HYPERSIM

Software Toolboxes Installed with HYPERSIM

New features

• A newControl Microgrid library is available, offering multiple control blocks:

  • Active Power Dispatch

  • BESS Management

  • Curtailment Management

  • Islanding Management

  • Load Management

  • Reactive Power Dispatch

• A new option has been added that allows to define a number of steps to be executed without IOs at the beginning of the simulation to improve simulation performance.

  • See the “Number of steps before enabling I/Os” option in the https://opal-rt.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DOCHS/pages/20189498/Simulation+Settings#Advanced .

  • Note that before that, HYPERSIM was always executing 100 steps without IOs. This new option simply allows to change this value.

• It is now possible to get the license number and target number in the license panel of the Target Manager.

• Python API:

  • A new methodgetVersion is available to get the current HYPERSIM version

  • Multiple new simulation and task mapping settings can now be updated using the setPreference and getPreference methods. These settings are now listed in theSimulation Settings and the Task Manager | Summary and Preferences documentation.

Improvements

• Prevent the creation of an I/O Interface with a duplicated name.

• It is now possible to start/stop the recording of signals directly in the datalogger control center.

  • Note that the control center has to be launched before the simulation has started.

• Error highlight in HYPERSIM console has been improved.

• An error message is now displayed when the network adapter of the localhost target is set to an invalid IP address in the Target Manager.

  • Note that before that, the HYPERSIM engine would simply crash.

• The Target Managerlicense panel now warns when no license is installed.

• The Load Flow Viewer now has a “clear all” contextual menu to clear the content of the “Output” tab.

• Firmware and Hardware mismatches are now clearly stated in the simout console.

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue where the RT Monitor table was displaying incorrect status in the “Enabled” column when scrolling the table

• Fixed the Start/stop timeout defined in HYPERSIM (Simulation Settings → Advanced → Simulation Server) that was not always correctly taken into account.

• Fixed an issue during analyse when a UCM with selected sensors was duplicated.

• Fixed an issue where the Activation Tool was not responding when applying a license from Help&Support.

• Fixed an issue where the HYPERSIM engine was crashing when analyzing the network from the Load Flow Viewer.

• Fixed an issue where the HYPERSIM engine would crash with certain parameter configuration of the 3-winding, w/sat + tap +dec block. The engine would crash when

  • the Vmin parameter was greater than the Vmax parameter, or

  • the Vnom parameter was not between Vmax and Vmin

• Fixed a HYPERSIM engine crash when a file that is not a .pun was used in line components.

• Fixed an issue that was slowing down the load flow computation in some cases.

• Fixed a bug where Load Flow properties weren't being saved when the model was saved.

• Fixed an issue where the Frequency Protection block was not taking into account the initial value.

• Fixed an issue where changes to parameters in the Load Flow window were not applied, despite appearing to update visually.

• Fixed an issue where Line with Line generator did not take the frequency and the ground resistivity into consideration.

Removed

• Unused G_Ref and P_Ref sensors on Network FACTS and HVDC LCC pulse components were removed.

Signal Visualization and Processing

Dashboards

FPGAScope

• Signal display order in the https://opal-rt.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PDOCHS/pages/149718032 now follows the order defined in the FSD file.

• Fixed potential ScopeView crash when making an FPGA Scope acquisition with multiple FPGAs

Unified Database

PowerFactory Import

• Added support of subsystems

  • Documented in https://opal-rt.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DOCHS/pages/875528410/PowerFactory+Supported+Features+and+Limitations#Import-of-subsystems

• Added support of the WEHGOV turbine governor blocks

• Added support of the GAST turbine governor blocks

PSS/E Import

• The following components are now imported as native HYPERSIM components

  • IEESGO

  • GGOV1

  • DEGOV

  • IEEEG1

  • ESAC6A

• Added warning message when a model is imported without a dyr file

• Improved import time performance for large models

• Fixed an error in connecting the ESST1A

PSCAD Import

• Fixed an issue when several master:import shared the same name in a given subsystem

• Fixed missing items in the PSCAD input model intermediate library

I/O Interfaces

• Allow signals to be renamed in the I/O Interface Configuration window

• Improved stability by ensuring that asynchronous computation components of I/O interfaces run either on core 0 or on a dedicated core, but not on the core of the simulation itself

CAN

• Added support for the CAN driver using the Kvaser PCIe card

FPGAScope

• Fixed capability to differentiate boards of the same family type

• Fixed crash of simulation when using an RT core

IEC 61850

• Added support for sending a report to multiple MMS client instances

MODBUS Slave

• Added support for TCP slave IDs up to 255

OPAL-RT Board

• Added capability to program multiple OP4810-IO/OP4815-IO platforms in parallel during the load of a model

• Added the display of extra information such as the IP and MAC addresses to the detection of OP4810-IO/OP4815-IO platforms

• Improved workflow by keeping connections even if a raw data point's name changes

• Improved workflow by skipping bitstream programming if OP4810-IO/OP4815-IO platforms are configured with an empty chassis name and/or an empty IP address

• Fixed reload of bitstreams on SGI systems

• Fixed bitstream configuration update mechanism to:

  • keep the name of raw data signals

  • keep the byte and bit offsets of raw data signals

  • keep the state of the ‘Enable FPGA scope’ check-box

  • support merging configurations for OP48H20 cards

• Fixed filter for bitstream file browser

• Fixed wrongly displayed message about firmware mismatch

• Fixed wrongly found hardware mismatch for extra slot of OP4810-IO/OP4815-IO platforms

• Fixed validation of threshold limits for digital channels

Synchronization

• Fixed logs that were referencing the wrong network interface used by the Oregano card

FPGA-Based Power Electronics Toolbox

eHS Blockset