USER’S MANUAL

FOR

DCD SOFTWARE - SPEED

FOR

ER300P-PRIDE

Class 0.2S

FOR

Neyveli Lignite Corporation

LARSEN & TOUBRO LIMITED, MYSORE WORKS

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INTRODUCTION

SPEED is application software intended for use with Electronic Trivector-Meter (TVM) and
designed for use on ANALOGIC make of DCD. This software is MENU driven and self-
explanatory.

This user manual explains how to use SPEED software. The user is provided with a main
menu through which all related operations could be conducted.

How to run the program.

• From the DOS Prompt, A: Drive of DCD, type “SPEED” and press Enter. This will display
the following screen.

SPEED VER B52.XX

COPYRIGHT 2001
Larsen & Toubro
Limited.

The Version of the S/W is displayed as B52.XX as above. After this, the following main menu
screen is displayed on the display with following options.

SPEED Ver. B52.XX

(D) COLL. SELECTED DATA

(U) PC COMMUNICATION
(P) PROGRAMMING MODE
(O) MEMORY STATUS CHECK
(R ) ACCURACY TEST

• Menu Item Selection.

Menu Items can be selected by typing the enclosed character in the above screen.

1. (D) COLL. SELECTED DATA

Using this option, user can collect data from Electronic Trivector-Meter and store it in the
DCD. Data integrity will be checked by calculating and verifying checksum as specified by the
protocol IEC 1107.
If data checksum is matching with the calculated checksum, data will be stored in DCD,
otherwise data will be discarded with the following message.

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 CHECKSUM ERROR

PRESS ENTER

All the data blocks collected from different meters will be collected into a common data file in
DCD.

2. (U) PC COMMUNICATION

Using this option, user can transfer the collected data, from DCD to PC. Upon pressing (U)
Key, the following screen will be displayed.

WAITING

FOR DATA REQUEST

FROM PC

Now the DCD will wait for data request from PC. If the DCD is connected with PC, user can
request the DCD for data collection by sending a Data dump request command.

3. (P) PROGRAMMING MODE

Using this option, user can enter into a programming mode, where user can program the
meter settings. User will be prompted to enter an authorization password, as follows, failing
which access to the option will be denied.

ENTER PASSWORD

PRESS ENTER

After successful entry of password by user, following screen will appear.

(S) SET RTC

(M) METER SETTINGS
(A) ADVANCE RTC
(R) RETARD RTC
(C) CT RATIO
(P) PT RATIO
(X) TO MAIN MENU

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If user selects the option (S) for Real Time Clock, S/W will read the present RTC time from
TVM and display it as follows:

REAL TIME CLOCK

03/08/99 WED 15:30:00

PRESS ENTER

If user presses Enter key, user will be prompted to enter a new value of RTC as follows:

(N) NEW RTC VALUE

(S) SYNC RTC WITH MRI

(X) CANCEL & RETURN

If the user presses (N) the user is allowed to set a valid Time.

ENTER DATE/TIME AS
DD/MM/YY HH:MM:SS

PRESS ENTER

Next user will be prompted to enter the day name as follows:

ENTER DAY e.g. SUN

PRESS ENTER

If the user specified value of RTC time is valid, S/W will program the Meter with the new value
and display following message, otherwise an error message will be displayed.

RTC TIME CHANGED

PRESS ENTER

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When (S) is pressed, it will set the time of MRI in the meter and following message will be
displayed.

RTC TIME CHANGED

PRESS ENTER

On selection of METER SETTINGS option from the above menu, user will be prompted to
confirm the selection with following screen:

METER ID : 001
METER BAUD : 9600
METER PARITY : NONE

PRESS ENTER TO SET

PRESS ESC TO QUIT

If the user confirms by pressing Enter DCD will command the meter to change METER ID and
if meter accepts the request successfully, following message will be displayed.

