4.3.1 PURPOSE
This test is intended to validate the client’s ability to respond to all operational instructions.
4.3.2 TEST PROCEDURE
The steps SHALL be performed as described in Table 47. The test results SHALL be compared against the Expected Result column in Table 47
Table 45 – Test steps for Communications Client – DRED OI Response
Step No. | Manual or utility server step | Expected comms client result |
1 | The utility server configures an active control with an immediate start and opModConnect = false (representing OI0). | On the next poll of the utility server the client receives and starts the active control, by asserting the relevant switch(es) as detailed in AS-NZS 4755.1. On the next update to DERStatus the client reports an operationalModeStatus of 100 and alarmStatus = 0. |
2 | The utility server configures an active control with an immediate start and opModConnect = true to cease the operational instruction. | On the next poll of the utility server the client receives and starts the active control, by relaxing the relevant switch(es) as detailed in AS-NZS 4755.1. |
3 | The utility server configures an active control with opModFixedW = -75% (representing OI3) to start no more than 5 minutes in the future. | On the next poll of the utility server the client receives the active control. At the appropriate time (including any randomisation) the DRED begins the active control by asserting the relevant switch(es) as detailed in AS-NZS 4755.1. On the next update to DERStatus the client reports an operationalModeStatus of 103 and alarmStatus = 0, and on next update to DERSettings with bit 7 of modesEnabled (i.e. opModFixedW) asserted. |
4 | The utility server configures an active control with opModFixedW = -50% (representing OI2) to start no more than 5 minutes in the future. | On the next poll of the utility server the client receives the active control. At the appropriate time (including any randomisation) the DRED begins the active control by asserting the relevant switch(es) as detailed in AS-NZS 4755.1. On the next update to DERStatus the client reports an operationalModeStatus of 102 and alarmStatus = 0, and on next update to DERSettings with bit 7 of modesEnabled (i.e. opModFixedW) asserted. |
5 | The utility server configures an active control with opModFixedW = -0.01% (representing OI1) to start no more than 5 minutes in the future. | On the next poll of the utility server the client receives the active control. At the appropriate time (including any randomisation) the DRED begins the active control by asserting the relevant switch(es) as detailed in AS-NZS 4755.1. On the next update to DERStatus the client reports an operationalModeStatus of 101 and alarmStatus = 0, |
and on next update to DERSettings with bit 7 of modesEnabled (i.e. opModFixedW) asserted. | ||
6 | The utility server configures an active control with opModFixedW = -100% (representing OI4) to start no more than 5 minutes in the future. | On the next poll of the utility server the client receives the active control. At the appropriate time (including any randomisation) the DRED begins the active control by asserting the relevant switch(es) as detailed in AS-NZS 4755.1. On the next update to DERStatus the client reports an operationalModeStatus of 104 and alarmStatus = 0, and on next update to DERSettings with bit 7 of modesEnabled (i.e. opModFixedW) asserted. |
7 | The utility server configures an active control with opModFixedW = 75% (representing OI7) to start no more than 5 minutes in the future. | On the next poll of the utility server the client receives the active control. At the appropriate time (including any randomisation) the DRED begins the active control by asserting the relevant switch(es) as detailed in AS-NZS 4755.1. On the next update to DERStatus the client reports an operationalModeStatus of 107 and alarmStatus = 0, and on next update to DERSettings with bit 7 of modesEnabled (i.e. opModFixedW) asserted. |
8 | The utility server configures an active control with opModFixedW = 50% (representing OI6) to start no more than 5 minutes in the future. | On the next poll of the utility server the client receives the active control. At the appropriate time (including any randomisation) the DRED begins the active control by asserting the relevant switch(es) as detailed in AS-NZS 4755.1. On the next update to DERStatus the client reports an operationalModeStatus of 106 and alarmStatus = 0, and on next update to DERSettings with bit 7 of modesEnabled (i.e. opModFixedW) asserted. |
9 | The utility server configures an active control with opModFixedW = 0% (representing OI5) to start no more than 5 minutes in the future. | On the next poll of the utility server the client receives the active control. At the appropriate time (including any randomisation) the DRED begins the active control by asserting the relevant switch(es) as detailed in AS-NZS 4755.1. On the next update to DERStatus the client reports an operationalModeStatus of 105 and alarmStatus = 0, and on next update to DERSettings with bit 7 of modesEnabled (i.e. opModFixedW) asserted. |
10 | The utility server configures an active control with opModFixedW = 100% (representing OI8) to start no more than 5 minutes in the future. | On the next poll of the utility server the client receives the active control. At the appropriate time (including any randomisation) the DRED begins the active control by asserting the relevant switch(es) as detailed in AS-NZS 4755.1. On the next update to DERStatus the client reports an operationalModeStatus of 108 and alarmStatus = 0, |
and on next update to DERSettings with bit 7 of modesEnabled (i.e. opModFixedW) asserted. |
4.3.3 CRITERIA
If during testing the client experiences one of the following events these are considered non- conformances with this requirement:
a) The DRED fails to assert the correct switch(es) after the active control is scheduled to commence (accounting for any randomisation).
b) The DRED reports a DERStatus with no or an incorrect value for operationalModeStatus.
Notes
i) The requirement for DREDs to report operationalModeStatus in DERSettings resources is present in the DEIP-published version of CSIP-AUS, however is no longer present in the SA HB 218 version of CSIP-AUS produced by Standards Australia. As such this test may be modified to reflect the appropriate version of CSIP-AUS that a client is intended to conform to.