MEASURES, LOGIC STATES AND COUNTERS
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NC020 - Manual - 05 - 2022
ā Oscillography - DFR
[1]
Upon programmable trigger, the fault records are recorded in COMTRADE
[2]
format; the sampled
measures (16 sample per cycle) are stored in a circular memory buffer.
The fault record are self-triggered; two records are stored in sequential order.
An operating procedure example for the digital fault recording is illustrated inside the ThyVisor sec-
tion.
Following parameters are user-programmable:
[3]
⢠Pre-trigger time (0...63 T where T = number of power cycles; Example, with settings T=4 the pre-trig-
ger duration is 80 ms with f = 50 Hz).
⢠Selected sampled quantities.
⢠Analog channels (1...4) allocation.
⢠Digital channels allocation (output relay and/or binary inputs).
⢠Trigger setup; the information storage starts when a state transition on the selected signal occurs.
(protective element start and/or trip, output relay and/or binary input switching).
Since the buffer size ļ¬xed, the duration of the two recordings is variable and is then given the user-
deļ¬ned setting, with the following parameters:
⢠Pre-trigger times (number of periods)
⢠Number of allocated channels.
Example 1
With the following setting:
⢠Analog channel 1: i
L1
⢠Analog channel 2: i
L2
⢠Analog channel 3: i
L3
⢠Analog channel 4: i
N
⢠Digital channel: K1
⢠Pre-trigger: 1 T (20 ms)
the stored record length of the two records with f = 50 Hz is 240 ms
Example 2
With the following setting:
⢠Analog channel 1: i
L1
⢠Analog channel 2: -
⢠Analog channel 3: -
⢠Analog channel 4: -
⢠Digital channel: K1
⢠Pre-trigger: 1 T (20 ms)
the stored record length of the two records with f = 50 Hz is 640 ms
Note 1 The oscillographic recorder requires a licence; to purchase it please contact Thytronic.
Note 2 COMTRADE format; (Common Format for Transient Data); This is a standard for the data exchange for various types of tests or simulation data,
etc, for power system applications.
The measurements are recorded in ASCII or BINARY format. COMTRADE ļ¬les always come by pairs:
The ā.CFGā-ļ¬le describing the conļ¬guration: number of analog and digital channels, sampling rate, scale factors, etc.
The ā.DATā-ļ¬le containing the data
The COMTRADE is part of IEC 60255-24 standard.
The recording can be analyzed by mean of ThyVisor sw or any other standard compliant viewer.
Note 3 As all settings, the settings take effect only after sending the Store command
trigger.ai
Trigger
Time
pre-trigger
record length
post-trigger
0...63 T
trigger.ai
Trigger
Time
240 ms
1 T
20 ms