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Issued: May 2022
Revision: A
Product version: 10.4

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Table of contents

Section 1 Copyrights......................................................................................................7

Section 2 Introduction....................................................................................................9
2.1 This manual...........................................................................................................................9
2.2 Use of symbols......................................................................................................................9
2.3 Intended audience.................................................................................................................9
2.4 Related documents............................................................................................................. 10
2.5 Document conventions........................................................................................................10
2.6 Document revisions.............................................................................................................10

Section 3 Overview....................................................................................................... 11
3.1 Getting started..................................................................................................................... 11
3.1.1 Login..................................................................................................................................11
3.1.2 Logout............................................................................................................................... 12
3.1.3 Time based logout.............................................................................................................12
3.1.4 Time-based logout after inactivity......................................................................................12
3.2 Application displays.............................................................................................................13
3.3 Process Displays.................................................................................................................13
3.3.1 Controlling the process......................................................................................................14
3.3.2 Adding Process Display Notes.......................................................................................... 15
3.3.2.1 Deleting Process Display Note.....................................................................................16
3.3.2.2 Moving Process Display Note...................................................................................... 16
3.3.2.3 Resizing Process Display Note.................................................................................... 16
3.3.2.4 Adding Process Display Note links.............................................................................. 17
3.3.3 Adding a comment to an object.........................................................................................17
3.3.4 Renaming Process Display............................................................................................... 18
3.4 Monitor Pro layout............................................................................................................... 19
3.4.1 Specifying toolbars............................................................................................................20
3.4.2 Changing application layout.............................................................................................. 20
3.4.2.1 Alarm row..................................................................................................................... 27
3.4.2.2 Status bar.....................................................................................................................27
3.4.3 Resetting Layout............................................................................................................... 27
3.5 Using process lists.............................................................................................................. 28
3.6 Using reports and trends..................................................................................................... 28

Section 4 Process controlling..................................................................................... 29

4.1 Navigating........................................................................................................................... 29
4.2 Zooming.............................................................................................................................. 29
4.3 Find..................................................................................................................................... 31
4.4 Station Local/Remote control.............................................................................................. 32
4.5 Bay Local/Remote control................................................................................................... 35
4.5.1 MicroSCADA Internal model............................................................................................. 36
4.5.2 IEC 61850 model...............................................................................................................36

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4.5.3 Custom model................................................................................................................... 36

4.6 Switch control...................................................................................................................... 39
4.6.1 Blockings...........................................................................................................................40
4.6.2 Forced operations............................................................................................................. 41
4.6.3 Simulation..........................................................................................................................42
4.6.4 Alarms............................................................................................................................... 43
4.6.5 Auto-reclose...................................................................................................................... 44
4.6.6 Operation counters............................................................................................................44
4.6.7 Substitution........................................................................................................................45
4.6.8 Dial-up...............................................................................................................................46
4.6.8.1 Dial-up settings............................................................................................................ 48
4.6.9 Tagout................................................................................................................................49
4.6.10 Operator Place.................................................................................................................. 51
4.6.10.1 Multilevel switching authority allows control.................................................................51
4.6.10.2 Device Level Control.................................................................................................... 52
4.6.10.3 System Level Control................................................................................................... 52
4.7 Transformer voltage control.................................................................................................52
4.8 Measurement control...........................................................................................................57
4.9 Alarm indicator control.........................................................................................................63
4.10 Color Setting Tool................................................................................................................ 65
4.11 Network topology coloring................................................................................................... 65

Section 5 Event Display............................................................................................... 67

5.1 Event Rows......................................................................................................................... 69
5.1.1 Alarm symbol.....................................................................................................................69
5.1.2 Object status symbol......................................................................................................... 69
5.1.3 Object comment symbol....................................................................................................70
5.2 The Event Display User Interface........................................................................................70
5.2.1 Using the Event Display User Interface.............................................................................70
5.2.1.1 Sorting Rows................................................................................................................70
5.2.1.2 Finding......................................................................................................................... 70
5.2.1.3 Printing......................................................................................................................... 70
5.2.1.4 Copying List Rows....................................................................................................... 71
5.2.2 Using Filters...................................................................................................................... 71
5.2.3 Locating Signals................................................................................................................72
5.2.4 Blocking Signals................................................................................................................73
5.2.5 Customizing the column layout......................................................................................... 74
5.2.5.1 Renaming the Columns................................................................................................75
5.2.6 Color Settings....................................................................................................................75
5.2.6.1 Color conditions........................................................................................................... 76
5.2.7 Exporting Data...................................................................................................................77
5.2.8 Indicating Daylight Saving Time........................................................................................ 78
5.3 Handling events...................................................................................................................78
5.3.1 Event Display Settings...................................................................................................... 78
5.3.2 Event Comments...............................................................................................................80

Section 6 Alarm Display...............................................................................................81

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6.1 Alarm rows.......................................................................................................................... 83

6.2 The Alarm Display User Interface....................................................................................... 84
6.3 Handling alarms.................................................................................................................. 84
6.3.1 Process alarms..................................................................................................................85
6.3.2 Internal alarms...................................................................................................................85
6.3.3 System alarm.................................................................................................................... 85
6.3.4 Alarm activation time......................................................................................................... 85
6.3.5 Alarm acknowledgement................................................................................................... 85
6.3.6 Alarm blocking...................................................................................................................85
6.3.7 Alarm classes.................................................................................................................... 85
6.3.8 Alarm Display Settings...................................................................................................... 86
6.3.9 Acknowledging alarms...................................................................................................... 87
6.3.9.1 Alarm row..................................................................................................................... 87
6.3.9.2 Alarm list...................................................................................................................... 87

Section 7 Blocking Display..........................................................................................89

7.1 Blocking Rows.....................................................................................................................90
7.2 The Blocking Display User Interface................................................................................... 91
7.3 Handling Blockings..............................................................................................................91
7.3.1 Setting signal blocking state..............................................................................................92
7.3.2 Blocking Display Settings.................................................................................................. 92

Section 8 User Activity Log Display........................................................................... 93

Section 9 Trends Display............................................................................................. 95

9.1 Starting Trends Display....................................................................................................... 96
9.2 The Trend Basket................................................................................................................96
9.2.1 Add and remove Trends....................................................................................................97
9.2.2 Trend settings....................................................................................................................97
9.2.3 Clearing Trend data...........................................................................................................98
9.3 The user interface............................................................................................................... 98
9.3.1 Trends Display toolbars.....................................................................................................98
9.3.2 Trends Display menus.......................................................................................................99
9.3.3 Using Trend curves......................................................................................................... 100
9.3.4 Time range...................................................................................................................... 101
9.4 Graphical view...................................................................................................................102
9.4.1 Navigation....................................................................................................................... 103
9.4.2 Scrolling, panning and zooming...................................................................................... 103
9.4.3 The Hairline function....................................................................................................... 104
9.4.4 Graph Settings................................................................................................................ 104
9.4.5 Configuring and mapping Multiple Y-axes.......................................................................108
9.4.6 The Legend..................................................................................................................... 108
9.4.7 Legend show up and position..........................................................................................108
9.4.8 Legend layout settings.................................................................................................... 109
9.4.9 General Legend settings................................................................................................. 110
9.4.10 Copying selected data to clipboard..................................................................................111
9.5 Tabular view.......................................................................................................................111

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9.5.1 General settings.............................................................................................................. 112

9.5.2 Navigation........................................................................................................................113
9.5.3 Editing values.................................................................................................................. 114
9.5.4 Copying selected data to the clipboard........................................................................... 114
9.6 Preconfigurations...............................................................................................................115
9.7 Exporting Trends............................................................................................................... 116
9.8 Printing Trends.................................................................................................................. 116
9.9 Authorizing.........................................................................................................................116

Section 10 Measurement Reports............................................................................... 117

10.1 Starting Measurement Reports Display.............................................................................117
10.2 The user interface..............................................................................................................118
10.2.1 Measurement Reports Display toolbars.......................................................................... 118
10.2.2 Measurement Reports Display menus............................................................................ 121
10.2.3 Measurement Reports Display header............................................................................121
10.3 Graphical view...................................................................................................................122
10.3.1 Load duration curves.......................................................................................................124
10.4 Tabular view...................................................................................................................... 124
10.4.1 General settings.............................................................................................................. 125
10.4.2 Daylight saving leap hour data........................................................................................126
10.4.3 Time column....................................................................................................................127
10.4.4 Editing values..................................................................................................................128
10.4.5 Adding comments............................................................................................................128
10.4.6 Copying selected data to the clipboard........................................................................... 129
10.5 Preconfigurations.............................................................................................................. 129
10.6 Exporting Reports..............................................................................................................129
10.7 Printing Reports.................................................................................................................130
10.8 Authorizing ....................................................................................................................... 130
10.9 Quick Reports....................................................................................................................130

Section 11 Area of Responsibility...............................................................................131

11.1 AoR user interface.............................................................................................................131
11.2 Requesting Ownership of EAR..........................................................................................132
11.3 Forced EAR Ownership Operations.................................................................................. 133

Section 12 System Self Supervision...........................................................................135

12.1 Supervision application objects......................................................................................... 135
12.2 Supervision monitoring symbols and control dialogs........................................................ 136
12.2.1 Supervision symbols....................................................................................................... 136
12.2.2 Symbol appearance........................................................................................................ 136
12.2.3 Supervision control dialogs............................................................................................. 138
12.2.3.1 Common characteristics.............................................................................................138
12.2.3.2 Application supervision.............................................................................................. 139
12.2.3.3 Communication Node supervision............................................................................. 140
12.2.3.4 Communication Line supervision............................................................................... 140
12.2.3.5 SNMP supervision......................................................................................................141
12.3 Supervision events and alarms......................................................................................... 142

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12.3.1 Filtering supervision events and alarms.......................................................................... 143

12.4 Supervision logging........................................................................................................... 144
12.5 Supervision Log Viewer.....................................................................................................144
12.5.1 Starting tool..................................................................................................................... 144

Section 13 Sequence Executor................................................................................... 147

13.1 Launching the tool............................................................................................................. 147
13.2 User Interface....................................................................................................................147
13.2.1 Menu bar......................................................................................................................... 148
13.2.2 Toolbar.............................................................................................................................149
13.3 User Authorizations........................................................................................................... 149
13.4 Executing a Sequence...................................................................................................... 149
13.5 Statuses and Outputs........................................................................................................150
13.6 Sequence Queue.............................................................................................................. 151
13.7 Controllability Check..........................................................................................................152

Section 14 Using Calendar.......................................................................................... 153

14.1 Opening Calendar............................................................................................................. 153
14.2 Making selections..............................................................................................................154
14.3 Adding day type to group of days......................................................................................154
14.4 Setting day type attributes.................................................................................................155
14.5 Saving attributes................................................................................................................155
14.6 Changing current time....................................................................................................... 155
14.7 Setting day attributes.........................................................................................................155
14.7.1 Available attributes.......................................................................................................... 156
14.8 Changing calendar properties........................................................................................... 157
14.8.1 General calendar options................................................................................................ 158
14.8.2 Procedures......................................................................................................................159
14.8.3 Day types........................................................................................................................ 160

Section 15 Terminology............................................................................................... 161

Section 16 Abbreviations.............................................................................................163

Index.....................................................................................................................................165

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Copyrights

Section 1 Copyrights GUID-03127CB5-2F5A-4099-A5DC-20E63835472E v5

The information in this document is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as
a commitment by Hitachi Energy. Hitachi Energy assumes no responsibility for any errors that may
appear in this document.

In no event shall Hitachi Energy be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential
damages of any nature or kind arising from the use of this document, nor shall Hitachi Energy be
liable for incidental or consequential damages arising from the use of any software or hardware
described in this document.

This document and parts thereof must not be reproduced or copied without written permission from
Hitachi Energy, and the contents thereof must not be imparted to a third party nor used for any
unauthorized purpose.

The software or hardware described in this document is furnished under a license and may be used,
copied, or disclosed only in accordance with the terms of such license.

© 2022 Hitachi Energy. All rights reserved.

Trademarks

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company. All other brand or product names mentioned in this document may be trademarks or
registered trademarks of their respective holders.

Guarantee

Please inquire about the terms of guarantee from your nearest Hitachi Energy representative.

Third Party Copyright Notices

List of Third Party Copyright notices are documented in "3rd party licenses.txt" and other locations
mentioned in the file in SYS600 and DMS600 installation packages.

This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit.
(https://www.openssl.org/). This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young
([email protected]). This product includes software written by Tim Hudson ([email protected]).

This product includes software developed by Computing Services at Carnegie Mellon University
(http://www.cmu.edu/computing/).

This product includes software developed by vbAccelerator (/index.html).

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Introduction

Section 2 Introduction GUID-58ED9FAC-9E6E-4A90-97A7-16C67ADD0ED2 v1

2.1 This manual GUID-8278CE2B-C976-4955-AD78-8BE85F0B96DE v3

This manual describes how to supervise and control the power process with the SYS600 Monitor Pro
user interface. The supervision and control is done by means of Process Displays, event/alarm
displays, trends, measurement reports and so on. The manual also describes the basic customizing
possibilities of the user interface.

For supervising and controlling power process with Workplace X, please refer to SYS600 10.4
Operation Manual for Workplace X.

2.2 Use of symbols GUID-DBC178C6-6F45-495A-8050-37E09FE1E7D0 v1

This publication includes warning, caution and information symbols where appropriate to point out
safety-related or other important information. It also includes tips to point out useful hints to the
reader. The corresponding symbols should be interpreted as follows:

Warning icon indicates the presence of a hazard which could result in personal
injury.

Caution icon indicates important information or a warning related to the concept

discussed in the text. It might indicate the presence of a hazard, which could result in
corruption of software or damage to equipment/property.

Information icon alerts the reader to relevant factors and conditions.

Tip icon indicates advice on, for example, how to design a project or how to use a
certain function.

Although warning hazards are related to personal injury, and caution hazards are associated with
equipment or property damage, it should be understood that operation of damaged equipment could,
under certain operational conditions, result in degraded process performance leading to personal
injury or death. Therefore, comply fully with all warnings and caution notices.

2.3 Intended audience GUID-11EA48BB-AF97-4334-A6C9-1B140ACCE091 v1

This manual is intended for installation personnel, administrators and skilled operators to support
installation of the software.

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2.4 Related documents GUID-4EED8790-EE93-4595-81FF-05476B4056EA v4

Name of the manual Document ID

DMS600 4.5 Operation Manual 1MRS257833
SYS600 10.4 Application Design 1MRK 511 569-UEN
SYS600 10.4 Process Display Design 1MRK 511 601-UEN
SYS600 10.4 Installation and Administration Manual 1MRK 511 591-UEN
SYS600 10.4 Operation Manual for Workplace X 1MRK 511 598-UEN

2.5 Document conventions GUID-F88C6136-F283-4844-BE1B-F67F4C434E81 v2

The following conventions are used for the presentation of material:

• The words in names of screen elements (for example, the title in the title bar of a dialog, the
label for a field of a dialog box) are initially capitalized.
• Capital letters are used for file names.
• Capital letters are used for the name of a keyboard key if it is labeled on the keyboard. For
example, press the CTRL key. Although the Enter and Shift keys are not labeled they are written
in capital letters, for example, press ENTER.
• Lowercase letters are used for the name of a keyboard key that is not labeled on the keyboard.
For example, the space bar, comma key and so on.
• Press CTRL+C indicates that the user must hold down the CTRL key while pressing the C key
(in this case, to copy a selected object).
• Press ALT E C indicates that the user presses and releases each key in sequence (in this case,
to copy a selected object).
• The names of push and toggle buttons are boldfaced. For example, click OK.
• The names of menus and menu items are boldfaced. For example, the File menu.
• The following convention is used for menu operations: Menu Name/Menu Item/
Cascaded Menu Item. For example: select File/Open/New Project.
• The Start menu name always refers to the Start menu on the Windows Task Bar.
• System prompts/messages and user responses/input are shown in the Courier font. For
example, if the user enters a value that is out of range, the following message is displayed:
Entered value is not valid.
The user may be told to enter the string MIF349 in a field. The string is shown as follows in the
procedure: MIF349
• Variables are shown using lowercase letters: sequence name

2.6 Document revisions GUID-AD292EC8-364C-48D3-895A-86D0D7A970B6 v4

Revision Version number Date History

A 10.4 31.05.2022 New document for
SYS600 10.4

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Section 3 Overview GUID-549FF92D-CB78-4FAF-9F82-705F4F744D2E v2

This section introduces the SYS600 user interface functions. All application areas and functions
described in this manual are not necessarily covered by every customer's application. Likewise, this
manual may not describe every application functionality a customer may have, because the
functionality of individual applications is designed according to the needs of each customer.

3.1 Getting started GUID-0F3806AE-FEA9-46C3-8786-EA4740D2F08D v1

Start a Monitor Pro session by launching the SYS600 Monitor Pro program. The Login dialog is
displayed when Monitor Pro is started, see Figure 1.

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Figure 1: Monitor Pro login dialog

Clicking Close in the Login dialog closes the Login dialog, but leaves the Monitor Pro still running.

3.1.1 Login GUID-87ED27E9-DC0C-4053-966A-9C448FAB73CA v1

To login, select an application from the Application drop-down list or click on the Process Display
view if Monitor Pro is running. Type the user name and password into the corresponding fields and
click Login.

Each user is associated with a certain user profile defined by the system manager. For more
information, see SYS600 Application Design.

If the user name and the password do not match or the user name does not exist, the Login dialog is
displayed again and login may be attempted again. Each attempt to login is registered by the system,
even those that fail.

If login is successful, the first display is shown on the screen (if one has been defined in the
Application Settings dialog). All the operations subsequently performed on the Monitor Pro are
related to the authority profile associated with the user name. The user name is also included as an
identifier in the event register when certain manual operations are performed.

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In order to prevent unauthorized usage of a user name and authority profile, always
logout when leaving the control room.

3.1.2 Logout GUID-593F78F6-8052-4E07-9EAB-770715B5D396 v1

In Monitor Pro, logout means that the current user name and user authority are cleared.

The options for logout are:

• Selecting Main/Logout
• Closing the Monitor Pro by selecting Main/Exit.
• Automatic time based logout executed by Monitor Pro.
• Changing the SYS600 application state from HOT to WARM or COLD.
• The SYS600 OPC DA server or service is stopped.

3.1.3 Time based logout GUID-939132A4-8B4A-4FC9-B93D-E30E55CF9111 v1

An automatic logout is done after a certain time period (for example 8 hours). The logout duration is
defined in the User Account Management tool. The values are application specific. After time based
logout, the user must login again via the Login dialog.

3.1.4 Time-based logout after inactivity GUID-D3648947-D0AB-4B0C-BCB7-D149D1461D69 v1

Users with appropriate permissions can set a timeout threshold for idle sessions. If there is no
interaction between the user and the product on application level (no user activity or commands) for
the configured time, the session is discarded and the user must re-authenticate before the next
interaction.

Logout duration after inactivity can be configured in the User Account Management tool.

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Figure 2: The User Account Management timeouts tab

The same definitions are available for logout duration after inactivity as for logout duration (notify
messages/closing Monitor Pro when logout occurs).

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3.2 Application displays GUID-F5D71A44-A071-46DD-9BC5-6C7206B87724 v1

There are many different types of application displays: Process Displays, System Supervision
Displays, Alarm Display, Event and Blocking Displays, Measurement Reports Display and Trends
Displays. Figure 3 illustrates an example of application display.

GUID-EAC1B2FD-BBD4-478B-A675-269BE22B76A2 V1 EN-US

Figure 3: Example of Trends display

3.3 Process Displays GUID-523D46A6-A7C9-401A-8F3A-EAA9786386DF v1

The Process Displays contain information on objects with dynamic behavior on the system process in
graphical form, see Figure 4. Process Displays contain functions for zooming, panning and de-
cluttering displays.

The display name, the application's name and number as well as the login user are presented on the
title bar of the Process Display.

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Figure 4: Station Process Display

3.3.1 Controlling the process GUID-277B57D2-420F-4B55-8CE1-5A3CF57CF4A3 v1

Figure 4 is an example of a station Process Display in a single line diagram form. The power
processes can generally be shown in the Process Display in different presentations. The
presentation to be used is selected when the Process Displays are configured. For more information
about the colors used in Process Display, see Section 4.10 and Section 4.11.

The primary devices can be interacted through the control dialogs accessed from the Process
Display, see Figure 5. Only users in certain user groups are allowed to execute control operations.

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Figure 5: Main display of a Control dialog

The user can switch between the main view and the advanced view by clicking the
>> and << buttons in the upper right hand corner of a Control dialog.

3.3.2 Adding Process Display Notes GUID-953BFD97-FB34-4E0A-A5C9-43B36E9337CD v2

A Process Display Note can be added to a Process Display to point out important information, for
example a line that is under construction. The Process Display Note comments can be freely edited
(that is, added, deleted, moved) without it affecting the actual process.

To add a Process Display Note, select Tools/Notes and select the color for the comment. The colors
should be used according to the importance of the comment.

GUID-90DB1DBB-6368-4744-955C-7FD745D4CE8D V1 EN-US

Figure 6: Process Display Note

The available colors are:

• Symbol 1 (Yellow)
• Symbol 2 (Red)
• Symbol 3 (Green)
• Symbol 4 (Magenta)
• Symbol 5 (Cyan)

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To change the color of the Process Display Note, click Color in the Process Display Note dialog. The
Process Display Note Color dialog opens, see Figure 7. Select a color for the Process Display Note
and click OK.

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Figure 7: Changing the Process Display Note color

The Process Display Note object is created on the center of the visible display. It can be moved into
the right place with the mouse.

To write a comment:

1. Click the Process Display Note object. A Process Display Note dialog is displayed.
2. Type a comment to the Note box.
3. Click OK.

3.3.2.1 Deleting Process Display Note GUID-49182911-96F2-4945-981F-E4A828B765C3 v1

Delete a Process Display Note object by opening the Process Display Note dialog and selecting
Delete. Monitor Pro confirms the operation by displaying a warning dialog. The comment information
is removed and the Process Display Note object is deleted from the display.

3.3.2.2 Moving Process Display Note GUID-3FF00959-3971-4B6C-8E80-507712F84388 v1

Move the Process Display Note by dragging it with the mouse.

3.3.2.3 Resizing Process Display Note GUID-913BD7E1-7E18-4CC1-A29A-86764B0442E9 v1

Resize Process Display Notes by holding down the right mouse button and moving the cursor up or
down. Moving up the cursor increases the Process Display Note and moving down decreases the
Process Display Note.

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3.3.2.4 Adding Process Display Note links GUID-459FF44A-2149-45E8-BD19-F1C8A0ECAA21 v1

Create links to files on the server or on a local computer by selecting Links from the Process Display
Note dialog. A Process Display Note Links dialog is displayed.

GUID-EDDD4FA9-5B3B-4E73-B72D-145173E56362 V1 EN-US

Figure 8: Process Display Note Links

Add new links by browsing the file should be linked to the comment. Click Open to open the linked
file. For example, if the linked file is a .txt file, it is opened from the Process Display Note Links
dialog in Windows Notepad.

Remove the links by selecting the corresponding link and clicking Remove.

3.3.3 Adding a comment to an object GUID-26478FD8-01EF-4493-9C39-0D62BB4D5FAE v1

A comment can be written for an object, for example a circuit breaker. The comment is displayed for
all users who open the control dialog of the same object. The comment is independent of the display
file where the object is presented. User name and edit time are also stored for the comment.

If a comment has been added to an object, it is displayed when the control dialog is opened, see
Figure 9.

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Figure 9: Comment in the control dialog

To add a comment:

1. Click the information symbol ( ) in the control dialog to open the dialog, see Figure 10.

GUID-BA456BA1-8AD0-4F31-A118-2B44103DF69E V1 EN-US

Figure 10: Adding comment to control dialog

2. Write the comment.
3. Click OK.

3.3.4 Renaming Process Display GUID-71F24249-E4E1-4C7F-B0C9-BB1986F7B752 v1

A Process Display can be renamed through the Customize dialog:

1. From the main menu, select Settings/Customize to open the Customize dialog.
2. Right-click the Process Display name.
3. Select Name and enter a new name for the Process Display Figure 11.

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Figure 11: Renaming the Process Display

The Customize dialog can also be opened by right-clicking the Process Display name, and selecting
Customize from the context menu.

3.4 Monitor Pro layout GUID-3C1486AC-FAB7-4BC8-9578-B1C60992F712 v1

Default Monitor Pro layout contains the following components:

1. Process Display name, application number, application name, user name

2. Main menu bar
3. View Info
4. Latest unacknowledged alarms
5. Shortcut to displays
6. Network Topology Coloring toolbar
7. Process Displays
8. Application display area
9. Status bar
10. Customization tool
11. Handle for moving toolbars

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GUID-F5A61491-2BB1-42B0-A2D8-E3E1096E680F V1 EN-US

Figure 12: Monitor Pro default layout after the login

3.4.1 Specifying toolbars GUID-5B1A3941-6160-4619-8032-1CFF6A437757 v1

Toolbars can be added and removed by right-clicking the existing toolbar, docking area or standard
menu, and selecting or clearing the checked commands from the context menu.

