CYMTCC for Windows

User’s Guide and Reference Manual

Version 4.5

March 2006
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Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 GETTING STARTED ......................................................................................... 1
1.1 OVERVIEW OF CYMTCC ................................................................................................................ 1
1.2 COMPUTER SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS .............................................................................................. 1
1.3 INSTALLING CYMTCC FOR WINDOWS ........................................................................................... 2
1.4 RUNNING CYMTCC FOR WINDOWS ............................................................................................... 3
1.5 FILE EXTENSIONS ............................................................................................................................ 3
1.6 CYMTCC GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE ............................................................................................ 4
1.7 QUICK REFERENCE .......................................................................................................................... 5
1.7.1 CYMTCC Menus..................................................................................................................... 5
1.7.2 CYMTCC Toolbars ................................................................................................................. 6
1.7.3 Main Toolbar.......................................................................................................................... 7
1.7.4 Plot Toolbar............................................................................................................................ 8
1.7.5 Diagram Toolbar.................................................................................................................... 9
1.7.6 Analysis Toolbar................................................................................................................... 10
1.7.7 Drawing Toolbar .................................................................................................................. 11
1.7.8 Alignment Toolbar................................................................................................................ 12
1.7.9 Rotate Toolbar...................................................................................................................... 13
1.7.10 Canvas Toolbar .................................................................................................................... 13
1.7.11 Layout Toolbar ..................................................................................................................... 14
1.7.12 Special Details Toolbar ........................................................................................................ 15
1.8 MOUSE COMMANDS ...................................................................................................................... 15
1.8.1 Device Selection ................................................................................................................... 15
1.8.2 Pan and Zoom....................................................................................................................... 16
1.8.3 Information Tags .................................................................................................................. 17
1.8.4 Contextual Menus ................................................................................................................. 17
1.8.5 Other Mouse Commands ...................................................................................................... 17

CHAPTER 2 CYMTCC WORKSPACES .............................................................................. 19

2.1 PLOT (CURVE) WINDOW ............................................................................................................... 19
2.2 MULTI-EXPLORER PANE ............................................................................................................... 20
2.2.1 Settings Tab .......................................................................................................................... 20
2.2.2 Device Search Tab................................................................................................................ 24
2.2.3 Coordination Tab ................................................................................................................. 25
2.2.4 Create Equipment Tab.......................................................................................................... 26
2.2.5 Favorites Tab........................................................................................................................ 27
2.3 ONE-LINE DIAGRAM WINDOW ...................................................................................................... 30
2.3.1 OLD Workspace Elements.................................................................................................... 30
2.3.2 One-line Diagram Contextual Menu .................................................................................... 31
2.3.3 OLD Symbol Contextual Menu ............................................................................................. 33
2.4 INSERTING AND CONNECTING SYMBOLS ....................................................................................... 34
2.4.1 Adding a Symbol................................................................................................................... 34
2.4.2 Moving / Copying Symbols ................................................................................................... 34
2.4.3 Connecting Symbols ............................................................................................................. 34
2.5 MANIPULATING COMPONENTS ...................................................................................................... 35
2.5.1 Selecting a Component ......................................................................................................... 35
2.5.2 Moving a Component............................................................................................................ 36
2.5.3 Rotating / Flipping a Component ......................................................................................... 36
2.5.4 Grouping and Ungrouping Components .............................................................................. 37

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2.5.5 Ordering Components .......................................................................................................... 37

2.6 DRAWING CAPABILITIES ............................................................................................................... 37
2.6.1 Drawing Lines and Shapes ................................................................................................... 38
2.6.2 Editing Vertices .................................................................................................................... 40

CHAPTER 3 THE FILE MENU ............................................................................................. 41

3.1 OVERVIEW OF THE FILE MENU ...................................................................................................... 41
3.2 NEW .............................................................................................................................................. 42
3.3 OPEN ............................................................................................................................................. 42
3.4 CLOSE ........................................................................................................................................... 42
3.5 SAVE ............................................................................................................................................. 43
3.6 SAVE AS ........................................................................................................................................ 43
3.7 CLOSE ALL STUDIES ..................................................................................................................... 43
3.8 PREFERENCES ................................................................................................................................ 44
3.8.1 General Preferences ............................................................................................................. 44
3.8.2 Symbol Type.......................................................................................................................... 45
3.8.3 Colors ................................................................................................................................... 45
3.8.4 Font ...................................................................................................................................... 46
3.8.5 Tags Customization .............................................................................................................. 46
3.8.6 Keyword Format................................................................................................................... 47
3.8.7 Default Symbol Properties.................................................................................................... 52
3.8.8 Diagram Measurements and Size ......................................................................................... 53
3.8.9 Diagram Preferences............................................................................................................ 54
3.9 EXPORT CURVE PLOT TO… ........................................................................................................... 54
3.10 PRINT PLOT (OR DIAGRAM)........................................................................................................... 55
3.11 PRINT PREVIEW PLOT (OR DIAGRAM) ........................................................................................... 55
3.12 PRINT SETUP ................................................................................................................................. 55
3.13 PAGE SETUP PLOT (OR DIAGRAM)................................................................................................. 56
3.14 SEND ............................................................................................................................................. 57
3.15 LIST OF STUDIES............................................................................................................................ 57
3.16 EXIT .............................................................................................................................................. 57

CHAPTER 4 THE EDIT MENU ............................................................................................. 59

4.1 OVERVIEW OF THE EDIT MENU ..................................................................................................... 59
4.2 UNDO ............................................................................................................................................ 59
4.3 REDO ............................................................................................................................................. 60
4.4 CUT ............................................................................................................................................... 60
4.5 COPY ............................................................................................................................................. 60
4.6 PASTE ............................................................................................................................................ 60
4.7 DELETE ......................................................................................................................................... 60
4.8 SELECT ALL .................................................................................................................................. 60
4.9 DEVICE PROPERTIES ...................................................................................................................... 61
4.10 SYMBOL PROPERTIES .................................................................................................................... 61
4.11 HIDDEN ......................................................................................................................................... 63
4.12 MULTI-HIDE SELECTION ............................................................................................................... 64
4.13 AMPS MULTIPLIER ........................................................................................................................ 64
4.14 CLIPBOARD ................................................................................................................................... 65
4.14.1 Paste to Plot ......................................................................................................................... 65
4.14.2 Copy Plot .............................................................................................................................. 65
4.14.3 Paste to Diagram.................................................................................................................. 65
4.14.4 Copy Diagram ...................................................................................................................... 65

CHAPTER 5 THE CREATE MENU ...................................................................................... 67

5.1 DEVICE CREATION ........................................................................................................................ 67

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5.2 CREATE MENU .............................................................................................................................. 67

5.3 COMMON WINDOW ELEMENTS AND COMMANDS .......................................................................... 68
5.3.1 Device Number ..................................................................................................................... 70
5.3.2 Device ID.............................................................................................................................. 70
5.3.3 Short Circuit & Full Load Amperes ..................................................................................... 71
5.3.4 Location................................................................................................................................ 73
5.3.5 Colors ................................................................................................................................... 74
5.3.6 Edit ....................................................................................................................................... 74
5.3.7 Symbol .................................................................................................................................. 74
5.3.8 OLD Symbol ......................................................................................................................... 75
5.3.9 Edit Tag ................................................................................................................................ 75
5.3.10 Add to Favorites…................................................................................................................ 76
5.3.11 Draw..................................................................................................................................... 76
5.3.12 Cancel................................................................................................................................... 76
5.4 FUSE .............................................................................................................................................. 76
5.4.1 Coordination......................................................................................................................... 77
5.4.2 Vista Control ........................................................................................................................ 78
5.5 RECLOSER ..................................................................................................................................... 78
5.5.1 Coordination......................................................................................................................... 79
5.5.2 Sequence ............................................................................................................................... 82
5.5.3 Electronic with TCC Setup ................................................................................................... 83
5.5.4 Electronic ............................................................................................................................. 86
5.5.5 Single-Phase ......................................................................................................................... 88
5.5.6 Three-Phase / Ground Hydraulic ......................................................................................... 89
5.6 RELAY (ALL TYPES)...................................................................................................................... 90
5.6.1 Common Relay Creation Features ....................................................................................... 91
5.6.2 Overtravel............................................................................................................................. 99
5.6.3 Coordination....................................................................................................................... 101
5.6.4 Multiple Relay..................................................................................................................... 101
5.7 LOW VOLTAGE CIRCUIT BREAKERS (LVCB).............................................................................. 102
5.7.1 Electromechanical LVCB ................................................................................................... 103
5.7.2 Solid State LVCB ................................................................................................................ 105
5.7.3 Molded Case LVCB ............................................................................................................ 107
5.7.4 Ground Fault LVCB ........................................................................................................... 108
5.8 TRANSFORMER ............................................................................................................................ 109
5.8.1 Coordination....................................................................................................................... 115
5.9 CABLE DAMAGE CURVES ............................................................................................................ 116
5.9.1 Coordination....................................................................................................................... 117
5.10 MOTOR STARTING CURVE ........................................................................................................... 118
5.10.1 Coordination....................................................................................................................... 119
5.11 MISCELLANEOUS (USER-DEFINED).............................................................................................. 119
5.12 SYMBOL ...................................................................................................................................... 121
5.13 SPECIAL DETAILS ........................................................................................................................ 122
5.14 SPECIAL DETAILS TOOLBAR ........................................................................................................ 125

CHAPTER 6 THE VIEW MENU.......................................................................................... 127

6.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 127
6.2 CUSTOMIZE ................................................................................................................................. 127
6.2.1 Shortcuts ............................................................................................................................. 127
6.2.2 Toolbars.............................................................................................................................. 128
6.3 TOOLBAR .................................................................................................................................... 130
6.4 STATUS BAR ................................................................................................................................ 130
6.5 WORK BOOK ............................................................................................................................... 131
6.6 MULTI EXPLORER ....................................................................................................................... 131
6.7 ZOOM .......................................................................................................................................... 131

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6.8 PAN ............................................................................................................................................. 131

6.9 ONE LINE DIAGRAM .................................................................................................................... 132
6.10 PLOT............................................................................................................................................ 133
6.10.1 Layout Mode ....................................................................................................................... 133
6.10.2 Grid Options ....................................................................................................................... 134
6.10.3 Other Plot Sub-Menu Options ............................................................................................ 139
6.11 VIEW XML REPORT .................................................................................................................... 140
6.12 VIEW CUSTOM REPORT ............................................................................................................... 144

CHAPTER 7 THE MODE MENU ........................................................................................ 145

7.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 145
7.2 TRACK ......................................................................................................................................... 145
7.3 RULER ......................................................................................................................................... 145
7.4 TAG ............................................................................................................................................. 147
7.4.1 Custom Tag Template ......................................................................................................... 149
7.5 FAST ADJUST............................................................................................................................... 151

CHAPTER 8 THE OPTIONS MENU................................................................................... 155

8.1 SHOW FAULT ARROW ................................................................................................................. 155
8.2 SHOW RESPONSE CURVE ............................................................................................................. 155
8.3 DISPLAY DEVICE NUMBER IN PLOT ............................................................................................. 155
8.4 DISPLAY DEVICE TYPE IN PLOT ................................................................................................... 155
8.5 DISPLAY DEVICE ID IN PLOT ....................................................................................................... 155
8.6 DISPLAY DEVICE SETTINGS IN PLOT ............................................................................................ 155
8.7 DISPLAY DEVICE NUMBER IN OLD............................................................................................. 156
8.8 DISPLAY DEVICE TYPE IN OLD................................................................................................... 156
8.9 DISPLAY DEVICE ID IN OLD....................................................................................................... 156
8.10 DISPLAY DEVICE SETTINGS IN OLD............................................................................................. 156
8.11 SHOW SYMBOL LABEL ................................................................................................................ 156
8.12 SHOW USER LABEL ..................................................................................................................... 156
8.13 TITLE BLOCK INFORMATION ....................................................................................................... 157
8.14 TITLE BLOCK............................................................................................................................... 159

CHAPTER 9 THE ANALYSIS MENU................................................................................. 161

9.1 PROTECTIVE DEVICE ANALYSIS .................................................................................................. 161
9.1.1 Protective Device Loading Report...................................................................................... 161
9.1.2 Protective Reach Report ..................................................................................................... 162
9.1.3 Interrupting Rating Report ................................................................................................. 163
9.1.4 Conductor Protection ......................................................................................................... 164
9.1.5 Transformer Protection Report .......................................................................................... 165
9.1.6 Coordination Report........................................................................................................... 165
9.2 COORDINATION CRITERIA ........................................................................................................... 166
9.2.1 Device Coordination Criteria – Window Elements ............................................................ 166
9.2.2 Device Coordination Criteria - Example............................................................................ 172
9.3 REACH AND LOAD CRITERIA ....................................................................................................... 174
9.4 PROTECTION CRITERIA ................................................................................................................ 175
9.5 SHOW COORDINATION CURVES BASED ON CRITERIA.................................................................. 176
9.6 CLIPPING FOR ALL CURVES ......................................................................................................... 176
9.7 ARC FLASH ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................ 177
9.8 CYMVIEW................................................................................................................................. 177

CHAPTER 10 THE TOOLS MENU.................................................................................... 179

10.1 DEVICE MARGIN ......................................................................................................................... 179

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10.1.1 Mouse Device Margin......................................................................................................... 181

10.1.2 Intersection Device Margin ................................................................................................ 182
10.1.3 Sequence of Operation - Short-Circuit .............................................................................. 183
10.1.4 User-Defined Device Margin ............................................................................................. 184
10.1.5 Minimum Time Separation Device Margin......................................................................... 185
10.1.6 Sequence of Operation - User Defined ............................................................................... 186
10.1.7 Sequence of Operation - Range .......................................................................................... 186
10.1.8 Opening Times – Range...................................................................................................... 187
10.1.9 Opening Times - % Pickup ................................................................................................. 187
10.1.10 Change the Selected Device by Clicking Directly on its Curve ...................................... 188
10.1.11 Draw Horizontal or Vertical Line between the Selected Devices................................... 189
10.1.12 Draw Circle .................................................................................................................... 189
10.2 FAST ADJUST............................................................................................................................... 191
10.3 REPORT EDITOR .......................................................................................................................... 191
10.3.1 Report Editor ...................................................................................................................... 192
10.4 EXPORT FUSE RANGES ................................................................................................................ 192
10.5 EXPORT SETTINGS TO CYMDIST ............................................................................................... 193

CHAPTER 11 THE DATABASE MENU ............................................................................ 195

11.1 OVERVIEW OF THE DATABASE MENU ......................................................................................... 195
11.2 LIBRARY DIRECTORY .................................................................................................................. 195
11.3 LIBRARY MANAGER .................................................................................................................... 196
11.3.1 Library Manager Example – Fuse...................................................................................... 197
11.3.2 Library Manager – Right Mouse Button Menu................................................................... 199
11.4 EXTRACT DEVICES ...................................................................................................................... 200
11.5 EXTRACT FROM STUDY ............................................................................................................... 202
11.6 LIBRARY ON-LINE UPDATE ......................................................................................................... 202
11.7 CONVERT SETTINGS DATABASE .................................................................................................. 203

CHAPTER 12 THE WINDOW MENU ............................................................................... 205

12.1 OVERVIEW OF THE WINDOW MENU ............................................................................................ 205
12.2 NEW WINDOW ............................................................................................................................. 205
12.3 CASCADE..................................................................................................................................... 205
12.4 TILE HORIZONTAL ....................................................................................................................... 205
12.5 TILE VERTICALLY ....................................................................................................................... 205
12.6 ARRANGE ICONS ......................................................................................................................... 205
12.7 WINDOW LIST ............................................................................................................................. 206

CHAPTER 13 THE HELP MENU....................................................................................... 207

13.1 CYMTCC CONTENTS ................................................................................................................. 207
13.2 README.HTM .............................................................................................................................. 207
13.3 VIDEO HELP ................................................................................................................................ 207
13.4 DISCUSSION FORUM .................................................................................................................... 207
13.5 CYME ON THE WEB ................................................................................................................... 207
13.6 ABOUT CYMTCC....................................................................................................................... 208

CHAPTER 14 THE DEVICE LIBRARY MANAGER ...................................................... 209

14.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 209
14.2 EDITING A FUSE .......................................................................................................................... 209
14.3 EDITING A RECLOSER .................................................................................................................. 211
14.4 EDITING AN ELECTROMECHANICAL RELAY................................................................................. 213
14.5 EDITING AN ELECTRONIC RELAY ................................................................................................ 214
14.6 EDITING MOTOR RELAYS ............................................................................................................ 216

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14.7 EDITING THE RELAY TAP RANGE LIST ......................................................................................... 217

14.8 EDITING A LVCB GROUND FAULT.............................................................................................. 218
14.9 EDITING A STATIC LVCB............................................................................................................ 220
14.10 EDITING A MOLDED CASE BREAKER ........................................................................................... 225
14.11 EDITING AN ELECTROMECHANICAL BREAKER ............................................................................ 227
14.12 EDITING A CABLE DAMAGE CURVE ............................................................................................ 230
14.13 MISCELLANEOUS......................................................................................................................... 231

CHAPTER 15 ARC FLASH HAZARD ANALYSIS MODULE ....................................... 233

15.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 233
15.2 BUS WITH ARC FLASH PARAMETERS .......................................................................................... 233
15.3 ARC FLASH ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................ 234
15.4 REPORT OPTIONS DIALOG ........................................................................................................... 235
15.5 CHART SELECTOR DIALOG .......................................................................................................... 236
15.6 TABULAR REPORT ....................................................................................................................... 238
15.7 CHART REPORT – ENERGY VS. DISTANCE FOR A CONSTANT OPENING TIME .............................. 238
15.8 CHART REPORT – ENERGY VS. TIME FOR A CONSTANT DISTANCE.............................................. 239
15.9 CHART REPORT – BOUNDARY VS. TIME ...................................................................................... 239
15.10 WARNING STICKER VIEW............................................................................................................ 240

CHAPTER 16 TUTORIAL – CREATION.......................................................................... 243

16.1 STEP 1 ......................................................................................................................................... 243
16.2 STEP 2 ......................................................................................................................................... 245
16.3 STEP 3 ......................................................................................................................................... 246
16.4 STEP 4 ......................................................................................................................................... 247
16.5 STEP 5 ......................................................................................................................................... 249
16.6 STEP 6 ......................................................................................................................................... 249
16.7 STEP 7 ......................................................................................................................................... 250
16.8 STEP 8 ......................................................................................................................................... 252
16.9 STEP 9 ......................................................................................................................................... 254

CHAPTER 17 EXAMPLE – DEVICE COORDINATION ANALYSIS........................... 257

17.1 COORDINATION CRITERIA ........................................................................................................... 257
17.1.1 Clearing Time (CT) ............................................................................................................ 258
17.1.2 Current Multiplier (CM)..................................................................................................... 260
17.1.3 Time Multiplier (TM).......................................................................................................... 261
17.1.4 Time Adder (TA) ................................................................................................................. 262
17.1.5 Viewing Coordination curves based on your criteria......................................................... 263
17.2 DEVICE COORDINATION ANALYSIS ............................................................................................. 264
17.2.1 Device Ordering ................................................................................................................. 264
17.2.2 Device Coordination Analysis ............................................................................................ 266
17.2.3 Device Coordination Options ............................................................................................. 267
17.2.4 Protective Device Coordination Report.............................................................................. 269
17.3 TROUBLE-SHOOTING THE COORDINATION PROBLEMS ................................................................. 273
17.3.1 Fast Adjust.......................................................................................................................... 273
17.3.2 Coordination Wizard .......................................................................................................... 274

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Chapter 1

GETTING STARTED
1.1 Overview of CYMTCC

CYMTCC addresses coordination of protective devices in Industrial, Commercial and

Distribution Power systems.
• Use it to produce Time-current curve plots and device setting reports using any
of the 5000 devices stored in the library.
• If necessary, you can add new devices to the library, and edit the curves and setting
ranges of the existing devices.
• Plot curves on standard Keuffel & Esser log-log forms, or on plain paper. Export the
One-Line diagram or the Time-Current Curve Plot to files for inclusion in reports.
CYMTCC provides a CAD-like editor for the One-Line Diagram. Click-and-drag device
symbols from a menu onto the drawing surface (“canvas”), where you can move, rotate
and connect the symbols. Now you can draw parallel circuits, too.
• Examine and change the settings of any device at any time.
• Measure coordination margins on-screen using the mouse or the new Device
Margin function.
• Ask CYMTCC to verify coordination automatically, according to your criteria.
You have control over details such as current scale, plotting voltage, title block, curve
colors, line thickness and device identification.
• Customize the curve identification tags and move them around on the plot.
• Insert special details such as company logos, title blocks and floating text balloons
to enhance your drawings.
The Coordination Wizard proposes settings for one or many protective devices of the
given circuit. The proposed settings ensure that the protective device are coordinated i.e.
that the device nearest to the fault will operate before its upstream device can function.

1.2 Computer System Requirements

CYMTCC for Windows requires an IBM PC or compatible computer using Microsoft

Windows 98/NT/ME/2000/XP or later.
The minimum hardware requirements are:
• An Intel Pentium or compatible processor.
• 128 MB of random access memory (RAM).
• 80 MB of hard disk space for the full version of CYMTCC.
• Mouse or other pointing device.
• A Windows supported display adapter.
• Any printer or plotter supported by Windows.

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1.3 Installing CYMTCC for Windows

The CYMTCC package includes the installation CD, and one protection key that plugs
into the parallel port of your computer (or on a network server). You cannot operate the
program without the key in place. You can, however, install it.

Note: Software and USB keys are now available as an alternative to the hardware
dongle.

Note: If you are replacing an older version of CYMTCC

When you install CYMTCC you have the freedom to choose the directory where
the database of device characteristics will be installed. This database is referred
to as the Device Library. Choosing a directory where a CYMTCC database
already exists will replace that database with the new one. All modifications or
additions made by a user to that database WILL BE LOST unless copies of the
affected devices have been stored in a separate directory. The installation
program will give a warning to this effect.

1. It is good practice to keep copies of devices added or modified by users in a

separate directory at all times. After the installation, copies of them can be added
to the main library via the Database >Extract Devices command (Section 11.4).

2. If devices added or modified by users have not been kept in a separate directory,
copies of them should be extracted from the library and saved in a separate
directory before the new version of CYMTCC is installed.

Use the Database > Extract Devices command (Section 11.4), or the EXTRACT
command in the Device Library Manager program (Chapter 14).

3. Another solution is to install the new database in a different directory, and bring
copies of the modified devices to it before deleting the old database. Then use
Database > Library Directory (Section 11.2) to point CYMTCC to the new
database.

Note that existing coordination studies will not be affected by the installation,
unless the device characteristics are changed by the database installation.

Installing from CD
1. Start Microsoft Windows.
2. Insert the CD into the CD drive.
3. The installation menu should start automatically after a few seconds. If it does not, use
Explorer to find Setup.exe on the CD and double-click on it to run it.
4. From the menu, select CYMTCC 4.4. Then, follow the procedure indicated (giving the
password, choosing folders, etc.)
5. Set up your protection key. Please refer to the Appendix A, "Setting Up the Protection
Key", for further instructions. Users of Windows NT, ME, 2000 and XP must also
install the proper driver. Please refer to the Appendix. This document is also available
to download from our website.

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Installing from Downloaded file

1. Double click on the downloaded file.
2. Type in the installation password.
3. Follow the procedure indicated (giving the password, choosing folders, etc.)
4. Set up your protection key.. Please refer to the Appendix A, "Setting Up the
Protection Key", for further instructions. Users of Windows NT, ME, 2000 and XP
must also install the proper driver. Please refer to the Appendix.

1.4 Running CYMTCC for Windows

If you have a short-cut icon on your Windows desktop, double-click it.

Otherwise, CYMTCC is installed under Start > Programs > CYME > CYMTCC 4. Click
on the CYMTCC 4 icon.
The usual procedure for performing a coordination study is to activate CYMTCC, open a
new or existing study, and then either insert more devices (Create) or modify existing
ones. You may open more than one study at a time. You may make copies of a study
(File > Save As), and you may copy a device from one study to another (Edit > Copy).
It is recommended to work in Page Layout view, so that the device ID tags appear, as
they will when you print the curve plot.
Make use of the Fast Adjust (Drag) mode to adjust the settings of devices by clicking
and dragging the curves rather than editing them through the dialog boxes every time.
Use the options under the Analysis menu when you want to check coordination margins
or request a coordination verification according to your own criteria.
When your work is done, save it via File > Save. Print it out via the File > Print
command. View the device settings report via Tools > View Summary Report. Choose
File > Exit to leave CYMTCC.

1.5 File Extensions

The standard file extension for a CYMTCC study is “.TCC”.

The “.DAT” extension identifies CYMTCC 3.x files – Users of CYMTCC 3.x can read
their studies (“DAT” files) but if they save them, the files will be saved as “TCC files”.
Users of the old CYMCOORD (DOS) program need to read and save their studies with
CYMTCC 3.x before adopting CYMTCC 4.
The .ETU extension identifies a study that had been created with the French version of
the CYMTCC application, version 3.x. When a study with that extension is opened with
an English version of CYMTCC, the data is displayed in English.
Every time you open a study file (.TCC) a .BAK file with the same name is created in the
same directory than its related .TCC file. So, if you need to go back to the same state the
study was before you made your modifications, just rename the .BAK file to .TCC.
Please note that if you reopen the study file (.TCC), you will not be able to go back to the
previous state of the study. Remember that the .BAK file is created when the .TCC is
open.
The settings to protective equipment are stored as separate database files called Time
Current Settings files (.TCS) in a database called the Database of Settings. This
database is shared by CYMTCC and CYMDIST or PSAF. This database is sometimes
called “Project Database”. Like a CYMTCC study, it will keep a link of the protective
devices you entered in CYMDIST (or PSAF). It will also keep other information such as
location and short-circuit values. You can define as many Databases of Settings as you

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want in CYMTCC. You can easily add a new Database of Settings from the CYMTCC
Project Tree.

Finally, the .INI file comprises the various default parameters such as for visualization,
precision, default information, etc. These defaults can be edited through various functions
in CYMTCC. The .INI file from a previous version can be utilized with CYMTCC 4.4.

1.6 CYMTCC Graphic User Interface

The CYMTCC interface is basically composed of elements that will allow you accessing
and displaying the data you want to work on, and using all the CYMTCC commands.
When you open a study, the Curve Plot is shown in one window, and the associated
One-line Diagram is displayed in another. Along the top of the screen is the Main Menu
that provides all of the CYMTCC commands in pull-down menus. Immediately below that
lie the Toolbars, where icons provide instant access to frequently used menu
commands. The various Toolbars are explained in the Quick Reference (Section 1.7).
The Multi-Explorer pane appears to the left of the CYMTCC display. With it, you can
access to the settings files (Settings Database), search devices, access the coordination
options, access the create equipment option, and set-up a list of the devices you most
often use.
You will notice Tabs located at the bottom of the graphic displays. This the workbook bar
where all the study files currently opened are listed. The study names are indicated on
the tabs.

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The Status Bar is located at the bottom of the window. The information that is displayed
there depends on what you are doing. If you go to an option in the menu, for example,
you will see in the Status Bar a description of the command that is selected. When you
select a device, the Status Bar displays a description of that device.
The Workbook Bar displays the names of all the study files currently opened.
More explanation about the Curve Plot and the One-Line Diagram workspaces and about
the Multi-Explorer pane are presented in Chapter 2 of this manual.

1.7 Quick Reference

1.7.1 CYMTCC Menus

The MAIN MENU at the top of the CYMTCC screen gives access to all CYMTCC
commands. The menu commands are enabled or disabled depending on whether there
is an open study or not.

Each menu item contains sub menu options. To displays the sub menu, click on the word
with the left mouse button. Some sub-menu commands can be accessed by holding
down the ALT key and the key corresponding to the letter underlined in the sub-menu
item. You can assign or modify keyboard Shortcuts to any of the menu commands. More
about this can be found in section 6.2.1.

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This Reference Manual describes each menu entry in its own chapter, and, in order
from left to right, starting with Chapter 3:
Chapter 3 = File Menu,
Chapter 4 = Edit Menu,
Chapter 5 = Create Menu, etc.
Chapter 14 provides more information as to how to use the CYMTCC Device Library
Manager.
Chapter 15 goes into details as to how to use the CYME ARC Flash module with
CYMTCC.
Chapter 16 is a tutorial going through the steps of creating a CYMTCC study.
Chapter 17 is an example on device analysis coordination.

1.7.2 CYMTCC Toolbars

The Toolbars contain icons, which give quick access to many menu commands.
When you install CYMTCC without selecting the option of customizing the Toolbars, four
will be installed by default:
• Main Toolbar that includes icons for general commands such as file management,
print, cut & paste, reports, zoom, pan, etc.
• Plot Toolbar that includes commands used for the curve plots.
• Diagram Toolbar that includes the most commonly used commands for the creation
and editing of the one-line diagrams.
• Analysis Toolbar that includes icons for accessing the dialog boxes used in defining
the criteria of the analyses to run.
CYMTCC comprises other Toolbars for more sophisticated diagram editing. To display
those, or to customize your own, or to hide a displayed toolbar, choose View >
Customize > Toolbars in the menu. (Section 6.2.2).
The additional toolbars are:
• Drawing Toolbar
• Alignment Toolbar
• Rotate Toolbar
• Canvas Toolbar
• Layout Toolbar

Hint: You may rearrange the icons in the Toolbars. Press the “ALT” key and click and
drag the icon to a new location. See also Section 6.2.2 Toolbars.
You may also move the Toolbars anywhere on the CYMTCC window.

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1.7.3 Main Toolbar

OPEN NEW STUDY. Opens a new study with the temporary name "Study1".
Same as File > New. (Section 3.2)

OPEN STUDY. Displays a list of available studies. Double-click on the one you
want to open. If the screen already displays a study, new windows will open for
the second study. Same as File > Open. (Section 3.3)

SAVE STUDY. Updates the existing disk file, or, if the study is a new one,
creates a file with the name you specify. Same as File > Save. (Section 3.5).

PRINT WINDOW. Immediately plots the contents of the active window (either
the Curve Plot or One Line diagram). Compare File > Print.... (Section 3.10
Print Plot (or Diagram).

PRINT PREVIEW. A view that shows how the One-Line Diagram or the Plot will
look when you print them.

OLD. Shows or hides the One-Line Diagram window.

MULTI-EXPLORER. Shows or hides the Multi-Explorer windows

CUT. Removes the selected device and stores it in the CYMTCC clipboard.
Same as Edit > Cut (Section 4.4) or the Shift-Delete key combination.

COPY. Stores a copy of the selected device in the CYMTCC clipboard. Same
as Edit > Copy (Section 4.5) or the Ctrl-Insert key combination.

PASTE. Inserts a copy of the device in the CYMTCC clipboard into the one-line
diagram, immediately upstream from the selected device.
Same as Edit > Paste (Section 4.6) or the Shift-Insert key combination.

MODIFY. Displays the settings dialog box of the selected device.

Same as Edit > Device Properties (Section 4.9) or the Shift-M key
combination.
Same as double-clicking anywhere in the plot or one-line windows.

Note: CUT, COPY, PASTE and MODIFY require that you first select a device. (See
Section 1.8.1 Device Selection)

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PROPERTIES. Displays the properties dialog box of the selected component.

Same as Edit > Symbol Properties (See 4.10).

UNDO. Cancels the last modification(s). Same as Edit > Undo.

REDO. Repeats the last undone modification. Same as Edit > Redo.

ZOOM / PAN. See Pan and Zoom (See 1.8.2 Pan and
Zoom).

RIGHT BUTTON MODE. See Pan and Zoom (See 1.8.2 Pan and Zoom).

DEVICE LIST. Displays the selected

device and allows to select another
device from the list of the devices in the
active study.

HIDE. Click here to hide the curve of the selected device. The device symbol
remains in the One-line diagram. Useful if the curve plot is crowded. This button
is highlighted when you hide a device curve, and each time you select a device
which curve has been hidden.
Same as the Shift-H key combination. Same as Edit > Hidden (Section 4.11)

MULTI-HIDE Opens the Multi-Hide dialog box. Lets you select the device
curve(s) you would like to hide. The Protection column indicates if the device
is used for phase or for ground protection if possible.

XML REPORT. Displays the dialog box where you can select the reports you
would like to see. Same as Tools > View XML Report (Section 6.11)

1.7.4 Plot Toolbar

TRACK MODE. Puts the mouse pointer in Tracking mode. Displays the
coordinates of the cursor position in the Curve Plot. Same as Mode >
Track. (Section 7.2).

RULER MODE. Calculates the distance (current and time) between any
two points selected on the grid, and displays the results in the Status
Bar. Same as Mode > Ruler. (Section 7.3).

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TAG MODE. Puts the mouse pointer in Tagging Mode. To select a

device identification tag and to drag it to another location on the LOG-
LOG grid. Same as Mode > Tag. (Section 7.4).

FAST ADJUST MODE (Drag Mode). To change a device’s settings by

dragging its curve with the mouse. Same as Mode > Fast Adjust
(Section 7.5).

CURRENT SCALE. Multiplies the current scale by

the chosen factor. See View > Plot (Section
6.10)

PAGE LAYOUT. Shows the Curve Plot as it would appear if printed.

See View > Plot (Section 6.10)

GRID OPTIONS. See View > Plot (Section 6.10)

DEVICE MARGIN. Detects curve intersections and measures time and

current margins between curves.

SECONDS / CYCLES. Displays time in cycles instead of seconds in

the Status Bar. See View > Plot (Section 6.10)

PLOTTING VOLTAGE. Selected voltage at which all time-current

curves are plotted as if the devices were all in service at this voltage, to
make it easy to compare the curves. See Options > Title Block
Information (Section 8.13)

Displays the Time (T:) and the Current (I:) mouse

position in the plot. When in the Ruler mode, the Delta
values are displayed.

Note: The same information is displayed in the status

bar.

1.7.5 Diagram Toolbar

The Diagram Toolbar comprises the main editing tools used for the creation and editing
of the one-line diagrams. Please refer to Sections 1.7.7 through 1.7.11 for information on
the additional drawing Toolbars.

SELECT MODE. Normal select. Changes the mouse pointer to an arrow to

selects one device at a time on the drawing.

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CONNECT MODE. Links and snaps a new symbol to an existing one.

