OSPAS-PDD Operator Manual Taking Console Online

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Taking Console Online
Activating Monitoring Mode
The ETAP Real-Time Server is the center of communication between the Real-Time system and monitoring stations. Real-Time data from the
system is communicated to the Sys Monitor presentation in ETAP Real-Time, by starting the PSMS Server. Refer to the OSPAS-PDD
Administrative Administrator Guide for details on starting the ETAP Real-Time Server.

Once the ETAP Real-Time Server is active and the user’s system is configured to run ETAP Real-Time, the user may go to the Sys Monitor
presentation and click on the “Real-Time Systems” icon from the System Toolbar to bring up the Real-Time Systems Mode Toolbar.

After the Real-Time Systems Mode Toolbar is activated, click on the “Monitoring Mode” icon to activate the Online Monitoring Mode. The
“Monitoring Mode” icon is one of the options available on the PSMS Toolbar. When the system is in the Online Monitoring Mode, the
background color of the “Online Monitoring” icon is changed from gray to white.

The Edit Mode or any other mode (for example, Load Flow, Short-Circuit etc.) is activated in order to bring the system off-line or leave the Online
Monitoring Mode. When the system is in the Offline Mode the background color of the “Online Monitoring” icon is changed from white to gray.

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In the Online Monitoring Mode if the active presentation is different from the “Sys Monitor” presentation, the “Edit” icon on the Mode Toolbar
is inactive and gray. The “Edit” button is available only when the Sys Monitor presentation is the active presentation.

When the “Online Monitoring” icon is clicked, the following will dialog box is displayed to indicate the Server Status:

If the Server is Already Running Active:

The client console will automatically connect to the server. User will now be able to start using ETAP Real-Time. The following is shown once the
console is online:

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If the Server is not running active:

Initially, the server is running, not pausing, not loading

data, and the Tag Database is not loaded.

• Click on the “Yes” button to continue.

• Click on the “No” button to cancel the project from
going online.

After indication to the server to load a new database,

the server should be paused, as shown in the dialog box.

• Click on the “Yes” button to continue.

• Click on the “No” button to stop the project from
going online.

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An image of the last saved project file is saved in the

server.

• If the project is not changed from the previous time

the project was online, click on the “Yes” button to
upload the last project image.

• If the project was changed in any way from the last

time it was brought online, click on the “No” button
to run the image of the current project.

• Click on the “Yes” button to bring the server to

WARM state.

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• Click on the “Yes” button to run the server and go

online. The system is now online.

The following is shown once the console is online:

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