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s1 Agile User Guide v2
s1 Agile User Guide v2
Ver: 2.0
Grid Automation
Date: 02/09/2020
User Guide
Contents:
1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................... 4
2 OPENING S1 AGILE............................................................................................................................................... 5
3 START PAGE – APPLICATIONS .............................................................................................................................. 7
3.1 SMART GRID .............................................................................................................................................................. 7
3.2 DATA MODEL MANAGER .............................................................................................................................................. 8
3.3 ETHERNET CONFIGURATION........................................................................................................................................... 9
3.4 QUICK CONNECT ....................................................................................................................................................... 10
3.5 SYSTEM EXPLORER ..................................................................................................................................................... 11
3.6 DEVICE CONFIGURATION............................................................................................................................................. 12
3.7 PRODUCT SELECTOR:.................................................................................................................................................. 16
3.8 DISTURBANCE RECORD VIEWER.................................................................................................................................... 17
3.9 AEDR2 (AUTOMATIC EXTRACTION OF DISTURBANCE RECORDS) ........................................................................................ 18
3.10 HELP .................................................................................................................................................................. 19
4 DATA MODEL MANAGER ....................................................................................................................................20
4.1 ADDING DATA MODELS ............................................................................................................................................... 21
4.2 IMPORTING DATA MODELS FROM AN “.ADMA” FILE .......................................................................................................... 26
4.3 CORRECTING DATA MODEL ISSUES ................................................................................................................................. 31
5 SYSTEM EXPLORER .............................................................................................................................................32
5.1 CREATING A NEW SYSTEM ........................................................................................................................................... 32
5.2 ADDING A NEW DEVICE (INCL. “CONNECTING TO”, CONFIGURING AND INTERROGATING) ........................................................ 36
5.2.1 Connections Folder ...................................................................................................................................... 42
5.2.2 Settings Folder (Incl. Adding, Extracting, Sending and Manipulation of setting files) ................................ 49
5.2.3 PSL Folder (Px40 and Agile only) ................................................................................................................. 57
5.2.4 Menu Text folder (Agile and Px40 only) ...................................................................................................... 64
5.2.5 Measurements Folder ................................................................................................................................. 66
5.2.6 Events Folder ............................................................................................................................................... 68
5.2.7 Disturbance Records Folder ........................................................................................................................ 70
5.3 OPENING AN EXISTING SYSTEM ..................................................................................................................................... 74
5.4 EXPORTING AND IMPORTING A SYSTEM .......................................................................................................................... 76
5.4.1 Exporting a system ...................................................................................................................................... 76
5.4.2 Importing a system ..................................................................................................................................... 78
6 QUICK CONNECT .................................................................................................................................................80
7 COMPARING SETTING AND PSL FILES .................................................................................................................84
7.1 SETTING FILE COMPARISON .......................................................................................................................................... 84
7.2 COMPARING PSL FILES ............................................................................................................................................... 86
8 PSL LIVE MONITORING (PX40 AND AGILE ONLY) .................................................................................................87
9 USEFUL TIPS........................................................................................................................................................90
9.1 UNBLOCKING S1 ....................................................................................................................................................... 90
9.2 SETTING A DEVICE WITHOUT CREATING A SYSTEM ............................................................................................................. 92
9.2.1 Using the tools menu .................................................................................................................................. 92
9.2.2 Using the various icons and tiles ................................................................................................................. 94
9.2.3 Connecting to rear port devices via Kitz communication devices i.e. KCEG142 .......................................... 96
10 COMMON ISSUES AND ERRORS ..........................................................................................................................97
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1 Introduction
MiCOM S1 Agile is the GE Grid Solutions software to replace MiCOM S1 Studio. It is a single tool
to set any of the MiCOM / AGILE / Legacy Alstom IEDs. Legacy products include products such as
the K-Series, L-Series and Modulex.
The software also provides all necessary tools for extraction and visualisation of measurements,
disturbances and events.
