DM00628 QUALITROL QTMS-BM Commissioning Manual

QUALITROL QTMS-BM
QUALITROL QTMS-BM
Bushing Monitor
SITE Commissioning Manual
DM00628
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Init / N/A TL CB
Signed Th. Linn C. Brown
Date 02/19/2018 02/19/2018
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Content
Contents
REVISION HISTORY ................................................................................................................................................. 2
PREFACE ................................................................................................................................................................. 4
ABOUT THIS MANUAL ..................................................................................................................................................... 4

DEFINITIONS ................................................................................................................................................................. 4
SYMBOLS USED IN THE MANUAL: ....................................................................................................................................... 4
SAFETY INFORMATION .................................................................................................................................................... 4
SAFETY INFORMATION .................................................................................................................................................... 4
INTRODUCTION TO QUALITROL CONDITION MONITORING .................................................................................... 5
INTRODUCTION TO BUSHING MONITOR .............................................................................................................................. 5

The key components of Qualitrol QTMS-BM include:........................................................................................... 6
• Bushing Tap Adapter and Sensor housing .................................................................................................. 6
• Bushing monitoring plugin card .................................................................................................................. 7
• File structure on the SSD drive .................................................................................................................... 8
• Software and HMI ....................................................................................................................................... 9
SITE COMMISSIONING .......................................................................................................................................... 10
DEVICES, TOOLS, DOCUMENTS AND SOFTWARE NEEDED FOR COMMISSIONING ......................................................................... 10

MEASUREMENT OF INPUT VALUES ................................................................................................................................... 10
Bushing Sensor Signal input ............................................................................................................................... 10
Reference Signal input........................................................................................................................................ 10
QTMS-BM SETUP ....................................................................................................................................................... 11
Prepare TCP/IP Ethernet connection to QTMS-BM bushing module .................................................................. 11
Connecting Commissioning software client ....................................................................................................... 14
Input signal verification and Setting of Parameters ........................................................................................... 15
Tan Delta (Power Factor) calibration ................................................................................................................. 17
TROUBLE SHOOTING GUIDE.................................................................................................................................. 18
PREFACE .................................................................................................................................................................... 18
USEFUL SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR TROUBLE SHOOTING ............................................................................................................ 19
CMSInspector ..................................................................................................................................................... 19
VNC-Viewer ........................................................................................................................................................ 20
FTP connection to the QTMS-BM module .......................................................................................................... 21
DEBUG FILE RECORDING ................................................................................................................................................ 22
Capturing Debug files ......................................................................................................................................... 22
Reviewing of Debug files .................................................................................................................................... 23
CONSIDERATION ON WARNING AND ALARM LIMITS FOR BUSHINGS ................................................................... 25
STANDARD ALARM SETUP RECOMMENDATION ................................................................................................................... 25
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QUALITROL QTMS-BM 
Preface
About this Manual
This guide supports the site commissioning of Qualitrol condition monitoring for capacitor bushings. It
gives a guidance for commissioning and calibration of QTMS-BM module as part of the QTMS.
Installation, SAT and FAT will be descried in a separate document.
Definitions
Asset owner: Owner of the bushing/ transformer/ substation/ installation
OEM: Original Equipment Manufacturer (e.g. Transformer Manufacturer)
Qualitrol: Supplier of QTMS-BM bushing monitor
Symbols used in the manual:

NOTE: marks something to draw special attention or gives a hint to explain a certain action/
behaviour.
WARNING: - marks a safety relevant issue, which must be strictly follow
Safety Information
Safety Information
The instruction manual describes the procedure to install Qualitrol BM (Bushing monitor system).
However, the installation, operation and servicing must be performed by a qualified Field Service
Engineer with adequate field experience in safe operation and installation of equipment. The installation
and commissioning manual and the instructions given therein will not substitute existing general
guidelines and safety rules and procedures.
A Qualified FSE must meet the following:
· Thoroughly familiar with these document instructions

· Successfully completed the Qualitrol Bushing Monitor Installation training program
· Successfully trained in industry-accepted high and low-voltage safe operating practices and
procedures
· Successfully trained in the care and use of protective equipment as required at the site (hard hat,
safety shoes, and safety glasses).
WARNING - Before working on installed bushings, make sure that the transformer has been
de-energized and that all circuits to and from the transformer are grounded to discharge any
stored energy and prevent accidental re-energization. Failure to do so may result in death, severe
personal injury and equipment damage.
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Introduction to Qualitrol Condition Monitoring

