GE A166-0CG manual Overview, Product Perspective

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Overview

The Serial Status DCA software is installed in GE Energy Services WESDAC equipment to provide an interface to Sub-Remote Units (SRUs) using the Serial Status communication protocol.

Product Perspective

The Serial Status DCA software is custom software installed in the GE Energy Services Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) to act as a data concentrator for one or more SRUs using the Serial Status communication protocol. After the system is installed, the RTU has the ability to function as a sub-master within a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system, which controls multiple SRUs. Figure 1 represents a complete system overview of how the Serial Status DCA interfaces with the WESDAC Interface Node (WIN) in a typical GE Energy Services RTU.

The application is designed to communicate with SRUs via the Serial Status protocol. The Serial Status DCA receives data from the SRUs by polling for data in a master-slave relationship.

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Contents Serial Status DCA Configuration GuideTrademark Notices Table of Contents Serial Status DCA System Overview Xii List of FiguresSerial Status DCA List of Tables Viii Additional Documentation About this GuidePurpose of this Guide Who Should Use this GuideSerial Status DCA Product Perspective OverviewXii Configuration Sequence Configuring TablesSerial Status DCA Configuration Tables A166-0CG-1.00-2Restricted Name Range Description Configuring the Main Application Table A166APPLSerial Status DCA Port Configuration Table Parameters Configuring the Port Table A166PORTSerial Status DCA Wesdac Point Allocation Configuring Win for the Serial Status DCASerial Status DCA F001 Unable to locate table tablename Fatal Error MessagesAppendix AMessages Logged by the Serial Status DCA F005 Not enough memory F002 Unable to locate WESDACx tableF003 Insufficient WESDACx points, y req’d F004 Unable to open a channel to WINF009 getpointer failed, status = F006 Error creating event exchange, status=xF007 Unable to spawn event process F008 Event message exchange has been deletedE003 Unable to spawn com process, rec Non-Fatal Error MessagesE002 Error creating message exchange, sts=x E001 Child DiedE011 comport unable to set parameters, status = E004 Unable to spawn scan process, recE005 Com message exchange has been deleted E010Unable to open comport, status =E101 A166PORT rec x, Invalid Com Failures E012 comport unable to set timers, status =E013 comport unable to turn RTS on, status = E100 A166PORT rec x, Invalid Baud RateI001 No A166APPL table, deleting Information MessagesI102A166PORT rec x, Char Timeout min, defaulting I101A166PORT rec x, Resp Timeout min, defaulting

A166-0CG specifications

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