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MiCOM P74
 
Menu Text  Default Setting 
Setting Range 
Step Size 
Min.  Max. 
I>1 Time Dial 
7.0  0.5  15.0  0.1 
Setting for the time multiplier setting to adjust the operating time of the IEEE/US IDMT 
curves. 
I>1 Reset Char 
DT  DT/Inverse 
Setting to determine the type of reset/release characteristic of the IEEE/US curves. 
I>1tReset 
0.0  0.0  100.0  0.1 
Setting that determines the reset/release time for definite time reset characteristic. 
I>2 Function 
Disabled  Disabled / 87BBP&N blocking / High Set 
I>2 / I>2 & 87BBP&N / 87BB/P blocking / 
87BB/N blocking / I>2 & 87BB/P / I>2 & 
87BB/N 
Setting to enable or disable the second stage overcurrent element. 
The overcurrent can be used as high set overcurrent,  to block the 87BB protection for 
phase and earth fault element (87BBP&N blocking), only the 87BB phase element 
(87BB/P blocking) , only the 87BB Sensitive Earth Fault (SEF) element (87BB/N blocking), 
or a combination of the different functions 
I>2 Current Set  20.00* I
n
  0.10* I
n
  32.00* I
n
  0.01* I
n
 
Pick-up setting for second stage overcurrent element. 
I>2 Time Delay 
1.00s  0.00s  100.0s  0.01s 
Setting for the operating time-delay for second stage overcurrent element. 
Block Drop-Off  0.3s  0.2s  6s  0.1s 
Adjusts the differential busbar protection (87BB) blocking function during drop-
from 200ms to 6s. 
1.2.6  Non-Directional Earth Fault Overcurrent Protection and External Fault Detection by High-Set 
Overcurrent (“Earth Fault” menu – P742/P743) 
The P742 and P743 relays include extra or backup non-directional earth fault protection. The 
earth fault element has two stages of protection. The earth fault element needs to be co-
ordinated with any other protection elements on the system, in order to provide 
discriminative fault clearance. The inverse time characteristics available for the earth fault 
protection, are the same as those for the Overcurrent element. 
Note:  Ι
n 
is the CT nominal current. 
Menu Text  Default Setting 
Setting Range 
Step Size 
Min.  Max. 
Earth Fault 
Ι
N
>1 Function 
Disabled 
Disabled, DT, IEC S Inverse, IEC V Inverse, IEC E 
Inverse, UK LT Inverse, IEEE M Inverse, IEEE V 
Inverse, IEEE E Inverse, US Inverse, US ST 
Inverse 
Setting for the tripping characteristic for the first stage earth fault element.  
Setting choice: Disabled, definite time (DT), IEC S(tandar) Inverse, IEC V(ery) Inverse, 
IEC E(xtremely) Inverse, UK L(ong) T(ime) Inverse, EUUU Moderately) inverse, IEEE 
V(ery) Inverse, IEEE E(xtremely) Inverse, US Inverse or US S(hort) T(ime) Inverse. 
The next menus are displayed according to the function choice (refer to P74x/EN GS 
section). When Disabled, the next menu is ‘I
N
>2 Function’.