With increasing cut on the operating expenditure and drive to improve the bottom line of the company,
utilities are looking for solutions that enables them to reduce costs associated to operation and
maintenance of installed equipment e.g. transformers, switchgears, breakers etc. Online condition
monitoring on these critical asset is the easy and effective solution that helps utilities to move from time-
based to condition-based maintenance. The online monitoring also helps utilities in optimum capacity
utilization and better asset investment plans.
Qualitrol has been a leader is supplying reliable monitoring and protection solutions for key components
of transformers, switchgears, breakers and cables. With its vast knowledge of monitoring it now
provides a complete condition monitoring solution for power transformers. The solution includes
sensors to collect real-time information from transformer, data acquisition units (DAUs) to collect data
from all sensors and Expert Analysis software to perform analytics on the collected data. It’s expert
analysis software indicates any incipient fault well in advance so that customers can take appropriate
actions on time before the asset fails.
Further to that, Qualitrol also provides enterprise monitoring software to monitor a fleet of assets from
one location e.g. company headquarter or substation control room. A fleet and network wide condition
assessment tool supports condition based maintenance principles and enhance the monitoring
capabilities of customers.
Introduction to Bushing Monitor

Faults at bushing are one of the major causes of transformer failure. Offline testing of bushing is
becoming an expensive solution because of the pressure of minimum outage requirement and maximum
utilization of transformer. Therefore, online bushing monitoring is becoming increasingly important for
transformer owners and operators. Online monitoring also provides timely detection of even rapidly
developing defects / damages. Online monitoring of bushing capacitance and dissipation factor (tan δ) /
power factor is important for evaluating the operational state of a high voltage bushing. Apart of aging,
there are some external factors responsible for changes in dissipation factor and capacitance of bushing
e.g. internal defects in insulation, moisture and dirt on the outside on the porcelain etc. Therefore,
tracking these changes in tan δ and capacitance is very important to identify the health of high voltage
bushings.
Bushing monitoring is one of the products of Qualitrol total condition monitoring offering that provides
continuous online monitoring of high voltage condenser bushing. It continuously monitors the
Dissipation Factor (tan δ) / Power Factor and the Capacitance of bushings on real time basis and
promptly notifies the operators for any developing fault. The tan δ value, even if calculated differently
is identical by numbers to the Power Factor for high resistive insulation systems (δ < 3°).
Qualitrol bushing monitoring uses the phase shift measuring method (also known as reference method),
where a reference signal, usually taken from a VT/ CVT secondary output, allows a direct measurement
and high accuracy measured values. Small changes of the Dissipation Factor (DF) indicate for any
developing fault / defect. Measurement of temperature at the bushing and further advanced
compensation algorithms eliminates the possibility of false alarms for Dissipation Factor changes due
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to temperature and other environmental influences. Furthermore, the Dissipation Factor and temperature
also allows a more meaningful analysis of the measured data.
Figure 1 is showing the connection principle between VT’s/ CVT’s as a reference, the bushing sensors
and the QTMS-BM
VT’s/CVT’s in the Switchyard of the substation
Reference
High voltage lines signal
Bushing signal
Bushing Monitor
Transformer
Figure 1: Bushing monitoring scheme with reference signal method
The key components of Qualitrol QTMS-BM include:
• Bushing Tap Adapter and Sensor housing

Bushing tap adaptor is supplied for each bushing to adapt mechanically to different bushing taps. It is
an interface between the monitoring sensor and bushing tap. Qualitrol provides adaptors for various
brands of bushing taps. The adaptor also contains temperature sensor to measure bushing temperature.
The bushing sensor is directly connected to the Bushing Tap adapter and contains the protection (against
transient voltages) and matching circuit. The output of the sensor circuit is a voltage signal that is used
to measure the phase shift from the reference signal.
Adapter Sensor
Figure 2: Bushing adapter/ sensor
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• Bushing monitoring plugin card