The software is fully supported by GE Grid Solutions worldwide and it is available free of charge
from our website:
www.gegridsolutions.com
Any enquiries about the software can also be dealt with our 24/7 Contact Centre:
• Phone: +44 (0) 1785 25 00 70
• E-mail: contact.centre@ge.com
2 Opening S1 Agile
Locate the MiCOM S1 Agile icon on the computer desktop and double click.
The disclaimer notice will then appear on the screen. It is necessary to confirm the notice before the
user can proceed to the software. This is done by checking the box and confirming by clicking the
OK button.
Once the user confirms the disclaimer notice, the start page can be seen:-
A number of applications are available from the start page. A brief description of each of them is
given below in section 3.
When selecting Px40/K/L icon, a number of sub-applications will be made available to the user:
All of these sub-applications can be opened separately. The user will be able to create new files or to
modify existing ones without being connected to a physical IED, but communication with the
devices to send and/or extract files is also available.
When selecting the Px10/Px20 icon, the following sub-applications will be made available to the
user:
These sub-applications can be opened separately. The user will be able to create new files or to
modify existing ones without being connected to a physical IED, but communication with the
devices to send and/or extract files is also available.
When selecting the Px30 icon, the following sub-applications will be made available to the user:
These sub-applications can be opened separately. The user will be able to create new files or to
modify existing ones without being connected to a physical IED, but communication with the
devices to send and/or extract files is also available.
3.10 Help
It is also possible to use the help icon to either download the IEDs documentation from the GE Grid
Solutions website or to access help topics about MiCOM S1 Agile.
Locate the Data Model Manager icon at the start page and click on it:
MiCOM S1 Agile will be closed and the Data Model Manager window will appear on the screen.
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Three options will be available for the user to install data models.
• CD-ROM: just insert a CD-ROM with the data models and select the driver.
• Local Folder: browse on your PC to select the location of the data models to be installed.
• Internet: select a server (please note that you can try “Default Connection (WedApi)” or
“Alternative Connection (WedApi)” in case the default address in not available). This option
is very flexible as it provides all updates for all MiCOM / AGILE / Legacy Alstom IEDs.
This option however requires that the user is connected to the Internet.
Once the user selected the source to install the data models, the language can be selected. The
software supports the following languages:
✓ English
✓ French
✓ German
✓ Italian
✓ Russian
✓ Spanish
You can select all folders to install all available data models (please note that this selection could
take a long time, depending on your Internet connection) or you can select specific models by
opening each folder and selecting the desired models.
Once the installation is finished, select the “OK” button and exit the application:
If you are supplied with the Data model installation #####.adma file from GE, open the data model
manager using the tile as above then perform the following:
As an example, let us assume the data models have been placed in a file on the desktop called “data
models.adma”.
The “*.adma” files are created via the “Export” tab on the opening screen of
NOTE: Data Model Manager
Data model manager will then ask which data model to select. We will “select all” in this case, then
click “Next”.
The software will then ask for conformation. Click “Import” to proceed.
Issues such as this can be dealt with by removing that data models, using the “Remove” option, and
re-downloading the models using the “Add” option (see section 4.1). However, this method can be
time consuming and simple repair may solve this issue without a lengthy download.
To repair the S1 AGILE data model database, open Data Model Manager then click “Rebuild” then
“Next”:
5 System Explorer
This application enables the user to create a system where several IEDs can be managed from a
single location. It can be used to set the relays, visualise measurements, extract disturbances and
events.
A new window will appear. Please add the name of the system and where you want it to be stored.
As default all systems will be stored in Documents / GE S1 Agile. You can also add a comment, but
this is optional.
Once you confirm the name and path of the system, click “OK” and the system will appear under the
“System Explorer” view, located either on the right or left side of your screen, depending on where
you configured it to be displayed.
By right clicking on the System name, it is possible to view all options for the system. The main two
steps under this level are:
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✓ To add a New Device: this allows you to add IEDs directly to the system structure.
