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@owais1993 wrote:

Hello, my name is Owais. My project is to make PDC Server.
I have 305 message informations at every 0.001 seconds of electrical bus in hexadecimal format in txt file.
My message information is already converted in IEEE Std C37.118.2™-2011 standard.
My task is to check my message information data in pmu connection tester by transmitting these data to pmu connection tester which are in txt file from another computer through networking via udp protocol. I have tried several codes but an error is obtained everytime (Bad data stream , expected sync byte 0xAA as first byte in IEEE Std C37.118 frame, got 0x41).

My device id code is 65281. There are 74 bytes in one frame.
Samples of my message information data at each instant are as follows:
AA01004AFF0156615771000000000140446EA721C135F45F446EA721C3035F46446EA721C37B5F463B5A5873C2A4CA1C3B5A5873C34A650E3B5A5873C3A13287B4EEBAFBB33EFBFC8583

AA01004AFF0156615771000027100140446EA721C135F45F446EA721C3035F46446EA721C37B5F463B5A5873C2A4CA1C3B5A5873C34A650E3B5A5873C3A13287B4B30BE4B30F3CB6217B
My phasor values are in rectangular form.
please help me in accomplish my task . I will be very grateful to you.

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@sepehru wrote:

Hi everyone
I have downloaded the source code of "pmu connection tester" but as I open the pmuconnctiontester.vb file in the project in visual studio 2015 express the error (exception from HRESULT 0X80131047) pops up with the following stack call:

at System.Reflection.AssemblyName.nInit(RuntimeAssembly& assembly, Boolean forIntrospection, Boolean raiseResolveEvent)
at System.Reflection.AssemblyName..ctor(String assemblyName)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Design.VSTypeResolutionService.System.ComponentModel.Design.ITypeResolutionService.GetType(String typeName, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Design.VSTypeResolutionService.System.ComponentModel.Design.ITypeResolutionService.GetType(String name, Boolean throwOnError)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Design.Serialization.CodeDom.HandlesClauseManager.GetReferencedComponentType(String componentName, CodeTypeDeclaration codeTypeDecl, ITypeResolutionService loader, IDictionary& cache)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Design.Serialization.CodeDom.HandlesClauseManager.ParseHandlesClauses(CodeTypeDeclaration codeTypeDecl, Boolean updateCache)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Design.Serialization.CodeDom.VSCodeDomParser.OnMethodPopulateStatements(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.CodeDom.CodeMemberMethod.get_Statements()
at System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.TypeCodeDomSerializer.Deserialize(IDesignerSerializationManager manager, CodeTypeDeclaration declaration)
at System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.CodeDomDesignerLoader.PerformLoad(IDesignerSerializationManager manager)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Design.Serialization.CodeDom.VSCodeDomDesignerLoader.PerformLoad(IDesignerSerializationManager serializationManager)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Design.Serialization.CodeDom.VSCodeDomDesignerLoader.DeferredLoadHandler.Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextManager.Interop.IVsTextBufferDataEvents.OnLoadCompleted(Int32 fReload)

I have controlled the assembly name. there is not any special character in the title and also in the debug tab the "enable vs hosting the process is unchecked. As I press the "ignore and continue" button the .vb panel will be blank and is not corresponded with the real software panel (just file and help tab is visible and seems that some data have been lost). I don't know how to get rid of this problem please help me in solving this problem.

PS. as I try to load the whole project the warning message shows that "the solution is bound to source control" which I reject to contact the server for integration. is there any relation between the error and the bounded source control as well ?

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@Usama wrote:

Hi, I am Usama, I am trying to see my PMU data using PMU connection tester. I am using OPAL-RT simulator in real time, which is sending the data through PMUs. My model is running perfectly fine in the simulator but when I try to establish connection between OPAL-RT and PMU tester using same ip address, it says that

Can anyone please help me that what is actually happening.

Thanks.

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@tflack90 wrote:

When attempting to connect to some of my field PMUs (SEL 734) I am receiving the following error from PMU Connection Tester.

"No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it

1 connection attempted"

I believe this would generally indicate something is incorrect in the IP/Device ID/Etc. I've give it. Is there a way to further test what exactly is incorrect? Thanks!