Bushing monitoring will be provided as plugin card for the QTMS monitoring solution. The bushing
Figure 3: Bushing monitoring plugin card
plugin card consists of its own processor board and the bushing signal input and digitalization card. The
bushing card connects through the backplane and communicates via Modbus protocol with the main
CPU of the QTMS. External communication will be provided through the QTMS CPU unit. The
Ethernet port on the bushing card will be used for commissioning of the bushing module and in service
this port will carry the Ethernet connection to the OCU (optical converter unit), if UHF PD monitoring
is supplied as part of the monitoring.
The QTMS only accepts one bushing card at a time. The bushing card can be installed at slot 14 (13 +14
as the card needs two slots), slot 7 (6 +7) for 6U and 3U QTMS units and at slot 4 (3 + 4) for half 3U
QTMS units.
The bushing module provides the input sockets up to 6 bushing sensors signals, temperature signals and
reference voltage signals. Further an Ethernet port and 2 USB ports are provided on the front panel (see
Figure 4).
BM module Ethernet port
Reference voltage input
2 x BM module USB port
terminal block
The terminals are labelled as follows:
I+ Sensor signal input
BM module bushing sensor I– Sensor ground input
input + temperature input T+ Temperature signal input
terminal block T– Temperature ref input
V+ Reference voltage signal input
V– Reference voltage ground input
Figure 4: BM module inputs
WARNING – Please follow strictly the instructions in this manual. Wrong connections to the
inputs of the bushing cards can cause serious damages of the bushing module. Qualitrol will not
take over any liability in that case.
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The bushing monitoring processor board runs Windows 7 embedded (WES) with its full functionality.
A SQL light database holds the configuration and records the bushing and PD data. A SSD hard drive
provides the permanent storage for operating system, programs, data etc.
• File structure on the SSD drive

The SSD drive installed on bushing monitoring card will come with C:\ and a D:\ drive. While the C:\
drive is used for the operating system and the standard software, the D:\ drive is used for the monitoring
software and monitoring data. The monitoring software can be found in the “Program Files” folder (see
Figure 5). The monitoring data and the configuration files are in the “Program Data” folder (see Figure
6).
Path to program files
SSD drive folders
Figure 5: Program Folder
To allow to copy data from the local bushing monitoring module drive, the module can be accessed via
the Ethernet port to establish a VNC remote connection. Data and files can be imported and exported
either via a USB memory stick plugged-in into the front USB port or through the FTP file server installed
on the BM module.
WARNING – File manipulations in on the Bushing monitoring module SSD drive can stop the
monitoring from working. Please do not move or delete any files on the SSD drive. Please carry
out any manipulation of the SSD if it is described and as described in this manual.
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Path to config/
data files
Bushing monitoring
configuration and database
SSD drive folders
Figure 6: Data Folder
• Software and HMI

The monitoring software at the bushing monitoring card is working as a service in the background (see
Figure 7). To access the services screen, the QTMS BM module must be accessed via a VNC viewer
through its Ethernet port in the front panel (see Figure 4). Open the Windows start button and keying in
“Services” in the search input field will make the Services application to appear, which then can be
started by clicking on it.
Start, Stop and Restart

Select Service
Services
Figure 7: Windows “services” – Qualitrol DMS Condition Monitoring System
For any configuration updates, the “Qualitrol DMS Condition Monitoring System SQLite” service must
be stopped. Once the updates are done and saved, the service must be started again.
WARNING – Stopping the “Qualitrol DMS Condition Monitoring System SQLite” will stop
bushing monitoring to work.
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Site Commissioning
The site commissioning manual assumes that all work has been carried out as described in the Qualitrol
QTMS-BM Site Preparation and Installation Guide. Further the transformer needs to be energized to
execute the commissioning of the bushing monitoring system.
Devices, tools, documents and software needed for Commissioning

1. Multimeter with measuring wires (suitable for 600V AC input + resistance measuring capability)
2. Slot type screwdriver size 0-1 (2.4mm or 3/32 in)
3. Cross type screwdriver size 2 (3.2mm or 3/8 in)
4. Ethernet cable (4m length or longer)
5. Laptop
6. USB memory stick
7. Programs: CMSInspector; IDLEditor, Internet Browser, commissioning software client, VNC
viewer
8. ICD 3 programmer with accessories and MPLabX program for firmware programming if needed
9. Safety boots, helmet, safety glasses, FR clothes (if required), gloves (if required)
10. QTMS-BM Site preparation and installation manual
11. EG00029 - AE03629 (DMS231) DAQ 609 Programming (3)
12. QTMS-BM SAT document
13. IST-119-1 QTMS User Guide v 2.2.1 - TK
Measurement of input values

The bushing monitoring system is off and the Phoenix front panel terminals are not plugged in.
Bushing Sensor Signal input

