What it is and when you need it
Remote configuration of ADVC controllers is the service in which our team sets up the controller of a Schneider Electric recloser remotely: protection, reclosing sequences, logic, communications and records. We work with U-Series and N-Series pole-mounted reclosers and their ADVC controllers, found on urban and rural distribution networks, substation feeders and industrial feeders, for clients worldwide.
The recloser is the first line of protection on many distribution circuits, and its settings decide how many customers lose power on every fault. That is why it often needs a review: when the network topology changes, when a solar plant connects to the circuit, when the utility updates its protection coordination study, or when an event did not end as expected.
What is included
- Engineering software. ADVC controllers are configured with WSOS5, Schneider Electric’s program to configure, control and monitor its pole-mounted reclosers and sectionalizers, locally or remotely. The WSOS5 version must be compatible with the controller firmware and with the operating system of the computer it runs on.
- Protection. Phase, ground and sensitive earth fault overcurrent, directional elements when the recloser measures voltage, inverse-time and definite-time curves, and the voltage and frequency elements your study calls for.
- Reclosing sequence. Trips to lockout, dead times, curves per trip, reset time and the conditions that lead to lockout. We review the sequence together with the upstream and downstream fuses and protection, because coordination depends on it.
- Protection groups. ADVC controllers support several settings groups. We review all of them and the condition that activates each one, for example a group for when the circuit is fed from an alternate source.
- Logic and control functions. Cold load pickup, inrush restraint, live line work, blocking and the controller’s configurable logic, when the project uses it.
- Communications. The protocol enabled on your controller, such as DNP3, and the point map to the SCADA; also the communication medium, whether cellular modem, radio or fiber network.
- Events and records. The controller stores event, operation and fault history, as well as measurements and power quality data. We download and analyze them with you.
- Backup. We save the controller’s active configuration before every change.
We also confirm the rated system frequency (50 Hz or 60 Hz) in the controller configuration. When a settings file is reused from another project or market, that detail is easy to miss and it affects measurements and frequency elements.
How we work
First, you tell us the recloser series, the ADVC controller generation (for example ADVC2 or ADVC3), its firmware version and the approved settings. With that we confirm the right WSOS5 version. Then we agree with your team on how we reach the controller: through your SCADA network, a cellular modem or a technician on site connected to the controller. Access is encrypted and enabled only for the authorized task.
During the work we save the active configuration, load the settings, compare what was loaded against what was approved, and verify measurements, status points and SCADA signals with you. Secondary injection tests of the controller and operation of the recloser are done on site, by your crew or by our test team in Colombia or on request elsewhere.
We do not publish step-by-step WSOS5 procedures: they depend on the controller, its firmware and the study for each circuit, and they are the work we do for you.
Firmware and compatibility precautions
- Firmware and calibration. Schneider Electric publishes notices that depend on the controller firmware version; for example, correct recognition of the recloser series on some test sets requires a calibration file and a minimum firmware. We review those notices before any work.
- Recloser series. The controller must be configured for the recloser series actually connected to it; a wrong entry affects measurements and commands.
- WSOS5 version. It must match the controller firmware and run on the computer used for the job.
- Firmware upgrades are a separate job, which we only do with your approval and a verified backup.
What we need from you
- Recloser series, ADVC controller model and firmware.
- Approved settings or the circuit’s protection coordination study.
- The controller’s communication link and secure access to it.
- The point map your SCADA expects, if applicable.
- A contact person and your authorization for each job.
What you receive
- The final controller configuration file and a backup of the previous one.
- The applied settings table, with every protection group, compared against the approved settings.
- The documented reclosing sequence, ready for a coordination review of the circuit.
- The point map to the SCADA, when applicable.
- Event and fault history analysis, if requested, and a written report.
Standards and criteria
Reclosers are covered by IEC 62271-111 / IEEE C37.60. Inverse-time curves follow IEC 60255-151 or IEEE C37.112, depending on the study, and telemetry uses DNP3 (IEEE 1815) or IEC 60870-5-104, depending on your SCADA. When the circuit has generation or can be fed from both ends, we pay special attention to directional elements and ground polarization. If you need the settings defined first, our team can carry out a protection coordination study, adapted to the local code and the utility requirements that you give us. Our general service for all brands is described under remote recloser configuration, and the brand’s protective relays under Schneider Electric Easergy and MiCOM.
Tiza Group works with Schneider Electric equipment as an independent engineering company. We are not a representative, distributor or authorized service center of the brand, and product names belong to their manufacturer. Tell us your recloser series and controller on our contact page and we will confirm the scope.