PACiS GATEWAY OVERVIEW

PACiS Technical Training Level 1

PACiS Industrialisation Team

PCL
 1) PACiS Gateway Features

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 1.1) Purpose

General purposes :

How in PACIS?
Gets process data SBUS IEC61850
(RP only)

Transmits data to Remote Control Point (SCADA)

SCADA Protocol
Receives controls from Remote Control Point (SCADA),

Sends controls to SBUS devices SBUS IEC61850

(RP only)

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 1.2) Technical Data

PACiS GTW Technical Data :

Number of Datapoints :
~25000 Datapoints

Number of SCADA communications :

Up to 4 SCADA Links with redundant possibility => 8 serial Ports

Certification :
T101 IEC 60850-5-101 Certified by Kema + Years of use

Hardware of physical device

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 1.3) Supported protocols

Validated :
Serial Usual Protocol:
IEC-60870-5-101, MODBUS, DNP3

Ethernet Protocol:
IEC-60870-5-104, OPC
IEC61850

Serial Specific Protocol :

GI74, CDC type I & II

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 1.4) TBUS information

Speed communication
300 bits/s 4800 bits/s
600 bits/s 9600 bits/s
1200 bits/s 19200 bits/s
2400 bits/s

Protocols utilities

Refer to companion standard (GTW documentation, chapter CT)

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 1.5) DB Management

PACiS SMT
Generated by SCE

PACiS GTW
DB1 Current Database
DB2
Stand-By Database

SBUS
Download into Stand-by database

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 1.6) Time Management

Synchronization :

1) Synchronized by SBUS through SNTP

2) Can be SNTP Server of SBUS since PACiS version 4.4.7

! It was not possible in anterior versions

Accepts :
SCADA synchronization frame to time tag TBUS events
then this synchronization is transmitted to SBUS

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 1.7) Modes Management

Operating Mode : Running mode

Maintenance Mode
NO TEST MODE

Exploitation Mode :
Remote/Local Substation : Remote, GTW accepts SCADA controls
Take Control :
define which SCADA port has the control
SBMC Mode :
controls by SCADA rejected
all DP of the bay sent as “Suppressed SBMC”
Bay mode Local : GTW refuses SCADA controls

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 1.8) PACiS GTW Settings

1) automatic logon : what for?

At start-up, OS and gateway application must start directly.

(No screen, no keyboard, no mouse)

2) SCADA deviation from protocol standard

Registry keys to scope with customer specification (cf. MF

chapter)
Ex: Maintenance_if_dcnx_ethernet = 0
So the GTW goes in maintenance mode if SBUS is
disconnected.
Maintenance_if_dcnx_ethernet = 1
So the GTW sends to SCADA all DP as unknown with
SBUS disconnection time
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 2) PACiS Gateway HMI

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 2.1) Basic Display
Menu Bar

Version reminder

Initialisation information

Data

Protocol per port

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 2.2) Buttons (1)

Equipment Status :

gives devices status

Selection drop lists

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 2.2) Buttons (2)

Digital Information :

gives DI status

Selection drop
lists
Reference* :
internal ref. in configuration
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 2.2) Buttons (3)

Analogue Information :

gives AI value and status

Selection drop lists

Reference* :
internal ref. in configuration
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 3) Troubleshooting

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 3.1) Debug Tool : DbgView
DbgView soft is under C:\Program Files\AREVA\PACIS\Gateway

Buttons to activate / deactivate GTW traces capture

Clear Log : max log supported is
64MB

Log : GTW traces

capture, contains :
-GTW kernel
messages
-Serial protocol
frames (received and
transmitted)

Possibility to save log

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 3.2) References identification (1)

References are generated at Gateway Level.

Use GtwIDToUCA.exe soft to retrieve SBUS @ for DI, DO, AI
Soft is under C:\Program Files\AREVA\PACIS\Gateway\Ecdd1 or Ecdd2

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 3.2) References identification (2)

Internal reference Relevant information IEC61850 (check in SCE)

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