Device needed: Multimeter (AC voltage)
I. Measure and record the voltage between I+ and I- input of the bushing module for each
connected channel. The voltage should be between 15 volts minimal and 23 Volts maximal.
II. Measure and record the voltage between I+ input of the bushing module and the nearest ground
for each connected channel. The voltage should be between 15 volts minimal and 23 Volts
maximal.
III. Measure and record the voltage between I- input of the bushing module and the nearest ground
for each connected channel. The voltage should be zero (or close to zero).
Reference Signal input

Device needed: Multimeter (AC voltage)
I. Measure and record the voltage between V+ and V- input of the bushing module for each
connected channel. The voltage should be, depending on the VT ratio, between 55V and 130V
(max. 140V).
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II. Measure and record the voltage between V+ input of the bushing module and the nearest ground
for each connected channel. The voltage should be, depending on the VT ratio, between 55V and
130V (max. 140V).
III. Measure and record the voltage between V- input of the bushing module and the nearest ground
for each connected channel. The voltage should be zero (or close to zero).
WARNING – Do not make a short circuit between the V+ and V- or ground. It will trip the VT/
CVT MCB or if connected in parallel to the protection circuit, it could trip some main equipment.
WARNING – As the voltage is above 42V make sure not to touch directly any part under voltage.
QTMS-BM setup
After verifying the input signals, the Phoenix front panel plugs must be plugged in and secured with the
screws on the plug. Use the flat head screwdriver as described above to tighten the screws. Now the
QTMS-BM must be powered up.
Prepare TCP/IP Ethernet connection to QTMS-BM bushing module

To access the bushing monitor, a TCP/IP Ethernet connection must be established. To do so, a Laptop
with admin rights and an Ethernet cable (4m or longer would be comfortable) needs to be available. The
IP address of the laptop must be set to 192.168.220.190. Below the procedure is described (follow Figure
25 to Figure 31):
a) Go to “Start”
b) Open “Control Panel” (see Figure 25)
Figure 8: Open "Control Panel"
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c) In the control panel choose “Network and Internet” (see Figure 26)
Figure 9: Control panel

d) In Network and Internet choose the “Network and Sharing Center” (see Figure 27)
Figure 10: Network and Internet window

e) In the Network and Sharing Center choose “Change adapter settings” on the left (see Figure
28)
Figure 11: Network and Sharing Center

f) Right click on the network adapter used for Ethernet connection (see Figure 29 – Names could
be different) and select “Properties”
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Figure 12: Network connection window

g) Select “Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/ IPv4)” and left click “Properties” (Figure 30)
Figure 13: Adapter settings
h) Left click on “Use the following IP address:” and fill in “192.168.220.190” as IP address and
“255.255.255.0” as “Subnet mask:” and click ok and close all windows
Figure 14: TCP/ IP v 4 Properties window
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i) Close all windows and plug in the Ethernet cable into the Ethernet port of the bushing card and
the laptop (see Figure 15).
Ethernet port for remote connection
CVT/ VT Reference voltage inputs
Bushing current (I1 to I6) and Bushing

tap temperature (T1 to T6) inputs
Figure 15: Bushing module connections
Connecting Commissioning software client

Once the QTMS-BM system is started and the Ethernet cable is connected, start the commissioning
software client (SmartSUB client) and set the IP address to 192.168.220.29, select the role “User” (see
Figure 16. Once logon button then turns active, logon to the software
According to selected role,

different access levels can be
IP address: 192.168.220.29 achieved.
This button gets active, once

the connection is established.
Figure 16: Commissioning Software login screen
After login, change to the register “Settings” and the screen will appear as shown in Figure 17.
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Input signal verification and Setting of Parameters

Once the commissioning software is running the values in the input verification block (see Figure 17)
will appear for the connected bushings. The “CurrentRefVoltage” must match with the previous
measured and recorded “Reference signal input” voltage and the “CurrentRefCurrent” must match with
the previous measured and recorded “Bushing Sensor signal input” (see further above, Measurement of
input values) for each bushing.
“Settings” - register
System frequency (50
or 60Hz) Number of bushings (3,4 or 6)
Expected phase shift
Bushing specific VT ratio

PhaseVoltagekV 0.0000
Value of the shunt resistor

in bushing sensor
Bushing specific initial tan PhaseVoltagekV 0.0000
Delta (Power Factor) value
Input verification block

Figure 17: QTMS-BM settings screen

The next steps are (see Figure 17):
1. Check if “System Frequency” matches and correct, if necessary. It can be 50 or 60 Hz.

