SMCROOTS -U Mentor Software Future and All Current Modules

Description SMC ROOTS -U Mentor Software All Current and Future Modules Mentor 12 Software Elements

Full Direct Control

The MENTOR 12 is the most advanced three‐phase relay test set available for type and field testing of electromechanical and digital protections of any kind, providing the most complete and straightforward Manual Control of the market. The MENTOR 12 is controlled via a touch screen panel and a rotary selector. An external mouse, monitor and keyboard can also be used if desired.

The MENTOR 12’s intuitive interface is organized to complete the job safely and accurately in the shortest possible time. Locating the necessary controls and the relevant test information will take just a few seconds to the untrained expert. Adjusting a few values and testing a handful of trip points in the relay is a snap, at the reach of your fingertip.

The optimized Control Panel refers to the control of the equipment in local mode for total control over all its functions:

• Power source controls: Current source/ Voltage source, Amplitude, phase angle, low level outputs, harmonic content, channel selection, on/off activation, channel combination, frequency control. New Vector View.
• Measurement display: multifunction timer, countdown timer, analogue input measurement, binary input pulse counter and frequency measurement.
• Function keys: channel selection, memory and dynamic fault shortcuts
• Battery simulator: Auxiliary DC supply setting for relay powering
• I/O states: monitoring of power sources, binary inputs, binary outputs
• activation/status.
• On‐screen access to Alarms reports
• Output Power trimmer: Energy saving system with auto‐adjustment to load
• and regulation of working cycle.
• Fine/coarse tuning.
• Real‐time representation of power vectors. Direct regulation in Vector View.
• Timer operation/trip setup and preferences, binary I/O setting.
• Event Logger, with event description and time of the event. Automatic recording for all events, such as sources switching and I/O states.

• External measurement, for testing of transducers, meters and sensors.
• Hardware configuration and maintenance, with internet upgrading capacity.
• Results Manager, and storage of results.
• STT: Importing RIO files and ROOTS test, execution of tests with no need of PC, just a USB pendrive.
• Advanced built‐in Test Functions: Fault, Ramp, Double Ramps, Pulse Ramps, Binary Search, State Sequencer, Fault Playback (COMTRADE)
• New Assisted Control for complex magnitudes: Impedance, Fault, Power, Sequences, Vline and Homopolar Voltage, Open Delta.

The MENTOR 12’s standard equipment build up one of the most advanced basic configurations available on the market for quick, simple and easy testing, for both commissioning and maintenance, without the need of any PC. One of the biggest advantages of the MENTOR 12 is the ‘plug & play’ modularity. New amplifiers connected by the user are automatically recognized and added to all the test and configuration screens by the MENTOR 12, with no software adjustment.

Mentor New Software Modules

Vector View: Full control at your fingertips of individual or grouped phasors, with module and angle lock functions. It offers an alternative way of regulating the amplitude and phase angle of the channels. Instead of modifying the numerical fields, you can touch and drag its representative vectors on the screen whilst you observe the values that each channel takes. To prevent it from changing the module of a vector whilst it is dragging it circularly, you can activate the Lock level button. If you wish to vary the amplitude without modifying the angle, you can activate the Phase lock button.

Roots – Relay Testing Software

ROOTS (Relay Object‐Oriented Test System) provides the best solution to the testing of today’s multifunctional IEDs by performing accurate fault calculation, sequential test execution, and reporting automatically. A ROOT is an optional product for PC‐operation of EuroSMC’s MENTOR 12 and TRES relay test sets. ROOTS is developed using the latest Microsoft .NET® technology and is available for 32‐bit and 64‐bit Windows XP, or later platforms.

ROOTS implements a friendly, intuitive interface, for the quick and accurate configuration of all equipment features, device settings, test modules, test results, reports, and the permanent storage in a database. Test routines and report definitions are saved according to a simple hierarchy that is flexible and easy to understand. The user can create any number of test databases and each database is organized by Devices (IED), several Test Modules can be added to every Device, protection‐specific modules, such as Distance or Overcurrent, or RIO files modules. Each module contains a test kit with test routines (click sequence, search, reclosing, breaker failure, etc) that can be used right off‐the‐box or quickly and easily customized to the user’s needs. In summary, substation/s overall test procedures can easily be built, can be repeated for maintenance testing, and also used as templates for similar substations with minimum adjustments, which saves considerable time.

Roots – Device Management

Databases and Devices Panel: ROOTS database files may include as many devices as required and the user can create any number of test databases. Each database is organized by Devices, with its specific device definition, relay settings, protection modules, characteristics, test routines, test results, reports and report definitions.

Roots – Overcurrent Module

The Overcurrent test module is used to automatically test the performance of protective devices that implement any combination of the 50, 50N, 51, 51N, 67, 67N, 46 and 49 protection functions. It also includes tests of operating values, and the external scheme tests related to these protective functions.