Patent ID: 8923993
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: G05B,Y02B,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A method for engineering and configuration of one or more Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) for an application function in a substation automation system, the substation automation system including a processor configured to execute a configuration wizard having an input module and a processing module for engineering and configuration of the substation automation system, the method comprising: creating pre-defined type definitions in the configuration wizard for the application function in the substation automation system, the pre-defined type definitions include definitions for a human machine interface (HMI) system associated with the one or more IEDs in the substation automation system; selecting, through the input module, parameters from a plurality of parameters with respect to the application function being configured in the one or more IEDs, the selected parameters including a communication protocol and associated substation equipment; creating, through the processing module, a plurality of process configuration outputs for configuration of the one or more IEDs and the HMI system for the application function based on the selected parameters and the pre-defined type definitions in the configuration wizard; and configuring the one or more IEDs for the application function and the HMI system associated with the one or more IEDs in the substation automation system based on the plurality of process configuration outputs, wherein configuring the one or more IEDs for the application function and the HMI system associated with the one or more IEDs in the substation automation system are carried out as a single step configuration by the configuration wizard in the substation automation system using the pre-defined type definitions for the application function and the selected parameters from the plurality of parameters with respect to the application function.