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DS Agile v6.1
Featuring DS Agile aViewTM, the next-generation Key Benefits
user interface for substation automation Powerful, user-friendly and fully
customizable HMI
As power networks become more efficient and intelligent, substation automation systems Total situational awareness
need to provide new and smarter solutions. The DS Agile v6.1 Digital Control System Hardware performance adaptable per
incorporates a brand new, state-of-the-art graphical user interface that help users specific needs
optimally monitor, control, operate and maintain modern electrical substations.
IEC 61850 inter-operability
Full Situational Awareness High level of standardization
Reliable redundant architectures
The new generation of DS Agile incorporates a new, state-of-the-art user interface that
provides holistic and accurate monitoring of the substation for its optimal control, Wide-area automation
operation and maintenance. Secure Web access to HMI
Global teams for project delivery
Any type of electrical and non- electrical parameters are acquired by using sensors and
and support
condition monitoring IEDs across the substation, integrated in the DS Agile database and
displayed in the universal interface through fully customizable graphical interface:
Electrical topology and measurements
Primary equipment and secondary devices condition data
Indoor & outdoor environmental conditions
Auxiliary services state
Substation infrastructure information

Success Guaranteed
GE provides a complete portfolio of software and hardware solutions for substation
automation, which are pre-tested & validated for their successful integration to the DS
Agile system. Third-party devices can also be easily integrated in the architecture, IED’s
that do not support PRP (Parallel Redundancy Protocol) or HSR (High availability Seamless
Redundancy) can be integrated into the substation network using GE’s Redbox .

Project Delivery and Support

GE has experienced teams located worldwide, with a proven track-record in project
management, engineering, support, maintenance and training. Our experts can provide
assistance in any of these areas, allowing end users to get the maximum from DS Agile.

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DS AGILE aView: Universal Graphical Interface

Aimed at releasing the potential of digital technologies while
facilitating adequate situational awareness of the substation,
today's Digital Control Systems (DCS) are required to integrate all
kinds of digitized data acquired across the whole substation.
More importantly, they can display large amounts of information
in a clear, smart manner through customized views, dashboards
and applications specific to the different users.

DS Agile aView is the optimized universal Human-Machine

Interface (HMI) that enables the management of the multiple
control, measuring and monitoring information from the
substation, making the DS Agile the ideal solution for responding
to the demanding challenges of substation owners and operators.
Operation Improvement
Main Substation HMI Functions Advanced Alarm & Event Management
Single-line dynamic diagram viewer: voltage & bay level Alarm lists accessible from any substation level
Operation and monitoring of switchgears and transformers Real-time and historic alarms / event lists available
Alarm & event list viewing and reporting Alarm management: inhibition, on/off monitoring
Substation troubleshooting, disturbance analysis Synthesis of alarm groups
Data monitoring, logging, archiving and trend viewer
Full Substation Situational Awareness
Monitoring of primary and secondary devices
Holistic view: monitoring of the complete substation through
Integrated online condition monitoring dashboards
one common, universal interface
Handle full substation perimeter data not only primary devices
Synthetic, visual information of substation state and health
Intuitive and fast data access in the system database
Enhanced Graphics Capabilities
Easy and Secure Operation Tasks
Zooming
Panning Improved control pop-ups (e.g., Select-Before-Operate)

Decluttering Intervention tags (normal / test / locked) can be placed at any

level: substation, voltage level or bay
Vectorial objects
HMI desktop environment and filters saved per user
Advanced curve drawing
Flexible integration of widgets Remote Access & Control
Remote access to substation with maintenance / operation
interface
Web access secured through substation's firewall
Up to 5 Web clients
Different user access rights depending on local or remote
connection

Smart Engineering Functionalities

Large library of electrical symbols and components
The mimic behaviour can be configured and tested offline,
independent of the field devices
Multi-language HMI with online switching capability
Easy and fast installation saving man hours

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High-Performance Workstation Hardware

Powerful graphics capabilities for the high resolution screens
Able to manage up to 50,000 data points
Supports up to 4 high-resolution screens
High storage capacity embedded for mid & long term archiving
Can be supplied with IEC 62439-3 PRP / HSR interface
Optional solutions with separate client & server PCs or
"all-in-one", cost-effective integration
Hot stand-by redundancy

DS Agile aView redundant server and client HMI workstations in a network

providing local and remote !Web) access

HMI Views and Application Examples

Single-line Diagram With Alarm List Measurement Dashboards

Condition Monitoring of Transformer "Bird's Eye View" Substation Situational Awareness

