GE Multilin DDFR User manual

GE Consumer & Industrial
Multilin
GE Multilin
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*1601-9024-A1*
DDFR
Distributed Digital Fault Recorder
Instruction Manual
Software Revision: 2.0x
Manual P/N: 1601-9024-A2
Manual Order Code: GEK-113333A
Copyright © 2007 GE Multilin

These instructions do not purport to cover all details or variations in equipment nor provide
for every possible contingency to be met in connection with installation, operation, or
maintenance. Should further information be desired or should particular problems arise
which are not covered sufficiently for the purchaser’s purpose, the matter should be referred
to the General Electric Company.
To the extent required the products described herein meet applicable ANSI, IEEE, and NEMA
standards; but no such assurance is given with respect to local codes and ordinances
because they vary greatly.
© 2007 GE Multilin Incorporated. All rights reserved.
GE Multilin Distributed Digital Fault Recorder instruction manual for revision 2.0x.
Distributed Digital Fault Recorder and DDFR, are registered trademarks of GE Multilin Inc.
The contents of this manual are the property of GE Multilin Inc. This documentation is
furnished on license and may not be reproduced in whole or in part without the permission
of GE Multilin. The content of this manual is for informational use only and is subject to
change without notice.
Part numbers contained in this manual are subject to change without notice, and should
therefore be verified by GE Multilin before ordering.
Part number: 1601-9024-A2 (August 2007)

TABLE OF CONTENTS
DISTRIBUTED DIGITAL FAULT RECORDER – INSTRUCTION MANUAL TOC–I
DDFRTable of Contents
1: GETTING STARTED ORDERING ........................................................................................................................................... 1
ORDERING THE DDFR ........................................................................................................ 1
ABOUT YOUR NEW DDFR UNIT .................................................................................................. 2
CAUTIONS AND WARNINGS ............................................................................................... 2
ABOUT THE DDFR IN GENERAL ........................................................................................ 2
Background ..................................................................................................................2
Data Recording ...........................................................................................................3
CHECK THE CONTENTS OF THE BOX ................................................................................ 4
USING THIS MANUAL .......................................................................................................... 4
THE PHYSICAL DDFR UNIT ............................................................................................... 5
INSTALLING THE ENERVISTA DDFR SETUP PROGRAM .................................................... 7
HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS - DDFR SETUP AND MONITORING SOFTWARE ............ 8
HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS - DDFR ARCHIVER ............................................................ 8
SETTING UPTHE ENERVISTA SOFTWARE ......................................................................... 8
EnerVista DDFR Setup .............................................................................................8
SETTING UP COMPUTER-TO-DDFR ETHERNET COMMUNICATIONS ......................... 11
CHECKING THE COMMUNICATIONS SETUP IN YOUR COMPUTER ................................. 11
MAKING THE INITIAL SETUP CONNECTION ...................................................................... 12
USING THE ENERVISTA DDFR COMMUNICATION SETUP SCREENS ............................ 12
SETTING UP WITH MULTIPLE NIC ..................................................................................... 19
USING THE DISCOVER DDFR BUTTON ............................................................................ 28
SETTING UP ARCHIVER COMMUNICATION ........................................................................ 32
SETTING UP RELAY-TO-DDFR COMMUNICATION .............................................................. 34
ATTACHING FIELD DEVICES (RELAYS) TO THE DDFR ..................................................... 34
Attaching Ethernet-based Relays ......................................................................34
Attaching RS485-based Relays ...........................................................................35
Attaching RS232-based Relays ...........................................................................36
Attaching Multiple Relay Communication Types to the DDFR ............36
2: PRODUCT
DESCRIPTION
OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................................... 37
BENEFITS OF DISTRIBUTED VS CENTRALIZED DIGITAL FAULT RECORDING ................ 37
Centralized DFR System .........................................................................................38
Distributed DFR System (DDFR) ...........................................................................38
FEATURES OF THE GE MULTILIN DDFR SYSTEM ........................................................... 39
The Distributed Digital Fault Recorder (DDFR) .............................................39
The DDFR Archiver ....................................................................................................40
GE MULTILIN RELAY FIRMWARE SUPPORT ........................................................................... 41
DDFR-SUPPORTED RELAY FIRMWARE VERSIONS .......................................................... 41
SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................................................................................... 42
HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................................................. 42
TEST SPECIFICATIONS ......................................................................................................... 43
ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS .................................................................................... 44
APPROVALS AND CERTIFICATION ...................................................................................... 44
3: DDFR CONFIGURATION CONFIGURATION OPTIONS ......................................................................................................... 47
CONFIGURATION - ANEXPLANATION .............................................................................. 47
PASSWORD ACCESSIBILITY GROUPS ................................................................................. 47
SETTING UPYOUR PASSWORD ......................................................................................... 48
DDFR CONFIGURATION TECHNIQUES ............................................................................. 48

