Applications

• Testing of protective relays individually or as schemes.
• Organization and management of protection settings and test reports.
• Management of maintenance and commissioning test activities.
• Support reporting requirements for NERC and regional power coordinating councils.

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Benefits

• Increased testing productivity, especially for complex multifunction relays.
• Standardized, consistent test procedures and quality.
• Automatic, professional, formatted test reports
• Comprehensive database provides data for process improvement
• Support reporting requirements for NERC and regional power coordinating councils.

Testing Capabilities:

• Provides two modes of testing
• Freeform: Test immediately without a prepared test plan or procedure.
• Procedure based: Test using a prepared test procedure.
• Generic test procedures for common devices allow you to become immediately productive in automated testing.
• Very flexible control over test selection and execution. Selectively execute all, a group or any combination of tests.
• Makes full use of hardware capabilities, including connecting current channels in parallel, and voltage channels in series where possible.
• Takes advantage of multi-channel digital input sensing hardware when available.
• Test procedures can be specified and developed independent of test hardware.
• Automatic evaluation of test PASS/FAIL based on tolerance criteria specified in the test procedure.
• A single test procedure can be applied without modification to devices of a given type or class.
• Tests according to installed, in-service settings as far as possible.
• Interrupt test execution at any time.
• Performs standard tests on protection elements including but not limited to: under/overcurrent, under/overvoltage, directional overcurrent, under/overfrequency, impedance, current and transformer differential, three phase mho/offset mho, three phase lenticular impedance, loss of excitation, quadrilateral distance, motor protection, synchrocheck, single/three phase metering.
• Tests line protection relays based on a power system model with controlled source and line impedance
• Automatically calculates expected pickup values and operate times based on protection settings for common characteristics.
• Selectable search methods for pickup type tests cover all variations of device technologies.
• Go/no-go type pickup tests allow for extremely fast testing of modern digital devices.
• Tests can be reconfigured to use different current output with different drive capabilities effortlessly.
• Unattended mode will complete as many tests as possible without user intervention.
• Tests automatically adapt to a wide range of pickup level settings for the same “device”.
• Suspend and resume test sessions at a later date.
• Built-in library of electromechanical relay operate time curves.
• Automatic communication with ASCII protocol, SEL or MODBUS protocol relays to interrogate readings, change logic masks, etc.

Management Capabilities:

• Organize the database to track "Devices", "Relays", "Protections", "Panels", "Schemes" etc as the test object.
• Customize the database to track up to 200 pieces of data (size, shape, color, serial number etc.) across all "Devices", Relays", etc.
• Provides central control of protection settings, allowing field test personnel to obtain data for “devices” of interest, then perform testing independently and merge completed test reports back to the central database.
• Produces maintenance test schedules based on given criteria.
• “Device” setting changes can be password protected.
• Maintains multiple settings groups for “devices” as required.
• Database browser can be customized to organize all “devices” into folders based on 1 or 2 key fields.
• Automatic association of test procedures to “device” types.
• Maintains "As found" and "As left" or other sets of test results as desired.
• Test procedures, “device” data, and test reports can be archived.

Reporting Capabilities:

• Produces formatted tabular test reports with zero effort.
• Directly print test reports to a printer.
• Customizable report header, title and logo picture.
• Outputs test reports in ASCII .txt, or RTF formats.
• Comments can be appended to the results of any test and saved.
• "Single page" test result summary shows results of all tests at a glance.
• Produces test summary reports of pass/fail rates, test schedule compliance and productivity.
• Prints graphs of test results.
• Outputs test reports or graphs to Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format (with included PDF driver utility)
• With the optional report generator module:

Output test reports in MS Word, MS Excel format (MS Office 97, 2000 or XP(2002) required).

Output test reports in PDF, CSV, HTML or XML format.

XSLT templates can be used to format XML report data into user desired format.

Analysis Capabilities:

• Test results graphed automatically against expected device characteristics and tolerance envelopes.
• Perform searches on the database for “devices” meeting user specified criteria.
• Calculates total number and percentage of “devices” passed and failed, number of test points passed and failed.
• Calculate time taken to test certain groups or types of devices to measure productivity gains and plan future testing.
• Calculates total number and percentage of “device” for which scheduled testing is up to date or overdue, to support compliance reporting for NERC and regional power coordinating councils.

Quality Control:

• Predefined test procedures help to ensure testing consistency.
• Test procedures can be password protected from modification.
• Test parameters are calculated from “device” settings automatically to reduce errors.
• Test reports contain complete “device” conditions (i.e. settings) and test conditions (i.e. test parameters).
• Test output results are protected from "fudging".
• Automatic version control of test procedures.
• Test reports include the test procedure used, procedure version number and references to test equipment used.
• Exact wiring connection tables are calculated at time of test execution for the user.
• Wiring connection tables included any required jumpers and interconnections between test equipment components.
• Settings groups and test procedures are automatically archived to protect integrity of historical test reports.
• Any user entered “device” settings and test parameters are checked for validity against minimum and maximum limits
• Test procedures are frozen once approved, to ensure repeatability of tests and traceability of results back to the test procedure.

Ease of Use Features:

• Familiar Windows Explorer style database browsing interface.
• Step by step “wizard” style screens guide the user to complete common tasks.
• On-line context sensitive help with index, full text search, and bookmarking.
• Default power system parameters such as frequency, line voltage, phase sequence default to user specified defaults in all tests.
• Ramp rates and other detailed test parameters are automatically calculated.
• Program-assisted selection of the appropriate test desired.
• Instruction manual for the device under test can be accessed from the program menu during testing.

Workgroup Support:

• Configuration utility simplifies configuration of the software across PC's for an entire department.
• Share and exchange "device" settings, test reports and test procedures over a network.
• Centralize “device” settings, test procedures, and test reports on a master database.

Other Utilities:

• Terminal emulator for communicating to devices under test.
• Communication data can be logged to a file for future reference or data extraction.
• Complex number calculator

Troubleshooting Capabilities:

• Live graphical phasor displays of outputs during test execution.
• Graphical and numerical display of power quantities (power, sequence components, impedance) during test execution.
• Live parameter versus time charts of outputs during test execution.
• Ability to slow down or speed up test delays and ramp rates for troubleshooting timing problems.
• Communication data log.

System Requirements

• PC with one of:
  • Microsoft Windows 98 2nd Edition
  • Microsoft Windows NT with Service Pack 6
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional Version 2002
• Optional “Report Generator” module requires Microsoft Office 97, Microsoft Office 2000 Professional or Microsoft Office XP Professional.
• Manta Test Systems MTS-5000, MTS-1710, or MTS-3000.
• One RS-232 serial port or Ethernet port (MTS-5000 only).
• One 25-pin parallel port or USB port.
• CD ROM drive.
• Hard disk space required: 50MB - 100MB depending on options.

Optionally Supported Hardware

• Manta Test Systems MTS-1720*, MTS-1750 (one or three), MTS-1753
• Manta Test Systems MTS-1730
• *MTS-1720 Firmware version 4.0 or higher is required.

Options

• Report Generator (see reporting capabilites section)
• Test Procedure Editor – allows you to quickly create and revise your own test procedures.
• Aspen Relay Database Link – allows you to import relay settings from the Aspen Relay Database software.
• SEL Settings Link – allows you to import relays and relay settings from the SEL-5010 Relay Assistant and SEL-5030 AcSELerator software.
• CAPE Neutral Interface Link – allows you to import relay settings from the CAPE software.
• Master Database Version – specifically for use as the corporate master database.

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