ORTHO. Links symbols with orthogonal vectors.

GRID. Displays or hides the grid in the one-line diagram window.

SNAP TO GRID. Snaps symbols to the drawing grid.

PAGE BOUNDS. Displays the borders of the individual sheets on the canvas.

FREE ROTATE. Allows to rotate a component to any angle.

ROTATE LEFT. ROTATE RIGHT. Rotates the selected symbol ninety

degrees to the left or to the right, respectively.

ALIGN TOP. ALIGN BOTTOM. Lines up multiple components to their

top or their bottom edge, respectively.

ALIGN MIDDLE. Lines up multiple components horizontally.

ALIGN LEFT. ALIGN RIGHT. Lines up multiple components to their left

or their right edge, respectively.

ALIGN CENTER. Lines up multiple components vertically.

1.7.6 Analysis Toolbar

RUN ANALYSIS. Verifies coordination, minimum clearing time and device

loading level for all the devices of the current study. Same as Analysis >
Protective Device Analysis. (section 9.1)

COORDINATION CRITERIA. Displays the Device Coordination Criteria dialog

box, from which you may choose the criteria to verify Coordination between
devices. Same as Analysis > Coordination Criteria. (section 9.2)

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REACH AND LOAD CRITERIA. Displays the Protective “Reach” & Device
Loading Criteria dialog box, from which you may choose the criteria to verify
Clearing and Loading of devices. Same as Analysis > Reach and Load
Criteria. (section 9.3)

PROTECTION CRITERIA. Displays the Device Protection Criteria dialog box,

from which you may choose the criterias to verify protection of transformers,
cables and motors. Same as Analysis > Protection Criteria. (section 9.4)

DISPLAY/HIDE CURVE. To display or hide the coordination curve on the plot

view. Same as Analysis > Show Coordination Curves Based on Criteria >
Display Curve (section 9.5)

DISPLAY/HIDE HATCHING. To display or hide hatching between the device

curve and the corresponding coordination curve. Same as Analysis > Show
Coordination Curves Based on Criteria > Display Hatching (see section 9.5)

1.7.7 Drawing Toolbar

Section 2.6 Drawing Capabilities, provides more details as to how to use these tools.

SELECT. Normal select. Changes the mouse pointer to an arrow to select one
device at a time on the drawing.

EDIT POINTS. Displays the vertices of a selected component so you can

change the shape of that component.

PROPERTIES. Displays the Component Properties dialog box for the selected
symbol. (see section 4.10 Symbol Properties)

LINE. To draw a straight line.

POLYLINE. To draw a line with multiple angles.

POLYGON. To draw a closed figure with three or more straight lines.

RECTANGLE. To draw a rectangle or a square.

POLYCURVE. To draw a line that curves smoothly at the inserted vertices.

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CLOSED CURVE. To draw a closed figure with two or more curves.

ELLIPSE. To draw an ellipse or a circle.

TEXT. To add new text or to edit existing text.

IMAGE. To insert an existing .bmp or .dib image.

1.7.8 Alignment Toolbar

ALIGN TOP. ALIGN BOTTOM. Lines up multiple components to their

top or their bottom edge, respectively.

ALIGN MIDDLE. Lines up multiple components horizontally.

ALIGN LEFT. ALIGN RIGHT. Lines up multiple components to their left

or their right edge, respectively.

ALIGN CENTER. Lines up multiple components vertically.

NUDGE UP. NUDGE DOWN. Moves the selected component by one

unit. With the SHIFT key pressed, moves by five units.

NUDGE LEFT. NUDGE RIGHT. Moves the selected component by one

unit. With the SHIFT key pressed, moves by five units.

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1.7.9 Rotate Toolbar

FREE ROTATE. Allows to rotate a component to any angle.

ROTATE LEFT. Rotates the selected symbol ninety degrees to the left.

ROTATE RIGHT. Rotates the selected symbol ninety degrees to the right.

FLIP HORIZONTAL. Flips the selected component horizontally.

FLIP VERTICAL. Flips the selected component vertically.

1.7.10 Canvas Toolbar

UNDO. Cancels the last modification(s). Same as Edit > Undo (Section 4.2).

REDO. Repeats the last undone modification. Same as Edit > Redo (Section
4.3)

GRID. Displays or hides the grid in the one-line diagram window. Same as View
> One Line Diagram > Grid (section 6.9).

SNAP TO GRID. Snaps symbols to the drawing grid. Same as View > One Line
Diagram > Snap to Grid (section 6.9).

ORTHO. Links symbols with orthogonal vectors.

PAGE BOUNDS. Displays the borders of the individual sheets on the canvas.
Same as View > One Line Diagram > Page Bounds (section 6.9).

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1.7.11 Layout Toolbar

SPACE ACROSS. Evens the horizontal spaces between selected components.

SPACE DOWN. Evens the vertical spaces between selected components.

SAME WIDTH. Resizes the width of the symbols of selected components to the
same width than the first symbol selected.

SAME HEIGHT. Resizes the height of the symbols of selected components to

the same height than the first symbol selected.

SAME SIZE. Resizes the symbols of selected components to the same size than
the first symbol selected.

GROUP. Congregates two or more selected components into a single object.

UNGROUP. Splits up the grouped components into individual components.

BRING TO FRONT.

SEND TO BACK.

BRING FORWARD.

SEND TO BACK.

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1.7.12 Special Details Toolbar

ADD TEXT. To add a text label. Click on the icon and click on the plot to specify
the location where you want to position the label. A Text Label dialog box will
be displayed so you can enter your details.

ADD CIRCLE. To add a circle on the plot. Click on the icon and click on the plot
to specify the location where it will be displayed.

ADD LINE. To add a line on the plot. Click on the Line button, and click on the
plot with the left mouse button. The first click will indicate the X1, Y1 location.
Hold down the mouse button, the mouse cursor will change to “Line”. Move the
cursor to the desired X2, Y2 location and release the mouse button.

1.8 Mouse Commands

1.8.1 Device Selection

You will need to “select” devices to perform a number of actions.

There are four ways to select a device:
1. In the One-line Diagram workspace: Left-click once on the symbol.
2. In the Curve Plot workspace: With the cursor in Track Mode (see Section 7.2), left-
click once on the curve or the tag of the device.
3. In the Multi-Explorer pane, click on the Coordination Tab to see the list of devices,
left-click once on the name of the device.
4. On the Main Toolbar Device combo box:
Click on the (Ð) symbol to display the device list. Then click on the device name in
the list to select it.
When a device is selected:
• its set-up data is displayed in the Status Bar, at the bottom of the CYMTCC
application window.
• its symbol is highlighted on the one-line diagram (when displayed).
• its name appears in the Device List box in the Main Toolbar.
You can select more than one device on your one-line diagram. In the One-Line Diagram
workspace, left-click once on a symbol. To select the next devices, press the CTRL key
and left-click once on the other symbols wanted while keeping the CTRL key down.

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1.8.2 Pan and Zoom

There are two ways to pan:

1. Click once in the workspace (one-line or plot) to activate it. Click the Pan button
in the Main Toolbar. Click the left mouse button once anywhere in the One Line
Diagram workspace or the Plot workspace and hold the button down. Move the
mouse to reposition the cursor and release the button of the mouse.

2. The second method is to click the RIGHT BUTTON MODE icon . You then click
the right button hold it down and drag the mouse. Release the button.

The drawing will move the same distance in the same direction, as though you had pulled
it with the mouse.
You can zoom in your one-line diagram or your plot curves to get a close-up view of a
selected area. There are two ways to do this:

1. Click once on the Zoom icon in the Main Toolbar. Then click the left button of the
mouse pointing to a corner of the area you wish to zoom in. Keep the mouse button
down and drag a rectangle over the area to zoom. Release the mouse button.

2. The second method is with the Right Button mode. Once activated, point in the
drawing to a corner of the area you wish to zoom in and press twice on the right
button of the mouse. On the second click, hold the button down and drag a rectangle
over the area to zoom. Release the mouse button.

You can zoom in and out by increments. First, click once anywhere on the workspace

(one-line or plot) you wish to zoom, to activate it. Click on the Zoom In or Zoom Out

buttons in the Main Toolbar. Each time you will click on these buttons, your drawing
will zoom in or out, by increments. It will work the same way whether you are in Right
Button Mode or not.
Finally, you can zoom your workspace to the size of your drawing. Click once on the

workspace you wish to zoom. Click on the Zoom To Fit button once . The drawing will
be fit to the size of your workspace. It will work the same way whether you are in Right
Button Mode or not.
Note: When the “Right-Button” icon is active, you have the ability to Pan and Zoom at
all times, but you sacrifice access to the menus you otherwise obtain when you
right-click.

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1.8.3 Information Tags

When you hover your mouse over the symbols on the one-line diagram or the curves in
the plot, information tags will be displayed for each equipment. This will help you identify
more easily the equipment in your drawings.

1.8.4 Contextual Menus

You can access to Contextual Menus when you right-click on symbols in the One-Line
Diagram display, in the background One-Line Diagram window, or on the Plot window.

Note: When the “Right-Button” icon is active, you cannot access to the contextual
menus by right-clicking on the symbols.

1.8.5 Other Mouse Commands

You will use your mouse for other types of actions in CYMTCC. See the following
Sections for all details:
• Inserting and Connecting Symbols (section 2.4)
• Manipulating Components (section 2.5)

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Chapter 2

CYMTCC WORKSPACES

2.1 Plot (Curve) Window

The Plot window is the workspace where the results of the coordination analyses will be
displayed in the form of a time-current curve drawn for each equipment in the study. Most
of the related functions are accessed through the menu. Two toolbars are specific to the
Curve plots for fast access to functions: the Plot Toolbar and the Analysis Toolbar.

The program is capable of generating all the necessary study benchmarks such as cable
and conductor damage curves, motor starting curves, transformer withstand curves,
inrush and thermal points and offers comprehensive graphical and tabular means for
verifying the curve clearances at any fault current or system voltage level.

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2.2 Multi-Explorer Pane

The Multi-Explorer pane can be activated or hidden by using

the menu command View > Multi-Explorer or the
corresponding toolbar icon .

It comprises five tabs:

• The Settings Tab: to access to the settings files.

• The Device Search Tab: to access the window for
searching devices in the database.
• The Coordination Tab: to access the coordination
options.
• The Create Equipment Tab: to access the create
equipment option.
• The Favorites Tab: to create a list of the devices you
most often use, and share it.

Associated functionality is described below.

2.2.1 Settings Tab

Also called the Project window, the database of your project

is displayed here in a tree structure, which branches can be
expanded or collapsed.

It is primarily used when importing network circuits from the

CYMDIST and PSAF programs. It can also be use to create
pre-defined settings of a particular device or a sub database.

This database is contained in a single file called

“SettingsDatabase.tcs” by default, but you can rename that
file as long as it has the .TCS extension. Now, it may be that
in all your studies, you desire to use the same types of
devices (e.g., certain fuse ratings appear in all circuits with
which you work). However, the topology of the different
circuits is necessarily different, and thus the “Location” and
“Connectivity“ of the different protective devices must differ
from one study to the next. This is true even when you are
working on two variations of the same circuit (present and
future, for example).

Hence, you may wish to define one “SettingsDatabase.tcs”

file per study in CYMDIST and PSAF. Use the Project
command to change the settings here in CYMTCC, or import
the circuit from the other program.

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You have access to a shortcut menu when you right-click in the window for further
functions:

Insert an Allows you to add an existing project to the

Existing settings windows.
Project…

Create a new Allows you to add a new project to settings

Project… windows.

Set as Activate the selected project.

Active
Project… Note: Only one project at a time can be active.

Remove Removes the selected project from the Settings

Project window.

New Creates a new device, and opens the

corresponding Device Settings dialog.

Duplicate Creates a new device as a copy of the selected

device.

Delete To remove a setting from the list.

Rename Lets you change the Device ID (Chapter 5).

Add Child Lets you add child relays (Multi-Relay) Only available when a relay is
Equipment… selected.

Refresh To update the list displayed with the information contained in the
database of settings.

Find To find a particular setting using its full name or a string.

Device…

Properties If you were positioned on the name of a device when you right-clicked,
Properties will allows you to modify or inspect the settings of the selected
device (see descriptions in Chapter 5).

Also, if you position your mouse on the name of a project in the tree list,
then, selecting properties in the contextual menu will display the Project
Database Properties dialog box.

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In the dialog box that opens, you may specify which database to use.

Create Allows you to create instantly a study featuring all protection devices
branch between the source (Highest level of the selected branch) and the
selected device. It is available only if you have used Sort by
Connectivity. The device symbols will appear in the One Line and their
curves in the Curve Plot.

Network Network Analysis performs Coordination, Loading and/or Reach

analysis… analysis on the branch consisting of all devices from the source down to
the selected device. It does not change the existing One Line at all. See
Analysis > Protective Device Analysis (Section 9.1). This command
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Sort by type Displays the categorizes all devices in the network by their type (fuses,
relays, etc.) This setting makes it easy to create studies by clicking and
dragging individual devices from the Project window into the One Line
Window.

Sort by Displays in alphabetical order the location of the devices in the network.
location These locations are Section ID names in CYMDIST and Branch ID
names in PSAF. You may expand the list to inspect the device at each
location, just by clicking on the + sign. This mode requires that you
identify the Location of the device in the Device Settings dialog box (see
Chapter 5).

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Sort by Displays the circuit in a tree structure, so that you may see which
connectivity devices are upstream or downstream from others. This mode requires
that you identify the Parent Equipment ID (the name of the device
upstream from each device). (see Chapter 5).

Expand All To display all subfolders, and all entries in subfolders, under the selected
folder.

Collapse All To collapse all subfolders under the selected folder

2.2.2 Device Search Tab

The associated window provides the means to search

for a device through the database using a sub-string.
(This is an easy way to find a particular device when
you have only the curve # information.)

Type in your keyword in the combo box and click

‘Find’ or press Enter to get the result. If the search
yielded no result, an error message will be displayed.

The results of the search result are grouped by device

type.

When you highlight a device in the list, information

about it is displayed at the bottom section of the
window. (Company, Type, Curve # and Description)

Click “Show all Devices” to display all available

devices included in the active database of CYMTCC.
(This is not a search operation.)

To insert a device selected in this window into the

active study, drag and drop the device onto the One
Line Diagram or double click on its name to insert it at
the top of the diagram.

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2.2.3 Coordination Tab

The top part of the Coordination Tab window shows the

devices listed in the order they were drawn.

To renumber the devices in the order they are actually

connected, highlight a device and click “Up” or “Down”
until it is in the position wanted.

Note: It is very important to have the devices listed in the

order of their connection to one another when you
do a coordination analysis.

When you double-click on the name of a device in the

list, its corresponding device settings dialog box will be
displayed.

The bottom part of the Coordination Tab window

comprises the Coordination Wizard.

The Wizard window lists all the available devices in the

active TCC study. For each device, its modifiable
settings are displayed. It’s also possible to prevent one
or more settings of a protective device to be adjusted by
the Wizard by clicking on the lock icon next to the
setting.

The module proposes settings for one or many

protective devices of the given circuit. The proposed
settings ensure that the protective device are
coordinated i.e. that the device nearest to the fault will
operate before its upstream device can function.

This new tool also ensures that the proposed protective

device settings will prevent damage to apparatus to be
protected (such as transformer, cable and motor) in your
circuit.

Alternately, you can right-click on the name of the device

in the list of devices above, which will display the
adjustment option(s) available for that device.

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1. Make sure you have your device in the proper order. The devices in your circuit must be
numbered in order, starting with the downstream device and progressing upstream.
Use the Up and Down buttons to renumber the devices. (see previous page)
2. Select the device to adjust.
3. It is possible to prevent one or more settings of a protective device to be adjusted by the
procedure.
Just click on the lock icon next to the setting to lock it.
4. Click on the Coordinate Device button and select Adjust Phase or Adjust Ground from
the menu in order to start the automatic adjustment operation. The program will search
for the best adjustment possible. The search is based on the criteria that you entered in
the Device coordination criteria box for the protective device pairs and on the Protection
criteria for the devices to protect (i.e. transformer, cable, generator or cable).
5. The proposed device settings are displayed in bold when an adjustment respecting your
criteria is found.
6. Just click Apply to adjust the device curve to reflect the proposed settings. The Curve
Plot window will be refreshed.

2.2.4 Create Equipment Tab

The list of devices available will be displayed in a tree-

like fashion based on the device type. Double click on a
device category to expand or collapse it.

You can drag and drop devices from this list onto your
one-line diagram, or double-click on the name to insert
it. Once the device is “dropped” onto the drawing, its
corresponding equipment dialog box will be displayed
to adjust its settings.

The Create Equipment Tab comprises the same device

definition capabilities than what is available in the
Create menu (Chapter 5). See that section for further
details on the functionality.

Note: You cannot insert a device category (Recloser,

Relay, LVCB, Symbol Only) or the Multi-Relay.

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2.2.5 Favorites Tab

With the functionality available under the Favorites Tab, you can keep a list of the
devices you most often use.

2.2.5.1 Setting up the Favorites

The first time you will start CYMTCC, the favorites list will
be empty. Right click in the windows and select properties
from the popup menu.

From the Favorites tree Properties windows click “Add…”

Enter the name to give the favorite “node” and click … to
set the destination folder to keep your favorites.

The current Video Help comprises a file showing how to use the Favorites.

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2.2.5.2 Sharing your Favorites

It is possible to share your favorites with other users over the network. To do so, open
your standard Windows files browser and right click on the name of the favorites folder
you want to share and select sharing from the standard popup menu.

This is very useful for a company that has many

users. For example, all the users can share a
favorite folder set on the server containing a list of
the most common devices and create themselves a
personal list locally on there computer. The list on
the server can be managed (add/delete) by only one
user, and all the others will only have the possibility
to insert the device from the list.

All the management for the Sharing permission is handled by Windows. The Sharing
Permissions dialog box can be different from the one shown below. It depends on your
Windows version.

When you are sharing your favorites with other users, make sure that you set the sharing
permissions only to Read (see above). If you do not, anybody will be able to modify your
list.

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2.2.5.3 Adding Devices to your Favorites List

In each “create dialog box”, an Add to Favorite button is available so you can add a
device to the favorites list.

When you click the button, a new dialog box is displayed.

1- You can change the Name (default is type) of the device.

2- Select the folder location, in the “create in” box, of where the device will be added.
3- Create a new folder if needed.
4- Collapse all the branches.
5- Expand all the branches.
6- Click OK when done.

2.2.5.4 Managing the Favorites List

Right click in the Favorite list to display the pop up menu with the
available options to manage the favorites list.

Double click or select Add to Study to insert the selected item in

your study.

To move items within the list, drag and drop those items inside
the list or use the Copy/Paste/Delete options.

Note: When you select an item, you will see a description of it

at the bottom of the list. You will also an icon next to the
device name that represents its type.
Note: If you see a folder Icon with an “R” in it, this folder is
read only, you will only be able to add to a study or copy
items to another folder.

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2.3 One-Line Diagram Window

The One-Line Diagram Window is the workspace where the user will create and edit the
one-line diagrams.

2.3.1 OLD Workspace Elements

Canvas

CYMTCC version 4.4 provides a drawing surface abstraction, also known as the canvas,
onto which you can draw and manipulate symbols and graphics. Each canvas has a grid
that can be shown behind the diagram. You can use the grid to align graphical
components.

Objects on the canvas encapsulate graphical elements that can be moved, scaled,
rotated and connected. CYMTCC comes with predefined symbols that you can drag and
drop into drawings, connecting and positioning them precisely to create your schematics.

CYMTCC also provides a set of tools, such as lines, arcs, polylines, rectangles and
circles, for drawing additional elements.

Component

A component is an object drawn onto the canvas. Device symbols and drawing entities
(such as lines, text, ellipses, and rectangles) are examples of components. Components
have a logical position and occupy a rectangular area on the canvas. Components can
be assigned properties such as fill color, line color and font that determine their
appearance.

Symbol

Each symbol has its own unique functionality and characteristics specific to the one-line
diagram. Symbols are designed to be moved or connected in logical ways only. For
example, when you drag the symbol “fuse” onto a canvas and drag it close to a target
symbol, the fuse aligns correctly to connect with the target symbol. Symbols are designed
to behave in specific ways suited to the one-line diagram they are intended for.

Properties

“Properties” provide a flexible and dynamic way of associating fonts, line style, colors, or
other features to a component. Each symbol is defined by properties, some of which you
can change to modify or format the symbol. To view or change the symbol’s properties,
select the symbol on the canvas and right-click. Select Symbol Properties on the menu.
Each time you drag a symbol from the symbol window to a drawing, you create a copy of
the symbol that looks similar to the parent symbol.

Control Handles

Control handles (or anchors) are small boxes that appear on a symbol when you select it.
A symbol always has eight control handles that define a box enclosing the symbol.

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Links and Ports

Links are lines or polylines that connect two symbols by snapping to ports. A port defines
a location on a symbol at which other symbols can be connected. A link binds together
two ports. Symbols have normally a port on either endpoint. Once you connect two
symbols with a link, they remain connected when you move either symbol. The link
changes shape and size to accommodate the move. Link uses the current line format.
For example, if you want connectors to have a different color, change these properties in
the Property Window when nothing in the one-line diagram is selected. See 2.4.3
Connecting Symbols.

Labels

Labels are text components that you can use to annotate a symbol. There are two of
those labels: the Symbol Label (see 5.3.7 Symbol) and the Symbol User Label (see 2.3.2
One-line Diagram Contextual Menu, below)

2.3.2 One-line Diagram Contextual Menu

Right-clicking in the background of the One-Line Diagram window will display a

contextual menu that provides page management options to make quick changes. This
contextual menu concatenates commands you can access through the View > One Line
Diagram menu item, and a quick zoom option… Complete Default Properties can also be
accessed through File > Properties menu commands. (see section 3.8 Preferences for
details).

The commands include:

Page Bounds To display or hide the page boundaries of large drawings.

Grid To display or hide the grid.

Snap to Grid To align to the grid the top left handles of each component in your
diagram.

Angle Snap To limit the rotation of objects to fifteen-degree increments.

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Grid Properties To display the Grid Properties dialog box to change the distance
between the points of the grid or to change the grid’s color.

Zoom Provides an extra way to quickly zoom on your one-line diagram. As

follows:

Default To define the overall properties of the components in the drawing.

Properties Note, however, that this will apply to the next components you will
add to your one-line diagram. The properties that can be set are:
Line, Fill and Font, refer to section 3.8 Preferences for more details.

Note: If you want to change the properties of a component that is

already in your drawing, left-click on that object and right-
click to access its contextual menu, or through the
corresponding Edit > Symbol Properties menu item.

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2.3.3 OLD Symbol Contextual Menu

Selecting a symbol on the OLD and right-clicking on it will display a contextual menu that
provides quick access to a number of commands to make changes to that symbol.

The Label ID commands allow to show or to hide the Label ID (symbol identification
elements), the Symbol Label (entered through the Symbol command of the Device
Settings window (see section 5.3.7), or the User Label which is an extra function to
describe your device. (see below)

The Symbol User Label is a text component that you can use to annotate a symbol.
Select the symbol and right click on it to get the menu for adding text via the command
User Label.

The Symbol Properties (section 4.10) and the Equipment Properties (section 5.1)
commands will display the corresponding dialog boxes.

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2.4 Inserting and Connecting Symbols

2.4.1 Adding a Symbol

There are three ways to insert a symbol into your one-line diagram:
• Drag and Drop – Click a symbol in the Create Equipment Tab (see section 2.2.4),
then drag the symbol over the canvas and drop it.
• Double click on a symbol in the Create Equipment window.
• Select an equipment from the Create Menu. (Section 5.2)

2.4.2 Moving / Copying Symbols

You can do this two ways:

• Select the symbol and drag it to a new location. To keep a copy at the original
location, hold down the CTRL key while dragging.
• Select the symbol and right-click on it to select copy or cut from the menu. To paste,
right click where you would like the symbol to be on the canvas, and select paste
from the menu.

2.4.3 Connecting Symbols

CYMTCC provides two methods to allow the user to connect two symbols on the one-line
diagram:

Link command method:

1. To connect two symbols, click on the Connect
button located in the Diagram Toolbar to activate
the connection mode.
2. Position your mouse over the first device until the
mouse pointer changes to a red circle. When it
does, click on the left button of the mouse and hold
it down, the mouse pointer will change to a plus
sign.
3. Still holding the button down, move your mouse to
the second device to connect until the mouse
pointer changes again to a red circle, click twice on
the left mouse button to connect the two devices.

Drag-and–drop method:
1. Go to the Select Equipment tab of the
Multi-Explorer pane. Select you symbol
by clicking on its name in the list with the
left mouse button and hold the button
down while you drag the symbol over
the OLD workspace.
2. When the symbol approaches a target
symbol, a mouse tool tip is displayed.
3. Allow the symbol to snap to the target
symbol. Release the mouse button.
4. The Settings dialog box of the new
device will be displayed. Complete it,
and click the Draw button; the two
symbols are connected.

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2.5 Manipulating Components

CYMTCC provides you with a range of actions that you can perform on the symbols.

Before you can enable the actions, you must have the appropriate toolbar available. You
must also be located on the One-Line Diagram workspace rather than on the Plot
workspace. Left-click once on the One-Line Diagram window to activate it.

To make the toolbars available, go to the View > Customize menu item. You will get a
list of toolbars. Click on the ones you need. (see section 1.7.2 CYMTCC Toolbars) Once
the Toolbars are in place, you can easily enable:

• Selection
• Movement
• Rotation
• Scaling
• Alignment
• Cut, Copy, and Paste

You can also perform these advanced actions:

• Grouping/Ungrouping
• Stacking Order (Z-Order)
• Grid Alignment
• Defining relationships between symbols

2.5.1 Selecting a Component

By default, the application starts in Selection Mode. If you are not in Selection Mode, you
can switch to it by clicking the Selection tool button . See Section 1.8.1 Device
Selection about the various ways available to select a symbol.

When a device is selected:

• its set-up data is displayed in the Status Bar, at the bottom of the CYMTCC
application window.
• its symbol is highlighted on the one-line diagram (when displayed).
• its name appears in the Device List box in the Main Toolbar.

You can select a single component by clicking it while the Selection Mode is activated. If
you want to select multiple components, hold the CTRL key and then click each of the
components you want to include in the selection, or click and drag in an empty space to
draw a selection rectangle.

The last component selected for a multiple selection is distinguished from the others by
its grey selection handles. The grey handles are used to indicate that it is an anchor
component. The editor uses anchor components as a reference for alignment operations.
If you want another component to serve as the anchor, hold the CTRL key and then click
on another component within the selection. The editor transfers the grey handles from the
previous component to the selected component.

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To deselect a single component from a group, press the SHIFT key and click the
component you want to exclude from the selection.

2.5.2 Moving a Component

When in Selection Mode , you can move certain components by clicking them and
dragging the mouse. When you place the pointer over a component that you can move,

the mouse pointer changes to a “can move” pointer. If the Snap to Grid option in the
canvas is enabled, the top left corner of the component’s bounding box aligns with the
grid.

• You can easily line up multiple components using the alignment operations. The
anchor component in a multiple selection, which is distinguished by its grey selection
handles, is the point of reference to which all other components in the multiple
selection align. You can align objects horizontally (top, center, bottom) or vertically
(left, middle, right).

• You can move the selected Components slightly using the “nudge” operations. These
commands move the Components one unit by default and five units if you are holding
the SHIFT key. You can nudge an object up, down, left or right.

2.5.3 Rotating / Flipping a Component

To rotate the selected component to any angle, click the Rotate tool button . Now
when you place the cursor over a Component that can be rotated, the pointer's shape

changes to reflect this . Click the component you want to rotate or one of the
components in a multiple selection and then drag the mouse to rotate the component in
place. If you hold the SHIFT key while rotating, the rotation snaps to fifteen-degree
increments. The same effect occurs automatically if you select the Angle Snap option in
the canvas (right-click menu or the menu option View > One Line Diagram > Angle
Snap). You can also rotate the component by ninety-degree increments using the Flip
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2.5.4 Grouping and Ungrouping Components

You can group components together to form composites using the Group button .
Select the components you want to group together by forming a rectangle around them
and then clicking the Group button. Grouped components act like a single graphical
Component. Any change you make to a composite affects each of its components.
Because a composite is also considered a component, you can create a composite that
is composed of other composites.

To ungroup a composite object, select the composite you want to ungroup and then click
the Ungroup button .

2.5.5 Ordering Components

The individual components in a diagram understand the concept of a stacking order, also
known as z-order. Stacking order determines where each component is drawn in the
stack. In other words, the order determines which component is drawn last. The last
drawn component overwrites the components already on the canvas. Z-order is
determined by the order in which the components are added to the diagram. The last
component to be added will be on top.

You can change the default order with the order commands. You can change the order of
the components by moving a component either one place forward or backward, or by
sending a component to the front or back of the stack.

2.6 Drawing Capabilities

CYMTCC contains the same graphic primitives available in most drawing applications:

• Line
• Polygon
• Rectangle
• Curve
• Closed Curve
• Ellipse
• Text
• Image (bitmap)

In CYMTCC, you insert a symbol into the canvas by selecting a tool button in the Drawing
Toolbar, placing the pointer in the canvas, and then clicking the left mouse button. In
addition to providing this functionality, CYMTCC also enables you to draw primitive
components using the methods described below.

You can assign line properties (color, width) to each graphical component, and fill
properties to the closed shapes (rectangle, closed curve, etc.)

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2.6.1 Drawing Lines and Shapes

To Draw: You will:

A component of equal Hold the SHIFT key while drawing a component. For
proportions or at a 90 example, if you selected a rectangle tool button and then
degrees angle. clicked in the canvas while holding the SHIFT key, the
application would draw a square.
A component centered Hold the CTRL key while drawing a component.
on a point.
A line
Click the Line button and then click and hold the mouse
button in the canvas until the line is the appropriate length.

A polyline
Click the Polyline button and then left-click on the canvas
to place the first vertex. Release the mouse button and move
the cursor to the location of the next vertex. Click again to
place a vertex. Double-click to place the last vertex and finish
the polyline. Click the right mouse button to cancel the action
(before placing the last vertex).
A polygon
Click the Polygon button and then left-click on the
canvas to place the first vertex. Release the mouse button
and move the cursor to the location of the next vertex. Click
again to place a vertex, and so on. Double-click to place the
last vertex and finish the drawing. Click the right mouse
button to cancel the action (before placing the last vertex).

A rectangle or a
square Click the Rectangle button and then click and hold the
mouse button in the canvas, positioning the pointer to a
corner of the rectangle or the square you wish to draw. Drag
the pointer until the rectangle is the width and length you
want. (Press SHIFT to draw a square.)

A polycurve
Click the Polycurve button and then click in the canvas to
place the first vertex. Release the mouse button and move
the cursor to the location of the next vertex. Click again to
place a vertex, and so on. As you place the vertices,
CYMTCC displays a dotted line that shows the shape of the
finished line. Double-click to place the last vertex and finish
the drawing.

Click the right mouse button to cancel (before placing the last
vertex).

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To Draw: You will:

A closed curve
Click the Closed Curve button and then click in the
canvas to place the first vertex. Release the mouse button
and move the cursor to the location of the next vertex. Click
again to place a vertex, and so on. As you place the vertices,
CYMTCC displays a dotted line that shows the shape of the
finished line. Double-click to place the last vertex and finish
the drawing. If you do not place the last vertex at the same
position than the first one, CYMTCC will do that
automatically.

Click the right mouse button to cancel (before placing the last
vertex).
An ellipse or a circle
Click the Ellipse button and then click and hold the
mouse button in the canvas until the ellipse or the circle has
the shape and the size you want. (Press SHIFT to draw a
circle.)
To add text
Click the Text button and then click in the canvas to
position the box. Right-click on that box to access the
Component Properties dialog box and type your text the Text
field. Click OK when done. You can modify your text or adjust
the text properties by right-clicking on the text component to
access again the Component Properties dialog box.

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To Draw: You will:

To insert an image
Click the Image button to open a standard Open dialog
from which you select an image in either .bmp or .dib format.
Click OK, and then left-click once on the canvas at the
position where you want the image to be inserted.

2.6.2 Editing Vertices

When you select a primitive component such as a line or a rectangle, the editor places
control handles at each vertex defining the shape. You can manipulate these vertices to
change the shape of a component. However, these commands do not apply to all
components. For example, if you had a line component with only two vertices, you would
not be able to delete a vertex.

Moving a Vertex – To move a vertex, position the mouse over a control handle. The
cursor changes to signal that you can move this vertex. Click the control handle and keep
the mouse button pressed while dragging the vertex to a new position. Release the
mouse button to place the vertex at its new coordinates.

Inserting a Vertex – To insert a vertex, move the mouse between two control points and
hold down the Control key. The cursor changes to signal that you can insert a vertex.
Click the mouse button to place the vertex on the line segment.

Removing a Vertex – To remove a vertex, move the mouse over a vertex and hold down
the Control key. The cursor changes to signal that you can delete the vertex. Click the
mouse button to delete the vertex from the component.

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Chapter 3

THE FILE MENU

3.1 Overview of the File Menu

When you start working with CYMTCC, you will either create a new Study or work on an
existing one. A study consists of the following:

1. a Time-Current Curve Plot,

2. a One-line diagram,

Studies may be opened, saved and printed by using the commands in the File menu.
Commands may be activated by selecting them from the menu or, in some cases, by
clicking on an icon.

Several studies may be opened simultaneously. You may move from one to another by
clicking in the window of the desired one, to make it the active window.

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3.2 New

This file command opens a new blank study. By default, CYMTCC opens the new study
under the name "Study1.TCC". (if you open another new study, the name will be
“Study2.TCC”, and so on).

A window opens with one pane for the One Line diagram and another pane for the Curve
Plot. All opened windows are automatically tiled. You may change the study name by
using File > Save.

3.3 Open

This command opens an existing study. A standard Windows “Open” dialog box appears,
through which you can navigate through your directories and select the file to open. You
may list all files in any directory and drive. The study file extensions are .tcc, .etu and
.dat. See Section 1.5 File Extensions for more details about them.

Select one by any of these three methods:

1. Double-click on its name.

2. Click once on its name and click on the OPEN button.
3. Type its full name and path, and click on the OPEN button.

A window opens with one pane for the One Line diagram and another pane for the Curve
Plot. All open windows are automatically tiled.

