CHAPTER 3: CONFIGURING THE D20E FIRMWARE
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Digital input status change report as counter value
All digital input status changes can be reported as a counter value. When a digital input
point is configured as a counter point type, the point should be removed from digital input
table and added into the counter point configuration table. See section
Counter points on
page 60 for details.
Digital input point quality flag
A Digital input includes the quality flags listed in Table 6.
Table 6: Digital input quality flags
Digital input configuration settings
Table 10 lists the Digital Input configuration settings and recommended setting values.
Table 7: Digital input points configuration settings
Quality flag Description
On-line: Indicates an input's online/offline state;
Restart: Indicates if the device (point) has restarted, but has not been initialized yet.
Communication Lost: This bit is set when this point is off-line,
Remote Forced: This bit is set when the point is remote forced;
Local Forced: This bit is set when the point is locally forced.
Chatter Filer: This bit is set when the chatter file is active for this point.
Setting Descriptions Range Default
General settings
Reference
Name
Specify a text string that combines the bay name, group
name, and provider name from the General tab.
Bay Name Specify the name of the bay to which the digital input
belongs.
Group Name Specify a unique name used in conjunction with the
below Point Description setting when referencing the
Provider Application Digital Point information.
The Group Name is used by the HMI for trending and
event querying; therefore, using a label associated with
the substation topology is recommended.
0 to 64
characters
Point Name Specify the name of the point.
The Point Name should be unique within the bay and
group to which it belongs.
Note: IEC61850 point names should not be changed
since the point name is the IEC address. and that would
prevent upstream reporting to the substation server.
Point
Description
Specify a descriptive label for the digital input.
This setting is used in the HMI Application Point Status
Viewer and Event Recorder.
0 to 128
characters
Value Type Specify the data type the Provider application uses when
storing the digital input in the database.
Single
Double
Single
Initial Value During initialization, the digital input is set in the
database to the value specified in this setting.
When connecting to a D20MX Substation Controller,
Open is OFF and Closed is ON.
Open
Close
Open
Class Specify the class to which the digital input belongs. Alarm
Fault
Status
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