI PQ Mark – Under development – 2016 POC Complete

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