By default, Monitor Pro has just a small set of visible prebuilt toolbars. Each user can modify the
layout of Monitor Pro to correspond to their requirements. The layout modifications are saved at
logout. At the next login, the user's default layout is loaded in the application. By default, Monitor Pro
loads and hides some of the toolbars and menus depending on the current display. For example, if
the Event Display is displayed, both the Event Display menu and Event Display toolbars are loaded.

Toolbar visibility and position are display specific. For example, if the user moves the alarm row to a
certain position in Process Display, it will not affect the alarm row position in Event Display.

Reset Toolbars Resets the toolbar positions. User-specific customizations are not
lost. Shortcut key: CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+T.

3.4.2 Changing application layout GUID-C3553E17-4BB2-4626-8F3B-9A5C32211B63 v1

Display the Customize dialog by double-clicking any empty space on the toolbar area of Monitor
Pro. The little arrows in the toolbars can also be used to customize toolbars, commands or options.
The Customize dialog can also be selected in Settings/Customize (see Figure 13).

The Customize dialog can be used to:

• Add, reset, rename and delete custom toolbars. Old menu items can be deleted and renamed,
but new ones cannot be added. Some menu items (for example the ones in Process Display
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customizable because their contents is dynamic. For example, the contents of Process Display
Toolbar are generated based on the files found in a certain folder.
• Change the Command Context menu's caption and style. The Command Context menu is
another way to customize. It is displayed when the Customize dialog is open and the toolbar is
right-clicked. The styles can be changed to:
• Default Style: Contains both text and icon, if available
• Text Only: Only text (caption of tool) is shown
• Image Only: Only the icon is displayed, if available
• Image and Text: Contains both text and icon, if available
• Categorize the action tools and drag-and-drop commands to any toolbar, menu or submenu.
• Change the icon size in Monitor Pro.
• Create keyboard shortcuts.

GUID-5F0F02CD-47CE-46CA-82B8-46FB220FD021 V1 EN-US

Figure 13: Command context menu while the Customize dialog is open.
When the Customize dialog is open, the toolbar buttons and menu items can be moved around. If
the CTRL key is held down while moving the tool, the tool is copied.

The last button on the right of each toolbar is a little arrow button. This quick customization shortcut
allows the user to show or hide tools from the toolbar without opening the Customize dialog (see
Figure 14).

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GUID-0A810A5F-708E-4818-9513-198DE6CDFB38 V1 EN-US

Figure 14: Adding and removing tool

The buttons can also be moved between toolbars without opening the Customize dialog. This can
be done by holding down the ALT key and dragging the buttons to another location. Buttons can be
deleted by dragging them away from the toolbar. Pressing CTRL+ALT while moving the button copies
the button. This function is not possible for menu items without the Customize dialog.

All the toolbars and menus can be shown or hidden without the Customize dialog by right-clicking
the main menu bar and selecting or deselecting the toolbars (see Figure 15). The user has access to
different toolbars according to the display in use (see Table 1). For the Process Display, Alarm
Display, Event Display, Blocking Display or Trends Display and full screen mode there are different
configurations depending on which toolbars are shown.

GUID-7C27B371-1223-4D9D-BFAD-5FCABB847D95 V1 EN-US

Figure 15: Showing and hiding toolbars

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Table 1: Toolbars according to different displays

Display Toolbars
Process Menu Bar
Alarm Row
Network Topology Coloring
Navigate
Zoom
Event Menu Bar
Alarm Row
Event Display
Navigate
Process Displays
Main
Alarm
Template 1 Menu Bar
Alarm Row
Alarm Display Template 1
Navigate
Process Displays
Main
Template 2 Menu Bar
Alarm Row
Alarm Display Template 2
Navigate
Process Displays
Main
Blocking Menu Bar
Alarm Row
Blocking Display
Navigate
Process Displays
Main
Trend
Graphical View Menu Bar
Alarm Row
Trends Display
Trends Graphical Mode
Navigate
Process Displays
Zoom
Main
Tabular View Menu Bar
Alarm Row
Trends Display
Trends Tabular View
Navigate
Process Displays
Main
Table continues on next page

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Display Toolbars
Measurement Reports
Graphical View Menu Bar
Alarm Row
Measurement Reports Display
Measurement Reports Graphical View
Navigate
Process Displays
Zoom
Main
Tabular View Menu Bar
Alarm Row
Measurement Reports Display
Measurement Reports Tabular View
Navigate
Process Displays
Main

To create a new toolbar:

1. Select New from the Customize dialog.

2. Type a new name for the toolbar.
3. Click OK. A new toolbar is shown in the Toolbars tab.

GUID-53FA8688-9C9E-475E-9964-F013ADD7084D V1 EN-US

Figure 16: New Toolbar dialog

When the user selects a toolbar they have created, the Rename and Delete buttons become active.
The created toolbar can be renamed or deleted. Clicking the Undo button loads the last saved
layout.

By clicking Keyboard in the Toolbars tab a Keyboard dialog is displayed (see Figure 17).

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GUID-0130BCE8-89EA-4AB4-9F82-6928151BFC6E V1 EN-US

Figure 17: The Customize Keyboard dialog

New keyboard shortcuts can be added for menu items and toolbars seen in the Categories section.

Categories:

• Built-in Menus: All the top-level menus

• Start with characters mi: All menus that have sub-menus
• Start with characters tb: All toolbars (except the user defined toolbars created with Customize
dialog)

Commands:

• Sub menu items and buttons of the selected category

To assign a new value to the tool (menu item, button in the toolbar):

1. In the Categories section, select the category in which the menu item or toolbar buttons are
located.
2. In the Commands section, select the command (menu item, buttons in the toolbar).
3. Click the New shortcut key box so that the mouse cursor blinks in it and press the new shortcut
key combination. The key combination is displayed in the box.
4. Click Assign, and the shortcut key appears in the Current Keys section.

The shortcut key can be deleted by clicking Remove. Clicking Reset All resets the shortcut keys.

In the Commands tab of the Customize dialog, categories and commands are the same as in
Toolbars tab (see Figure 18).

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GUID-4F2E6E11-C37E-4A1C-BAB3-1BD8DD7A8E46 V1 EN-US

Figure 18: Commands tab of Customize dialog

The Commands can be moved around the same way as on the Toolbars tab. Clicking Modify
Selection corresponds to the function when a toolbar button or menu item is right-clicked (when the
Customize dialog is open) and a similar context menu is displayed. The Modify Selection button
becomes active when a tool is selected either from the menu or from the toolbar.

Personalized menus can be selected into use in the Options tab (see Figure 19).

GUID-64F04D3C-BE16-46E8-B23D-54E110AA2E0F V1 EN-US

Figure 19: Option tab of Customize dialog

Only the most recently used menus are visible. The memory of the menu usage can be cleared by
clicking Reset usage data. Menu animations can be selected or the size of icons changed in the
Other field.

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If another option than None is selected in the Menu animations box, automatic
menu command activations can occur when the pointer is moved over the menus.

3.4.2.1 Alarm row GUID-3E03C2D2-035E-4E68-B728-FD7671CC8890 v1

The Alarm row provides a quick notification of an alarming event in the system. The advantage is that
it can be noticed easily, and it also instantly tells the operator what has happened and where. With
the alarm row the alarms can easily be acknowledged. Display the alarm row by selecting it on the
Toolbar tab.

GUID-2D63467D-91DA-4065-9CC4-4549A87A43CC V1 EN-US

Figure 20: Alarm row

The alarm row shows all the unacknowledged active and inactive alarms in the system. The latest
alarm is shown on the top of the list. Any of the alarms shown on the list can be selected to be
acknowledged.

The user authorization level has to be at least Control (1) before alarms can be acknowledged (the
Alarm row uses authorization group ALARM_HANDLING). For more information, see SYS600
Application Design.

On the Alarm row, active and inactive alarms are separated by showing the alarm text in parentheses
(Alarm) if the alarm is inactive. Thereafter, the date and time of the alarm and the object text of the
alarming object are presented.

3.4.2.2 Status bar GUID-56D3B622-0B63-41A7-9EFB-9CBE6DD49301 v1

The Status bar shows the SYS600 version number, Base system Node Name, (system name) and
the current date and time.

3.4.3 Resetting Layout GUID-7647A7FD-A07E-426B-9ADF-5D7434D51DD9 v1

To reset the layout, select Settings/Reset Layout. This action restores the layout from either the
previously saved layout or the installation default layout, see Figure 21.

GUID-E6A93129-6B89-4E48-B9CA-8029D2CE06EB V1 EN-US

Figure 21: The Layout Reset Confirmation dialog

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3.5 Using process lists GUID-EE7F63A8-79E0-4E28-8D38-2B1735F00138 v1

There are three types of process lists:

• Alarm Display, presents the actual alarm state in the process data base.
• Event Display, presents all events reported to the system.
• Blocking Display, presents the blocking situation in the process data base. Some typical
blockings are alarm, event and control blocking.

These lists are all described in separate sections, see Section 5, Section 6 and Section 7.

3.6 Using reports and trends GUID-C0B2B52E-6DBE-48E0-9601-C2EF070C3898 v1

Reports can be used for analyzing sampled measurements. Collected data can be presented in a
graphical or numerical form.

Typical reports are energy, currents, process disturbance reports (for example trippings, earth-faults,
overcurrents, auto-reclosures). These reports can be used for analyzing fault situations, for improving
service and maintenance, as well as for normal supervision.

Trends can be used for trend analyses and showing measured values in a graphical or numerical
form.

The reports and trends are described in separate sections, see Section 10 and Section 9.

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Section 4 Process controlling GUID-DE00AFF4-64FC-47E5-9C3A-3B7ABBC87699 v1

This section describes the generic control dialogs in SYS600 Power Process Library. These dialogs
provide fast and easy access to the device status and to the single devices in a substation. The
Control dialog combines different kinds of information, depending on the object.

Control dialogs interact with standard objects created with Object Navigator by using the Power
Process Library (SA_LIB) standard functions. Control dialogs are generic and they have the same
user-interface appearance, independent on the IED and the communication protocol defined in
standard object configuration. The available functionality and access rights for a user can be limited
using authorization levels.

4.1 Navigating GUID-F4F18DE5-4B68-4AE7-93F4-A51BF0D4D80F v2

The user can flexibly navigate between the Process Displays and within a Process Display.

Navigate between the different Process Displays by:

• selecting Main/Open
• clicking a shortcut on the Process Displays toolbar.
• clicking Go to Previous Display or Go to Next Display in the View Info toolbar.
• clicking elements in a Process Display.
When a certain element in a Process Display is clicked, a predefined area of a different Process
Display is shown.
• using menu commands and toolbar buttons.
Define the needed menu commands and toolbar buttons for navigating to a predefined area of a
different Process Display.
• locating an object in the Event, Alarm or Blocking display.
To locate the object, right-click on a selected line to open a shortcut menu and select Locate
object in Monitor Pro or Locate object in Monitor Pro/new window.

Navigate within displays by:

• using the Save/Restore Zoom dialog.

Use this dialog for zooming to predefined locations.
• clicking elements in a Process Display.
When a certain element in a Process Display is clicked, a predefined area of the same Process
Display is shown.
• using menu commands and toolbar buttons.
Define the needed menu commands and toolbar buttons for navigating to a predefined area of
the same Process Display.
• using the mouse to grab and pan the view by clicking Select Panning button on the Zoom
toolbar.
• using Flicks with touch screen.
By default with Back and Forward Flicks the navigation of Displays occurs. The defaults can be
changed in Windows Control Panel – Pen and Touch.

The Navigate menu shows 5 of the previously used displays (with a preconfiguration). This
information is stored to the user-specific ini-file and is available on next login.

4.2 Zooming GUID-987EF8FC-65D2-4369-8E5C-D7C39B00B790 v2

Zoom Monitor Pro by selecting Navigate/Zoom. The zooming options are displayed as a submenu of
the Zoom command, see Figure 22.

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GUID-17EEF4B8-954D-44F3-BB88-B6D1F9050CBC V1 EN-US

Figure 22: Zoom submenu

Table 2: Zoom commands

Command Shortcut key Description

Save/Restore - Opens the Save/Restore Zoom
Zoom dialog.
Normal size CTRL + ALT + space Zooms to the normal size.
Zoom Previous - Returns to the previous Zoom
level.
Zoom in Rotate the mouse wheel forward or press CTRL and click Zooms in.
the left mouse button.
Zooming in with touch screen is handled by entering two
fingers in contact with the screen at the same time and
moving fingers together along an axis.
Zoom out Rotate the mouse wheel backward or press CTRL + Zooms out.
SHIFT and click the left mouse button.
Zooming out with touch screen is handled by entering two
fingers in contact with the screen at the same time and
moving fingers apart along an axis.
Zoom to Press CTRL, click the left mouse button and select the Zooms in the selected area.
Selection zoom area.
Pan Click the mouse wheel and move the mouse. Moves the graphic with the
Panning in touch screen is handled by entering one or two mouse.
fingers in contact with the screen and dragging while
keeping the fingers in the same position relative to each
other.
Step Left Press arrow left key on the keyboard Moves the zoomed area to the
left.
Step Right Press arrow right key on the keyboard Moves the zoomed area to the
right.
Step Up Press arrow up key on the keyboard Moves the zoomed area up.
Step Down Press arrow down key on the keyboard Moves the zoomed area down.

It is possible to save application and user specific zoom areas with the Save/Restore Zoom dialog,
see Figure 24. Open the Save/Restore Zoom dialog either by clicking the icon in the Zoom tool bar,
see Figure 23 or from the main tool bar, select Navigate/Zoom/Save/Restore Zoom, see Figure 22.

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GUID-CFF966AA-D5CF-4C06-A45D-7F96382417B8 V1 EN-US

Figure 23: Save/Restore Zoom icon

Open the Save/Restore Zoom dialog, enter a name for the zoom in the Save zoom field, select
either the Application or User radio button and click Save.

The user can also:

• create a new folder in the tree structure

• delete a folder in the tree structure
• rename items in the tree structure
• drag and drop items in the tree structure
• define filters for specific items to be displayed

GUID-782D6B19-41DF-441F-AB50-C6987DB84000 V1 EN-US

Figure 24: Save / Restore Zoom dialog

The saved zoom can be seen in the Restore zoom field. The list of saved zooms can be filtered
using the All, Application and User radio buttons.

To restore a saved zoom, select the zoom name the Restore zoom field, and click Restore.

To delete a zoom, select the zoom name the Restore zoom field, and click Delete.

To save zoomed views for the current session, select the Temporary tab, at the top of the Save/
Restore Zoom dialog. All zooms saved here will be lost on closing the current session.

4.3 Find GUID-A88F2D0C-76B8-429B-85EE-DDD014336EAA v1

Objects within the display can be found and zoomed in on using the Find function on the toolbar, see
Figure 25.

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GUID-DE8C2678-47EF-4CC5-A496-F2283001479D V1 EN-US

Figure 25: Find tool

Searches can be made using the Object name, or part of it, the Logical name (LN) or Index (IX).
Select the required object from the search result and click Show to display. To change the zoom
level, select the value from Zoom level, then click Show to display the object, see Figure 26.

GUID-33B8171A-4FD5-4453-B674-3CE61EDAA523 V1 EN-US

Figure 26: Find process objects

4.4 Station Local/Remote control GUID-F4AF2295-5934-45AD-8AD3-866FB6976FF0 v1

The station control shows the operator location information of the substation, that is, whether the
control is authorized from the station locally or from an external control center. The state can be set
to Station or Remote in the Station L/R Switch dialog.

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GUID-0E54ACC2-CC10-4164-83B6-44A3863013FA V1 EN-US

Figure 27: The Main tab of the Station Local/Remote switch dialog
The Main tab of the dialog shows the object name and the selection for operator location. Select the
operator location by selecting the right option button. The available options depend on the object
configuration. Unavailable options are dimmed.

Select the corresponding option for operator location (for example Remote). Close the control dialog
by clicking the Exit button.

The Messages tab (Figure 28) shows different messages concerning the object. A message is
shown, for example, if the object is simulated or the information of the physical local/remote key
position is unknown.

GUID-D4A7EDCD-C73C-47B0-9381-5D46FD5D8F67 V1 EN-US

Figure 28: The Messages tab of the Station L/R switch dialog
Different blockings concerning the process object that belong to the station are shown and controlled
in the Blocking tab, see Figure 29.

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GUID-E8D86247-D9F4-4BA1-A372-D394030FFDDA V1 EN-US

Figure 29: The Blocking tab of the Station L/R switch dialog
After selection (multiple selections allowed), click Apply for making the changes. Click Cancel to
discard the changes made in this dialog. Click Refresh to update the blocking status in case it has
been changed elsewhere in the system.

The alarms are shown on the Alarms tab, see Figure 30. To acknowledge alarms click Ack. All or
Ack. selected. Click Refresh to update the alarm status.

GUID-71C91603-AC53-47D6-8E0C-DDA4F896C314 V1 EN-US

Figure 30: The Alarms tab of the Station L/R switch dialog
The Update data tab is aimed for updating the database from the actual process within the selected
station, see Figure 31. The Update Process Data... button can be used to initialize the substation
after a system restart, or to verify database consistency.

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GUID-0B02834D-7E33-4AC1-ACEE-2C1D99301DC0 V1 EN-US

Figure 31: The Update data tab of the Station L/R switch dialog

4.5 Bay Local/Remote control GUID-6D24518D-81B2-4015-B9A6-69ADCFAAAD73 v1

The Bay L/R control shows the operator location information of a bay in a substation, that is, whether
the control is authorized from the bay unit locally or remotely over a communication link (for example
station HSI).

If the Bay L/R switch is remotely controllable, it is possible to change the switch state from the control
dialog.

The Main tab of the Bay L/R Switch dialog (Figure 32) shows the object name and the selection for
the operator location. Select the operator location by selecting the corresponding option. The
available options depend on the object configuration, unavailable options are dimmed.

Select the corresponding option for operator location (for example Remote). Close the control dialog
by clicking Exit.

GUID-FDE45A16-B0B3-4320-B7E8-52676BCB2D4F V1 EN-US

Figure 32: The Main tab of the Bay L/R switch dialog
In Operator place tab (Figure 33) it is possible to set the authorized control location for each bay
separately.

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For operator place handling, there are three different principles:

1. MicroSCADA Internal model

2. IEC 61850 model
3. Custom model

4.5.1 MicroSCADA Internal model GUID-BA7D30C8-D433-4482-8189-72F03A28E87A v1

The operator place switch has meaning, if the IED L/R switch is in remote position. In this case the
operator place can be the following

• None, control is prevented both from Station and NCC

• Station, control is allowed from station level if system is defined as Substation Control System
(SCS).
• Remote, control is allowed from remote level if system is defined as Network Control Center
(NCC).
• Station/Remote control is allowed both from SCS and NCC

System location (SCS/NCC) is defined in Application Settings Dialog. If process object for Operator
place switch does not exist in process database, this tab is not shown.

GUID-B17959F7-5541-4C98-AE4D-36D0B8EAEA16 V1 EN-US

Figure 33: The Operator place tab of the Bay L/R switch dialog

4.5.2 IEC 61850 model GUID-63377F29-1F17-40FC-9403-E7BCF3ED6560 v1

The IEC 61850 model can be the same for the bay as for device level objects such as the breaker.
For more information, see Section 4.6.10.

IEDs implement the operator place differently with the IEC 61850 protocol. The
handling in the control dialogs can be a combination of the IEC 61850 model and the
Custom model.

4.5.3 Custom model GUID-C1956F5C-B718-4B22-8767-C63AA128A14C v1

The operator place of the Bay L/R switch is modeled in a user-defined program. For each value of
the bay L/R indication, the authorized control places are mapped. Each value can have more than
one authorized control place. The authorized control place can be one of the following:

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• OFF, control is not allowed from any place

• LOCAL, control is in the front panel of the IED
• STATION, control is on the station level
• NCC, control is in the Network Control Center
• All, control allowed from every location

The system location (SCS/NCC) is defined in the Application Settings dialog. This location can be
overridden by giving the system name in the user-defined program.

GUID-C3790AA2-A96B-4221-AF46-F735AF444D4D V1 EN-US

Figure 34: Custom Bay L/R dialog

The Messages tab shows the different messages concerning the selected object. A message is
shown, for example, if the object is simulated or the information of the physical local/remote key
position is unknown.

Different blockings concerning the process objects that belong to the bay are shown and controlled in
the Blocking tab, see Figure 35.

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GUID-0356927B-827C-4812-B006-A54C58D73096 V1 EN-US

Figure 35: The Blocking tab of the Bay L/R switch dialog
After selection (multiple selection allowed) click Apply to make the changes. Click Cancel to restore
the changes made. Click Refresh to update the status of the blocking in case it has been changed
elsewhere in the system.

The alarms are shown on the Alarms tab, see Figure 36. To acknowledge alarms click Ack. All or
Ack. selected. Click Refresh to update the alarm status.

GUID-FE58BED7-D8B4-4B9B-A12F-218AA214F36E V1 EN-US

Figure 36: The Alarms tab of the Bay L/R switch dialog
The Update Data tab is aimed for updating the database from the actual process within the selected
bay.

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GUID-7AF36277-AAC3-441D-A483-94810E221B82 V1 EN-US

Figure 37: The Update data tab of the Bay L/R switch dialog

4.6 Switch control GUID-771545D5-FB4E-4EC9-82EE-AAC2A95FF3FE v1

Switch Control dialog can be used to show current state and status of a switch device object. It is
also used for operating the switch device. Open the Switch Control dialog by clicking the objects.
The same dialog operates with breakers, disconnectors and earthing disconnectors. The available
functions are based on the configuration definition of the corresponding Power Process Library
standard object.

There are several tab pages on this dialog. The object identification (station, bay and the object) are
located above the tab pages. The tab pages in the Switch Control dialog are divided into the main
display and the advanced display. In the main display, it is only possible to open and close the
switch. Open the advanced display by clicking the >> button in the upper right corner of the Switch
Control dialog.

Object status is shown on the Main tab. The object status can be, for example, authorization,
blocking information and reservation information, as well as potential problems on the communication
link acquiring the correct status. Possible errors during the operation appear in the Object Status
field of the Main tab. Close the dialog by clicking Exit, pressing ESC key on keyboard or clicking the
button on the upper-right corner of the dialog.

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GUID-A4C6C8B8-3AD5-417D-B608-1995E5B92358 V1 EN-US

Figure 38: The Main tab of the Switch control dialog

If the switch device is opened or closed, the text "Object is selected for operation" is displayed in the
Object Status field and the program asks the user to verify the control operation. In case of an error
in selection, the error message is shown in the Object Status field.

If controlling is possible, the Open Disconnector or Close Disconnector buttons are active. Note
that once the selection of the control command is done, it may include several steps on the process
to be controlled (for example interlocking conditions are checked). These depend on the actual
configuration of the process devices.

In the advanced display, there are tabbed pages for blockings, forced operation, simulation, alarms
and operation counters.

4.6.1 Blockings GUID-A76CB4DC-67AE-4191-A8E2-D9D8685CE332 v1

In the Blocking tab of the Switch Control dialog (Figure 39), the different blockings concerning the
process objects that hold information about switch state are shown and controlled. After selection
(multiple selection allowed), click Apply to make the changes. Clicking Cancel discards the made
changes. To update the status of the blocking (in case it has been changed elsewhere in the system),
click Refresh.

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GUID-C1E02353-CEB2-4CC6-A634-83CE6B0F7DD7 V1 EN-US

Figure 39: The Blocking tab of the Switch Control dialog

4.6.2 Forced operations GUID-A8084D2B-0C76-4C8A-BEEE-9F1B3AB03D71 v1

On the Forced operation tab (Figure 40), the internal blockings of SYS600 and Power Process
Library control blockings can be bypassed. The user can force objects to operate in their command
even if another user is connected to them or the function is normally not permitted. However, this
does not disable any interlockings or other IED measures, that is, no special bypass messages are
sent to the IEDs.

GUID-C59FF667-AF7C-45CE-AB2A-4A2061797FD6 V1 EN-US

Figure 40: The Forced operation tab of the Switch Control dialog
If an object is selected on another display or it is under command and the user wants to have the
control, click Release device reservation. When this is done, Control dialogs disappear from other

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operators. Releasing of command reservation is possible only if the process object for switch device
command event is simulated in the MicroSCADA process database.

Open Disconnector and Close Disconnector buttons may be inactive for various reasons, for
example, the switch is in the middle position. The Forced open/close control button can be used for
enabling the buttons for actual control. In this case the controlling is as normal control without
bypassing options.

There are three different device-level overrides available in the control dialog. When the controlling is
done with the test command or the interlocking bypass/synchrocheck bypass option, the command is
sent and handled in the actual IED.

The test command, interlocking and synchrocheck bypass functions can only be
used with the IEC 61850 protocol.

If the switch device is interlocked or synchrocheck inhibits the control, select the corresponding
check box and control the switch device in a normal way with the Open Disconnector and Close
Disconnector buttons. The Event Display shows that controlling was done with the bypass option.