Note: You can also open a file through your standard Windows list of files by double
clicking on it or by dragging it from the list into the CYMTCC window. To open
many studies, use the CTRL key to select your studies left click and select open
from the shortcut menu.

3.4 Close

This command closes the active study file. If you have modified the study since you last
saved it, CYMTCC will ask you whether you want to save the study. If you close without
saving, you lose any modifications made since the study was last saved.

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3.5 Save

Saves the active study under its file name. If the study is a new one, CYMTCC performs
the Save As... command instead.

Note: Old CYMTCC “DAT” files will be saved as “TCC” files. The old file is not
changed.

It is recommended that you Save regularly to reduce the risk of data loss in case of
power failure. It is good practice to save the current study before opening another one.

Note: CYMTCC creates a Backup copy for you. If the study to be saved already exists,
the existing file is renamed with the ".BAK" extension before the Save is carried
out. You can Open the “BAK” file.

3.6 Save As

Prompts for the name of a file in which to save the study, and then saves it there. This
command is useful for making studies, which are very similar to others.

You may type in the path and the file name in the File Name box and click on the SAVE
button.

You may also select a drive and directory, then type or select a file name, and click
SAVE.

3.7 Close All Studies

Closes all files describing the studies. If you have modified any studies since you last
saved them, CYMTCC will ask you whether you want to save each one. If you close
without saving, you lose any modifications made since the studies were last saved.

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3.8 Preferences

3.8.1 General Preferences

Displays the following dialog box, which you use to define the indicated parameters.
These settings are persistent, and will be used for all subsequent CYMTCC sessions.

Plotting voltage: When you open the program or a new study this default value will be
set as your study voltage. The new value become the new default.

Mouse tool tip info on curve: When you hover the mouse over a curve in the plot, an
mouse tool tip is displayed. With the menu option, you can select if the tooltip will display
the time-current position (display x,y coordinate) or the equipment information (display
tag). You will also notice that the time-current position is also displayed in the status bar
regardless of the type of tool tip selected.

Display study file name on plot window: This will display the full path and study name
on the bottom of the time/current plot display, below the plot’s Title Block.

Ini Path: Select another location for your ini files. (See section 1.5 File Extensions)

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3.8.2 Symbol Type

Displays the Symbol Type dialog box, with which you can assign a symbol to the each
equipment type.

1. Select an equipment type from the list by clicking on its name. This will display the
available symbols in the right section of the dialog box.
2. To select the desired symbol for the selected, click on the radio button underneath
the symbol you want.

Note: The change will only apply to the next devices created.

3.8.3 Colors

This Preferences option applies to the colors of the curves of the devices displayed in the
Plot workspace. With the Colors dialog box, you can assign color, hatching, line type and
line thickness to the curve of each type of equipment. You may also change the colors of
the grid lines, background (respectively “Grid” and “Background” in the Items list).

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1. Select an item from the list by clicking on its name.

2. Select the Hatch and Linetype you want by clicking on the appropriate choices.
3. Adjust the width of lines by clicking on the up and down arrows.
4. Click on the Select >> button to choose a color from the available ones.
5. Click on the OK button when you have finished.

Note: The change will only apply to the next devices created. Existing curves are not
affected. You can modify those individually (Chapter 5, Colors option.)

3.8.4 Font

Displays the standard Windows Font dialog box through which you may choose the one
font, style, and character size for all the text appearing in the Curve Plot Workspace.
Click on OK to save your selections.

Note: In the Time/Current plot, the text color is the same as the curve color. To change
the font and the color of the text in the One-Line Diagram, right click on the text
label and select Symbol Properties.

3.8.5 Tags Customization

This option is used to access the dialog box through which you can edit the default
contents of device tags.

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First choose the Device Type from the drop-down list:

1. To get the CYMTCC program string, click on Get Default.
2. To get the string that is in your .INI file (if you already have one for the device
selected), click Get Template. If you have no template for this device, the text window
will remain empty.
To edit the tag format, type in text and insert keywords via the button. See
3.8.6.1 List of available keywords below for a list of the variables currently available with
CYMTCC.

<<Variables Gets any variables, from the CYMTCC list, associated with the
selected device.

Undo Nullifies the last modification.

Redo Cancels the last Undo
Get Template Get the custom tag string from the ini file.
Save Template Saves the tag in the .ini file, thus becoming your default. This default
will apply to the next such devices you will create.

Get Default Gets the tag string from the program.

Preview Lets you see the finished tag inside the dialog box, so that you may
change it.

When you edit the tag of a specific device in your OLD or its corresponding Curve Plat,
the Customize Tag Template will also appear, but this time a button “Apply” will be shown
besides the Close button. When editing through this box and clicking on apply, the
changes will only apply to that specific device in your study. (see section 5.3.9 Edit Tag
and section 7.4.1 Custom Tag Template about this).

Note: if you want your change to apply only to the device you are working on, do not
save the template, click on Apply.

3.8.6 Keyword Format

Keywords are variable names that represent text (“string”) or numerical values. (Section
7.4.1 Custom Tag Template). Select the File > Preferences > Keyword Format menu
command to display the Keyword Modification dialog box.

Click the Modify button to access the Real Format dialog box where you can change
the:
1. description of the keyword
2. length of these values (characters or digits)
3. number of decimal places for numerical values.
4. alignment (left or right) of the value in the tag

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3.8.6.1 List of available keywords

For your convenience the list of all keywords is presented below.

Category Name Description Type Length

NONE Empty field STRING 5-L

Device
app_voltage Device voltage REAL 5-2-L
app_category Protective device label STRING 35-L
app_typename Type Name STRING 20-L
app_indexsch One-Line Diagram index NUM 5-L
app_scmax Maximum short circuit current REAL 8-0-L
app_scmin Minimum short circuit current REAL 8-0-L
app_sclll Three phase short circuit current REAL 8-0-L
app_sclg Line to ground short circuit current REAL 8-0-L
app_scll Line to line short circuit current REAL 8-0-L
app_scllg Line to line to ground short-circuit current REAL 8-0-L
app_fullload Full Load Current REAL 5-2-L

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Category Name Description Type Length

app_company Manufacturer STRING 20-L
app_curve Manufacturer curve number STRING 20-L
app_location Protective device location STRING 20-L
app_deviceid Device ID STRING 20-L
app_feeder Feeder name STRING 20-L
app_substation Substation name STRING 20-L
app_parenteqid Parent equipment ID STRING 20-L

Fuse
fus_rating Fuse Rating REAL 5-2-L
fus_rating_name Fuse Rating STRING 10-L
fus_paraoption Fuse Parallel option STRING 5-L
fus_parallel Number of fuses in parallel REAL 5-2-L
fus_dtimeoption Vista Definite Time option STRING 5-L
fus_dtimecurve Vista Definite Time curve STRING 5-L
fus_instoption Vista Instantaneous option STRING 5-L
fus_insttrip Vista Instantaneous Trip STRING 5-L

Miscellaneous
misa_num Curve Number STRING 20-L

Cable
cab_rtemp Continuous Temperature REAL 5-2-L
cab_rsctemp Short Circuit Temperature REAL 5-2-L
cab_rcmils Cable Size REAL 5-2-L
cab_material Material STRING 20-L
cab_nbcond Under construction NUM 5-L
cab_isol Isolation STRING 20-L

Recloser
rec_tcc1_p Phase TCC #1(Phase) STRING 20-L
rec_tcc2_p Phase TCC #2(Phase) STRING 20-L
rec_tcc1_g Ground TCC #1(Ground) STRING 20-L
rec_tcc2_g Ground TCC #2(Ground) STRING 20-L
rec_pickup_p Phase Trip Rating [A] REAL 5-1-L
rec_pickup_g Ground Trip Rating [A] REAL 5-1-L
rec_alt_opt Alternate Trip Setup Option STRING 5-L
rec_alt_p Phase Trip Rating [A] REAL 5-1-L
rec_alt_g Ground Trip Rating [A] REAL 5-1-L
rec_group Group NUM 5-L
rec_highmult_p Phase High Trip Mult. NUM 5-L
rec_hightime_p Phase High Trip Time[cy] NUM 5-L
rec_highmult_g Ground High Trip Mult. NUM 5-L
rec_hightime_g Ground High Trip Time[cy] NUM 5-L
rec_lockmult_p Phase High Curent Lockout NUM 5-L
rec_lockmult_g Ground High Curent Lockout NUM 5-L
rec_hightcc1_p Phase TCC #1 High Trip Option STRING 5-L

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Category Name Description Type Length

rec_hightcc2_p Phase TCC #2 High Trip Option STRING 5-L
rec_hightcc1_g Ground TCC #1 High Trip Option STRING 5-L
rec_hightcc2_g Ground TCC #2 High Trip Option STRING 5-L
rec_locktcc1_p Phase TCC #1 High Current Lockout Option STRING 5-L
rec_locktcc2_p Phase TCC #2 High Current Lockout Option STRING 5-L
rec_locktcc1_g Ground TCC #1 High Current Lockout Option STRING 5-L
rec_locktcc2_g Ground TCC #2 High Current Lockout Option STRING 5-L
rec_setup1_p Phase TCC #1 Setup Option STRING 5-L
rec_setup2_p Phase TCC #2 Setup Option STRING 5-L
rec_setup1_g Ground TCC #1 Setup Option STRING 5-L
rec_setup2_g Ground TCC #1 Setup Option STRING 5-L
rec_add1_p Phase TCC #1 Const.Time Adder [s] REAL 5-2-L
rec_add2_p Phase TCC #2 Const.Time Adder [s] REAL 5-2-L
rec_add1_g Ground TCC #1 Const.Time Adder [s] REAL 5-2-L
rec_add2_g Ground TCC #2 Const.Time Adder [s] REAL 5-2-L
rec_mult1_p Phase TCC #1 Multiplier REAL 5-2-L
rec_mult2_p Phase TCC #2 Multiplier REAL 5-2-L
rec_mult1_g Ground TCC #1 Multiplier REAL 5-2-L
rec_mult2_g Ground TCC #2 Multiplier REAL 5-2-L
rec_resp1_p Phase TCC #1 Minimum Resp. time [Cy] REAL 5-0-L
rec_resp2_p Phase TCC #2 Minimum Resp. time [Cy] REAL 5-0-L
rec_resp1_g Ground TCC #1 Minimum Resp. time [Cy] REAL 5-0-L
rec_resp2_g Ground TCC #2 Minimum Resp. time [Cy] REAL 5-0-L

Recloser
Sequence
rec_optcc1_p Phase Operation First TCC NUM 5-L
rec_optcc2_p Phase Operation Second TCC NUM 5-L
rec_oplock_p Phase Operation Lockout NUM 5-L
rec_optcc1_g Ground Operation First TCC NUM 5-L
rec_optcc2_g Ground Operation Second TCC NUM 5-L
rec_oplock_g Ground Operation Lockout NUM 5-L
rec_reset Reset Time REAL 5-2-L
rec_reclosing1 Reclosing Time 1 [s] REAL 5-1-L
rec_reclosing2 Reclosing Time 2 [s] REAL 5-1-L
rec_reclosing3 Reclosing Time 3 [s] REAL 5-1-L
rec_sequence Sequence Coordination Setting NUM 5-L
rec_nominalkv Nominal Voltage [kV] REAL 5-1-L

Recloser
Miscellaneous
rec_respsel Response Time Selector STRING 5-L
rec_measuring Measuring Option STRING 5-L
rec_measuringct Measuring C.T. STRING 5-L
rec_highname_p Phase High Curent Name STRING 5-L
rec_lockname_p Phase High Curent Lockout Name STRING 5-L
rec_highname_g Ground High Curent Name STRING 5-L
rec_lockname_g Ground Current Lockout Name STRING 5-L

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Category Name Description Type Length

Recloser
Hydraulic
rec_coil_p Phase Coil Trip Rating [A] STRING 5-L
rec_coil_g Ground Coil Trip Rating [A] STRING 5-L
rec_ct_g Hydraulic Groud C.T. STRING 5-L
rec_conn_g Hydraulic Groud Connection (Series or Parallel) STRING 5-L

Motor Starting
Curve
msc_lckrotor Locked Rotor current[A] REAL 5-2-L
msc_acctime Acceleration Time [s] REAL 5-2-L
msc_hp Rating in HP REAL 5-2-L
msc_hottime Hot Stall Time [s] REAL 5-2-L
msc_coldtime Cold Stall Time [s] REAL 5-2-L
msc_fullload Full Load Current [A] REAL 5-2-L

Relay
rel_pickup Pick Up REAL 8-2-L
rel_instdelay Instantaneous Delay REAL 5-2-L
rel_ctprimary C.T. Primary REAL 5-0-L
rel_ctsecondary C.T. Secondary. REAL 5-0-L
rel_ctfactor C-T Ratio Primary REAL 5-2-L
rel_voltnom Nominal Voltage REAL 5-2-L
rel_picktime Pickup Time REAL 6-2-L
rel_inst Instantaneous Pickup REAL 5-2-L
rel_type Under construction NUM 5-L
rel_taprange Tap Range STRING 20-L
rel_tap TapL (Long Time) STRING 5-L
rel_timedial Time Dial STRING 5-L
rel_instrange Instantaneous Range STRING 20-L
rel_insttap Instantaneous Tap STRING 5-L
rel_instpickup Instantaneous Pickup REAL 8-2-L
rel_instoption Instantaneous Option STRING 5-L
rel_checkptI1 Check point #1 - Current REAL 8-2-L
rel_checkptI2 Check point #2 - Current REAL 8-2-L
rel_checkptT1 Check point #1 - Time REAL 8-2-L
rel_checkptT2 Check point #2 - Time REAL 8-2-L
rel_checkmult1 Check point #1 - Multiplier REAL 8-2-L
rel_checkmult2 Check point #2 - Multiplier REAL 8-2-L
rel_strange Short Time Range STRING 20-L
rel_sttap Short Time Tap REAL 5-2-L
rel_stpickup Short Time Pickup REAL 8-2-L
rel_stoption Short Time Option STRING 5-L
rel_stdelay Short Time Delay REAL 5-2-L
rel_flc_mult Multiple of Motor FLC REAL 5-1-L

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Category Name Description Type Length

Transformer
txf_kva kVA Rating REAL 8-0-L
txf_fankva kVA Fan Cool Rating REAL 8-0-L
txf_z Impedance REAL 5-2-L
txf_inrush Inrush REAL 5-2-L
txf_fla Full Load Amps REAL 8-2-L

LVCB
lvb_sensor Sensor [A] REAL 5-2-L
lvb_csmult Current Settings REAL 5-2-L
lvb_ltmult Long Time Multiplier REAL 5-2-L
lvb_ltband Long Time Band STRING 5-L
lvb_stmult Short Time Multiplier REAL 5-2-L
lvb_stband Short Time Band STRING 5-L
lvb_inst Instantaneous Multiplier REAL 5-2-L
lvb_stpickup Short Time Pickup [A] REAL 5-2-L
lvb_instpickup Instantaneous Pickup [A] REAL 5-2-L
lvb_gfband Ground Fault Band STRING 5-L
lvb_sensormult Sensor Multiplier REAL 5-2-L
lvb_adjpickup Adjustable Pickup REAL 5-2-L
lvb_stoption Short Time Option STRING 5-L
lvb_i2toption I square T Option STRING 5-L
lvb_instoption Instantaneous Option STRING 5-L

3.8.7 Default Symbol Properties

Allows you to set the line type and thickness, fill pattern and font for all symbols to be
used on the One-Line Diagram. Compare to Edit > Symbol Properties, where you can
change the look (and text label) of individual symbols in the One-Line diagram. (section
4.10 Symbol Properties)

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3.8.8 Diagram Measurements and Size

Allows you to define the size of the canvas for the One-Line diagram workspace (Size
and Units tab).

You may sub-divide this canvas into pages for printing (if the diagram is going to be
larger than one sheet of paper) by choosing the standard page size in File > Page Setup
Plot (or Diagram) (Section 3.13).

To view the borders of the individual sheets on the canvas, use View > Page Bounds, or
click the Page Bounds icon in the Drawing Toolbar. You will notice the edges of the
canvas as you zoom out the One-Line.

The Symbol Scale tab allows you to display the symbols in the One-Line Diagram at a
magnification other than 100%. Make them smaller (50%) if the diagram is going to be
large.

In the example below, the one-line canvas is 11” x 17” and the page size is set to 8.5” x
11”, and the “Page Bounds” function is active.

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3.8.9 Diagram Preferences

Again for the One-Line Diagram workspace only, this function allows you to define the
direction a new device symbol is facing when you create it.

You can create sections that spread horizontally on your canvas (towards the left or the
right) or vertically (towards the top or the bottom). For example, when you select Right,
the next device created will be connected to the right of the previous device.

You can also define the initial length of a new bus symbol, even giving a different length
to a bus that is created vertical (top/bottom). The numbers shown are just relative sizes
(i.e., 200 is twice as long as 100). Likewise, you may define the initial length of new
connections between symbols.

3.9 Export Curve plot to…

The Curve Plot workspace has to be active for that option to be available in the File
menu. This function allows you to save the curve plot to a DWG, DXF or SVG graphic file
format.

DWG and DXF are formats supported by AutoCAD, while SVG is a language for
describing two-dimensional graphics in XML that can be viewed in an Internet browser
program.

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3.10 Print Plot (or Diagram)

Selecting this command displays the standard Windows Print dialog box. Choose your
printer from the list of those available to you, select the number of copies, and click OK.

When the One-Line Diagram workspace is active, selecting this command will allow
printing the diagram (“Print Diagram” will appear in the menu). When the Curve Plot
workspace is active, it will allow printing the Curve Plot (“Print Plot” will appear in the
menu).

3.11 Print Preview Plot (or Diagram)

To display displays the One Line or Curve Plot (whichever workspace is active) as you
will see it printed out. The command name changes in the menu (“Plot” or “Diagram”)
depending on which of the two window pane is active when accessing this command.

You may zoom in or out of this preview by clicking on the Zoom buttons at the top of the
screen. You may also print from this view, via the Print button.

3.12 Print Setup

Use this command to change printers or printer settings. To change printers, click on the
desired one in the displayed list. To change printer settings, click on the Setup button in
the dialog box. Do not forget to specify the communication port, the communication
parameter settings, and the printer options (colors, paper size, portrait / landscape etc...)

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3.13 Page Setup Plot (or Diagram)

The command name changes (“Plot” or “Diagram”), depending on which of the two
window panes is active when accessing this command.

Page Setup Diagram

Displays the standard Windows page setup dialog box to allow you to choose paper
orientation, size, etc. for the Curve Plot or the One-Line Diagram in your study.

Page Setup Plot

The Options group box contains various printing preferences. The first four are to
indicate which Curve Plot elements you wish to print. The Colors check box when not
checked will command the printer to print in black and white; this function is most useful
when using certain types of plotters. Check the Keuffel and Esser check box when you
will use pre-printed log-log grid paper in your printer.

The One Line Diagram Window group box allows positioning the OLD in the Curve Plot
area. The positions to indicate will be based on the scale of the curve. (see also section
6.10.3 Other Plot Sub-Menu Options).

In the Margins group box, you can set the margins of the print out. The units utilized,
(millimeters or inches) is set in the Units group box.

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3.14 Send

This command will open your e-mail program and attach your active study to it. Complete
your message with the addresses and subject and click “Send”.

3.15 List of Studies

Lists the path and filename of the six (6) most recently studies accessed. You may open
any of them by clicking once on its name in the list.

3.16 Exit

Exits from CYMTCC. You will be asked to confirm your intent to exit. If you have made
changes to a study and have not saved it, CYMTCC will ask whether you want to save
the changes you have made.

Clicking on the icon of the CYMTCC application will have the same effect than using
the File > Exit menu command.

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Chapter 4

THE EDIT MENU

4.1 Overview of the Edit Menu

These menu commands provides the basic editing functions available for the One-Line
Diagram and the Curve Plot drawings.

The menu commands that will be available will first depend on which of the One-Line
Diagram or the Curve Plot workspace is active. Also, in order to be able to perform most
editing functions the device in question must first be selected. Refer to Section 1.8.1
Device Selection.

4.2 Undo

Reverses actions like changing a device setting, moving a symbol inside the One Line,
creating a new device in your study, etc. You may undo actions in the reverse order only.

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4.3 Redo

Reverses the last “Undo”. May be used repeatedly if several actions have been undone.

4.4 Cut

Removes the selected device from the study but stores it in the CYMTCC clipboard.
(Equivalent to pressing the Shift and Delete keys together.) Use Paste (Section 4.6) to
re-insert the device, elsewhere in the One-line diagram, or even in another open study.

If you press the Delete key only, the element will not be stored in the CYMTCC clipboard;
you will be able to retrieve it using the Undo command.

4.5 Copy

Stores a copy of the selected device in the CYMTCC clipboard. (Equivalent to pressing
the Control and Insert keys together.) Use Paste (Section 4.6) to insert the device again
elsewhere in the One-line diagram, or even in another open study.

Hint: You can make a copy of a device just by selecting its symbol, holding down the
Ctrl key and dragging a copy of the symbol to another place in the One Line.

4.6 Paste

Copies the selected device (symbol and curve) from the clipboard to the active study.
(Equivalent to pressing the Shift and Insert keys together.) You may Paste the same
device as many times as you like. See also Cut and Copy. Just click and drag the
pasted symbols to the desired locations.

Hint: Also use Edit > Paste to paste unlimited amounts of text and images into the One
Line from the Windows Clipboard.

4.7 Delete

Removes the selected device from the study, whether you select it from the One-Line
Diagram or the Curve Plot. (You may also press the Delete key.)

Note: The deleted device can be retrieved with the Undo command.

4.8 Select All

Select all the devices in the CYMTCC. (Equivalent to pressing the Control and “A” keys
together.)

Hint: You can select symbols by holding down the Ctrl key, while left-clicking on each
device you want.

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4.9 Device Properties

Displays the dialog box for the settings of the selected device, so that you may view and
edit them. For more information on device settings and the Device Properties dialog box,
please refer to Chapter 5.

The Device Properties dialog box is displayed when you select the Edit > Device
Properties menu command, via the Modify icon , or by simply double-clicking on the
selected device.

4.10 Symbol Properties

The Edit > Symbol Properties menu command displays the Symbol Properties dialog
box for a selected device. From this dialog box, you can edit the selected One Line
symbol itself (line thickness, color, etc.).

You can also access this dialog box by selecting a component, and clicking on the
Symbol Properties button in the main toolbar, or by right-clicking to access the
contextual menu, and from it, select “Symbol Properties”.

Up to five tabs will be displayed in the Symbol Properties dialog box. The number of tabs
depends on the display options that are selected from the Options menu.

The number of tabs displayed will also depend on the type of component (i.e., for a
device symbol, the five tabs will be displayed, for a line, only the Line and the Position
and Size tabs will be displayed, etc.). The functions enabled in this dialog box depend on
the type of symbol selected.

• The Text tab lets you see the Symbol Label and align it.
• The Line tab to define how the lines appear in the component selected. You can set
color, style and width.
• The Fill tab to define how the component is filled. The most commonly used fill is a
solid fill, which is a foreground color with no hatching. You can also choose a
hatched fill pattern with a background color.
• The Font tab to define how the text appears in a component. You can choose any
True Type font and then apply any typographical effects such as italic or underline.

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Only True Type fonts are available since True Type fonts are the only fonts that
support rotation.
• The Position and Size tab provides the information about the position of the symbol
in the drawing and its size.

Hint: Set the default properties for all symbols via File > Preferences (Section 3.8)

The Apply button applies the changes leaving the dialog box on the window, while
clicking OK will apply the changes and close the dialog box.

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4.11 Hidden

Removes the curve of the selected devices in the One Line Diagram from the Curve Plot.
The device’s symbol remains in the One-line diagram. Use this command for clarity if the
Curve Plot becomes crowded.

To hide a curve, click on it or click on the corresponding symbol in the one-line diagram or
select it from the Device List drop down in the main menu, and then select Edit > Hidden,
or click the Hide button in the Main Toolbar.

The Hide button in the Main Toolbar and in the Edit menu lights up when you hide a
device curve or when you select a device whose curve has been hidden. To re-display the
curve, select the symbol on the one-line and select Edit > Hidden or click on the Hide
button. You can select multiple devices (Shift-Left Click) and click the Hide button to hide
or show multiple curves at the same time.

Note: A device curve may be hidden if CYMTCC cannot display it because:

You have changed the type name of the device or curve in the device library and
you open a study that refers to it by the original name.
Or
You have imported devices from the CYMDIST or PSAF programs and those
devices do not yet have any settings defined for them.

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4.12 Multi-Hide Selection

The Multi-Hide Selection option facilitates the task of hiding and showing curves on the
plot, and to easily view a list of the curves that are hidden.

To display the Multi-Hide Selection dialog box, select the Edit > Multi-Hide Selection
menu item, or click on the Multi-Hide button in the Main Toolbar.

To hide a curve in the plot, enable the checkbox that appears to the left of its name in the
Device list. You can use the command buttons located to the right of the dialog box to
make multiple selections.

Each the device names that appear in the list are of the same color than its
corresponding curve on the plot. Click on a name in the list to edit it.

This feature is useful when using the Device Margin option to hide ground and phase
curves.

The Coordination Analysis reports are automatically refreshed when a selection is

changed. The View > Do not show hidden devices in reports has to be enabled to
allow this.

4.13 Amps Multiplier

Displays at the top of the Curve Plot the current scale multipliers for every voltage level
represented in the study. (Example: “x10 at 12.47 kV and x259.792 at 0.48 kV”.)

If this command is not active, then only the current scale multiplier appropriate to the
Plotting Voltage (look in the Plot Toolbar) is shown. (Example: “x10 at 12.47 kV”).

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You know that this command is active when a dot appears at the left of the menu
command.

4.14 Clipboard

4.14.1 Paste to Plot

Superimposes on the Curve Plot the information stored in the Windows Clipboard as a
graphic. You can use this feature to paste text from another application, a company title
block or an image such as logo.

Note: Only ONE graphic may be pasted into a study. The full surface of the graphic is
opaque.

You can move the graphic from its initial location by clicking on it and dragging it.

You may change the dimensions of the graphic by clicking on it to display the “handles”
(little squares around the edges). Click on a handle, hold the button down and move the
mouse. Release the mouse button when the dimension is appropriate.

Click outside the graphic to make the “handles” disappear.

To delete a graphic, click on it to make the “handles” appear, and then select Edit > Cut,
or press the Delete key.

4.14.2 Copy Plot

Copies the complete Curve Plot drawing to the Windows clipboard. You can then paste
the image into another application, such as a word processor document.

4.14.3 Paste to Diagram

Same as Paste to Plot but for the One Line Diagram Window.

4.14.4 Copy Diagram

Same as Copy Plot but for the One Line Diagram Window.

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Chapter 5

THE CREATE MENU

5.1 Device Creation

The Create command allows you to add devices to the active study. The device symbol
will be connected automatically to the device that is currently selected. If there is no
device in the study, then the new symbol simply appears in the One Line window.

An alternate way to create a device in a CYMTCC study is to double click or drag and
drop a device from the Create Equipment Tab from the Multi Explorer (Section 2.2.4) into
the One Line window. You can connect the symbol to another symbol already in the One
Line most easily this way.

In either case, the Settings dialog box for that device type will appear. Select the specific
device from the list available in the dialog box. Then define the settings, including color
and line thickness, as desired.

When you click on the Draw button in the dialog box, the time-current curve will appear
on the Log-Log grid and the device symbol will appear in the One-line diagram. The new
device is included in the Main Toolbar device list and it becomes the selected device.

5.2 Create Menu

The Create menu allows you to add devices to a study. When a device is created,

• Its time-current curve is displayed on the Curve Plot

• Its symbol is added to the One-line diagram, upstream of the present selected device
• It is included in the Device List of the Main Toolbar
• Its settings are displayed in the Status Bar at the bottom of the screen
• It becomes the selected device.

As illustrated below, the Create menu lists all the devices and symbols that may be
included in the Curve Plot and in the One-line Diagram.

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To select an item to add, simply click on it in the menu. Creating a Symbol affects only
the One-line diagram. Creating a protective device affects both the Curve Plot and the
One-line.

5.3 Common Window Elements and Commands

When you create a device, a dialog box appears so that you may define the device
settings. Every device dialog box includes at least the following features:

• Device Number
• Device ID
• Short Circuit and Full Load Amps
• Device Physical Location description
• Curve Color (and style)
• Editing the device curve (exceptions: motors, cables and transformers)
• Symbol Label
• OLD Symbol
• Edit Tag
• Add to Favorites
• Draw
• Cancel

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These common features are explained in this subsection of the reference manual, to
avoid repetition. The next subsections of this chapter will detail the features and functions
that are specific to each type of equipment that can be created.

Note: You will be able to access and edit the device settings window of any device
double-clicking on its symbol on the One-Line Diagram or on its curve on the
Plot. Alternately, you can select the device and then select Edit > Device
Properties to access the Device Settings dialog box. You can also right-click on
the device and select Equipment Properties from the contextual menu. Clicking
on the Device Properties button in the Main Toolbar with the device selected will
have the same effect.

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5.3.1 Device Number

Assigns a number to the device for identification purposes. This number can be displayed
in the One Line diagram next to the device symbol (Section 8.7 Display Device Number
in OLD) and in the tag in the Curve Plot (Section 8.3 Display Device Number in Plot).

Each time you add a device to the study, the lowest available number will be assigned to
it by default. If you delete a device, the numbers assigned to other devices do not
change. These numbers do not necessarily indicate a sequence of devices. You can
change that using the functions found under the Coordination Tab of the Multi-Explorer
Pane (Section 2.2.3).

5.3.2 Device ID

This function allows you to assign some identifying name to the device.

Hint: You can create standard device settings in the Device Settings Pane of the Multi-
Explorer, where each standard device will be listed by its Device ID. (see (Section
2.2.1 Settings Tab)

Once entered, the Device ID will appear:

• in the Summary Report (Section 6.11 View XML Report).
• in the Device Identification Tag if you wish (Section 8.5 Display Device ID in plot).
• on the One Line Diagram if you wish (Section 8.9 Display Device ID in OLD).
• in the Device Settings Tab (Section 2.2.1) if you created the device in there.
• Protective Device Report, Loading + Reach reports. See 9.1 Protective Device
Analysis (the first two check boxes).

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5.3.3 Short Circuit & Full Load Amperes

When you click on the SC & FLA button, the Short Circuit & Full Load Amperes dialog
box is displayed.

In the Short Circuit group box, you can enter the maximum and minimum values of the
short circuit current available at the device location, in Amperes. (If your study is made
by importing devices from the CYMDIST or PSAF programs, the fault currents and load
current will be the ones provided by CYMDIST.) The Details button will display a dialog
box that will allow you to enter the LL, LLL, LG and the LLG short-circuit values.

The Draw Arrow group box displays vertical arrows at the minimum and maximum short-
circuit currents if you activate both the Draw Arrow (Min and/or Max) options AND
Options > Show Fault Arrow (Section 8.1). Specify the height (Top) of each arrow by
entering a time (Y-axis) value.

Hint: An arrow will not be drawn for a current of 0 A.

In the Clipping group box, you can set the upper current limit beyond which the device
curve will not be drawn. Choose Short Circuit to use the maximum short circuit current
as this limit, or set your own limit with User defined. Choose None to display the entire
curve.

This Intersection option is mostly used with the Multi-function Relay. It is important to
note that if you are using it in another situation, it might affect the validity of the
coordination or protection analysis.

• Options: Intersection + With Upstream/Downstream Device – Allows you to clip

the curve on the right or on the left at the intersection point of the upstream or the
downstream device.

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• Options: Intersection + Right/Left – To clip the curve on the right or on the left at
the intersection point of the selected device. Click the Browse button to select the
device of your choice.

• Option: or Range Area – Same as above except that no intersections are required.
The curve will be clipped where the curves cover the same range on the Amp axis
(x).

At Intersection: before

At Intersection: After

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Hint: Avoid clutter by using Clipping to prevent the curve from extending unnecessarily
beyond the maximum short-circuit current available at the device.

Hint: The minimum short-circuit current is not used for clipping, but for information. It
provides the lower limit for verification of the Reach criteria (see section 9.3
Reach and Load Criteria).

Fault arrows shown, but no clipping

Finally, the Full Load Current will be compared against the Load criteria (see section
9.3 Reach and Load Criteria). It is not shown on the Curve Plot, unless you add it to the
device tag (See section 3.8.5 Tags Customization).

5.3.4 Location

You can identify the particular piece of equipment in the real circuit in the Location dialog
box. If the device was imported from a CYMDIST study, this information would be filled in
automatically.

The Parent Equipment ID is the Device ID of the protective device immediately

upstream in the circuit. You can build your own hierarchy of devices (at the Settings Tab
of the Multi-Explorer, Sort by Location) by typing in here the Device ID of the desired
Parent Equipment.

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5.3.5 Colors

The appearance of the device curve is indicated in the Color dialog box. You may modify
the parameters:

• Choose the line type and hatch pattern by clicking on the desired style.
• Adjust the line thickness by clicking on the up/down arrows under “Width [pixels]”.
• Change the color by clicking on the Select >> button. A dialog box will display the
available colors. Click on a color and click OK.
• If you click on the Set as Default button, options selected will be saved on your
computer.

These choices apply to the particular device only. To make them apply to every
subsequent device by default, use File > Preferences > Colors (Section 3.8.3 Colors).

5.3.6 Edit

The Edit button appears in the dialog boxes of those devices whose characteristic curves
are stored in the Device Library. It activates the Database Library Manager (Section
11.3), which permits you to modify the curve description stored in the database.

Hint: If you modify the characteristics of a device, we strongly recommend that you store
a back-up copy of the modified device in a separate directory. To do that, use
Database > Extract Devices (Section 11.4).

5.3.7 Symbol

This feature is used to provide a short description of your device. This description will
appear next to the device symbol (top right) in the One Line Diagram when if you select
the Options > Show Symbol Label menu item to activate it (Section 8.11).

For certain types of devices, the description elements are part of the symbol and can be
edited; see the first dialog box below. For other types, you will need to enter that
description; see the second dialog box below.

If you activate the Symbol only checkbox, the program will display only the symbol of
that device and the corresponding curve will be removed from the plot. The program

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retains the information related to the device, so if you want to re-display the curve or the
symbol data, you need only to remove the check in that checkbox.

