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Protection and Control IED Manager

PCM600
Product Guide
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Product version: 2.10

Contents

1. Description..................................................................... 3 13. Communication management....................................... 6

2. Project explorer.............................................................. 3 14. Ethernet configuration................................................... 6
3. Parameter setting........................................................... 3 15. IEC 61850 configuration................................................6
4. Graphical application configuration................................. 4 16. Connectivity packages.................................................. 6
5. Signal matrix...................................................................5 17. User management.........................................................6
6. Graphical display editor.................................................. 5 18. Project configuration data management........................ 7
7. Hardware configuration.................................................. 5 19. Integrated help menus...................................................7
8. IED configuration comparison.........................................5 20. Data transfer................................................................. 7
9. IED summary..................................................................5 21. System requirements.................................................... 7
10. Signal monitoring...........................................................5 22. Ordering data................................................................ 7
11. Event viewer..................................................................6 23. Document revision history............................................. 8
12. Disturbance handling.....................................................6

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1. Description 2. Project explorer

The Protection and Control IED Manager PCM600 tool provides The project explorer can be used to navigate to the used IEDs
versatile functionalities for the entire life-cycle of all Relion ® within a project / substation and furthermore within an IED to
protection and control IED applications, at all voltage levels. navigate to the different functionality of an IED. The user is able
This easy-to-handle tool helps the user to manage your to create a plant structure with a substation, voltage levels,
protection and control equipment all the way from application bays and IEDs.
and communication configuration to disturbance handling,
New IEDs can also be created by use of IED templates. This
including automatic disturbance reporting.
enables the reuse of existing IED configurations. IEDs, bays,
Designed to communicate, PCM600 interacts with intelligent voltage levels or a whole substation can be copied and pasted
electronic devices (IEDs) over the fast and reliable TCP/IP via in the plant structure. Selection of a specific IED in the project
corporate LAN or WAN, or alternatively directly through the explorer gives access to the IED’s tools. The function of
communication port at the front of the IED. PCM600 tool is able importing and exporting descriptions of IEC 61850 substation
to read and write all configuration and setting data of an IED configurations, configured devices and device functionality
with a single command. allows information to be shared with other engineering and
system integration tools. By using the filtering feature of the
The user interface, workflow and the IEC 61850-based data project explorer the user can filter information of other tools
model in PCM600 are designed according to the same according to the selection made.
philosophy as the Relion ® protection and control IEDs, ensuring
smooth and seamless integration between the tool and the
3. Parameter setting
IEDs.
Parameter Setting enables viewing and setting IED parameters
PCM600 has been designed from the beginning with the IEC offline (stored in the tool) and online (stored in both the tool and
61850 standard in mind. All the functionality is modeled in a way the IED). The parameters can be read from the IED to PCM600
that it reflects the IEC 61850 configuration directly during the or written from PCM600 to the IED while the IED is in service. In
engineering. Multivendor product and system interoperability is addition, the parameters can be exported and imported for test
guaranteed with an independently verified IEC 61850 Edition 2 sets in the XRIO format (for example, Omicron Test Universe) or
certificate. in the CSV format to be easily read and reused.

PCM600 also secures the projects and data created with earlier The parameter setting function can be used in two different
versions of the PCM600 tool, which enables full backwards modes. The normal mode allows a quick viewing and changing
compatibility. of the most commonly used parameters, whereas the
advanced mode unveils all parameters that can be set.

PCM600 further offers a filtering function that allows the viewing

of all IED parameters or the parameters related to a specific
function block. In addition, it can be chosen to only view
parameters that have been changed or parameters with values
deviating from the IED’s setting. Changed parameters with
different values in the tool and in the IED are clearly indicated.

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Figure 1. PCM600 connected locally or remotely to IEDs

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configuration which ensures that the configuration does not

contain errors.

Additionally, the user can compare the configuration in the tool

to the one in the IED. Further, the signal status on-line
monitoring functionality helps to verify the real-time processes
in the IED, which is extremely useful for troubleshooting.

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Figure 2. Parameter Setting view

The graphical representation of the distance protection function

supports in the visual verification of the parameter setting of the
distance protection function.