The following table presents the control type for the switch device:

Table 3: ABBCommandBitmask

Name Type Value/Value range M/O/C OPC Data Type

NormalControl1) 1bit FALSE (0) I TRUE M 0
(1)

InterlockOverride2) 1bit FALSE (0) I TRUE M 1

(1)
SynchrocheckOverri 1bit FALSE (0) I TRUE M 2
de3) (1)

TestCommand4) 1bit FALSE (0) I TRUE M 3

(1)

1) NormalControl: true = normal operation, false = inverse operation (for example On/Off)
2) InterlockOverride: true = interlockcheck > false
3) SychrocheckOverride: true = syncrocheck > false
4) TestCommand: true = test command

4.6.3 Simulation GUID-52DC4F4A-C7B7-47C5-89C4-C45EA10E2B53 v1

The state of the switch object can be simulated on the Simulation tab (Figure 41). The state is then
indicated on Process Displays with blue color and appropriate messages on control dialogs.
Simulation cannot be deactivated if there is no process communication for the corresponding process
object.

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GUID-1A496A81-CF9E-4F08-97F8-381A8A69D33C V1 EN-US

Figure 41: Simulation tab of the Switch Control dialog

After the selection, click Apply to apply the changes. Clicking Cancel discards the made changes.
By clicking Refresh, the status of the simulation is updated in case it has been changed elsewhere in
the system.

4.6.4 Alarms GUID-365F53AE-D00F-496B-9312-F80302F043F9 v1

The alarms are shown on the Alarms tab (Figure 42). To acknowledge alarms click Ack. All or Ack.
selected. Click Refresh to update the alarm status.

GUID-04A9BA6D-6D8F-411E-B9C5-CF7CF8126740 V1 EN-US

Figure 42: The Alarms tab of the Switch Control dialog

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4.6.5 Auto-reclose GUID-5DCEF703-94F7-41CC-A99D-70C109026C37 v1

In case auto-reclose function is configured for the switch object, the messages from the function is
shown in the Object Status box of the Reclosing tab (Figure 43). Interrupt an ongoing sequence by
clicking Interrupt AR sequence. This button is dimmed if the corresponding function is not available.

GUID-9E97FA36-9225-4015-A7E3-6415CB3EC46C V1 EN-US

Figure 43: The Reclosing tab of the Switch Control dialog

4.6.6 Operation counters GUID-91D4F545-2A33-4DF6-BB75-CB9CF44C1C00 v1

When the switch is closed with the Close Disconnector button in the Switch Control dialog, the
number in the Operation counter value field is incremented.

GUID-2AF93C04-7E4D-4D4C-8A49-E0F9D81DBEA0 V1 EN-US

Figure 44: The Operation counters tab of the Switch Control dialog

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When the operation counter value reaches the limit defined in the Operation counter limit field, a
message "Operation counter limit reached" is displayed on the Operation counters tabbed page.

GUID-CA3B6E44-A1AE-4D5E-9E46-0FCAA259986B V1 EN-US

Figure 45: The Operation counter limit reached

To reset the operation counter value, click the Reset button next to the Operation counter value
field. To reset the operation counter limit value, click the Set button next to the Operation counter
limit field and enter a new value.

To switch off the operation counter, clear the Operation counter in use check box. When the
operation counter is not in use, the counter value is not increased when the switch device is closed.

4.6.7 Substitution GUID-89150ACB-3F40-45B3-A226-79C532889792 v2

In the substitution tab, it is possible to set/replace the value, for example breaker position indication,
directly to the control device (relay). Substitution is available only with the IEC 61850 protocol.

The table shows all the signals having substitution capability and the current substitution status
(True/False). The current value is shown on the right-hand side. The layout of the Substitution box
changes according to the type of the signal (Analog value, Double Binary value or Binary value).

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GUID-5538C3D8-B393-4F87-B609-D63ADF07E5C3 V1 EN-US

Figure 46: The substitution tab of the Switch Control dialog

To Enable the substitution, select the signal from the table on the left-hand side, check Enabled,
select/enter the value and click Set.

To Disable the substitution, uncheck Enabled and click Set. When the substitution is disabled, the
actual process value is retrieved from the process.

4.6.8 Dial-up GUID-0239D911-B093-48F3-8E8E-6AFA067E4C6D v2

If a switch device is connected to the system via an autocaller line (a modem with functions for
automatic dial-up), Control dialog detects this configuration. When the Control dialog is opened, the
autocaller state is displayed in the Object Status field of the Dial up tab. Autocaller can have the
following states:

• IDLE: ready to make a call

• CONNECTED: transmission is activated
• BUSY: for example, dialing
• INITIAL: uninitialized
• CONFIGURE: the IU attribute of the line is set to 0

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GUID-EB43E70A-E19E-4D5D-A3A0-DB5C1568F673 V1 EN-US

Figure 47: The Dial up tab

If the autocaller state is idle, the Dial up tab is automatically displayed. Depending on the
configuration, the following options are available in the Dial up tab:

• Dial opens the connection to the device. When making a call to the device, the Object Status
field indicates the progress of the call with the autocaller state and a raising counter.

GUID-C776B81F-7215-4E6C-8D75-4B162B09A310 V1 EN-US

Figure 48: The Autocaller state is busy

When the object is configured so that Synchronize and/or Update Data commands are automatically
send to the device, it is also shown in the status field.

GUID-4F7CF17A-D13E-48DC-AC0C-8DF76B28EF6C V1 EN-US

Figure 49: The Synchronize command is sent to the device

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GUID-638BB8D5-BE3C-4B78-B967-AA3A16AA2284 V1 EN-US

Figure 50: The Update Data command is sent to the device

Control buttons are available after the connections are ready:

GUID-B875E9DE-EE77-4801-A1F2-69B0D56A05CC V1 EN-US

Figure 51: The autocaller state is connected

• Hang Up closes the connection.

• Synchronize sends the time synchronization command to the device. An object can be
configured so that the Synchronize command is automatically sent to the device when the
connection is ready.
• Update Data updates the process data from the device. An object can be configured so that
Update Data command is automatically sent to the device when the connection is ready.
• Settings opens the Dial-up settings dialog.

4.6.8.1 Dial-up settings GUID-CB3D575E-1FF9-4C09-AD47-BEE65E8CDC41 v2

GUID-D5F60313-9DAF-49FF-950E-5D11F010F13F V1 EN-US

Figure 52: Dial-up settings

The Settings dialog can be opened if an object is not yet configured for dial-up and/or the user has
engineering privileges for process control.

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The Settings dialog has the following options:

• Automatically call automatically opens the connection when the control dialog is opened.
• Automatically synchronize automatically sends the time synchronization command when the
connection is ready.
• Automatically update data automatically sends the update process data command when the
connection (and time synchronization) is ready.
• Automatically Hang up automatically closes the connection when the control dialog is closed.

The indication process object has to be connected to process (UN>0, OA>0), in

order to have the Dial-up functionality in the Control dialog.

4.6.9 Tagout GUID-1F540175-4E56-4D19-968F-831477A82E54 v1

If the Tagout function is configured for the switch device, the status of the function is shown in the
Tagout tab (Figure 53).

The Tagout tab position depends on the active Tagout class. If the class contains also the blocking
functionality, the Blocking tab will be replaced with the Tagout tab. If the active Tagout class does not
contain the blocking functionality, the Tagout tab appears last in the dialog Figure 54.

GUID-8F91F8D6-1E3D-4957-8305-794195322F87 V1 EN-US

Figure 53: The Tagout tab with blockings of the Switch Control dialog

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GUID-6230FF4D-9AC1-4E70-9C7B-866CC95A54C3 V1 EN-US

Figure 54: The Tagout tab without blockings of the Switch Control dialog
The properties and the view of the Tagout tab can be adjusted with the Tagout Class Editor.

To add a tagout, click Add. The Add/Edit Tagout dialog opens.

GUID-36A79956-773E-468B-9EB9-496835B96A51 V1 EN-US

Figure 55: The Add/Edit Tagout dialog

The Add/Edit Tagout dialog contains several tabs. The title and the position of the tabs can be
adjusted with the Tagout Class Editor.

Only the owner of the tagout can edit and remove active tagouts.

To remove a tagout:

1. Select a tagout from the list of active tagouts

2. Click Remove
3. The Remove Tagout confirmation dialog opens

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GUID-DEE58A8B-2D3C-4282-8C38-F2F06C6DD848 V1 EN-US

Figure 56: The Remove Tagout confirmation dialog

To edit a tagout:

1. Select a tagout from the list of active tagouts

2. Click Edit or double-click the tagout
3. The Add/Edit Tagout dialog opens

GUID-40FA6E79-D089-4050-AB1C-E7777B0721A9 V1 EN-US

Figure 57: The Add/Edit Tagout dialog

4.6.10 Operator Place GUID-3F8138A7-344B-425B-9B24-5645CAECAC03 v1

When the operator place checking is configured to an object, The Operator Place tab indicating the
current state switches appears.

4.6.10.1 Multilevel switching authority allows control GUID-921F62CD-75B2-4538-B5DD-FA9E003D1266 v1

Indication only. When this option is enabled, both Station level and NCC level are authorized
operator places for the object

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4.6.10.2 Device Level Control GUID-2B0DDDEB-CFE7-4397-AB09-1DCAF7288CA2 v1

Indication only. The state of the device level L/R switch. Local means that control authority is in the
front panel of the device. Remote means that control can be done via remote communication.

4.6.10.3 System Level Control GUID-CE076E90-BA03-422A-B12D-6D5E31E741FA v1

This option is enabled if Device Level control is in Remote position. The control authority of the
device can be switched between Station and NCC.

GUID-F83DA9DE-39EF-4B7B-B2A8-9CC6E234B771 V1 EN-US

Figure 58: The Operator Place tab of the Switch Control Dialog

The view in the Operator Place tab is dynamic depending on the object
configuration. If the indication does not exist in the process database, also the
functionality is hidden in the tab.

4.7 Transformer voltage control GUID-695E83EF-AD03-49CB-9A41-1E7A07B19B4A v1

Tap changer control dialog shows the current state of the transformer voltage controller, and can be
used for operating it as well. The available functions are based on the configuration definition of the
corresponding Power Process Library standard object.

The identification information (station, bay, object) is shown in the box on the Main tab, see (Figure
59). Set the control operation mode by clicking the corresponding option under the Operation mode.
The options are available depending on object configuration, the unavailable options are dimmed.
Confirm the selection by clicking the Execute button. Cancel the selection by clicking Cancel. The
symbol buttons are presented in the beginning of Section 4.

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GUID-6FA81446-610B-46D7-B0C8-B6A282A57C2F V1 EN-US

Figure 59: The Main tab of the Tap changer control dialog
Voltage or tap positions can be controlled if the configuration and status allow it. Control the voltage
and tap values by using the Lower and Raise buttons. In the Main tab, the current tap position and
voltage values can be set as well.

To set Reference voltage:

1. Click Set and the Reference voltage setting dialog opens

2. Type a new value in kilovolts to the New reference voltage box
3. Click OK

GUID-71894ECA-DDD9-49C1-99D8-6FEE6E6F626D V1 EN-US

Figure 60: The Reference voltage setting dialog

The unit changes dynamically according to the unit defined in the ST attribute of the reference
voltage process object.

Reference voltage setting requires the following:

• Process object to set reference voltage value (command object)

• Process object for indication of reference voltage
• User interface support for setting the reference value

To set Tap value:

1. Click Set and the Tap value setting dialog opens

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GUID-21B1F9FA-E590-4EDF-A3C3-3554AF25521E V1 EN-US

Figure 61: The Tap value setting dialog

2. Type a new value to the Tap value settings box
3. Click OK

Tap value setting requires the following:

• Process object to set reference tap value (command object).

• Process object for indication of tap value.
• User interface support for setting the tap value. This can be implemented in control dialog by
adding a text box where numerical tap value can be written.

The Set is not visible if numerical command object does not exist.

The Messages tab shows different messages concerning the object, for example if the object is
simulated, or the information of the voltage controller is unknown.

On the Operation tab the operation mode can be selected (Figure 62).

GUID-E0EB27CA-EEF0-4B81-8B95-5D8670086049 V1 EN-US

Figure 62: The Operation mode tab of the Tap changer control dialog
Different blockings concerning the process objects holding information about the voltage controller
are shown and controlled in Blocking tab (Figure 63). After selection (multiple selections allowed),
click OK to apply the changes. Clicking Cancel discards the made changes. Click Refresh to update
the status of the blocking in case it has been changed elsewhere in the system.

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GUID-7FE80B15-E824-4125-9581-1F61CCFE5051 V1 EN-US

Figure 63: The Blocking tab of the Tap changer control dialog
If an object is selected on the current or on another monitor, clicking Release device reservation
resets the selection and the user has the authority for controlling the object.

GUID-D018A4B0-A097-40C3-891D-38AE05771592 V1 EN-US

Figure 64: The Forced operation tab of the Tap changer control dialog
When a control operation, that is a change the tap position either with Raise or Lower buttons is
made in the Tap changer control dialog box, or with direct setting of the tap value with the Set
button in the Switch Control dialog box, the number in the Operation counter value field is
incremented.

The Operation counter value field can be found in the Operation counters tab of the Tap changer
control dialog box.

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GUID-B237B650-8EE8-4576-A1E4-1E4E24BF39B1 V1 EN-US

Figure 65: The Operation counters tab of the Tap changer control dialog
When the operation counter value reaches the limit defined in the Operation counter limit field, a
message Operation counter limit reached is displayed on the Operation counters tab.

GUID-859825E7-E3BB-45F1-96C3-332E7D48EB00 V1 EN-US

Figure 66: Operation counter limit reached

To reset the operation counter value, click the Reset button next to the Operation counter value
field. To reset the operation counter limit value, click the Set button next to the Operation counter
limit field and enter a new value.

To switch off the operation counter, clear the check box Operation counter in use. When the
operation counter is not in use, the counter value is not increased when the tap value is changed.

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4.8 Measurement control GUID-A671F875-D6F0-4666-B193-6FD475591696 v1

View the measured values in numeric and bar graph presentations in the Measurement dialog. The
values and bar graphs are colored based on the state and status of the measured signal.

Show and hide the bar graph presentation by clicking the button in the Measurement dialog
(Figure 67).

Open the advanced display by clicking the >> button in the upper right corner of the Measurement
dialog. The number of shown measurands depends on the configuration of the measurement object
(Figure 68).

GUID-9D3C6648-5B2F-4749-A412-5714FE6E6BD9 V1 EN-US

Figure 67: Normal display with bar graphs

In the Measurement dialog the following can be monitored:

• 1 to 4 measurement values including measured values and unit information

• 1 to 4 state and/or status indicators (text and coloring)
• 1 to 4 alarm acknowledgement buttons (blinking button, visible if the measurement has an
unacknowledged alarm, confirmation dialog for acknowledgement of the alarm)
• 1 to 4 optional bar graphs (The bar graph is not shown, if a measurement does not have alarm
or warning limits, for example, it is a pulse counter)
• The advanced display includes tabbed pages for measured values, limits, zero deadband
supervision, blocking, object messages and alarms.

If the information on the tab is related to only one measurand, the option buttons to select the
measurand become visible (Figure 68). Otherwise the option buttons are hidden.

The different colors on the dialog are based on definitions made for the used color scheme.

The reserved space for the maximum value of the bar graph is high alarm limit + 10% of the
difference between high and low alarm limits. The reserved space for the minimum value of the bar
graph is low alarm limit - 10% of the difference between high and low alarm limits. If the measured
value is above high alarm limit or below low alarm limit, the 10% space reservation is added to or
subtracted from the measured value.

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If the limit supervision is handled by IED or if the limit supervision is not in use (all alarm and warning
limits have been set to same value), the bar graph does not display limit lines.

In the Measured Values tab of the Measurement dialog it is possible to:

• See the selected measured value and timestamp

• Reset the min value and timestamp
• Reset the max value and timestamp
• Reset the frozen value and timestamp
• Simulate a value
• Check that the simulated value is valid

GUID-BF9ADA6E-2F72-4FB9-BE7A-D647D00338F8 V1 EN-US

Figure 68: Advanced display with measured value and simulation

The simulated value entered is validated at first. If the simulated value is not valid, the Value box is
displayed in red color (Figure 69).

GUID-F7705167-18BE-42FE-AB58-B4626F3A8BDB V1 EN-US

Figure 69: Invalid simulated value

On the Limits tab it is possible to:

• Set the high and low alarm and warning limit values. The maximum and minimum values are
calculated like in the bar graphs (the limits cannot be set, for example, for pulse counters).
• Copy and paste the limit values by right-clicking on the limits frame.

A warning message will be shown if the limits in the process have been changed during the edition of
the new limits in the Measurement dialog.

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GUID-9710024C-C88C-4801-A05E-4BFB8DC6AD1A V1 EN-US

Figure 70: The Limits tab of the Measurement dialog

The limit values entered are validated at first. If, for example, the high warning limit is bigger than the
high alarm limit, the inappropriate limits are shown in red color (see Figure 71).

GUID-CE544419-FC32-4960-8CA1-FF522C6C8DEC V1 EN-US

Figure 71: Inappropriate limits

If a limit is not a number, the invalid limit is shown in red color (see Figure 72).

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GUID-8F29B875-312C-458E-A514-D6B9E6B8A163 V1 EN-US

Figure 72: Invalid limit value

The zero deadband supervision can be set on the Deadband tab.

A warning message is shown if the deadband value in the process is changed during the edition of
the new setting value in the Measurement dialog.

GUID-7573C8B1-820B-4084-8763-DE51F2A47EAD V1 EN-US

Figure 73: The Deadband tab of the Measurement dialog

The deadband limit value entered is validated at first. If an invalid deadband value is set, the invalid
limit is shown in red color (see Figure 74).

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GUID-D82D6725-8B54-4707-9C02-852DD956621A V1 EN-US

Figure 74: Invalid deadband setting value

On the Blocking tab the measurements can be blocked.

GUID-98F7BFE9-EDCB-45A2-9A78-7EA3E10C4E65 V1 EN-US

Figure 75: The Blocking tab of the Measurement dialog

The condition of the Blocking check box shows its status:

• checked, respective measurements are blocked (Alarm in Figure 76).

• unchecked, respective measurements are not blocked, (Event, Printout and Action in Figure
76).
• grayed out, some but not all measurements are blocked (Update in Figure 76).
• disabled, blocking cannot be applied to the function in question (Control in Figure 76).

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GUID-D536C1DB-2990-4CC0-BEB2-13D691D23C02 V1 EN-US

Figure 76: Example of condition on Blocking check boxes

When Apply to selected is checked, the blocking will affect only to the single measurement selected
by the radio button to the left of the dialog.

On the Messages tab the object messages of a selected measurand can be seen.

GUID-BD91394C-40FD-44CF-8608-CC5DF9BA95DD V1 EN-US

Figure 77: The Messages tab of the Measurement dialog

On the Alarms tab the alarms of the measurand can be seen.

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GUID-B4DFC69D-0966-48EB-B6C7-379B4818DD36 V1 EN-US

Figure 78: Extended display with alarms

4.9 Alarm indicator control GUID-E7808172-2CCF-4E87-97A4-16346ADE3FED v2

The Alarm Indicator control is used to monitor the alarm state of input signals. The status of each
signal is indicated in the Alarm indicator control dialog shown in Figure 80.

GUID-97F77A14-4BAB-4462-8D82-BA65490A0C84 V1 EN-US

Figure 79: The Alarm indicator control dialog

The Alarm indicator symbols and their meaning are explained in Table 4.

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Table 4: Alarm indicators

Symbol Meaning
Not sampled or uncertain

Alarm, active unacknowledged

Alarm, fleeting unacknowledged

Alarm, active acknowledged

Substituted

Blocked

Manually entered

Normal

In addition to the symbols above, the alarm state is also shown in textual form. In the Alarm state
column, each signal can have the following explanation:

• Persisting
• Fleeting
• Acknowledged
• Not sampled
• Not alarming

Different blockings concerning the process object that belong to the alarm indicator are shown and
controlled in the Blocking tab, see Figure 80.

GUID-EE686027-40F8-476F-ABFC-E1B23BE0E425 V1 EN-US

Figure 80: The Alarm indicator control dialog, the Blocking tab
The blocking can be done to either all signals or to one signal only. To block all signals related to
alarm indicator, select Blockings and click Apply.

In order to block only one signal, select the signal from the list, check

"Apply to selected" and click Apply.

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4.10 Color Setting Tool GUID-673EFABE-F5CF-4AF8-A8B6-BDFDAC16AE6B v1

Color Setting Tool is used to change the RGB values of logical colors. The tool contains tabs for
status colors, network topology colors and miscellaneous colors, which are related to the Process
display. There are also dedicated tab sheets for the rest of the displays (Alarm / Event / Blocking /
Trends / Measurement Reports display).

GUID-6E2FFF5C-4FEA-48C6-9E97-04081B307501 V1 EN-US

Figure 81: Color Setting Tool

4.11 Network topology coloring GUID-856FF613-4F84-4AD8-B9A0-D7044871D14B v2

The network topology coloring in SYS600 Monitor Pro can be used to indicate the status of line
segments in several different ways. It can indicate which line segments are powered, unpowered or
in certain other states, or more accurately which voltage level each line segment has. Alternatively,
each voltage source type can have a color that is used for line segments they are connected to.
Network topology coloring may also be used to indicate situations where two or more voltage
sources form a loop.

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To define the network topology coloring settings, select Settings/Network Topology Coloring... The
Network Topology coloring dialog is displayed in

Figure 82 shows how the network topology coloring settings can be used in the current monitor. Save
the settings to be used as default by clicking OK. Restore the factory settings by clicking Factory
defaults.

When the coloring is disabled, static coloring is used for line segments. When Use status colors
setting is enabled, objects are colored using only their status color.

The user can also specify what kind of color is to be used for the powered network objects, for
example, line segments and switching devices. There are three modes:

• One color mode

• Voltage level mode
• Voltage source mode

One color mode uses the same color for all powered network objects. In Voltage level mode, the
color is specified for the voltage source (generator, transformer, line indicator) according to voltage
level. In Voltage source mode, the same color is used for all network objects that are fed by some
voltage source type.

Different voltage source types can be prioritized in the Colors tab. The colors used for the voltage
levels and voltage source types can be set using the Color Setting Tool.

There are two modes to color sources (line indicators). In Adjacent line segment color, the color is
taken from the line segment connected to the source. External color handling uses a color from some
external origin, for example DMS 600.

GUID-DD83D5DB-8FD5-4DE6-84D1-735F717BC94D V1 EN-US

Figure 82: Network Topology Coloring Settings dialog

The priority of the voltage source colors can be ordered with the Colors tab. The device of the
highest priority is on top of the list. To change the priority order, select a device from the list and click
the arrow buttons on the right to change the order. Priority setting is only applicable if the user has
selected to color powered line segments according to voltage source type in Coloring modes tab.

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Section 5 Event Display GUID-B931604C-8417-4984-B796-F51BA59160EE v1

With the Event Display, the information about events occurring in the system can be monitored.
Thus, the user can make the right decisions and verify that taken measures have been successfully
performed. The user can also receive information about activities carried out by other users,
operations of objects, acknowledging of alarms, editing of limit values, logging in, and all other type
of events which can occur.

GUID-169CE288-E2D1-4724-9856-2B87FE54128C V1 EN-US

Figure 83: Event Display main view

The Event Display presents the data in a structured way for the user's convenience. Each event is
one row in the display. With default settings, Event Display rows consist of a time stamp, object
identification, a signal text and a text indicating the status.

The Event Display contains the following features and options:

• Configurable layout: columns, fonts, toolbars, coloring, and so on

• Configurable coloring of events
• Configurable modes: log/event order, latest at top/bottom
• Updating/Frozen modes
• Easy navigation through scrolling, go to date, time filters, and so on
• Extensive filtering that can be stored and easily called up later
• Find
• Sorting by column
• Copy/Paste of events to other applications
• Printouts
• Commenting of events

The event activation and consequential actions are defined in the process database separately for
each individual object.

Typical examples on events are:

• Changes in or updating of an object value

• Changes of an alarm and a warning state
• Changes of the alarm definition, alarm blocking, acknowledgement, and so on

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When an event occurs in the system, the operator wants to receive an answer to the following
questions (answers provided below each question):

1. What happened?
• A change in the state of the object or an executed operation.
2. Where did it happen?
• A descriptive text (object identification, OI and object text, OX) comprising of, for example,
a device notation and the type of object or operation.
3. When did it happen?
• The point of time when the event occurred. If the event originates from a station providing
a time stamp, this time stamp will be used. Depending on the station, the time is on a
second or a millisecond level. In other cases, the time stamp is the SYS600 system time
with an accuracy of 10 milliseconds.

The following functions can be activated by an event:

• Automatic printout. Like alarms, events can cause automatic printouts on the event and alarm
printer.
• Activation in the report database, for example automatic control operations, registration, report
printout, and so on.

