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8 Configuring the Recorder
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Configuration Editor. To close without saving changes, use the Save/Close
button and then select Exit Without Saving and Discard on the subsequent
screens.
8.3 Identification
Device
Configuration
The Device Configuration screen is displayed when you select the Identifica-
tion item in the Navigation Tree (“TESLA LITE Configuration Editor” on
page 8-4). It provides information about the selected IED and the particular
configuration file being edited. Most of the information is drawn from the IED
Definition and identifies the target recorder (“Adding/Editing a Recorder
Workspace Definition” on page 5-3).
The Device Configuration screen has three configuration variables that are de-
tailed below.
Settings
Version
The Settings Version required by a TESLA recorder is shown on the Unit Iden-
tification screen of the Utilities menu (“Unit Identification” on page 7-2). You
must be connected to the recorder to view this information. Settings Version
requirements are also listed in the compatibility table at the front of this User
Manual and are identified in each version’s Release Notes.
The version of a configuration file is controlled through the Settings Version
field in the main identification screen (see: “TESLA LITE Configuration Edi-
tor” on page 8-4). Changing the setting automatically converts the configura-
tion file to the selected Settings Version. If the conversion results in the loss of
settings from the file (i.e. the target version does not support functions which
were enabled in the original), a list of the affected settings is displayed and you
have the choice of cancelling the conversion or continuing. If the conversion
results in the addition of new functionality, the settings for the new functions
will be in a default or disabled state. If you choose to close the configuration
file without saving, the conversion is also abandoned.
A new configuration file is set to the latest Setting Version by default.
TESLA Control Panel can work with configuration files of any Setting Ver-
sion, including those for TESLA 4000, 3000 and 2000 recorders, creating, ed-
iting, storing and transferring them to and from a recorder as needed.
The Sample Rate, the rate at which the TESLA LITE reads its analog and dig-
ital input channels and is the number of samples per second stored in high
TESLA Control Panel should be updated as needed whenever you
update the firmware on your recorders. This will ensure it can gener-
ate configuration files with the latest Settings Version.
Since Control Panel can work with back versions of configuration
files and can communicate with recorders with older firmware, the
newest version of Control Panel can always be safely installed.