What it is and when you need it
Remote Schneider Electric Easergy and MiCOM relay configuration is the service in which our team prepares, loads and verifies the configuration of these relays without going to site: settings, logic, inputs and outputs, communications and records. We work with the families most often found in MV switchgear, substations and industrial plants worldwide:
- PowerLogic P3 (formerly Easergy P3), compact MV relays for feeders, transformers, motors and generators, with an optional arc flash protection function.
- PowerLogic P5 (formerly Easergy P5), the brand’s other MV platform, which shares its configuration tool with the P3.
- MiCOM Px20, MV relays such as the P12x overcurrent series and the P115 and P116, self-powered or dual-powered for sites without a guaranteed auxiliary supply.
- MiCOM Px30 and Px40, relays for feeders, generators (P34x), transformers (P64x), line differential (P54x) and buses (P74x), from MV up to EHV.
The service is used to commission new devices, apply settings from an updated study, change the SCADA integration or understand why a feeder tripped.
What is included
- Engineering software. eSetup Easergy Pro for Easergy P3 and P5, and Easergy Studio for the MiCOM family, which replaced MiCOM S1 Studio from version 6 onward. Both prepare the configuration offline, transfer it to the relay and extract its records. GE Vernova’s MiCOM P40 Agile relays use a different tool, MiCOM S1 Agile, and we cover them on our GE Vernova Multilin page.
- Settings groups. We review every settings group in the relay and the condition that switches them. In MV switchgear it is common to use a different group when the network changes its source, and that group is usually the least reviewed.
- Logic. On MiCOM relays, the programmable scheme logic (PSL) maps inputs, outputs, LEDs and internal signals and defines interlocks and blocking. On Easergy P3 and P5, the logic and output matrix are configured in eSetup Easergy Pro. We check both against the control drawings.
- Arc flash protection. If the Easergy P3 has arc sensors, we review the sensor-to-zone assignment and the trip logic, coordinating with whoever performed the switchgear study.
- Communications. IEC 61850 on the models that support it, with their SCL files and GOOSE messages; IEC 60870-5-103, Modbus and DNP3 (IEEE 1815) on older-generation relays; and the signal maps to SCADA or the gateway.
- Events and disturbance records. We retrieve events, fault records and oscillography and review them with you. Disturbance records are exported in COMTRADE.
- Backup. We save the existing configuration before every change and compare what was loaded against what was approved.
How we work
First we confirm the family, model, order code and software version of the relay. On MiCOM relays, the order code defines the hardware and available functions, and the software version defines which settings file can be loaded. We also confirm the rated frequency, 50 Hz or 60 Hz, in the relay and in any settings template, since a file reused from another project can carry the wrong one. Then we agree with your communications team on secure access: encrypted, without exposing the relays to the internet, and enabled only for the authorized task.
During the intervention we save the existing configuration, load settings, logic and communications, and verify metering, statuses and SCADA signals with you. If secondary injection is needed, your staff or your contractor does it on site with our live online support. Our team can perform field testing in Colombia, or elsewhere on request.
We do not provide a step-by-step guide to eSetup Easergy Pro or Easergy Studio: it depends on the model, the version and the project, and it is the service we deliver. Remote services are available worldwide; we work from Bogotá (UTC−5) and schedule the work window with you.
Version and compatibility precautions
- Each model and version needs its data model installed in Easergy Studio. Without it, the relay cannot be read or configured properly, and Schneider Electric limits access to its data model database to recent versions of the tool.
- The settings file must match the relay software version; if it does not, the conversion is reviewed setting by setting.
- Confirming the manufacturer of a MiCOM relay avoids using the wrong tool and wasting time in the work window.
- Settings passwords stay with you.
What we need from you
- Family, model, order code and version of each relay (a photo of the nameplate helps).
- The current configuration file, if you have it.
- Approved settings, control drawings and signal list.
- The protocol and signal map your SCADA expects.
- Secure access to the relays and a site contact.
Standards and criteria
Inverse-time curves follow IEC 60255-151 or IEEE C37.112, as defined by the study. Communications are configured with IEC 61850, IEC 60870-5-103 or IEC 60870-5-104, depending on your system. Functions such as 50/51 phase and ground overcurrent and 67N directional ground are referenced by their IEEE C37.2 device numbers. We adapt the settings to the local code and the utility requirements you give us. If you need the settings themselves, our protection coordination study delivers them ready to load. If your reclosers are Schneider Electric units with ADVC controls, see the ADVC controls page, and for all brands, remote relay configuration.
Tiza Group works with Schneider Electric equipment as an independent engineering company. We are not a partner, representative, distributor or authorized service center of the brand, and product names belong to their manufacturer. Send us the family, model and version through contact and we will confirm the scope.