Depending on how crucial an object is, the following events in the object may activate an event
printout, a registration in the history buffer, or an activity in the report database (from the least crucial
to the most crucial object):

• No activation
• An alarm is activated and deactivated
• The alarm or warning state changes
• The object value changes
• The object value is updated, although it is not changed

There are two ways to access the Event Display: selecting Navigate/Event or by clicking Event
Display on the toolbar.

The Event menu contains the following commands:

GUID-28FB373D-E2B8-4E55-9282-AF51545D10E7 v1
Filters Opens a Filter Settings dialog, where filters can be selected and edited.

Reset Filter Resets filters.

Comment Opens a Comments dialog, which is used for writing comments to events.

Keep Updating Sets the Event Display to the updating mode. When changing to Event Display, the
mode is by default set to updating mode, provided there is a user logged in.

Stop Updating Sets the Event Display to the frozen mode. When changing to Event Display, the
mode is by default set to frozen mode if no user is logged in.

Show Info Fields Displays/hides the info fields.

Show Headers Displays/hides the list headers.

Previous Event Set Displays the list of previous events.

Next event set Displays the list of next events.

Last Event Displays the list of last events.

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Select Day Opens a Day select dialog.

Export: Exports the current view in CSV file format.

The toolbar is a shortcut that can be used in parallel with the drop-down menu.

GUID-12FC8884-C538-4B3D-ABB3-BB1A771FBC89 V1 EN-US

Figure 84: Event Display toolbar

The buttons in the toolbar from left to right are:

• Show Filters
• Reset Filter
• Switch to Updating or Frozen Mode
• Go to Previous Event Set
• Go to Next Event Set
• Go to Last Event
• Go to Selected Day

The toolbar buttons can be added or removed in the same way as in applications in general, see
Section 3.4.2.

If the Event Display is in updating mode, the list will be updated when a new event occurs in the
system. When the list is in frozen mode (non-updating), a message will be displayed informing the
user to proceed to the last events and to change the mode to the updating mode.

5.1 Event Rows GUID-574C3BC5-9257-439D-8210-E0DA1713237F v1

With default settings an event row contains the following information:

• Status sign
• Time stamp
• Object identification
• Signal name
• Event text

The first column always shows the row number in the list. With default settings, the next three
columns are status columns. The Date and Time columns present the time stamp of the event. The
Station, Bay and Device columns present the Object Identifier (OI), and the following column the
Object Text (OX). The Event Text (MX) column present the event message information.

It is also possible to use only one column to show the object identification. In that case station, bay
and device names are shown in one column. The column is labeled as Object Identifier.

5.1.1 Alarm symbol GUID-BD6DE511-3D19-4CD4-9B6E-262C9ABD0553 v1

The alarm symbol is the first status column shown in the beginning of the event row. If the object is
alarming, the symbol * is displayed.

5.1.2 Object status symbol GUID-E8B0FD7B-1CEF-4C9F-8418-EA1377A200DD v1

The second status column shows the signal status. If the object status differs from normal, the status
symbol is displayed as follows:

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Table 5: Object status symbols

Status Color Symbol

Faulty value Magenta F
Obsolete value Red <
Faulty time Red T
Not sampled Magenta ?

5.1.3 Object comment symbol GUID-0EFF125A-1653-4E41-9122-8FD83892536E v1

The object comment symbol is the third status column shown in the beginning of the event row.
When a comment is added, the exclamation point (!) is displayed.

5.2 The Event Display User Interface GUID-8FBA80A7-467B-45E9-9DE6-164251CDA82E v1

The information presented on the screen consists of several elements, which will be described in the
following section.

5.2.1 Using the Event Display User Interface GUID-9AFA6A14-8690-43D4-8ECB-2265B907C5FC v1

5.2.1.1 Sorting Rows GUID-A6DD465F-BDEE-493A-B442-7C526873DC7E v1

Rows can be sorted by clicking a column header. If the same column is clicked twice, the sorting
order is reversed.

5.2.1.2 Finding GUID-426EDD4A-D63F-4E72-8C79-1FD386786442 v1

Rows can be searched for using the Find function by going to Main/Find or by clicking the icon.

GUID-423824EE-8427-4A24-B399-5A966C49FABB V1 EN-US

The Find dialog box searches the list from start to end. If an event row contains the desired text, it is
selected. A message appears when the end point of the search has been reached or when the
searched text is not found.

5.2.1.3 Printing GUID-C82751F5-8EA2-4C8C-9DDF-AE2DCC110EBE v1

List can be printed (Main/Print or the icon). The user can print either all rows, selected rows, or
a page range. The font size in the print is automatically adjusted so that all the data fits into the page.
If the text does not fit into the page, the rest of the columns are printed to following pages.

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5.2.1.4 Copying List Rows GUID-A4AAD84A-5D2E-428A-8728-B55E69E4FDBE v1

Selected rows from the list can be copied. Rows are copied as tab separated values. Time attributes
are copied in standard format.

5.2.2 Using Filters GUID-7B48056A-6286-45D4-B861-AFB54375A709 v1

A list can be filtered. Only the rows that match the filter are shown.

Filters are defined by selecting Filters from the menu bar. The Filter dialog contains standard filters
that can be selected by the user. The Filter dialog provides at least the following standard filters: all
events, event time, per substation, per bay and per device.

It is possible to change the existing filters or to add new filters that can be stored and reused by other
operators. The Filter dialog contains a specification form where new filters can be created or the
existing filters can be changed.

The filter can also be defined by right-clicking on a row in a list, and by selecting Use
as Filter. This uses a part of the rows OI as the filter.

In Alarm Display and Event Display on the upper part of the Filter dialog, there are two options that
specify whether the Lower Time Limit or Upper Time Limit is used. If the Lower Time Limit is not in
use (off), the alarms or events will be presented from the latest backwards. If the Upper Time Limit is
not in use, the alarms or events will be presented up to the latest. Only when a time limit is in use,
the corresponding date and time limits can be defined. Clicking the drop-down menu in the time limit
field opens the date selector, by which the time limit can be defined (Figure 85). Whether the Lower
Time Limit or Upper Time Limit is defined, the date selector opens the related time limit below
indicating which time limit is edited.

GUID-4577F924-E4CF-45E8-88EF-28171F4D9C34 V1 EN-US

Figure 85: Edit Upper Time Limit

To save the active filter settings, select Preconfigurations... in the Filter Settings dialog. The
Preconfigurations dialog is opened, in which the name for the preconfiguration can be defined.
Define the location of the preconfiguration in the Visibility field. When selecting the Application

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option, the preconfiguration becomes accessible for all the users of the application, see Figure 86.
Click Save to save the preconfiguration file. Click Close to close the dialog without saving.

GUID-6B365DBB-BCF8-4E10-A379-1DFAA37D7038 V1 EN-US

Figure 86: Visibility definition

To load preconfigured filter settings, select Preconfigurations in the Filter Settings dialog. Sort
preconfigurations by name, visibility setting or modification time. When clicking Open, the
preconfiguration file is loaded and set as an active filter. Clicking Close closes the dialog without
opening any files. To activate the filter, click OK in the main filter dialog.

5.2.3 Locating Signals GUID-0630A538-ED9D-47E8-9F24-427C1D7AFDAE v1

Right-click a line row to open a context menu. In this menu, Locate object in DMS, Locate object in
Monitor Pro, or Locate object in Monitor Pro - new window can be selected.

GUID-AC7E0070-0690-4435-9819-47DDCA16BC46 V1 EN-US

Figure 87: Locating object

Locate object in DMS displays the process point according to the logical node and the index (LN
and IX) attributes. This function is provided together with DMS 600. For more information, see DMS
600 Operation Manual.

Locate object in Monitor Pro opens a Process Display and zooms into the symbol that presents the
same object that produced the row, and marks it with a highlighted symbol.

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Locate object in Monitor Pro - new window opens a Process Display in a new window, zooms into
the symbol that presents the same object that produced the row, and marks it with a highlighted
symbol.

GUID-FB5AEE52-140F-47A3-8DCA-DD63E0C10AEC V1 EN-US

Figure 88: Highlighted symbol

5.2.4 Blocking Signals GUID-96B37156-7741-4C3A-9003-7618E734212C v1

Signal blocking states for each signal in the list can be viewed and modified. For more information on
blockings see Section 7.3.

Signal blocking state dialog is accessed through a context menu that appears by right-clicking a
row, see Figure 89.

GUID-369FCBC9-2808-4E2C-AF21-A99D6A38737F V1 EN-US

Figure 89: An access to Blockings

Blockings can be set with option buttons, see Figure 90. If some of the blockings are not allowed to a
signal, the option button is disabled.

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GUID-2C52632F-F471-422A-8D4C-711B6B6D14D7 V1 EN-US

Figure 90: Signal Blocking State dialog

5.2.5 Customizing the column layout GUID-005A62FB-0D1A-4DF4-99C8-3B24FBC3C320 v2

The layout settings can be configured by selecting Settings/Display Settings.../Layout Settings.

The dialog in shown in Figure 91.

GUID-E11CD5B4-ABDA-483C-B2DA-30864CA4B4DA V1 EN-US

Figure 91: Layout settings

All the available attributes are shown in the Attributes box. Selected Columns is a list of currently
selected columns. Add attributes to Selected Columns list by clicking > . Clicking >> adds all the
attributes to Selected columns list.

Remove selected attributes from the Selected Columns list by clicking < or remove all attributes
from Selected columns list by clicking << .

Change the order of the columns by selecting a column and clicking Up or Down buttons.

Default Settings restores the settings to an installation defaults for specific display type.

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5.2.5.1 Renaming the Columns GUID-29B3176B-EF7D-483D-92C2-674B45223E44 v2

The column headers can be defined. Select the column from the list of selected columns. Enter the
new name to the column name field and click the icon.

In Event Display, there is a special STATUS column, which is displayed as three consecutive
columns in the list. Names for these can be given separated by a comma, as shown in the Figure 91.

5.2.6 Color Settings GUID-EFA6E117-564C-4DA4-8D10-111FE1C711E9 v2

It is possible to configure certain events to use different colors in the list display. This improves the
possibility to locate certain system events. For example, important events, which cause alarms in the
system, can be defined to use the red color in the Event Display. For more information, see SYS600
Application Design.

To use the color settings, the authorization level Control (1) is required. The Color Setting tool is in
the read-only mode, if the authorization level is lower than Engineering (2) in the TOOLS
authorization group. If the TOOLS authorization group is not found, the authorization group
GENERAL is used.

The Color Settings dialog is used when the list display is customized with different colors for rows
on the list display. The coloring of a row in a list is defined with one or multiple conditions defined in
the Color Settings dialog, see Figure 92.

GUID-DC9036DE-876D-4C80-B5BF-53AD3DAC7A4D V2 EN-US

Figure 92: The Color Settings dialog.

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To add a new coloring rule to the list, click Add. Remove the selected coloring rule from the list by
clicking Remove. The position of the selected row can be changed by clicking the Up or Down
buttons. Coloring rules are prioritized according to their order in the list and the first rule matching the
criteria is used.

The background color of every display can be changed. The Color settings dialog has Edit buttons to
open the Color dialog, where the color selection is done. The selected color is displayed as a
colored box. Row text color and background color can be defined to blink. The color used for text
blink follows the defined text color and its complementary color. Background color blink uses the
defined row background color and the list background color. The blink period is 2 seconds.

Default Settings button reverts the color settings.

There are some predefined color rules. A predefined color rule can be added to the list by selecting it
from the drop down list and clicking the Add button. Unused predefinitions are shown in the drop-
down list. When a preconfigure color rule is removed, it is returned to the drop down list.

User Activity Log Display uses Event Display color settings definitions. Only color rules can be
defined specific to the User Activity Log Display.

Frozen mode color and Filter in use color are used in markers in the Monitor Pro application window
to highlight that the appropriate mode is used.

GUID-A1D80388-58D4-4F1E-B401-CC958587B2C2 V1 EN-US

Figure 93: Frozen mode color

Day Break color is used on event display. When events are sorted by the time column, every other
day uses day break color as background color.

5.2.6.1 Color conditions GUID-C36CF77A-7235-47E3-B7AA-90776AC3031E v1

The condition of when a coloring rule is applied is defined with edit condition dialog. Conditions can
be entered either by using conditions rows or by hand in the filter field. The condition is a simple
logical expression such as AL = 1 AND AR = 0. Conditions can also contain parenthesis. A name can
be given to each condition.

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GUID-E9200AEC-AD3F-416F-B649-744957BD643E V1 EN-US

Figure 94: Edit Condition dialog

The available operators for the conditions are described in Table 6.

Table 6: Condition operators

Operator Function
== or = Equal than
< Less than
> Greater than
<= Less or equal than
>= Greater or equal than
<> Not equal to

The Value field contains the value that is compared to the selected attribute by using the selected
comparison operator. It is possible to use the wildcard characters % and * when defining the value of
the Value field, but, in that case, the only allowed operators are = and <>. For example, a value 5*
means that the first character in the value must be 5 but the rest of the value can contain any number
of arbitrary characters. Character % means any character.

5.2.7 Exporting Data GUID-E20B66F0-2AAC-4C29-A28C-AF0947C68AAF v2

It is possible to save the data shown in event, alarm and blocking lists to a file in CSV format. The
separator between the columns is the List Separator character defined in operating systems
Regional Settings. If the List Separator is defined to be '.' (full stop), it is replaced with ';' (semicolon)
character.

To export data:

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1. Select Export... from list specific menu. The Save As dialog opens.
2. Specify the folder and the file name for CSV export file.
3. Click Save button to export the data.

The exported text file contains the header information, the export creation time, and the events data.
To open the export file with, for example, Microsoft Excel, select Format/Cells/Text in the Category
list to display the format correctly.

5.2.8 Indicating Daylight Saving Time GUID-F9A9689E-F1A3-4242-95E3-1A91B6E73A8B v2

Lists have a setting for Daylight Saving visualization. The setting is accessed via the lists' General
Settings dialog. If the setting is enabled, lists will indicate Daylight Saving times in each list column
having timestamp information. Daylight Saving timestamps are suffixed with '*' (asterisk) character.

5.3 Handling events GUID-3843B3D2-B179-4B03-B0E8-045DF0D6EEB7 v1

Events in SYS600 system are stored in the history database (HDB). There are two types of events:
process events and internal events. Process events are events that belong to supervised processes
such as indications, protecting events, alarm limits for measurements, tripped breakers, and so on.
Internal events are events that indicate disturbances in the supervision system. They are normally
initialized by the system.

When an event occurs in the system, it is instantly printed on the event printer and stored in the
history database. The history database consists of history database files, of which each contains the
events for one day. The files are named according to the date as APL_yymmdd.PHD. For example,
the file APL_040630.phd contains the events logged on 30-Jun-2004. The files are stored in the
directory /SC/APL/nnn/APL_, where nnn is the name of the application.

5.3.1 Event Display Settings GUID-481D4884-A2D8-4C88-8AE0-BFC1E6954C15 v1

To configure Event Display settings (see Figure 95), the authorization level Control is required. The
Settings dialog is used when customizing the list.

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GUID-E6F315F9-9810-4FDA-A504-4FB071CDEB56 V1 EN-US

Figure 95: Settings dialog

To configure the Event Display, the following settings can be specified:

• In the Max nr. of days / event set drop-down list the maximum number of days that will be
included in one event set can be set.
• In the Max nr. of events drop-down list the maximum number of events that will be included in
one event set can be selected.
• In the Scroll order drop-down list the sorting order of the events in the frozen mode can be
defined.
• In the Timeout drop-down list the maximum amount of time for the history database query can
be specified.
• Selecting the Day break option the user can define if a light blue background will be presented
between the events that have time stamps from different days.
• Selecting the Latest event on bottom option the user can specify the location of the latest
event on the list.
• Selecting the Show Grid lines option shows the gridlines in the events list.
• Under the Font Settings the font style and size can be defined.

The following items can be selected to be shown in the Context Menu:

• Comment
• Locate object in Monitor Pro
• Locate object in Monitor Pro - new window
• Locate object in DMS
• Blockings...
• Use as Filter...
• Export...

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Locate object in DMS option is available only if DMS 600 is installed.

The scroll order setting defines the time attribute used in the list. If the setting is LOG the history
logging time (HT) is used. If the setting is event, the event time (ET) is used.

5.3.2 Event Comments GUID-F3D31DB6-B6BA-4B04-A0F0-BEC5EB7E9C4F v1

Comments can be used for making remarks to events. The comments are available to all Event
Display users. Comments can also be removed.

The Comments dialog can be opened by right-clicking an event row with or without the comment
marker and selecting Comment in the context menu. Events with comment markers are shown in
Figure 96.

GUID-8588CFDE-168F-4C6A-839B-D779A53F5B78 V1 EN-US

Figure 96: Comments dialog

To add a comment:

1. Open the Comments dialog.

2. Write the comment to the dialog and click OK.
3. Press Enter after each line. If no comment text is given, no comment mark will be displayed in
the Event Display.

Open the Comment dialog to read the comment. To remove the comment, click Remove Comment.
The Last Edit by User and Modification date fields show the name of the user that last edited the
comment, and the time and date of the modification.

The length of the comment is limited. If the comment is too long, the OK button is disabled.

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Section 6 Alarm Display GUID-085F8426-2416-4685-BFF6-91425B425766 v1

The Alarm Display shows a summary of the present alarm situation of the supervised process. Each
alarm is normally presented as an alarm text row, which describes the cause of the alarm in the
process. With default settings the alarm text row normally has a time stamp, an object identification,
an object text and text indicating the alarm status. See Figure 97 for Alarm Display Template 1 and
Figure 98 for Alarm Display Template 2.

GUID-EDA7F5D7-3AC1-49B7-895F-B39701D080C8 V1 EN-US

Figure 97: Alarm Display Template 1

GUID-42611515-A96D-455B-ADA7-1F533AFE71ED V1 EN-US

Figure 98: Alarm Display Template 2

The Alarm Display contains the following features and options:

• Two types of Alarm Display templates

• Filters
• Alarm Display setting tool for colors and text layout
• Updating/Frozen modes
• Alarm acknowledgement
• Alarm reset function
• Authorization support
• Help in all dialogs (The complete manual will be opened from Help)
• Visible Alarm Class
• Locate object in DMS

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• Locate object in Monitor Pro

• Column sort
• Find

Template 1 and Template 2 also have other features than those described above.

These templates include:

• Fields indicating the number of active and unacknowledged alarms

• A field indicating the use of filters
• A field indicating the current mode
• Alarm count indication on both lists.

The Alarm Display is started by selecting Navigate/Alarm. By default, the two templates are included
in the Alarm menu.

When the filters are defined, only those alarms matching the filter configuration are displayed. When
the filter is defined, the text "Filters:Used" is displayed on the Monitor Pro application window. By
default, the filters are not used.

An alarm is activated in the following situations:

• An incoming binary signal (BI type process object) changes to an alarming state.
• A double indication (DB type process object) changes to an alarming state, for example a
breaker middle state due to a faulty operation.
• An analog measured value (AI type process object) exceeds the alarm limits (the preset upper
and lower limits).
• An object is marked faulty by a process device.
• A system error or communication failure occurs.

If the process object has an alarm function and the alarm is not blocked, information on the alarming
process object will be displayed in the alarm list.

The Alarm Display Template 1 and 2 menus contain the following commands:

Filters Opens a dialog, where filters can be selected and edited.

Reset Filter Resets filters back to the default settings.

Keep Updating Sets the Alarm Display to the updating mode. When changing to Alarm Display, the
mode is by default set to updating mode if a user is logged in.

Stop Updating Sets the Alarm Display to the frozen mode. When changing to Alarm Display, the
mode is by default set to frozen mode if no user is logged in.

Acknowledge...

All Acknowledges all the alarms on the list. A confirmation dialog is opened to confirm the operation.

Page Acknowledges all the alarms on the current pages (both lists). A confirmation dialog is opened
to confirm the operation.

Show Info Fields Displays/hides the info fields.

Show Headers Displays/hides the list headers.

Last Alarm Scrolls the list to show the latest alarm and sets the mode to updating.

Export: Exports the current view in CSV file format.

The toolbar provides a shortcut to the commands in the menus. The toolbars in the Alarm Display
Template 1 and Alarm Display Template 2 can be modified separately.

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GUID-51EAC26D-787E-4B47-A713-6E97114878EF V1 EN-US

Figure 99: Toolbar of Alarm Display

The buttons in the toolbar of Alarm Display are from left to right:

• Show Filters
• Reset Filter
• Switch to Updating or Frozen Mode
• Acknowledge All
• Acknowledge Page
• Acknowledge Selected Alarm
• Go to Last Alarm

Add or remove buttons on the toolbar the same way as in applications in general, refer to Section
3.4.2.

The list can be set to two different modes: frozen and updating. When the list is in the frozen mode, it
is not updated, and the alarm information can be read easily. If alarms are changed while the Alarm
Display is in the frozen mode, the operator is notified with an informative text on the display area.
When in the updating mode, the Alarm Display is updated when alarms are changed. The current
mode is indicated in the Monitor Pro application window.

6.1 Alarm rows GUID-8E3FA00A-47A5-4CBC-8991-9DD50CF89BCA v2

Each alarm is presented as a single alarm row.

Different alarm templates list alarms in different states. The states are show in Figure 100. With
default settings, the different states are colored differently. The default colors are the background
colors in the figure.

Acknowledge
Unacknowledged Acknowledged Persisting
Alarm Alarm Alarms

Non alarming Non alarming

Acknowledge
Fleeting alarm Non alarming

GUID-58D4E772-B9AC-435E-B759-3AC46A43B4BB V1 EN-US

Figure 100: Alarm states

When a new alarm is created, it can either be unacknowledged or already acknowledged. On
Template 1, these are shown in the upper list. If a signal leaves the alarming state but the alarm was
unacknowledged, the alarm becomes a fleeting alarm. Fleeting alarms are show on the lower list on
Template 1. When a fleeting alarm is acknowledged, the signal enters non-alarming state. Template 1
does not show non-alarming signals.

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On Template 2, unacknowledged, acknowledged, and fleeting alarms are always shown. With default
settings, non-alarming signals are shown in the list, if the state of the alarm is changed when the list
is visible. When the list is refreshed, the non-alarming signals are removed. If Remove fleeting alarm
is set, non-alarming signals are not show on the list at all.

The values for status column and default colors are explained in Table 7.

Table 7: Default colors and status texts of the alarm types

Alarm type Default color Status text Explanation

Active unacknowledged1) Red Alarm An alarm has been
High alarm2) reported, but it has not
Low alarm2) been acknowledged.

Active acknowledged1) Blue Ack An alarm has been

High alarm Ack2) reported, and it has been
Low alarm Ack2) acknowledged.

Inactive unacknowledged1) Black Normal The state has been

alarming, but it is no longer
alarming.

1) included in persisting alarms

2) shown with analog values

c. included in fleeting alarms

In the Alarm Display Template 2, the inactive acknowledged alarms can also be kept on the list. Due
to this, Template 2 functions as a sort of alarm log. The inactive acknowledged alarms are erased
from the list when the Alarm Display is closed. The same can be done by selecting Alarm Display
Template 2/Refresh from the menu.

All alarms are displayed on a single list. A flashing character * indicates all unacknowledged alarms,
both active and inactive. Template 2 is presented in Figure 98.

Table 8 provides an explanation for the different alarm types.

Table 8: Alarm types

Alarm Type Explanation

Active unacknowledged An alarm has been reported, but it has not been
acknowledged.
Active acknowledged The alarm has been inactivated (the state is normal
again).
Inactive unacknowledged The state has been alarming, but it is no longer alarming.
Inactive acknowledged An alarm has been reported, and it has been
acknowledged.

6.2 The Alarm Display User Interface GUID-30A1C310-5BAC-4462-82BE-91050B156B62 v1

The alarm display works in the same way as the event display, see Section 5.2. In the alarm display
Template 1, there are two separate lists in the display. All configurations on the list affect both of the
lists.

6.3 Handling alarms GUID-F96073F8-72D6-4FC9-9F83-80B47C6D8A60 v1

The process database is the part of the base system where all the registration of incoming and
outgoing process data takes place. The process database also supervises the current alarm situation
of the various process objects by storing information of process objects with an alarm generating

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state into a special alarm buffer. The interface for alarm handling is the application process database,
which is project specific, but the main functionality of the process database is always the same.

6.3.1 Process alarms GUID-4F4B24D9-FA3A-421B-85CF-5634665D1ACC v1

Process alarms are alarms that are related to the supervised process, for example, measurement
values exceeding or going below the preset alarm limits, breakers tripping or getting into a faulty
position and so on.

6.3.2 Internal alarms GUID-A91FDE61-DB98-4714-AB10-9B18BADF2041 v1

Internal alarms are alarms caused by the network control system itself. Reasons for these alarms
contain communication problems between a communication unit and substation, printer device
errors, substation getting suspended, and so on. These kinds of erroneous states are detected and
converted from internal system messages to alarms by the System Self Supervision function of
SYS600.