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Figure 4. Application Configuration, online monitoring

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Figure 3. Graphical representation of the distance protection

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The graphical application configuration functionality offers

Figure 5. Application Configuration, visual indication of the
powerful ways to create, adapt and modify application configuration
configurations, which also can be made as templates for later
re-use. PCM600 also enables presentation of the whole signal
flow from input to output. It also assists the user during the
creation of application configuration through colour indications
of the function blocks to ensure that the mandatory inputs have
been correctly connected. Before writing the configuration to
an IED, the tool offers validation of the complete IED

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5. Signal matrix
The graphical signal matrix of PCM600 allows connecting
efficiently CTs, VTs, binary input and output signals to the
configuration. The configuration can also be changed from
here. The tool can also be used for connecting the LEDs on the
IED as well as for connection of the GOOSE signals between the
IEDs.

Once the IEDs have been configured and parameterized,

PCM600 enables the configuration of the horizontal bay-to-bay
communication for station-wide interlocking and sends the
complete IED description to a system engineering tool.

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Figure 7. Graphical Display Editor, configuring the display of an IED

7. Hardware configuration
Hardware Configuration can be used to get a quick overview of
an IED and to add or change hardware modules. It is possible to
view the front and back of the IED including card information
and their slot position. Furthermore it is possible to compare the
hardware configuration used in the tool to the actual one in the
IED.

8. IED configuration comparison

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IED comparison is used for comparing configurations of two
Figure 6. Signal Matrix view IEDs of the same kind. Comparison can be made offline
regardless of the IEDs being in the same PCM600 project or
not. Additionally, the configuration of an IED can be compared
to a loose PCMI file. When connected to the IED, it is possible to
6. Graphical display editor compare the configurations between the IED and the PCM600
Graphical Display Editor is used for configuring the display of an online. A report of the differences between the two different IED
IED. The graphical display consists of one or more pages. A configurations is provided as a result of the comparison.
display page contains the drawing area where the actual
display configuration is made. A display is configured by
9. IED summary
dragging predefined graphical symbols from a library to the
IED Summary can be used to document and view a quick
drawing area. The directed link tool can be used to draw
snapshot of all the protection and control IEDs on the
connections between symbols. Every symbol type has a
substation. PCM600 can collect all the important identification
corresponding representation in both the ANSI and the IEC
information from the IEDs and illustrate them in a user-friendly
symbol palettes. Symbols can be connected to the application
browser. IED summary result can be printed for documentation
configuration.
directly from the tool.
Graphical Display Editor also supports the reuse of display
page templates made for other IEDs. 10. Signal monitoring
The signal monitoring function provides the user with online
information about the measured values and displays the status
of binary input and output signals of an IED. Furthermore,
PCM600 facilitates commissioning and testing of physical
connections via Signal Monitoring (forcing of signals).

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11. Event viewer 60870-5-101/103/104 or Modbus® are the communication

Event Viewer enables viewing the IED sequence of events protocols that can be engineered. Depending on the used
information including timestamps. The event log facilitates protocol, the tool provides different views and capabilities to
detailed post-fault analyses of faults and disturbances. Event support in the selection or mapping of communication signals.
Viewer additionally enables reading the security events from the
IED.
14. Ethernet configuration
Ethernet Configuration is used to configure Ethernet ports both
12. Disturbance handling online and offline. Ethernet Configuration can be used to
PCM600 offers effective handling and monitoring of configure access points, the merging unit and routers on
disturbance records from the IEDs. The disturbance files stored separate tabs of Ethernet Configuration. The access point tab
in the standard COMTRADE format allow the user to view the shows access points based on the supported hardware. The
disturbance record using Wavewin™ software or any merging unit’s availability depends on the hardware module
commercially available disturbance analyzer supporting the selection.
COMTRADE format. If required, the report layout and contents
can be adapted to user-specific needs.
15. IEC 61850 configuration
By means of the task scheduler of PCM600, the records can be IEC 61850 Configuration provides the viewing or engineering of
set to be automatically read from the IED. The task scheduler is the dataset and dataflow configuration for a vertical or
an independent process and does not require PCM600 to be horizontal IEC 61850 communication.
activated. After receiving the file, PCM600 automatically
In the view mode, the tool supports the viewing of the IEC
creates a disturbance report, which can immediately be
61850 configuration, whereas in the engineering mode it is
forwarded to subscribers by e-mail. Such a notification
possible to configure IEC 61850 datasets and dataflow for the
shortens the time from disturbance detection to corrective
horizontal and vertical communication.
action.

