Atec EuroSMC-Mentor-12 - Manual (Page 10)

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ROOTS
ROOTS (Relay Object-Oriented Test System) provides the best solution to the testing of today’s
multifunctional IEDs by performing accurate fault calculation, sequential test execution, and reporting
automatically.
ROOTS is an optional product for PC-operation of SMC’s MENTOR 12 and TRES relay test sets.
ROOTS is developed using the latest Microsoft .NET® technology and is available for 32-bit and 64-
bit Windows XP, or later platforms.
ROOTS implements a friendly, intuitive interface, for the quick and accurate configuration of all
equipment features, device settings, test modules, test results, reports, and the permanent storage in
a database. Test routines and report definitions are saved according to a simple hierarchy that is flexible
and easy to understand. The user can create any number of test databases and each database is
organized by Devices (IED); several Test Modules can be added to every Device, protection-specific
modules, such as Distance or Overcurrent, or RIO files modules. Each module contains a test kit with
test routines (click sequence, search, reclosing, breaker failure, etc) that can be used right off-the-
box or quickly and easily customized to the user’s needs. In summary, substation/s overall test
procedures can easily be built, can be repeated for maintenance testing, and also used as templates
for similar substations with minimum adjustments, which saves considerable time.
MAIN FEATURES
- The best solution to the testing of today’s multifunctional IEDs.
- Spans the testing from the relay to its interactions with the whole protection scheme.
- Accurate fault calculation and sequential test execution.
- Automatic, customized and exportable Reporting.
- Roots storage files are self-contained databases: relay data, characteristics, custom formulas, test
routines and report definitions.
- Database management functions for the import/export of device (relay), test definitions and results
between databases.
- Ability of using formulas instead of fixed values when entering test values, settings, options or other
data.
- Direct import of RIO relay description files supplied by a number of relay manufacturers.
- Intuitive graphical zone and elements Characteristics Editor, with pre-defined Templates.
- Modular architecture, different optimized test modules for each protection function.
- Modular pricing, ROOTS can be purchased with one or more functional modules, providing a price-
optimized solution.
- Free updates, No other product in its class offers free lifetime updates and the possibility of being
upgraded (in software and in hardware) by the user himself.
Test procedures defined within ROOTS can be directly
executed on a connected SMC test set. For a MENTOR 12
equipped with the Smart Test Tools module, the test
procedures can also be transferred from
ROOTS to an USB pendrive that can be
read and executed by the MENTOR 12 without
the need of an external computer.
Device Panel
Test List Screen
Test Screen
Test Report
ROOTS RELAY TESTING SOFTWARE
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