Master EXP422

Version 2
October 2012

Configuration parameters: master EXP422

The following section describes the configuration parameters used both for the internal I/O
modules of the
devices and the
auxiliary units ('C1', 'D1', 'A1' and 'R1' I/O modules).
These I/O modules communicate with the iRTU via EXP422 port (COM4).
They will be designated generically as 'IED EXP422' in this section.
This section also describes the relationship between the configuration parameters of the
application and the ones used in the configuration files (.ccx ) of the
.

Parameter

Values

CCX file section

Serial port baud rate (bps).

For IED EXP422 it must be set to '115200'

< 9600 | 19200 | 38400 |

57600 | 115200 >

<general>

Communication mode.

< PtP-RS232 | PtP-RS422 | PtPRS485 >

<general>

Description

CCX file
parameter

Serial port EXP422

Baudrate
Mode
Parity

For IED EXP422 it must be set to 'PtP-RS422'

Serial port parity.

For IED EXP422 it must be set to 'even'

<none | even | odd>

(IED_mEXP422.ccx)

(IED_mEXP422.ccx)
<general>

(IED_mEXP422.ccx)

portBaudRate
mode
portParity

Configuration parameters: master EXP422

Parameter

Description

Values

CCX file section

Address

Device address (decimal format)

Integer
<1..16>

<general>

AddressClock

Clock registry address. For IED EXP422 it must be set to '0x02'

<0x0000 .. 0xFFFF>

AddressDebounce

Debounce registry address. For IED EXP422 it must be set to '0x01'

<0x0000 .. 0xFFFF>

AddressEvent

Events registry address. For IED EXP422 it must be set to '0x40'

<0x0000 .. 0xFFFF>

AddressStatus

Status registry address. For IED EXP422 it must be set to '0x39'

<0x0000 .. 0xFFFF>

Connect

Defines whether data is sent via serial or TCP channel. For IED
EXP422 it must be set to 'SERIAL'

<SERIAL| TCP>

DownPeriod

Time interval to ask for an IED that has been disconnected (down).
For IED EXP422 it must be set to '30'

Integer (seconds)
<0..65535>

<general>

integrityPeriod

Time interval between two general interrogations. For IED EXP422 it

must be set to '20'

Integer (milliseconds)
<0..65535>

<general>

Label

Label used by the user to identify the IED

String

CCX file
parameter

IED EXP422

(IED_mEXP422.ccx)
<general>

(IED_mEXP422.ccx)
<general>

(IED_mEXP422.ccx)
<general>

(IED_mEXP422.ccx)
<general>

(IED_mEXP422.ccx)
<general>

(IED_mEXP422.ccx)

(IED_mEXP422.ccx)
(IED_mEXP422.ccx)
<general>

(IED_mEXP422.ccx)

address
addressClock
addressDebounce
addressEvent
addressStatus
connect
downPeriod
integrityPeriod
label

Configuration parameters: master EXP422

Parameter

Description

Values

CCX file section

MVPeriod

Time interval to ask for measured values. For IED EXP422 it must
be set to '500'

Integer (milliseconds)
<0..65535>

<general>

Retries

Number of transmission retries. Number of retries before ending

connection with an IED. For IED EXP422 it must be set to '3'

Integer
<0..255>

<general>

syncBcast

Indicates if the synchronization message will be sent in broadcast

mode. For IED EXP422 it must be set to 'true'

Binary
<true | false>

<general>

syncPeriod

Time between time synchronization requests . If set to '0' the

synchronization is never made. For IED EXP422 it must be set to '5'

Integer (milliseconds)
<0..65535>

<general>

TimeDebounce

Response time of the debounce filter of the digital inputs. For IED
EXP422 it must be set to '19'

Integer (milliseconds)

Timeout

Maximum time to receive a response from the IED. For IED EXP422
it must be set to '500'

Integer (milliseconds)
<0..65535>

CCX file
parameter

IED EXP422

(IED_mEXP422.ccx)
(IED_mEXP422.ccx)
(IED_mEXP422.ccx)

(IED_mEXP422.ccx)
<general>

(IED_mEXP422.ccx)
<general>
(IED_mEXP422.ccx)

MVPeriod
linkRetries
syncBcast
syncPeriod
timeDebounce
linkTimeOut

Configuration parameters: master EXP422

Parameter

Description

Values

CCX file section

CCX file
parameter

<digitalIn>
(IED_mEXP422.ccx)

tag

IED EXP422 Digital Inputs

Tag

Unique identifier of a database point. It is used to identify a signal (digital input)

in the configuration files of the RTU.

