Testing of wide area protection, monitoring and control systems
Alexander Apostolov, Benton Vandiver · 2009
Testing of WAPMCS requires good understanding of the functionality and the hierarchy of the system. Different methods are used for testing of the components of the system, as well as the distributed sub-functions and functions. Bottom-up testing is used at the initial phases of development and implementation of the system and especially for the acceptance of IEDs to be used at the system monitoring and process control levels of the system. Black box and top-down testing can be used during the factory and site acceptance testing stages. End-to-end testing is required for the final acceptance test of the WAPMCS before it can be put in service. (6 pages)