Software

Test Universe Software
Test specification
• nominal behavior
• tolerances
• test points
perform the test
Test report
• results
• tables
• diagrams
clear the results
OCC
OMICRON’s commitment to innovation is also found in its powerful Test Universe software
suite designed to control the CMC test sets from a PC. The OMICRON Test Universe functionality
includes
• convenient PC controlled manual testing
• testing with software modules optimized for specific test object functions
• generic testing allowing the creation of tests for special requirements
• combining all these elements in overall test plans
• using predefined test templates provided by OMICRON
Manual Testing
Quick PC controlled manual testing is easy with the QuickCMC module, by setting the voltage
and current values, phase angles, frequencies, etc., either numerically or in the vector diagram.
Additionally this module performs standard power system calculations, allowing the entering
of the settings in sequence components, power values, impedances, etc. The module displays
the binary input signals and performs time measurements. Together with the step and ramp
function, thresholds such as pick-up values can be determined.
Modules for Testing Particular Test Object Functions
Besides PC controlled manual testing, OMICRON's Test Universe software provides a variety
of automated testing possibilities in dedicated modules especially designed for individual
test object functions, e.g. for testing overcurrent relays, distance relays, or differential relays.
In these modules, a specific graphic representation of the protection device's characteristic
(I/t diagram, impedance plane, etc.) allows the graphical definition of test specifications as
well as the visualization of the test results directly in the relay's characteristic diagram.
General Functionality
For creating and performing special tests not covered by the function related modules, the
Test Universe software also comprises generic test modules.
Such tests for instance can be
• sequences of output states – controlled by time or the reaction of the relay under test with
assessments based on time measurements
• linear or pulsed ramping of electrical quantities with assessment based on the level of
starting or resetting
Besides the generic test modules OMICRON offers a wide variety of additional software that
works with the CMC test sets (e.g. IEC 61850 testing solutions, network simulation software,
scheme testing tools, etc.).
OMICRON Control Center – Test Plans for Multifunctional Test Objects
In order to test the many functions of digital relays, the OMICRON Control Center (OCC) allows
the combination of individual testing functions into an overall test plan. When performing a
test, each embedded function will be executed sequentially and an overall test report including
the results of all the functions tested is created automatically.
Since the test documents hold the complete test specification – i.e. the nominal behavior (settings)
of the test object, the tolerances and the test points, with which this shall be verified –
such a document is the basis for the repetition of the same test at a later time by reloading
it, clearing the results of the previous test, replaying the test plan and saving the new results.
Thereby tests, which have been created once, can be repeated for maintenance testing. This
assures a constant testing quality and the possibility for direct comparison of results, also
saving time when performing routine tests.
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