The Location button on this dialog box has the same function than the Location button of
the main device settings dialog box. The OLD Symbol button has the same effect than
the main OLD Symbol button (see below).

The Draw button will apply your changes to the diagram.

Note: The Symbol Label is different from the Symbol User Label (see section 2.3.3
OLD Symbol Contextual Menu).

5.3.8 OLD Symbol

The OLD Symbol button displays the Symbol Type dialog box for you to select your
symbol among the ones available for that specific device. (see section 3.8.2 Symbol Type
for more information).

5.3.9 Edit Tag

To edit the content of the device tag (See section 3.8.5 Tags Customization and 7.4.1
Custom Tag Template for more information)

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5.3.10 Add to Favorites…

To add the selected protection device to your list of favorites appearing under the
Favorites tab of the Multi-Explorer. You will need to create a directory first. (see section
2.2.5 Favorites Tab for more information)

The current Video Help comprises a file showing how to use the Favorites.

5.3.11 Draw

Clicking on the Draw button draws the curve.

5.3.12 Cancel

Closes the device settings dialog box without applying changes.

5.4 Fuse

Draws the curve(s) for a fuse, using the information entered through this dialog box. The
fields highlighted below are specific to the creation of a fuse. The Coordination and the
Vista Control buttons provide access to parameterization specific to that type of device.
For a description of the other functions, see section 5.3 Common Window Elements and
Commands.

In the General group box:

• Device Voltage is the Line to Line voltage (in kV) at the fuse location.
• Company identifies the manufacturer. Click on the symbol and then on the name.
• Type identifies the specific device. Click on the symbol and then on the device
name.
• Rating identifies the size or rating. Click on the symbol and then on the rating.

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Note: You may edit the lists for Type and Rating via the Database > Library Manager
command or the Device Library Manager Program (Chapter 14).

In the Options group box, the Fuse in Parallel option will display the curve of two
identical fuses of the selected type, connected together in parallel to function as one fuse.

The Coordination and the Vista Control buttons have specific behaviors for the fuse, as
follows.

5.4.1 Coordination

This function allows you to account for variations in the device’s operating characteristics
by displaying one or two additional curves.

The example shown below displays a copy of the minimum melting curve that has been
adjusted downward in time by 25%. This adjustment may represent the increased
sensitivity (“fatigue”) of the fuse caused by the passage of previous through-fault or
inrush currents, and due to operation at a high temperature.

1. Type the factor(s) in the space(s) provided,

2. Choose which of the two curves is to be adjusted,
3. Click on the Draw Curve and/or Draw Hatching Area box to place a check mark
(;) there.

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Note: Even if you do not place the check mark, CYMTCC will retain the adjustments in
memory

Click on the Next >> button to add a second coordination curve if desired. (Clicking
“Cancel” or “Next” on that second dialog box brings you back to the previous dialog box).

5.4.2 Vista Control

This option supports the Vista control specific to the S&C fuses.

Click to activate the options and choose the setting(s). Click OK.

5.5 Recloser

Reclosers are grouped by Control type into four groups:

1. Electronic with TCC Setup—ABB PCD 2000, Cooper 4A, 4C, 5, 6, FX, FXA, FXB,
Whipp & Bourne (Menu option: “Electronic with TCC Setup”)
2. Electronic – Cooper 3A, GE, Lexington, Westinghouse (Menu options: “Electronic”
and “Electronic Westinghouse”)
3. Single-Phase (electronic, Cooper hydraulic, Lexington hydraulic) (Menu option:
“1 Phase Hydraulic”)
4. Three-Phase / Ground (Menu option : “3 Phase/Ground Hydraulic”)

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When creating any recloser, the functions available on the settings

dialog boxes will be as illustrated here.

The functionality available is as described at section 5.3 Common

Window Elements and Commands, except for the Coordination,
Sequence, Color and Edit Tag buttons.

There are two color buttons for you to set the Phase Color and the
Ground Color that will appear on the Curve Plot.

Also, the Edit Tag function allows to edit the tag for each of the
curves.

Depending on the recloser selected the phase options or the phase

and ground options will be activated.
Coordination and Sequence have the functionality described below in
this subsection.

5.5.1 Coordination

All reclosers make use of the open-close-open sequence information to:

a. Compute the K Factor for upstream and downstream fuses

b. Calculate a cumulative (composite) operation curve.

The Coordination button of the recloser setting dialog box displays the following
Recloser Coordination Curve dialog box.

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The User-defined mode of operation (at the bottom of the dialog box) lets you apply the
“standard” additional curves described in Chapter 5 to any of the recloser’s curves via the
Edit button under in this dialog box.

The Cumulative Sequences option generates a curve showing the total time for the
complete open-close sequence = (Fast curve x #operations) + (Slow curve x #operations)

The K-factor option (refer to Cooper Power Systems Electrical Distribution System
Protection):

• If there is a fuse upstream of the recloser, choose Draw Source-Side. The time
values of the recloser’s “slow” curve are multiplied by the K-factor. See the next
table.
• If there is a fuse downstream of the recloser, choose Draw Load Side. The time
values of the recloser’s “fast” curve are multiplied by the K-factor. See the next table.
• In both cases, the intersection of the modified curve and the minimum-melt curve of
the fuse determines the maximum coordinating current.

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Reclosing Source-side Source- Source- Load- Load-

Time in 2 Fast, 2 side side side side
cycles Slow 1 Fast, 3 4 Slow 1 Fast 2 Fast
Slow
25 2.70 3.20 3.70 1.25 1.80
30 2.60 3.10 3.50 1.25 1.80
50 2.10 2.50 2.70
60 1.25 1.35
90 1.85 2.10 2.20 1.25 1.35
120 1.70 1.80 1.90 1.25 1.35
240 1.40 1.40 1.45
600 1.35 1.35 1.35
K-factors from Cooper Electrical Distribution System Protection

If you click on the Set as Default button, options selected will be saved on your
computer. The figure below shows which options are applicable.

The next time you create a device, those options will use the state selected from the last
time you pressed the Set as Default button.

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5.5.2 Sequence

Both the K Factor and the Cumulative Sequences coordination options make use of the
data entered via the Sequence button:

If you click on the Set as Default button, the values entered will be saved on your
computer. The next time you create a device, those options will use the values from the
last time you pressed the Set as Default button.

Application of “K” factor to load-side fuse coordination

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5.5.3 Electronic with TCC Setup

This creation dialog box applies for the creation of electronic reclosers. This includes
reclosers such as ABB PCD 2000, Cooper 4A, 4C, 5, 6, FX, FXA, FXB, Whipp & Bourne.

In the General group box you will be able to specify the characteristics of the recloser:

Device Voltage is the Line-to-Line Voltage at the recloser location, in kV.

Type identifies the specific device. Select from the list by clicking on
the symbol and then on the device name.

Group identifies the Group of curves to be used. Select from the list by
clicking on the symbol and then on the Group.

The Phase and the Ground group boxes allows you to adjust the phase and the ground
curves that will displayed on the Curve Plot workspace:

• TCC#1 and TCC#2 curves represent respectively the ‘Fast’ and the ‘Slow’ total
clearing time of the Phase or the Ground trip units, including the interrupting time. To
display the curve(s), click on the check box(es) marked TCC#1 and TCC#2 so as to
place a check mark (;). Then, for each (selected) one, click on the symbol, and
then on the desired curve. The curves denominations are the ones from the
manufacturers and are included in the CYMTCC Device Library.

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Hint: If you do not find a particular curve in the list, select another Group. In the
drop down list in the General group box.

• Response curve represents the reaction time of the control unit only. To display this
curve, click the check box marked Response to place a check mark (;) there.

Note: You must also activate Options > Show Response Curve (Section 8.2), so
the curves will appear on the Curve Plot workspace.

• Trip Rating is the pick-up current rating. The Phase and Ground trip units have
separate ratings. A multiplier is applied to the rating to find the Pick Up current. You
may type in the Trip rating (in Amperes) directly, or click on the symbol and select
it from the list. You may change the multiplier via the Device Library Manager (Edit
button, (section 5.3.6 Edit and Chapter 14).

Note: The numbers in parentheses next to items in the dialog box refer to codes
used in the programming of the recloser. They are meant as a guide only.

The Options group box regroups commands to allow adjusting the curves.

• Setup TCC – Clicking on this button displays the following dialog box. You will be
able to adjust the TCC#1 (Fast) and TCC#2 (Slow) Curves of the Phase and/or
Ground units. Click on the check boxes next to each curve to be adjusted.

Constant Time is the time (in seconds) by which the curve will be shifted
Adder upward.

Multiplier shifts the curve upward if it is greater than 1.0, downward if less
than 1.0. (This is an alternative to the Constant Time Adder.)

Minimum introduces a lower time limit on the response curve. It is

Response Time expressed in cycles, and applies to the response curve only.

• You may click on the High current trip... button of the Options group box if the
instantaneous tripping accessory is installed on the recloser. This will allow you to
define the instantaneous trip current and delay for some or all of the curves. The

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following dialog box will appear. Click on the box next to each affected curve, as
shown below for TCC#1 of Phase (130).

Multiple of Trip defines the instantaneous trip current.

Rating (132)

Trip Time Delay is the instantaneous delay due to the control only. The
(133) instantaneous portion of the response curve will be horizontal at
this time value.

High Current is the same as High Current Trip but without the Trip Time
Lockout delay. Define the Multiple of Trip rating (142) only.

• Finally, clicking on the Alternate button in the Options group box will allow you to
enter an alternate Trip rating in this dialog box. It will be used in place of the rating
shown in the main dialog box only if the check box next to the Alternate button is
activated. Otherwise, the Trip Rating value shown in the main dialog box will be in
effect.

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5.5.4 Electronic

This creation dialog box applies for the creation of standard electronic reclosers and of
Westinghouse electronic reclosers. This includes reclosers such as Cooper 3A, GE,
Lexington, Westinghouse. The Create > Reclosers sub-menu provides two options:
Electronic and Electronic Westinghouse.

The General group box will allow you to specify the characteristics of the recloser:

Device Voltage is the Line-to-Line Voltage at the recloser location, in kV.

Type identifies the specific device. Select from the list by clicking on
the symbol and then on the device name.

The Phase and the Ground group boxes allows you to adjust the phase and the ground
curves that will displayed on the Curve Plot workspace:

• Trip Rating is the current rating. The Phase and Ground trip units have separate
ratings. A multiplier is applied to the rating to find the Pick Up current. Type in the
Trip rating (in Amperes) directly, or click on the symbol and select it from the list.
You may change the multiplier via the Device Library Manager. (Edit button, section
5.3.6 Edit and Chapter 14).

• Fast and Slow curves represent respectively the ‘Fast’ and the ‘Slow’ total clearing
time of the Phase or the Ground trip unit, including the interrupting time. To display
the curve(s), click on the check box(es) marked Fast and/or Slow so as to place a
check mark (;) there. Then, for each selected one, click on the symbol and then
on the desired curve.

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• Response curve represents the reaction time of the control only (i.e., not including
the interrupting time). To display this curve, click on the check box marked
Response to place a check mark (;) there.

Note: You must also activate Options > Show Response Curve (Section 8.2), so
the curves will appear on the Curve Plot workspace.

In the Options group box, you have two options. To access any of those, first activate
the check box next to the button, and then click the button to display the related dialog
box.

• Instantaneous... – To indicate that the Instantaneous accessory is installed on the

recloser, click on the box next to this button to place a check mark (;) there. To set
the accessory, click on the button itself. A dialog box will appear, in which you may
enter the instantaneous trip current in Amperes for the Phase and the Ground units.
Beyond the instantaneous trip current, the curve will be a horizontal line drawn at the
interrupting time because there is no delay due to the control.

• Response Time Accessory – To indicate that the Minimum Time accessory is

installed on the recloser, click on the box next to this button to place a check mark
(;) there. To set the accessory, click on the button itself. A dialog box will appear,
in which you may enter the minimum time for the response of the recloser controls.
Any portion of the curve drawn below this minimum time will be replaced by a
horizontal line at the minimum time. (The Switch Selector position, that you can
specify here, is for information only.) Note that this option will not appear on the
dialog box for the Westinghouse electronic recloser).

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5.5.5 Single-Phase

This creation dialog box applies for the creation of single-phase reclosers.

The General group box will allow you to specify the characteristics of the recloser:

Device Voltage is the Line-to-Line Voltage at the recloser location, in kV.

Type identifies the specific device. Select from the list by clicking on
the symbol and then on the device name.

The Single Phase group box allows you to adjust the phase curves that will displayed on
the Curve Plot workspace:

Fast and Slow represent respectively the ‘Fast’ and ‘Slow’ total clearing time of
the recloser, including the interrupting time. To display the
curve(s), click on the check box(es) marked Fast and/or Slow
so as to place a check mark (;) there. For each one, click on
the symbol and then on the desired curve.

Response represents the reaction time of the control unit only. To display
this curve, click on the box marked Response to place a check
mark (;) there.

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Note: You must also activate Options > Show Response Curve (Section 8.2), so
the curves will appear on the Curve Plot workspace.

Finally the Coil group box is to adjust the recloser current rating. A multiplier is
(internally) applied to it to find the Pick Up current. Type in the coil rating (in Amperes)
directly, or select it from the list by clicking on the symbol and then on the rating. You
may change the multiplier via the Device Library Manager (Edit button, section 5.3.6
Edit and Chapter 14).

5.5.6 Three-Phase / Ground Hydraulic

This creation dialog box applies for the creation of three-phase reclosers. This includes
reclosers such as the Cooper 3A and Joslyn PowerMax 100.

See explanations under “Single-Phase Recloser” (Section 5.5.5). The only difference is
that the 3-Phase device adds similar settings for ground fault protection.

You may set different colors for the phase and ground protection curves.

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5.6 Relay (All Types)

The CYMTCC application provides for the creation of various relays grouped in four
categories. The common functionality is described in this section. You can also create
Multiple Relays.

The dialog box shown below appears when any relay is to be created. You may change
the Control Type by clicking as shown below.

When creating any recloser, the parameters available on the settings dialog boxes will be
as illustrated here. (Note that some features do not apply to all relay categories). The
Common Relay Creation Features are described below in section 5.6.1. The creation of a
multiple relay will have one extra step, as described in 5.6.4 Multiple Relay below. Click
on the Draw button to draw the curve.

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The functionality available with the buttons is as described at

section 5.3 Common Window Elements and Commands,
except for the Overtravel, Coordination, and Multiple Relay
buttons.

Overtravel, and Coordination have the functionality described

below in this subsection.

The Multiple Relay button will be active only for cases where a
multiple relay have been created from the Create > Multi-relay
menu option. See section 5.6.4 Multiple Relay below.

5.6.1 Common Relay Creation Features

General Group Box

Device Voltage is the Line-to-Line Voltage at the recloser location, in kV.

Protection is the Ground Protection Option. Allows you to set the relay for
neutral or ground protection, even as a second relay connected to
the secondary of the phase protection relay’s current transformers.

51N denotes ground time-overcurrent relay

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Company identifies the manufacturer. Click on the symbol and then on the
name.

Type identifies the specific device. Click on the symbol and then on the
device name.

Time Dial is selected from a list by clicking on the symbol and then on the
number. The choices listed here depend on the type of relay
selected.

Alternatively, you may compute TD and Test Points the time dial
required to make the curve pass through one to four test points.
Enter the current multiple and the desired time. Click on Compute
Time Dial CYMTCC gives you the time dial. Click Yes to accept it.

If you checked the Display marker option in the Test Points dialog
box, a circle will be drawn on the plot at the Opening time, Check
Point value.

You can also customize the tag related to that marker by clicking
the Edit tag button.

Finding the Time Dial for the curve to pass through (240A; 12s)

Operation Mode Group Box

The Operation mode determines how to specify the value of the relay pick-up current.
Select your operation mode first, before specifying the parameters of the Pick Up group
box, by clicking on the name of the mode. This will enable the relevant fields in the Pick
Up group box.

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Tap with tap will require a Tap Range, Tap, and Current Transformer ratio.
range

Tap without tap will require only a Tap and Current Transformer ratio.
range

Primary Amps will allow you to type the pick-up current in the Primary Pick Up
field.

Instantaneous disables the fields associated with the time-current portion of the
only device curve. You may activate the instantaneous element only
(see below).

Multiple of 1. Click on the Multiple… radio button.

Motor FLC 2. Go to the SC & FLA settings box and enter the Full Load
Current of your Motor.
3. Click Compute, to transfer the Full Load value of the Motor in
the Primary Pick Up field.
For more information see the section on the “Overload curve Set
points” in the Multilin 269 manufacturer User Manual.

Pick Up Group box

Tap Range may be selected from the list by clicking on the symbol and then
on the desired tap range. Note that the list shows every tap range
available in the database, not just the ones normally available for a
particular relay. The Edit button will provide access to the Device
Library Manager.

Tap L may be selected from a list by clicking on the symbol and then on
the desired tap. You may also type in a tap value which is not
listed, so long as it lies within the tap range.

Current is the ratio of rated primary current P to rated secondary current S

Transformer of the current transformer to which the relay is connected.
Ratio (P:S)

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Delta click to place a check mark in this check box if the CT’s are
connection connected in Delta. This will introduce a factor of 1/√3 to the
calculation of Pick-up Amps below. (It also affects the pick-up
current for the Instantaneous option.)

Compute click this button to calculate the Pick-up Amps = (CT ratio) × Tap.

Primary Pick Up is the minimum current which will cause the relay to act.

Pick Up Time For Definite Time Relays, type the pick-up time in seconds.

Options Group Box

Tap Legend Option

Click on the check box next to this option in order to activate it (;). Then
click on the button to display the following dialog box.

This option displays near the top of the Curve Plot a series of short
vertical lines indicating the pick-up current for all the taps in the tap
range. Use this feature to visualize the available margin for tap setting
without having to display the relay settings dialog box.

The lines are drawn at a certain distance from the top of the page. By
default the distance is 0.3 inches (7.6 mm), but you may change it by
typing the desired value in the dialog box. Give a different distance for
each relay, so as to avoid overlapping legends.

Note: The Tap Legend may be easier to read in Print Preview mode.
(Section 3.11 Print Preview Plot (or Diagram)

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Tap Legend indicates the range of available taps

Settings Table Option

Click on the check box next to the Settings table option in order to
activate it (;). Then click on the button to display the dialog box. This
option brings you the same dialog box as the Time Dial Compute button
of the relay settings dialog box.

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Short Time Option

Click on the check box next to the Short Time option button in order to
activate it (;). Then click on the button. This will display the dialog box
shown below.

Click on the desired method of determining the short-time pick-up current

in the Short Time mode group box. The following operating modes are
supported:

CT ratio x Tap S requires a tap range, tap within the range, and
Current Transformer ratio. Enter these values or
choose them from the lists. Click on the Compute
button to calculate the pick-up value as the product
of the short-time tap and the CT ratio, and display it
in the Short-time field.

CT ratio x Tap S makes the short-time pick-up a function of the long-

x Tap L time pick-up tap setting, the short-time tap and the
CT ratio. Click on the Compute button to calculate
the pick-up current and display it in the Short-time
field.

Primary Amps allows you to enter the short-time pick-up current

directly, by typing it in the Short-time field.

Select in the Short Time Pick Up group box the values required by the
operation mode selected:

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Short-time Tap may be selected from the list of available tap ranges
range for the short-time element by clicking on the
symbol and then on the desired range. Only the
ranges for the short-time option are displayed in this
list.

Tap (Short-time) may be selected from the list by clicking on the

symbol and then on the desired tap. You may enter
any tap value, not just the ones shown, so long as it
is within the tap range shown.

The CT Ratio group box displays the ratio of rated primary current P to
rated secondary current S of the current transformer to which the relay is
connected.

The next group box displays:

Short-time (Pick Up) is the current at which the short-time

portion of the relay curve begins.

Delay is the maximum reaction time of the short-time

element, in seconds.

Finally checking the Display both inst and original curve check box at
the bottom of the dialog will draw the two curves on the plot.

Instantaneous Option

Click on the check box next to the Instantaneous option button in order
to activate it (;). Then click on the button. This will display the dialog box
shown below.

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Click on the desired method of determining the instantaneous pick-up

current. The following operating modes are supported:

CT ratio x Tap I requires a tap range, tap within the range, and
Current Transformer ratio. Enter these values or
choose them from the lists. Click on the Compute
button to calculate the pick-up value as the product
of the instantaneous tap and the CT ratio, and
display it in the Instantaneous field.

CT ratio x Tap I makes the instantaneous pick-up a function of the

x Tap L long-time pick-up tap setting, the instantaneous tap
and the CT ratio. Click on the Compute button to
calculate the pick-up current and display it in the
Instantaneous field.

Primary Amps allows you to enter the instantaneous pick-up

current directly, by typing it in the Instantaneous
field.

Select in the Instantaneous Pick Up group box the values required by

the operation mode selected:

Instantaneous may be selected from the list of available tap

Tap range ranges for the instantaneous element by clicking on
the symbol and then on the desired range. Only
the ranges for the instantaneous option are
displayed in this list.

Tap may be selected from the list by clicking on the

(Instantaneous) symbol and then on the desired tap. You may
enter any tap value, not just the ones shown, so
long as it is within the tap range shown.

The CT Ratio group box displays the ratio of rated primary current P to
rated secondary current S of the current transformer to which the relay is
connected.

The next group box displays:

Instantaneous (Pick Up) is the current at which the instantaneous

portion of the relay curve begins.

Delay is the maximum reaction time of the instantaneous

element, in seconds.

Finally checking the Display both inst and original curve check box at
the bottom of the dialog will draw the two curves on the plot.

Auxiliary Device Option

Click on the check box next to the Auxiliary Device option button in
order to activate it (;). Then click on the button to display the following
dialog box.

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You may enter a time (in seconds) which represents an additional delay
introduced by some other device (lock-out relay, circuit breaker, etc.).
The relay curve will be shifted upward by this delay.

To display the unadjusted relay curve as well, click on the check box
marked Display unadjusted curve.

5.6.2 Overtravel

Overtravel applies to electromechanical relays (induction disc type).

When you are coordinating a Recloser with an upstream (source-side) electromechanical

relay, this feature accounts for the ratchet effect, in which the relay does not fully reset
during a circuit interruption by the recloser.

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Reset Time Group Box: Time for the relay disk to return to it’s original position after de-
energization.

Impulse Margin Group Box: The time for which the relay disk will continue to “coast”
after the fault is interrupted by the downstream device.

Select the Downstream Recloser to allow the program calculating the overtravel curve
with the relay curve. Clicking Browse will display the Protective Device Browser dialog
box to allow selection.

Draw Group Box

Adjusted Relay Curve The overtravel curve will be drawn to adjust the relay
curve.

Adjusted Recloser The overtravel curve will be drawn to adjust the

Curve Recloser curve.

Worst Case When this option is on, we assume that the fault
currents are different for all operations of the
downstream device.

We use the worst case possible for each operation under a downstream device
in order to accomplish a minimum number of substation operations for
downstream device operations.

For the worst case, the relay travel is calculated with the maximum value. Then
for a given current we use the maximum relay travel calculated for all the
currents of the downstream device. For the normal case, we use the relay travel
value calculated for the given current.

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5.6.3 Coordination

This function allows you to account for variations in the device’s operating characteristics
by displaying one or two additional curves.

5.6.4 Multiple Relay

The Create Multi-relay command allows phase and ground relays to be regrouped into a
single device. When you select that menu option, the following dialog box is displayed.

The Type Selection group box provides a shortcut to some predefined types. After
selecting one, when you click New, the dialog opens with the selected type.

• To Add a new type to the drop-down list, select one type from the list of relays and
click Add. If the type already exists, you will be asked if you want to replace it with a
new type.
• You can also Rename or Delete any selection except “None”. To rename, type in the
new name directly in the combo box and click Rename.

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To add a new relay in the List of Relays, click New. If a type is selected, the dialog box
will open on the selected type.

If “None” is selected in the Type Selection, then the relay dialog box will open with:
• For the first relay added to the list, the default relay will be selected.
• For the second relay, the dialog box will show the same type as relay #1.

Note: If you already have more than one relay, you can select a specific existing type
by clicking the checkbox appearing to the left of its name in the list. The dialog
box will open displaying this selection.

To edit a relay, click on its name in the list.

If the Instantaneous (Inst) and/or the Short time (ST) is enabled (shown as a green dot in
the dialog box) you can double-click on the dot to open the related Instantaneous or
Short time dialog box.

On the One-line diagram, the Multiple Relay will be displayed as relay symbols attached
to one unique Relay&CT symbol.

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5.7 Low Voltage Circuit Breakers (LVCB)

The LVCBs that you can create are grouped into four categories:

1. Electromechanical LVCB
2. Solid State LVCB (microprocessor trip)
3. Molded Case LVCB
4. Ground Fault LVCB

When creating any LVCB, the functions available on the settings

dialog boxes will be as illustrated on the right. The related
functionality available is as described at section 5.3 Common
Window Elements and Commands.

The LVCB settings dialog box displayed is specific to each type

of LVCB. You may change the Control Type by clicking as
shown below.

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5.7.1 Electromechanical LVCB

General Group Box

Device Voltage is the Line-to-Line Voltage at the circuit breaker location, in

kV.

Company identifies the manufacturer. Choose it first.

Type identifies the specific device.

Sensor is the reference quantity used in conjunction with

multiplying factors to find the Long Time, Short Time and
Instantaneous Pick-up currents. Select it from the list by
clicking on the symbol and then on the rating, or type in
the rating (in Amperes) directly.

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Long-Time Group Box

Multiplier is applied to the Sensor rating to give the Long Time Pick Up
current, at which the long time portion of the device curve
begins. Select it from the list by clicking on the symbol and
then on the number, or type in a value which is not shown.

Delay Band determines the vertical shift of the long-time portion of the curve.
Select it from the list by clicking on the symbol and then on
the band.

Short-Time Group Box

This feature is optional. To activate it, you must click on the box marked Short
Time so as to place a check mark (;) there.

Multiplier is applied to either the Sensor rating or the Long Time Pick Up
current to determine the Short Time Pick Up current, at which
the short time portion of the curve begins. Select the multiplier
from the list by clicking on the symbol and then on the
number. You may also type in a value which is not shown.

Hint: You may confirm whether the multiplier is applied to the

Sensor or LTPU via the Database > Library Manager
command (Section 11.3 and Chapter 14) or via the Edit
button (section 5.3.6)

Delay Band may be selected from the list by clicking on the symbol and
then on the band.

Instantaneous Group Box

This feature is optional. To activate it, click on the box marked Instantaneous to
place a check mark (;) there.

Multiplier is applied to either the Sensor rating or the Long Time Pick Up
current to determine the Instantaneous Pick Up current, at which the
instantaneous portion of the curve begins. Select the multiplier from the list by
clicking on the symbol and then on the number. You may also type in a value
which is not shown.

Hint: You may confirm whether the multiplier is applied to the Sensor or LTPU
via the Database > Library Manager command (Section 11.3 and
Chapter 14) or via the Edit button (section 5.3.6)

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5.7.2 Solid State LVCB

These devices are also known as microprocessor-trip low voltage circuit breakers.

General Group Box

Device Voltage is the Line-to-Line Voltage at the circuit breaker location, in

kV.

Company identifies the manufacturer. Choose it first.

Type identifies the specific device. You may select from a list by
clicking on the symbol and then on the device name.

Sensor is the reference quantity used in conjunction with

multiplying factors to find the Long Time, Short Time and
Instantaneous Pick-up currents. You may type in the
sensor rating (in Amperes) directly, or select it from the list
by clicking on the symbol and then on the rating.

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Long-Time Group Box

Current Setting is an additional multiplier applied to the Sensor rating in

certain devices. Select it from the list by clicking on the
symbol and then on the number. You may also type in a
value which is not listed.

Delay Band may be selected from the list by clicking on the symbol
and then on the band.

Multiplier is applied to the Sensor rating to give the Long Time Pick
Up current, at which the long time portion of the device
curve begins. Select it from the list by clicking on the
symbol and then on the number, or type in a value which is
not listed.

Short-Time Group Box

This feature is optional. To activate it, click on the check box marked Short Time
so as to place a mark (;) there.

Multiplier is applied to either the Sensor rating or the Long Time Pick Up
current to determine the Short Time Pick Up current, at which
the short time portion of the curve begins. Select the multiplier
from the list by clicking on the symbol and then on the
number, or type in a value which is not shown.

Hint: You may confirm whether the multiplier is applied to the

Sensor or LTPU via the Database > Library Manager
command (Section 11.3 and Chapter 14) or via the Edit
button (section 5.3.6)

Delay Band may be selected from the list by clicking on the symbol and
then on the band.

Instantaneous Group Box

This feature is optional. To activate it, click on the small box marked
Instantaneous to place a check mark (;) there.

Multiplier is applied to either the Sensor rating or the Long Time Pick Up
current to determine the Instantaneous Pick Up current, at which the
instantaneous portion of the curve begins. Select the multiplier from the list by
clicking on the symbol and then on the number, or type in a value which is not
shown.

Hint: You may confirm whether the multiplier is applied to the Sensor or LTPU
via the Database > Library Manager command (Section 11.3 and
Chapter 14) or via the Edit button (section 5.3.6)

The High Range Instantaneous Option, in which the pick-up is equal to the
product of the Instantaneous Multiplier and the Short Time Rating, is also
supported.

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5.7.3 Molded Case LVCB

This breaker differs from the solid state and electromechanical breakers in that it does
not usually provide any long time settings. It is equipped with user-defined settings for
short time or instantaneous tripping. For some devices a list of Plug (sensor) sizes is
available. Other devices are provided with pick-up settings for the short time or
instantaneous band. Others have simple characteristics resembling those of fuses,
without any controls.

Device Voltage is the Line-to-Line Voltage at the circuit breaker location, in kV.

Company identifies the manufacturer. Choose it first.

Type identifies the specific device. Select from the list by clicking on the
symbol and then on the device name.

Plug is the Long Time Pick Up current. You may type in the sensor rating
(in Amperes) directly, or select it from the list by clicking on the
symbol and then on the rating.

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Adjustable Pick is a multiplier applied to either the Plug rating or the Frame size to
Up determine the threshold at which the Short Time or Instantaneous
portion of the curve begins. Select the Pick Up multiplier from the
list by clicking on the symbol and then on the number, or type in a
value, which is not shown in the list.

Hint: You may confirm whether the multiplier is applied to the

Plug or Frame via the Database > Library Manager
command (Section 11.3 and Chapter 14) or via the Edit
button (section 5.3.6)

5.7.4 Ground Fault LVCB

Some low voltage breakers may also provide an option for ground fault. These devices
are normally equipped with settings for Pick Up current and time delay.

Device Voltage is the Line-to-Line Voltage at the circuit breaker location, in kV.

Company identifies the manufacturer. Choose it first.

Type identifies the specific device. Select from the list by clicking on the
symbol and then on the device name.

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Multiplier is applied to the Sensor rating to determine the Pick Up current.

Select the multiplier from the list by clicking on the symbol and
then on the number. You may also type in a value taht is not shown
in the list.

Sensor is multiplied by the Multiplier to determine the Long Time Pick Up

current. You may type in the sensor rating (in Amperes) directly, or
select it from the list by clicking on the symbol and then on the
rating.

Delay Band identifies the delay band in use. Select the band from the list by
clicking on the symbol and then on the number.

5.8 Transformer

Create > Transformer draws the damage curve for a transformer, based on information
you enter through the dialog box shown below. Click on the Draw button to draw the
curve. According to ANSI/IEEE Standard C57.109 (and C37.91), the curve may take into
account both thermal and mechanical stresses.

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When creating a transformer, the functions available on the

settings dialog box will be as illustrated on the right. The related
functionality available is as described at section 5.3 Common
Window Elements and Commands, except for the Coordination
button.

Also, the Edit Tag button is split into three edit tag functions to
allow you to edit the Damage Tag, the In Rush Tag and the Full
Load Tag.

General Group Box

Primary voltage is the rated Primary Line to Line transformer voltage (in kV).

Impedance is given in % (not in per-unit), based on the kVA rating (not

fan-cooled).

Rating is the base power rating of the transformer in KVA. For a

single-phase transformer, enter the single-phase rating and
choose Single Phase L-L or L-G from the list in the
Connection group box.

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Fan Cooled is the power rating when all stages of cooling and permitted
Rating temperature rise are considered. It determines the Full
Load Amps. Typically, forced cooling gains the following
percentage increases over the base kVA rating:

• First stage of fans: 33%

• Second stage of fans: 25%
o o o
• 10 C rise (65 C instead of 55 C above ambient, for
transformers so rated): 12.5%
o
Example: A 1000 kVA transformer rated for 55 C above
ambient, equipped with two stages of cooling and
o
allowed to operate at 65 C above ambient would
have a Fan-cooled rating of 1705 kVA = 1000
kVA x (1 + 0.33 + 0.25 + 0.125)

Type Group Box

Transformer can be configured as Liquid-filled or Dry. (Ref: IEEE Std 141-1993)

• Category I, dry type (5-500 kVA single-phase, and 15-500 kVA three-phase)
• Category II, dry and liquid filled, (501-1667 kVA single-phase, and 501-5000
kVA three-phase)

Options Group Box

Full Load Amps Option

When you mark the Full Load Amps check box, the application draws a
vertical line indicating the current drawn when the transformer is carrying
its Fan-cooled kVA rating. The line is identified by an Identification Tag
on the curve plot.

Magnetization Inrush Option Group Box

Magnetization Inrush draws a circle at 0.1 second to indicate the high

current drawn for a few cycles when the transformer is energized. You
may define this current as a multiple of the normal load current
(computed from the base kVA rating).

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Alternatively, you may represent the inrush as a piecewise-linear curve

passing through the following 5 points: (100s; 200%), (10s; 300%), (1s;
600%), (0.1s; 1200%) and (0.01s; 2500%), where the current is
expressed in per-unit of the base current (i.e., the base kVA rating).

This inrush curve may be useful for accounting for cold-load pick-up,
where load remains connected to the secondary of the transformer upon
de-energization, and is therefore energized at the same time as the
transformer. If the transformer is re-energized after a prolonged outage
(several hours or more), then normally intermittent thermostatically-
controlled loads (such as air-conditioning) may come on continuously
until they once again satisfy their temperature settings. Load diversity is
eliminated temporarily because all such loads will be on during this time.

