3.4
SEL-400 Series Relays
Instruction Manual
Date Code 20171006
Basic Relay Operations
Establishing Communication
You can truncate commands to the first three characters: EVENT 1 becomes EVE 1.
Use upper- and lowercase characters without distinction, except in passwords,
which are case sensitive. For a list of ASCII commands see
Help
When you are using a terminal, you can access built-in relay help for each ASCII
command. Relay help is access-level sensitive; you see only the ASCII com-
mands for the present access level when you type
HELP <Enter>
. For in-depth
information on a particular ASCII command, enter the command name after typ-
ing
HELP
. For example, for help on the
EVENT
ASCII command, type
HELP EVE <Enter>
.
When you are using QuickSet, press
<F1>
to get help, or select the
Help
menu
from the QuickSet toolbars. The help information in QuickSet gives detailed
information and sample screens in a GUI format.
Making an EIA-232 Serial Port Connection
The following steps use any popular computer terminal emulation software and
SEL serial cables to connect to the relay.
Use an SEL-C234A cable to connect a 9-pin computer serial port to the relay.
Use an SEL-C227A cable to connect a 25-pin computer serial port to the relay.
For computers with USB ports, use an SEL-C662 USB-to-serial cable to connect
to the relay. See
Section 15: Communications Interfaces
for further information
on serial communications connections. These and other cables are available from
SEL. Contact the factory or your local distributor for more information.
Step 1. Use the serial cable to connect the computer to the relay via
PORT F
on the relay front panel.
Step 2. Apply power to both the computer and to the relay.
Step 3. Start the computer terminal emulation program.
Step 4. Set your computer terminal emulation program serial communica-
tions parameters.
The default relay communications port settings are listed in
.
Also set the terminal program to emulate either VT100 or VT52
terminals. These terminal emulations work best with SEL relays.
Table 3.1
General Serial Port Settings
Name
Description
Default
PROTO
Protocol (SEL, DNP, MBA, MBB, RTD, PMU)
SEL
SPEED
Data speed (300 to 57600, SYNC)
9600
DATABIT
Data bits (7, 8 bits)
8
PARITY
Parity (Odd, Even, None)
N
STOPBIT
Stop bits (1, 2 bits)
1
RTSCTS
Enable Hardware Handshaking (Y, N)
N
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