2. Set the number of connected bushings and restart the “Qualitrol DMS Condition Monitoring
System SQLite” service (see Page 9 of this manual)
NOTE: If this setting will be changed after the bushing calibration, the “Qualitrol DMS
Condition Monitoring System SQLite” service needs to be restarted and the calibration
needs to be redone.
NOTE: The bushings need to be connected to the channels 1 to 3 for the 3 bushings
version, to channel 1 to 4 for the 4 bushings version and to all channels for the 6 bushing
version.
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3. Check and correct, if necessary the “ExpectedShiftAngle”. In standard configuration, it should

be 90 degrees for a VT or CVT reference. If another bushing is used as reference input (e.g. same
phase, but different transformer or a sister bushing from the same transformer) it should be 0
degree.
4. Set the “VTRatio”:
a. Get the present phase to phase or phase to ground voltage from control centre/ control
room in that moment and note the “CurrentRefVoltage” at the same time for each phase
and bushing.
b. In case of phase to phase voltage:
Phase to Phase voltage [kV]
𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉 = × 1000
√3 × 𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 [𝑉𝑉]
c. In case of phase to ground voltage:
Phase to Ground voltage [kV]
𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉 = × 1000
𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 [𝑉𝑉]
d. Set the “VTRatio” as per the calculation above for each bushing.
e. After all values are updated in the settings screen verify, that “PhaseVoltagekV” is
showing the right primary phase to ground voltage in kV.
5. If not provided as factory setting, set “BushingResistance” as per the measurement taken during
sensor installation. If these values are missing, the following equation will enable the calculation
of the resistance values out of the displayed values and the initial capacitance of the dedicated
bushing:
CurrentRefCurrent [V]
𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵ℎ𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 [Ω] =
PhaseVoltagekV × 1000 × 2𝜋𝜋 × 𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹[𝐻𝐻𝐻𝐻] × 𝐼𝐼𝐼𝐼𝐼𝐼𝐼𝐼𝐼𝐼𝐼𝐼𝐼𝐼 𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵ℎ𝑖𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛 𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶[𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝] × 10−12
NOTE: For a correct calculation in this case, the steps 1 to 3 above must be finalized
and verified. The initial capacitance of the dedicated bushing must be known.
6. Set the “InitialTanDelta” value as an absolute value. An example for an absolute Tan Delta
(respectively Power Factor) value is 0.00325 which would 0.325% as a percentage value. This
value is important to be able to do the calibration of the tan Delta (Power Factor).
7. The “MinBushingVoltage” and the “MinBushingCurrent” are used to detect the offline condition
of the transformer to stop automatically the calculation and recording of the tan Delta (Power
Factor) values. “MinBushingVoltage” should set to 10V and “MinBushingCurrent” should set
to 5V as a standard.
8. Verify that the displayed “Phase Angle” is in the range of ± 5 degree of the
“ExpectedShiftAngle”.
9. Change to the register “Summary Reports” (see Figure 18).
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“Settings” - register
Figure 18: Summary Reports display

10. Verify, that the displayed capacitances for each bushing are in the range of the initial value ±5%.
11. Verify, that the displayed temperatures are matching. Depending on the load of the transformer,
the displayed temperatures should be above the ambient temperature.
If all above is done and verified, the bushing monitoring system is ready for its calibration.
Tan Delta (Power Factor) calibration