6.3.3 System alarm GUID-F515FB4D-B4A0-4AD9-BE34-8829E6C91E64 v1

A system alarm is an alarm generated by an external module supervising the Base System. The
external module is working as a Watch Dog for the base system and it generates an external alarm if
the base system stops. It is not possible to include this alarm in the Alarm Display.

6.3.4 Alarm activation time GUID-2DDDD60C-7560-4320-9036-0D66C9BF3EC0 v1

An activation time shows the time when the alarm was activated. The Time (AT attribute) and
Activation time (YT attribute) columns are the same for active alarms. The column shows the time
when the alarm was activated. For fleeting alarms, the Time (AT attribute) column shows the time
when the object is changed back to normal state. The Activation time (YT attribute) column shows
the time the alarm was activated.

6.3.5 Alarm acknowledgement GUID-AA9F8468-AD5F-4E2B-BA38-D3BBBF5DB352 v1

An acknowledgement of an alarm is a way to show that the operator has registered and identified the
alarm. Generally, acknowledging an alarm does not affect the alarm state. An unacknowledged alarm
remains in the alarm buffer until it is acknowledged, even if the alarm state has passed. A required
acknowledgement can be set individually for each process object (RC attribute).

6.3.6 Alarm blocking GUID-BC065B03-2998-43B9-BA22-7AF1A43CEC10 v1

Alarm blocking blocks a signal in such a way that it cannot generate an alarm. (The same applies to
history blocking, printout blocking and action blocking). Since the alarm is blocked, it is not registered
in the process database when the process object gets into an alarm generating state. The other
types of blocking are history blocking, printout blocking and action blocking.

It is not possible to block features that has not been activated, for example alarms, history, printouts
and action features. Alarm blocking is set individually for each process object (AB attribute).

6.3.7 Alarm classes GUID-5BC5D38B-8F1A-4241-945D-02BF74CE3C94 v1

The term alarm class means that the alarms can be grouped into seven equally significant alarm
classes. This feature can be used when the user wants to group alarms caused by process objects
with common properties, for example object location. From the base system's point of view, there is

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no internal priority between the different alarm classes. The alarm classes can also be used when
searching alarms from the alarm buffer. By setting the alarm class to 0, the alarm function of a
process object is set off. The use of alarm classes is user-defined.

Function and alarm class lists differ from the object lists in that they are not editable. This is to
simplify modifications. The number of the selected alarm class refers directly to the alarm class of the
alarms to be shown in the Alarm Display. Any combination between these two lists is possible.

6.3.8 Alarm Display Settings GUID-702EDC96-82F9-4DE3-A903-33C16EB9055D v1

GUID-A525DBC3-435E-4DB5-BD7A-1C3208CA0266 V1 EN-US

Figure 101: Settings dialog

The Settings dialog (see Figure 101) includes general settings, Font Settings, Visibility settings
and context menu settings. The Latest alarm on bottom specifies whether the latest alarm is
presented in the Alarm.

Display on the top or at bottom of the list. By default, the latest alarm is on the top. In the font settings
the font size, name and style can be specified. The visibility settings include the options Application
specific and User specific. The following items can be selected to be shown in the context menu:

• Acknowledge...
• Locate object in Monitor Pro
• Locate object in Monitor Pro - new window
• Locate object in DMS
• Blockings...
• Use as Filter...
• Export...

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6.3.9 Acknowledging alarms GUID-375DAAC1-5E39-4017-96CE-CB3C973CC684 v2

Area of Responsibility (AoR) configuration can be used to manage user permission to acknowledge
alarms. Based on AoR configuration, the alarm acknowledging can be allowed, for example,
separately for high voltage and medium voltage objects. In alarm displays and control dialogs, the
user's permission to acknowledge is checked individually for each alarm.

6.3.9.1 Alarm row GUID-80558F23-23B8-4914-B2EA-2AB36A25B81B v1

Acknowledge a single alarm by selecting the alarm from the dropdown list, see Figure 102.

GUID-BC32B394-5604-4EFE-9BDB-CB22F75F69B0 V1 EN-US

Figure 102: Latest Alarms dialog

If the selected alarm is unacknowledged, the Acknowledgement dialog in Figure 103 can be opened
by clicking the Acknowledge Selected Alarm button on the right-hand side of the Alarm Row.

GUID-9E62EA73-FBF1-4D5B-8787-F9FB0AC96760 V1 EN-US

Figure 103: Acknowledge alarm dialog

In the dialog, the alarm text row (except for the status text) is shown to ensure that the right alarm is
acknowledged. If Yes is clicked, the alarm will be acknowledged, the dialog closed, and the Alarm
Display will be updated. Clicking No closes the dialog.

6.3.9.2 Alarm list GUID-32F6041A-4EFA-4936-9EE7-4BA93188575A v1

In the Alarm List, it is possible to Acknowledge All or Acknowledge Page from the corresponding
toolbar or menu option. It is also possible to select the alarms to be acknowledged from the list by
doing the following:

Press CTRL and click the alarms in the list to pick several alarms. Press SHIFT and click two rows
on the list to select an area. When the alarms are selected, they can be acknowledged either from
the context menu (right-click) or by using menu or toolbar option Acknowledge Selected Alarm.

A single alarm can be acknowledged by double-clicking the alarm in the list.

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Blocking Display

Section 7 Blocking Display GUID-D4D02E06-01D4-45A1-81C9-D2CE4ABC525F v1

The Blocking Display summarizes the present blocking situation of signals in the supervised process.
Each signal is presented as a signal row, which describes the signal in the process. The signal text
row normally consists of a signal text and a group of check boxes indicating the blocking state.
Figure 104 shows the Blocking Display main view.

GUID-2ADF24DB-F293-48EE-B52E-3F7BE1089D63 V1 EN-US

Figure 104: The Blocking Display main view

The Blocking Display contains the following features and options:

• Selection of signal(s) for blocking/deblocking

• Blocking Display setting tool for the view layout
• Printout of blocking situation
• Event and printout enabling/disabling
• Authorization support
• Possibility to copy contents on the clipboard of the operating system
• Help in all dialogs (the complete Operation Manual will be opened)
• Locate object in DMS
• Locate object in Monitor Pro
• Column sort
• Find

The Blocking Display can be started by selecting Navigate/Blocking (see Figure 105).

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GUID-28859542-8385-4B2F-9873-D60050C28560 V1 EN-US

Figure 105: Starting the Blocking Display

All the tools can be used either by clicking the shortcuts on the toolbar or by selecting the
corresponding items in the Blocking menu.

The Blocking menu contains the following commands:

GUID-7B2F2855-2B81-4B2A-A65A-065F3276C15B v1
Filters: Opens a Filter Settings dialog, where filters can be selected and edited.

Reset Filter: Resets filters.

Refresh: Updates the blocking information.

Show All Signals: Loads all signals to the display despite of their blocking status.

Show Info Fields: Displays/hides the info fields.

Show Headers: Displays/hides the list headers.

First Blocking: Shows the first blocking.

Last Blocking: Shows the last blocking.

Export: Exports the current view in CSV file format.

The toolbar is a shortcut that can be used in parallel with the drop-down menu.

GUID-529C8570-A9D7-4796-AF09-182D6DC75D0D V1 EN-US

Figure 106: Toolbar of the Blocking Display

The buttons in the toolbar from left to right are:

• Filters
• Reset Filters
• Show All Signals
• Refresh
• First Blocking
• Last Blocking

7.1 Blocking Rows GUID-C0AE82D6-5E83-4B34-B870-5F462EA23C37 v1

There are six different types of blockings: alarm, update, control, event, printout, and action blocking.
Each blocking type has a condition that is defined when the particular blocking can be used. Alarm

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blocking can be done only if the signal has a defined alarm class. Update blocking is only applicable
for input signals and control blocking is only applicable for output signals. Event blocking can be
done if events are enabled for the signal. Printout blocking can be used if the signal has a printer
defined. Action blocking is available if actions are enabled for the signal. Different blocking types are
described in Table 9.

Table 9: Blocking types and their attribute values

Blocking type Header in printout Attribute values Condition

Alarm blocked AB AB = 1 AC > 0
Update blocked UB UB = 1 Input signal
Control blocked CB UB = 1 Output signal
Event blocked EB HB = 1 HE = 1
Printout blocked PB PB = 1 LD > 0
Action blocked XB XB = 1 AE = 1

7.2 The Blocking Display User Interface GUID-233CDFE4-3074-4217-B858-D1E1A4886530 v1

The blocking display works in the same way as the event display. See Section 5.2. By default, the list
contains only signals that are blocked. By selecting Blocking/All Signals all the signals can be
seen.

7.3 Handling Blockings GUID-3A2AA07D-E68D-4CAC-814E-722E83E9DD0D v1

The SYS600 provides a wide range of blocking attributes, which are included in the Blocking Display.
To provide a blocking handling mechanism in a more clear and rational way, the following blocking
types are provided by the Blocking Display:
GUID-45EE89A9-D175-4089-9F9E-19F805ACCED9 v1
Alarm blocking: alarms are not raised, regardless of the object state.

Update blocking: indications are not updated by the process.

Control blocking: operation commands are not sent to the process.

Event blocking: event registrations are not made, events are not shown in the Event Display.

Printout blocking: events are not sent to the printer.

Action blocking: event channel activation is blocked.

The blocking activity must be expanded to the signal level. The reason for this is that, for example, in
case of an oscillating signal, the user must be able to block it but leave the other signals (related to
the device in question) unblocked to minimize the information loss. Blocking is possible either by
setting the blocking state for each signal presented on the list or by fetching any signal from the
database and setting its blocking.

When a signal is update-deblocked, its state in the database is not necessarily up to date, since the
state of the process device may have changed while the signal has been update-blocked. Therefore,
the state of each signal must be updated from the process when the signal is update-deblocked.

Blocking Display is not automatically updated when a blocking signal has changed. A Refresh
function is provided to enable updating of the blocking information. The Blocking Display is refreshed
by selecting Blocking/Refresh or by clicking the appropriate toolbar button.

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7.3.1 Setting signal blocking state GUID-1BF9391D-5A9D-447D-9D1F-9EBCB6E220A7 v1

The blocking state of the signal can be set by clicking the selection box for the signal in question.
Since a signal can be either of indication or of control type, the selection boxes corresponding to
either one of the blocking types is unset and unavailable, depending on the signal.

An alternative way to set the blocking states for the signals is to use the copy-paste function. The
selected signal's blocking states are copied by pressing CTRL-C and the blocking states can be set
to another signal by pressing CTRL-V. Multiple signals can be blocked or deblocked by selecting
multiple rows and selection Block/Deblock from the context menu.

If all the blockings are deblocked, the signal will be removed from the Blocking
Display after next view refresh. If a non-internal signal is in the update-deblocked
mode and it is connected to a process, its state will be updated.

7.3.2 Blocking Display Settings GUID-07E2FEA7-2A98-4FFE-BBCB-B626B5BE8EB1 v1

The settings part of the Blocking Display functions consists of two main parts: view and event/printout
settings. The user can concentrate on one or more blocking types by excluding the other blocking
types from the list with the view part of the Blocking Display Settings dialog (shown in Figure 107).

There are settings for enabling event generation and printout on a change of blocking. Events and
printouts are enabled/disabled regardless of the attributes (HE and PB) of the target signal.

GUID-B9D939D5-F34C-475D-90E9-0A940F4EB7DE V1 EN-US

Figure 107: The Blocking Display General Settings dialog

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User Activity Log Display

Section 8 User Activity Log Display GUID-C03CD010-329E-4AEA-8B8D-93FD08435236 v2

With the User Activity Log Display the information about all user activity related events can be
monitored and analyzed. Typical user activity related events are user login and logout events.

GUID-3575CBB9-02DD-45F2-98BC-A938BAC20580 V1 EN-US

Figure 108: The User Activity Log Display main view

Each user activity event is one row in the display. With default settings, User Activity Log Display
rows consist of event identifier, a time stamp, event text, user name, severity of the event and the
source application of the event.

The User Activity Log Display contains the following features and options:

• Configurable layout: columns, fonts, toolbars, coloring, and so on

• Configurable coloring of user activity events
• Configurable mode for presenting latest event at top/bottom
• Easy navigation through scrolling, go to date, time filters, and so on
• Extensive filtering that can be stored and easily called up later using preconfigurations
• Find
• Sorting by column
• Printouts

The User Activity Log Display is accessed by selecting Navigate/User Activity Log.

The User Activity Log menu contains the following commands:

GUID-F4D6EE72-1917-4749-8FCA-B50BE767ADEE v2
Filters Opens a Filter Settings dialog, where filters can be selected and edited.

Reset Filter: Resets filters.

Refresh: Updates the User Activity Log information.

Show Info Fields: Displays/hides the info fields.

Show Headers: Displays/hides the list headers.

Go to First: Shows the first user activity event.

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Go to Last: Shows the last user activity event.

Select Day: Opens a Day select dialog.

Export: Exports the current view into CSV file format.

The toolbar is a shortcut that can be used in parallel with the drop-down menu.

GUID-2AF0C972-1275-414C-9939-4135FF4FB12E V1 EN-US

Figure 109: User Activity Log Display toolbar

The buttons in the toolbar from left to right are:

• Show Filters
• Reset Filter
• Refresh User Activity Log
• Go to First User activity
• Go to Last User activity
• Go to Selected Day

The toolbar buttons can be added or removed in the same way as in applications in general, see
Section 3.4.2.

The User Activity Log Display is not automatically updated when new user activity events occur in the
application. New user activity events can be fetched by Refreshing the display or by pressing F5.

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Trends Display

Section 9 Trends Display GUID-F56BB3F7-D1A6-4FF9-A59E-1ADD997A8309 v1

The Trends Display is used for trend analyses and for showing measured values in the form of a
curve or a table.

A trend is a time related follow-up of process data. All types of process objects, for example in and
out data and binary, analog and digital data can be illustrated as trends.

GUID-0FBB3203-7BD4-4821-9152-89A715535DE6 V1 EN-US

Figure 110: The Trends Display

The Trends Display contains the following features:

• Graphical or tabular view

• Zooming mode
• Scrolling with scroll bars and panning
• Configurable axes and line properties
• Using legend
• Using hairline
• Update interval options from 10 seconds to 10 minutes
• Calculation formulas; direct, mean, sum, integral and difference
• Clearing trend data by the user
• Save, Open and Delete preconfigurations
• Printout option
• Update/Frozen modes
• Authorization support
• Copy to clipboard
• Export to CSV file

Trend display configuration includes a set of parameters such as colors, fonts, and so on, which are
called trend preconfigurations. For more information on preconfigurations, see Section 9.6.

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9.1 Starting Trends Display GUID-916501D1-0588-4AB5-971E-24E870A361C3 v1

The Trends Display can be started by selecting Navigate/Trends(see Figure 111).

To open the basic Trends Display, select Navigate/Trends/No Preconfiguration. For more
information about saving the preconfiguration, see Section 9.6.

GUID-B0D48246-4CD0-4514-B7F4-E43592EB4C16 V1 EN-US

Figure 111: Trends navigation menu

9.2 The Trend Basket GUID-6D7AFB7E-A5A1-4817-9566-8D7ADA0A9E59 v1

The Trend Basket is a link between the process data and the Trend display. With the Trend Basket
dialog the user can select data from the process database to be logged and shown in the Trend
display.

The Trend Basket dialog can be opened by selecting Trends/Trend Basket, or by clicking the

corresponding button in the toolbar. The Trend Basket dialog lists the system objects and lets
the user pick the objects to be shown in the trend.

GUID-F679C10A-3AFC-4913-A1AA-289FBC6338F2 V1 EN-US

Figure 112: The Trend Basket dialog

By default, only measurement objects are shown. If the All Objects (not only measurements)
option is selected, the Trend Basket object tree displays all the objects from the process database.

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9.2.1 Add and remove Trends GUID-6A40EEF6-153B-4195-A572-1384BD0090D6 v1

The available objects are presented on the left side of the dialog. In the object tree's lowest level
objects which will be included into the Trend Basket list can be selected one at a time.

There are three ways to add objects to the Trend Basket from the object list:

1. right-click the object and select the Add to Trend Basket command from the context menu.
Added objects are shown on the right side in the Trend Basket.
2. drag an object from the available object list and drop it into the Trend Basket list on the right
side.
3. double-click the object to add it to the Trend Basket list.

To remove selected object from the Trend Basket:

1. right-click the object in the Trend Basket list and select Remove Log from the context menu.
2. press the Delete key from the keyboard.
3. click Delete button in the dialog.

Check from the Show/Hide Trend curves dialog that the related trend items are
included in the active preconfiguration.

9.2.2 Trend settings GUID-88CD8A0F-0EEE-40D3-B38E-C39B12A23D9B v1

The Trend Basket dialog will also be used to configure individual trend parameters. The Trend
Setting dialog for the selected trend can be opened by double-clicking an object, selecting the
corresponding Log Settings... item from the context menu or by clicking the Edit... button.

GUID-4E74EB88-ADD0-4540-9213-F86BB741F6EE V1 EN-US

Figure 113: The Trend Settings dialog

The following Trend properties can be changed:

• Time channel (10, 30 seconds; 1, 2, 5 or 10 minutes)

• Logging function (Direct, Sum, Mean, Integral or Difference), see Table 10.

Change the Log function will cause the lost of all existing data for the selected Trend.

Table 10: Log functions

Log function
Log time Data Direct Sum Mean Integral Difference
T-1 0 0 0 0 0 0
T0 1 1 1 1 0 1
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T+1 min 2 2 3 1.5 60 1

T+2 min 3 3 6 2 180 1
T+3 min 5 5 10 2.75 360 2
T+4 min 4 4 14 3 660 -1

9.2.3 Clearing Trend data GUID-1C4E44A0-1137-476E-B3EC-4BC4BD648AD5 v1

Clearing the Trend data for the selected Trend can be done by right-clicking an item in the Trend
Basket and selecting Clear log data from the context menu, or by clicking the corresponding button

from the Trends tabular view toolbar.

Access to this functionality requires at least ENGINEERING level (2) access rights.
Otherwise, the appropriate functions are unavailable.

9.3 The user interface GUID-A1C3A1FC-8390-4415-8AAC-79741373ECD8 v1

The Trend data can be presented in a tabular or in a graphical view. These two views share the
same Trend database.

Both views also share some of the toolbars and the Trends Display menu.

9.3.1 Trends Display toolbars GUID-2B9585C4-DE87-4D25-8051-2A137295D8F3 v1

The Trends Display has four toolbars. Three are used for both views and one dedicated for the
graphical view.

When the Trends Display is started for the first time, all the three toolbars are visible. Show or hide
the toolbars by selecting Settings/Customize. Add or remove buttons on the toolbars the same way
as described in Section 3.4.2.

GUID-CBB715FF-3A33-4236-A566-BB0D485D2043 V1 EN-US

Figure 114: Main toolbar

Table 11: Main toolbar functions

Function Description
Open Preconfiguration Opens the Open Preconfiguration dialog.
Save Preconfiguration Opens the Save Preconfiguration dialog.
Print Prints the selected report to a network printer or a specified output file.
Copy to Clipboard Copies the selected visible trend data to the operating system clipboard.
Find This function is disabled for the Trends display.
Display Settings Opens a sub-menu with the following items:

• General Legend Settings...

• Graph Settings...
• Legend layout Settings...

Help Opens the Help dialog

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The Trends Display toolbar buttons and drop-down lists from left to right are as follows:

• Switch updating/frozen mode

• Refresh
• Open Trend Basket
• Show or hide trend curves
• Switch tabular/graphical view

GUID-B9630786-A900-46BB-866B-618B6478BBEA V1 EN-US

Figure 115: Display toolbar

Table 12: Display toolbar functions

Function Description
Switch between updating and frozen mode
indicates the update mode as active mode.
Clicking this button will change to the frozen mode.

indicates the frozen mode as active mode. Clicking

this button will change to the update mode.
Refresh Forces a display refresh.
Show/hide trend curves Open the Show/Hide dialog, where the user can select
which curves to show in the current view.
Switch tabular/graphical view
The graphical view is active. Clicking this button
will change to the tabular view.

The tabular view is active. Clicking this button will

change to the graphical view.

9.3.2 Trends Display menus GUID-C5BD5848-1CF4-46E5-A338-953BC5916E56 v1

The toolbar commands can also be selected from the Trends menu (see Figure 116 and Figure 117).
Some of the menu items are active for graphical view only.

GUID-798D408D-A1AF-4B29-A30B-D10C7F698AF6 V1 EN-US

Figure 116: Trends Display menu for tabular view

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GUID-64F6379A-7A38-4F07-948B-271843E8E9CC V1 EN-US

Figure 117: Trends Display menu for graphical view

In addition to the toolbars the following functions are available from the menu:

• Show/Hide Hairline
• Show/Hide Legend
• Export...

9.3.3 Using Trend curves GUID-9729C6A2-9FCB-4C1B-B39F-4C88F2C25FCD v1

Show and hide the trend curves by selecting Trends/Select Curves, or by clicking the corresponding

button in the Trends Display toolbar. The Show/Hide Trend curves dialog displays the items
the Trend Basket contains. These items can be included in or excluded from the selected
preconfiguration by selecting or clearing the corresponding checkbox. It is also possible to select all
or clear all of the items by using the appropriate commands from the context menu, or by using the
command buttons.

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Figure 118: Show/Hide Trend Curves dialog

By default, all the added items in the Trend Basket are automatically included and displayed in the
trend curves as well. View the detailed information about the trended items in preconfiguration in the
Show/Hide Trend curves dialog.

With the Show All Curves check-box all Trend curves not used for the selected preconfiguration can
be hidden.

To change the Trend curve position within the preconfiguration, select one curve and use the
corresponding Down or Up button. This will also change the position in the curve legend. After
changing the position, the preconfiguration must be saved to keep the position change.

Up to 20 Trend curves can be viewed for the graphical and tabular view.

9.3.4 Time range GUID-A2BC5DA1-E1FC-45E3-AB8C-899DA06B234F v1

The time period used in tabular and graphical view can be changed with the Select Time Period

dialog, which can be opened from the navigation toolbar .

GUID-3FE1B028-FBF9-4E8F-BB7A-AF9D2718ED89 V1 EN-US

Figure 119: Select Time Period dialog

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By default, the Full registration period is applied. This means that all the samples are shown on the
graphical view, and the accuracy of the registration time is scaled accordingly. When Custom period
is selected, it is possible to select a start date and time for the detailed information. The first
registration time is shown on the X axis. Additionally, the length of the period is defined to one of the
following alternatives: 30 days, 5 days, 1 day, 1 hour, 10 minutes or 1 minute.

9.4 Graphical view GUID-0E4CB66B-CCDC-44FE-A2D9-62C3222891B9 v1

In the graphical view, up to twenty measurements can be presented on a two-dimensional coordinate

system that consists of a horizontal time (X) axis and a vertical value (Y) axis. The curves can be
panned both in the X and Y directions and the parameters of the Y axis can be changed. All the
curves can be hidden from the view with the dialog.

The horizontal (X) axis of the graphical view represents the registration time of the measurement,
and the vertical (Y) axis represents the value of the measurement. The X axis is divided into intervals
specific to the selected time range. The time of every interval point is labeled below the X axis. The
amount of the shown interval points depends on the zooming level.

The Y axis is automatically divided into intervals according to the registered values. Note that the
graphical view does not recognize any units or scales, only the values registered in the trends
database.

GUID-C4E3B7E1-B097-4C8A-A2EB-F05BEC41EF56 V1 EN-US

Figure 120: Graphical view of Trends

The graphical view has the following functional areas:

• The plot area where the trended data will be shown.

• The legend area shows selected curve properties, hairline values and summary information.

For the plot area, the following curve types can be chosen:

1. Plot (default)
2. Area (fills the area between two selected curves or between a curve and the X or Y axis)
3. Bar or group of bars
4. Stacked bar

The curve type can be configured with the dialog.

Not all data are always available for the curve type Bar and Stacked bar. The
amount of displayed bars or groups of bars depends on the zooming level.

The legend position can be changed with the dialog or the Legend Control context menu.

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The legend show up can be disabled with the dialog or from the Trends menu.

9.4.1 Navigation GUID-32CE565A-D94A-4512-925A-E9107895D3BE v1

The Navigation toolbar buttons from left to right are as follows:

• Go to First Period
• Go to Previous Period
• Go to Next Period
• Go to Last Period
• Select Period

GUID-DB2AAEF5-073C-429A-BF26-DF3D5CCD17C6 V1 EN-US

Figure 121: Navigation toolbar

Table 13: Navigation toolbar functions

Function Description
Go to First Period Shows the data for the first time period in the selected
time range.
Go to Previous Period Shows the data for the previous time period in the
selected time range.
Go to Next Period Shows the data for the next time period in the selected
time range.
Go to Last Period Shows the data for the last time period in the selected
time range.
Select Period Opens the dialog to enter the start time and the time
range.

9.4.2 Scrolling, panning and zooming GUID-7A849367-698C-42FF-90DA-AE9F2BB4A0F4 v1

Select the zooming mode to outline the area that needs to be zoomed in the graphical view. Scroll to
the zoomed curve by using the scroll bars.