13. Communication management

Communication Management is used to configure different
communication protocols for an IED. DNP3, IEC

Table 1. Recommendations for using the IEC 61850 configuration tools

IEC 61850 tools in a Substation automation system (SAS)

No external tool IET600 or 3 rd party system tool

ABB Relion IEDs Engineering mode 1) View mode 2)

ABB and 3 rd party IEDs View mode 2) View mode 2)

1) Engineering mode of IEC 61850 Configuration of PCM600 is recommended for simple applications. Advanced applications require an IEC 61850 system tool like IET600 and view mode.
2) View mode of IEC 61850 Configuration of PCM600 for the transparancy of IEC 61850 configuration made by an external IEC 61850 system tool like IET600.

16. Connectivity packages 17. User management

PCM600 incorporates ABB’s connectivity package concept, PCM600 tool supports access management both for the tool
which simplifies protection engineering and reduces the risk of and the IEDs. The user accounts in PCM600 can be linked to
errors. The connectivity packages can be downloaded and Windows user accounts or be defined as separate user
installed using Update Manager. Furthermore, the IED accounts for PCM600. The user management feature allows
connectivity packages for the 670 and 650 series are also the administrator to create user groups with different access
available on a separate IED Connectivity Package DVD that is rights and profiles.
delivered with the IEDs, whereas the IED connectivity packages
for the 630, 620, 615, 611 and 610 series, RIO600, SAM600, The access management for the IEDs can be enabled or
REX521, RE_54_, SPACOM and REF 542plus can be disabled with the IED user management tool in PCM600.
downloaded from the www.abb.com/substationautomation PCM600 also includes functionality to activate central account
portal. management on IEDs, and manage certificates on the IEDs.

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18. Project configuration data management the user with information about the selected tools. The IED
PCM600 offers functionality for managing configuration data of documentation and guides available from the connectivity
projects. Complete substation configurations can be exported package can be directly accessed from the help menus.
and imported for long term archiving or for sharing between
different engineers. All the configuration data on a workstation
20. Data transfer
can be backed up with a simple manual operation or as
PCM600 offers improved data transfer between the IEDs and
scheduled automatic backup functionality.
the IED management tool. The IEDs can be accessed remotely
using the TCP/IP protocol via a local area network (LAN) and
19. Integrated help menus standard Ethernet cables, a secured wide area network (WAN),
All the necessary instructions for using the tool are integrated in a secured wireless network (WLAN) or, locally, using the IEDs’
PCM600. Context sensitive help menus and tool tips provide front communication port.

21. System requirements

Table 2. Hardware requirements

Hardware Minimum Recommended

CPU 1.5 GHz 2.4 GHz

Physical RAM memory 8 GB 16 GB1)

Free hard disk space 4 GB 8 GB

Monitor 1024 × 768 1280 × 1024

Ethernet port Required Required

1) With large projects, it is recommended to have 24 GB or 32 GB of physical RAM.

Table 3. Supported operating systems

Operating system Version

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (64-bit) -

Microsoft Windows Server 2016 -

Microsoft Windows Server 2019 -

Microsoft Windows 8.1 (32-bit/64-bit) -

Windows 10 (32-bit/64-bit) -

Table 4. Communication

Protocols

TCP/IP via LAN or WLAN

Serial Port (RS-232) or USB/RS-232 converter if SPA-based communication is used

Opto/electrical (RS-232) cable for front communication if SPA-based communication is used

22. Ordering data

To order the protection and control IED manager PCM600, use
the ordering data in the ordering code table.

Table 5. Ordering code

Product name Order code

PCM600 2.10 PCM600-210

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23. Document revision history

Document revision/date Product version History

A/2007-12-20 2.0 First release

B/2008-05-30 2.0 SP1 Content updated

C/2009-03-03 2.0 SP2 Content updated

D/2009-07-06 2.1 Content updated to correspond to the product version

E/2009-11-23 2.2 Content updated to correspond to the product version

F/2010-05-28 2.3 Content updated to correspond to the product version

G/2011-04-08 2.4 Content updated to correspond to the product version

H/2013-01-10 2.5 Content updated to correspond to the product version

K/2013-12-10 2.6 Content updated to correspond to the product version

L/2015-11-20 2.7 Content updated to correspond to the product version

M/2016-09-29 2.8 Content updated to correspond to the product version

N/2018-04-10 2.8 Content updated

P/2018-04-18 2.9 Content updated to correspond to the product version

R/2020-01-22 2.10 Content updated to correspond to the product version

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