Seg WIC1-3 User Manual

2.9 Modules, Settings, Signals and Values
The WIC1 is a digital protection device that holds various data in its internal memory.
Some data is meant to be changed by the user to adapt the functionality to the respective
application, other data types are set by the device during run-time and are therefore
read-only from the user's perspective.
All settings, device planning and checking the state of signals at run-time can be done:
• Directly at a DiggiMEC that is connected to the WIC1; or•
• using the Smart view software application.•
Modules
The 󰊟rmware of the WIC1 can be thought of being sub-divided in several independent
function blocks. Throughout our Technical Documentation, we are talking of “modules”
(or sometimes of “functions”). Every protection function, for example, is a module of its
own. For WI Line devices, this is a fundamental concept. For example, there is a general
protection module (named »Prot«, see ╚═▷ “4.1 »Prot« – General Protection Module”) that
interacts with all speci󰊟c protection modules.
It is important to know that every parameter and every signal and value is always part of
exactly one module (even if the module name might not be displayed on the DiggiMEC
display for the sake of simplicity).
Modules can interact with each other, either because this is a 󰊟xed implemented part of the
󰊟rmware, or if the user has assigned some signal of a module to a parameter (that becomes
a module input this way). An example for a 󰊟xed implemented interaction is that the trip
signal of any protection module always triggers the trip signal of the general »Prot« module.
Some modules exist in several (identical) instances, which can be activated and con󰊟gured
independently. These can be used to have several protection stages. However, there
is one fundamental di󰊞erence to the WIC1: The functionality of all instances (of a
particular module) is always identical (except for the di󰊞erences that are due to di󰊞erent
setting values).
There is the following naming convention: If several instances of a module »Module« exist,
then these are named »Module[1]«, »Module[2]«, … (or, as a short form for
descriptions: »Module[x]«).
Types of Settings, Signals and Values
Settings (also called parameters)
• Parameters are data that can be modi󰊟ed by the user, to adapt the functionality of•
the respective application.
Smart view users can save all settings to a 󰊟le. This is a 󰊟le with a 󰊟lename of
the form *.WiPara. It can be (re-)loaded at any later time, and the setting values
contained therein can be transferred to some (other) WIC1 protection device. (For
details see the Smart view manual.)
(Remark: There are a few exceptions, where a particular setting is always stored
within the device and never saved to a *.WiPara 󰊟le. This is the case if it is not
desirable to directly transfer the setting value from one device to another.)
There are several types of parameters, depending on the type of data they can
hold. For the user, it is not necessary to know details, but it can be good to know
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2.9 Modules, Settings, Signals and Values

Seg WIC1-3 Specifications

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Brand	Seg
Model	WIC1-3
Category	Relays
Language	English