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COMTRADE Utility for the OSIsoft™ PI System
Description
SISCO’s COMTRADE Utility is now available for the PI System (PI), OSIsoft’s world-leading platform for real-time performance management. The COMTRADE Utility allows digital data records from any COMTRADE file to be historized via the PI Server. The COMTRADE Utility for the PI Server will extract the data from the COMTRADE file and historize the information as an individual PI point for each channel of data or it can store the entire COMTRADE file in PI so that the original data can be reproduced for audit trail purposes.
The IEEE Common Format for Transient Data Exchange (COMTRADE) standard specifies a file format for high-speed oscillographic data on multiple data channels and is typically used to capture detailed waveform data of power system events.
Once the COMTRADE data has been historized, the information becomes available to any of the powerful data presentation and analysis functions available in the OSIsoft PI System platform. This enables the detailed event data from the COMTRADE file to be analyzed without being constrained by the COMTRADE file format.
Benefits
- Enables detailed power system event data from COMTRADE files to be easily historized in the PI Server for long term archiving and future analysis.
- All data is stored in the standard PI Server format allowing users to analyze and report on power system events with the powerful and flexible tools offered by OSIsoft.
- Detailed audit trail information is provided, including when the data was generated, retrieved, and archived; to help meet regulatory requirements and to more effectively evaluate historical system integrity.
Features
- Implemented with ActiveX® components that are compatible with PI ProcessBook and PI Advanced Calculation Engine (ACE).
- Enables users to create their own COMTRADE applications using standard PI System tools.
- Includes an example ACE calculation that can automatically acquire and archive COMTRADE information directly from Ethernet based devices using off-the-shelf products.
- Configuration and setup is simplified using intuitive wizards that guide the user through archiving COMTRADE information.
- Configuration information is stored in the PI Module Database (PI MDB) for maximum flexibility.
- Single user and corporate licenses are available to meet the needs of both large and small organizations.