By selecting the panning mode the user can drag the curve with the mouse. Panning is only possible
after zooming in.

For more information about zooming, see Section 4.2.

The Trends Display Zoom toolbar buttons from left to right are as follows:

• Save/Restore Zoom, disabled for Trends display graphical view

• Reset zoom to normal
• Zoom Previous, disabled for Trends display graphical view
• Zoom In, disabled for Trends display graphical view
• Zoom Out, disabled for Trends display graphical view
• Select zooming mode
• Select panning mode
• Select selection area for copy selected area data to the clipboard

GUID-15F8BE7C-207F-486F-B976-EDCC5620175A V1 EN-US

Figure 122: Zoom toolbar

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The Save/Restore Zoom..., Zoom Previous, Zoom in and Zoom out buttons can be removed,
because they are not used for the graphical view of the Trends Display.

GUID-C1781545-F069-47FE-8939-C41D5D2739E6 V1 EN-US

Figure 123: Removed buttons from the zoom toolbar

9.4.3 The Hairline function GUID-EDF76095-8DD1-4D37-AF57-7720E72F0387 v1

Hairline provides more accurate information on the graphical view. It is related to certain time and it is
relating values for Trend data in the configuration.

To view the hairline on the graphical view, select Show Hairline from the Trends menu.

Place the hairline into another location by dragging it horizontally. New time information is displayed
above the hairline.

By using the left or right arrow key the hairline will be snapped to the previous respectively next valid
curve value.

The values for the Trend curve items are displayed in the legends hairline value column.

Instead of placing the hairline by dragging, any point in the plot area can be selected. Select the
Show Hairline Here item from the context menu. The hairline will be placed at that point.

9.4.4 Graph Settings GUID-069859ED-79F9-4181-BDC2-9883E6FDFBB9 v2

The dialog can be opened either by clicking the appropriate Main toolbar button or by right-
clicking inside the plot area and selecting the Graph Settings... item.

Authorization level has to be at least Control (1) to be able to change these properties.

After modifying the settings in the dialog, save it as a preconfiguration if the changes need to be
permanent.

1. Common Settings

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Figure 124: The Graph Settings dialog, Common Settings

Table 14: Graph Settings, Common Settings

Setting Description
background color If "Use color scheme" is enabled, the background color from the active color
scheme will be used. If not, the user can freely choose any color with the color
chooser.
Grid color If "Use color scheme" is enabled, the grid color from the active color scheme will
be used. If not, the user can freely choose any color with the color chooser.
Mouse mode If the Mouse mode "Selection" is active, area selection with the mouse can be
used to copy the data from the selected area to the clipboard.

2. Axis properties

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Figure 125: The Graph Settings dialog, Axis Properties

Table 15: Graph Settings, Axis Properties

Setting Description
Font Font for the Axis annotation
Color (all Y axes) Axis line color
Y axes common for all pages If checked the current Y axes configuration will be used for all
existing report pages. If not checked different Y axes properties
can be defined for every selected page. This option is disabled for
reports having only a single page configured.
Select (Y2 .. Y4 axes) Show/hide selected Y axis (By default it will be hidden)
Auto scale (Y1 axis) The scaling is based on the minimum and maximum values for
the complete time range, not only for the selected time range.
Use Grid color (all Y axes) If enabled, the dedicated Y axis gridline color will be used.
Otherwise the gridline color from global color setting tool will be
used.
Left or right selection (all Y axes) Y axis placement
Enable gridline (all Y axes) If enabled, horizontal gridline corresponding with Y axis will be
shown.
Unit name (all Y axes) Display unit name of Y axis, default value is Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4.

3. Curve properties
The Curve Properties tab can be used to change individual curve settings. First the correct
report curve must be selected from the drop-down list.

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The Curve Properties dialog can be also opened via the curve right mouse click context menu
in the graphical area or the legend.
Selecting the All Curves option helps to change the curve type for all available curves.

GUID-E5D1014B-8EB3-45F5-A105-D27E96C5062B V1 EN-US

Figure 126: The Graph Settings dialog, Curve Properties

Table 16: Graph Settings, Curve Properties

Setting Description
Curve type The curve types plot, area and bar can be chosen for each individual trend.
The stacked bar type can only be used for all enabled trend curves.
Bar width selection Either the automatic bar width calculation or manually entered value can be
chosen. This setting is only available for the curve type Bar or Stacked bar.
Select Y axes Maps Curve to selected Y axis.
Marker color If the curve data has a none normal status the corresponding color from the
color setting tool will be used as marker color.
Use curve settings as global If this option is selected the current curve settings will be stored as global
settings. Every time the same curve object will be added to some
preconfiguration this global settings will be used. To be able to use different
settings this option needs to get unchecked. In case use as global is checked
and the current properties will be changed, for example, new line color
selected, the stored global settings will be overwritten.
Curve settings defined as being global will be stored in a separate file and
not in the selected preconfiguration.
Changed global curve settings will be saved with OK or Apply button
selection.

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9.4.5 Configuring and mapping Multiple Y-axes GUID-DD309528-3299-48D3-83BD-8173DF3B3AF5 v2

It’s possible to use 4 different Y axes to accumulate four different ranges of curve values. Curves
from Trends display can be mapped with any Y axis.

The following steps are required to configure and map Y axes:

1. Open Graph Settings /Axes Properties

2. Select (Enable) particular Y-axes
3. Provide Min. and Max. value for selected axes
4. Set the axes color
5. Select Enable/Disable gridline
6. Select Curve Properties tab
7. Select curve
8. Map enabled Y-axes with selected curve
9. Apply Changes

9.4.6 The Legend GUID-63EF7654-8781-49C3-96AE-3296E2AF406B v1

The Legend shows selected curves attributes, the hairline values and summary information in a
tabular form.

GUID-0F8A69F2-9309-4BBA-9E36-9DD12B0CC5FC V1 EN-US

Figure 127: Legend area

Main Legend features are:

• Show curve properties, identifier, current, calculated and hairline values

• Show/hide all or selected curves
• Locate function via context menu
• Configurable legend position and column layout
• Highlight the selected curve if enabled

9.4.7 Legend show up and position GUID-31BA5D52-8709-4D49-B4A4-60D4CF7FC79F v1

The legend can be shown/hidden by selecting the appropriate item from the Trends menu or in the
Common settings tab from the dialog.

The legend position can be changed either from the legend context menu or in the Common
settings tab from the dialog.

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Figure 128: Legend context menu

9.4.8 Legend layout settings GUID-F5A88576-2403-43AB-9209-98CF77484014 v2

The Legend layout settings can be configured by selecting Settings/Display Settings/Legend

layout Settings... or from the Legend context menu.

The Attributes box shows all available attributes which can be added to the layout. The Selected
columns box shows the list of already selected attributes.

Clicking > adds the selected attributes to the Selected columns list. Clicking >> adds all attributes to
Selected columns list. Clicking < removes the selected attributes from the Selected columns list.
Clicking << removes all attributes from the Selected columns list.

The column position within the Legend table can be changed by moving the selected column
upwards or downwards using the Up/Down buttons.

GUID-3BBCF292-9DAD-40A2-A0F4-1C1B0CE33809 V1 EN-US

Figure 129: Legend layout settings dialog

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• Default Settings restores the default installation settings.

• OK applies all the pending changes and closes the dialog.
• Cancel discards all the pending changes and closes the dialog but does not cancel or undo
changes that have already been applied.
• Apply applies all the pending changes but leaves the dialog open.
• Help opens the help window.

Renaming the column header

Select the column from the list of selected columns. Enter the new name to the column name field
and click the icon.

Select the OK or Apply button do activate all modifications.

9.4.9 General Legend settings GUID-5A915FA8-1774-43C3-A1C7-A63CB3E99592 v1

The general Legend settings can be configured by selecting Settings/Display Settings/Legend

General Settings or from the Legend context menu.

GUID-40D41490-8C9E-4A88-8D48-0ED98A5B0EEB V1 EN-US

Figure 130: General Legend settings dialog

Table 17: General Legend settings

Settings Description
Show gridlines Enable/Disable gridlines for Legend area
Highlight time The time a selected curve gets highlighted. Selectable options are: never,
forever or defined time in steps of 5 seconds in the range from 5 to 60
seconds.
Set Font Font style and size used for the Legend area
Context menu items Configure the context menu items for the legend area
Visibility Visibility is configured to be either Application or User specific

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9.4.10 Copying selected data to clipboard GUID-94E5D2C6-D5C4-4AF8-9DC9-41E99D7C3CF9 v1

Selected Trend data from the graphical view can be copied to the clipboard of the operating system.

Activate the selection mode from the Zoom toolbar.

Select the desired Trend data area with the mouse. After the mouse button is released, a dialog
confirms that the data has been copied to the clipboard.

GUID-0743BF55-CFC1-417A-9A65-E6D94A3D9364 V1 EN-US

Figure 131: Copy to clipboard confirmation

If an empty area is selected, the following dialog is shown.

GUID-23DDB15A-CB4C-47CF-B0DE-94815CD26ECA V1 EN-US

Figure 132: No data available for copy to clipboard

When the selection is pasted to the clipboard, the data is divided into several sections, where each
section has a header and contents of each selected Trend data.

9.5 Tabular view GUID-F7EDC9E5-49D2-478C-AF01-5A7506B4F7C7 v2

Up to twenty Trends can be presented in the tabular view at the same time.

Each Trend is shown in a separate page.

The tabular view contains the following columns:

• Index column
• Time column
• Value column
• Status column

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Figure 133: Tabular view of Trends

Trend values, registration time and status are shown on the list. Other Trend parameters, for
example object text, time interval, logging function and statistics, are shown on the right side.

The Status column provides a clear text description for the status of the trended data.

Table 18: Tabular view, status column

Status column Description

OK The Trend data has been registered under good conditions.
Suspicious The source of the Trend data has been marked as suspicious, for example, if the input card has
some failure.
Obsolete The source of the Trend data has been marked as obsolete (not up to date), for example, if the
connection to the data collection device has been lost.
Faulty time The source of the Trend data has an inaccurate time stamp because of time synchronization.
Man. Entered This Trend data has been manually entered by an operator.
Not sampled The source of the Trend data never had a valid value, for example, after system start before the
connection with data collection device is established.

9.5.1 General settings GUID-10B43D3F-6EC0-4AE9-ACA7-8FE22D17B83B v1

The General Settings dialog can be opened either by clicking the appropriate Main toolbar button

or by selecting Settings/Display Settings.

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Figure 134: General Settings

Table 19: Tabular view, General Settings

Settings Description
Show gridlines Enable/Disable gridlines for tabular data area
Background shading Enable/Disable the row shading effect
Set Font Font style and size used for the tabular data area
Context menu items Configure the context menu items for the tabular data area
Visibility Visibility is configured to be either Application or User specific

9.5.2 Navigation GUID-ACCD064B-85E3-4DD4-ABD3-20ECA15B7CEC v1

The Navigation toolbar buttons from left to right are:

• Clear Current Trend Log

• Shift to First
• Shift to Previous
• Shift to Next
• Shift to Last
• Select Day Period

GUID-AC8457A0-D184-45DD-8FFC-4743E76A9EA8 V1 EN-US

Figure 135: Navigation toolbar

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Table 20: Navigation toolbar functions

Function Description
Clear Current Trend Log Removes all data from the selected Trend. The sampling of new values restarts.
Shift to First Shows the data for the first Trend.
Shift to Previous Shows the data for the previous Trend.
Shift to Next Shows the data for the next Trend.
Shift to Last Shows the data for the last Trend.
Select Day Period Opens the dialog to enter the start time and the time range.

9.5.3 Editing values GUID-89B7CD42-C8AE-43D1-8B6B-3AF114E3D2FC v1

When the tabular view is active, it is possible to enter a specified Trend value manually.

To enter the value manually:

1. Right-click the specified value and select Edit value from the context menu or double-click the
value that needs to be edited. The Edit Value dialog is displayed.

GUID-B5CC5591-F8C0-4725-8A49-130B08763CBB V1 EN-US

Figure 136: Edit value dialog

2. The text fields of this dialog show the index, registration time, status and current value of the
selected registration. Type a new value into the Value field.
3. Click OK to change the new value to the Trend. To leave the value unchanged, click Cancel.

The Status column text is changed to "Man. Entered".

9.5.4 Copying selected data to the clipboard GUID-72971EF2-0120-47FB-9A3F-BA33330975CE v1

The data selection can be done by using one of the three methods:

1. To select the successive values, click the first row of the reported item to be selected, press the
SHIFT key down and click the last row of the reported item.
2. To select the specific values, click the first row of the reported item to be selected, press the
CTRL key down and click more specific rows of the reported items.
3. To select all, press CTRL+A.

When the selection is done, select the appropriate button from the Main toolbar or press CTRL
+C.

When pasting the selection to the clipboard, the data is divided into several sections, where each
section has a header and contents of each selected report item.

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9.6 Preconfigurations GUID-724886A0-7876-46E0-B35A-BC2004762FF9 v1

The current Trend settings can be saved in a preconfiguration (see Figure 137). The following
properties will be saved:

• Background color of the graphical form

• Colors and styles of the X and Y axes
• Text fonts of the axes
• Trend curve colors and styles
• Trend curve marker colors and styles
• Trend curve title fonts
• Visibility and position of the legend in the graphical view
• Visibility of the Trend curves
• Auto scaling of Y axes
• Type of the curves in the graphical view
• Legend settings
• Curve properties from global settings selection

Saving the current Trend settings can be done by selecting Main/Save, or by clicking the appropriate

Main toolbar button . The Save Preconfiguration dialog is displayed, see Figure 137.

To create a new preconfiguration, a new name must be entered in the Name field and it must be
saved.

To replace an existing preconfiguration with the current Trend settings, the existing preconfiguration
name must be selected and Save button clicked.

GUID-C9A99829-89B4-4F0E-8535-D585FE0C4100 V1 EN-US

Figure 137: Save Preconfiguration dialog

All the saved application specific preconfigurations are available for all users working with a certain
application. Each user can save individual preconfigurations by selecting the User specific
preconfiguration visibility checkbox.

The Monitor Pro Menubar item Navigate/Trends shows all available preconfigurations.

All the application and user specific preconfigurations are displayed as a submenu of this command.
User specific preconfigurations are only visible for the creator of the preconfiguration.

Additionally, it is also possible to open preconfigurations using the appropriate button from the
Main toolbar. The Open Preconfiguration dialog is displayed. On appropriate preconfiguration

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name selection and clicking the Open button the preconfiguration is loaded and all the parameters
are applied to the Trends Display.

To delete an existing preconfiguration the name must be selected in the Save Preconfiguration or
Open Preconfiguration dialog. Clicking the Delete button will remove the preconfiguration.

9.7 Exporting Trends GUID-4567F8B7-5A5A-4263-B393-FBF157B9EA32 v2

It is possible to save the selected Trend data to a file in .CSV format. In .CSV format, the separator
between the columns is retrieved from the system settings. It can be changed in Windows control
panel > Region and Language > Additional settings... > Customize Format numbers tab > List
separator.

To export data:

1. Select Export item from the Trends menu or from the right-click context menu. The Save As
dialog opens.
2. Select a folder and file name for the selection.
3. Click the Save button to export the data.

The exported text file contains the header information, curve statistics and curve values. A curve
value includes an index, the time, value, and status.

To open the export file with, for example, Microsoft Excel, select Format/Cells/Text (in the Category
list) to display the format correctly.

9.8 Printing Trends GUID-566FA779-40C0-4477-A721-993472D2058B v1

Printing the Trend data either in the tabular view or in the graphic view can be done by selecting
Main/Print from the menubar or by clicking the appropriate button from the Main toolbar. The current
Trend registration values are printed as shown on the left side list of the tabular form. The Trend
information from the right side of the tabular form will be printed on the last page.

When printing from the graphic view, the printout is exactly the same as shown in the graphical view
at that moment. The legend information will be printed on the last page.

9.9 Authorizing GUID-329CE1E2-F15D-41E8-9637-BB31D294F200 v2

Trends Display follows the authorization concept of MicroSCADA X. The authorization level is
checked from the authorization group Trends. If this authorization group does not exist, the
authorization level of the group GENERAL is used.

The following functions in the Trend views require at least Control (1) authorization level:

• Changing Graph Settings

• Manually entering values

To be able to clear the Trend data, the Engineering level (2) is required.

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Section 10 Measurement Reports GUID-DA92579F-DB3E-44F6-AC6A-AE32E0551F7E v1

Measurement Reports provide an interface for showing measured values for further data analysis in
the application. It can be used for monitoring time related follow ups of the process as well as
measured or calculated data. It shows the history of these values and the entering values. The
reports are meant for various types of time related reports, for example hourly, daily, weekly, monthly
and yearly reports.

Generally, all types of data can be illustrated as reports. All data for the reports is calculated and
stored in real time. The report data is collected and calculated cyclically. The most common method
is to collect raw data from the process, refine it and store it in the report database. Measurement
Reports can be used, for instance, in reporting the following:

• Energy (active, reactive)

• Current (for example bay level)
• Voltage (for example bay level)
• Frequency
• Temperature
• District heating

All data values in the report can be presented either in tabular (numerical) or in a graphical view. The
contents and the reprocessing of data has been defined during the configuration of the Measurement
Reports, which is described in the Application Design manual. During runtime, the collected data may
be updated due to the following reasons in the application:

• At predefined time intervals

• As a calculation result

Measurement Reports contain the following features:

• All types of process objects illustrated as reports

• All types of process objects illustrated as reports- demo
• Graphical or tabular view modes
• Zooming mode
• Scrolling with scroll bars and panning
• Configurable axes and line properties
• Using legend and hairline
• Report types with different time resolution (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly)
• Quick report type with different time resolution (hourly, daily weekly, monthly, yearly)
• Load duration curves
• User specific and application specific preconfigurations

10.1 Starting Measurement Reports Display GUID-1E50B880-8B26-4F0C-92C1-5A1DBCFC9891 v2

Start Measurement Reports by selecting Navigate/Measurement Reports and select the

appropriate report type (see Figure 138).

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GUID-3332B77A-A66D-4628-A3A4-78AE82CD2825 V1 EN-US

Figure 138: Default opening of the Measurement Reports displays

The Measurement Reports menu structure is dynamic and application/customer specific. It may differ
from the example shown in Figure 138.

10.2 The user interface GUID-F9D70303-DB5E-4608-9B40-BF7B45AC6F58 v1

The report data can be presented in a tabular or in a graphical view. These two views share the
same report database. Both views also share some of the toolbars and the Measurement Reports
menu. In addition, some basic information about the selected Measurement Report display will be
shown in both views.

10.2.1 Measurement Reports Display toolbars GUID-2225C4A7-311D-4825-80AD-72E53A4E88E8 v1

Measurement Reports has four toolbars. Three toolbars are used for both views and one is dedicated
for the graphical view.

With the first Measurement Reports start all toolbars are visible. Toolbars can be shown or hidden
through the Settings/Customize mode. It is possible to add or remove buttons on the toolbars the
same way as described in Section 3.4.2.

The Measurement Reports Main toolbar buttons from left to right are as follows:

• Open Preconfiguration
• Save Preconfiguration
• Print Display
• Copy to Clipboard from Selected Display
• Find in Selected Display
• Show Display Settings
• Show Help

GUID-2ECD79EC-5419-4E48-B351-7B898A9A5CDB V1 EN-US

Figure 139: Main Toolbar

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Table 21: Main Toolbar functions

Function Description
Open Display Preconfiguration Opens the Open Preconfiguration dialog.
Save Preconfiguration Opens the Save Preconfiguration dialog.
Print Prints the selected report to a network printer or a specified output file.
Copy to Clipboard Copies the selected visible report data to the operating system clipboard.
Find This function is disabled for the Measurement Reports views.
Display Settings Opens a sub-menu with the following items:
- General Legend Settings...
- Graph Settings...
- Legend layout Settings...
Help Opens the Help dialog.

The Measurement Reports display toolbar buttons and drop-down lists from left to right are as
follows:

• Switch updating/frozen mode

• Refresh
• Show/hide report data
• Switch tabular/graphical view
• Select report page
• Select time interval

GUID-309AFD86-68A9-4E20-AD9E-CA65AD282588 V1 EN-US

Figure 140: Display Toolbar

Table 22: Display Toolbar functions

Function Description
Switch between updating and frozen mode
indicates the update mode as active mode.
Clicking this button will change to the frozen mode.

indicates the frozen mode as active mode. Clicking

this button will change to the update mode.
Refresh Forces a display refresh.
Show/hide report data (curves) Open the show/hide dialog, where the user can select
which data to show in the current view.
Table continues on next page

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Function Description
Switch tabular/graphical view
The graphical view is active. Clicking this button
will change to the tabular view.

The tabular view is active. Clicking this button will

change to the graphical view.
Select report page The items to select with this drop-down list are different
depending on the selected Report display type.
For configured standard Report pages:
contains all existing and configured pages for the
selected Measurement Report display.
For Quick-Reports pages:
contains all existing Quick-Report preconfigurations for
the selected Quick Report display.
The * character indicates the default configuration used
in the selected Quick Report display.
Select time interval This drop-down list is only enabled for the hourly base
Quick Report display. It contains a list of all used
sampling time intervals.

The Measurement report Navigation toolbar buttons from left to right are as follows:

• Go to first available period

• Go to previous period
• Go to next period
• Go to last available period
• Select period

GUID-7DA60121-E39C-403A-850E-74A2D51C21A4 V1 EN-US

Figure 141: Navigation toolbar

Table 23: Navigation toolbar functions

Function Description
Go to first available period Navigates to the first available period in the report. If the current period is
already the first, the button will be dimmed.
Go to previous period Navigates to the previous period in the report. If the previous period is
outside the history area, the previous period button will be dimmed.
Go to next period Navigates to the next period in the report. If the next period is outside the
history area, the next period button will be dimmed.
Go to last available period Navigates to the last available period in the report. If the current period is
already the last, the button will be dimmed.
Select period Opens the Select Date dialog from which the target period for the report
can be selected.

Browse backwards and forwards in time by one hour, day, month or year at a time. The browsing
interval is related to the time relation of the report type. To browse backwards, click the previous
hour/day/week/month (arrow left). To browse forward, click the next hour/day/week/month (arrow
right). The same selections can be made from the menu bar. The values from the previous or next
interval are fetched and displayed.

Select a specific hour, day, month or year in the Select Period dialog. The selection is related to the
time relation of the report type. To open the Select Period dialog, click the date sheet symbol.

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10.2.2 Measurement Reports Display menus GUID-FF4628BC-06F1-40AE-A9DF-DFB3AEA5A908 v1

The toolbar commands can be selected from the Measurement Reports menu (see Figure 142 and
Figure 143). Some of the menu items are active only for the graphical view.

GUID-92A1C303-1745-4C96-8908-5E451AC895C7 V1 EN-US

Figure 142: Measurement Reports menu for the tabular view

The menu for the tabular view contains the same commands as the toolbars.

GUID-2CF465D4-7150-4247-9F1D-D14BE7F7C1B2 V1 EN-US

Figure 143: The Measurement Reports menu for the graphical view
In addition to the toolbars, the following functions are available from the menu:

• Show/Hide Hairline
• Load Duration Curves
• Export...

For more information about the commands, see Section 10.3.

10.2.3 Measurement Reports Display header GUID-387AC67C-0A53-41E2-8A2B-DACB3685FB3D v1

The header contains the following information fields from left to right:

• Period field
• Measurement Unit information

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Figure 144: Measurement Reports header

The Period field gives information about the date/time range for the current visible data. The field
content depends on the current active report type:

• For hourly and daily reports the current active day, as shown in Figure 144.
• For weekly reports the current active week.

GUID-48B3E2D2-5F09-4352-BE12-5AFC27C20B94 V1 EN-US

• For monthly reports the current active month.

GUID-39FDB9BA-EB2E-4022-8382-F185DFC13EC5 V1 EN-US

• For yearly reports the current active year.

GUID-62072D3C-F61B-4D00-BBE2-F9F7F42DDA77 V1 EN-US

10.3 Graphical view GUID-AAFC4EF5-F55A-4896-9A8B-151B596139DE v2

In the graphical view, up to twenty measurements can be presented on a two dimensional coordinate
system that consists of a horizontal time (X) axis and a vertical value (Y) axis. The curves can be
panned both in the X and Y directions and the parameters of the Y axis can be changed. All the
curves can be hidden from the view with the dialog.

The horizontal (X) axis of the graphical view represents the time of the measurement, and the vertical
(Y) axis represents the value of the measurement. The X axis is divided into intervals specific to the
related period. The time of every interval point is labeled below the X axis. The amount of the shown
interval points depends on the zooming level.

The Y axis is automatically divided into intervals according to the registered values.

The graphical view does not recognize any units or scales, only the values
registered in the report database. To avoid confusion, curves with different units
should use different Y axes.

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Figure 145: Graphical view

The graphical view has the following functional areas:

• The plot area where the report data will be shown.

• The legend area shows part of the visible curve properties (optional, can be hidden with the
dialog).