The Tan Delta (Power Factor) calibration will compensate automatically the additional phase shift
introduced by the installation (e.g. reference voltage source, cables etc.). Further it will set the
parameters needed for compensating the external influence of the changing magnetic field caused by the
load current of the transformer. The calibration will be based on the “InitialTanDelta” value for each
individual bushing.
The calibration can be done over different periods, 1 day, 4 days or 1 week (select via
“CalibrationPeriod”, see Figure 17). Selecting “Now” or “Pending” for “StartCalibration” will initiate
the calibration. “Now” will use the available data from the past. “Pending” will depending on the
selected period the calibration in the future and the system will collect further data until the available
data are matching the calibration period and finish by then. During the calibration period, the initial tan
Delta values are being displayed.
Standard calibration steps:
1. After starting QTMS-BM and the settings of the parameters as described above, leave the system
running at least for 1 hour to generate enough data for an initial calibration.
2. Select “Now” from “StartCalibration”. The system will use the available data for calibration.
3. Change to the register “SummaryReports” and review the displayed tan Delta (Power Factor)
values that they match with the initial values.
4. Close the commissioning software and remove the Ethernet cable from the bushing module and
plug it into the QTMS CPU card Ethernet port.
NOTE: Please refer for the following steps also to the QTMS user manual.
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5. Open the Internet explorer and key into the address field the QTMS IP address (standard:
10.0.0.4). The login screen will appear. Login as “admin” with the standard password “qualitrol”.
6. Go to the bushing input card and verify, that tan Delta, capacitance, temperature, leakage current
and voltage is displayed correctly.
7. Exit the QTMS web screen.
8. Reconnect the Ethernet cable to the bushing card, start the commissioning software and review
tan Delta stability for at least an hour.
9. Set “CalibrationPeriod” to 1 week and select “Pending” from “StartCalibration”. Now the system
will use the 1-week future data for the calibration.
With step 9 the setup and calibration process is finished. For service purpose, a copy from the database
must be taken (see chapter File Structure on the SSD hard drive further above) and send back to project
management.
Trouble shooting guide

Preface
As most of problems during commissioning, out of the experiences of onsite work, are caused by cabling
issues. Especially wire crossing in the reference voltage input will destroy the bushing card once the
pre-fuses of 0.5A are not installed in front of the reference inputs. One other common case in the bushing
sensor cabling besides wire crossing is not connected shielding. The shield of the sensor cable needs to
be connected to ground either on the sensor itself or close to the QTMS itself. The shield must be
connected only on one side!
Here some examples of the above:
Figure 20: burned reference input channels Figure 20: Discharge marks due to non-connected cable
screen
In both cases the accusation cards of the QTMS bushing module have been damaged. Nevertheless, due
to the integrated shunts and protection none of this will have any influence on the bushing itself.
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To avoid any damage on the bushing monitoring equipment the Site preparation and installation guide
and the commissioning manual must be strictly followed.
Following some trouble shooting procedures are described.
Useful software tools for trouble shooting
CMSInspector
The CMSInspector provides the possibility to review detailed online information, used from the bushing
monitoring software to derive and calculate the tan Delta, Capacitance and Temperature, as well as the
compensation and filtering. Further it can be verified that all components of the bushing monitoring are
properly connected and running. Also changes in the settings can be done.
WARNING – Wrong settings/ manipulations can stop the bushing monitoring to work. Make
sure, that the appropriate procedures are being followed to avoid any miss function. Note, that
changes for the settings are only taking affect, once the “Qualitrol Condition Monitoring Service”
is restarted!
The following steps will describe the logon process with the CMSInspector:
1. Start CMSInspector. The program will start with the screen shown in Figure 21 once no or a non-
valid IP address has been used.
Click on the on the arrow

beside the reconnect button
Figure 22: CMS inspector starting screen

2. Clicking on the arrow beside the reconnect button and select “Logon Details”.
Figure 23: Logon detail selection Figure 21: Logon detail window
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3. Enter the correct IP address of the bushing module (standard: 192.168.220.29) and the other logon
details as shown in Figure 23 and press “Connect”.
4. Once the logon was successful, lines of data will appear on the CMSInspector main screen (see
Figure 24)
Click to open the Property window
Figure 24: CMSInspector main window receiving data
VNC-Viewer
VNC (Virtual Network Computing) Viewer is providing the capability to remotely connect to the Windows
desktop of the QTMS-BM module and allows the remote control of the Windows operating system.
Different free VNC viewers can be downloaded in the internet. VNC server is running on the computer
board of the QTMS-BM module to enable the remote desktop control. Here the VNC viewer from
Figure 26: VNC viewer starting screen
RealVNC is used. To start the connection to the QTMS-BM module, the Ethernet cable must be plugged
Remote Desktop
Figure 25: VNC remote screen display example
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in into the bushing module as well as in the laptop. Further the IP address of the laptop must be set as
described under the chapter “Prepare TCP/IP Ethernet connection to QTMS-BM bushing module” further
above. Set the right IP address of the VNC server (standard is 192.168.220.29) and “Connect” to the remote
system (see Figure 25).
Figure 26 above is showing the screen, once the VNC viewer is started successfully. The VNC viewer must
be used to restart the “Qualitrol Condition monitoring service”. Further it can be used for copying files from
a USB drive to the busing module and vice versa.
FTP connection to the QTMS-BM module