Tyler

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@mike.thom wrote:

I have a VM running OpenPDC with an IP address of 10.130.226.80. I am trying to read PMU data on a different network (10.130.231.20). When I have the alternate command channel configured, I get the error message 'IP Address mismatch: unable to find and IPv6 address for "10.130.231.20" 1 connection attempted.' When I check the 'Not Defined' box, and configure the PMU server as UDP_S, I receive PMU data. My network guy set a firewall rule to allow all traffic between the 2 devices, and monitored all traffic coming from the server running OpenPDC (226.80). He sees no traffic at all from 226.80. The network interface is set to 'default'. It seems like the software is trying to use a different network interface.
I added a route in the routing table with no luck. Still no traffic from 226.80 to 231.20.
I have also tried the same thing with 2 other SEL PMUs, with the same results. I can read data if they are configured for UDP_S.
When I click the 'Network Interface' link in connection tester to select the interface, it shows my available interfaces are '::0', and is set to 'default'.
Any help is much appreciated.

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@Practica3426 wrote:

Hello and happy new year to all of you,

I would ask you about an error that I have with a TCP connection,

When I attempt to connect my PMU to connection tester it take 10 seconds exactly to recibe the configuration stream. Once the pmu is connected I receive the following message: Connected to device "ID 727 using IEEE C37.118-2005 over Tcp" at 1/5/2017 4:41:31 PM using IEEE C37.118-2005

After 10 seconds I receive the following message: Device connection error: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond 192.168.19.35:4712

I want to understand (and solve) why if I recieved the data stream from my PMU over TCP, after 10 seconds I receive the message: Device connection error:

PD: When I use a Mixed connection I recieve the data stream normally.

Could you help me trying to understand and solve this issue.

Thanks in advance!

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@ajstadlin wrote:

While watching the graphics display chart in PMUConnectionTester, I noticed that the Frequency and Phase charts do not stay aligned.

At first, I thought this was the number of samples plotted on each chart, so I made sure the sample counts are the same. In the screen shots below each chart is set for 600 points to plot.

Next, I thought maybe the issue was caused by the Phase Angle chart being slightly longer than the Frequency chart. The left side axis lines do not line up. OK, I could see that this might cause the points to be plotted with different spacing.

However, I observe that sometimes the Frequency and Phase graphs stay in line for a little while then other times the Frequency graph advances much quicker than the Phase graph. That is, the rate of the shift changes. I would think that if the cause was simple scaling, the rate of shift would be constant.

I'm not sure if this is a problem that needs to be fixed. This issue would be hard to observe with the default settings. I have not ruled out that my settings for the number of points to plot and absolute phase angle are out of bounds with respect to PMUConnectionTester's typical use. Since there are no time scales on the graphs - there is probably no reason to expect the graphs to be tightly synchronized. After all, it's a PMU tester, not a Graphics tester B-)

The following screen shots are about 5 seconds apart. The second screen shot shows that the Phase Angle graph did not "keep up" with the Frequency graph.

PMUConnectionTester version 4.5.4.0 Screen Shots

Phase Angle Graph is now trailing the Frequency Graph by about 5 seconds.

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@mmbriant wrote:

Hi,

Short version of the question :
Would it be possible to include in PMU Connection Tester the possibility of sending user designated commands to PMU. There is already a drop box of list of commands to send and a button to send them. This change would require adding one new text box for entry of the command and another item in the drop list. See below for "artistic" rendition of how this could be implemented.

One thing we would like to avoid is adding ourselves this feature in a "custom version" of PMU Connection Tester because we do not want to distribute confusing versions of this great tool.

Thanks.

Long version of the question (including justification)
We had requests in the past from a number of asian utilities to enable activating PMU outputs through commands from C37.118 protocol.

We now implemented that feature in our PMU, using what the C37.118 standard allows (ref Table 15 of the C37.118.2-2011) as "user designated commands". The command word bits are "0000 yyyy xxxx xxxx), where yyyy<>0000. Mainly, when yyyy= 0001 we send a direct operate (off / open / trip) and when yyyy=0010 we send direct operate (on / close).. In each case, xxxx xxxx now represent the physical output we want to control.

With the assistance of GPA, we found a way to send commands to the PMU to activate the outputs with openPDC (remote console, invoke / sendcommand).

The only problem is that it is quite a challenge to install/configure openPDC just to demonstrate that feature.

Now the PMU Connection Tester would be the perfect instrument to test this feature (that is built-in the C37.118 protocol).

Thanks and best regards,

Michel Mont-Briant

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@sampsont wrote:

I need to verify that my Digital signals are being streamed correctly. By Digitals, I mean the Digital Event data that is streamed from PMUs. I see where the number of Digitals is displayed but I can't find a way to display the actual Digitals data.

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@pmuctuser wrote:

Hi ,

I'm trying to transmit the pmu data from my device to the pmu connection tester using UDP communication.
Connection Tester version: 4.5.7

Once i click connect button with the above settings , I get the message "Awaiting configuration frame ..."