For the plot area, the following curve types Figure 145 can be chosen:

1. Plot (default)
2. Area (fills the area between two selected curves or between a curve and the X or Y axis)
3. Bar
4. Stacked bar

The curve type can be configured with the dialog.

The legend show up can be disabled with the dialog or from the Measurement Report menu. The
legend area shows for all visible curves the following default information:

• Column title (Report object name)

• Line color
• Marker shape
• Registration time and value for the last available from the selected view
• Hairline value
• Selected Y axis for enabled curves
• Summary information as, for example, minimum and maximum value.

The legend position can be changed with the dialog or in Help of the legend context menu.

The graphical view has the same main functionality as used for the Trends Display.

Information about:

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• Scrolling, panning and zooming

• The Hairline function
• The Graph settings
• The Legend

can be found in Section 9.4.

10.3.1 Load duration curves GUID-EF973D89-9A15-43B9-BCB9-1473C14F2DDB v1

It is possible to toggle between load curves and load duration curves in the graphical form. The Load
Duration Curves mode can be enabled from the Measurement Reports menu.

10.4 Tabular view GUID-53500034-AEA2-4C61-8E75-22849DEBAF29 v1

In the tabular view, up to fifty measurements can be presented at the same time. Recommendation is
to not use more than twenty. Each measurement is shown in an individually configured report
column.

The tabular view contains the following columns:

• Comment column
• Time column
• A set of report data columns
• A set of summary information columns

The default accuracy of the report columns is two decimals, but it may be individually set for each
column during the report configuration.

If a measurement data registration has an uncertain or an obsolete status, the corresponding cell is
represented with the character "?" (see 1. in Figure 146). Manually entered values are indicated with
the character "m" (see 2. in Figure 146).

If a measurement data registration is not sampled or has an erroneous status, there is no value
available (see 3. in Figure 146).

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GUID-3AA74EF5-C981-4DD3-AB4D-6431EB83A14B V1 EN-US

Figure 146: The Tabular view

The measured column shows the report data as defined in the Report Page Configuration. The
measurements can be based on the measurements of the process, manually entered or calculated
values.

10.4.1 General settings GUID-E0F6F75C-3EF6-4777-98EC-58AA1CB2FB67 v1

The General Settings dialog can be opened either by clicking the appropriate Main toolbar button

or by selecting Settings/Display Settings.

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GUID-C7353942-7B99-4225-894B-A35E9C4760AA V1 EN-US

Figure 147: General Settings

Table 24: Tabular view, General Settings

Settings Description
Show gridlines Enable/Disable gridlines for tabular data area
Time range If selected the period start and end time will be shown in the time column
else only the period start time
Background shading Enable/Disable the row shading effect
Set Font Font style and size used for the tabular data area
Context menu items Configure the context menu items for the tabular data area
Visibility Visibility is configured to be either Application or User specific

10.4.2 Daylight saving leap hour data GUID-D4A3A70A-4E73-4DE6-97AC-9CAAC400B656 v1

All data sampled and calculated during the one hour transition from daylight saving time to standard
time will be stored on a separate location and made available in all DAY reports as shown in below
figure.

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GUID-8CE43743-C651-4837-8105-1769A3F4CD21 V1 EN-US

Figure 148: Leap hour data presentation

The data from that extra hour are also included in the summary information calculation.

10.4.3 Time column GUID-474EC48B-3D0A-4140-B90F-9AF499DAF040 v1

The following figures show and explain the different time column formats based on the selected
Report Display base type.

Hour report, time interval 3 minutes

The indication in the time column is shown as time, for example 11:03 or
11:06.
The time indicates the period begin.
In the example to the left, "11:00 -" indicates the period from 11:00 to 11:03.
The sampling time for this period was at 11:03.
GUID-2EDF71C4-E4EB-4B1A-A88A-A9D1960CDD0A V1 EN-US

Day report, 15 minutes period

In the daily reports, the time resolution is 15, 30 or 60 minutes.

The indication in the time column is shown as time, for example 00:00 or
00:15.
The time indicates the period begin.
In the example to the left, "00:00 -" indicates the period from 00:00 to
GUID-681D9815-9C3B-4E8A-AF14-71EA411CF479 V1 EN-US
00:15.
The sampling or calculation time for this period value was at 00:15.

Week report

In the weekly reports, the indication in the time column is the day of the
week, for example Monday or Tuesday.

GUID-4229129F-5E7C-4FD9-A9F3-B0E47397E659 V1 EN-US

Month report

In the monthly reports, the indication in the time column is the day of the
month, for example 1, 2 or 3.

GUID-40D18E6D-E476-4DC1-8574-6B3ED56774EB V1 EN-US

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Year report

In the yearly reports, the indication in the time column is the name of the
month, for example January or February.

GUID-CB32E3A6-A48E-4C38-A582-9509381F0D7A V1 EN-US

For hour and day reports, the time column can be configured in a way that the start and the end time
of each period will be shown. This can be done in help of the "Time Range" parameter in the General
Settings dialog.

10.4.4 Editing values GUID-CA7F4DF6-357C-4CDB-813C-F8125A238FA8 v1

Data included in the measurement reports can be edited in the tabular view with the Edit Value
dialog, if an appropriate command is accessible in the user's authorization.

Manually edit value is only possible in Day report displays where the interval is equal to the Report
Object base period. If, for example, Report Object base period is 15 min, then editing is only enabled
in Day report displays with a 15-minute interval time.

The edited values are stored into the report database, and other values, for example calculated
values that depend on it, are automatically recalculated using the new value.

To enter the data registration manually:

1. Right-click the item in the report column and select Edit value from the context menu. The Edit
Value dialog is displayed.

GUID-D5312011-C5CB-4E3E-93D3-BC2A8A411DD9 V1 EN-US

2. The text fields of this dialog show the registration time and status, and the existing value of the
selected registration. Type a new value in the Value field.

GUID-C878058B-E44D-4819-B2F3-5E6C35FB1745 V1 EN-US

3. Click OK to change the new value to the measurement report. To leave the value unchanged,
click Cancel.

The color of the measurement and status field is changed to indicate that the data
registration has been manually entered.

10.4.5 Adding comments GUID-F22CD7B3-DE95-4B04-A969-3AAEA421E978 v1

A comment can be added or removed with the Comment dialog. The comment is attached to one
row.

To open the Comment dialog, click the time column in the tabular format. The comment is saved to a
file and the note is indicated with an exclamation mark next to the time column.

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Figure 149: The Comment dialog

10.4.6 Copying selected data to the clipboard GUID-560FF80A-093F-4C14-9723-013E6039FDC3 v1

See Section 9.5.4.

10.5 Preconfigurations GUID-AE388BF5-A3C5-438A-BA24-3A45A3C70E74 v1

The current Measurement Report settings can be saved in a preconfiguration. The following
properties will be saved:

• Background color of the graphical view

• Colors and styles of the X and Y axes
• Colors and styles of the measurement curves
• Visibility of the legend in the graphical view
• Visibility of the measurement curves
• Auto scaling of the Y axes
• Type of the measurement curves in the graphical view
• Column widths of the tabular view
• Legend settings

Clicking the Default button in the Open Preconfiguration/Save Preconfiguration dialog will load
the default graph and the general and layout settings of the legend.

Otherwise the preconfiguration handling for Measurement Reports works in a same way as for
Trends, see Section 9.6.

10.6 Exporting Reports GUID-625C9C46-7A62-4768-B2CE-974D68D95779 v1

The selected report page can be saved to a file in .CSV format.

It is possible to save the selected Trend data to a file in .CSV format. In .CSV format, the separator
between the columns is retrieved from the system settings. It can be changed in Windows control
panel > Region and Language > Additional settings... > Customize Format numbers tab > List
separator.

1. Select Export from the Measurement Reports menu. The Save As dialog is opened.
2. Specify the folder and the file name.
3. Click Save to export the data.

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The exported text file contains the header information, the report time period, the unit information and
the report data. When opening the export file with Microsoft Excel, select Format/Cells/Text(in the
Category list).

This way the time format will be displayed correctly.

10.7 Printing Reports GUID-9A94F10E-7C0D-49A6-B5F5-CA708E79A594 v1

Printing the Report data either in the tabular view or in the graphic view can be done by selecting
Main/Print from the menu bar or by clicking the appropriate button from the Main toolbar. The
summary information from the bottom of the tabular form will be printed on the last page.

When printing from the graphic view, the printout is exactly the same as shown in the graphical view
at that moment. The legend information will be printed on the last page.

10.8 Authorizing GUID-4CBBE802-FCCB-4B50-966F-D2F2A0842FEE v1

Measurement reports follow the authorization concept of MicroSCADA X. The authorization level is
checked from the authorization group REPORTS. If this authorization group does not exist, the
authorization level of the group GENERAL is used.

The following functions in the Report views require at least authorization level 1:

• Add, remove or edit comments

• Manually enter values

10.9 Quick Reports GUID-1DA7F958-F262-470C-80B7-350721FC0D42 v1

Quick Report is essentially a report browser, which is able to show all the report objects defined
within the report application. The objects to be shown at a time can be selected through the Show/
Hide Curve dialog.

The current Quick Report configuration can be saved with a unique name and is available from the
report page selection box.

Quick Reports are available on hourly, daily, weekly, monthly and yearly basis. The report data can
be viewed both in tabular and in graphical form.

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Section 11 Area of Responsibility GUID-70E0B4BB-857C-4BC4-A4CB-FE94EEDD39BA v1

Areas of Responsibility (AoR) define user access rights and the role of a user to a specific area.
Exclusive Access Rights (EAR) is a functionality extending the AoR concept. The EAR functionality is
a token which allows only one user at a time to have rights for the area.

11.1 AoR user interface GUID-9637BABA-CD72-43B2-9C57-A36DC2B599E8 v2

All application users can use a specific AoR user interface to visualize the current AoR assignments.
The user interface can be accessed from the Tools/Area of Responsibility... menu item. Only the
users who have AoR definitions are shown in the user interface. The first row in the user interface
shows the information for the current user. The users who have AoR definitions but who are currently
not logged in to the application are listed in the Offline users section at the bottom of the view.

The user interface works in two different modes, the AoR-enabled mode and the EAR-enabled mode.
The list header shows all AoRs where the current user has an AoR role definition. In the EAR-
enabled mode it also shows the EAR role name for each AoR where the user has a role definition.

In the AoR-enabled mode, all users having AoR definitions are shown as Operators or Viewers. Only
Operators are allowed to control switches belonging to the specific AoR. Operators have equal rights
for the AoR, and they can operate simultaneously on the same AoR. Figure 150 shows the user
interface in the AoR-enabled mode.

GUID-4785478F-A25B-47AE-8147-EDFDD9CDA84F V1 EN-US

Figure 150: AoR user interface in AoR-enabled mode

In the EAR-enabled mode, users can have different roles for each AoR. Viewers cannot operate on
the AoR but they can see the current AoR assignments.

The legend at the bottom of the user interface describes the different user roles. Active Operator is a
user having EAR for a specific AoR. Operator is a user who does not hold the EAR for a specific AoR
but who can become Active Operator if the EAR ownership is changed.

Uncontrolled AoRs are highlighted in the lists header. Figure 151 shows an example in which an AoR
named West does not have any assigned operator. Also the User/Area header cell is highlighted
when there is at least one uncontrolled AoR.

The user Operators can negotiate the owner of the EAR for a specific AoR. Figure 151 shows similar
situation as shown in Figure 150 in which the EAR mode is activated.

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Figure 151: AoR user interface in EAR-enabled mode

Table shows the meaning of different EAR roles. For detailed information about EAR user roles and
how the EARs are automatically assigned, see SYS600 Application Design.

Table 25: EAR role

Authorization level Meaning

0 - View Can view AoR and EAR data (runtime information).
1 - Secondary Operator Can read EAR information (e.g. the user having the EAR
for the AoR). The secondary operator for an AoR is
allowed to have the EAR.
2 - Primary Operator Can read EAR information (e.g. the user having the EAR
for the AoR). The primary operator for an AoR is allowed
to and is the preferred operator to have the EAR.
3 - Master Operator Can read and write EAR information. The operator can
force the EAR to him/herself or assign it to someone else
who is allowed to have the EAR for the AoR.

11.2 Requesting Ownership of EAR GUID-F415E516-7E31-4FCA-9E67-167AF76CBB44 v1

A user having a Secondary Operator role for an AoR can request EAR from the current EAR owner.
The AoRs which can be requested by the user show a Request button in each AoR column. As the
user interface in Figure 151 shows, user Jack can request AoR named South from its current EAR
owner, John. A request for the EAR ownership needs confirmation from the current EAR owner. The
current EAR owner can accept or reject the request in the Monitor Pro dialog or in the AoR user
interface. Figure 152 shows the request confirmation message in which Jack requests the ownership
for the AoR named South from the current EAR owner, John.

GUID-A0C22A73-3472-4706-885B-EAF9CB189777 V1 EN-US

Figure 152: EAR request window

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Secondary Operators can also try to Give an EAR role for any other user having a sufficient EAR
role for that AoR. This request must also be accepted by the receiving user before the EAR
ownership is changed.

The ownership of the EAR is changed only if the current EAR owner accepts the request. Timeout
will occur for EAR requests after 30 seconds if the current EAR owner does not respond to the
request. After the timeout, the ownership of the EAR is not changed.

11.3 Forced EAR Ownership Operations GUID-10392670-6A2F-40D7-B5B7-E1E9FED6E197 v1

Users having Primary Operator or Master Operator roles for a specific AoR can make forced
ownership assignments. They can directly take the EAR ownership or assign it to any other user
having at least an Operator role in a specific AoR. Forced EAR operations are made by clicking Take
or Assign in the AoR user interface. Table 26 shows EAR roles having forced operations rights. In all
other cases the ownership of an AoR is transferred using requests.

Table 26: Operator EAR roles and forced operations

EAR role Current EAR owner role

2 - Primary Operator Seconday Operator.
3 - Master Operator Any Operator.

Figure 151 shows AoR user interface where user Jack can perform forced operations on AoRs East
and North. He can Take the EAR ownership of AoR East or Assign it directly to user John. He can
also directly Assign AoR North, which he currently has the ownership EAR, to either user Joe or
John.

Situations in which the user either receives or loses EAR are notified by showing an information
window. EAR notifications are purely informative and can be acknowledged only by clicking OK.
Figure 153 shows an example of an EAR notification window in which user Joe is informed that he
has lost the EAR for the AoR named East and that the new EAR owner is Jack.

GUID-948C4048-D2FB-411A-993E-FD922B6FA3DC V1 EN-US

Figure 153: EAR lost information window

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Section 12 System Self Supervision GUID-06E8BC1F-7724-4925-8394-CD57F14AE110 v1

System Self Supervision (SSS) is used in MicroSCADA X systems for supervising and monitoring the
system. It provides status information of hardware and software using the supervision symbols of
SYS600.

The System Self Supervision consists of:

• supervision application objects

• supervision monitoring symbols and control dialogs
• supervision events and alarms
• supervision logging

The supervision application objects provide the source for supervision state and status information.
The supervision information is shown in the Event and Alarm lists. Typically, additional system
supervision display has been designed for MicroSCADA X system supervision purposes. Figure 154
shows the System Self Supervision dedicated symbols and statuses, which can be found from such
a system supervision display. The supervision information is displayed in the supervision display by
supervision monitoring.

GUID-0AA1B844-44B6-4CFA-861A-4294F9FA1450 V1 EN-US

Figure 154: An example of a typical system supervision display

12.1 Supervision application objects GUID-B8C3165F-2638-43D7-8AA8-11F0DE76B116 v1

The main function of the supervision application objects is to provide the information source for the
objects to be supervised. These application objects provide information for supervision monitoring

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symbols, appearance of information as events and alarms in the appropriate lists. Additionally, these
application objects are involved in supervision logging.

12.2 Supervision monitoring symbols and control dialogs GUID-948F3F02-C59E-4AB0-B3F4-ABC5DCBB12D1 v1

The main function of supervision monitoring is to provide the visual information about the supervised
objects in a user friendly way. Supervision symbols are reflecting the states and statuses based on
usage of coloring. For example, green color typically indicates a good object status, whereas red
color indicates a failure status. The alarming supervision symbols are indicated by a blinking red
color.

12.2.1 Supervision symbols GUID-D749D67F-50F4-4D09-8A2A-9A03112FE253 v1

About 50 symbols have been designed for system supervision purposes. These symbols are updated
either as event based or time based manners by the runtime logic of supervision application objects.
This way, the supervised object gets visualized by the real world object state and status in the
system.

For example the following supervision symbol categories are available:

• System server
• Application
• Communication unit
• Station (IED)
• Workplace
• Computer accessories
• Network equipment
• Status

These supervision symbols are installed into the system supervision display using Display Builder.
For information on the characteristics of all supervision symbols, see SYS600 Process Display
design manual.

12.2.2 Symbol appearance GUID-D0802230-EA99-4715-AF65-5A7461E64C70 v1

Principles for supervision symbol visual design are general and used for all supervision monitoring
symbols. Some supervision symbols have both the dynamic and static appearance as indicated in
Figure 155.

Figure 155: Dynamic and static appearance of supervision symbols

A supervision symbol contains these appearances:

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1. Dynamic state (circle) and status (rectangle) color indicators.

2. Static identification drawing of an object.
3. Dynamic identification text of an object.

The dynamic appearance contains both the state and status indicator of an object. Supervision state
is indicated by a green or red circle. The rectangle part of the dynamic indicator shows the status of
the supervision symbol. For example, a blinking red color indicates an alarm, which has not yet been
acknowledged by the operator. The following table lists the typical states and statuses that may
appear for supervision symbols.

Table 27: States and statuses for supervision symbols

State and Status Indicator Description

Good status
In good status the symbol is static green.

Failure status with non-alarming

In failure status the symbol background is blinking red.
The cause for the failure status should be analyzed and corrective actions should be
taken.
Good status with Invalid Time
In good status the symbol is static green.

Unknown status
In unknown status the symbol is static magenta.
The cause for the unknown status should be analyzed and corrective actions should
be taken.
Warning status (warning limit has been exceeded)
In warning status the symbol is static yellow.
The cause for the warning status should be analyzed, because over time this object
may change to failure status.
Good status with unacknowledged alarm
Symbol has been in the alarming state, but not anymore. Acknowledgement of alarm
will change the symbol to Good status.

Failure status with unacknowledged alarm

Symbol is generating an alarming state, which is still active. Acknowledgement of
alarm will not change the symbol to good status. The cause for the failure status
should be analyzed and corrective actions should be taken.
Failure status with acknowledged alarm
Symbol is generating an alarming state, which is still active. Alarm has already been
acknowledged, but the cause for the failure status should be analyzed and corrective
actions should be taken.

Association to the real world object is achieved with the static part of symbol. For example, for
Station supervision, there is a variety of IED products available. Additionally, it is possible to include a
Station symbol, if needed. The available supervision symbols for IED products are shown in Figure
156.

GUID-26EF0E2E-D4F3-4F0A-999D-378462235E3F V1 EN-US

Figure 156: Supervision symbols for IED products

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12.2.3 Supervision control dialogs GUID-21E76957-86D8-4097-B3EA-2A9CC018DE5B v1

Supervision control dialogs are opened when the appropriate symbol in the supervision display is
clicked. These dialogs have been designed to provide more information about the selected
supervision object. Additionally, it is possible to perform the supervision related control operations, for
example, sending general interrogation command to Station (IED) or activating the take over in HSB
system. Supervision control dialog contents and authority handling for control operations can be
configured.

For example, the following control dialogs are available:

• Base System Supervision

• Application Supervision
• Communication Node Supervision
• Communication Line Supervision
• Station Supervision
• SNMP Supervision

12.2.3.1 Common characteristics GUID-302B2B80-52E0-4A86-8A09-B908EDFDD375 v1

Supervision control dialogs have common characteristics, such as the Power Process control
dialogs. An example of Station Supervision is shown in Figure 157. By default, dialog shows the
Main tab. The selected supervision object is indicated in the dialog title and the Object
Identification field. Detailed attribute information is shown in Attribute and Value columns. The
dialog can be expanded by using the >> button.

GUID-5A53CDAC-E41D-4D9A-97BD-427DBB7B02A5 V1 EN-US

Figure 157: An example of a supervision control dialog

When the dialog is expanded, additional tabs appear, see Figure 158. By using the tabs, it is possible
to perform supervision control operations, especially in the Control tab. The supervision alarms for
the selected object are listed in the Alarms tab. In this tab, it is possible to acknowledge selected or
all alarms. Also other tabs may exist, for example Diagnostics, where typical operations are
resetting the counter values with the appropriate buttons.

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GUID-4E4E1432-FECC-4F72-BABE-3823A28EFAC9 V1 EN-US

Figure 158: Expanded station supervision control dialog

12.2.3.2 Application supervision GUID-31949427-A734-462D-B1F5-E84A42EBDA17 v1

The appearance of the control dialog for application supervision depends on the type of system. The
Main and Diagnostics tabs are shown only for the single system, whereas the Shadowing and
Forced Takeover tabs appear for a redundant system.

The Diagnostics and Shadowing tabs provide more detailed information about the application
counters. In the Forced Takeover tab it is possible to activate the forced takeover.

GUID-B93EFFE0-0E86-48FC-A41B-72954E3FBC4A V1 EN-US

Figure 159: Application supervision control dialog

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12.2.3.3 Communication Node supervision GUID-09A6CA84-B62C-406C-9674-E45FB29D6477 v1

There are control dialogs available for both PC-NET and IEC 61850 nodes. By default, the same
attribute information is shown in the Main tab. Additionally, for PC-NET communication nodes, it is
possible to expand the dialog to get details of each communication line.

GUID-96D2FE5C-6B61-472F-A72E-672A8A4F4243 V1 EN-US

Figure 160: Communication node supervision control dialog

12.2.3.4 Communication Line supervision GUID-C6895D0A-9045-46F7-97AC-5808996E9540 v1

Communication lines for PC-NET are shown when the PC-NET Node Supervision control dialog is
expanded. Attributes for communication lines configured for selected PC-NET node are shown in
separate tabs with attribute and value descriptions (for example, the Line 5 tab).

GUID-96C5E763-0EFD-41C4-9E53-2E964C2F5965 V1 EN-US

Figure 161: Communication line attributes

Communication line diagnostics can be monitored on the dedicated tabs, for example the
Diagnostics 5 tab. This tab shows Index, Diagnostic Counter and Value information for the
selected communication line. Clicking Reset or Reset All clears the value information either for the
selected diagnostic counter or all counters at the same time. Clear to Send and Carrier Detect
items indicate the communication status for serial communication lines. These items are not visible to
the TCP/IP communication lines. All information shown in this tab is cyclically updated.

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GUID-5053DFD6-9BA6-4DF4-B344-36561AD2479C V1 EN-US

Figure 162: Communication line diagnostics

In the Control tab it is possible to set communication lines either out of use or in use. It is also
possible to stop or start the PC-NET Node communication from that tab, too. See Figure 163 for
details.

GUID-69A66E41-FC73-4A2F-B063-3E4A62B38CDC V1 EN-US

Figure 163: Communication line control

12.2.3.5 SNMP supervision GUID-AAF60047-77BA-4963-96D4-929E3D3D3A68 v1

The appearance for SNMP supervision control dialog depends on the type of the SNMP device.
Simple Network Management Protocol devices are able to provide information about them in the
internet protocol network via network management protocol. Such devices are: servers, printers,
hubs, switches and routers. An example of Network Switch with 8 ports is shown in Figure 164.
When the dialog is expanded, the alarms for the device are shown and control operations can be
performed by using the Ack. selected and Ack. All buttons.

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GUID-A489FFF7-04F2-4AE1-919B-31B928CBCEED V1 EN-US

Figure 164: Network switch supervision control dialog

The appearance of attributes shown for the SNMP device is configured via device templates. For
more information, see SYS600 Application Design manual. By default, the following device templates
are found:

• Network switch
• GPS
• Computer
• Printer

12.3 Supervision events and alarms GUID-0BFDE06D-D9E4-4FAA-9691-7FCE0E682EBD v1

System Self Supervision events and alarms in the system can be monitored in the Event and Alarm
Displays. Events and alarms of each supervised object are generated according to the supervision
event filtering specified during the configuration. For more information about the filtering, see
SYS600 Application Design manual.

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GUID-26151FA0-528F-4DD6-8654-1F97BF0AF1EC V1 EN-US

Figure 165: Supervision events and alarms

In case of an alarm, the supervised object causing an alarm can be found from the Alarm Display.
This alarm indicates the existing state of the supervised object and it gets changed to the normal
value as the supervised object receives the normalized event. The reason for causing the alarm in
system can be found from the Event Display, for example Device stopped [13918].

12.3.1 Filtering supervision events and alarms GUID-050FFA1A-DC7A-4B7F-9BFF-E6970A199BE3 v2

It is possible to define a filter condition that filters out all other events and alarms except the
supervision related events and alarms shown in Alarm and Event Displays. In Event Display,
selecting Event/Filters opens the Filter Settings dialog. Define the settings as shown in Figure 166.
Click OK to apply the filter definition and close the dialog window.

