Plant Control System page
Purpose
The Plant Control System page is the device page of Plant Control. It shows the live power flow of the site and opens the Plant Control settings and diagnostic panels.
For what Plant Control does, see How plant control works.
Companion Guides
- Devices and links: Add and connect devices in plant control
- Rules: Build a rule list
- LOMAC: How LOMAC works
Location
- Sidebar: My Devices, then Plant Control System
- Device list: the Plant Control System card in the Virtual Devices group
Page Tabs
| Tab | Content |
|---|---|
| Diagram | Live single-line diagram |
| Settings | Control loop timing |
| Storage Data | Storage cluster values and limits |
| AC Loops | One card for each AC loop |
| Recent Changes | Plant Control setting changes |
| Scheduling | Remote schedule |
- Scheduling: shown only when remote scheduling is on for the plant.
- Recent Changes: each change shows the user, as You or User #number.
Diagram Tab
- Power table: Apparent Power, Active Power and Reactive Power of Grid, Load, Pv, Gen and Battery Converter
- Storage DC card: storage DC power and SoC
- Diagram menu: the three-dot icon at the top left of the diagram. Items: Edit, Add device.
- Save icon: top right of the diagram. Saves the device positions.
- Edit mode tag: shown on the diagram when Edit is on
The diagram has no zoom control. It changes its size to fit the window.
Diagram Interaction
The diagram has two modes. Edit in the diagram menu changes between them.
View mode:
- Click on a device: opens the Data window, with live values and setpoints
- Pointer on a line: highlights all the lines of its AC loop
- Drag on a touch screen: scrolls the page
Edit mode:
- Drag a device: moves the device. Click the save icon to keep the new position.
- Drag from dot to dot: adds a line between two devices. See Add and connect devices in plant control.
- Pointer on a line: shows a red X. Click the X to remove the line.
- Double-click on a device: opens the Settings window of the device
Examine a setting before you save it. Plant Control applies a saved setting to live equipment, with no confirmation step.
Diagram Symbols
Red Frame
The device does not respond to Plant Control.
Faded Device
The device is disabled in Plant Control.
Eye Icon
The device is Monitor Only.
Broken-Link Icon
The device is disconnected.
Green Power Icon
The device operates in VF, PQ, VSG or SB mode.
Red Power Icon
The device is connected, but not in one of these modes.
Dashed Line
DC link between a storage and its battery converters.
Red Dotted Line
Link between a storage and its storage group.
Device Menu
The three-dot icon on the Plant Control System card, above the tabs, opens these panels:
- Ctrl Chart: control history chart
- Control Health: read and write timing of each controlled device
- PID Tuning: control loop tracking and gains
- System ID: open-loop bump test
- AC Loop Overview: grid power against target for each AC loop
- LOMAC: LOMAC status and timeline. See Set up and arm LOMAC.
Do not start a System ID test on a site in operation without approval from the site owner. The test takes control of the device and changes its power output.
Permissions
- See the page and the panels: any access level
- Change Plant Control:
Editor,InstallerorFull control