TutorialProtectiveDeviceCoordination

ThistutorialwillguideyouthroughseveralofthemainfeaturesinEasyPowersPowerProtectorcoordinationprogram.

CoordinationFocus
Toperformprotectivedevicecoordination,youmustbeintheCoordinationfocus.
1.FromtheFilemenu,clickOpenFile.
Tip:IfyouareviewingtheStartPage,youcanclickOpenOnelineinstead.
2.OpentheProtection1.dezileinyourSamplesdirectory.
3.Click
4.Click

Maximizeontheonelinewindow,ifneeded,toillthesessionwindowwiththeoneline.
CoordinationtoopentheCoordinationfocus.

OpeningaTCC
1.Click

OpenTCC.

2.IntheOpenTCCdialogbox,selectTCC1andclickOpentoopentheTCC.

Figure1:TCCPlot

DynamicCoordinationofCurves
TheEasyPowerTCCwindowsupportsdynamicdraggingofallprotectivedevicecurves.Thisprovidesaneasyandsmooth
interfaceforchangingtheequipmentsettings.

HoverovertherelayR6intheTCCplotuntiladoubleheadedarrowappears,andthendragthecurveupanddown.The
relaytimedialchangesdynamically.Thetooltipindicatesthelatesttimedialsetting.
Note:Relaysettingscanalsobemodiiedthroughtherelaydialogboxbydoubleclickingontherelay.

Figure2:DynamicCoordinationofTCCCurves

TCCOnelines
TherearetwoonelinesintheTCCwindow:onelocatedinsidetheTCC,andonelocatedtotheleftoftheTCC.(Wereferto
themastheinsideonelineandleftonelineinthistutorial.)
Theinsideonelinealwaysdisplaysazoomedoutviewoftheleftoneline.ThisprovidesWYSIWYGscreenviewingofthe
printedTCC.Thisinsideonelineboxcanbemovedandresizedasshowninigurebelow.
Intheleftoneline,equipmentitemscanbemoved,draggedormodiiedusingthecommoninterfacetypicaltoall
EasyPoweronelines.Theinsideonelineissimplyapictureoftheleftoneline.
Note:MovesanddragsmadeintheleftTCConelinedonotaffectthemasteronelinecreatedintheDatabaseEdit
focus.

Figure3:DraggingandResizingtheTCCOneline

ShortCircuitIntegrationintheTCC
TheTCCwindowisintegrateddirectlywiththeshortcircuitanalysisofEasyPower.FaultcurrentsdisplayontheTCCone
linejustasinthemasteroneline.Inaddition,thesecalculatedshortcircuitcurrentsautomaticallycliptheTCCcurveswhen
speciiedtodosointheTCCOptions.
1.Intheleftoneline,doubleclickSWG4.
ShortcircuitfaultandremotecurrentsdisplayforthefaultonSWG4.Inaddition,theTCCtickmarksandclipping
currentsautomaticallyadjustbasedonthefaultandremotecurrents.

Figure4:RelayCurveClipsatRemoteCurrent
2.Doubleclickonthegreenrelaycurve.ATemporaryRelayDatadialogboxappears.SettheTCCClippingieldto
Use30CycleCurrent(seeigurebelow).ClickOK.

Figure5:TCCClippingModiicationintheTemporaryRelayDataDialog
Therelaycurvenowclipsatthe30cyclefaultcurrentratherthanthemaximumcyclefaultcurrent.Thisprovides
increasedlexibilityandaccuracywhendeterminingthepropercoordinationsettingsfortherelay.
Note:YoumightwanttoexperimentwithchangingsomeoftheothersettingsintheTemporaryRelayData
dialogbox.Forexample,typinginnewFunctionIDnamesaddsmultiplefunctioncurvestotherelay.Inthe
Settingstab,therelayInstantaneousandTimeDialsettingsaremodiied.IntheAppearancetab,youcan
changethecurvecolorsandstyles.
3.IntheTCC,click

FaultBus(es).Themaximumfaultcurrentsforeachbusareshown.

NoticethetickmarksandclippingpointsalsoadjustintheTCC.
4.Click
OK.

TCCOptions.IntheTCCOptionsdialogbox,ontheSCControltab,selectUserSpeciied,andthenclick

TheTCCtickmarksandclippingpointsupdatebasedontheuserspeciiedcurrentsineachprotectivedevicedialog
box.Forexample,doubleclickonthebluesolidstatetrip(SST)curve,selecttheShortCircuittab,andnoticethe
userentered22kA.

PrintingtheTCC

WhileintheTCC,click

Print.InthePrintTCCdialogboxselectoneoftheprintoptionsshownbelowandthenclickOK.

TheTCCplotprintsWYSIWYG,orexactlywhatthescreendisplays.Thisprovidestremendousspeedandeaseofusetothe
processofproducingclean,professionalprintouts.

Figure6:PrintTCCsDialogBox

TCCDialogBoxes
Tochangeprotectivedevicesettings,doubleclickonanyTCCcurveoronelineitem.Thisbringsupadialogboxwhich
enablesyoutochangeequipmentsettingsandcurvecharacteristics.
Note:Thefulllistofcable,transformer,andmotorparametersareavailableintheDatabaseEditfocus.Ifyouwant
toviewthesewhileintheTCC,rightclickonthecurveandselectDBInfo.

CreatingandStoringTCCs
TCCsarecreatedbyselectingonelineequipmentandclickingabutton.
1.FromtheWindowbutton,selectProtection1.dez.Thisreactivatesthemainonelinewindow.
2.SelectagroupofitemsbydraggingaboxaroundthemorbyholdingdowntheSHIFTkeywhileclickingthe
individualitems,andthenclick

PlotTCC.AnewTCCwindowappears.

Note:Youcandragthetextboxestodifferentlocationstoimprovereadability.
3.DoubleclickingonanyTCCitemorareadisplaystherelatedtemporarydialogbox.Inthismanner,youcanmodify
TCCcurves,colors,notes,thetitleblock,andotheroptionsasneeded.
4.WhenyouhavecompletedcustomizingtheTCC,clickStoreTCCAs.TypeanamefortheTCC,andthenclickOK.

Conclusions