A FTP server is installed and accessible on the bushing module to provide the possibility to download
and upload files (e.g. new config files, debug files etc.). Following it will be describe how to connect
via FTP to the bushing module.
1. Open File Explorer and key in “ftp://192.168.220.29/” in the address line and press Enter.
Figure 27: FTP logon window
2. The FTP logon window will open. The user name is “DMSUser” and the standard password is
“Password123”. Press “Log On” to access the bushing module file system (see Figure 27).
Figure 28: Bushing module file system
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3. Figure 28 is showing the bushing module file structure once the login to the FTP server of the
module was successful.
Debug file recording
Capturing Debug files

The QTMS-BM module allows to record debug files which contains the digitalized input signals to be able
to analyse amplitudes and phase relationship of the raw incoming signals. These files are stored as CSV
files and can be load into Excel to generate the signal plot. It’s useful once the phase shift measured is
different than the expected phase angle to investigate the cause.
The following steps will describe how to enable the debug file recording:
1. Open the property window in the CMSInspector (see Figure 24).

2. Expend the QProtokolPlugin and select the “BushingModule” (see Figure 29 below).
Figure 29: Property window with "BushingModule" selected
3. Check that “TraceDir” is pointing to an existing directory on the D:\ drive of the bushing module.
Use the VNC viewer to check if the “TraceDir” is existing. If not create this directory.
4. The next step is to set “CreateCSV” to True as shown in Figure 27. Switch on “Sim”, change
“CreateCSV” from False to True, press “Enter” and switch of “Sim”. Change in the tree view on
the left to “Bushing1” and back to “BushingModul” and confirm that the setting for “CreateCSV”
remained as True. Otherwise repeat this step.
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5. To enable the debug file creation, the “Qualitrol Condition Monitoring Service” needs to be
restarted under “Services” (Windows).
CSV debug files
Figure 30: Created debug files
6. After restarting the condition monitoring service, the debug files will be created under the pre-set
directory.
7. Once at least one file is created for each sensor, the debug file recording can be switched off again.
To do that, step 4 should be followed but the “CreateCSV” must be set to False. After the setting
change, the condition monitoring service must be restarted again.
8. Now the debug files can be copied either via ftp service direct to the laptop or via VNC viewer to a
USB stick.
9. Delete the debug files on the bushing module to save the space on the local drive.
Reviewing of Debug files

The review of the debug files is helping specially to check, if the allocation of the reference voltage
inputs to the specific bushings is correct. If a VT or CVT is used for reference it is expected, that the
bushing input is leading the reference voltage input by 90 degrees. The created CSV files can be opened
Bushing sensor input Reference voltage

input
90°
Figure 31: Debug file plot (Excel) – 90-degree phase shift: correct
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in Excel. Figure 31 is showing how good input files are looking like. The following graphs are showing
non-correct inputs. In Figure 32 is showing a graph where obviously the reference signal inputs are cross
wired (phase allocation wrong). Figure 33 is showing an example for a reference input signal which is
too high in amplitude and is clipped. A plot with missing reference signal input is shown in Figure 34.
reference signal clipped
Debug plot
40000
20000
0
1 4 7 10 13 16 19 22 25 28 31 34 37 40 43 46 49 52 55 58 61 64 67 70
-20000
-40000
Raw(V) Raw(I)
Figure 33: Reference signal clipped
Debug plot Reference voltage

input
30000 Bushing sensor input
20000
10000
0
1 5 9 13 17 21 25 29 33 37 41 45 49 53 57 61 65 69 73 77 81 85 89 93 97
-10000
-20000
-30000 Phase shift not correct/ looks like wrong

120°
phase allocation
Series1 Series2
Figure 32: Debug file with wrong phase allocation – 120-degree phase shift
Figure 34: Missing reference signal input
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Consideration on warning and alarm limits for bushings