✓ To add a New Substation: this allows you to organise the IEDs (or devices) under the system
with the actual substation(s) name(s).
Right click
Example of devices added directly to the System structure (please refer to section 5.2 to see the
complete explanation on how to add new devices to a System structure):
If the user prefers to create a structure that represents the actual substation arrangement, it is possible
to create voltage levels, bay types, etc, so everything is organised and presented as the user would
work on site. To do this, just use the right click at the different levels to create a structure (or use the
icons).
Note that for different levels, the options available are different:
Options for
Options for bay level
Voltage level
5.2 Adding a new device (Incl. “Connecting to”, Configuring and Interrogating)
New IEDs (or devices) can be added in any level of the System structure, i.e. they can be added
under the System directly or under the Substation, the Voltage Level, or the Bay type, this will
depend on the users’ preferences.
To add a new device right click (or use the icons) on any of the levels created (preferably where you
wish the IED to be located) and follow the next steps.
Right click
When selecting “New Device” a new window will appear, displaying all range of MiCOM /AGILE
or Alstom legacy products. Select the range as follows:
Select the
appropriate
range
After selecting the range of IEDs, a list of IEDs belonging to that specific range will appear. Select
the IED according to your application.
When the list is very long, you can use the filter to shorten the options.
Filter
In the next step you will have to select the IED, taking into consideration the hardware and software
options. The software and hardware options form the CORTEC (technical ordering code) of the IED.
This is available on the GE Grid Solutions website, or via the Contact Centre or in the IEDs’
documentation.
If the IED is physically available, you can check the code in the front label, which is located under
the upper flap. For Agile and MiCOM Px40 series, a confirmation of the code can also be made by
navigating on the relay’s menu: press the down key and go to “SYSTEM DATA”, keep pressing
down until the software and hardware references are shown.
Note 1: If you are connected to the device, MiCOM S1 Agile will automatically identify the
CORTEC of the IED (see section 0 for more information on how to use the “Quick Connect”
function).
Note 2: If the desired relay does not appear in the list, you will need to add the appropriate data
model using Data Model Manager. See section 4 for details.
Model Number
Labelled under
upper flap
Some parts of the CORTEC are displayed as question marks. This means that these digits are not
relevant when setting the device (e.g. the auxiliary supply). It is very important that the hardware
reference (normally the last digit), software reference and I/O arrangements are selected correctly.
After selecting the device, a name can be given to it and a comment added. Click “Finish” to
complete the operation.
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Hardware Hardware
options reference
Software
reference
✓ Connections: used to set the connection between the PC and the IED.
✓ Settings: used to set the device.
✓ PSL (Agile and Px40 only): Programmable Scheme Logic – used to create logics for the
device.
✓ Menu Text (Agile and Px40 only): used to customise the text displayed in the device.
✓ Measurements: used to visualise the IED’s measurements.
✓ Events: used to extract and view the event log.
✓ Disturbance Records: used to extract and view disturbance records.
These folders are initially empty. Using the right click (or the icons) you can then add new files,
existing ones or extract files from a Device connected to the computer.
✓ Use a 9-pin straight connection cable. Only pins no. 2, 3 and 5 are used:
✓ The relays will have a female DB9 connector, so the cable to connect to the relay will have a
male terminal.
✓ The cable should be no longer than 15m.
✓ If the computer doesn’t have a serial port, a USB to serial converter will be needed. GE Grid
Solutions recommends “EasySync US232R-100” (USB to RS232 adapter) as shown below:
✓
EasySync
Cable
Agile relays have a miniature USB connector, so a direct USB cable from the PC can be used.
The first step when using Agile devices is to install the USB driver. When connecting the device to
the computer, Windows will start the wizard to install the new hardware. Select “Yes, this time only”
and then “Next”.