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DS Agile v6.1 Functions

Data Concentration and Processing Control

One of the essential functions of the DS Agile is to concentrate Once a control operation is initiated by an operator, locally or
and process data, based on the information that comes from a remotely, multiple checks are performed by the system before
variety of sources, both analog and digital. For example, when the effective issue of the control order or signal, in order to make
integrating legacy equipment, analog data can be acquired it fully secure. For instance, interlocks are ensured by logical
directly from current and voltage transformers while digital data equations or as the result of a dynamic topological analysis
can be acquired over serial communications links or via coupled with expert rules. Interlocks are managed as close to the
hardwired links. process as possible to provide the best security of operation.
DS Agile manages many types of data from the substation's Interlocking conditions are graphically displayed on the
primary and secondary equipment such as: transformer tap operator's screen in order to immediately identify the locking
changer and switchgear positions, control signals, measurement conditions, if any, allowing the operator to make the appropriate
values, disturbance records, settings, etc. Each item of qualified changes before issuing the order.
data is uniquely referenced in the system configuration tool in
order to ensure full consistency of the information, as well as Automation
allowing it to be re-used in other parts of the system.
The operator can configure specific control sequences or
automation schemes, across one or more sites (e.g. automatic
Monitoring and Diagnostics re-closing, System Integrity Protection Schemes (SIPS), synchro-
Among the numerous DS Agile standard features, diverse check). Such applications can work based on local or remote
functions for local or remote monitoring and analysis of collected data. Similarly, the outputs can perform local or remote actions.
data are available. Key situational information can be obtained Programmable logics can be implemented using either
either from the embedded LCD screens of the C264 bay Programmable-Scheme Logic (PSL) or Programmable-Logic
controller or other monitoring devices, or, at substation level, Controller (PLC) methods. PSL is used for fast automation
through the powerful graphical user interface DS Agile aView, applications and it is available within the C264 bay controller.
which provides more sophisticated and clear monitoring views. Since PSL is event-driven, there is no cycle time. The optional
The user can then benefit from customized displays for easier PLC tool is fully compliant with IEC 61131-3 and it can be used for
awareness and maintenance, comprehensive alarm annunciator complex or sequential automation applications.
screens, accurate fault location, etc. Other typical features
include advanced reporting, dual-language display and DS Agile v6.1 provides additional inbuilt libraries of automation
disturbance record analysis. functions, including functions for feeder protection, automatic
reclosing and voltage regulation of parallel transformers.
DS Agile system capabilities

SCADA IT Security Engineering Maintenance Protection

aView aView
DMZ PC
GTW Full IEC 61850 GTW
communication
Flexible network
Interbay interlock Up to 250 IEC architecture
61850 servers PRP/HSR

IEC 61850-9-2/
IEC 61850-8-1

Serial Process bus

Hardwired digital and
Communication analog information

Condition
monitoring CT/VT
SCU COSI MU digitalization
sensors

Condition
monitoring
sensors

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Redundant Architectures
To SCADA
The DS Agile system architecture is built or to another DS Agile aView
Substation + H19x HSR DS Agile C264 BCU
around an Ethernet network that links
the different components from the base Switch
architecture with the HMI workstation,
gateway and protection and control IEDs.

The Ethernet network may be local to a High-availability Seamless

substation -typically for a transmission Redundancy ring (HSR)
application- or it can interconnect Standard
dispersed sites commonly found in Ethernet
industrial or infrastructure applications. DS Agile Gateway +
H19x HSR Switch
The Client-Server communications
MiCOM P40 Protection Relays
exchange avoids any central point
between local and remote control and
allows for tailored redundancy of the
client and/or server. EC 62439-3-5 HSR ring, Ethernet-based architecture

Complete architectures are also typically

implemented as a way to make an
existing installation evolve progressively To SCADA DS Agile aView
via new technologies. The older system or to another + H18x PRP Switch
then becomes a slave to an IEC 61850 Substation
converter and new devices can
successively be plugged into
this network.
Gigabit Switch Gigabit Switch

Communications Protocols Parallel Redundancy

Protocol (PRP)
Physical communications between
components are based on both Ethernet DS Agile H38x
and/or serial links in order to cope with PRP Switch
different applications such as the reuse of (RedBox)
existing devices and the integration of
third-party equipment.
Standard
DS Agile v6.1 supports most extended Ethernet
serial protocols (T103-T101, DNP3, and
MODBUS) in order to interface with DS Agile C264 BCU MiCOM P40 Protection Relays
existing devices and it can be fully
integrated within a remote control
scheme. When using MiCOM & Agile IEC 62439-3-4 PRP dual star, Ethernet-based architecture
devices, the same link can be used to
retrieve settings or disturbance records.
Communications with remote grid control
centers are also possible through IEC
60870-5-101, IEC 60870-5-104, DNP3,
OPC or other older protocols on demand.

