To prevent damage to the RCU operators should always wear
ESD earth straps whilst operating the equipment.
7.1 Configuration and Layout Templates
RCU Connect is a PC application that allows a user to configure a Remote Control Unit, check the
operation of a Remote Control Unit, and allow a user to maintain configuration templates to suit
various installation scenarios.
7.1.1 Configuration Templates
Each utility will have a set of configuration settings that are applicable to their entire population of
Remote Control Units (or, at worst a few different configuration scenarios such as solar powered and
mains powered sites). They will also have a small number of settings that are unique for each site.
RCU Connect allows the user to set-up a configuration file whereby all common settings are pre-set
and only those site-specific settings are available to the commissioning crew and require data entry.
This saves time and reduces the chance for operator error during the commissioning process.
This is achieved with the aid of a configuration template. The customer completes the RCU
Configuration Template Specification Form (KMS-3100) for each installation scenario and returns
the completed form to Siemens. Siemens will then create a configuration template file for each
scenario tailored to the user’s specified requirements.
Configuration templates have a “.rcu” file extension.
Configuration templates are specific to the switchgear type they are created against. RCUConnect
will not allow a template targeted to an RCU-CMR to be used to configure an RCU-FS or vice versa.
See the appendix for details of the RCU specific configuration settings.
7.1.2 Layout Templates
The RCU Configuration Template Specification Form also allows the customer to specify the visibility
to each configuration item as displayed in RCU Connect.
Each configuration item can be set to be:
Open - for the end user to enter data freely into the field,
Read Only - to display data in a field without being able to modify it,
Challenge -requiring a response to a challenge, meaning that the user is restricted from
entering data into the field until the user has clicked a button and entered a word to satisfy
the challenge, or
Hidden – the field is not visible to the user at all
Read only fields can be used to convey information without being able to change it. Challenge fields
appear and behave like read only fields until the challenge is satisfied. They will then appear and
behave like open fields. Challenge fields can be used to prevent accidental data entry.
This allows the user to choose what specific set of configuration options the person responsible for
the deployment of the Remote Control Unit requires.
In addition to the configuration template file described above, using the visibility selections specified
by the user in the RCU Configuration Template Specification Form (KMS-3100), Siemens will provide
a second file called a “Layout File” back to the user. This layout file will also be loaded into RCU
Connect to define how the settings display appears.
Layout files have a ”.ucl” file extension.
7.2 Importing Layout Files and Configuration Templates into RCU Connect
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