RTS

Have flexibility while maintaining consistency

Unlike test software that creates discrete test files per device which causes inefficient copy/paste/rename saving and one-at-a-time reporting, RTS maintains test records in a central database, a virtual warehouse that aggregates new and historical test and device data for simplified management and instant, consolidated reporting.

In RTS, system data is managed with a unique relational database architecture that uses innovative Library and System routines.

Database tables that contain test procedure data are associated to Library routines whereas database tables that store device data are associated to System routines.

Decoupling test procedure data from device data creates the tremendous power that RTS software leverages from the database to provide true standardization with flexibility for unique situations.

RTS Routines can be created for testing relays, batteries, DC circuits, PTs / VTs, CTs, communications equipment or any other power system component.

• Library Routines are the established procedures shared by RTS users for performing tests and inspections on specific types or models of relays and other power system components.
  • A single Library routine can be linked to multiple System routines to ensure uniform testing across a population of individual devices.
  • Library routines can be perfected over time without impacting System routine data, and one-off tests can be added to System routines which will not alter Library routines
• System Routines are the individual device records of relays and other power system components that contain nameplate information, settings data, file attachments, lifecycle notes, and historical test results.

Both Library and System routines can be organized with folders to easily catalog various required elements in your commissioning, maintenance and compliance testing processes.

RTS Routine Manager

RTS Library Routine

RTS Run Test Names

Find information in one place

RTS warehouses the entire catalog of test histories for all devices in the database. Previous results and commentary are easy to retrieve for instant viewing and reporting.

Standard reports contain the details of each test, including nameplate data, settings, test points, graphs, etc.

Summary reports give condensed information for quick rundowns of test results.

RTS Results Manager

RTS Results Manager Reporting

Design test procedures to reflect your standards

With RTS, standardized testing is not defeated by the variables users encounter when performing tests. Automated routines created in RTS software are designed to ensure consistency and to allow adaptations for unique situations.

Comprehensive beginning-to-end procedures can be developed into RTS test routines using the FasTest interface in conjunction with other test creation tools in the software. In addition to click-selectable modifiers and editable formulas, RTS provides a scripting engine that uses BASIC syntax which gives relay test professionals the means for easily fine-tuning test operations.

RTS software organizes test procedures as Library routines and device records as System routines. One Library routine can be linked to a population of System routines to ensure standardization. However, neither Library routines nor System routines are rigid; they are prepared for variations in electrical equipment and protection schemes with numerous tools and methodologies for truly custom test and process control.

The FasTest Interface

Create new tests with the FasTest interface which contains an expansive set of test types to choose from.

Settings Entry

Build settings tables and import settings data automatically using copy/paste functions with spreadsheets and vendor-specific settings file importers.

Test-Settings Associations

Test types selected from the FasTest interface pre-fill selections in the Test Defines window which simplifies and guides the process of associating settings to tests.

Defining settings names to link to given tests enables one-to-many power and flexibility regardless of different settings values of individual relays that will share the same test routine.

Test Actions

Simple click selections provided in a single-screen console provide adjustments to test parameters easily and efficiently.

Entry fields can hold user-defined values or be pre-filled for selecting from drop-down lists.

Dynamic Tests

Make dynamic tests efficiently using the FasTest interface. Leverage other RTS system tools to automate test setup for state sequencing, line fault modeling using the FastFault interface, and COMTRADE playback.

Forms Package with Examples

Supplement RTS routines with test and inspection forms created from the FasTest interface.

A comprehensive Battery Inspection form is provided along with other examples that showcase a variety of possibilities for applications of logic, automated sequences and user-definable operations for data-driven intelligence over entered values.

RTS forms are ideal for gathering compliance evidence and tracking required work steps. They can also preserve the use of externally-originated forms and retrieve test results from 3rd party test systems.

Transducer Test Interface

Transducer tests in RTS are easy to create and feature an intuitive, purpose-built interface that supports six transducer types and a maximum of eighteen test points. Suggested connections based on the selected transducer are included.

RTS Test Development Routine Manager

RTS FasTest Interface

RTS Test Settings Entry

RTS Test Settings Associations

RTS Test Actions

RTS Dynamic Tests

RTS Test & Inspection Forms

RTS Transducer Test Interface

Pinpoint the edges of relay protection

The comprehensive set of steady state test templates included in RTS cover the gamut of conventional and modern relay types, models and styles. Assemble steady state tests into folders within RTS test routines for automated sequences that verify relay protection elements during acceptance testing, commissioning and routine maintenance.

The RTS FasTestTM interface provides an intuitive, selection-driven approach to new test creation. Use the selection tree in FasTest to locate the type of steady state test you require and the test action that corresponds to it. The test you create can be easily associated to the settings defined for that relay model. Choose the parameters to control the test action you’ve selected and you’re ready to test!

RTS software is intended for users to develop test creation skills confidently. Steady state tests built from the FasTest interface can be enhanced with many functions that are provided with RTS Developer tools in other parts of the user interface. Powerful test sequences can be developed that utilize data imports, message windows, scripted functions, and more.