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GUID-FE5C432C-F850-447D-9897-D1E00CF0EBED V1 EN-US

Figure 166: Filter Settings for Supervision information

12.4 Supervision logging GUID-DBB474B2-B2E7-4267-92A7-7653FE851889 v1

In addition to the supervision information appearance in the Event and Alarm Displays, each
supervision object event can be logged into the supervision log file. These events are collected
according to the supervision event filtering configuration and stored in the file system. For more
information about the configuration for supervision event filtering and logging parameters, see
SYS600 Application Design manual.

In addition to the Event and Alarm Displays, the supervision information can also be found from
Supervision Log Viewer, when configured accordingly in MicroSCADA X system.

12.5 Supervision Log Viewer GUID-DA665341-809E-49B1-A7EC-43456DA283AA v1

Supervision Log Viewer is used for monitoring the supervision information logged into different log
files. These files contain information about the supervision events related to the system software and
hardware.

Supervision Log Viewer contains the following features:

• viewing common system messages of MicroSCADA X system

• viewing unknown process object messages of MicroSCADA X system
• viewing Windows Operating System events

12.5.1 Starting tool GUID-4BDCBE81-69B5-4D93-B8BC-8B6242BEE922 v2

Supervision Log Viewer can be started from the menu bar by selecting Tools/Supervision Log.
When the tool gets started, it shows the contents of logged information at that moment. To update the
view, select View/Refresh to get the tool reflected by the latest collected information. An example of
the Supervision Log Viewer main view is shown in Figure 167.

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GUID-B90EE3FB-B0F5-4999-88E4-887AB0D0D6BF V1 EN-US

Figure 167: Main view

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Sequence Executor

Section 13 Sequence Executor GUID-33A269DD-7C63-499A-87DF-2A2396D71143 v1

SYS600 Sequencer offers creation, execution and monitoring of switching device command
sequences in MicroSCADA X. Sequencer has two separate tools one for creation and configuration
of sequences (Sequence Configurator) and another tool for execution of sequences (Sequence
Executor). This section describes sequence execution and monitoring using Sequence Executor.
More details regarding Sequence Configurator tool can be found from SYS600 Application Design
Manual.

A sequence is a collection of one or more steps (commands) for switching devices. Currently, the
supported commands for sequence executions are switching device open or close commands and a
custom message to display. For instance, opening a circuit breaker can be considered as one step in
a sequence.

13.1 Launching the tool GUID-501F5367-270A-4745-89D0-3F8B3E1B293C v2

Sequence Executor can be launched directly from Monitor Pro by selecting Tools/Sequencer as
shown in Figure 168.

GUID-45A12B79-E2EE-404F-B316-D99B19327C09 V1 EN-US

Figure 168: Launching Sequence Execution Tool in Monitor Pro

Sequencer menu item is not shown in the menu if the sequencer is missing or not
enabled in the applied license or the sequencer package is not installed.

13.2 User Interface GUID-4DE53293-9515-4CE9-A723-1370715C7A6F v2

By default, Sequence Executor shows an empty view with no sequence selected. A pre-configured
sequence can be selected from the Sequence drop down menu to view the sequence steps and
execute a sequence.

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GUID-6E64C0E8-392C-4902-8143-84031BA48D75 V1 EN-US

Figure 169: Sequence Executor showing the tool’s layout and an opened sequence
Description of the tool layout shown in Figure 169 are described in Table 28

Table 28: Description of Sequence Executor Tool layout

Order Item Name Description

1 Menu bar Contains the tool menus
2 Toolbar Contains the toolbar buttons of sequence executor
3 Step numbers Shows the step numbers in order
4 Descriptions of steps Describes the steps as configured using Sequence Configurator tool
5 RC (Require Checkboxes for selecting or deselecting user confirmation during
Confirmation) step executions
6 Operation buttons Contains buttons that are used for sequence execution, step
section selection, skipping a running step and aborting a sequence
7 Status bar Provides detailed information about the selected sequence and its
current state
8 State of steps Shows the states of the step executions using the symbols described
in Figure 172

13.2.1 Menu bar GUID-6FB8E851-DEA8-4609-BBD5-EB379FD34DA2 v1

The menu bar in Sequence Executor consists of different menus including the commands/functions
in the toolbar. The menus are shown in Figure 170 below and the menu and menu items are
described in detail in Table 29

GUID-E56289F9-152E-4F63-901F-91160B1E7FF1 V1 EN-US

Figure 170: Sequence Executor’s Menu bar

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Table 29: Sequence Execution Tool’s menu bar functions

Menu Function Description

File Exit Exits Sequence Executor Tool
Sequence Controllability Check Executes controllability check to make sure that each
switching device included in the sequence can be controlled
(See Controllability Check Section)
Execution Log Shows detailed log or report of the last sequence execution
(See Status and Outputs Section)
Queue Queue State Opens Queue State dialog that shows the tabular summary
of sequences running or waiting in the execution queue
Stop All Aborts the running sequence and removes all waiting
sequences from the execution queue. If aborted by an INT
user, all sequences triggered by other triggers will also be
stopped
Help About Information about the tool and system

13.2.2 Toolbar GUID-2BCB6AA5-FEA6-4F2F-BB00-95E8C99BAEF3 v1

Sequence Executor toolbar, shown in Figure 171, consists of three different functions.

The descriptions of the toolbar functions are described in Table 30 below.

GUID-9D2A1682-93BC-4304-AE5C-C2B0965A8930 V1 EN-US

Figure 171: Toolbar in Sequence Executor

Table 30: Sequence Execution Tool’s Toolbar functions

Function Description
Queue State Opens Queue State dialog that shows the tabular summary of sequences running or waiting
in the execution queue
Queue/Stop All Aborts the running sequence and removes all waiting sequences from the execution queue.
If aborted by an INT user, all sequences triggered by other triggers will also be stopped.
Sequence Selection Enables users to select a sequence from a list of configured sequences. After selecting a
sequence from the drop down list, the following information is shown on the text field:
<OI of the bay>/<The name of the sequence>/<Sequence number>
If the sequence consists of steps from different bays, <OI of the bay> will be substituted by
<*>.

13.3 User Authorizations GUID-F862F439-638B-4BCC-B01E-14C61081A488 v2

Execution of sequences requires at least Level 1 Authorization Level.

13.4 Executing a Sequence GUID-2B2AC0B8-D6EE-4ECA-9FF4-755BFA8DA242 v2

Sequences execution may require user confirmation. If the sequence steps are configured to require
user confirmation the user has the possibility to choose one of the following actions after each step:

• Continue Sequence from next step

• Skip step
• Go to step to continue the execution from specified step
• Abort Sequence

To execute a sequence:

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1. Select a sequence from Sequence drop down list in the toolbar.

The sequence opens with a list of steps having sequence number, description and RC (Require
Confirmation) checkboxes. An empty Sequence drop down list shows that there is no sequence
to execute.
2. Select/Clear the checkboxes in RC column (Optional)
By default the RC checkboxes are set according the sequence configuration. To toggle whether
the user confirmation is required for the step, select/clear the checkboxes in RC column. You
can also select/clear all the checkboxes in the column by selecting/clearing the RC checkbox in
the column header.
Steps are executed without user confirmation when the checkboxes are clear. A selected
checkbox shows that the step requires an interactive user confirmation.
3. Click on Start Sequence button to start sequence execution from the beginning/from the first
step.
4. To start from a step other than the first step, click on GOTO STEP button and select a step to
begin with. Press START SEQUENCE to start sequence execution from the selected step.
After sequence execution starts, the active step (the step under execution) is highlighted in
yellow
5. Click on Abort Sequence button to abort/cancel sequence execution

In addition to an interactive user, sequences can be started from internal and

external triggers. Internal triggers include event channel and Schedule function of
the MicroSCADA X Calendar. Using external triggers, the sequences can be started
from an NCC via COM500i functionality or from DMS600.

13.5 Statuses and Outputs GUID-E01687F3-F8AC-488D-9A0F-5ECC0A53006D v2

Sequence states are shown in the status bar indicated by number 7 in Figure 169

The tool shows the following sequence status information:

• Number of sequences in the execution queue

• State of sequence execution in status bar: Disabled, Ready, Running, Paused
• Current selected sequence with their ID (ID_APL) and name
• Description for every sequence step

The states of each step during sequence execution are indicated with different symbols. These
symbols are located in front of each step (see section 8, State of steps, in Figure 169).

The description of the state of steps and the corresponding symbols are shown in Figure 172

GUID-993958DF-452D-4DBA-ACB7-5CFCE857DABC V1 EN-US

Figure 172: State of Step and corresponding symbols

Sequence Execution Log

Sequence Execution Log dialog shows the detailed log or report of the last sequence execution. The
log includes the following information regarding the sequence:

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• Time stamps
• Step number
• Step names
• Event texts for each step
• User Type
• User names
• Execution result (for example, successful/unsuccessful completion of sequence execution or
error)

Select Sequence>Execution Log from the tool's menu to open the Figure 173 as shown below

GUID-EE7CD2C5-F986-4FC4-9DF2-A4B1522530B1 V1 EN-US

Figure 173: Sequence Execution Log

13.6 Sequence Queue GUID-67E13EE8-6638-46EC-BCE9-918164CFFA2E v2

Only one sequence can be executed at a time. The maximum numbers of sequences that are
allowed to be in a queue for execution are five. See Figure 174 Queue State Dialog

Only the non-interactive execution of sequences are queued. It is not possible to

queue interactive user sequence execution.

GUID-7D177332-AB66-4B63-B786-0EAE72EB0264 V1 EN-US

Figure 174: Queue State Dialog showing three pending sequences

To view the queued sequences:

1. Click on Queue State button in the tool bar or Select Queue > Show State from the menu to
open the Queue State dialog.
The queue state dialog shows all sequences in the queue with their number, user name and
user type.
2. Click on Stop All button to abort all the active and pending sequences in queue.

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13.7 Controllability Check GUID-6F9BEA3D-66E7-4FCC-B091-15C0A7E641E9 v1

Every step in a sequence must be controllable beforehand. Before any sequence execution is
started, the sequencer function executes controllability check to make sure that each switching
device included in the sequence can be controlled. The controllability check is repeated for each
particular step command of the sequence. The progress of the sequence execution can be monitored
and controlled in Sequence Executor. Controllability of steps is also checked when opening a new
sequence. The Sequence Controllability Check dialog opens if one or more steps are not possible to
be executed/controlled. See Figure 175

Sequence Controllability Check dialog can also be launched by selecting Sequence >
Controllability Check from the main menu.

GUID-28F5BB68-9C6D-451F-8A91-A05CB4CAB4D1 V1 EN-US

Figure 175: Controllability Check Dialog showing a failure due to station local/remote switch
inhibition of control

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Calendar is a tool for defining features or activities that depend on time.

Time periods can be applied, for instance, to define day and night tariffs, to specify contracts that are
in force, general holidays, and so on. Calendar data can then be utilized by other functions, for
example by the measurement reports.

It is possible to use the Calendar to define command procedures which are to be run on a defined
day or on all days that are marked as a certain type of day. Default day settings are available either
for all days or for workdays and Sundays separately.

Settings that determine the operations or properties which will take place at a certain moment of
time, are defined in a day specific graphical attribute list. The attribute list is maintained by using an
attribute tool that is integrated into the calendar. Each attribute has a graphical user interface of its
own on the list.

Individual days can be configured independently with the attribute tool to have day specific attributes.
The attribute list can also be defined for the day type. The day type is a logical name that can be
used for connecting an attribute list to a day. All attributes defined for a day type are then applied to
all days that have a link to the day type. Fast modifications can be performed simultaneously for
several days by using the predefined day types. New day types can be created freely.

14.1 Opening Calendar GUID-DA252E11-C160-43C1-A2A2-77ABCC06D282 v1

Calendar can be started in the application main picture. Select Calendar in the Tools menu.

The main calendar view is used for browsing general calendar information. The calendar is divided
into 12 months, one in every tabbed page. A month can be selected by clicking the corresponding
tab. The current day is marked with a red box (see Figure 176).

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GUID-34A3D23B-C3BB-4194-A6D1-B01FF10D13DB V1 EN-US

Figure 176: The Calendar tool

There are shortcuts in the toolbar for the most used commands. The commands are from left to right:

• Previous Year
• Next Year
• Go to Today
• Go to Year X
• Select Day of the Week
• Select Week
• Select Month
• Add Day Type

14.2 Making selections GUID-045D7FBA-D675-4A70-9AAA-00AB724315C1 v1

Multiple selections can be made when the Attribute dialog is not open. Close it before making a
multiple selection.

• Click a day in the Calendar to add the day into the selection.
• To deselect days, single-click the day label again. The current label state can also be changed
by pressing the Space bar. Opening the Attribute dialog by double-clicking a day label also
removes all other days selected except the current day.
• Selection can be expanded by using the selection buttons in the toolbar.
• Any day type can be added to the selection.
• Any day type setting can be removed from the selection.

14.3 Adding day type to group of days GUID-022EEDF4-94CA-467A-A20C-B4F5C1B23144 v1

When a selection is made, a day type can be added to the day group. Select a day type on the day
type list and click Set. When the button is clicked, all the selection marks disappear and the number

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fonts of the selected day change to bold to indicate that they are provided with the relevant settings.
If the day color is set on the day type attribute list, all the days are marked with that color.

To remove a day type setting from a day, make a multiple selection, select the day type to be
removed and click Remove. Another way to remove a day type setting is to open the Edit day
attributes dialog and to delete the corresponding day type block from the attribute list.

14.4 Setting day type attributes GUID-1ADF3061-48AC-45DB-B8B9-AB969CEEBA1E v1

To set a day type attribute, double-click the day type item on the list containing the day type names.
This opens the Attribute dialog.

The day type attributes are defined in a similar way as the day attributes. The only difference is the
text box in the upper part of the dialog where the type name is displayed. This name is also visible on
the list of the main calendar view.

Changes made in the day type attributes are applied to all the days defined as that day type.

14.5 Saving attributes GUID-89A323FA-C0E1-4139-AE72-D4A3FC640240 v1

Save the attributes by clicking Apply. Not clicking Apply before selecting another day will delete all
the blocks containing invalid data. It is recommended to click Apply to check the data validity before
moving to another day or closing the dialog.

Saving is also done when Go to Today is clicked. This is the most recommended way to save
changes to the day or to day type attributes. When the Attribute dialog is closed, data validity is
checked and valid data is saved.

14.6 Changing current time GUID-FD2CC62A-D67A-4B09-A807-DB50F0E75EBB v1

To step one year forward, click Next Year on the toolbar. Similarly, to move to the previous year, click
Previous Year. To move to any year between the years 1978–2045, click the Go To Year and type
the year into the Input dialog.

14.7 Setting day attributes GUID-760438C5-297F-42EC-9B53-BB0D8BEB04F6 v1

Set the day and the day type attributes by double-clicking the day label (day number). The Edit day
attributes dialog is then displayed (see Figure 177).

To add a new day attribute:

1. Click Outage New from the Edit day attributes dialog. A new block is added to the attribute list.
2. New attributes can be added into the day profile by clicking Outage New. In the subsequent
dialog box, the type of the new attribute can be selected.
3. Click Apply after having edited the day attributes. The program checks the validity of the data
and saves the changes. If data is not valid, an error message will be displayed.

Delete removes all the marked blocks. After having saved the attributes, the dialog can be closed by
clicking Close.

Help displays the attribute tool help text.

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GUID-6428794A-1BC9-4FF3-80AF-8508F5AB7E53 V1 EN-US

Figure 177: The Edit day type attributes dialog

A maximum of 10 attributes per day (or per day type) is allowed.

14.7.1 Available attributes GUID-F429CDDC-AD91-453D-B30F-7FE0473C7FE0 v1

The following attributes are used in the attribute tool. Some of the blocks are available only for the
day attribute list. Every block has a check box in the upper right corner. It is used for selecting the
block.

1. Assign type Inserting this block into the attribute list of a day connects the day to a day type. All
the settings made for the named day type are then applied to the current day. This block is
available only for a day, not for a day type. All the day types that are defined in the Options tool
are visible in the drop-down list.

GUID-E5901585-D6EC-4102-A308-6AFA4C1893B7 V1 EN-US

Figure 178: The Assign type dialog

2. Day name A day is named with a given text string. The day color in the main calendar view is
selected with the help of the drop-down list. The block is available both for days and day types.

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GUID-F751BB56-8DD9-4B77-B55A-1F0E0FFB6A18 V1 EN-US

Figure 179: The Day name dialog

3. Run command procedure It executes a command procedure at a given time of day. The
running time is given with the time resolution of 1 minute. This block is available both for days
and for day types.

GUID-92107212-233B-4327-B088-467933A451B6 V1 EN-US

Figure 180: The Run command procedure dialog

4. Time period start/stop This block is used to define periods which are in effect for several days.
The block is available only for days.

GUID-0444CAFA-83E7-4B0E-A8A7-A110C677F325 V1 EN-US

Figure 181: The Time period start/stop dialog

5. In-day period The block defines a period that starts and ends during the current day
0:00-23:59. Time resolution is 1 minute. This block is available both for days and day types.

GUID-CEFF1575-0F7E-40F7-AB08-445D273C031A V1 EN-US

Figure 182: The In-day period dialog

14.8 Changing calendar properties GUID-6E6AE510-4104-4E2E-B805-327A5A30A090 v1

Open the Calendar Properties dialog from the Options/Tool Properties...menu. The dialog
consists of three tabbed pages:

• General options
• Procedures
• Day types

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14.8.1 General calendar options GUID-725D7E8A-DD85-4F1B-8653-D2BB089AA8C2 v1

GUID-6620DD4A-7D99-4A8C-A86E-B6381D30038B V1 EN-US

Figure 183: General calendar options

Table 31: Available default day types

No Type
1 No default types
2 One default type which is applied to all days
3 Default types for Sundays and other days separately. Default types are selected from the drop-down list
where all the available day types are visible. The default type of an individual workday can be overridden
by assigning it to Sunday type. Likewise, Sunday settings can be overridden with the day type of
workday. If the default type of an individual day is to be overridden, select the day from the calendar’s
main view and assign it to an appropriate day type.

To add more day types into the combo box, select the Day types tab and add new types on the list.

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14.8.2 Procedures GUID-842E80A2-952F-47F7-B2E6-959EFBBC9D53 v1

GUID-BA9C044F-9A0B-41D8-B605-C0161B3D7B32 V1 EN-US

Figure 184: Allowed procedures

Allowed procedures can be defined in the Procedures tab of the Calendar Options dialog. On the
right side of the Procedures tab are all the command procedures that exist in the system, on the left
side are the command procedures that are allowed in the calendar.

To add new procedures to the list of allowed procedures, select a procedure from the All procedures
list and click the << button. To remove a procedure from the list of allowed procedures, select a
procedure and click the >> button.

Allowed procedures are used by the Run command procedure calendar attribute. Only allowed
procedures are included in the combo box of the attribute (see Figure 180).

At least Engineering authorization level (2) is required to be able to modify the list of allowed
procedures. The list is initially empty but it will be filled according to the user's above mentioned
actions.

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14.8.3 Day types GUID-61A19301-177B-4F2B-948C-5E7B1722F3FD v1

GUID-CA50A155-56EB-4CB2-8FCD-144C7E35B53F V1 EN-US

Figure 185: Day type tab

To add a new day type:

1. Click the Add button.

2. Type a name for the day type. The day type is displayed on the list.
3. Save the changes by clicking OK.

To remove a day type, select a day type from the list and click Remove.

If a day type is removed, all references to that day type are deleted from the
calendar database.

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Term Description
Application All the processes and views included in an application. Normally an application consists of an
overview or a login dialog and several Process Displays and application views.
Application display An application display gives the user an overview of the application. A Process Display is a
picture, which shows a specific process in a station. In a very small application they can all be
the same.
Attribute Attributes contain the settings and definitions for the properties of the picture functions. They
are stored in the process data base.
Authorization Different users can have different access rights to the same picture functions and processes.
Authorization Picture functions and application pictures can be grouped into authorization groups and thereby
group require a certain user authorization level.
Authorization level Different levels of authorization give the users different types of access (view, control
operations, system manager and so on.).
LIB 500 LIB 500 contains the needed base functionality for installing support packages like LIB 510, LIB
5xx... LIB 500 also provides functions like Event Display, Alarm Display, and Network topology
coloring.
LIB 510 LIB 510 is a support package, which contains the library functions for using for example MV
process functions, Trends Displays, SPACOM Relay Setting Tool, RED Relay Setting Tool, DR-
Collector Tool.
Library function A library function is a function in a software package that is ready made and only needs
configuration of the attributes.
Menu item The available options that are listed when opening a drop-down menu.
MicroSCADA The whole operation from starting up the system, performing login, running the system with its
session customer application to ending the session.
MV process Medium Voltage functions like Circuit breaker, Transformer, Three state switch, Station, Bay,
and so on. Used as picture functions in the Process Displays.
Picture function The functionality is built in with the application picture presented on the monitor. However, the
application picture can contain one or several different picture functions, as well as several
similar ones (disconnectors, transformers, and so on.).
Process Display An area where process specific functions are presented.
Specific area
Process database A database, which contains the individual process objects and related attributes.
Process object One signal in the Process database (for example a disconnector position indication).
Process Display A type of an application picture containing process objects (for example MV Process Display
functions), which are connected to the processes. In the Process Display, for example
measurements, the states of disconnectors and breakers are normally updated and switching
devices can be operated.
Representation The symbol used for a picture function, for example a circuit breaker, transformer,
symbol measurement, and relay. The representation symbol is selected during the configuration of the
picture function.
Switching device Devices in the MV process that can be operated (for example circuit breakers, three-state
switches, and transformers).

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Abbreviations

Section 16 Abbreviations GUID-CC0F6F59-2768-497A-BC58-999D66F124F1 v1

The following is a list of abbreviations the user should be familiar with. See also the terminology
table.

Abbreviation Description
Clut Color LookUp Table: a file where Display Builder saves the RGB (Red, Green, Blue) values for
each color in color palette.
DMS Distribution Management System
HDB History Database
HSI Human System Interface
IED Intelligent Electronic Device
MV Medium Voltage
NCC Network Control Center
SA Substation Automation
SCS Substation Control System
SSS System Self Supervision

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Index

A M
Acknowledge Measurement Reports................................... 117
All.......................................................... 83 Display Toolbar functions...............99, 119
Current page......................................... 83 Main Toolbar functions.........................118
Activation......................................................... 68 menu................................................... 121
Active acknowledged alarms........................... 84 toolbars................................................118
AI type process object..................................... 82 Measurements Reports
Alarm blocking................................................. 85 display header..................................... 121
Alarm buffer............................................... 84, 85 Multiple selection........................................... 154
Alarm classes.................................................. 85
Alarm row........................................................ 27 N
Alarm text line..................................................81 Navigation toolbar..........................................120
Allowed procedures....................................... 159 Navigation toolbar functions.......................... 103
Analog measured value...................................82 Network topology coloring............................... 65
Assign type.................................................... 156 O
Attribute list....................................................153
Authorization level......................................... 130 Outgoing process data.................................... 84
Available attributes........................................ 156 P
B Persisting alarms............................................. 84
BI type process object..................................... 82 Preconfigurations...........................................129
Blocking Display toolbar.................................. 90 Printout ........................................................... 68
Process database............................................84
C Process events................................................ 78
Calendar........................................................ 153 Process list types.............................................28
Color settings...................................................75 Process object................................................. 82
Command procedures................................... 153 Q
Communication failure.....................................82
Current alarm situation.................................... 84 Quick Reports................................................130
D R
Day color............................................... 154, 156 Registration..................................................... 68
Day name...................................................... 156 Report data
Day type........................................ 154, 158, 160 exporting..............................................129
Day type setting.............................................154 Run command procedure.............................. 157
DB type process object....................................82 S
Default day settings....................................... 153 Setting Calendar options............................... 157
Defining filters..................................................71 Signal...............................................................89
dialog Starting
Color Setting Tool.................................. 65 Alarm Display........................................ 82
DMS...............................................................163 Station (process) picture............................13, 14
Double indication............................................. 82 Status bar........................................................ 28
E SYS600
Event activation............................................... 67 Monitor Pro............................................65
Event Display line............................................ 67 System error.................................................... 82
F T
Filters.........................................................71, 83 Tabs
settings.................................................. 72 Colors tab.............................................. 66
Tabular view...................................................124
G Add comments.................................... 128
Graphical view............................................... 122 Edit value.............................................128
Graphic view mode........................................102 Time column........................................127
Tagout..............................................................49
H adding....................................................50
History Database (HDB).................................. 78 editing....................................................51
I removing................................................50
Incoming binary signal.....................................82 Template 1....................................................... 82
Incoming process data.................................... 84 The Day type list............................................160
In-day period..................................................157 time based logout............................................ 12
Internal events................................................. 78 Time period start/stop....................................157
Trends Display.................................................95
L
Latest Alarm.................................................... 83 U
Logout..............................................................12 Unacknowledged alarms................................. 85
automatic logout after inactivity............. 12
time based logout.................................. 12

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