UPDATING BESTCOMS SOFTWARE
Future enhancements to relay functionality may make firmware update desirable. Enhancements to relay
firmware typically coincide with enhancements to BESTCOMS software for that relay. When a relay is
updated with the latest version of firmware, the latest version of BESTCOMS should also be obtained.
If you obtained a CD-ROM containing firmware from Basler Electric, then that CD-ROM will also contain
the corresponding version of BESTCOMS software. BESTCOMS can also be downloaded from the
Basler Electric web site (
). An outline form can be completed to obtain a password
for downloading BESTCOMS from the Basler Electric web site.
STARTING BESTCOMS
Start BESTCOMS
Start BESTCOMS by clicking the
Start
button,
Programs
,
Basler Electric
, and then the
BESTCOMS for
BE1-CDS240
icon. At startup, a splash screen with the program title and version number is displayed for
a brief time (Figure 14-2). After the splash screen clears, you can see the initial screen - the
System
Setup Summary
screen. (This is the same process if you do or do not have a unit connected to your PC.)
Figure 14-2. BESTCOMS Splash Screen
System Setup Summary Screen
If you are at another BESTCOMS screen such as
Overcurrent
and want to go to this screen, you
may use the
Screens
pull-down menu or click on the
System Setup Summary
icon as is shown at
the right margin of this paragraph. This screen has two areas or folder tabs (like paper file folder
tabs) to the screen (see Figure 14-3). The first tab is
Protection and Control
and the second tab is
Reporting and Alarms
.
This screen gives you an overview of the system setup. When the screen is first displayed, the
Protection
and Control
tab is in the foreground and the
Reporting and Alarms
tab is in the background. You may
select either of these tabs and bring that tab and information into the foreground.
Protection and Control
Look in the lower, right-hand corner for the legend. This legend provides interpretation for the various
indicated colors. Any protection and control function or element may be enabled or disabled and the
current state is indicated by the associated color. If the function is enabled, the color is green. If the
function is
only
disabled by a setting (such as zero), the color is yellow. If the function is
only
disabled by
logic, the color is blue. If the function is disabled by
both
a setting and logic, the color is gray.
If a function has variations such as 51P, which has six modes (Circuit 1, Circuit 2, Circuit 3, Circuit 4,
Circuit 5, and Circuit 6) and none of these modes are enabled, a tilde (~) is displayed.
In addition to the functional status,
Group Selection
is displayed and the names are shown for the
displayed and active logic and the virtual switches.
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