After installing the new hardware, go back to MiCOM S1 Agile, right click on the “Connections
folder” and select “New Connection” (this step is also applicable to MiCOM devices).
Connection options
for Agile relays
Connection options
for MiCOM relays
Add a name for the connection, tick the “Show me the Edit Communication Setup now” box, and
click “Finish”.
The “Edit Connection” window will appear. Select the communication port used on the “Serial” tab.
The connections folder will then be set and communication with the device to extract settings,
events, disturbance records, etc, will be possible.
To change any communication parameters, right click on “Connection”.
5.2.2 Settings Folder (Incl. Adding, Extracting, Sending and Manipulation of setting files)
It is possible to add a new (default) file or add an existing file that was created with MiCOM S1
Agile or S1 Studio or previous versions of S1 under the setting folder. These two options do not
require that the user is connected to the device.
Right click
A file called “000” will then appear under the Setting folder:
The user has the option to rename the file by right clicking on it:
Right click
Right click
Browse your computer to find the file, select it and then click on “open”:
The setting file will then appear under the system structure. Double click to open it.
When the user is connected to the relay, it is also possible to extract the setting file directly from the
relay. Two options are available:
✓ Extract settings: this option requires that the correct data model for the specific device is
installed in the machine. The software will then use the default setting file as a base to the
new file and just update values that were modified by the user and are stored in the device.
✓ Extract full settings: this option takes longer since the software will extract everything from
the device, however a data model is not required for this process.
Right click
Devices with cyber security will require a password. The default password is AAAA (all capitals).
Type the password and confirm.
Wait until the extraction is completed, then confirm the message below by clicking “Close”.
The setting file will then appear under the system structure. Double click to open it.
After creating and/or modifying a setting file, the user can then send the file to the device. First, the
file must be saved, which is done by using the tabs “Save” or “Save as”; then right click on the
device and select “Send”.
Right click
A new window will appear where you can select the file to be sent to the device. Please note that you
can also send a PSL file and a setting file to the device simultaneously by selecting the appropriate
boxes.
In the case of PSL files, you will also need to select which group or groups to send the .psl file to.
This is not necessary with setting files, as all group information is contained within the one file.
It is possible to add a new (default) file or add an existing file that was created with MiCOM S1
Agile or S1 Studio or previous versions of S1 under the PSL folder. These two options do not require
that the user is connected to the device. The user also has the option to extract a PSL file from a
device, however some earlier versions of relays would not keep the layout initially created by the
user, although the functionality of the logic is correctly extracted from the device.
Right click
A file called “000” will then appear under the PSL folder:
Right click on the “000” file to rename it or double click to open it.
When opening the file a new window will appear with the default PSL. The user can then modify it
according to their application.
Please note it is preferred that the user starts with a default file, and then edits it accordingly. This
ensures all necessary signals, such as fault record trigger (FRT), are mapped correctly. Only
advanced users should consider starting from a blank PSL.
Right click
Browse your computer to find the file, select it and then click on “open”:
When the file is under the system structure, double click to open it.
After creating and/or modifying a PSL file, the user can then send the file to the device. First, the file
must be saved, go to File/Save or File/Save as; return to the system structure by closing the PSL
window. Right click on the device and select “Send”. Please note that when selecting “Save As” the
file will have to be manually added to the system structure using the “Add Existing File” option.
Right click
A new window will appear where you can select the file to be sent to the device. Please note that you
can also send a setting file and PSL file to the device simultaneously by selecting the appropriate
boxes. The user must also select the group or groups that the PSL file should be sent to by ticking the
desired group boxes.
If the user wants to check that a PSL file was correctly sent to the device, the CRC facility can be
used for this purpose. Locate “Tools/Calculate CRC”.
The software will then show the CRC – a unique reference for the logic created by the user:
In front of the device the user can go to “PSL DATA” column to check that the CRC number
matches the one shown in MiCOM S1 Agile. Please note that the relay only displays “Enhanced
logic-only CRC” in Hex.
