Authors: Sylvain Clermont, Dominic Gauthier, Juergen Holbach, Eric Udren, Solveig Ward, David G.Hart: Protection, Automation and Control Systems, Hydro-Québec, Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Protection and Control, Quanta Technology, Raleigh, NC, USA Intro: In today’s conventional discrete design, an engineer will select IEDs and discrete devices, study and map the device interconnections, hand-configure interface settings to match the map, configure communications points one-by-one, replicate the exact maps in substation and control center systems, install IEDs and devices; wire every point in the substation and switchyard, configure application settings, and commissiontest every wire and point. The utility will also periodically perform complete maintenance testing on every critical function.
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