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File: LIQ User Manual V2.0 

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Appendix A

– LineMan

 

A.1 LineMan Overview

 

LineMan  is  a  software  package  supplied  by  GridSense  for  configuring  and  communicating  with  the 
LineIQ  suite  of  products.  It  is used  during  the  commissioning  phase  when  setting  up  an  LIQ-60  or  LIQ- 
Gateway, and subsequently when downloading information from the LIQ-60 or LIQ-Gateway to a PC. 

 

A.2 Setting up an LIQ-LocalLink

 

In order for a PC to communicate with an LIQ-60 or  an LIQ-Gateway, it needs to use short range radio. 
This is achieved by using an LIQ-LocalLink which is a radio modem that plugs into a USB slot on a  PC. 

The first time you use the LIQ-LocalLink on a PC, it needs to have the correct driver loaded. This driver 
forms  part  of  Windows  7,  so  the  LIQ-LocalLink  should  have  its  driver  automatically  loaded  when  it  is 
inserted into a USB slot. Section 3.1 will detail installation procedures for Window 7 whereas Appendix B 
details installation procedures for Windows  XP. 

If you are using Windows XP, you can install the driver off the CD containing LineMan: 

1.  From Windows Explorer, run the setup.exe. 

2.  Follow the instructions from Windows Install to install the driver. 

3.  Once the driver is installed you can run LineMan. 

 

A.3 Connecting to the CMS with LineMan

 

1.  Click on the 

Start → All Programs → GridSense → LineMan → LineMan 

to launch the 

LineMan application. 

2.  Select the correct COM port as indicated by the 

LineMan Connection Window 

and click  on 

Connect to Line Tracker

. 

 

 

 

Figure 8: COM port selection

 

3.  The available LIQ-60 within the RF range is displayed under the Line Tracker ID List, listed by 

their respective serial numbers.

Summary of Contents for Line IQ LIQ60

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Page 3: ...n this manual is copyright protected by Franklin Grid Solutions LLC Any reproduction in whole or in part for any purpose without the prior written consent of Franklin Grid Solutions LLC is strictly prohibited Information in this document is subject to change without notice All trademarks are the property of their respective owners ...

Page 4: ...dicators 15 2 4 5 Power Factor Calculation 18 2 5 LIQ Gateway Overview 19 2 6 LIQ LocalLink Overview 19 3 Initial setup 21 3 1 LIQ LocalLink installation 21 3 1 1 For Microsoft Windows 7 21 3 1 2 For Microsoft Windows XP 21 3 2 LIQ 60 setup 21 3 2 1 Switching on the LIQ 60 22 4 Configuration 22 4 1 LIQ 60 configuration 22 5 Commissioning 22 5 1 Commissioning the LIQ 60 22 5 1 1 Pre commissioning c...

Page 5: ...the solar panel on the LIQ 60 26 Appendix A LineMan 28 A 1 LineMan Overview 28 A 2 Setting up an LIQ LocalLink 28 A 3 Connecting to the CMS with LineMan 28 A 4 Displaying LIQ 60 Status Summary 29 A 5 Configuring an LIQ 60 30 A 6 CMS Data Download 31 Appendix B Window XP Installation 33 Appendix C 36 C 1 LIQ 60 specifications 36 ...

Page 6: ...e used in a manner other than that specified in this manual the protection provided by the equipment may be impaired 1 1 Hazard Assessment Prior to installing the equipment the operator must carry out a worksite pre job hazard assessment to identify the safety and environmental needs This must be done prior to commencing work and prior to recommencing work after leaving and returning to the worksi...

Page 7: ...0 2166 Rev 3 0 Franklin Grid Solutions LLC Page 5 of 37 1 3 Equipment safety The LIQ Gateway and associated equipment should be maintained and regularly tested to make sure the equipment is in good order ...

Page 8: ...conductor temperatures Events such as faults momentary interruptions sustained interruptions and restorations are radioed to the LIQ Gateway as unsolicited events which in turn are sent on to the SCADA and control center Ongoing measurements such as load currents conductor voltage and ambient and conductor temperatures are periodically downloaded to the LIQ Gateway which collates the information a...

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Page 10: ...tage V FP Fault Path a high current event HV High Voltage IED Intelligent Electronic Device LED Light Emitting Diode LI Long Interruption a loss of power on a conductor for at least one minute LIQ Gateway The Pole Attached Collator which receives and collates data from CMS LIQ LAN A local area network consisting of a PC Laptop with LIQ LocalLink for communications an LIQ Gateway its associated LIQ...