Right click on “Menu Text”, the user will have the option to create a “New File” or to “Add Existing
File”.
Right click
When selecting “New File” for example, the user will then have a file called “000” under the Menu
Text folder. Right click to rename it or double click to open it.
Note 1: Menu Text files cannot be extracted from the devices, they can only be sent from MiCOM
S1 Agile to the devices.
Note 2: Windows 7 PC’s or later require legacy port for dell laptops. For any other make of laptop
please consult GE Grid Solutions Contact Centre.
The text can be changed by renaming the appropriate cells in the “target” column. An orange red star
mark cells that have been changed.
To save the file, click in “File/Save” or “File/Save as” or use the Save icon.
To send the file to the relay (after saving it), click in “Device/Open Connection” and then
“Device/Send to Device”.
With the device connected to the computer, right click on “Measurements” to create a “New File” or
to “Add Existing File”.
Right click
When adding a “New File” the user can then select the measurements to be displayed on the
computer screen by selecting “Add”.
A list of measurements will appear on a new window. Select the measurements you would like to
view and confirm. Please note that you can select a few lines or everything.
Select “Read” to extract measurements from the device or “Poll” to cyclic extract measurements
from the device. You can save the file, so next time you open it, your selection will be automatically
shown.
When polling measurements from the device, the values will be shown in green. When
communication is stopped, values will be displayed in red.
With the device connected to the computer, right click on “Events” and select “Extract Events”.
Right click
With the device connected to the computer, right click on “Disturbance Records” and select “Extract
Disturbances”.
Right click
If the device has disturbance records available, a list of records will be displayed. Select the records
to be uploaded to the computer and click “Save”. Only one file can be saved at a time. The list is
shown in chronological order.
Select
DRs
The saved file(s) will be displayed under the system structure. Double click to open.
Since the extracted disturbance records are in COMTRADE format, you can use any COMTRADE
visualisation tool to open them. MiCOM S1 Agile comes with two packages to show DRs –
WaveWin (default when opening a DR from the system structure) and EView (available from the
“Tools” menu).
WaveWin:
EView:
A new window will appear. Select the system to be opened and confirm.
An alternative way to open an existing system is to use the System Explorer window, by just clicking
on “open”.
System to be
exported / archived
Locate where in your computer you want to save the system archive, give it a name and confirm.
The file will then be available to be sent to other users by e-mail for example. The file extension is
“.agsysarch” – for Alstom Grid System Archive.
This file can then be imported by other users, using the “Import System” option.
You can then open the system by selecting “Yes” or open at another time by selecting “No”.
Note: MiCOM S1 Studio files can be imported by selecting *.as1s in the system archive pull down
menu:
6 Quick Connect
The easiest way to connect to a device is by using the “Quick Connect” facility located on the top of
the start page.
The user will then have the option to create a new system or to open an existing one.
If a new system is selected, then a name, comment and location to save it can be entered.
If an existing system is to be used, then select its location and confirm (file type *.agsys).
Select the
appropriate e.g. P143, P44T, P545, etc
range
Select the type of port followed by the connected relay, then click “Next”:
Select desired
relay, then
click “Next”
Select the
appropriate
port
Confirm the connection parameters (default is acceptable in most cases), then click “Finish”:
The device details will then be displayed. You can add a comment and give a name to the device.
It assumed the user is familiar with the System Explorer in S1 AGILE at this stage (refer to section 5
if guidance further guidance is required).
The following systems shows to setting files located in the settings folder. These are:
From the System Explorer menu, right click on the “Extracted From Relay” file and choose
“Compare – First File” :-
The following screen will be diplsayed highlighting the difference between the two files. File 1 =
“Extracted From Relay” and File 2 = Reference P14D File”.
Setting / cell
name with
differences
To compare a setting file with another file located on your hard drive, simply right click on the file
for comparison (“Extracted From Relay” in our case) and select “Compare with External File…”.
