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ago by Marene Larruskain (17 points)

Hi! I am running the example "Digital substation with IEC 61850" with SCADA. Without touching anything circuit breakers trip at both Feeder 1 and Feeder 2 because of undervoltage (27) protection. There is no active fault, no undervoltage. There is no way to remove that tripping even if there is overvoltage. 

I have tried to run the SCADA with different computers and different software versions.  The "Target RST" button in the SCADA panel does not clear the undervoltage trips on the circuit breakers. 

Thank you!

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ago by Dusan Kostic (500 points)
selected ago by Dimitrije Jelić
 
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Hello Marene,

The abovementioned example model is designed to run on a setup consisting of two HIL simulators, which must be interconnected via both Ethernet ports 1 and 2. If haven't done already, please go though the application note which explains it in more details - LINK.

The problem you are mentioning is most likely caused by attempting to run the model in virtual HIL (vHIL) mode. Please, note that in this mode, all the communication protocol components (such as SV and GOOSE) are disabled and their outputs are zeroed. As a result. all SV Subscriber components will output zeroes, corresponding to 0A and 0V measurement in the switchyard. Consequently, the undervoltage protection will continuously trip.

To resolve the issue you should either:
1. Use the appropriate multi-HIL setup (if available), or
2. Bypass all switchyard measurements to go directly (not through communication components) to the control building. Please note that this approach undermines the purpose of the example. However, if your goal is to run the model in vHIL model at any cost, this is the only viable workaround.

Best regards,
Dusan

ago by Marene Larruskain (17 points)
Thank you very much Dusan!
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