Page 11: ...trial or facility based processes Self clearing fault Fault current detected with no loss of supply during the event profile recording p e r i o d Set up The process of setting up equipment to perform a designated task In this manual refers mainly to hardware and installation usually precedes configuration SI Short Interruption brief less than one minute loss of power on the conductor SLA Battery ...

Page 12: ...eway and if present a laptop PC using an LIQ LocalLink form a local area network the LIQ LAN This network s communication is based on low power RF The LIQ Gateways which communicate with remote control rooms or SCADA systems can be viewed as a wide area network using any of a range of protocols such as DNP3 IEC 61850 or Web services 2 4 LIQ 60 Conductor Mounted Sensor overview The LIQ 60 Conductor...

Page 13: ...60 minutes Ambient and conductor temperatures are also recorded at the same Log Average interval The LIQ 60 can also measure and record Displacement Power Factor DPF values at the Log Average interval This logged information is downloaded on demand to an LIQ Gateway unit which periodically requests data from all the LIQ 60s that are part of its LIQ LAN 2 4 1 LIQ 60 Design The LIQ 60 uses a sprung ...

Page 14: ...bient temperatures are sensed using platinum resistance thermometers PRT One PRT is automatically placed in contact with the overhead conductor when the LIQ 60 is installed Ambient temperature is measured using a shaded PRT mounted on the upper part of the LIQ 60 housing Temperatures are sampled regularly then averaged and recorded at the Log Average Interval Power Factor The voltage and current d...

Page 15: ...Filters These filters have a decay time constant of approximately 10 days but a much faster attack time constant The output of the Slow Filters provides a good representation of the normal conductor load profile The Slow Filter outputs also provide inputs to the event detection algorithm Average conductor and ambient temperatures as well as phase angle and power factor data are stored at the Log A...

Page 16: ...eturn When an event is detected the LIQ 60 commences a one minute Event Profile Recording Period The event detection is re triggerable so the event profile recording period can be extended should a higher priority event occur For example if a Power Return is detected within one minute after a Loss of Power then the event profile recording period is started again so that the event profile recording...

Page 17: ...ned unchanged Transient Fault A High Current trigger occurred and Power goes OFF briefly but is restored before the end of the Event Profile Recording Period Permanent Fault A High Current trigger occurred and Power goes OFF and remains OFF at the end of the Event Profile Recording Period LIQ 60 Load Log retention in memory If the load log memory fills up it operates as a circular memory overwriti...

Page 18: ...line status as detailed below One amber flash every 30 sec indicates that the line is energized voltage is present and is carrying current Two amber flashes every 30 sec indicate that the line is energized voltage is present but is not carrying current Three amber flashes every 30 sec indicate that neither voltage nor current are present on the line Fault Indication Only one red LED at a time will...

Page 19: ... short interruption triple FP LI permanent fault sensed with long interruption Ready for installation commission ing Both Red LEDs flash once every sec Amber LED triple flash every 30 sec single LIQ 60 awaiting commission Auto commission will occur within 1hr of start up or reset if not done manually triple Amber LED is indicating LIQ 60 is not sensing Voltage or Current Firmwar e upload Either Am...

Page 20: ...ge capacitive load and negative phase angles indicate current is lagging voltage inductive load Displacement vs True Power Factor Displacement Power Factor DPF is defined as cos φ where φ is the phase angle between fundamental 50 60Hz voltage and current waveforms whereas True Power Factor TPF is defined as the ratio of Real Power in watts to Apparent Power in VA In the case of sinusoidal waveform...

Page 21: ...t are supported by GridSense can be used Event data is transferred to the LIQ Gateway shortly after capture by the CMS devices Load log data conductor current voltage conductor and ambient temperatures and power factor is requested by the LIQ Gateway from the CMS at regular user selected intervals In addition a system Health Check at a user defined interval is initiated by the Gateway independentl...

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Page 23: ... Manager Control Panel System Device Manager and expend the selection Ports the selection USB Serial Port will identify the correct COM Port number 3 1 2 For Microsoft Windows XP Please refer to Appendix B for Windows XP installation 3 2 LIQ 60 setup Before the LIQ 60 is configured its battery needs to have sufficient charge The LIQ 60 is delivered with a fully charged battery but it will discharg...

Page 24: ...tion Before the LIQ Gateway and LIQ 60s are mounted and commissioned they need to be configured Configuration of the LIQ 60 and the LIQ Gateway is performed using LineMan and an LIQ LocalLink 4 1 LIQ 60 configuration The LIQ 60 is configured using LineMan software Please refer to Appendix A for instruction on configuring the LIQ 60 with the LineMan software Commissioning LIQ 60s must be commission...