RTS steady state tests can become building blocks for powerful logic tests and end-to-end system tests when used in conjunction with Dynamic Tests that can also be built using the FasTest interface.

RTS Steady State Testing

Challenge relays with realistic simulations

There is a difference using RTS for dynamic testing.

The tabular layout organizes state sequencing tools into an intuitive console with straightforward navigation and control. Numerous user efficiencies are selectable throughout the interface. Fault states are entirely editable, and sequences can be developed manually, or SS1 file and Excel fault template data importers will build them automatically. Multi-sequence state editing allows many tests to undergo the same change in one operation.

The RTS scripting engine permits a high degree of automation and flexibility while the relational database foundation permits unique efficiencies in the design, implementation and management of dynamic tests. Combined with the exclusive ability to drive test sets from different manufacturers, only RTS standardizes dynamic testing.

FastFault Interface

Simplify line modeling with fault calculations that are automatic and adapt to varying device settings.

The formula-driven design enables a single FastFault test to calculate and run an arbitrary number of faults.

COMTRADE Playback

Replay digital fault records of actual system events using the COMTRADE playback function in RTS. Captured events are easily analyzed and tools for adjusting pre- and post-event durations give users the necessary control of their test sets for proper test executions.

Use the RTS satellite interface in conjunction with the COMTRADE playback function for end-to-end system evaluations using supported test sets, whether matched equipment or not.

Prove protection end-to-end

Test philosophies vary. Relay devices and protection system communication and control networks do as well. Each situation that calls for system coordination and logic schemes to be verified invites unique test inclusions, parameters, and one-off applications of tailored power system simulations.

Whether using steady state, dynamic, or even manual test sequences, RTS provides a robust framework for developing system tests that perform exactly to your requirements without compromise. Any set of tests within a test routine that you define for use in end-to-end test sequences are easy to categorize and execute at local or remote terminals. The users performing end-to-end tests do not need to have matched test sets because RTS compensates for timing differences of supported test sets in the software.

The individualistic nature of system testing is met with expansive possibilities in RTS software. The thorough RTS Developers Guide steps through the tools and concepts surrounding advanced test development, and the training and professional services Doble provides will help users overcome the complexities and succeed in building powerful system tests for whatever equipment, networks, schemes and philosophies are in play.

RTS-DYNAMIC TESTING SUBTAB

RTS FastFault Interface

RTS COMTRADE Playback

Prove protection end-to-end

Test philosophies vary. Relay devices and protection system communication and control networks do as well. Each situation that calls for system coordination and logic schemes to be verified invites unique test inclusions, parameters, and one-off applications of tailored power system simulations.

Whether using steady state, dynamic, or even manual test sequences, RTS provides a robust framework for developing system tests that perform exactly to your requirements without compromise. Any set of tests within a test routine that you define for use in end-to-end test sequences are easy to categorize and execute at local or remote terminals. The users performing end-to-end tests do not need to have matched test sets because RTS compensates for timing differences of supported test sets in the software.

The individualistic nature of system testing is met with expansive possibilities in RTS software. The thorough RTS Developers Guide steps through the tools and concepts surrounding advanced test development, and the training and professional services Doble provides will help users overcome the complexities and succeed in building powerful system tests for whatever equipment, networks, schemes and philosophies are in play.

RTS System Testing

Expand test routines to handle field work

RTS forms are entirely user definable and go beyond simple data entry.

Track tasks beginning-to-end. Convey instructions. Launch external test systems. Retrieve 3rd party test results. Import external data. Apply rules and algorithms. Preserve forms your company presently uses.

Let Doble show you how leveraging the power of RTS forms will improve efficiency in the field and streamline management and reporting.

Create RTS forms for tests and inspections of CTs, VTs/PTs, batteries, DC control circuitry, communications equipment, transducers, meters, and more!
RTS forms are also ideal for tracking the inspection and maintenance of components that are ancillary to devices, like the circuitry connecting instrument transformers to relays.

RTS External Data Control

RTS External Data Control

Integrate compliance into your processes

RTS standardized routines, database consolidation features, and centralized reporting provide the ideal platform for ensuring compliance to mandated requirements. Leverage RTS system tools for efficient and automated compliance readiness that is seamless and transparent to the user doing work.

Key details needed for compliance tracking can easily be captured by tailoring data entry fields in the interface or in custom forms. Individual procedures within test routines can be set to required status and prompt comments to be saved with each attempted, partial or fully-completed outcome. Folders can be added to routines to group procedures to given compliance standards.

The Merge Utility makes it easy to consolidate compliance evidence from across the user base. Reports in RTS can present an entire population of test results, or simply just one, or any number of results depending on user preference.

RTS conforms to control and security measures companies have in place. Optionally, RTS can be used with Doble PowerBaseTM and the Doble TCA ProgramTM for data and security management at the enterprise-level.