The inrush is identified by an Identification Tag.

Inrush modeled as a TCC curve

Through Fault Curve Option Group Box

Through Fault Curve provides three possibilities.

Infrequent through-fault (meaning typically fewer than 10 secondary-

side faults during the transformer’s life) accounts only for thermal
damage to the insulation.

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Frequent through-fault (meaning typically 10 or more faults on the

secondary side during the transformer’s life) accounts also for cumulative
mechanical damage to the winding insulation due to movement of the
windings under short-circuit magnetic forces. This mechanical damage
is more pronounced at high currents. Hence, the curve is shifted down
at high currents.

An alternative defined by the 1975 version of the IEEE Buff Book (IEEE
Std. 242-1975) is to plot a Damage Point at coordinates (A,T) given by:

A = (100 / Z%) × Base current T = (Z% – 2) seconds

Example:

The Full Load Amps, Inrush and Frequent Through-fault curve of a

transformer are illustrated below. The fuse curve shown is coordinated
with all three of these elements. The fuse protects the transformer
against three-phase faults, does not blow when the transformer is
energized, and does not blow when the transformer is fully loaded. In
fact, there is freedom to overload the transformer, which may be
desirable.

Protecting a Transformer from 3-phase faults

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Fuse is less sensitive to secondary Ground Faults on a Delta-Wye

Transformer (see below)

Delta-Y Connection Option Group Box

The Delta-Y Connection, draw shifted curve group box accounts for
the effect of the Delta-Y or Y-Delta transformer connection on the fault
current observed by an upstream device during an unbalanced fault on
the transformer secondary.

Click on the Browse button to select the primary protective device.

For L-L A line-line fault of 1.0 p.u. on the secondary produces a

secondary current of 1.16 p.u. in one phase of the transformer primary
fault (and 0.58 p.u. in the other two). Click on this option to plot
an additional curve for the selected device upstream from
the transformer. This additional curve represents the
device curve shifted to the left by a factor of 0.87 (=
1/1.16).

for L-G A line-ground fault of 1.0 p.u. on the secondary produces

secondary a current of only 0.58 p.u. in two phases of the primary.
fault Click on this option to plot an additional curve for the
selected device upstream from the transformer. This
additional curve represents the device curve shifted (to the
right) by a factor of 1.73 (= 1/0.58). (This option applies
only to the Delta-Y solidly grounded connection.)

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How D-Y and Y-D Transformers transform unbalanced faults

Shifted Curve Option

The Shifted Curve option shifts the transformer curve (to the left) by a
factor of 0.58. This may be useful in ground fault coordination if the
transformer connection is Delta-Y. In that case, it is an alternative to the
Shift device option described above.

5.8.1 Coordination

This function allows you to account for variations in the device’s operating characteristics
by displaying one or two additional curves.

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5.9 Cable Damage Curves

An important consideration in protection coordination studies is whether the feeder cables

are able to withstand the thermal effects of fault currents until protective devices clear the
fault. Taking into account the conductor size and material as well as the insulation type, it
is possible to arrive at curves specifying the maximum permissible exposure time of a
given cable to a certain fault current. These curves are commonly known as “cable
damage” curves. The curves drawn by CYMTCC adhere to the IEEE standard 242-1986
(Buff book).

When creating a cable damage curve, the functions available on the settings dialog box
will be as illustrated below. The related functionality available is as described at section
5.3 Common Window Elements and Commands, except for the Coordination button.

Device is the Line-to-Line Voltage at the cable location, in kV.

Voltage

Conductor may be selected from a list by clicking on the symbol and then selecting
Type the size. Note that European and North American sizes are listed. Note
also that the unit ‘kcmil’ has replaced ‘MCM’ as the abbreviation for
“thousand circular mils”.

Insulation may be selected from a list by clicking on the symbol and then selecting
the type.

Material allows you to select aluminum or copper conductors. Click on your choice.

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Cable / allows you to enter the number of conductors per phase.

Phase
Note: In the case of overload protection for a circuit of two or more cables
per phase, enter the number of cables per phase. For short-circuit
protection where one cable only might be faulted, you may want to
plot the curve of only one cable per phase, because it will carry
almost all the fault current.

5.9.1 Coordination

This function allows you to account for variations in the device’s operating characteristics
by displaying one or two additional curves.

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5.10 Motor Starting Curve

Based on the full load current (rated current), the acceleration time and the locked rotor
current, it is possible to trace a conservative motor starting curve, for the purpose of
protection coordination.

When creating a motor starting curve, the functions available on the settings dialog box
will be as illustrated below. The related functionality available is as described at section
5.3 Common Window Elements and Commands, except for the Coordination button.

Device Voltage is the Line-to-Line voltage at the motor terminals, in kV.

Rating (in Horsepower) is the value which will be indicated next to the
motor symbol in the One-line diagram. It must be greater than or
equal to 1.

Full Load Current is the rated current of the motor, in Amperes.

Locked Rotor is the current drawn by the motor when energized at standstill. The
Current motor is (conservatively) assumed to draw this current until the
Acceleration Time has elapsed.
Acceleration Time is the number of seconds which the motor requires to accelerate
itself and its load to full speed. When that is accomplished the
motor current falls to nominal.

Hot Stall Time is the number of seconds during which the motor may be allowed
to draw its locked rotor current without being damaged, if it is
already warm when started.

Cold Stall Time is the number of seconds during which the motor may be allowed
to draw its locked rotor current without being damaged, if it is at
ambient temperature when started.

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5.10.1 Coordination

This function allows you to account for variations in the device’s operating characteristics
by displaying one or two additional curves.

5.11 Miscellaneous (User-defined)

This category includes time-current curves for devices not modeled in the other
categories supported by CYMTCC. The dialog box lists curves that you have previously
created via the Device Library Manager command (Section 11.3 and Chapter 14)

When creating a user-defined curve, the functions available on the settings dialog box will
be as illustrated below. The related functionality available is as described at section 5.3
Common Window Elements and Commands. The user-defined devices, however, cannot
be added to the Favorites (see section 2.2.5 Favorites Tab).

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Device is the Line-to-Line voltage at the device location, in kV.

Voltage

Type may be selected from the list by clicking on the symbol and then on the
desired curve description.

Number is the specific curve within the selected type. You may select it in the same
way.

Custom Gives the possibility to enter a time-current curve in spreadsheet-mode that

Points can be stored in a study.

Enter up to 40 Time/Current Points.

Click on the up and down arrows to increase or decrease the number of

points, which will add or remove a row in the spreadsheet. Alternatively, to
Insert a row, place your cursor on the list bellow where you would like to
insert a row and click Insert Row. To delete a row, place your cursor on the
row to delete and click Delete row. The Import button lets you import
time/current points from a coma-delimited text file. The << T/I >> button
switches the value from the Time to the Current column or from the
Current to the Time column

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5.12 Symbol

This menu command inserts a symbol into the One-line diagram, upstream from the
present selected device. When you click on this menu command, another menu of
symbols appears, from which you may select the symbol.

When creating a symbol, the functions available on the settings dialog box will be as
illustrated below. The related functionality available is as described at section 5.3
Common Window Elements and Commands. The symbols specified with this function,
however, cannot be added to the Favorites (see section 2.2.5 Favorites Tab).

Symbols available include:

• Bus
• Bus Duct
• Capacitor
• Circuit Breaker Box
• Contactor
• Feeder Tie
• Generator
• Line
• Load
• Panel
• Motor Control Center
• Rectifier
• Regulator
• Switch
• Transformer 3 winding

Sometimes a symbol such as a Lighting Panel is the first item entered in a new study,
because it represents the equipment furthest downstream (i.e., the load). Often it is
desirable to include Bus symbols in the One-line Diagram to indicate the nominal voltage
at their locations.

All symbols can be assigned a description, which can be displayed next to them in the
One Line via Options > Show Symbol Label (Section 8.11)

Note: These symbols have no effect on the Curve Plot. Use them to provide additional
details in the One-line Diagram.

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5.13 Special Details

This option displays a sub-menu of three options that allow you to customize the Curve
Plot by adding Circles, Lines and Text to it. The Special Details Toolbar features the
same options (see section 1.7.12).

When creating a detail, the functions available on the settings dialog box will be as
illustrated below. The related functionality available is as described at section 5.3
Common Window Elements and Commands. The details specified with this function,
however, cannot be added to the Favorites (see section 2.2.5 Favorites Tab).

Note: The position of these items on the Curve Plot is defined relative to the current
scale printed along the X-axis of the Curve Plot, and is not affected by the current
scale multiplier (View > Plot, Section 6.10). Thus, these items will not move left
or right along with the device curves when the current scale multiplier is changed.

However, there is now the option (Use Device Voltage) to have these details
move when the plot voltage is changed, so that, for example, a circle drawn
around the intersection of two curves will still be drawn around the intersection of
the curves even if the Plotting voltage is changed.

Note: To edit an existing Special Detail, you must select it from the Device List in the
Main Toolbar (Section 1.7.3) and then double-click the element on the Curve Plot
with the left mouse button. To delete a Special Detail, select it from the List and
press the [Delete] key.

Device Voltage Clicking the check box, the curve will be drawn based on the
factor of the plotting voltage vs device voltage.

Center X Is the X coordinate (in Amperes) of the center of the circle.

Center Y Is the Y coordinate (in seconds) of the center of the circle.

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Radius Is the radius of the circle. Units for the radius may be either
millimeters or inches. Click to select.

Text Allows you to enter the text of the Tag associated with the circle.
This Tag is displayed only if a check mark (;) appears in either
of the Draw Tag check boxes. You may relocate the Tag as
desired. See Mode > Tag (Section 7.4).

Draw Tag (Device Displays the tag on the plot with its device number on top of the
# + Text) text.

Draw Tag (Text Display the tag with the text only.
Only)

Draw Arrow from Enabling or disabling this option will draw, or not, an arrow
Tag to Circle between the tag and the circle.

Set as Default Clicking on that button will save a number of options selected, as
shown in the picture above. (circled items)

Device Voltage Clicking the check box, the curve will be drawn based on the
factor of the plotting voltage vs device voltage.

X1 is the X coordinate (in Amperes) of the starting point of the line.

Y1 is the Y coordinate (in seconds) of the starting point of the line.

X2 is the X coordinate (in Amperes) of the ending point of the line.

Y2 is the Y coordinate (in seconds) of the ending point of the line.

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Text allows you to enter the text of the Tag associated with the line.
This Tag is displayed only if a check mark (;) appears in either
of the Draw Tag check boxes. You may relocate the Tag as
desired. See Mode > Tag (Section 7.4).

Draw Tag (Device Display the tag on the plot with its device number on top of the
# + Text) text.

Draw Tag (Text Displays the tag with the text only.
Only)

Set as Default Clicking on that button will save a number of options selected, as
shown in the picture above. (circled items)

Lower Left X is the X coordinate (in Amperes) of the lower left corner of the
text box.

Lower Left Y is the Y coordinate (in seconds) of the lower left corner of the text
box.

Text is the text to appear in the Tag. See Mode > Tag (Section 7.4).

Draw Tag (Device Displays the tag on the plot with its device number on top of the
# + Text) text.

Draw Tag (Text Displays the tag with the text only.
Only)

Set as Default Clicking on that button will save a number of options selected, as
shown in the picture above. (circled items)

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5.14 Special Details Toolbar

The Special Details Toolbar (section 1.7.12) is useful for adding a text label, or drawing a
circle or a line where needed on the plot.

If the Specials Details Toolbar is not displayed, go to the View > Customize > Toolbar
menu option and select Special Details from the list of available toolbars.

To add a Text label or a circle, click on the appropriate button in the toolbar and click on
the plot to specify the location where it will be displayed.

To add a line, click on the Line button, and click on the plot with the left mouse button.
The first click will indicate the X1, Y1 location. Hold down the mouse button, the mouse
cursor will change to “Line”. Move the cursor to the desired X2, Y2 location and release
the mouse button.

After this operation is done, the proper dialog box will open displaying the appropriate
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Chapter 6

THE VIEW MENU

6.1 Introduction

You may control the way information is displayed on the screen by clicking on the options
of the View menu. Most View commands remain active until you click on them again.
Note that the Curve Plot workspace always remains active.

6.2 Customize

Allows you to personalize the toolbars and the keyboard shortcuts to CYMTCC
commands.

6.2.1 Shortcuts

Allows you to set your own short-cut key combinations for menu commands. When you
set a short cut for a command that is included in the menus, it will be shown next to the
menu command.
To remove one of the pre-set shortcuts, click to highlight the Assigned Shortcut and click
on Remove.

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Setting “F8” as a third short-cut for Edit > Undo

6.2.2 Toolbars

Allows you to:

• add icons available in toolbars (Section 1.7.2 CYMTCC Toolbars) and remove any,
as desired.
• hide or display toolbars.
• display tool tips to identify the icons by function when you place the cursor over them.
• eliminate the dividers between icons (“cool look”) or use larger buttons.

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Hint: While this command is active, you can click-and-drag icons from one toolbar to
another, or to a different location in the same toolbar. (No need to press “Alt”.)

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Click on the Reset button to put the modified toolbar back to its default icon content.

6.3 Toolbar

Displays or hides the Main Toolbar. (See Section 1.7.3 Main Toolbar)

6.4 Status Bar

Displays or hides the Status Bar (at the bottom of the screen).

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6.5 Work Book

Displays or hides the tabs of the Workbook Bar that identify the opened studies. You gain
a little working room if you hide them while you work in one study.

6.6 Multi Explorer

Hides or displays the Multi Explorer Pane. Toggle the Multiple Explorer on or off via the
menu: View > Multiple Explorer, or by clicking the icon. You can also close the pane by
clicking on the “x” located at its upper right corner.

6.7 Zoom

Zoom All Reduces the view magnification until all window contents are visible.

Zoom In Magnifies the view of the active window. May be used repeatedly.

Note: Window Zoom is an alternative to Zoom In. See Section 1.8

Mouse Commands.

Zoom Out Reduces the view magnification of the active window. May be used
repeatedly to include more and more of the window contents in the
view.

Zoom-Pan on Activates the zoom and pan functions to be done with the right mouse
right mouse button. See 1.8.2 Pan and Zoom.
button

6.8 Pan

These commands move the contents of the active Curve Plot window in the indicated
direction (Right, Left, Up, Down) by a distance equal to one half the width or height of the
area shown in the window. Thus the Pan will move the drawing less when you have
magnified the view via the Zoom In or Window Zoom commands (see Section 6.7
Zoom).

Note: Panning with the mouse is an alternative to these commands.

See Section 1.8.2 Pan and Zoom.

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6.9 One Line Diagram

The One-Line Diagram command includes page management options.

Page Bounds Displays the division of the One Line “canvas” into “pages”. If you
make your One Line larger than one page, it would be printed on two
or more pages. Use this command if you have defined a large
canvas size, to see what part of the One Line would print on which
page and thus help you arrange your One Line so that it divides
nicely into pages.

File > Preferences > Diagram Measurements and Size (Section

3.8.8) allows you to define the canvas dimensions to be larger than
those of a standard page (defined using File > Page Setup Diagram
(Section 3.13 Page Setup Plot (or Diagram)).

Grid To display or hide the grid (small dots at regular intervals) to help you
align symbols.

Snap to Grid To align to the grid the top left handles of each component in your
diagram.

Angle Snap To limit the rotation of objects to fifteen-degree increments.

Grid Properties To display the Grid Properties dialog box to change the distance
between the points of the grid or to change the grid’s color.

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6.10 Plot

The commands in this View sub-menu allows you to adjust the appearance of the Curve
Plot through parameterization of your workspace. Two options in this menu will display
dialog boxes for adjustments, these are the Grid Options and the Plot Aspect Ratio. Most
of the other elements in this menu are options that you activate or de-activate by clicking
on them. The selections are marked in the menu when activated.

6.10.1 Layout Mode

Selecting Layout Mode shows the Curve Plot as it would appear if printed. The device
tags are shown at their proper size, shape and contents. When not in Layout Mode, the
tags appear with a summarized content and with a larger font for better readability on the
computer screen.

The Layout Mode can also be activated by selecting the Page Layout toolbar button .

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6.10.2 Grid Options

When Grid Options is selected, the following dialog box of options is displayed. This
dialog box contains all the options available to adjust your grid. You will notice that
several of the options contained here are also available as menu options for quick
toggling after you have prepared your plot workspace.

OK To apply the changes made in the dialog box.

Cancel To close the window without applying changes.

Save as Default To save in your .INI file, i.e. the next time your create a study, all the
Grid options selected will be used.

Back. Color… To adjust the colors of the background and the grid. See also File >
and Preferences > Color (see section 3.8.3 Colors).
Grid Color…

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Scale Group Box (and Plot Sub-Menu Options)

Simple Scale shows the value of each tenth grid line in the scale of the
grid. This is the default setting.

Full Scale shows the value of every grid line of the Full Grid. To
avoid overlap, you may have to choose a small character
size under File > Preferences > Font (Section 3.8.4).

Grid Group Box (and Plot Sub-Menu Options)

Simple Grid shows no grid lines, only tick marks along the X and the
Y scales.

Standard Grid shows grid lines at every tenth value of the scale.

Full Grid shows ten grid lines per decade.

K & E Grid shows 100 grid lines per decade, mimicking the Keuffel
& Esser paper.

Simple Grid Standard Grid

Full Grid K&E Grid

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X Scale Group Box (and Sub-Menu Options)

Amperes displays the current scale in Amperes. This is the default

setting.

MVA displays the current scale in MVA (MVA = current *device

voltage * √3). The current is expressed in kA and the device
voltage in kV.

X Multiplier Group Box (and Sub-Menu Options)

X Multiplier allows you to multiply the printed scale (0.5 to 10000 A) by any of
the five factors shown (0.1 to 1000). The Display Amps Multiplier check box
allows displaying at the top of the Curve Plot the study Plotting Voltage with the
selected multiplier. (The Plotting Voltage for the study can be modified through
the Options > Title Block Information dialog box (section 8.13)

Note that the corresponding Plot sub-menu options provide x1, x10 and x100.
The Plot Toolbar (section 1.7.4) comprises icons for x1, x10 and x100 as well.

Cycle Factor Group Box (and Sub-Menu Options)

Cycle Factor allows choosing between 50 or 60 Hz.

Y Scale Group Box

To display the Y Scale of the graphic in Seconds only, in Seconds + Cycle.

This is shown on the left of the graphic.

Checking the checkbox next to Display cycle legend, will display the Y scale to
the right of the graphic as well.

Seconds only (left)

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Seconds + Cycles (left)

Display cycle legend (right)

X Limits and Y Limits Group Boxes

X limits and Y limits allow you to change the minimum and maximum values on
the current and time scales respectively.

Example: Current Scale ranges from 100 A to 100000 A

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Highlight Selected Curve Group Box

If that option is set to Yes, the selected curve will be drawn based with the color
selected.

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Line Thickness Group Box

This option is used to modify the line thickness between the tag and the curve of
all the tags in the current study. The line thickness can be set from 1 to 10 units.

This parameter is saved directly in the study. So the next time you open that
study, the line thickness will be as set before.

6.10.3 Other Plot Sub-Menu Options

One Line Diagram Window Plot in Window Group Box (and sub-menu command)

The commands here allow showing or hiding the one-line diagram in the Curve
Plot workspace (mainly for printing purposes).

The group box commands allow adjusting where within the Curve Plot space the
OLD will be shown. The measurements indicated are based on the scale of the
curve.

Cursor Sub-Menu Commands

Cursor (Seconds) displays the time coordinate of the cursor position in

seconds.

Cursor (Cycles) displays the time coordinate of the cursor position in

cycles.

Curves Sub-Menu Commands

Curves Opaque ensures that where two or more curves overlap, the
more recently created curve is displayed on top. The
others are hidden behind it. As well, the grid lines are
not visible behind any curve.

Curves makes all overlapping curves visible in the region of

Transparent overlap. Grid lines are visible behind all curves.

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Curve Opaque Curve Transparent

6.11 View XML Report

Select this menu command to view the XML Reports dialog box. Check the reports
checkbox(es) to select the report(s) you would like to view. You can change the titles of
the reports by clicking on the Properties link next to the report name. Click OK to view the
selected report(s).

The report are immediately displayed each in a window of its own. The windows are
usually “docked” at the bottom of the screen, but you can relocate them and change their
size individually. Right-click inside the report to display the contextual menu and de-
activate the “docking view”.

You can change the look of all the reports (Color, graphics, etc) by editing the XLS files
located in the stylesheets folder (Same folder as your Cymtcc.exe installation). Some
basic knowledge of XML is necessary.

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A contextual menu is displayed when you right-click in any of the reports. With the
commands in this contextual menu), you can print, export and save the report.

Copy allows you to copy portions of the text to the

Windows clipboard. Select entire rows by
clicking (left) and dragging the mouse cursor
over the row labels (A, B, C,.etc.) at the extreme
left. Select entire columns by clicking on the
column header.

Print to print your report.

Find allows you to search a column for a text. Select

a column by clicking on any cell inside it.
Choose Find and enter the text you want to find.
You can specify that the search proceed
upward or downward from the selected cell.

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Export sends the table to Microsoft Excel or Internet

Explorer, where you may save the report as an
Excel spreadsheet or HTML format document.

Docking fixes the location of the report window, fitting it

View below or to one side of other windows. De-
activate this option to make the window “float”
so that you may re-size and move it.

Zoom allows you to magnify the text inside the window

or make it smaller to fit better.

Format lets you align (left, right, center), change style

(bold, italic, underline). Avoid using the row and
column resize functions: you are better off
clicking and dragging the edges of row and
column headers.

Save will save to comma-separated-variable format.

Use the Export to Excel instead.

Close will close the report (page). Close All will close
all open reports. (Actually, the reports appear
as separate pages in a spreadsheet.)

Also notice that when you click once inside the report, the menu items on top of the
CYMTCC window will change. You will have access there to most of the menu
commands that apply to the handling of the report.

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6.12 View Custom Report

Creates a spreadsheet report containing the information contains in the selected custom
report. (See section 10.3 Report Editor)

Note: The report will display the information of one study. Make sure the proper study
is selected before displaying the desired report.

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Chapter 7

THE MODE MENU

7.1 Introduction

This menu controls what the cursor modes applicable in the Curve Plot workspace.
These commands are also available through icons on the Plot Toolbar (Section 1.7.4);
selecting a mode option in the menu has the same behavior and effect than selecting the
corresponding icon in the Plot Toolbar. All modes allow you to select devices by left-
clicking on the One Line symbols.

7.2 Track

Returns to Tracking mode. The coordinates of the cursor position are continuously
displayed in the Status Bar (Section 6.4) at the bottom right corner of the screen. The
coordinates are {Time ; Current} when the cursor is in the Curve Plot window, and they
are (x ; y) when the cursor is in the One Line window.

Left-clicking on a curve selects it. The selection is reflected in the status bar and in the
Device List located in the Main Toolbar (section 1.7.3).

7.3 Ruler

Puts the cursor into Ruler mode. In this mode, the mouse becomes a measuring
device. This mode is used to measure the difference in time and/or current between two
points on the Curve Plot. The results are displayed in the Status Bar.

1. Click the left mouse button once at the first point and hold it down.

2. Slide the mouse to the other point. (A dashed line extends to the cursor location)

3. Read the difference in time and current in the Status Bar.

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So long as you hold down the mouse button, the difference in time and current between
the original point and the cursor location is displayed in the Status Bar and the Main
toolbar. This mode offers a quick way to evaluate coordination margins manually.

Hint: Ortho Mode. To make the cursor move horizontally and vertically only, press
and hold down the Shift key before you click and drag the mouse.

Note: In Ruler mode, you cannot select a device by clicking on its Identification Tag or
curve in the Curve Plot window.

Select the Track mode when you want to exit the Ruler mode.

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7.4 Tag

Puts the cursor into Tag mode. This mode permits you to move the device
Identification Tags to other locations on the Curve Plot, to suit your needs, and to access
the tag editing mode.

Hint: Activate the page Layout Mode (Section 6.10.1) when moving tags, so that
you can see their true size, shape and location.

To move a device Tag:

1. Left-click once on the Tag and release the mouse button. The tag will “open up”,
showing the text and keywords.

2. Click again on the tag and drag it to the desired position.

3. Click somewhere outside the tag border.

The Tag will now appear at the new location. You may continue to move Tags until
you select one of the other cursor modes.

Note: In Tag mode, you cannot select a device by clicking on its Identification Tag or
curve in the Curve Plot window.

The tag is about to be selected

The tag is open and can be dragged

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The tag has been moved

Change the arrow position:

To change the position of the tag’s arrow, just click on the arrow with the left move button
and drag it to the desired position.

Edit a tag’s contents or appearance:

Left-click on the tag to “open” it, then right-click inside the tag to display the contextual
menu.

You can also use the Edit Tag button within each Device dialog box.

Edit places your cursor inside the tag, allowing you to change the text. You
can also insert variables ($keywords$) by double-clicking on the tag and
choosing Variables from the Customize Tag Template dialog box that
appears (See 7.4.1 Custom Tag Template below. See also section 3.8.5
Tags Customization).

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Note: clicking on the Apply button in the dialog box will apply the
modifications to your selected device only, while clicking on Save
Template will affect the changes to the default.

Fit ensures the tag border fits closely around the text in the tag. If it is not
active, you can stretch the tag border in any direction by clicking and
dragging the handles (small squares) on the border.

Text… to align the text into the tag space.

Opaque to toggle between transparent and opaque tag background.

No Border, to add or remove the border around the tag.

Rectangle…

Disable hides the tag.

Properties displays the Custom Tag Template dialog box, for tag editing. (see 7.4.1)

7.4.1 Custom Tag Template

Variables Get any variables, from a list, associated with the selected device. (see
3.8.6.1 List of available keywords)

Undo Nullifies the last modification.

Redo Cancels the last Undo.

Get Gets the custom tag string from the ini file.
Template

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Save Saves the tag in the ini file.

Template

Get Gets the tag string from the program.

Default

Preview Lets you see the finished tag inside the dialog box, so that you may
change it.

Apply Applies the change to the tag of the selected device.

Tag This group box includes a number of options to set the appearance of the
Display tags on the display. These options are available in the tag’s contextual
Options menu (right-click).

Example: Transformers (Section 5.8) have seven (7) possible curves associated with them.
In order of appearance in the dialog, the tags are for the:

1- Damage (withstand) curve

2- Shifted curve for secondary line-to-line faults
3- Shifted curve for secondary line-to-ground faults
4- FLA (Full Load Amperes) marker
5- Inrush marker or curve
6- Minimum Short circuit current arrow
7- Maximum Short circuit current arrow

All seven possible tags for a Transformer

You may choose more Tag information to display in the Tag button in the create device
dialog box.

The tags appear greatly simplified when the Layout Mode (section 6.10.1) is not active.

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7.5 Fast Adjust

Puts the cursor into Fast Adjust mode. This mode allows you to adjust the settings
of a device by moving its curve on the Curve Plot. To do so:

1. Click the left mouse button once on the curve and hold the mouse button down. (The
cursor will change to the symbol of a hand, and a dialog box will appear.)

2. Move the mouse. The curve will move with the mouse, jumping from one discrete
setting to the next. In this way, you may arrange devices to coordinate by inspection.
The settings are recorded by CYMTCC as displayed in the dialog box. See below.

3. Release the mouse button.

You may subsequently inspect and change the settings as usual.

Hint: The Fast Adjust mode remains active until you choose another mode.

Alternatively, you may adjust the settings via the dialog box that appears as soon as you
select a device:

In the example of a Relay shown above, there are two portions of the curve that may be
adjusted separately. You may adjust the Long Time Pick-up Tap and Time Dial by first
choosing “Long Time” from the list, and then clicking on the +/- buttons.

Hint: The great advantage of using Fast Adjust mode is that you can see the effect of the
adjustments as you make them. You don’t have to use trial-and-error.

See an illustration of this on the following pages.

In the example shown below, a fuse is to be coordinated with a transformer

damage curve, while permitting the full load and inrush currents to flow. The
present fuse rating (25E) is too small, and must be changed.

After selecting the Fast Adjust Mode, click on the fuse curve and hold down the
mouse button. The cursor shape changes to a hand.

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Next, move the mouse towards the right. The dashed lines show the curve of the
new fuse rating (100E) which is identified at the same time in the dialog box.

Finally, release the mouse button and the new fuse rating takes effect. The fuse
now coordinates with the transformer.

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Chapter 8

THE OPTIONS MENU

8.1 Show Fault Arrow

Globally enables and disables the display of vertical arrows which indicate the maximum
fault current defined for each device (see section 5.3.3 Short Circuit & Full Load
Amperes). Arrows will be displayed only for those devices for which you have requested
them.

8.2 Show Response Curve

Globally enables and disables plotting the response curves of Reclosers (Section 5.5).
Response curves will be displayed for those reclosers for which you have activated them.

8.3 Display Device Number in Plot

Includes the device number (1, 2, 3...) in the identification Tags when the option page
layout is not selected.

8.4 Display Device Type in plot

Includes the type of device (e.g., fuse) in the identification Tags when the option page
layout is not selected.

8.5 Display Device ID in plot

Includes the Device ID (Section 5.3.2) in the identification Tags when the option page
layout is not selected.

8.6 Display Device Settings in plot

Includes the device settings in the identification Tags when the page Layout Mode
(Section 6.10.1) is selected.

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8.7 Display Device Number in OLD

Displays the device numbers in the One-line diagram next to the symbols.

8.8 Display Device Type in OLD

Displays the type of device (e.g., fuse) next to the symbols in the One-line diagram.

8.9 Display Device ID in OLD

Displays the Device ID (Section 5.3.2) next to the symbols in the One-line.

8.10 Display device settings in OLD

Displays the Device settings (e.g., relay tap, etc.) next to the symbols in the One-line.

8.11 Show Symbol Label

Displays device descriptions next to symbols in the One-line. (e.g., transformer kVA,
switch description, motor HP, bus voltage). See the Symbol Label button (Section 5.3.7).

8.12 Show User Label

Globally displays the User Labels you may have defined for symbols on the One Line.
(Right-click on the symbol to see a menu from which you may choose to define a label.)
Alternatively, use Edit > Symbol User Label (see section 2.3.3 OLD Symbol Contextual
Menu).

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8.13 Title Block Information

Displays the dialog box into which you enter the title block information for the Curve Plot.
Four formats are available, two of which may be used when plotting on Keuffel & Esser
pre-printed log-log forms.

Use first Options > Title Block (Section 8.14) to select a format.

Note: Plotting Voltage

You set the normal plotting voltage in the Plot Toolbar (Section 1.7.4), where there is a
list of one or more voltages defined by transformer primary voltages in your study. That
list allows you to plot according to currents on one side or the other of each transformer.

You may define an alternate plotting voltage via Options > Title Block Information.

CYMTCC automatically shifts device curves left or right along the current axis according
to the following formula:

Device Rated Voltage

Iplot = Idevice ×
Plotting Voltage

Display the Title Block Information dialog box by selecting the menu command or by
double-clicking on the title block area on the curve plot area. The following four models
are available. Use the Title Block menu command to switch from a format model to
another.

K & E Simple format

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K & E Full format

General (GE) format

User-defined format

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8.14 Title Block

Four models are available for the Title Block that is placed at the bottom of the Curve
Plot. You can select the model you want from the menu. You can always select another
one from any of the Title Block dialog boxes.

Refer to Section 8.13 Title Block Information for illustrations of the formats.
Hint: To apply your company’s standard title block style:

Draw your title block in AutoCAD, MS Paint, etc.

Copy your drawing to the windows Clipboard

Choose User Title Block so that the Title Block area will be left blank.

Paste your title block. See Edit > Clipboard > Paste to Plot (Section 4.14.1).

Double click in the title block on the plot to open it.

Alternatively, you could use the Draw toolbar in CYMTCC’s One Line editor to make your
Title Block. Then you can copy and paste it into your Curve Plot and into other studies as
well.

Example of User Title Block pasted in from elsewhere

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Chapter 9

THE ANALYSIS MENU

9.1 Protective Device Analysis

Use the Analysis > Protective Device Analysis menu command to verify whether the
device curves in the study are coordinated, according to the criteria defined for them.

Click on the different criteria, to select those that you want to evaluate (;).

You can evaluate phase and ground protection coordination independently. Ground
(neutral) relays and recloser curves are compared with each other only. Their curves are
not compared to the phase protection device curves.

Click Run to run the analysis.

9.1.1 Protective Device Loading Report

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For the devices where the FLA exceeds the device loading (%), their description will be
shown in red in the report.

To modify the device loading allowed value, select the menu option Analysis > Reach
and Load Criteria (Section 9.3). Select the device type and enter the % in the device
loading field.

The Description field will indicate the error.

To Make a Manual Adjustment

Click on the device name (in blue). This will open the corresponding device settings
dialog box, where you can modify the device as needed. When the Draw button is
clicked, the report will be automatically updated to reflect the modification. If there’s no
error found, the device will disappear from the report.

Click the Fast Adjust button at the right of the entry in the report to bring up a dialog box
that will allow you to change the settings of the curve (See 7.5 Fast Adjust for more
information).

9.1.2 Protective Reach Report

For the device that exceeds the maximum permitted operating time ("Reach"), its
description will be shown in red the report.

To modify the protective reach value, select the menu option Analysis > Reach and
Load Criteria (Section 9.3). Select the device type and enter the value in cycles in the
protective “Reach” field.

Errors are displayed in the Description column.

To Make a Manual Adjustment

Click on the device name (in blue). This will open the corresponding device settings
dialog box, where you can modify the device as needed. When the Draw button is
clicked, the report will be automatically updated to reflect the modification. If no error was
found, the device will disappear from the report.

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Click the Fast Adjust button at the right of the entry in the report to bring up a dialog box
that will allow you to change the settings of the curve (See 7.5 Fast Adjust for more
information).

9.1.3 Interrupting Rating Report

It verifies that the short circuit current of a device does not exceed the Interrupting Rating.

Note: Since the Interrupting rating is not yet available in the database, this report will not
give the right results.

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9.1.4 Conductor Protection

The Analysis ensures that the cable curve is protected on all its width. The device
protecting the conductor is the device with the number following the cable number.

The Criteria can be entered in the dialog box displayed when selecting the Analysis >
Protection Criteria menu item.