Page 25: ...e solar panel so that once the LIQ 60 is in position it will receive the most sunlight i e facing north when in the southern hemisphere and south when in the northern hemisphere 3 Adjust the angle elevation of the solar panel as discussed in section 7 2 SolarPanels 4 Clamp a hot stick hook onto the sprung slider and pull the hook and slider into the head of the hot stick This opens the LIQ 60 s co...

Page 26: ... before installation It is recommended that you use a GridSense LIQ Charger Alternatively the battery can be charged using the LIQ 60 solar panel However charging a flat battery may require optimal sunlight for up to 50 hours The battery has a voltage of 2V and a capacity of 10Ah A typical lifespan is 10 to 15 years 7 2 Solar Panels 7 2 1 Solar Panel orientation The LIQ 60 s built in solar panel p...

Page 27: ...Angle With regard to angle from the horizontal the best angle for a solar panel that does not get adjusted for seasonal variation is 15 more than the latitude where the panel is installed For example Sacramento California is at approximately 40 N So the angle from horizontal for the face of the solar panel is 40 15 55 See Figure 7 ...

Page 28: ...the direction of the conductor overhead that it will be installed on c Rotate the solar panel so that it faces the determined direction The circular base of the solar panel adjusts in pre set steps of 12 To avoid twisting the solar panel cable the base has a stop which prevents it from being rotated in a complete circle If it hits the stop before reaching the required angle rotate it in the opposi...

Page 29: ...000 2166 Rev 3 0 Franklin Grid Solutions LLC Page 27 of 37 Stop Angle o Stop 1 25 Stop 2 33 Stop 3 41 Stop 4 49 Stop 5 57 Stop 6 54 Table 2 LIQ 60 Angle Increments ...

Page 30: ...er forms part of Windows 7 so the LIQ LocalLink should have its driver automatically loaded when it is inserted into a USB slot Section 3 1 will detail installation procedures for Window 7 whereas Appendix B details installation procedures for Windows XP If you are using Windows XP you can install the driver off the CD containing LineMan 1 From Windows Explorer run the setup exe 2 Follow the instr...

Page 31: ...mmary 1 Check the LIQ 60 of interest and click on Summary to display information such as firmware revision software revision and thresholds Figure 9 DeviceList Figure 10 Displaying LIQ 60Summary 2 Similarly click on Status to display information such as charge current battery voltage and etc ...

Page 32: ...A 2 Phase B etc c Select the number of the group that the LIQ 60 is in from the Group Number field d Select the Position Number of the conductor that the LIQ 60 is on E g 1 Phase A 2 Phase B etc e Enable Load Logging f Enable Fault Detection Event recording g Enable Power Factor Logging Should the user select No the CMS will return only instantaneous data rather than logged readings h Enable Tempe...

Page 33: ...ofile to Disk to save the config settings A 6 CMS Data Download 1 Click the Data Download tab button on the LineTracker Command windowpane The Read All Window pane will pop up The user can choose to download either Event Data or both Events and Load Logging Data Select the required option and click on Next to proceed Figure 12 Data Download Option ...

Page 34: ...data file to the preferred location as prompted by the window The user can monitor the download progress from the task bar The status will change to Done for a successful download Click on Finish to close the Read All Data window Figure 13 FileDownload ...

Page 35: ... can also be downloaded from the Digi website on their web page for the XStick USB 802 15 4 at http www digi com support productdetl jsp pid 3564 osvid 0 s 444 tp 1 To install by running the driver file 1 From the USB Drive or downloaded driver file run the file CDM20600 exe 2 Install the driver as per the Windows installation wizard select No not this time on the 1st screen Figure 15 Windows XP d...

Page 36: ...ws XP driver installation dialog screen 2 The wizard will look for the driver and install it Follow the steps until the wizard completes Figure 15 Windows XP driver installation dialog screen 3 Note Depending on setup this may be a 2 step process the 1st wizard installing an XStick as a USB serial convertor then the 2nd Wizard installing a USB serial port ...

Page 37: ...ber to set up communications between LineMan and the LIQ LocalLink 4 On the Windows task bar click the Start button then select Control Panel System Device Manager Figure 16 Device Manager showing USB serial COM port number In the example above the USB serial port is COM port 3 An LED inside the LIQ LocalLink s translucent casing flashes about once a second to indicate it is powered up ...

Page 38: ...stamped pre and post voltage status pre and post current values 200ms of fault current waveform 60ms pre and 140ms post fault 2nd harmonic calculations Mechanical and Power Battery specifications 4 x 2V 2 5Ah rechargeable SLA Battery 10 years life typ Power source Dual power circuitry Solar panel and internal SLA Battery Battery specifications 4 x 2V 2 5Ahr creating a 10Ahr battery pack Solar char...

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