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Single DDFR Unit ........................................................................................................48
Multiple DDFR Units ..................................................................................................48
"Fresh" and "Preset" Configuring ........................................................................49
Reconfiguration ..........................................................................................................49
USING ENERVISTA DDFR SETUP SOFTWARE ....................................................................... 50
THE ENERVISTA DDFR MENU BAR ................................................................................. 50
ENERVISTA DDFR ONLINE AND OFFLINE WINDOW STRUCTURES ............................. 50
THE ENERVISTA DDFR ONLINE WINDOW (SITE LIST) .................................................. 51
The DDFR Online Window Menu .........................................................................51
The DDFR Archivers Online Window Menu ....................................................55
CONFIGURING DDFR SETTINGS FILES .................................................................................... 57
WHAT IS ASETTINGS FILE? ............................................................................................... 57
USING SETTINGS FILES ....................................................................................................... 57
CREATING ANEW SETTINGS FILE ..................................................................................... 58
ADDING RELAYS TO ADDFR SETTINGS FILE .................................................................. 59
UPGRADING SETTINGS FILES TO ANEW DDFR FIRMWARE REVISION ....................... 60
TRANSFERRING AND SAVING SETTINGS FILES ................................................................. 61
ADDING SETTINGS FILES TO THE ENERVISTA DDFR ENVIRONMENT .......................... 61
TRANSFERRING ASETTINGS FILE TO ADDFR UNIT ....................................................... 62
PRINTING SETTINGS AND ACTUAL VALUES ...................................................................... 63
CONFIGURING THE DDFR WATCHDOGS ............................................................................... 65
TYPES OF WATCHDOG ....................................................................................................... 66
THE DDFR INTERNAL WATCHDOG .................................................................................. 66
THE DRIVESPACE WATCHDOG ......................................................................................... 67
DriveSpace WatchDog Alarms ............................................................................67
Adding a DriveSpace WatchDog ........................................................................68
4: THE DDFR AND RELAY
INFORMATION
RELAY INFORMATION ..................................................................................................................... 71
ACTUAL VALUES RECORDS IN THE DDFR SETUP PROGRAM ........................................ 71
Viewing Event Records ............................................................................................72
Viewing Waveform Records .................................................................................72
Viewing Data Logger Records (UR Relays Only) ..........................................73
View Archiver Actual Values .................................................................................74
CONFIGURING THE EXTERNAL WATCHDOG ....................................................................... 75
TYPES OF WATCHDOG ....................................................................................................... 76
THE DDFR EXTERNAL WATCHDOG ................................................................................. 76
The External WatchDog Heartbeat ...................................................................76
Adding an External WatchDog ............................................................................77
CONFIGURING UR RELAYS FOR DDFR WATCHDOGS .................................................. 78
Virtual Input (VI) Commands .................................................................................78
FlexLogic ........................................................................................................................79
5: RETRIEVING AND
VIEWING DDFR
ARCHIVER DATA
THE DDFR ARCHIVER ...................................................................................................................... 81
ARCHIVER DESCRIPTION ..................................................................................................... 81
General Description ..................................................................................................81
Archiver Features ......................................................................................................82
DDFR ARCHIVER INSTALLATION ....................................................................................... 83
ARCHIVER DIRECTORY AND FILE STRUCTURE .................................................................. 83
CONFIGURING THE DDFR ARCHIVER ...................................................................................... 85
GENERAL ...............................................................................................................................85
Archiver Configuration Method 1 .......................................................................86
Archiver Configuration Method 2 .......................................................................86
USING THE DDFR ARCHIVER PREFERENCES SCREEN .................................................... 86
Archiver Record Storage ........................................................................................87