Note: Compatible with CYMDIST 4.5

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9.1.5 Transformer Protection Report

Verifies if the device curve protecting your transformer is passing the full load and the
inrush, and if it will interrupt the current before the damage curve is reached.

You need to make sure that you have selected your Primary protective device in the
Transformer dialog box.

You can see the results in the protection report, as shown below.

9.1.6 Coordination Report

This option allows you to view the desired clearances between successive pairs of
devices by device number. (That is, between a device and the next device.)

The order of devices is important. To change the order, use the renumbering option
under the Coordination Tab of the Multi Explorer (see section 2.2.3)

Each line of the report gives you an analysis of each pair of device.

The Status field will display a red dot for failed or a green dot for passed depending on
the result of the device pair analysis

The Description column will give the intersection where the you might have a
coordination problem. That description will be displayed in blue as it is a link that when
clicked will display the time-current point of the problem directly on the Plot.

Select the menu option Analysis > (section 9.2) to enter your settings.

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To Make a Manual Adjustment

Click on the name of one of the devices (in blue). This will open the corresponding device
settings dialog box, where you can modify the device as needed. When the Draw button
is clicked, the report will be automatically updated to reflect the modification.

Click the Fast Adjust button at the right of the entry in the report to bring up a dialog box
that will allow you to change the settings of the curve (See section 7.5 Fast Adjust for
more information).

9.2 Coordination Criteria

This option allows you to define the desired clearances between successive pairs of
devices (that is, between a device and its upstream neighbor in the One Line Diagram.)

CYMTCC uses these criteria only when you ask it to evaluate device coordination in a
study. Refer to the Analysis > Protective Device Analysis command (Section 9.1).

Note: The order of devices is important. You may define different criteria for a fuse
downstream of a relay and for a relay downstream of a fuse.

A Device Analysis example, along with trouble-shooting tips is presented in Chapter 17.

9.2.1 Device Coordination Criteria – Window Elements

This dialog box allows you to define desired clearances between successive pairs of
devices.

You can enter separation criteria for each possible pair of device types (e.g. fuse-fuse,
hydraulic reclosers-fuse).

The leftmost columns refer to the downstream device while the rightmost columns refer to
the upstream device of a pair.

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To help you find your device pair faster, set the filter to Downstream or Upstream and
select a device type from the combo box. The list will be limited to the selection you’ve
made.

The adjustment of each of the four columns is described below.

1. Clearing Time (CT) page 167
2. Current Multiplier (CM) page 169
3. Time Multiplier (TM) page 170
4. Time Adder (TA) page 171

To set the criteria, for each possible pair of devices, enter separation criteria. Select the
clearing time curve (min/max) and entered one or more separation parameters (Current
Multiplier, Time Multiplier or Time Adder). Click OK when finished.

The Filter options are used to view the criteria for only a specific device.

The Scheme option is used to create different coordination criteria file settings and to
change the selected scheme. To create a new Scheme, just type a new name in the
combo box and click New. The new criteria Scheme will have the same data as the one
that was active. To rename, change the name in the combo box and click Rename. Click
Delete to remove a Scheme.

9.2.1.1 Clearing Time (CT)

This column allows selecting which curve (minimum or maximum) will be used for
comparing each device of the pair in respect to its device type. The minimum and
maximum curve may refer to a different curve according to the device type selected, as
follows:

Device Min Curve Max Curve

Fuse Minimum melting Curve Total clearing curve
Relay Electromechanical Total clearing curve1 Auxiliary device2
Relay Electronic Total clearing curve1 Auxiliary device2
Recloser Hydraulic Response curve3 Total clearing curve1
Recloser Electronic Response curve3 Total clearing curve1

Total Clearing Curve (note 1)

Represents total clearing time of the Phase or Ground trip unit, including the
interrupting time. Set in the Device Settings dialog box.

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Auxiliary Device (note 2)

Represents an additional delay introduced by some other device (lock-out relay,

circuit breaker, etc.). The relay curve is shifted upward by this delay.

Response Curve (note 3)

Represents the reaction time of the control unit only (of the reclosers).

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9.2.1.2 Current Multiplier (CM)

The current multiplier shifts the curve horizontally (current axis) in order to simulate a
smaller or greater pick up value. The multiplier creates a “virtual” coordination curve.
On the example below, a current multiplier of 75% (0.75) was applied on the second fuse
curve. Consequently, each points of the upstream curve were shifted to the left. Note that
a multiplier greater that 100% (1.0) would have shifted the curve to the right.

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9.2.1.3 Time Multiplier (TM)

Shifts the curve vertically (time axis) in order to make the curve operate slower or faster.
On the example below, the downstream fuse’s total clearing curve is made 25% slower
that the real curve.

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9.2.1.4 Time Adder (TA)

Adjusts the curve using a margin in seconds (or cycles). In the example below
downstream fuse’s clearing curve now takes into account a desired 200 millisecond time
margin, to make sure that any downstream fuse always completely clears 0.20 second
before any immediately upstream fuse begins to melt.

By default, the criteria you enter are stored in an initialization file (namely CRITERIA.INI)
located in your Windows folder.
You can use the Scheme option to create different coordination criteria file settings and
to change the selected scheme.

To create a new coordination scheme, type a new name in the combo box and click New.
The newly created scheme will have the same data as the one that was active.
To rename the scheme change the name in the combo box and click rename
Click Delete to remove an existing scheme.

There are not link between the criteria file and any specific study. The coordination
schemes set through the Device Coordination Criteria dialog are global and will be
applied to all your CYMTCC studies.

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9.2.2 Device Coordination Criteria - Example

Example showing fuse-to-fuse coordination criteria

In the example shown above, on the first line, the upstream fuse’s melting curve is made
25% more rapid, to reflect fuse “fatigue”. The downstream fuse’s clearing curve now
takes into account a desired 200 millisecond time margin, to make sure that any
downstream fuse always completely clears 0.20 second before any immediately
upstream fuse begins to melt.

These particular criteria are used to draw the resulting curves (illustrated below). Use the
Analysis > Show Coordination Curves Based on Criteria menu option (section 9.5) to
enable this.

If you use Analysis > Protective Device Analysis (Section 9.1), CYMTCC will check for
intersection of the “coordination” curves within the available range of short circuit current
(defined using the SC & FLA button, Section 5.3.3 Short Circuit & Full Load Amperes).
Such an intersection is circled in the picture on the following page. It does not mean that
the two fuses do not coordinate; it just means they do not maintain the 0.2 second margin
at all fault currents.

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9.3 Reach and Load Criteria

This option allows you to define the maximum permitted operating time (“Reach”) for
each type of device as well as the maximum permitted continuous load current. The
latter value is expressed as a percentage of the device’s pick-up current.

Hint: Whether or not a device responds quickly enough to small fault levels determines
how much of the downstream circuit is in its protective “reach”, since there may
be some location downstream where a fault would cause so little current to flow
through the device that it would not react.

If you activate the Analysis > Protective Device Analysis menu command, CYMTCC
will report all devices which do not respect one or both of these criteria.

Note that the minimum and maximum fault currents, as well as the load current may be
defined for a device through the SC & FLA button in the device dialog box (See Section
5.3.3 Short Circuit & Full Load Amperes). If the fault currents are specified, the “Reach”
criteria will be applied within that range of current only.

Click on the cell space next to the device name. In the PR (Protective Reach) column
type in the maximum desired opening time in cycles. In the next column, DV (Device
Loading), enter the desired maximum loading in percent of the device’s pick-up current.

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9.4 Protection Criteria

This option allows you to define the desired clearances between the device to protect
(Transformer or cable damage curve) and the Protective Device.

To open the Device Protection criteria dialog box, go to the Analysis menu and select
Protection Criteria or, click on the corresponding icon of the Analysis Toolbar.

For the transformer protection, enter the separation criteria for the device that is
protecting the transformer for the different “curves” of the transformer. Select the clearing
time curve (min/max) and entered one or more separation parameters (Current Multiplier,
Time Multiplier or Time Adder) CYMTCC will also make sure that device curve pass the
transformer full load, the inrush (point or curve) and clear transformer damage curve.
Another thing, in the transformer dialog box, select the device protecting the transformer.

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9.5 Show Coordination Curves Based on Criteria

Coordination curves will be drawn based on the criteria entered in the coordination input
box. If you already have coordination curves set directly in a device, these curves won’t
be displayed. This is a quick an easy way to verify if you have any coordination problems.

To activate this option, go to the menu option Analysis > Show Coordination Curves
Based on Criteria and select Display Curves or/and Display Hatching or, click on the
corresponding icon(s) in the Analysis Toolbar.

The curves and the hatching that will be displayed are based on the criteria entered using
the Coordination Criteria menu option (section 9.2).

9.6 Clipping for all Curves

Allows you to clip all the curves from your study at a certain current and / or time.

Note: If this option is enabled, the short-circuit clipping will not be working.

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9.7 Arc Flash Analysis

This menu command accesses the optional CYME ARC Flash Hazard Analysis module.
When you select this command, the following dialog box will be displayed. If ARC Flash
is not installed the Run button will be replaced by a “Demo” button.

Chapter 15 describes the functionality available with the module.

9.8 CYMVIEW

CYMVIEW is a complementary module that allows viewing the graphical results of the
analyses prepared using Arc Flash.

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Chapter 10

THE TOOLS MENU

10.1 Device Margin

This menu option detects the curve intersections and measures time and current margins
between the curves. A dialog box is displayed, with a drop-down lists from which you
must select a Tracking Mode.

There are nine tracking modes that you can select from in the Tracking Mode combo
box:
• Mouse Device Margin
• Intersection Device Margin
• Sequence of Operation - Short-Circuit
• User-Defined Device Margin
• Minimum Time Separation Device Margin
• Sequence of Operation - User Defined
• Sequence of Operation - Range
• Opening Times – Range
• Opening Times - % Pickup

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The next group box allows you to select the 1st and/or the 2nd device(s) or to enter the
Time and Current points. The corresponding Time and Current data will be displayed in
the box below the selection area. The column Current is replaced by Delta when the
results are margins between two consecutive devices.

The Device Margin Result group box will display the margin between the two curves
(Time and Current). For the Mouse and the Minimum Time Separation options, the
results will be displayed automatically. For the other options, you will need to select two
devices by holding down the CTRL key. The column Current is replaced by Delta when
the results are margins between two consecutive devices.

Display Group Box

“not found” If checked, the curves that are not in the selected range will
device not be displayed. When not checked, the curve name will
be displayed in the list with “not found” in the time/current
column.

Draw circle(s) When checked, will draw a circle at all the locations
displayed in the list. When not checked, only the device that
is selected in the list will have a circle.

Draw Horizontal Draws an horizontal line at the selected time (second or

Line cycles).

Draw Vertical Line Draws a vertical line at the selected current (Amp).

Change On Curve Instead of changing the curve selection using the combo
Click 1st and 2nd box, you simply have to click on the curve directly on the
plot. (see 0)

Vertical / Creates a “special detail line” base on the device margin

Horizontal Line result. (make sure that you have a separation margin 1st)
(10.1.11)

Color Gives you the possibility to change the line and circle color ,
line type or line width.

Do not show When this checkbox is enabled, the devices for which the
hidden device
curves are hidden will not be listed in the results
window.

Cycles When this checkbox is enabled, the results are displayed in

cycles, when it is disabled, the results are displayed in
seconds.

Precision You can select the number of decimals you want to see for
the Cycles (Seconds) and for the Current(A) results shown
in the dialog box.

Note: The options are enabled or disabled depending on the mode of operation
selected.

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10.1.1 Mouse Device Margin

In the Mouse mode, the mouse position defines both the time and the current.

With the time and current value, the intersection points are calculated for the two selected
device and displayed in the list with the time and current coordinates.

The Time separation is automatically displayed in the Device Margin result boxes.

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10.1.2 Intersection Device Margin

In Intersection Mode, CYMTCC finds the points where the selected curve intersects
with any other devices and displays the time and current coordinates.

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10.1.3 Sequence of Operation - Short-Circuit

In the Sequence of Operation Short-Circuit mode, all the devices intersecting at the
short-circuit value of the selected device (note that only the device with a Short-
Circuit will be listed) will be displayed in the list with the time and current coordinates.
To get a device margin result, select any two devices from the list . The result is
displayed bellow the device list in the Device Margin result boxes.

To get a device margin result, select any two devices from the list. The result is displayed
below the device list in the Device Margin boxes.

The Time column gives the opening time of each device part of your study at that current.
The Delta column displays the margin between the consecutive devices.

The Current box next to the selected device is the Short-Circuit of the selected
device.

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10.1.4 User-Defined Device Margin

With the User-defined mode, you type in a time and a current , and then click on
the Calc button.

The intersecting points for the time and/or current will be displayed in the list with the time
and current coordinates.

The intersection between the entered time and the curves are established with the Time
and the current . The intersection between the entered current and the curves
are established with the current and the time .

To get a device margin result, select any two devices from the list. The result is displayed
below the device list in the Device Margin result boxes.

Use the up and down arrow buttons, next to the time and current field, to change the
current or the time by increments of 1/10 of a decade. Activate the “Fine” checkbox to
adjust by 1/100 of a decade instead.

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10.1.5 Minimum Time Separation Device Margin

In the minimum time separation mode, the current where the time separation is the
smaller will be displayed.
Simply select 2 different devices to get the result.

The intersecting points at the current where the time separation is the minimum will be
displayed in the list with the time and current coordinates.

The Time separation is automatically displayed in the Device Margin result boxes.

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10.1.6 Sequence of Operation - User Defined

Same as the S.O.O. Short Circuit but you can specify the Current (in Amp) of your
choice.

10.1.7 Sequence of Operation - Range

To get the device margin with this option you enter the minimum (Min), maximum (Max)
and Step of the desired currents for which you want to verify the Sequence of
Operationc. Click the Calc button when done. All the current points in between your
Minimum and Maximum range appear in the drop down list. Select a specific current in it
or use the Up/Down arrow to go to the next or previous pointd. The Delta Time column
displays the margin between each consecutive curvee.

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10.1.8 Opening Times – Range

To get the opening times of a device for a specific range in amp., select the
device from the device drop down listc. Then, enter the Min, Max and Step values or
click the Get SC Values button. The Min and Max field will be filled with the Short-Circuit
Min and Maxd. Click the Calc button to get the resultse.

The result box will display all the opening times for all the values within the
rangef.

10.1.9 Opening Times - % Pickup

To get the opening times based on user-defined or a range of current points in % of

Pickup of a specific device. This is similar to relay test points. Instead of the limitation of
four points, you have the possibility of “n”.

c Select the device from the device drop down list. The value next to the
device name is the pickup of the selected device.

d Enter the % of Pickup in the field below the device name.

e Click the Calc button or press the Enter key to get the results.

f The result box will display all the opening times for each of the values you
typed in.

g To clear the list, click the Clear % list button.

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There is no limitation on the number of pickups entered.

10.1.10 Change the Selected Device by Clicking Directly on its Curve

To facilitate to use of device margin, the Display group box contains options to change
the first and/or the second curve selection just by clicking directly on the curve plot.

Select the proper option(s). If both options are checked, to change the 2nd curve, the
Shift key needs to be pressed down will the curve is clicked. If only one of the two
options is checked then, just click on the desired curve. You can always use the combo
box to change your selection.

For Fuse and LVCB curves, to change from the min/max curves, you need to click twice
on the curve, i.e. The first time you click on a fuse curve, the min curve will be selected if
you click a second time on it, the max curve will be selected.

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10.1.11 Draw Horizontal or Vertical Line between the Selected Devices

Directly from the device margin, you can create a “special detail” line just by clicking on
Vertical Line or Horizontal Line. (Below, “vertical” was pushed)

1- Select two devices from the list.

2- Click on Vertical Line or Horizontal Line
3- As you can see, the values were transfer to the dialog automatically. Just click Draw
to have the line in your plot.

The buttons will be enabled or disabled depending on the “tracking mode” selection and
when two devices from the list are selected.

Important: The line is static; meaning that it will stay at the same position unless you
modified the values. It will not follow the selected curves. CYME will try to add this “follow
device margin setting” functionality to an upcoming revision.

10.1.12 Draw Circle

Directly from the Device Margin dialog box, you can create a “special detail” circle just
by clicking on the Circle button. The Circle Parameters Dialog will automatically open
with the X,Y values taken from the Device Margin result box.

It is possible to select multiple points by holding down the CTRL or SHIFT button while
making the selections. If you do so, the Circle parameters dialog box will be opened as
many times as you have lines selected.

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10.2 Fast Adjust

Activates the Fast Adjust mode and displays the dialog box. (See section 7.5 Fast
Adjust).

10.3 Report Editor

This function is used to create custom reports. On the left side Equipment Report, is the
sub division for the report. You need to create an equipment report for each device type
you would like to see in your custom report. Once done, you can transfer them to the
right side, Report, using the >> button or by double clicking on the equipment report
name. A custom Report is composed of one or several equipment reports.

Steps

1-Enter a Report Name in the box below the Report fields.

2-Click the New button right underneath it; this will be the report that will contain
all the equipments.

3-To create an Equipment sub-report, select a type.

4- and click the New button at the bottom left; this will open the “Custom Data
Report” dialog box (shown on the next page).

Other functions in the Protective Device Reports dialog box

5- List of all custom reports.

6- Display each Equipment type report (sorted by type (select “all” at #3 to see the
complete list)

7- Display all equipment sub report attach to a custom report.

8- Edit the selected equipment sub report, this will open the Custom Data Report dialog
box with the proper structure. (see below).

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9- Delete the selected equipment sub report (if the selected item is included in a custom
report, this operation will not be valid).

10- Delete the selected custom report.

11- Display the selected custom report.

10.3.1 Report Editor

The Custom Data Report dialog box is displayed when you click the Edit button in the
Protective Device Reports dialog box. This dialog box is used to defined what values you
want to have in your custom report for each device type.

1- Enter a report name

2- Increase or decrease the number of rows and columns

3- Enter or modify the equipment type report.

4- To insert keywords, position the cursor in a cell and click the Select key button. This
will display the Keyword Selection dialog box. Highlight the keyword wanted and click OK
in that dialog. The keyword will be displayed in the selected cell. (see 3.8.6.1 List of
available keywords).

5- Click on Insert to add a line or column

6- Click on Delete to remove a line or column

7- Press Save to validate.

10.4 Export Fuse Ranges

Hint: This function is mostly useful to the CYMDIST users who want to evaluate
candidate fuse ratings for lateral circuits in their distribution feeders.

This function identifies the range of short circuit current (minimum to maximum) for which
a series of fuses coordinates. It helps you standardize on certain fuse makes and ratings.

You may save in a CSV (comma-separated variable) file the fuse ratings and the range of
short-circuit current for which each fuse will coordinate with the next fuse upstream.
CYMDIST users will import this CSV file and it will become the basis for color-coding the
feeder diagram. Please refer to the CYMDIST Reference Manual (version 3.04 and later).

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Note: It takes into account your Coordination Criteria (Section 9.2)

Please see the example below.

Example: The User places four candidate fuse ratings in his study. These fuses happen
to be of the same “family” (manufacturer and model), but that is not a
requirement. See the illustrations below.

Study with Coordination Criteria drawn explicitly

Report of fault currents for which the fuses coordinate

Conclusion: The 25 A fuse coordinates with the 50 A fuse for fault currents up to 549 A.
The 50 A fuse will not coordinate with the 100 A fuse beyond 880 A, and
the 100 A fuse will not coordinate with the 200 A fuse beyond 2932 A.

10.5 Export Settings to CYMDIST

This function sends the Settings for the devices in the active study to CYMDIST for
information purposes. Please refer to the CYMDIST manual.

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Chapter 11

THE DATABASE MENU

11.1 Overview of the Database Menu

The Database menu comprises functions that allow you to manage the contents of the
library of devices and manage the databases you may need to create for your needs.

11.2 Library Directory

The Library Directory menu command allows changing the directory where CYMTCC will
look for the Device Library. The full Device Library is installed in the directory library
located under your CYMTCC installation directory (or any other directory you specified
during the installation). If you have copied a portion of the Library database to another
directory (Section 11.4 Extract Devices), you may use this command to switch to that
other directory. The Create commands (Chapter 5) will respond faster when working with
a subset of the full Device Library, because it will not have to list so many devices.

Note: All devices used in a study must be present in the same Device Library directory.
To copy missing devices to a Library directory during a study, see Section 11.4
Extract Devices.

Use the Browse button to select the directory, or type in the full path.

Use the History list to get the list of previously used directories.

Note: The directory must already exist and it must already contain the database.
Create a new directory via Extract Devices (Section 11.4).

Hint: Regardless of the Library Directory in use, studies are saved in any directory you
choose (See section 3.5 Save).

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11.3 Library Manager

This command allows you to add new device curves to your database and/or edit existing
curves (i.e., change the curve displayed for a device).

You enter the Library by pointing the Manager to one kind of device. (Once inside, you
can edit other device types by right clicking anywhere in the dialog box).

Note: Chapter 14 details the procedure and definitions for each type of device.

The remainder of this section describes the general Library Manager commands, using
the Fuse for illustration purposes.

Hint: CYME International will add devices to the database free of charge, upon
request. You may be asked to provide a copy of the manufacturer’s published
curve data. Please allow 1–2 weeks for this service.

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11.3.1 Library Manager Example – Fuse

Dialog Box for Editing / Adding / Deleting FUSES

To select a device
1. Use the scroll bars to locate the name of its manufacturer in the list on the left.
2. Click on the ‘+’ next to the manufacturer’s name to display the device names.
3. Click once on the name of a device.

To edit the selected device

1. Change its data by clicking and typing in the information in the appropriate spaces.
2. Click on each of the tabs (if any) at the bottom of the dialog box to expose other
relevant “pages” and edit the data there as well. See below.
3. To save the data, return to the “General” page and click on the Save button.

To add a new device

1. Select any existing device (see “To select a device” just above)
2. Click on the Add button and enter the general information in the appropriate spaces.
3. Click on each of the tabs (if any) at the bottom of the dialog box to expose other
relevant “pages” and enter the data required there. See below.
4. To save the data, return to the “General” page and click on the Save button. The new
device will be listed under the Manufacturer and Type you defined for it.

To delete the selected device, click on the Delete button.

To cancel modifications instead of saving them, click on the Undo button.

Click on Close to exit the dialog box.

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For certain devices, there are more “pages” of data that may be edited by clicking on the
tabs at the bottom of the dialog box. (In the case of fuses, for example, these data are
the points that describe the minimum melting and maximum clearing curves.)

You may also add more ratings for a device (such as the fuse shown below) by clicking
on the Add button and then giving the name for the new rating, followed by the data to
describe a curve(s) for it.

In the example shown above the “melting curve” tab has been selected.

To edit the curve for one of the ratings of the selected fuse
1. Click on the “Melting” tab.
2. Click on the desired rating in the list at right.
3. Edit the points in the table by clicking and typing.
4. Click on the Save button.

To add curves for another size of the same fuse

1. Click on the “Melting” tab.
2. Either click on the Add button or click the right mouse button and choose “Add”.
3. In the dialog box that appears, fill in the data to describe the rating and click OK.
4. In the data tables, enter the data points that describe the (minimum melting) curve for
this rating of the fuse. To enter more than 20 points, click on the tab “21 to 40”.
5. Click on the Save button.
6. Click on the Clearing tab, select the same (new) rating from the list, and repeat steps
3 and 4 for the Total Clearing curve.

To delete the curves for one fuse rating

1. Click on the Delete button or click the right mouse button and choose “Delete”.
2. Click Yes to confirm.

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11.3.2 Library Manager – Right Mouse Button Menu

In any active page of the Library Manager, clicking on the dialog box with the right mouse
button displays a menu:

Library allows you to change to another device database stored elsewhere.

Directory

Devices allows you to open the dialog box of another device type instead of the
present one. Select from the menu. A tick (9) indicates the one currently
active.

Reindex eliminates any deleted curves from the database.

Update forces CYMTCC to recognize your changes to the database

CYMTCC immediately, without your having to close the Device Library Manager.

Add allows you to add a new device or a new curve (e.g., relay time dial or
fuse rating), just like the Add button.

Delete allows you to delete a device or one of its curves, just like the Delete
button. You may recover deleted items one device or family of devices at
a time via the Undo button.

Save saves the changes you make, just like the Save button.

Undo cancels modifications, just like the Undo button.

Copy Curve copies the data points for Melting to the table for Clearing or vice versa.
This gives you points at the same time coordinate in both curves, and
you need only enter new Ampere values for the second curve. (You
save a little typing.)

Full expand will display the devices under each manufacturer in the list.

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Refresh brings the list of manufacturers and devices up to date in CYMTCC.

Report creates a table of contents of the database of devices of the active type,
just like the Report button. Give the name of a file to which it will be
written.

Cymcoord lets you specify the name of the CYMCOORD device file where the
File curve data for a particular device is to be found. This is most useful to
users of CYMCOORD who created their own custom device curves.

About tells you the version number for the Library Manager program and the
database.

Close closes the dialog box, just like the Close button.

Note: For detailed information about the data pertinent to all of the different device
types, please refer to the explanations given in Chapter 14 for the Device Library
Manager program.

11.4 Extract Devices

With this menu command, you can make a copy of selected devices from one Device
Library directory (probably \CYMTCC) and put them into another directory. Use this
command to create:

1. a smaller version of the full Device Library, which contains only the devices which
you frequently use. This makes the Create command (Chapter 5) more convenient.

2. back-up copies (in a separate directory) of any device which you modify or create.

3. a combination (merge) of two or more curve databases.

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Click on Set Directory... to type in the source and destination directories (where the
files are copied from and to). You may also use the Browse feature to select existing
directories. By default, the destination is the current Library Directory (see Section 11.2).
If you type a destination, which does not yet exist, CYMTCC creates it for you.

You may copy devices of only one type at a time. Click on the type in the list.

Then click on the specific devices to be copied, one at a time until you have selected
all the ones you want. To select them all, click on the Select ALL button instead.
Selected devices are highlighted. To cancel a selection, click again on the device. To
cancel all selections, click on the Unselect ALL button.

Click on Extract Selected to begin the copying process. CYMTCC will tell you when
it has finished. You may then continue by selecting other devices to copy.

Clicking on the Merge All button will copy all devices from the source directory to the
destination. It copies all devices in the database, not just those of the selected type (step
2).

Click on Close when you have finished.

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11.5 Extract From Study

This command allows you to copy a part or all of the devices contained in a study to a
selected library (database of curves).

All you need do to is to use the checkboxes to select the device(s) to export, select a
destination path (you can use the Browse button) and then click OK.

When extracting to a new folder, you will be prompted to create a new blank library, click
Yes to continue.

When done, the message “Operation completed” will be displayed.

Hint: Click Select All or Unselect All to modify multiple selections.

11.6 Library On-line Update

This command allows you to download new curves to your Device Library (database) from
the CYME web site. Compare with Database > Extract Devices (Section 11.4).

The Library Online Update dialog box comprises two tabs. Under the New Curves tab,
you can see which are the new curves downloaded. From that list, select the ones you
want to add to your Library and click on the Add Curve to Library button. When you
install a new curve, its reference is removed from the New Curves list and added to the
Installed Curves list.

The Installed Curves tab includes all the curves already installed. If you want to re-install
a device curve, select the curve and click Add Curve to Library.

Click on a column heading to sort the entries according to that heading.

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Hint: This feature is designed to keep your library up-to-date between the releases of
new versions of CYMTCC. Also, if you request a new curve from CYME, we will
place it on the web site and you will be asked to obtain it from there via this menu
command.

If you decide not to install each latest version of CYMTCC when they are made
available to you, you may still update your device library via this command.

Click on the Proxy Settings button to enter Address, Port, User Name and Password
needed to access the Internet through a proxy server.

Note: Your computer must be connected to the Internet before you choose this function.

11.7 Convert Settings Database

To convert your version 3 settings database (.DBF) to the new version 4.x format (.TCS).

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Chapter 12

THE WINDOW MENU

12.1 Overview of the Window Menu

These commands allow you to arrange the study windows automatically. You may also
move, close, maximize and minimize the windows just as in any other Windows program.

A list of open windows appears at the bottom of the Windows menu. A check mark
identifies the active window.

12.2 New Window

Opens another window on the active study, allowing you to have an alternate view of it.
Example: use the second view to maintain a zoomed-out view while you work on a
zoomed-in view of the same study in the other window. The title bar of the window
includes the number of the window (1, 2, etc.) when there is more than one.

12.3 Cascade

Makes all open windows overlap, showing only the title bar of each.

12.4 Tile Horizontal

Displays all opened windows from top to bottom, occupying all the available screen
space, and assigning to each window an equal area. The active window will be
uppermost.

12.5 Tile Vertically

Displays all opened windows from left to right, occupying all the available screen space,
and assigning to each window an equal area. The active window will be left-most.

12.6 Arrange Icons

Aligns the icons representing minimized windows along the bottom of the screen.

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12.7 Window List

Lists the currently opened windows. You may make any one the active window by
selecting its name in this list.

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Chapter 13

THE HELP MENU

13.1 CYMTCC Contents

Displays the Users and Reference manual in the form of an index of subjects and key
words about which you may display information.

13.2 Readme.htm

Displays readme file into your web browser. The readme file normally contains:
• a list with short description of the new features, fixes and enhancements since the
last release,
• a short description of the installation procedures and platform requirements relevant
to the current release,
• a history of the most recent versions
• CYME contact information

13.3 Video Help

In order to show you how to perform some of the more complex functions, we are now
including a menu option that provides animated demos. More subjects will be added with
the next releases.

13.4 Discussion Forum

To better communicate with its users, CYME has created a discussion forum, where the
users have access to the latest news regarding the software you’re using like: New
release, know bugs and exchange with us an all the other users. You will have the
possibility to Subscribe to a discussion group to received email as soon as a new
message is posted.

13.5 CYME on the Web

Get directly to the main page of our web site. From there, you can go to the Download
section to get the most recent version of our software and much more.

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13.6 About CYMTCC

Displays the version number, revision number within that version and the date of the
revision. This is helpful information to include in any communication with CYME.

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Chapter 14

THE DEVICE LIBRARY MANAGER

14.1 Introduction

The Device Library Manager is a program that allows you to edit the device curves (i.e.,
what is displayed when you choose the settings.

Enter the program via Database > Library Manager (Section 11.3) or via the Edit button
in a Device Settings dialog box (Chapter 5).

This chapter provides information for:

• Editing a Fuse, see page 209
• Editing a Recloser, page 211
• Editing an Electromechanical Relay, page 213
• Editing an Electronic Relay, page 214
• Editing Motor Relays, page 216
• Editing the Relay Tap Range list, page 217
• Editing a LVCB Ground Fault, page 218
• Editing a Static LVCB, page 220
• Editing a Molded Case Breaker, page 225
• Editing an Electromechanical Breaker, page 227
• Editing a Cable Damage Curve, page 230
• Miscellaneous, page 231

14.2 Editing a Fuse

A fuse is represented by two curves: "minimum melting" and "maximum clearing". You
may enter the data points for each curve separately or for an average curve and let the
program create the two curves from that. Data points may also be imported from ASCII
format files (see step 5 below.)

Procedure

1. Click on the + sign next to the desired manufacturer in the list on the left. The list will
expand.

2. Click on the desired fuse.

3. Enter the descriptive information for this fuse. See below.

Company is the manufacturer's name, for sorting purposes.

Type is the name that will appear in device lists. Give a unique, meaningful
name.

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Curve is the number assigned to the curve by the manufacturer. CYMTCC

Number will display it in the Fuse dialog box, so that you may verify that the
correct device curve is in use.

Description is a space for a remark concerning the device. It will be displayed in

the Fuse dialog box in CYMTCC.

Voltage is given in kV. (For information, not used by CYMTCC.)

rating
minimum

Voltage is given in kV. (For information, not used by CYMTCC.)

rating
maximum

Interrupting is given in kA. (For information. See also "Short Circuit Current" in
rating Chapter 5.)

4. Click on the Melting or Clearing tabs.

A list of ratings appears on the right, and a table of data points appears in the center.

To edit the curve for a fuse rating, click on its name.

To create a new fuse rating, select any rating and click Add.
To delete a rating, click on it and click Delete.

5. If you are editing an existing curve for a fuse rating, type in the time and current
coordinates of each point on the curve. The points do not have to be in any order,
but they will be sorted by time into descending order when you have finished. You
do not have to fill all the spaces: zero or negative values will be ignored.

Note: If you want to import the data from a file, click on Imp. / Exp. And choose either
format for the file: tab-delimited or comma-delimited. Click Import and give the
name of the file.

If you elect to import data from files, you must prepare those files in advance
according to the following format: (time, current).

Example of a (comma-delimited) file to be imported:

1000., 11.8
300. , 12.3
100., 14.2
10. , 17.
1., 40.
0.1,100.

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Note: If you are creating a curve for a new fuse rating, you must first give the
following information:

Description of rating is the designation given to a particular size of fuse (e.g., 50E).
These are the ratings which appear in the Fuse dialog box in CYMTCC.

Fuse rating is the fuse rating in Amperes.

Ι Squared T Points are not currently used by CYMTCC.

If you have just finished entering the data for the Minimum Melting curve and wish to
enter the data for the Maximum Clearing curve (or vice versa), select the tab and
enter the data points for the other curve.

Click on Save to save the data.

14.3 Editing a Recloser

Single-phase hydraulic, three-phase hydraulic and electronic reclosers are supported.

Make sure you are working with the correct type. The procedure for entering a recloser
curve is relatively similar to that described for fuses.

Procedure

1. Click on the + sign next to the desired manufacturer. The list will expand.

2. Click on the desired recloser.

3. Enter the descriptive information for this recloser. See below.

Company is the manufacturer's name, for sorting purposes.

Type is the name that will appear in device lists. Give a unique, meaningful
name.

Curve is the number assigned to the curve by the manufacturer. It will be

Number displayed in the Recloser dialog box in CYMTCC, so that you may
verify that the correct device curve is in use.

Description is a space for a remark concerning the device.

Phase (if necessary) is either 1 or 3. Click to select.

Number of is the number of sensors available for this device. For 3-phase
Coils reclosers specify the number of Phase coils and Ground coils. Click
on Edit to enter the coil ratings in a table.

Response is the delay (in seconds) due to interrupting. The Response curve is
time the Fast or Slow curve shifted downwards by this time.