State of the art communications

technology based on client-server and
peer-to-peer links such as IEC 61850 is
standard across the whole architecture
of the DS Agile system. It relies on fast
Ethernet networks and offers new
perspectives in terms of distributed
functions, performance and flexibility. The
DS Agile also enables innovative
automation schemes and the flexible
addition of new application clients.

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DS Agile v6.1 Components Condition Monitoring

A typical DS Agile solution integrates many Intelligent Electronic Online condition monitoring functions are essential for the
Devices (IEDs) such as protection relays, measurement centers, correct life cycle management of switchgear and power
bay controllers, etc. In addition to those supplied by GE, DS Agile transformers of the substation.
is fully open to the integration of third-party devices so that
existing devices in the field and user preferences can be A wide range of state-of-the-art sensors and IEDs for online data
accommodated. acquisition can be integrated within the DS Agile system through
IEC 61850 or other standard communications protocols to
When third-party devices are integrated, strict tests are realized provide valuable, real-time condition data for failure prevention
in order to validate functional interoperability limits, data and optimal asset management.
retrieval, control capabilities and remote settings.
Complementing the DS Agile system, GE also offers specific
DS Agile C264 Bay Control Unit (BCU) expert solutions for online condition monitoring of primary
equipment, such as the well-proven MS 3000 for power
The C264 bay controller is a sophisticated modular computer transformers and GISWatch for gas-insulated switchgear,
that supports many applications and functions for substation among others.
control, communications, monitoring, protection and
automation.

Typical C264 applications include:

Bay control
Remote Terminal Unit (RTU)
IED gateway / Data concentrator
Automation - PLC & PSL
Sequence-of-events recorder (SOE)
Measurement center
Power quality monitoring
Integrated feeder protection
Automatic voltage regulation
Synchro-check

Transformer Monitoring and Diagnostic

DS Agile C264 substation / bay controller

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DS Agile Gateway Grid Solutions' Reason Measuring and Recording IEDs

Combining full compliance with IEC 61850, hot-standby GE's Reason IEDs can be integrated in DS Agile V6.1for fast, highly
redundancy and ease of commissioning, the DS Agile accurate, real-time fault recording and analysis, power quality
Gateway offers a powerful solution for interfacing bay level measurements and trend recording -ideal for analysing network
devices to SCADA/EMS systems with a variety of standard faults, reactions of protection IEDs, dynamic network stability and
communication protocols long-term trends.

Reason DR60 Digital Recorder &

Synchrophasor Measurement Unit

GE's Switches
DS Agile gateway
GE's H-series Ethernet switches use a combination of advanced
redundancy protocols and fiber-optic connections to ensure
reliability and availability of substation communications networks.
Grid Solutions' Relays
GE provides the most complete family of protective All this, while maintaining the flexibility of being able to connect
relays for transmission, sub-transmission, generation and to standard Ethernet networks and thus ideal for substation
industrial substations. refurbishment or upgrades.

All H-series switches are available as standalone, embedded and

PCI card (for integration into a PC) versions.

GE's H-series range for DS Agile also include Parallel Redundancy

Protocol (PRP) "RedBox" switches.

Reason H49, GE’s all in one gigabit redundancy solution, has been
especially designed for the digital substation, for use on the
substation bus and process bus, in a mix of PRP dual star and HSR
MiCOM P40 protection relay rings. The 1000 Mbps HSR ring allows to transport multiple
Sampled Value streams on the same ring, simplifying network
topology. In addition, IEEE 1588v2 and Power Profile compliance
allow for high precision timing application such sampled value
timestamping.

Multilin UR protection and control family

Typical protection applications include:

Busbar
Transformer diferencial
Line differential
Distance
Generator
Motor
Feeder
Phasor measurement
System integrity protection schemes
Reason H49 All in one gigabit redundancy solution

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When it comes to protecting and controlling your critical assets,

good products are not enough. As well as our excellent state-of-
the-art products, GE can also provide you with:
Strong system design and manufacturing capabilities
Highly experienced project execution teams located worldwide
Support and advice to make existing installations evolve
Long-term maintenance, refurbishment and asset life
extension
Technical training programs
After-sales services with worldwide regional coverage

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