ENTER THE METER ID

(1-255)

PRESS ENTER
PRESS ESC TO QUIT

Once a valid Meter ID is given, DCD requests to enter a valid Baud Rate.

SELECT BAUD FOR MODBUS

ENTER 1 FOR 300
ENTER 2 FOR 600
ENTER 3 FOR 1200
ENTER 4 FOR 2400
ENTER 5 FOR 4800
ENTER 6 FOR 9600

Once a valid Baud Rate is given, DCD requests to enter a valid Parity.

SELECT PARITY

ENTER 0 FOR NONE

ENTER 1 FOR ODD
ENTER 2 FOR EVEN

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If all the entered Parameters are found valid the meter accepts the data, and displays this
below given screen.

METER DATA CHANGED

PRESS ENTER

On selection of Advance RTC option from the above menu, user will be prompted to confirm
the selection with following screen:

ADVANCE RTC ?

CONFIRM ( Y / N )

If the user confirms with ‘Y’, DCD will command the meter to advance the RTC and if meter
accepts the request successfully, following message will be displayed.

RTC TIME ADVANCED

PRESS ENTER

Similar messages will be displayed for the option “RETARD RTC”, if selected by user.

If the RTC is already advanced by user within the lockout period range, starting backward
from the moment user tries to advance RTC, following message will be displayed.

RTC IS IN LOCKOUT

PRESS ENTER

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On selection of option (C), CT Ratio, present values of CT Ratio programmed in TVM will be
read and displayed as follows:

CT PRIMARY : 000001

CT SECONDARY : 000001

PRESS ENTER

If user presses Enter key to program new value of CT Ratio, following screen will be
displayed.

ENTER CT PRIMARY
(1-999999)

PRESS ENTER

The range of the CT Primary is 1 to 999999 as displayed above. After this user will be
prompted to enter the value of CT Secondary as follows:

ENTER CT SECONDARY
(1-XXXXXX)

PRESS ENTER

The range of CT Secondary is 1 to XXXXXX as displayed above where XXXXXX is the value
of CT Primary selected by user. Next the S/W will program the TVM for new value of CT Ratio
and display following message:

CT RATIO PROGRAMMED

PRESS ENTER

For the option (P) PT Ratio, follow the same screen sequence as shown above for CT Ratio.

On selecting the option (X), To Main Menu, S/W will come out of “Programming Mode” and
main menu screen will be displayed.

4. (O) MEMORY STATUS CHECK

Using this option, user can check for memory availability in DCD. This comprises of display of
free memory available in terms of number of meters that can be stored (approximately), and

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the number of already collected data blocks in DCD. The information will be displayed as
follows:

SPACE CHECK

METERS COLLECTED :
5 METER (s)

AVAILABLE SPACE :
20 METER(s)

5. (R) ACCURACY TEST

Using this option, user can enter into an “ACCURACY MODE” with meter, where between the
start instant and stop instant keyed in by user, the active and reactive energy values
consumed by meter will be displayed in high precision mode. The first screen as soon as you
select this option will be as follows:

FOR ACCURACY TEST

PRESS ENTER TO START

PRESS ESC TO QUIT

If the user presses Enter to start the test, DCD will command the meter to start recording the
energies and prompt the user with the following message. The TIME string will display the
elapsed time since the start of the test. The time is displayed in the format HH:MM:SS where
HH=Hours, MM=Minutes and SS=Seconds.

TEST GOING ON . . .

TIME : 00:04:35

PRESS ENTER TO STOP

PRESS ESC TO QUIT

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If the user presses Enter key to stop the test, DCD will read the energies recorded by the
meter during the specified time period and display as follows:

TEST RESULTS
Wh :
+1.200000

VARH:
+1.200000

TIME : 00:05:00

Now the user can press either Esc or Enter key to return back to first menu of this option as
displayed above. If user presses Esc key in the first menu of this option, DCD will return back
to main menu of the S/W.

NOTE:

For exiting the software press “ESC” Key.