The application which has the pmu data , creates the UDP socket and binds to that port.
I also send the 'configuration data' to the connection tester and i see that the status changes to "Configured frame rate: N frames/second"

So far its all good. Now once my application is sending data in this mode(UDP), if the user clicks on 'Disconnect' , will the PMU connection tester send any information/cmd back to my application ?

I tried blocking on the udp socket with a timeout repeatedly to catch if any message is sent on 'Disconnect' , but i don't get any.
(But I see that i get a msg in my TCP application with code 1 to stop sending data. )

In this case, how to know if the pmu connection tester is expecting a config frame or a data frame ? (or) Is it running.

Thanks in advance.

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@angelorozco wrote:

This is a question from https://pmuconnectiontester.codeplex.com/discussions/350367 , but it didn't have response and i this is my problem too now.

A very basic question, i am able to get connected to external device and
could see the data transfer and hence graphs in graph tab, however
there are many graphs getting displayed together like voltage of three
phases and current of three phases are getting
displayed together, now i want to see the display of only few selected
variables as per my requirement say only voltage of phase A, how can i
change this setting to have selected display in graph Tab?

**My second issue is, i am connected to a National Instruments 9725 PMU and it has up to 24 variables that PMU Connection Tester is reading, but i want to change the names of each variable in the Phase Angle Graph because i am having problems to identify the phasor i am going to use as a reference. I have the 4.5.5 version of PMU Connection Tester.

Thank you for the help!**

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@bbada626 wrote:

Hi,

I'm trying to connect PMU Connection Tester(version 4.5.5) and RSCAD(GTNET_PMU_v4) using TCP communication.

After I click 'Connect' button with the above settings, I get the error message about "There are no responses to the connected devices or the host, and the connection is disconnected".

What should I modify for there connection??
Please help me in accompligh my task. Thanks in advance.

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@angelorozco wrote:

Hiello, everyone:

I want to capture the data shown in the Display in the Real-Time Frame detail every second during 30 minutes and obtain this information in .txt or some format similar and then, export it to Excel.
I would like that this file will be as the one you obtain when you make a Capturae Sample Frame.
I made use of the Stream Debug Capture, but it take the samples very fast and is useless for my objective.

Thank you in advance.

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@Ciezki wrote:

We keep getting the error “No connection can be made because target machine actively refused it” when we try to use PMU Connection Tester to connect to one of our SEL-421 boxes. Based on another thread, we see possible errors being the IP address, Port #, or the Device ID. We are confident we have the right IP address and have IPV4 set to TRUE. We have tried standard ports 23 (telnet), 4712, and 4715 without luck. We are not sure if the Device ID matters. We have tried 235 (legacy), 0, 1, and 2, all without luck. We are able to connect to the box using SEL's acSELerator QuickSet program. We do not see anywhere in acSELerator what might be required for the Port or Device ID. We do not currently have an external clock driving the SEL-421 but are not sure if this matters for PMU Connection Tester. We also do not have the IP address for our network switch (we inherited it) but it does not seem to matter for acSELerator. Please provide any guidance for setting the Port or Device ID or what else could be causing the error. Thanks in advance!

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@Arav wrote:

Hello,
Is there a version of PMU Connection Tester which works with .NET 4.0?
If so, can someone point me to it?

Thanks
Aravindhan

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@anumasula wrote:

Hi,
Im trying to install PMU connection tester in linux environment, is there any installation wiki available like Windows installation .

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@Aleixo wrote:

Hi,

Can someone help me in a introduction do connect a PMU to PC? I can see the values in web browser but it is more interesting to see waves.
I tried to do a connection between a PMU and a laptop with ethernet but without success using PMU connection tester. I did step by step. In network device show to me only Default option. How i know port if it is, 7200 or 4712 or 4714 or 8888 etc etc?

In setup.ini not exist C37_Communications_Settings to see what port is.

Where i can find device id code? Why is 1?

I only want a test in a lab with low voltage.

Thanks for your attention

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@Aleixo wrote:

Hi, How i can connect microPMU by UDP? I want to test UDP protocol to see if microPMU recover the datastreaming.

Now i have 2 microPMU in openPDC with datastreaming but using TCP protocol. The connection is through routers with sim card. I don’t know why but sometimes microPMU stop streaming. Could be signal fail of SIM card, but microPMU does not recover the datastreaming. In this situation i have to reboot routers or reboot microPMU.

These are parameters that i tested unsuccessful.

Local Port: 4713 and 4614
Enable Multicast / Remote Udp: What is that?
Host IP: IP Adress of my LAN, 192.168.2.1 and 192.168.2.2
Remote Port: What remote port? command port is 8881

This command port i am using for commands through webrowser of microPMU software, with success.

Regards,
Aleixo

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@prince wrote:

does pmu connection tester support sudp connection?

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