Integer
<1..2000>

Linked

Indicates whether a signal from an IED must be defined in the RTU database. If
yes, the IED signal must be 'Linked'. That is, this signal will be linked to the iRTU
database, and automatically it will be shown in the 'Digital Inputs' panel of the
iRTU section. Therefore, this signal will be defined in the <digitalIn> section of
the rtu.ccx file, as well as in the <digitalIn> section of the IED_mEXP422.ccx

NA

MBtype

Defines the point data type. For IED EXP422 it must be set to 'bit'

bit

<digitalIn>
(IED_mEXP422.ccx)

mbtype

Address

Defines the IED data address (hexadecimal format).

Example: for 'C1' modules (8 digital inputs) the addresses are the following ones:
0x0100 to 0x0107, respectively.

<0x0000 .. 0xFFFF>

<digitalIn>
(IED_mEXP422.ccx)

address

Type

SPS: single point signal

DPS: double point signal
SPS_SBI: single point signal, logical inverted *
DPS_SBI: double point signal, logical inverted*
*Inversion of the logic level of bits used in a digital point.

<SPS | DPS | SPS_SBI

| DPS_SBI>

<digitalIn>
(IED_mEXP422.ccx)

type

NA

NA

Configuration parameters: master EXP422

Values

CCX file section

CCX file
parameter

Behaviour

Allows to define the behavior of the following signals of the IED EXP422:
- restart : indicates a restart of the IED
- rollover : overflow of the internal memory of events
- notSync : not synchronized
Default value is ' ' (empty).

< | restart | rollover |

notSync>

<digitalIn>
(IED_mEXP422.ccx)

beh

Terminal

Descriptive text indicating the terminal from the I/O module (IED EXP422) from
which the signal is captured.

String

<digitalIn>
(IED_mEXP422.ccx)

term

Text

Descriptive text of the signal.

If the related signal is 'Linked' to the iRTU, this text will also be shown in the
iRTU section of the iConf software, and in the 'T0' parameter of the related signal
in the rtu.ccx file. In that case, the text attribute of the signal can also be
defined and modified from the iRTU section of the iConf application.
If the signal related to the text is linked (sent) to a Control Center, this text can
also be defined and modified from the Control Center section of the iConf.

String

<digitalIn>
(rtu.ccx)

T0

Control
Center

Defines whether the signal is sent (linked) to any or all of the Control Centers
included in the system. This option will only be available when the signal from
the IED has been 'linked' to the iRTU.

NA

NA

NA

Parameter

Description

IED EXP422 Digital Inputs

Configuration parameters: master EXP422

Parameter

Description

Values

CCX file section

CCX file
parameter

IED EXP422 Digital Outputs

Tag

Unique identifier of a database point. It is used to identify a signal (digital output) in

the configuration files of the RTU.

Integer
<1..500>

<digitalOut>
(IED_mEXP422.ccx)

tag

Linked

Indicates whether a signal from an IED must be defined in the RTU database. If yes,
the IED signal must be 'Linked'. That is, this signal will be linked to the iRTU database,
and automatically it will be shown in the 'Digital Outputs' panel of the iRTU section.
Therefore, this signal will be defined in the <digitalOut> section of the rtu.ccx file, as
well as in the <digitalOut> section of the IED_mEXP422.ccx

NA

NA

NA

MBtype

Defines the point data type. For IED EXP422 it must be set to 'bit00'

<bit | bit00 ..
bit15 >

<digitalOut>
(IED_mEXP422.ccx)

mbtype

Hexadecimal
(<0x0000 ..
0xFFFF>) or
decimal
(<0..65535>)
formats

<digitalOut>
(IED_mEXP422.ccx)

addressSel

Hexadecimal
(<0x0000 ..
0xFFFF>) or
decimal
(<0..65535>)
formats

<digitalOut>
(IED_mEXP422.ccx)

addressExe

Address to write the command selection when the IED supports SBO (Select Before
Operate) commands. For OO (Operate Only) commands set this attribute to 0.
AddressSel
IED EXP422 only supports 'OO' (Operate Only) commands. The AddressSel attribute
must be set to '0'.