The user will then be prompted to the location of the file to be compared with.
To use this feature, you must first extract the PSL from the relay and then open it (see section 5.2.2)
for guidance).
Once the PSL file is open, select “Device” followed by “Communication Setup”. Select the correct
com port then click “Ok”.
With the connection established, click “Tools” followed by “Monitor DDB signals…”. Select “Real”
to open the live monitoring feature. “Demo” should only be used to demonstrate the features if no
relay is connected.
Sample rate of
live monitor. Starts and stops
Ranges from 0.1 live monitoring
to 5 seconds
Replay options
once live
monitor file has
been loaded Save and load
live monitor
records
Click “Start Monitoring” to view PSL signal changing state in real time.
Logic – “High”
Logic – “Low”
Note: For signals that fluctuate state faster than 100ms, the event file is require to verify state
changes.
To stop monitoring, simply select “Stop Monitoring”. The record can now me saved by selecting
“Save as…”.
9 Useful Tips
9.1 Unblocking S1
When using applications that can open in a new window (e.g. PSL, DR Viewer, etc), MiCOM S1
Agile is locked and the following message will be shown on the screen:
Go to Editors/External Editors:
All the external editors will be shown in a list. Select the editor(s) you want to unblock, remove the
tick on “Lock Agile after launch” and confirm.
If applications are missing from the list, the user has the option to add more applications by
customising this view.
Go to Options/Preferences.
A list of applications will be shown under Editors/External Editors. Just select the application you
wish to be shown under the tools menu and tick the box “Add shortcut to the Tools menu”.
Select
application
s
To set the relays, go to “Device Configuration” and select the appropriate range of relays.
P50 Agile Configurator For relay types: P151, P15D, P253, P652, etc.
When selecting the Px40/K/L icon for example, a number of sub-applications will be made available
to the user:
All sub-applications can be opened separately, without the need to create a system. The user will be
able to create new files or to modify existing ones without being connected to a physical IED, but
communication with the devices to send and/or extract files is also available.
9.2.3 Connecting to rear port devices via Kitz communication devices i.e. KCEG142
The communication setting should look like:
This issue is related to a conflict between S1 AGILE and the Windows 10 image scaling options.
To correct this issue right click on the desktop and select “Display settings”.
Then scroll down to “Scale and layout” and change the “Change the size of text, apps, and other
items” back to 100%.
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Close and then reopen the PSL editor software and the issue will be corrected.
These errors are caused by issues with the data-models stored on your PC, specifically when S1
AGILE attempts to write to read only cells or attempts to extract data from a measurement cell. This
is rarely a major problem and is unlikely to affect the relay performance, however it is recommended
that you try to fix the errors by following the procedure below.
Errors such as this can sometimes be rectified by updating the data-models on your PC (see section 4
for details).
In the event that updating the data-models does not rectify the issue GE Grid Solutions recommends
you contact the 24 hour contact centre (contact.centre@ge.com) and send them the relay model
number and a screen print of the error message. The contact centre will then inform you how severe
the issue is and will put an action plan in place to get the data-model corrected. They will also send
you a reference number to follow-up on the progress of the data-model corrections.
This issue is related to a conflict between S1 AGILE and the Windows 10 image scaling.
To correct this issue, close S1 AGILE, then right click on the S1 AGILE desktop icon and select
“Properties”:
Select the “Compatibility” tab, then click “Change High DPI settings”:
Now tick the “Override high DPI scaling” and select “System (Enhanced)” from the pull-down
menu:
11 FAQ’s
The following section directs the user to the sections of the manual relevant to common issues and
problems faced by S1 AGILE users.
11.9 How do I clear error messages when sending / extracting setting files?
To clear error messages such as this, go to section 10.2 for details.
Date
Rev. Change Description Author
(DD.MM.YYYY)
1.0 Initial release of the Document Alan Wixon 04/02/2020
2.0 Section 10.3 added Alan Wixon 02/09/2020