Helinks STS Basics (2 days)

The intended audience for this training are substation and system engineers. The participants should be familiar with IEC61850 and with the substation engineering process in general.

HELINKS STS is a System Specification and a System Integration Tool. As System Specification Tool, it aims to reach an efficient and seamless integration of IEC61850 engineering and specification principles with the utilities existing engineering standards and solutions.

As a System Integration Tool, it aims to integrate IEDs from different vendors by providing device-independent application and communication engineering combined with a powerful and flexible mapping to the IEDs of different vendors.

The HELINKS STS tool training provides the necessary guidance to use HELINKS STS and to develop the understanding of how to integrate IEC61850 engineering in the overall SAS engineering process

The training consists of 4  sessions. 

IEC 61850 Engineering Process

Session 1

• The IEC 61850 Engineering Process
  A quick overview of the functionalities of HELINKS STS

• Stepping through an example project.

• Tool installation for the participants

• Reverse Engineering of a small existing project.

• Working with System Diagram (SCD)
  ICD, IID and CID Files

• Working with Single Line and Function Specification Diagrams (SSD)

• Creating Project Documentation

IEC 61850 System Specification

Session 2

Step by step guidance through System Specification and creation of an SSD file.

• Single Line Diagram

• Functions

• Logical Nodes

• IED Allocation

• Data Type Templates

• Specification of MMS Reporting

• Specification of GOOSE and Sampled Values

IEC 61850 System Integration

Session 3

Step by step System Integration. Creation of the SCD file.

• Import ICD Files

• Instantiate IEDs

• Associate IEDs to specification

• Create Reports, GOOSE and SV

• Export SCD File

• Create Project Documentation

Engineering Libraries and Templates

Session 4

Efficient Engineering and Engineering Standards

• Function Libraries

• Power Equipment Libraries

• Bay Libraries

• GOOSE and Sampled Value Templates