Different bushings regarding technology and manufacture have slightly different initial values.
Considering that the introduction of general threshold values is difficult to apply, different standards
stating different alarming levels. The most reasonable approach is to relate the warning and alarm levels
to the name plate initial values. In general, if a bushing has an increased tan delta by the factor of 2 it
should be a warning condition. If the tan delta exceeds the triple value an alarm should be raised. The
rate of change is only from interest, once the bushing tan delta is under warning or alarm condition. In
that case the rate of change will give the time frame for an intervention. Further it would be useful to
especially monitor the tan delta temperature specific. High deviations between tan delta values at higher
and lower temperature values might indicate that moisture is involved.
The capacitance increase gets critical, once it would exceed 5% of the name plate value (warning) and
would need undivided attention once it gets over 8%. This is not valid for RBP technology bushings.
Here an increase of 15 to 20% can be still ok depending on the manufacturing year. Here the holistic
approach needs to be used. All parameters of this type of bushing then must be used to make a proper
assessment. Nevertheless, this type of bushings is very seldom nowadays.
Standard alarm setup recommendation

Table 1 below represents a recommendation for a simple alarming setup:
Table 1: Alarm setup recommendation
Warning Alarm
Tan Delta (or PF) > 2 x name plate value > 3 x name plate value
Capacitance > 5% increase to name plate value > 8% increase to name plate value
For instruction, how to set warning and alarm levels please refer to the IST-119-1 QTMS User Guide v
2.2.1 - TK.
More sophisticate by combining the dynamic behaviour of both values can be used for analytic
approaches. This will not be discussed as part of this manual.
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About Qualitrol:
Qualitrol manufactures substation and transformer monitoring and protection devices used by electric utilities
and manufacturing companies. It is the global leader in sales and installations of transformer asset protection
equipment, fault recorders and fault locators. Established in 1945, Qualitrol produces thousands of different types
of products on demand, each customized to customers' unique requirements.
©2008 QUALITROL Company LLC, an ISO 9001 system certified company. All rights reserved. Information
®
subject to change without notice. All trademarks are properties of their respective companies, as noted herein.
IST-099-1
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ABOUT THIS MANUAL ..................................................................................................................................................... 4

INTRODUCTION TO QUALITROL CONDITION MONITORING .................................................................................... 5

INTRODUCTION TO BUSHING MONITOR .............................................................................................................................. 5

SITE COMMISSIONING .......................................................................................................................................... 10

DEVICES, TOOLS, DOCUMENTS AND SOFTWARE NEEDED FOR COMMISSIONING ......................................................................... 10

TROUBLE SHOOTING GUIDE.................................................................................................................................. 18

CONSIDERATION ON WARNING AND ALARM LIMITS FOR BUSHINGS ................................................................... 25

STANDARD ALARM SETUP RECOMMENDATION ................................................................................................................... 25

OEM: Original Equipment Manufacturer (e.g. Transformer Manufacturer)

Qualitrol: Supplier of QTMS-BM bushing monitor

Symbols used in the manual:

WARNING: - marks a safety relevant issue, which must be strictly follow

A Qualified FSE must meet the following:

· Thoroughly familiar with these document instructions

Introduction to Qualitrol Condition Monitoring

Introduction to Bushing Monitor

VT’s/CVT’s in the Switchyard of the substation

The key components of Qualitrol QTMS-BM include:

• Bushing Tap Adapter and Sensor housing

• Bushing monitoring plugin card

Figure 3: Bushing monitoring plugin card

• File structure on the SSD drive

Path to program files

SSD drive folders

Figure 5: Program Folder

SSD drive folders

Figure 6: Data Folder

• Software and HMI

Start, Stop and Restart

Figure 7: Windows “services” – Qualitrol DMS Condition Monitoring System

Devices, tools, documents and software needed for Commissioning

Measurement of input values

Bushing Sensor Signal input

Reference Signal input

Prepare TCP/IP Ethernet connection to QTMS-BM bushing module

Figure 8: Open "Control Panel"

Figure 9: Control panel

Figure 10: Network and Internet window

Figure 11: Network and Sharing Center

Figure 12: Network connection window

Figure 13: Adapter settings

Figure 14: TCP/ IP v 4 Properties window

Ethernet port for remote connection

CVT/ VT Reference voltage inputs

Bushing current (I1 to I6) and Bushing

Figure 15: Bushing module connections

Connecting Commissioning software client

According to selected role,

This button gets active, once

Figure 16: Commissioning Software login screen

Input signal verification and Setting of Parameters

Expected phase shift

Bushing specific VT ratio

Value of the shunt resistor

Delta (Power Factor) value

Input verification block

Figure 17: QTMS-BM settings screen

1. Check if “System Frequency” matches and correct, if necessary. It can be 50 or 60 Hz.

3. Check and correct, if necessary the “ExpectedShiftAngle”. In standard configuration, it should

Figure 18: Summary Reports display