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Voltage is given in kV. (For information, not used by CYMTCC.)

rating
minimum

Voltage is given in kV. (For information, not used by CYMTCC.)

rating
maximum

Interrupting is given in kA. (See also "Short Circuit Current" in Chapter 5.)
rating

Multiplier ranges between 1 and 2. The product of the coil rating and this factor
defines the starting point of the device curve.

Phase are other settings pertaining to reclosers with custom TCC setup.
Pickup, etc. You may specify the range of values each setting can take by giving
the minimum and maximum values and the step (increment) size.

4. Click on the Edit Curves tab.

A list of curves appears on the right, and a table of data points appears in the center.

To edit a curve, click on its name.

To create a new curve, select any curve name and click Add.
To delete a curve, click on it and click Delete.

If you are creating a new curve, fill in the following curve identification:

Curve Name is the name which will appear in the list.

Ground/Phase specifies whether the curve is for Ground or Phase protection.
Fast/Slow states whether the curve is Fast or Slow.

* In the case of the Cooper Form 4C, first give a Curve Name and then click to
indicate (;) to which group(s) this new curve will belong. Click OK.

5. Type in the time and current coordinates of each point on the curve. Make sure that
the value given for the time coordinate includes the interrupting time. The currents
are to be given in per-unit of the coil rating. The points do not have to be in any
order, but they will be sorted by time into descending order when you have finished.
You do not have to fill all the spaces: zero or negative values will be ignored.

Note: If you want to import the data from a file, click on Imp. / Exp. And choose
either format for the file: tab-delimited or comma-delimited. Click Import and
give the name of the file.

If you elect to import data from files, you must prepare those files in advance
according to the following format: (time, current).

Example of a (comma-delimited) file to be imported:

2.4700, 1.0
1.1100, 1.5
0.6490, 2.0

When you have finished editing an existing recloser curve, click Save .

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14.4 Editing an Electromechanical Relay

Each time dial of an electromechanical relay is represented by a single curve.

Procedure

1. Click on the + sign next to the desired manufacturer. The list will expand.

2. Click on the desired relay.

3. Enter the descriptive information for this relay. See below.

Company is the manufacturer's name, for sorting purposes.

Type is the name that will appear in device lists. Give a unique,
meaningful name.

Curve is the number assigned to the curve by the manufacturer. It will be

Number displayed in the Relay dialog box in CYMTCC, so that you may
verify that the correct device curve is in use.

Description is a space for a remark concerning the device.

Instantaneous indicates whether or not an instantaneous tripping option is

available.

Mode of defines how the instantaneous pick-up current is calculated. There

Operation for are three modes: CT Ratio, CT Ratio x Tap, and Primary Amps.
Instantaneous
tripping

Nb. points for defines the number of points you will give to describe the lower
opening edge of the instantaneous portion of the curve. You must
curve immediately give the coordinates (Time, Current) for each point
before continuing. The current must be expressed in per-unit of the
pick-up current. See sketch below.

Nb. points for defines the number of points you will give to describe the upper
clearing edge of the instantaneous portion of the curve. You must
curve immediately give the coordinates (Time, Current) for each point
before continuing. The current must be expressed in per-unit of the
pick-up current. See sketch below.

Time

clearing

opening
Current

4. Click on the Edit Curves tab.

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A list of curves appears on the right, and a table of data points appears in the center.

To edit a curve, click on its name.

To create a new curve, select any curve name and click Add.
To delete a curve, click on it and click Delete.

If you are creating a new curve, fill in the following curve identification:

Time Dial Name is the name that will appear in the list of time dials.

5. Type in the time and current coordinates of each point on the curve. The currents
are to be given in per-unit of the pick-up current. The points do not have to be in
any order, but they will be sorted by time into descending order when you have
finished. You do not have to fill all the spaces: zero or negative values will be
ignored.

Note: If you want to import the data from a file, click on Imp. / Exp. And choose
either format for the file: tab-delimited or comma-delimited. Click Import and
give the name of the file.

If you elect to import data from files, you must prepare those files in advance
according to the following format: (time, current).

Example of a (comma-delimited) file to be imported:

482.9, 1.0005
170.7, 1.0649
10.51, 1.596
1.00, 4.00
0.294, 20.0

When you have finished editing a time dial curve, click on Save.

14.5 Editing an Electronic Relay

The time-current curves of Electronic relays are described by mathematical formulas.

Procedure:

1. Click on the + sign next to the desired manufacturer. The list will expand.

2. Click on the desired relay.

3. Enter the descriptive information for this relay. See below.

Company is the manufacturer's name, for sorting purposes.

Type is the name that will appear in device lists. Give a unique,
meaningful name.

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Curve is the number assigned to the curve by the manufacturer. It will be

Number displayed in the Relay dialog box in CYMTCC, so that you may
verify that the correct device curve is in use.

Description is a space for a remark concerning the device.

C.T. Factor is a multiplier applied to the C.T. Ratio. It is used with relays whose
rated current is different from the rated secondary current of the
current transformer (e.g., GEC MIDOS).

Instantaneous states whether or not the instantaneous trip element is present.

Mode of defines how the instantaneous pick-up current is calculated. There

Operation for are three modes: CT Ratio, CT Ratio x Tap, and Primary Amps.
Instantaneous
tripping

Formula is the mathematical expression defining the time-current curve. It

calculates the time coordinate from the current. Type it in, using the
functions listed below.

Example of a relay formula: 80∗TD / ((IN^2) -1 ).

Reserved key words: Available operators:

TD: time dial + : (addition)
IN : current in per-unit of pick-up − : (subtraction)
/ : (division)
^ : (exponentiation)
∗ : (multiplication)
() : (operation grouping)

Available functions:
ABS(x) Absolute value of x.
ACOS(x) Arc-cosine (radian)
ASIN(x) Arc-sine (radian)
ATAN(x) Arc-tangent (radian)
COS(x) Cosine (radian)
COSH(x) Hyperbolic cosine
EXP(x) Exponential function ex.
LOG(x) Natural logarithm, ln (x) = loge(x)
LOG10(x) Logarithm to base 10, log10(x)
POW10(x) 10x
ROUND(x) Round x to the nearest integer
SIN(x) Sine (x in radians)
SINH(x) Hyperbolic sine
SQR(x) Square, x2
SQRT(x) Square root, √x
TAN(x) Tangent (x in radians)
TANH(x) Hyperbolic tangent
TRUNC(x) Integer part of x

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Time Dial defines the possible values of the time dial (TD in the Formula,
above). Give the minimum and maximum values and the step size
between values. CYMTCC will list all the intermediate values in the
Relay dialog box.

Multiplier defines the validity range of the relay and the exactness with which
the curve is drawn. If the curve does not begin until current (IN in
the Formula, above) reaches 1.01 p.u., set Min = 1.01. Similarly,
Max defines the end-point of the curve. Int defines the current at
some intermediate point.

To construct the curve, CYMTCC evaluates the Formula at certain values of current
to find the corresponding data points. It then connects the points together by straight
line segments Step Value 1 defines the distance ( in mm along the x-axis) between
points to the left of the point defined by Int. Step Value 2 defines the distance
between points to the right of that point. Assigning a small value to Step Value 1 will
force CYMTCC to draw more points in the first part of the curve, making the curve
appear smoother. Set Int = 0 to ignore this feature.

When you have finished editing the relay, click on Save.

14.6 Editing Motor Relays

Motor Relays are overload relays designed to protect motors. The current coordinate for
each data point may be given in Amperes or in per-unit. Each curve may be entered in
the same way as a fuse, with a minimum opening curve and a maximum clearing curve.

Procedure

1. Click on the + sign next to the desired manufacturer. The list will expand.

2. Click on the desired relay.

3. Enter the descriptive information for this relay. See below.

Company is the manufacturer's name, for sorting purposes.

Type is the name that will appear in device lists. Give a unique, meaningful
name.

Curve is the number assigned to the curve by the manufacturer. It will be

Number displayed in the Relay dialog box in CYMTCC, so that you may verify
that the correct device curve is in use.

Description is a space for a remark concerning the device.

Voltage is given in kV. (For information, not used by CYMTCC.)

rating

Unit Basis is either "Actual Amps" or "P.U.".

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4. Click on the Opening or Clearing tab.

A list of curves appears on the right, and a table of data points appears in the center.

To edit a curve, click on its name.

To create a new curve, select any curve name and click Add.
To delete a curve, click on it and click Delete.

If you are creating a new curve, fill in the following curve identification:

Curve Name is the name that will appear in the list of curves.

5. Type in the time and current coordinates of each point on the curve. The currents
are to be given in Amperes or in per-unit of the pick-up current, according to the
selected Unit Basis, above. The points do not have to be in any order, but they will
be sorted by time into descending order when you have finished. You do not have to
fill all the spaces: zero or negative values will be ignored.

Note: If you want to import the data from a file, click on Imp. / Exp. And choose
either format for the file: tab-delimited or comma-delimited. Click Import and
give the name of the file.

If you elect to import data from files, you must prepare those files in advance
according to the following format: (time, current).

Example of a (comma-delimited) file to be imported:

482.9, 1.0005
170.7, 1.0649
10.51, 1.596
1.00, 4.00
0.294, 20.0

When you have finished editing a curve, click on Save.

14.7 Editing the Relay Tap Range list

All relays have access to the same list of possible tap ranges. For every range, you must
enter the available taps, whether they are defined explicitly or at regular intervals
between two limits.

Procedure

1. Click on the desired tap range.

2. Enter the descriptive information for this tap range. See below.

Name is the identifier that will appear in the list in the Relay dialog box in
CYMTCC.

Inst. range defines whether the tap range applies to long time (…) or
instantaneous (;) operation.

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Tap Range : defines whether the tap range has all taps evenly distributed or fixed
Continuous at discrete values.
/Discrete

Nb. of taps is the number of fixed taps in a discrete range. Click on Edit and
enter the available taps in the table that appears.

Tap Min is the lowest tap in a continuous range.

Tap Max is the highest tap in a continuous range.

Step is the interval between each tap in a continuous range.

When finished editing a tap range, click on Save.

14.8 Editing a LVCB Ground Fault

Ground LVCB means a Low Voltage Circuit Breaker designed for Ground Fault
Protection or a regular LVCB with ground fault option whose characteristics are different
from the phase protection. The curve data includes minimum and maximum clearing
time curves.

Procedure

1. Click on the + sign next to the desired manufacturer. The list will expand.

2. Click on the desired LVCB.

3. Enter the descriptive information for this LVCB. See below.

Company is the manufacturer's name, for sorting purposes.

Type is the name which will appear in device lists. Give a unique,
meaningful name.

Curve is the number assigned to the curve by the manufacturer. It will be

Number displayed in the LVCB dialog box in CYMTCC, so that you may verify
that the correct device curve is in use.

Description is a space for a remark concerning the device.

Voltage is given in kV. (For information, not used by CYMTCC.)

rating

Sensor defines the detectors available for the device. They will be listed in
Range the LVCB dialog box in CYMTCC. Note that you will not be restricted
(None / to that list since CYMTCC also accepts intermediate values.
Discrete / Moreover, you may enter None here and still type in a Sensor rating
Continuous) in CYMTCC.

If you choose Discrete, then click on Edit and enter the possible
sensor ratings in the table that appears. If you choose Continuous,
enter the minimum and maximum sensor ratings and the step
between intermediate ratings (example: 100 to 800, in steps of 100 A)

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Multiplier defines the multipliers available for the device, just as described
Range under Sensor Range above. The multipliers will be listed in the LVCB
(None / dialog box in CYMTCC. If no multiplier is available for the device,
Discrete / you must enter at least one Sensor value, and vice versa.
Continuous)

Band Mode is either Follow Multiplier (a separate curve for each multiplier) or
Fixed in Time (one curve for all).

Tolerance is defined for each of the multipliers. Click Edit to modify the
Range tolerances applied to each multiplier (see below).

Tol. Low is the negative tolerance (e.g., 10), expressed as a positive quantity.
(%)

Tol. High is the positive tolerance (e.g., 10), expressed as a positive quantity.
(%)

4. Click on the Opening or Clearing tab.

A list of curves appears on the right, and a table of data points appears in the center.

To edit a curve, click on its name.

To create a new curve, select any curve name and click Add.
To delete a curve, click on it and click Delete.

If you are creating a new curve, fill in the following curve identification:

Name of the Band is the name that will appear in the list of curves.

5. Type in the time and current coordinates of each point on the curve. The currents
are to be given in per-unit of the pick-up current. The points do not have to be in
any order, but they will be sorted by time into descending order when you have
finished. You do not have to fill all the spaces: zero or negative values will be
ignored.

Note: If you want to import the data from a file, click on Imp. / Exp. And choose either
format for the file: tab-delimited or comma-delimited. Click Import and give the
name of the file.

If you elect to import data from files, you must prepare those files in advance
according to the following format: (time, current).

Example of a (comma-delimited) file to be imported:

482.9, 1.0005
170.7, 1.0649
10.51, 1.596
1.00, 4.00
0.294, 20.0

If you have just finished entering the data for the Opening curve and wish to enter the
data for the Clearing curve (or vice versa), select the tab and enter the data points for
the other curve.

Click on Save to save the data.

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14.9 Editing a Static LVCB

Static LVCB signifies a Solid State or Microprocessor Trip Low Voltage Circuit Breaker
equipped with user-defined settings for long-time, short-time and instantaneous tripping.

Procedure

1. Click on the + sign next to the desired manufacturer. The list will expand.

2. Click on the desired LVCB.

3. Enter the descriptive information for this LVCB. See below.

Company is the manufacturer's name, for sorting purposes.

Type is the name that will appear in device lists. Give a unique, meaningful
name.

Curve is the number assigned to the curve by the manufacturer. It will be

Number displayed in the LVCB dialog box in CYMTCC, so that you may verify
that the correct device curve is in use.

Voltage is given in kV. (For information, not used by CYMTCC.)

Rating

Description is a space for a remark concerning the device.

Current is the nominal current (in Amperes) of the breaker.

Rating

Interrupting is the maximum current (in kA) which the breaker can interrupt.
Rating CYMTCC will warn you if the specified short-circuit current (Chapter
5) exceeds this value.

Short Time is used in calculating the Instantaneous Pick-up current if the HI-
Rating (in kA) RANGE instantaneous option is selected. (See below.)

Sensor Range defines the detectors available for the device. They will be listed in
(None / the LVCB dialog box in CYMTCC. Note that you will not be restricted
discrete / to that list since CYMTCC also accepts intermediate values.
Continuous) Moreover, you may enter None here and still type in a Sensor rating
in CYMTCC.

If you choose Discrete, then click on Edit and enter the possible
sensor ratings in the table that appears. If you choose Continuous,
enter the minimum and maximum sensor ratings and the step
between intermediate ratings.

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Current defines the values this additional multiplier may take. This multiplier
Setting is applied to the sensor rating. Several manufactures use it. The
(None / possible “current settings” will be listed in the LVCB dialog box in
Discrete / CYMTCC. Note that you will not be restricted to that list since
Continuous) CYMTCC also accepts intermediate values.

If you choose Discrete, then click on Edit and enter the possible
ratings in the table that appears. If you choose Continuous, enter
the minimum and maximum ratings and the step between
intermediate ratings.

Long Time defines the values this multiplier may take. This multiplier is applied
Multiplier to the sensor rating. The values will be listed in the LVCB dialog box
(None / in CYMTCC. Note that you will not be restricted to that list since
Discrete / CYMTCC also accepts intermediate values.
Continuous)
If you choose Discrete, then click on Edit and enter the possible
ratings in the table that appears. If you choose Continuous, enter the
minimum and maximum ratings and the step between intermediate
ratings.

Long Time is defined for each multiplier. Click on Edit to modify the tolerances
Tolerance for each multiplier (see below).

Tol. Low (%) is the negative tolerance (e.g., 10), expressed as a positive quantity.

Tol. High (%) is the positive tolerance (e.g., 10), expressed as a positive quantity.

Long Time offers a choice among three ways of defining the Long Time Pick-up
Band / Mode current.
of Operation
Sensor: LTPU = Sensor ∗ Long Time Multiplier

Current LTPU = Sensor ∗ Current Setting

Setting: Multiplier

Actual Pick-up: LTPU = Sensor ∗ Current Setting

Multiplier ∗ Long Time Multiplier

Long Time is normally equal to -2. You may calculate the slope using two points
Band / Band (I1, T1) and (I2, T2) on the curve, as follows:
Slope
slope = [log(T1) - log(T2)] / [ log (I1) - log (I2)]

The program can perform this calculation for you. Click on Edit and
enter the coordinates (X1, Y1) and (X2, Y2).

Calibration is that multiple of Long Time Pick-up current at which the time value
Point of each delay band applies exactly. By default, it is 6 times LTPU.

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Long Time defines the delay bands available. The bands defined here will be
Band Range listed in the LVCB dialog box in CYMTCC.
(None /
Discrete / If you choose Discrete, then click on Edit and enter the possible
Continuous) ratings in the table that appears. If you choose Continuous, enter
the minimum and maximum ratings and the step between
intermediate ratings.

Long Time number of seconds of delay at the Calibration Point

Band current.

Band Name identifies the Band in the list in the LVCB dialog box
in CYMTCC.

Tol. Low negative tolerance on the delay, expressed as a

(Sec.) positive quantity.

Tol. Hi (Sec.) positive tolerance on the delay, expressed as a

positive quantity.

Short Time offers a choice among three ways of defining the Short Time Pick-up
Multiplier / current.
Mode of
Operation
Sensor: STPU = Sensor ∗ Short Time Multiplier

Current STPU = Sensor ∗ Current Setting

Setting: Multiplier ∗ Short Time Multiplier

Actual Pick-up: STPU = LTPU ∗ Short Time Multiplier

Short Time defines the values this multiplier may take. This multiplier is applied
Multiplier / according to the mode defined above. The values will be listed in the
(None / LVCB dialog box in CYMTCC. Note that you will not be restricted to
Discrete / that list since CYMTCC also accepts intermediate values is the
Continuous) number of multipliers available.

If you choose Discrete, then click on Edit and enter the possible
ratings in the table that appears. If you choose Continuous, enter
the minimum and maximum ratings and the step between
intermediate ratings.

Multiplier the numerical value of the multiplier.

Tol. Low (%) the negative tolerance (e.g., 10), expressed as a

positive quantity.

Tol. High (%) the positive tolerance (e.g., 10), expressed as a

positive quantity.

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Short Time defines the delay bands available. The bands defined here will be
Band / Band listed in the LVCB dialog box in CYMTCC.
Range
(None / If you choose Discrete, then click on Edit and enter the possible
Discrete / ratings in the table that appears. If you choose Continuous, enter
Continuous) the minimum and maximum ratings and the step between
intermediate ratings.

Short Time number of seconds of delay.

Band
Name of identifies the Band in the list in the LVCB dialog box
Band in CYMTCC.

Tol. Low negative tolerance on the delay, expressed as a

(Sec.) positive quantity.

Tol. Hi (Sec.) positive tolerance on the delay, expressed as a

positive quantity.

I2T indicates if this characteristic is available (;) or not (…).

I2T / Mode of offers a choice among three ways of defining the current (I) which
Operation corresponds to the time (T) which you will define under Band Value
below. Press the space bar to choose among them.
Sensor: I= Sensor rating ∗ Calibration Point

Current I= Sensor ∗ Current Setting Multiplier ∗

Setting: Calibration Point

Actual Pick-up: I= LTPU ∗ Calibration Point

Calibration is defined above, under Long Time.

Point

I2T / Slope of is the slope of the minimum clearing edge of the band. It is normally
bottom Band equal to -2. You may calculate the slope using two data points (I1,
T1) and (I2, T2) on the curve, as follows:
slope = [log(T1) - log(T2)] / [ log (I1) - log (I2)]
The program can perform this calculation for you. Press [F2] and
enter the coordinates (X1, Y1) and (X2, Y2).

I2T / Slope of is the slope of the maximum clearing edge of the band. It is normally
top Band equal to -2. You may calculate the slope using two points (I1, T1) and
(I2, T2) on the curve, as above.

I2T / Type of offers a choice among three types. Press the space bar to change.
I2T
Fixed in there is only one band.
Time

Follow STB there is one I2T band for each Short Time Band.

Follow Inst. the I2T band follows the Instantaneous.

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Unless you choose "Follow Inst.", you will be asked for the following
information.

I2T / Band time (T) in seconds corresponding to the value of

Value current (I) defined above by the Calibration Point and
Mode of Operation.

Tol. Low negative tolerance on T, expressed as a positive

(Sec.) quantity.

Tol. Hi (Sec.) positive tolerance on T, expressed as a positive

quantity.

Instantaneous offers a choice among four ways of defining the Instantaneous Pick-
Multiplier / up current.
Mode of
Operation
Sensor: Inst.PU= Inst. PU = Sensor ∗ Instantaneous
Multiplier

Current Setting: Inst.PU= Inst. PU = Sensor ∗ Current Setting

Multiplier ∗ Inst. Multiplier

Actual Pick-up: Inst.PU= LTPU ∗ Instantaneous Multiplier

HI-Range Inst.: Inst.PU= Short Time Rating ∗ Instantaneous

Multiplier

Note: Recall that the Short Time Rating was entered in the first data
screen...

Instantaneous defines the values this multiplier may take. This multiplier is applied
Multiplier / according to the mode defined above. The values will be listed in the
(None / LVCB dialog box in CYMTCC. Note that you will not be restricted to
Discrete / that list since CYMTCC also accepts intermediate values is the
Continuous) number of multipliers available.

If you choose Discrete, then click on Edit and enter the possible
ratings in the table that appears. If you choose Continuous, enter
the minimum and maximum ratings and the step between
intermediate ratings.

Multiplier the numerical value of the multiplier.

Tol. Low (%) the negative tolerance (e.g., 10), expressed as a

positive quantity.

Tol. High (%) the positive tolerance (e.g., 10), expressed as a

positive quantity.

Top Band The time in seconds at the top of the instantaneous

band.

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Override indicates if the "Override setting" option is available (;) or not (…).
The override setting is an alternative way to define the Instantaneous
Pick-up current. If the option is available, it is associated with either
the frame or the sensor.

Override / Mode of operation allows you to choose Frame or Sensor

by pressing the space bar. If you choose Frame, give one value (in
kA) for the Instantaneous Pick-up current. If you choose Sensor, give
one value for each sensor rating available.

Once done, click on Save.

14.10 Editing a Molded Case Breaker

For molded case breakers, Long Time Pick-up current is defined by the Plug size.
Adjustable controls for short time or instantaneous operation are available. Minimum and
maximum clearing time curves may be entered, as for fuses, for both the Long Time and
Short Time portions of the curve.

Procedure

1. Click on the + sign next to the desired manufacturer. The list will expand.

2. Click on the desired LVCB.

3. Enter the descriptive information for this LVCB. See below.

Company is the manufacturer's name, for sorting purposes.

Type is the name that will appear in device lists. Give a unique, meaningful
name.

Curve is the number assigned to the curve by the manufacturer. It will be

Number displayed in the LVCB dialog box in CYMTCC, so that you may verify
that the correct device curve is in use.

Description is a space for a remark concerning the device.

Plug Size determines the Long Time Pick-up current. Ten sizes may be
entered. Unused spaces for sizes may be left blank.

Voltage is given in kV. (For information, not used by CYMTCC.)

Rating

Breaker is the rated full load current of the breaker, not the Plug.
Frame Size

Interrupting is the maximum current (in kA) that the breaker can interrupt. (See
Rating also "Short Circuit Current" in Chapter 5.)

P.U. values defines whether the current coordinates in the curve data points are
going to be defined in per-unit of the Plug size (;) or in Amperes (…).

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Adjustable indicates whether the adjustable Short Time or Instantaneous option

Trip is active (;) or not (…).

Adjustable defines whether the trip multiplier is applied to the Plug Rating or the
Trip / Mode of Frame Size.
Operation

Adjustable is the number of multipliers available. They will be listed in the LVCB
Trip / Nb. of dialog box in CYMTCC. You will not be restricted to this list, since
Multipliers CYMTCC accepts intermediate values as well. Here, you will be
asked to specify the following information for each one before
continuing:
Multiplier the numerical value of the multiplier.

Tol. Low (%) the negative tolerance (e.g., 10), expressed as a

positive quantity.

Tol. High (%) the positive tolerance (e.g., 10), expressed as a

positive quantity.

4. Click on the Opening or Clearing tab.

If the Adjustable Trip is active (see step 3), you will be asked to enter curve data for
the Long and Short Time curves separately. Choose either one and enter the points.
Then choose the other one and enter the points for it.

5. Type in the time and current coordinates of each point on the curve. The currents
are to be given in per-unit of plug size or in Amperes, depending on your choice in
step 3. The points do not have to be in any order, but they will be sorted by time into
descending order when you have finished. You do not have to fill all the spaces:
zero or negative values will be ignored.

Note: If you want to import the data from a file, click on Imp. / Exp. And choose either
format for the file: tab-delimited or comma-delimited. Click Import and give the
name of the file.

If you elect to import data from files, you must prepare those files in advance
according to the following format: (time, current).

Example of a (comma-delimited) file to be imported:

1000., 1.20
200., 1.61
100., 1.90
10. , 4.39
0.07, 5.0
0.02, 30.0

If you have just finished entering the data for the Opening curve and wish to enter the
data for the Clearing curve (or vice versa), select the tab and enter the data points for
the other curve.

Click on Save to save the data.

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14.11 Editing an Electromechanical Breaker

This breaker is similar to the static breaker. It too is equipped with adjustable settings for
long delay, short delay and instantaneous tripping. However, its long time and short time
band portions have electromechanical characteristics.

Procedure

1. Click on the + sign next to the desired manufacturer. The list will expand.

2. Click on the desired LVCB.

3. Enter the descriptive information for this LVCB. See below.

Company is the manufacturer's name, for sorting purposes.

Type is the name that will appear in device lists. Give a unique, meaningful
name.

Curve is the number assigned to the curve by the manufacturer. It will be

Number displayed in the LVCB dialog box in CYMTCC, so that you may verify
that the correct device curve is in use.

Description is a space for a remark concerning the device.

Voltage is given in kV. (For information, not used by CYMTCC.)

Rating

Current is the nominal current (in Amperes) of the breaker.

Rating

Interrupting is the maximum current (in kA) which the breaker can interrupt.
Rating CYMTCC will warn you if the specified short-circuit current (Chapter
5) exceeds it.

Short Time is not used. Set it to zero.

Rating

Sensor rating is the number of detectors available for the device. Click on Edit to
/ Nb. of specify the numerical value of each sensor. These values will be
sensors listed in the LVCB dialog box in CYMTCC. Note that you will not be
restricted to that list since CYMTCC also accepts intermediate values.
Moreover, you may enter 0 here and still type in a Sensor rating in
CYMTCC.

Long Time is the number of values this multiplier may take. This multiplier is
Multiplier / applied to the sensor rating. Click on Edit and enter the numerical
Nb. of value of each multiplier. They will be listed in the LVCB dialog box in
Multipliers CYMTCC. Note that you will not be restricted to that list since
CYMTCC also accepts intermediate values.

Multiplier the numerical value of the multiplier.

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Tol. Low (%) the negative tolerance (e.g., 10), expressed as a

positive quantity.

Tol. High (%) the positive tolerance (e.g., 10), expressed as a

positive quantity.

Long Time offers a choice between two ways of defining the Long Time Pick-up
Band / Mode current. Press the space bar to choose among them.
of Operation

Sensor: LPTU = Sensor

Actual Pick-up: LPTU = Sensor ∗ Long Time Multiplier

Long Time is the number of delay bands available. Click on Edit to add or modify
Band / Nb. of band curves.
Bands

4. Click on the Opening or Clearing tab.

A list of curves appears on the right, and a table of data points appears in the center.

To edit a curve, click on its name.

To create a new curve, select any curve name and click Add.
To delete a curve, click on it and click Delete.

If you are creating a new curve, fill in the following curve identification:

Name of the Band is the name that will appear in the list of curves.

5. Type in the time and current coordinates of each point on the curve. The currents
are to be given in per-unit of the LT pick-up current. The points do not have to be in
any order; they will be sorted by time into descending order when you have finished.
You do not have to fill all the spaces: zero or negative values will be ignored.

Note: If you want to import the data from a file, click on Imp. / Exp. and choose
either format for the file: tab-delimited or comma-delimited. Click Import and
give the name of the file.

If you elect to import data from files, you must prepare those files in advance
according to the following format: (time, current).

Example of a (comma-delimited) file to be imported:

1000., 1.52
700., 1.73
336., 2.28
132., 3.82
87., 4.17

If you have just finished entering the data for the Opening curve and wish to enter the
data for the Clearing curve (or vice versa), select the tab and enter the data points for
the other curve.

Click on Save to save the data.

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6. When you have entered the curves for all the Long Time Bands, you may continue
with the Short Time Bands. (Repeat Steps 4 and 5)

Short Time offers a choice between two ways of defining the Short Time Pick-up
Band / Mode current. Press the space bar to change.
of Operation
Sensor: SPTU = Sensor ∗ Short Time Multiplier

Actual Pick-up: SPTU = LTPU ∗ Short Time Multiplier

7. When you have entered the curves for all the Short Time Bands, you may continue
with the Instantaneous trip settings.

Instantaneous offers a choice between two ways of defining the Instantaneous Pick-
Multiplier / up current. Press the space bar to change.
Mode of
Operation
Sensor: Inst.PU = Sensor ∗ Instantaneous Multiplier

Actual Pick-up: Inst.PU = LTPU ∗ Instantaneous Multiplier

Instantaneous is the number of multipliers available. They will be listed in the LVCB
Multiplier / dialog box in CYMTCC. You will not be restricted to this list, since
Nb. of CYMTCC accepts intermediate values as well. Here, you will be
Multipliers asked to specify the following information for each one before
continuing:

Multiplier the numerical value of the multiplier.

Tol. Low (%) the negative tolerance (e.g., 10), expressed as a

positive quantity.

Tol. High (%) the positive tolerance (e.g., 10), expressed as a

positive quantity.

Top Band The time in seconds at the top of the instantaneous

band.

Override indicates if the "Override setting" option is available (;) or not (…).
The override setting is an alternative way to define the Instantaneous
Pick-up current. If the option is available, it is associated with either
the frame or the sensor.

Override / allows you to choose Frame or Sensor. If you choose Frame, give
Mode of one value (in kA) for the Instantaneous Pick-up current. If you choose
operation Sensor, give one value for each sensor rating available.

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14.12 Editing a Cable Damage Curve

Based on conductor material, size, insulation type, and the number of cables per phase,
cable damage curves can be plotted by CYMTCC. The methodology used is the one
outlined in the IEEE STD 242 (Buff book).

Procedure

1. Select either Cable Size or Insulation.

2. Click on the desired item.

3. Enter the descriptive information for this item. See below.

4a. If you selected Cable Size in step 1, enter the following information.

Type is the name that will appear in device lists. Give a unique, meaningful
name.

Description is a space for a remark concerning the cable.

Circ. Mils is the cross-sectional area of the conductor, expressed in circular

mils. (Note that 100 mm2 = 197350 cmil = 197.35 kcmil))

4b. If you selected Insulation in step 1, enter the following information.

Type is the name of the insulation type that will appear in the list.

Description is a space for a remark concerning the insulation.

Continuous is the rated maximum continuous temperature (in °C).

Temp.

Short-Circuit is the temperature (in °C) reached during a short circuit.

Temp.

Once done, click on Save.

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14.13 Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous curves are general purpose time current curves. For each miscellaneous
device, you may create a number of curves (e.g., Thermal Overload 50A, 75A, 100A ...)

Procedure

1. Click on the + sign next to the desired manufacturer. The list will expand.

2. Click on the desired curve.

3. Enter the descriptive information for this curve. See below.

Company is the manufacturer's name, for sorting purposes.

Type is the name that will appear in device lists. Give a unique, meaningful
name.

Curve is the number assigned to the curve by the manufacturer. It will be

Number displayed in the Miscellaneous curve dialog box in CYMTCC.

Description is a space for a remark concerning the device.

Voltage is given in kV. (For information, not used by CYMTCC.)

Rating

4. Click on the Edit Curves tab.

A list of curves appears on the right, and a table of data points appears in the center.
To edit a curve, click on its name.
To create a new curve, select any curve name and click Add.
To delete a curve, click on it and click Delete.

If you are creating a new curve, fill in the Curve Name that will appear in the list.

5. Type in the time and current coordinates of each point on the curve. The currents are
to be given in Amperes. The points do not have to be in any order, but they will be
sorted by time into descending order when you have finished. You do not have to fill
all the spaces: zero or negative values will be ignored.

Note: If you want to import the data from a file, click on Imp. / Exp. And choose either
format for the file: tab-delimited or comma-delimited. Click Import and give the
name of the file.

If you elect to import data from files, you must prepare those files in advance
according to the following format: (time, current). Example of a (comma-delimited)
file to be imported:
300. , 12.3
100., 14.2
10. , 17.
1., 40.
0.1, 100.

When you have finished editing a curve, click on Save.

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Chapter 15

ARC FLASH HAZARD ANALYSIS

MODULE

15.1 Introduction

This module is designed in an effort to analyze and promote electrical safety for
employees working on the field. By increasing understanding and awareness of electrical
hazards, it is possible to minimize the risk and the exposure to them. Consequently,
helping individuals who work on or near these equipments to avoid burns and injuries.

Integrating the industry generally recognized standards and methods, namely the
Electrical Safety Requirements for Employee Workplaces (NFPA-70E) and the Institute of
Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE-1584), this module computes the needed
information to assess the risk level and adopt the adequate safety procedures.

Foremost, using an already existing study, the user adds “arc flash” related information to
a bus equipment. Default values are readily available.

Afterwards, from the Analysis menu, the Arc Flash analysis option can be launched.

Finally, the generated results will include: three types of chart reports, a grid report and a
warning stickers document. All of which contain valuable information and serve a specific
purpose.

In the sections ahead, we will describe each graphical interface and give more details
about them. We will proceed intuitively, as would the user in a normal course of actions.

15.2 Bus With Arc Flash Parameters

All buses now have “Arc Flashes” parameters. Four different types of information are
related to arc flash hazards and must be specified inside them.

Regarding the bus environment, the connected equipment type and the kind of exposed
circuits are usually both required. The former is ignored if the bus base voltage is higher
than 15,000 volts. Its possible values are: open air, switchgear, MCC or panel, cable.
The later can be a movable conductor or a fixed circuit part.