AddressExe

Address to write the command operation.

Example: for 'C1' module, the addresses for the 4 output relays are the following ones:
'32' (0x0020), '33' (0x0021), '34' (0x0022) and '35' (0x0023).

Configuration parameters: master EXP422

Parameter

Description

Values

CCX file section

CCX file
parameter

IED EXP422 Digital Outputs

Time

Command duration

Integer
(milliseconds)
<15..65535>

<digitalOut>
(IED_mEXP422.ccx)

time

Type

-SPC: single point command

-DPC: double point command

<DPC | SPC>

<digitalOut>
(IED_mEXP422.ccx)

type

Terminal

Descriptive text indicating the terminal of the I/O module (IED EXP422)

String

<digitalOut>
(IED_mEXP422.ccx)

term

Text

Descriptive text of the signal.

If the related signal is 'Linked' to the iRTU, this text will also be shown in the iRTU
section of the iConf software, and in the 'T0' parameter of the related signal in the
rtu.ccx file. In that case, the text attribute of the signal can also be defined and
modified from the iRTU section of the iConf application.
If the signal related to the text is linked (sent) to a Control Center, this text can also
be defined and modified from the Control Center section of the iConf.

String

<digitalOut>
(rtu.ccx)

T0

Control
Center

Defines whether the signal is sent (linked) to any or all of the Control Centers included
in the system. This option will only be available when the signal from the IED has been
'linked' to the iRTU.

NA

NA

NA

Configuration parameters: master EXP422

Parameter

Description

Values

CCX file section

CCX file
parameter

IED EXP422 Analog Inputs

Tag

Unique identifier of a database point. It is used to identify a signal

(analog input) in the configuration files of the RTU

Integer
<1..1000>

<analogIn>
(IED_mEXP422.ccx)

tag

Linked

Indicates whether a signal from an IED must be defined in the RTU

database. If yes, the IED signal must be 'Linked'. That is, this signal will
be linked to the iRTU database, and automatically it will be shown in the
'Analog Inputs' panel of the iRTU section. Therefore, this signal will be
defined in the <analogIn> section of the rtu.ccx file, as well as in the
<analogIn> section of the IED_mEXP422.ccx

NA

NA

NA

MBtype

Defines the point data type. For IED EXP422 it must be set to
'register'

<register |
unsignRegister |
register32>

<analogIn>
(IED_mEXP422.ccx)

mbtype

Address

Defines the IED data address.

Example: for 'C1' modules (2 analog inputs) the addresses are the
following ones: '48' (0x0030) and '49' (0x0031), respectively.

Decimal
(<0..65535>) or
hexadecimal format
(<0x0000 ..
0xFFFF>)

<analogIn>
(IED_mEXP422.ccx)

address

Type

Type of measure. For IED EXP422 it must be set to 'MV'

MV

<analogIn>
(IED_mEXP422.ccx)

type

Configuration parameters: master EXP422

Parameter

Description

Values

CCX file section

CCX file
parameter

IED EXP422 Analog Inputs

Terminal

Descriptive text indicating the terminal from the I/O module (IED
EXP422) from which the signal is captured.

String

<analogIn>
(IED_mEXP422.ccx)

term

Text

Descriptive text of the signal.

If the related signal is 'Linked' to the iRTU, this text will also be shown
in the iRTU section of the iConf software, and in the 'T0' parameter of
the related signal in the rtu.ccx file. In that case, the text attribute of
the signal can also be defined and modified from the iRTU section of
the iConf application.
If the signal related to the text is linked (sent) to a Control Center, this
text can also be defined and modified from the Control Center section of
the iConf.

String

<analogIn>
(rtu.ccx)

T0

Control
Center

Defines whether the signal is sent (linked) to any or all of the Control
Centers included in the system. This option will only be available when
the signal from the IED has been 'linked' to the iRTU.

NA

NA

NA

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