SIEMENS SICAM PTS PROTOCOL TEST SYSTEM  ENGINEERING TOOL FOR SUBSTATION AUTOMATION

IEC standard protocols employed in modern substation control enable homogeneous, vendor-neutral total solutions and offer optimum investment security for the operator. Even with standardized protocols, the analysis or simulation of the behavior of the employed devices is a daily requirement in the operation and installation of substation control systems. The SICAM Protocol Test System provides this functionality.Simulating individual or several devices simplifies process-es, especially when planning systems. Importing the IEC 61850 standard files enables the user to simulate device behavior and to streamline test and com-missioning procedures. Vendor-neutral, comprehensive analysis features help to resolve errors or faults of individual devices. The SICAM Protocol Test System assists system planners and operators to simplify their daily work and will become an indispensable tool.

Features

Characteristics and technical highlights

• Product and vendor-neutral testing system
• Simulation of up to 255 IEC 61850 servers
• Interactive simulation (commands and feedback) of entire systems incl. third-party devices - SCD, ICD import (ICD files for SIPROTEC 4 devices are already included in the software package)
• Simulation of malfunctions
• Dynamic measured value with auto-simulation
• Simulation of fault records
• GOOSE publish
• Network overview analysis - which server is connected to which client?
• Testing the NTP time server in the network
• Simple operation – no training required
• Plain-text display also for IEC60870-5-101, -104 and -103 with storable data models using .csv file import of long texts.
• Long-time recording
• For Windows operating systems

Details

Although the standards themselves are long past the development stage, problems still tend to arise during implementation of projects. These are due to slight differences between systems (resulting from varying interpretations of the standard, specific features of the project, etc.) and can have significant cost implications. In addition, in many cases operators will need to test equipment early on in the course of a project although some of the system components or devices are not yet available at that time. 

SICAM Protocol Test System: you can rely on it

 These imponderables are a thing of the past with the PC-based SICAM Protocol Test System. On the one hand, the system allows you to very easily test and analyze communication between systems that are based on the IEC 60870-5-101, -103 and -104 protocols. On the other hand, with the SICAM Protocol Test System you can also simulate automation devices and thus also test subsystems, even if some devices of the overall system are not in place. For example, the system contains predefined device profiles according to IEC 60870-5-103 for simulating protection devices.

Protocols

• IEC 61850 Ed1 and Ed2 Client
• IEC61850 Ed1 and Ed2 Server
• IEC 60870-5-101 (balanced and unbalanced)
• IEC 60870-5-103
• IEC 60870-5-104
• SAT PCBE End-End protocol
• SAT PCBU SSI End-End protocol
• Logic analyzer
• NTP client
• TLS