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The bus gap must be entered. Likewise, if the associated bus has a base voltage of more
than 15,000 volts this field is ignored. Conversion between inches and millimeters is done
automatically when jumping from one field to another. The default value here is one inch.
A default button is available to reinforce it to its initial value.

The working distance is necessary. Conversion between inches and millimeters is done
automatically when jumping from one field to another. The default value here is eighteen
inches. A default button is available to reinforce it to its initial value.

15.3 Arc Flash Analysis

The General Parameters, helps specify two things:

• The standard method utilized when computing an equipment potential arc flash
characteristics. This is either IEEE-1584 or NFPA-70E. The default is NFPA-70E.
They are two exceptions where this choice is overridden. In the advent that the
equipment is in open air, NFPA-70E falls back to the Lee method instead. Last, in the
event that the equipment base voltage is higher than 15,000 volts, IEEE-1584 falls
back to Lee method also.

• The default Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to consider. This energy density
protection is expressed in calories per centimeters squared. he default value is 1.2,
equivalent to a second-degree burn when bear skin.

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After selecting the Arc Flash Analysis option from the Analysis menu, the above dialog
appears to give several possibilities:

• Change the General Parameters

• Choose the buses to analyze. (Use the checkboxes, “Select All”, “Unselect All” “Invert
selection” buttons)
• Launch the solving process (“Run” button).
• Close the dialog (“Close” button).

In the General Parameters, click the “Save As Default” button to keep the selected
general parameters as is for the next analysis. Click the “Load Prog. Default” to return to
the default parameters.

The buses to analyze can be selected from the list control. The bus identifiers (IDs) are in
the second column and their selection status is in the first column. Once the appropriate
buses are chosen, click the Run button to start the solving process. The Max Opening
time (3rd column) is the time in seconds it will take the device (4th column) to open at the
maximum short circuit (5th column). The maximum Opening time is obtain calculating the
opening of each protective device surrounding the bus. The maximum time is given in the
list.

Note that, in order to solve, at least one bus needs to be selected.

15.4 Report Options Dialog

The reporting options dialog enables the user to decide which report will actually be
generated. By default, all reports are flagged for creation.

The tabular report cannot be customized and comes with a predetermine set of columns.

The warning stickers document is one kind of report. Choose its format.

The chart reports associate three different types of data together:

• Energy vs. Distance for a constant opening time.
• Energy vs. Time for a constant distance.
• Flash hazard boundary vs. Time.

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For all charts, choose the X-axis data sampling. This interval of data has a beginning, an
end and a step value. Default values are suggested.

For the first two types of charts, there is a constant value. This will have the effect of
generating many curves for the same chart. Each constant has a customizable set of
data, defined by a minimum, a maximum and a step value.

15.5 Chart Selector Dialog

The chart selector dialog will show up if any of the three types of chart has been selected.
All three have a set of curves created for them.

Be careful, because many charts can be stored in a single set of curves. It is up to the
user to selected the curves that will be shown in a single chart.

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In the figure below, pay attention to the name of each curve. Each and every one of them
starts by the bus identifier (ID) and ends by the constant name and its value; should it
apply.

Clicking the “PLOT” button will create a single chart document with the selected curves
data. The user decides which curves are grouped in a single chart.

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15.6 Tabular Report

The tabular report lists all buses chosen for simulation with their own characteristics and
their significant arc flash results. This table is in read-only mode.

Result columns are at the end. They include: the flash hazard boundary in inches, the
incident energy in calories per centimeters squared and the risk category.

15.7 Chart Report – Energy vs. Distance for a Constant Opening

Time

Here is an illustration of the first type of chart generated:

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15.8 Chart Report – Energy vs. Time for a Constant Distance

Here is an illustration of the second type of chart.

Incident-energy vs. opening-time (arcing-time) curves, .

Each curve is related to the specified distance from arc.

15.9 Chart Report – Boundary vs. Time

Below is an illustration of the third type of chart.

Arc Flash Hazard Boundary vs. opening-time (arcing-time) curves.

Each curve is related to the specified PPE level [cal/cm2]

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15.10 Warning Sticker View

The last type of report consists of warning stickers that can be printed onto some special
weatherproof adhesive paper. Various standard formats of paper can be chosen. You
can buy them from Avery Office Products.

In the context of Arc Flash Hazards, only four of the most relevant formats are made
available right now: one-by-one portrait, one-by-one landscape, two-by-two landscape
and one-by-two portrait. These are tailor-made to fit very specific Avery’s paper products,
identified by a simple product code.

It is possible to choose a format and to print it onto a different paper size than the one it
was initially designed. In which case, the labels will automatically and proportionally
stretch to the actual paper size. The same thing happens when a different paper
orientation is chosen instead of the original one.

Once the labels are printed, they can easily be tagged onto the field equipments to help
lower the risk of electrical hazards. Visual information on those stickers includes:

• The flash hazard boundary in inches.

• The energy density in calories per centimeters squared.
• The working distance in question.
• The PPE level and detailed clothing.
• The potential shock hazard current.
• The recommended limited, restricted and prohibited approach boundaries.
• The equipment name identification.

Here are the associations between a user event and their according effect:

• Mouse Double Left-Click: opens the label format dialog.

• Mouse Single Right-Click: pops the contextual menu.
• Mouse Wheel: zooms the actual view in and out.
• Mouse Right-Click Drag: pans the actual view in any direction.

From the contextual menu, you can do several operations: changing the label format,
zooming in and out, zooming to fit the entire page, printing directly, previewing the
printout or adjusting the page setup.

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With the label format dialog, you can see the detailed measurements of each and every
label formats. You will also have a glance at the look and feel of the actual printout. A
combo-box lets you choose the format to be used.

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Chapter 16

TUTORIAL – CREATION

16.1 Step 1

First, we will setup CYMTCC as shown below. To view the Create Equipment window on
the left side, check the option Multi-Explorer in the View menu and click on the Create
Equipment tab.

We will set the current scale multiplier to “x10”, as shown above. You can click on the
X10 in the toolbar or go to the menu View > Plot > Scale x10.

We begin by inserting the fuse. Click on the fuse symbol in the Create Equipment
Window and drag it into the One Line diagram window. As an alternate way, you can also
double click on the fuse link or use the menu option Create > Fuse.

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The dialog box for the fuse’s Device Settings is then displayed, as shown below.

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Set the plotting voltage to 4.16 kV.

Choose “Kearney” as the company, then “Kearney K” as the type and “40K” as the
rating.
You may click on the Color button and choose a color and hatching pattern.
You may click on the Symbol button and add a short Symbol Label (text).
Click on the Draw button to see the curve.
If you wish to display some text on the One-Line Diagram, you may turn on the Options
> Display Device Settings in OLD menu command.
You may also add a Symbol Label and a User Label. See the illustration below.

16.2 Step 2

Next, let us add the cable above the fuse.

Note: Make sure that the device voltage of the study is set to 4.16.

Select the Create > Cable menu command, OR click and drag a cable symbol from the
Multi-Explorer > Create Equipment window until it touches the top of the fuse symbol
and the mouse tool tip “snap on fuse” appears. The Device Settings dialog box will be
displayed as you release the mouse button. You can also double click on Cable Damage
curve from Multi-Explorer > Create Equipment.

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CYMTCC correctly fills in the operation voltage, 4.16 kV.

Choose the size 500 kcmil and insulation type shown. There is one cable per phase, and
they are made of aluminum.
You may also add more text by choosing the Symbol button.

16.3 Step 3

Above the cable, we may enter a bus symbol, to indicate the voltage level.
Click and drag a Bus symbol from the Multi-Explorer > Create Equipment Window to
the One-Line Diagram. Place it just above the cable, until you see the words “snap to
cable” appear, then release the mouse button.

Note: As before, you can always use the Create menu options to add a device or by
double clicking on the Multi-Explorer/Create Equipment window.

The dialog box shown below is displayed.

Enter the voltage, 4160 Volts

Click on the Draw button. The bus symbol will appear in the One-Line Diagram.
You may click on the bus symbol and drag it upwards away from the cable to make more
room.

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16.4 Step 4

Now we come to the transformer. Drag a transformer from the Create Equipment window
and connect it above the bus.

Here we give the transformer’s primary voltage, 34.5 kV.

Enter the impedance, 7%, expressed on the transformer’s rated power, 2000 kVA.
Enter the other parameters shown above.
Activate the options to display a marker for the full-load current (based on the fan-
cooled rating) and the inrush current (based on the nominal rating).
Add a User Label by clicking on the Symbol button, if desired.
Click on the Draw button to display the transformer life curve and the markers.

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At this point the One Line Diagram should look very similar to the following:

Note: Make sure that Display Device Settings in OLD under the Options menu is
checked.

Note: You can move the tag on the One Line Diagram by cliking on the tag with the
right mouse button and drag it.

Note: To change the font, right click on the tag and select symbol properties, go to Font
and make your changes. You can change the default font from the File >
Preferences > Default Symbol Properties

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16.5 Step 5

We will now add a switch symbol above the transformer.

Select the transformer in the One Line Diagram
Select Create > Symbol, and choose “Switch”.

Enter the text as shown. This text appears in the One-Line Diagram.
Click on the Draw button.

16.6 Step 6

Finally, we add another bus symbol to identify the high voltage level.
Select “Create > Symbol” and choose “Bus”.
Edit the dialog box as shown below.
Click on the Draw button.

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16.7 Step 7

We are ready to add a relay and circuit breaker on the secondary side of the
transformer.
Select the cable by clicking on its symbol in the One-Line Diagram or on the tag
attached to its curve in the Curve Plot.
Now select Create > Electronic Relay. You will see the following dialog box.

We will use the “GEC ALSTHOM MCGG Extremely Inverse” electronic relay.
Adjust the settings as shown above and click on the Compute button.
Click on the Draw button to display the relay on the Curve Plot.
The relay symbol should now appear in the One Line Diagram, connected between
the 4160 V bus and the 500 kcmil cable.
Now let us return to the relay dialog box. Make sure the relay is selected and then
double-click the left mouse button.
Click on the SC & FLA button to define the maximum fault current that the relay will ever
see.

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If the three-phase fault level at 34.5 kV is 5000 A (approximately 300 MVA), then the
maximum fault current at the transformer secondary is 3625 A, approximately. Enter that
value, as shown above, and click on the Draw Arrow Max check box.
Click on “OK”.
Click on the Draw button.

Now you should see that the relay curve is no longer drawn beyond 3625 A.
To see the fault arrow indicating 3625 A, activate Options > Show Fault Arrow.

Next, we will add a symbol for the breaker that is being controlled by this relay.
Select “Create > Symbol” and choose “Circuit Breaker Box”.
Enter the IEEE code “52” for power circuit breaker. This code number appears in a
square symbol on the One-Line Diagram when you click on the Draw button. You may
also add some descriptive information about the breaker, as in the example.

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16.8 Step 8

To give protection to the transformer from the primary side, we will add a fuse.
Select the transformer.
Select the “Create > Fuse” command.

Enter the operation voltage, 34.5 kV.

Choose the fuse type as shown and select the size of fuse.
Click on the Draw button.

If desired, try adding a second circuit breaker in parallel:

• To facilitate this process, remove the Display device settings and show symbol label
under the options menu
• Click on the 4160 V bus and drag the right end to make the symbol wider.
• Click on the One Line background to make sure no device is selected.

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• From the Multi-Explorer window (View > Multi-Explorer), select the Create Equipment
tab and drag the Circuit Breaker Box symbol under the bus until the mouse tool tip
“snap to bus” appears.
• Enter some data and click Draw.
At the end, you should have something very similar to the following diagram.
Use the Mode > Tag menu command to relocate the curve tags, as desired.

If desired, click and drag the Device Settings tags.

If desired, draw a dashed line from the relay to the Circuit Breaker Box symbol.
• Choose View > Customize > Toolbar and activate the Drawing Toolbar.
• Click on the Line segment icon and draw line segments.
• Display the Alignment Toolbar and use its nudge commands to move the line
segments into their final positions.

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One Line Diagram featuring additional cosmetic modifications

Note: Use the Multi_Explorer Coordination tab option to reorder the items on the One
Line Diagram as above.

16.9 Step 9

We have arranged the transformer protection so that the relay is the first line of defense
against a fault on the secondary side, and the fuse acts as back-up protection. We
should make sure that the relay will operate before the fuse, when the fault current is
maximum (3625 A).
Let us measure the coordination margin in time between the relay and the upstream fuse
at this fault current.
Zoom in on the region shown below, if desired.

Activate the “Tools > Device Margin” command. Then, as shown on the illustration
below:

Choose User Defined Tracking, since we want to specify the current.(3625 A)

Specify the current (3625). Ignore the specified time. Click Calc

Select the Relay #3 and Fuse #8 min by holding down the Ctrl Key

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Read the measured Device Time Margin, dT.

The difference in time between the two curves should be about 0.27 seconds, which
seems to be satisfactory.

Please feel free to experiment with other relays and fuses. Change the settings. Try the
method of dragging the curves with the “Mode > Drag” command.

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Chapter 17

EXAMPLE – DEVICE COORDINATION

ANALYSIS

17.1 Coordination Criteria

The Device Coordination Criteria dialog box allows you to define desired clearances between
successive pairs of devices.

You can enter separation criteria for each possible pair of device types (e.g. fuse-fuse,
hydraulic reclosers-fuse).

The leftmost columns refer to the downstream device while the rightmost columns refer to the
upstream device of a pair.

To help you find your device pair faster, set the filter to Downstream or Upstream and select
a device type from the combo box. The list will be limited to the selection you made.

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17.1.1 Clearing Time (CT)

This column allows selecting which curve (minimum or maximum) will be used for comparing
each device of the pair in respect to its device type. The minimum and maximum curve may
refer to a different curve according to the device type selected, as follows:

Device Min Curve Max Curve

Fuse Minimum melting Curve Total clearing curve
Relay Electromechanical Total clearing curve1 Auxiliary device2
Relay Electronic Total clearing curve1 Auxiliary device2
Recloser Hydraulic Response curve3 Total clearing curve1
Recloser Electronic Response curve3 Total clearing curve1

Total Clearing Curve (note 1)

Represents total clearing time of the Phase or Ground trip unit, including the
interrupting time. Set in the Device Settings dialog box.

Auxiliary Device (note 2)

Represents an additional delay introduced by some other device (lock-out relay,

circuit breaker, etc.). The relay curve is shifted upward by this delay.

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Response Curve (note 3)

Represents the reaction time of the control unit only (of the reclosers).

The following discussion considers the fuse pair below…

…and the coordination criteria entered below.

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17.1.2 Current Multiplier (CM)

The current multiplier shifts the curve horizontally (current axis) in order to simulate a smaller
or greater pick up value. The multiplier creates a “virtual” coordination curve.
On the example below, a current multiplier of 75% (0.75) was applied on the second fuse
curve. Consequently, each points of the upstream curve were shifted to the left. Note that a
multiplier greater that 100% (1.0) would have shifted the curve to the right.

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17.1.3 Time Multiplier (TM)

Shifts the curve vertically (time axis) in order to make the curve operate slower or faster. On
the example below, the downstream fuse’s total clearing curve is made 25% less rapid that
the real curve.

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17.1.4 Time Adder (TA)

Adjusts the curve using a margin in seconds (or cycles). In the example below downstream
fuse’s clearing curve now takes into account a desired 200 millisecond time margin, to make
sure that any downstream fuse always completely clears 0.20 second before any immediately
upstream fuse begins to melt.

By default, the criteria you enter are stored in an initialization file (namely CRITERIA.INI)
located in your Windows folder.
You can use the Scheme option to create different coordination criteria file settings and to
change the selected scheme.

To create a new coordination scheme, type a new name in the combo box and click New.
The newly created scheme will have the same data as the one that was active.
To rename the scheme change the name in the combo box and click rename
Click Delete to remove an existing scheme.

There are not link between the criteria file and any specific study. The coordination schemes
set through the Device Coordination Criteria dialog are global and will be applied to all your
CYMTCC studies.

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17.1.5 Viewing Coordination curves based on your criteria

CYMTCC allows you to account for variations in the device’s operating characteristics by
displaying one or two additional curves based on factors that shift the curve vertically and/or
horizontally. These curves are called coordination curves. It’s possible to automatically
display coordination curves that reflect the coordination criteria entered in the coordination
dialog box.

To activate this option, go to the menu Analysis > Show Coordination curves based on
criteria and select Display Curves or/and Display Hatch or, click on the toolbar icon(s) as
shown below.

For the current example, we entered a current multiplier of 1.25 for the downstream fuse and
a current multiplier of 0.85 for the upstream recloser.

A hatched zone is displayed at right of the fuse curve to account for the 1.25 current multiplier
while a hatching zone to the left of the recloser curve to account for the 0.75 current
multiplier.

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17.2 Device Coordination Analysis

The traditional way to identify coordination problems consists in visually looking at the curve
plot generated by CYMTCC and check if the different curves intersect. For complex
coordination studies such a manual verification rapidly becomes complicated and tedious.
The purpose of the coordination analysis is to verify if, for every value of fault current, the
separation criteria specified in CYMTCC are respected. This automates the process of
verifying the coordination between successive pairs of protective devices.

17.2.1 Device Ordering

CYMTCC’s Device Coordination Analysis engine analyses the successive pairs of devices by
ascending device number from downstream to upstream. In other words, device number 1
(downstream) is checked against device number 2 (upstream) then device number 2
(downstream) is checked against number 3 (upstream) and so on. Therefore, it’s crucial to
have your device order properly set to obtain reliable results.

The Coordination window (menu View > Multiple Explorer) gives you the ability to reorder
your study.

Hint: CYMTCC considers as downstream the device having the smallest number. We
suggest you to set your insertion direction to tio to respect this convention.

Use the command Options > Display Device Number in OLD to show the device
numbering at the left of your symbols in the one line diagram.

In the study below, we have two pairs of devices to check. From downstream to upstream we
have to coordinate a fuse with a recloser and a recloser with an electronic relay.

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As you can see, the device numbering doesn’t correspond to the electrical order
(downstream to upstream) of the study. The Up and Down buttons allow to modify the order
of a device in the OLD.

Decreases the device number i.e. brings it downstream

Increases the device number i.e. brings it upstream

To correct the numbering of the study you can select the fuse and use the Up arrow to
decrease its number from 3 to 1. The OLD will be redrawn as below.

The relevant criteria entered for our study are reproduced below

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We can apply these criteria to the study and ask CYMTCC to draw the corresponding
coordination curves.
The resulting curve plot is reproduced below.

17.2.2 Device Coordination Analysis

Now that the numbering of the study reflects the electrical order of the device we are ready to
run the Device Coordination Analysis. To launch the analysis you can either use the menu
command Analysis > Run Protective Device Analysis… or press the lighting button from
the Analysis toolbar.

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CYMTCC will then open the Protective Device Analysis dialog box.

Check the Device Coordination checkbox to run coordination verification.

Note: CYMTCC evaluates phase and ground coordination independently. Phase protection
device are checked together while ground protection device are separately checked
together.

17.2.3 Device Coordination Options

1. Phase: Check this option to verify the coordination of phase protection devices.

2. Ground: Check this option to verify the coordination of ground protection devices.

3. Check Fast Curve: Check this option to verify the coordination of fast curves against each
other. Useful for reclosers and relays with fast curves.

4. Fuse-Recloser Coordination:
Use this option to specify a fuse-recloser coordination scheme.
A “Fuse clearing” scheme insures selectivity between the recloser and downstream fuse.
In other words, the recloser is set to let the downstream fuse blow before tripping. In
some situations, the upstream recloser is set to operate for faults beyond a downstream
branch fuse, before the fuse will blow. This practice is known as a "Fuse saving" scheme
and can save expensive fuse replacement and consumer extended outage time. By
default, CYMTCC will use the “Fuse Clearing” scheme.

Click Run to check the coordination and generate the verification report.

The examples on the following pages are based on the study file: \..\examples\DEMO
COORD.tcc that can be found in the “Examples” subfolder of your installation directory.

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17.2.4 Protective Device Coordination Report

1. Protection: Protection type verified. Can be Phase, Ground, Phase Fast or Ground Fast.
2. Pair: Devices pair number. Pair 1 is the most downstream, pair N the most upstream.
3. Status: Indicates if the device pair coordinates ( ) or not ( )
4. Sections: Location into the network of the device pair analyzed (downstream and upstream).
5. Device Pair Names: Fully qualified device name (number + device type + type) of device pair analyzed. Clicking on the device name
will open the device dialog box.
6. Protection Range: Range of short-circuit currents for which the pair is coordinating
7. Description: Explains the coordination problem if applicable. If an intersection is found, the report displays the time-current point of the
intersection. When you click on the description a cross is drawn on the curve plot to display the intersection. The message “Upstream
device will operate first” is displayed if the upstream device detects the fault before the downstream device.
8. Fast Adjust: Button to open the Fast Adjust box. Allow you to modify the settings of the upstream device.

Let’s have a closer look at the verification report generated by CYMTCC for our study. The first device pair verified applies to the S&C
Positrol STD fuse (device 1) and the COOPER Form 6 recloser (device 2). The first line of the report shows the verification of the fuse
curve over the phase slow curve (TCC#2) of the recloser upstream.

The report shows the protection type (Phase) and all the information on the device pair. Since the status is “passed” the description
displays the message “No intersection found”. Note that coordination is ensured only within the protection range provided.

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The second line of the report deals with the fuse and the phase fast curve (TCC#1) of the recloser upstream.
This check was carried out because we specified the Fuse Saving option under the Fuse-Recloser coordination.

CYMTCC detected an intersection between the fuse curve and the recloser fast curve (TCC#1) and reported it.
The third line of the interactive report describes the coordination problem between the phase slow curve of the recloser and the relay
upstream.

Finally, the forth line shows a coordination issue between the fuse curve and the recloser ground slow curve.

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This check was carried out because we asked for Ground protection verification. The green circle below points out the intersection
between the fuse curve and the recloser ground curve.

As, you can see, the protection type posted to the report depends on the device type but also on the device location and selected settings.

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The table below exposes the various device pair types and their corresponding protection types.

Upstream Fuse on a Fuse on a Relay Relay Recloser Recloser Recloser

Single-Phase Tri-Phase Ground Ground Single-Phase Tri-Phase (3PH) Tri-Phase (3PH)
Device Section Section OFF ON (1 PH) Phase ON & Phase ON &
Downstream (1PH) (3PH) Ground Ground
Device OFF ON
Fuse on a Single-Phase GROUND
PHASE PHASE PHASE GROUND PHASE PHASE
Section (1PH) PHASE
Fuse on a Tri-Phase GROUND
--- PHASE PHASE GROUND --- PHASE
Section (3PH) PHASE
Relay Ground OFF --- PHASE PHASE --- --- PHASE PHASE
Relay Ground ON --- GROUND --- GROUND --- --- GROUND
Recloser Single-Phase (1
PH) PHASE --- PHASE GROUND PHASE PHASE GROUND

Recloser Tri-Phase (3PH)

Phase ON & Ground OFF --- PHASE PHASE --- --- PHASE PHASE

Recloser Tri-Phase (3PH)

Phase ON & Ground ON PHASE GROUND
--- PHASE GROUND --- PHASE
GROUND PHASE

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17.3 Trouble-shooting the Coordination Problems

CYMTCC gives you the opportunity to solve your coordination problems directly from the
interactive report. Two powerful tools are available: the Fast Adjust box and the
Coordination Wizard.

17.3.1 Fast Adjust

The last column of the report displays Fast Adjust button for every device pairs in the
study analyzed. Clicking on the button will display the Fast Adjust dialog box on the
upstream device.
You can use the Fast Adjust to directly modify the settings of a device in a pair.

Let’s consider the results for third pair of our example study.

When we click Fast Adjust, the dialog box will show the modifiable settings of the
upstream device of the pair i.e. 3-RELAY SCHWEITZER C2 SEL351.

You can modify the Tap and the Time Dial from directly from the Fast Adjust. The
interactive report will be automatically refreshed to reflect the new settings.

Let’s use the Fast Adjust

to solve the error on pair
#3.
When we click on the +
next to the Time Dial
box, the time dial
increases from 0.050 to
0.100 .

The interactive report is regenerated as below, indicating that the coordination is cleared.

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17.3.2 Coordination Wizard

The Coordination Wizard is a powerful tool designed to

propose settings for one or many protective devices of
the given circuit. The proposed settings ensure that the
protective device are coordinated i.e. that the device
nearest to the fault will operate before its upstream
device can function.

The Coordination Wizard is embedded in the window

accessed via the Coordination Tab presented in Section
2.2.3.

The Wizard window lists all the available devices in the

active TCC study. For each device, its modifiable settings
are displayed. It’s also possible to prevent one or more
settings of a protective device to be adjusted by the
Wizard by clicking on the lock icon next to the
setting.

The Coordination Wizard is fully integrated with the

Device Coordination Analysis engine: when you have
Coordination interactive report loaded and you use the
Wizard to solve your coordination problems, the report is
automatically updated.

Let’s use the Coordination Wizard to solve the coordination problem found between the
fuse 1-FUSE S&C Positrol STD and the ground curve of the recloser 2-RECLOSER_6
G&W VIPER i.e. pair #4 posted in the report.

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(1) Select the device you want to adjust.

(2) If you want to prevent a setting to be adjusted select

it from the list of adjustable settings and click on the
lock icon.

(3) Click on the Coordinate Device button and select

the curve you want to adjust.

Let’s select “Adjust Ground Slow Curve”.

(4) The Wizard will display a message to indicate if a

suitable adjustment was found.

(5) The Wizard displays the proposed settings in bold.

(6) The Apply button is activated if a suitable

adjustment is found.

When you click Apply the proposed settings are

assigned to the device and the Curve Plot window is
refreshed. Also, the interactive report is automatically
updated to reflect the changes.

Thus, if you click Apply, the report is updated as below.

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INDEX
Coordination Wizard, 276
A Copy, 62
Copy Diagram, 67
About CYMTCC, 210 Copy Plot, 67
Add to Favorites…, 78 Create Equipment Tab, 26
Adding a Symbol, 34
Create Menu, 69
Adding devices to your favorites list, 29 CREATE MENU, 69
Alignment Toolbar, 12 Current Multiplier (CM), 171, 262
Amps Multiplier, 66 Custom Tag Template, 151
ANALYSIS MENU, 163 Customize, 129
Analysis Toolbar, 10
Cut, 62
Arc Flash Analysis, 179, 236 CYME on the Web, 209
ARC FLASH HAZARD ANALYSIS CYMTCC Contents, 209
MODULE, 235
CYMTCC Graphic User Interface, 4
Arc Flash Introduction, 235 CYMTCC Menus, 5
Arrange Icons, 207 CYMTCC Toolbars, 6
Auxiliary Device, 170, 260
CYMVIEW, 179
B D
Bus With Arc Flash Parameters, 235 DATABASE MENU, 197
Default Symbol Properties, 54
C Delete, 62
Cable Damage Curves, 118 Device Analysis Coordination, 266
Cancel, 78 Device Coordination Analysis, 268
Canvas, 30 Device Coordination Criteria - Example, 174
Canvas Toolbar, 13 Device Coordination Criteria – Window
Cascade, 207 Elements, 168
Change the selected device, 190 Device Coordination Options, 269
Chart Report – Boundary vs Time, 241 Device Creation, 69
Chart Report – Energy vs Distance, 240 Device ID, 72
Chart Report – Energy vs Time, 241 DEVICE LIBRARY MANAGER, 211
Chart Selector Dialog, 238 Device Margin, 181
Clearing Time (CT), 169, 260 Device Number, 72
Clipboard, 67 Device Ordering, 266
Clipping for all curves, 178 Device Properties, 63
Close, 44 Device Search Tab, 24
Close All Studies, 45 Device Selection, 15
Colors, 47, 76 Diagram Measurements and Size, 55
Common Relay Creation Features, 93 Diagram Preferences, 56
Common Window Elements and Commands, 70 Diagram Toolbar, 9
Component, 30 Discussion Forum, 209
Computer System Requirements, 1 Display device ID in OLD, 158
Conductor Protection, 166 Display device ID in plot, 157
Connecting Symbols, 34 Display device number, 157
Contextual Menus, 17 Display device number in OLD, 158
Control Handles, 31 Display device settings, 157
Convert Settings Database, 205 Display device settings in OLD, 158
Coordination, 79, 81, 103, 117, 119, 121 Display device type in OLD, 158
Coordination Criteria, 168, 259 Display device type in plot, 157
Coordination Report, 167 Draw, 78
Coordination Tab, 25 Draw horizontal or vertical line, 191

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Drawing Capabilities, 37 K
Drawing Lines and Shapes, 38
Keyword Format, 49
Drawing Toolbar, 11
L
E
Labels, 31
Edit, 76
Layout Mode, 135
EDIT MENU, 61
Layout Toolbar, 14
Edit Tag, 77
Library Directory, 197
Editing a Cable Damage Curve, 232
Library Manager, 198
Editing a Fuse, 211
Library Manager – Right Mouse Button Menu,
Editing a LVCB Ground Fault, 220
201
Editing a Molded Case Breaker, 227
Library Manager example – Fuse, 199
Editing a Recloser, 213
Library On Line Update, 204
Editing a Static LVCB, 222
Links and Ports, 31
Editing an Electromechanical Breaker, 229
List of available keywords, 50
Editing an Electromechanical Relay, 215
List of Studies, 59
Editing an Electronic Relay, 216
Location, 75
Editing Motor Relays, 218
Low Voltage Circuit Breakers (LVCB), 104
Editing the Relay Tap Range list, 219
LVCB Electromechanical, 105
Editing Vertices, 41
LVCB Ground Fault, 110
EXAMPLE – DEVICE ANALYSIS
LVCB Molded Case, 109
COORDINATION, 259
LVCB Solid State, 107
Exit, 59
Export Curve Plot, 56
Export Fuse Ranges, 194 M
Export Settings to CYMDIST, 195 Main Toolbar, 7
Extract Devices, 202 Managing the favorites list, 29
Extract From Study, 204 Manipulating Components, 35
Minimum Time Separation Device Margin, 187
F Miscellaneous, 121
Miscellaneous, 233
Fast Adjust, 153, 193, 275
MODE MENU, 147
Favorites Tab, 27
Motor Starting Curve, 120
File Extensions, 3
Mouse Commands, 15
FILE MENU, 43
Mouse Device Margin, 183
Font, 48
Moving / Copying Symbols, 34
Fuse, 78
Moving a Component, 36
Multi Explorer, 133
G
Multi-Explorer Pane, 20
General Preferences, 46 Multi-Hide Selection, 66
GETTING STARTED, 1 Multiple Relay, 103
Grid Options, 136
Grouping and Ungrouping Components, 37 N
New, 44
H
New Window, 207
HELP MENU, 209
Hidden, 65 O
OLD Symbol, 77
I
OLD Symbol Contextual Menu, 33
Information Tags, 17 OLD Workspace Elements, 30
Inserting and Connecting Symbols, 34 One Line Diagram, 134
Installing CYMTCC for Windows, 2 One-line Diagram Contextual Menu, 31
Interrupting Rating Report, 165 One-Line Diagram Window, 30
Intersection Device Margin, 184 Open, 44

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Opening Times - % Pickup, 189 S

Opening Times – Range, 189
Save, 45
OPTIONS MENU, 157
Save As, 45
Ordering Components, 37
Select All, 62
Other Mouse Commands, 17
Selecting a Component, 35
Other Plot Sub-Menu Options, 141
Send, 59
Overtravel, 101
Sequence, 84
Overview of CYMTCC, 1
Sequence of Operation - Range, 188
Overview of the Database Menu, 197
Sequence of Operation - Short-Circuit, 185
Overview of the Edit Menu, 61
Sequence of Operation - User Defined, 188
Overview of the File Menu, 43
Setting up the favorites, 27
Overview of the Window Menu, 207
Settings Tab, 20
Sharing your favorites, 28
P
Short Circuit & Full Load Amperes, 73
Page Setup Plot (or Diagram), 57 Shortcuts, 129
Pan and Zoom, 16 Show Coordination Curves, 178
Pan Curve Plot, 133 Show Fault Arrow, 157
Paste, 62 Show Response Curve, 157
Paste to Diagram, 67 Show Symbol Label, 158
Paste to Plot, 67 Show User Label, 158
Plot, 135 Special Details, 124
Plot (Curve) Window, 19 Special Details Toolbar, 15, 127
Plot Toolbar, 8 Status Bar, 132
Preferences, 46 Symbol, 30, 76, 123
Print Plot (or Diagram), 57 Symbol Properties, 63
Print Preview Plot (or Diagram), 57 Symbol Type, 47
Printer Setup, 57
Properties, 31 T
Protection Criteria, 177
Tabular Report, 240
Protective Device Analysis, 163
Tag, 149
Protective Device Coordination Report, 271
Tags Customization, 48
Protective Device Loading Report, 163
Tile Horizontally, 207
Protective Reach Report, 164
Tile Vertically, 207
Time Adder (TA), 173, 264
Q
Time Multiplier (TM), 172, 263
Quick Reference, 5 Title Block, 161
Title Block Information, 159
R Toolbar, 132
Toolbars, 130
Reach and Load Criteria, 176 TOOLS MENU, 181
Readme.htm, 209 Total Clearing Curve, 169, 260
Recloser, 80 Track, 147
Recloser, 3-phase / Ground Hydraulic, 91 Transformer, 111
Recloser, Electronic, 88 Transformer Protection Report, 167
Recloser, Electronic with TCC Setup, 85 Trouble-shooting the Coordination Problems,
Recloser, Single-Phase, 90 275
Redo, 62 TUTORIAL - CREATION, 245, 247, 248, 249,
Relay (All Types), 92 251, 252, 254, 256
Report Editor, 193, 194 TUTORIAL – CREATION, 245
Report Options Dialog, 237
Response Curve, 170, 261
U
Rotate Toolbar, 13
Rotating / Flipping a Component, 37 Undo, 61
Ruler, 147 User-Defined Device Margin, 186
Running CYMTCC for Windows, 3

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V Window List, 208

WINDOW MENU, 207
Video Help, 209
Work Book, 133
View Custom Report, 146
Workspaces, 19
VIEW MENU, 129
View Summary Report, 142
Z
Viewing Coordination curves, 265
Vista Control, 80 Zoom, 133

W
Warning Sticker View, 242

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