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Maximum Retrieval Days .......................................................................................87
Delete ALL Waveform and DataLogger files from the Archiver’s Root Folder
87
Delete ALL Events from the Archiver’s Event Database ..........................87
VIEWING DATA IN THE DDFR ARCHIVER ............................................................................... 88
ARCHIVER RECORDS - GENERAL ....................................................................................... 88
ARCHIVER EVENTS RECORDS ............................................................................................. 88
ARCHIVER WAVEFORMS RECORDS ................................................................................... 91
Waveform File Access .............................................................................................92
Waveform Merge .......................................................................................................93
Waveform Resample ...............................................................................................95
Viewing Retrieved Waveform Files ....................................................................95
Waveform Cursor Times ........................................................................................96
Viewing Phasors .........................................................................................................97
Viewing Harmonics ...................................................................................................99
ARCHIVER DATA LOGGER RECORDS ................................................................................. 100
Viewing the Retrieved Data Logger Files .......................................................102
Storage of Data Logger Records ........................................................................102
6: MISCELLANEOUS CHANGE NOTES ................................................................................................................................ 105
REVISION HISTORY .............................................................................................................. 105
CHANGES TO THE DDFR MANUAL .................................................................................. 105
INDEX

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DISTRIBUTED DIGITAL FAULT RECORDER – INSTRUCTION MANUAL 1
Distributed Digital Fault Recorder
Chapter 1: Getting Started
GE Consumer & Industrial
Multilin
Getting Started
1.1 Ordering
1.1.1 Ordering the DDFR
Select the basic model and the desired features from the selection guide below:
Table 1–1: Ordering Codes
DDFR **
HI |120 to 230 VAC / 110 to 250 VDC
LO |24 to 48 VDC
HI Redundant 120 to 230 VAC / 110 to 250 VDC
LO Redundant 24 to 48 VDC
XX No redundant power supply

2DISTRIBUTED DIGITAL FAULT RECORDER – INSTRUCTION MANUAL
ABOUT YOUR NEW DDFR UNIT CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED
1.2 About Your New DDFR Unit
1.2.1 Cautions and Warnings
Before attempting to install or use the DDFR unit, it is important that all DANGER and
CAUTION indicators in this manual are reviewed in order to prevent personal injury,
equipment damage and/or downtime. The above icons are used to indicate dangers,
cautions and notes.
The standard note icon emphasizes a specific point or indicates minor problems that may
occur if instructions are not properly followed.
The caution icon indicates that possible damage to equipment or data may occur if
instructions are not properly followed.
The danger icon provides users with a warning about the possibility of serious or fatal
injury to themselves or others.
1.2.2 About the DDFR in General
The Distributed Digital Fault Recorder (DDFR) you are about to set up, has been designed to
provide you with a convenient and economical way to keep track of electrical system
situations and problems using the latest in digital technology, by transferring readily
available data from the GE relays currently operating in your facility, so that it can be used
conveniently and effectively.
The DDFR is, in fact, a highly effective data management device.
1.2.2.1 Background
Enhancements to the fault and disturbance recording abilities of modern microprocessor
based protection relays has eliminated the need to install costly equipment whose sole
purpose is to record information about power system events. The DDFR is a substation-
hardened device built to protection relay standards that uses communications to retrieve
Fault, Disturbance and Sequence of Event records recorded in existing protection relays
and archive this critical data both locally and in a permanent enterprise network location.
Fault and disturbance information is retrieved and stored from the protection relays within
seconds of the file initially being recorded. Having this information quickly archived into a
permanent location eliminates the risk of the files being overwritten in the finite storage
space within the relay before users have had a chance to manually retrieve these files.
International Standards Compliant
When used with advanced protection relays such as the GE Multilin Universal Relay family,
the DDFR complies with most international standards requirements for fault recording
including: