Upgrades List
Upgrades List
1. Data Plotting (Greek Characters): Added support to display Greek characters in the analog and digital
channels in the data plotting window. To see the Greek characters displayed properly first turn on
UTF8 Unicode by opening the Display dialog located in the file manager’s option tab/menu. Click on
the Language tab and select UTF8 under the Encoding drop down list. In the data plotting window the
font used to display the analog and digital channel table data uses the MS Sans Serif font. A little
while back Microsoft removed all Greek characters from this font, so we had to change the font used
to Courier New.
1. File Manager (IEEE Comnames): Added support to handle the IEEE Comnames long name format from devices
that don’t fully support the ComName format. The devices are formatting the IEEE Comnames as:
20210610,11.35.37.289,-6,PORTSMALL 345,XYZ_420NE,X POWER.dat
The format is including the 4 digital year in the first field and adding dots between the time fields.
Wavewin now checks if the date field is greater than 6 fields. If it is greater than it reads
the date starting at the 3rd character. It also checks if dots are in the time field, if yes then
it ignores the dots. These files are now displayed correctly in the File Manager.
3. Create SER Files (Substation and Device Columns): When creating the SER files it now takes the
Station and Device fields directly from the IEEE Comnames files instead of from the CFG files
for Comtrade files.
1. File Manager (Create SER Files): Added code to populate the Time Code field inside the SER report
file with the Time Code located inside the ComNames Property dialog only if the time code is not
available in the original waveform filename.
1. File Manager (Auto Create SER Files): Modified the Auto Create SER file to create the SER table to
conform with the NERC PRC-002 SER Format. The previous versions were creating the following table columns
in the SER file:
Substation, Device, State, Trigger Date, Trigger Time, Chan. #,Channel Title
The new table columns are:
Date, Time, Local Time Code, Substation, Device, Channel Title, State
The local time code column will only be populated in the SER file if the original file is in the IEEE
ComName filename format. The 3rd field in the ComName filename contains the Time Code. If the time
code exists in the original file then it is used to populate the time code column in the SER file.
1. File Manager (Auto Rename Files): Activated the Auto Rename Files when Wavewin is ran if include
sub-folders is not selected. The Auto Rename was only activated if include sub-folders was checked.
2. Data Plotting (RMS Calibrated Channels): Corrected a problem when selecting RMS calibrated data type
from the Properties dialog inside the data plotting window. It was relying on the setting defined in
the Driver Configuration dialog located in the File Manager table.
1. File Manager (Auto Rename Files): Added more support to avoid runtime errors when the file format is
not correct or incomplete. Also, if the station name and device name cannot be found in the file then
it is marked as unable to rename.
1. File Manager (Auto Rename Files): Added a 4th directory for moving all files that have encountered
errors when trying to rename a file. The new path is called the Error path. This prevents from
trying to rename the files every time the process is ran.
1. File Manager (Auto Rename Files): Added support to replace all filename illegal characters in the
station and device names with a dash (-) before renaming the files. Also, removed all non-printing
ASCII characters from the station and device names. Added more protection to the SEL display driver
to avoid access violation errors when the file format is not correct. When renaming the files it now
checks to see if the file already exists in the destination folder, if it exist then the file is
deleted in the source folder and the rename is bypassed.
1. File Manager (Auto Rename Files): Added support to bypass all error message boxes being displayed during
the rename process. Also, changed the way the rename process works. In previous versions it would first
move the files from the source path to the archive path then copy the files to the destination path.
It would then rename the files in the destination path. A number of requests ask to leave the files in
the source path if an error occurred reading the files. So it now copies the files from the source path
to the destination path and if the rename is successful it then moves the files from the source path
to the archive path and deletes any files that encountered errors from the destination path. This way
all files that were not successfully renamed remain in the source path.
1. Data Plotting (SEL Event Files): Added support to bypass an error when there are less than 50 lines
from the start of the event to the end of the file.
1. Data Plotting (Digital Channels): Increased the Digital Channel title characters from 80 to 90.
2. File Manager (Process Templates): Added 2 new fields in Display dialog under the Data Plotting tab.
These 2 new fields are called PDF Width and PDF Height. When running Wavewin as a service the monitor
coordinates for the PDF are not exact. These fields allow for changing the width and height to fit the
PDF report properly.
1. File Manager (Copy Files): Corrected a problem when coping files using the Opposite click popup
Menu. The system was activating the move drag and drop. This problem has been corrected in this
Version.
2. File Manager (Process Templates): When Wavewin reads a Comtrade file it composes the analog channels
titles from the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th fields (ch_id, ph and ccbm) in the Comtrade CFG file. For example if
the first 4 fields in analog channel information in the CFG file for channel 1 is:
1,A1,A,Feeder 780M - A Phase
Then the channel title will be: A1 A Feeder 60M - A Phase
The three field are separated by a space.
Some DME equipment are changing the information in the first two fields from one fault file to another.
If a line group is setup to look for channel titles using a string then some channels are not being
found because of the changes. Wavewin now deletes the first 2 fields in the name when searching for
the 3 Voltage and 4 Current channels for the line group.
Also, the same is true for the digital channels. Wavewin uses 2nd, 3rd and 4th fields to compose the
name. The same was applied to the digital channels when searching for Breaker and Event channels.
3. File Manager (Process Templates): Added debug information when a channel defined in a line group
cannot be found in the file. The Channel name, the line group and the line group filename is written
to a Debug.fil file located in the Wavewin Folder. This works for both analog and digital channel.
4. Data Plotting (Analog Channels): Increased the Analog Channel title characters from 40 to 50.
1. File Manager (Process Templates): When Wavewin reads a Comtrade file it composes the analog channels
titles from the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th fields (ch_id, ph and ccbm) in the Comtrade CFG file. For example if
the first 4 fields in analog channel information in the CFG file for channel 1 is:
1,A1,A,Feeder 780M - A Phase
Then the channel title will be: A1 A Feeder 60M - A Phase
The three field are separated by a space.
Some DME equipment are changing the information in the first two fields from one fault file to another.
If a line group is setup to look for channel titles using a string then some channels are not being
found because of the changes. Wavewin now deletes the first 2 fields in the name when searching for
the 3 Voltage and 4 Current channels for the line group.
Also, the same is true for the digital channels. Wavewin uses 2nd, 3rd and 4th fields to compose the
name. The same was applied to the digital channels when searching for Breaker and Event channels.
1. File Manager (Process Templates): Added code to remove all begin and end blanks from the Station
name inside the Comtrade CFG file. If blanks are included in the station name then the line group
file will not match.
2. File Manager (Process Templates): Added code to look for the first Breaker or Events that triggered
In the line group rather than looking directly adding the digital channel information in the DIG file.
3. Device Manager (Tesla FTP Extraction): Corrected a problem when adding the Tesla original filename to the
extracted long filename. If the Add Original Filename field inside the Display dialog under the Device
Manager tab is set to YES then the code renaming the files when a Tesla file is extracted was adding the
original filename twice at the end of the long filenames.
1. File Manager (Create SER Files): Corrected an error where the digital data being binned into memory
was not being freed which caused a memory leak.
1. File Manager (Automatically Rename Files): Added a new feature to Automatically rename waveform/load
files to the IEEE ComNames format. This new feature monitors a folder for waveform/load files with
user defined extensions. When a file is detected in the source path or in its included folders it
will first move the original file to the Archive path then read the file’s configuration information
and rename the file to the destination path. To activate this feature select the Auto Rename Files
option under the Options menu/tab. A dialog will be displayed. Enter the Source Path, click the
Include Sub Folders check box if needed. Enter the Destination and Archive Paths. Enter all file
extensions (*.DAT,*.CEV,*.CFF) and the scan period. If this feature needs to start when Wavewin
runs click the Automatically Start Auto Rename Files at Run Time checkbox. The bottom section of
the dialog gives a status update on the activity of the process. It displays the last scan time,
the original and Renamed filenames and when the next scan will start in minutes. To start the process
click the Start Rename button.
1. File Manager (Create SER Files): Added a new feature to create SER files for each waveform file.
This new feature monitors a folder for waveform files with user defined extensions. When a file is
detected it will read the file and create a comma delimited SER file from the digital channel
activity. The SER file will have the same name as the original waveform file. To activate this
feature select the Create SER Files option under the Options menu/tab. A dialog will be displayed.
Enter the Source Path, click the Include Sub Folders check box if needed, enter the file extensions
(*.DAT,*.CEV,*.CFF) and the scan period. If this feature needs to start when Wavewin runs click the
Automatically Start Create SER File at Run Time checkbox. The bottom section of the dialog gives
a status update on the activity of the process. It displays the last scan time, the original and
SER filename being processed and when the next scan will start in minutes. To start the process
click the Start Create button. To create an SER file with all the digital activity from all processed
Waveform files click on the Create a Combined SER File check box. Select or enter the path of the
Combined file and enter its filename. This allows for adding the SER information into a database
from one single file.
To create the SER files for each file being processed by the Auto Process Templates add a /SER to
each line in the Format files being processed.
2. File Manager (Process Batch Templates): Added the ability to specify a /SER command to create
SER files for each file being processed. This allows for creating a SER file for each file being
processed without having to run the Create SER Files option.
3. File Manager (Zip Marked Files): Updated the zip compression components. This upgrade now
allows including folders in the zip file and for adding a password to the zip file.
1. Data Plotting (Auto Process Templates): When collecting files using the Device Manager the FTP
driver gives the option to convert all the date and times assigned to the extracted filenames
from UTC to the local time. If the files are processed using the process templates then the
date and times are processed using the UTC time. Fault files are legal records and cannot be
modified, so the date and times cannot be changed in the files. To have the date and times
in the processed DIG files match the date and times in the filename a new option was added
to the Process Files section in the Display properties dialog. The new option is called
Convert and the drop down box has Yes or No. If the files need to be converted from UTC
to local time select Yes. Selecting Yes will convert all the date and times in the DIG files
to local time and convert the date and times displayed in the data plotting window when the
files are opened from the DIG files. The Display dialog is located under the Options menu/tab
in the File Manager.
1. Data Plotting (Auto Play Waveform): Added three new buttons to the Ribbon and 3 new menu options
to the menu system. The new options will auto play the displayed analog and digital channels.
The Ribbon’s new buttons are located in the Data plotting's main toolbar and the menu options
are under the Data menu. This new feature will move the channels to the left keeping the data cursor
fixed at one cycle from the beginning of the display. In the Ribbon system the button
to the left of the auto play button is a button to slow the speed of the waveform movement
and to the right is a button to increase the speed of the waveform. In the Menu system
use the menu options to increase or decrease the speed of the waveform.
The auto play Waveform does extensive drawing to the screen. To minimize flicker and
slow drawing select a maximum of 7 channels and expand the time scale to see a smooth
transition when the analog channels are played. The drawing is done in the background.
This allows for marking, deleting, expanding, contrasting, scaling channels and more
while the Waveform is being played.
3. Data Plotting (Digital Groups): Added an option inside the Save View dialog to create
digital groups. When a record is open, Wavewin will only display the digital channels that
changed state. When creating digital groups all of the digital channels may have to be
displayed prior to opening the Save View dialog. Before opening the Save View dialog select
the All Digital ribbon item in the Waveform tab. This will include all of the digital
channels in the Save View dialog. The new Digital Groups section is disabled until the
New Group button is clicked. To create a digital group use the Mouse to select the
digital channels in the Digital Channel’s list box. Next, click on the New Group button.
Once the New Group button is clicked the Digital Group section will be enabled and the
Digital Group Name field will have the focus. Type in the name of the new group and hit
enter or click the Save button. The table below the Digital Group Name field will be
populated with the name of the digital groups in the first column and the number of
channels in that group in the second column. When a view is selected with Digital Group
defined in the view a new drop down button is added to the Data Plotting main toolbar.
The new drop down lists all the Digital Groups in the View. To display a digital group
select the group from the drop down menu. By default Wavewin only displays the triggered
digital channels for each group. To view all the digital channels in the group click on
the All Digital ribbon item in the Waveform tab.
4. Data Plotting (Digital Channels): Increased the maximum number of digital channels from
2048 to 4096.
5. Data Plotting (Auto Process Templates): Added a new way to process files. In the past
Wavewin would add a WWD to the last field in the filename to indicate a file has been
processed. When using third party backup software to move files from one folder to another
the third party’s software was constantly copying back files that were previously
processed. It was doing this because it could not find the files since they were renamed
by Wavewin. A second option was added to process files according to the file’s save date.
In the System Settings dialog under the Data Plotting tab a new field was added to specify
the process type. If Rename with ,WWD is selected in the Process Type drop down then the
field to the right of the Process Type field changes to Batch Files. The batch files drop
down allows for selecting New Files (Files that do not have a WWD as the last field) or
All Files. If the By Save Date drop down option is selected then the field to the right
of the Process Type field changes to Start DT. The Start DT allows for setting what Date
and Time to start at when processing the files. For example, to process just the last
30 days of files set the date and time to 30 days prior to the current date and time.
Another field was added to give control over how many files get processed during a single
session. The Process # field allows for selecting 1 to 256 files per session.
Softstuf supplies a Fault Report template to process waveform files for fault information.
In the Fault Report template there is a field for producing PDF files that gives a fault
summary and a screen dump of the faulted area. These PDF files were being produced for
all fault files collected and processed. A large number of PDF's were being created that
we’re not necessary. An option was added to select what files would produce a PDF. The
new field is in the System Settings dialog under Data Plotting tab in the Process File
section. The available options are All Files, No Files or Breaker Opt Files. In the
fault report template there are 4 columns used to monitor up to 4 breaker digital channels.
If one of the 4 breakers operated then a PDF will be saved.
Corrected a problem when using SAC operations in the Channel designations inside the Line
Group files.
7. File Manager (Auto Convert to Comtrade): When the auto convert to Comtrade tries to copy
waveform files to the destination path it was not coping the support files with the
data file. This applied to Comtrade files, Emax files, Transcan file and Rochester files.
It now copies all support files to the destination path.
8. Data Plotting (Process Templates): Added a few new checks to the process template engine.
When Comtrade Files are collected it may encounter that the DAT file is collected first
then the CFG file. If this occurs then the process template engine tires to process the
file before the CFG file is collected and the system sees it as a Replay Plus file. To
correct this the system always checks if the CFG exists before processing. Another added
check was making sure the save date of the .DAT and .CFG files are greater than one minute
from the current date. This was added to avoid conflict with reading files when they are
being written to. The last modification was in previous versions before the system processed
a file the name of the file was changed to indicate that the file has been processed. The
file indication is a WWD added as an optional field in the long filename. If the system
stopped before the file was fully processed than it will miss that files data. The filename
is now changed once the file has been fully processed.
10.File Manager (Change Filename): Added a new option in the File Manager to change the names
of the marked files in a path or all the files in a path. The new option is under the File
menu in the menu system and under the File tab in the ribbon. The new option is called
Change Filenames. This new feature allows for adding new information to the end of a
filename or removing characters from a filename. For example if there are pound signs in
a number of file that need to be removed open the dialog select the Remove option, type
# in the File String edit field then select Marked Files or All Files and click OK. If
there are no marked file in the path then the Marked Files radio button is grayed out.
11.File Manager (Process Templates): Corrected a problem when opening waveform files from
the processed DIG file. Since the filename is now marked as processed (add a WWD in one of
the optional fields in the filename) after the file is processed then it is not writing
the correct filename into the table at process time. To correct this when a double click
occurs in the DIG file, the system checks if the file exists and if it does not it adds
the WWD to the file and tries to open that file.
1. Data Plotting (Process Templates): Added a few new checks to the process template engine.
When Comtrade Files are collected it may encounter that the DAT file is collected first
then the CFG file. If this occurs then the process template engine tires to process the
file before the CFG file is collected and the system sees it as a Replay Plus file. To
correct this the system always checks if the CFG exists before processing. Another added
check was making sure the save date of the .DAT and .CFG files are greater than one minute
from the current date. This was added to avoid conflict with reading files when they are
being written to. The last modification was in previous versions before the system processed
a file the name of the file was changed to indicate that the file has been processed. The
file indication is a WWD added as an optional field in the long filename. If the system
stopped before the file was fully processed than it will miss that files data. The filename
is now changed once the file has been fully processed.
2. File Manager (Change Filename): Added a new option in the File Manager to change the names
of the marked files in a path or all the files in a path. The new option is under the File
menu in the menu system and under the File tab in the ribbon. The new option is called
Change Filenames. This new feature allows for adding new information to the end of a
filename or removing characters from a filename. For example if there are pound signs in
a number of file that need to be removed open the dialog select the Remove option, type
# in the File String edit field then select Marked Files or All Files and click OK. If
there are no marked file in the path then the Marked Files radio button is grayed out.
3. File Manager (Process Templates): Corrected a problem when opening waveform files from
the processed DIG file. Since the filename is now marked as processed (add a WWD in one of
the optional fields in the filename) after the file is processed then it’s not writing
the correct filename into the table at process time. To correct this when a double click
occurs in the DIG file, the system checks if the file exists and if it does not it adds
the WWD to the file and tries to open that file.
1. Data Plotting (Process Templates): Added a new command in the process templates feature.
The New command is called ReportFile. This new command is only recognized if the template
name contains “_Fault_Report” minus the quotes. The new report will create a PDF screen
dump of the Analog and Digital channels along with a summary of the line. The summary
contains a Fault Report, Event Report and a Location Report.
1. File Manager (Auto Convert to Comtrade): Added support to perform a number of tasks
for the Source Path, Destination Path and Archive Path. There is a new button in the
Auto Convert to Comtrade dialog called Advance. The Advance button displays the Advance
Settings dialog. This dialog has 3 sections, one for the Source path, one for the Destination
Path and the last one is for the Archive path. The Source path section allows for including
Sub-folders when scanning for files to convert to Comtrade. The Destination path section
allows for renaming the destination files to be named using the IEEE long file naming format.
The Archive path section allows for renaming the archive files to the IEEE long file
Naming format. It allows for appending all like files into one Comtrade file for an
entire year. If append is selected then the drop down list will be enabled asking what to do
with the files that have been appended: Delete the files or Backup the files. If Backup
is selected an edit box is displayed to define the path where the files are to be moved to.
2. File Manager / Data Plotting (Append Files): After appending files the number of appended
files is added to the data plotting’s window header. For example, if 28 files were successfully
appended the final result will be displayed in the data plotting window and the window header
will look like:
28 Appended Files – the first file’s original name – date and time – Values – (file type)
Also, the maximum number of files that can be appended was increased from 100 to 400.
3. Data Plotting (SEMI F47-0706 Chart): Added a new option under the Channels tab called
SEMI F47 Voltage Sag Chart. This chart is for Voltage channels only. First mark the
desired voltage channels in the data plotting window then select the new option.
In the chart each channel is display at the voltage sag level on the y-axis and the duration
of the sag on the x-axis. Each channel’s dot is colored the same color as it is plotted in the
data plotting window.
4. Data Plotting (3-D Drawing): Added a new option under the Channels tab called Draw 3-D Plot.
This Draw 3-D plot will draw a maximum of 3 channels. First mark the desired channels in the
data plotting window then select the new option. In the plot each channel’s number, title,
maximum and minimum values for the entire signal along with the channel’s fault duration in
cycles and milliseconds. Each channel’s 3-D plot is colored the same color as it is plotted in the
data plotting window.
5. File Manager (Display Dialog – Analog Table Font Size): Added a new option in the File Manager’s
Display setting dialog under the data plotting tab. The new feature allows for setting the Analog
Table font size. The options are Sizes: 8, 9 , 10, 11, 12, a4 and 16.
6. File Manager (Display Dialog – Duration): Added a new section in the File Manager’s Display dialog
under the data plotting tab. The new section is called Duration Calculation. There are two calculations
used when determining the fault duration and sag duration. This section allows for modifying these
calculations. When a file is open an RMS value is calculated at each sample using a running RMS
calculation. After the first full cycle the duration equations are run on each sample using the
RMS values.
7. Data Plotting (Harmonic Power Calculator): Added a new power calculator to the data plotting window. The
Power calculator requires 1 marked voltage channel and 1 marked current channel. First marked the
required channels then select the Power Calculator option under the Data tab. The calculator
displays MWatts and MVars for all harmonics of the signal. The following calculations are used:
o MWatts = (V * I) O Cos(Øv - ØI)
o MVars = (V * I) O Sin(Øv - ØI)
8. Data Plotting (Digital Search): Modify the search digital channels feature to mark and move
the found channels to the top of the digital channels.
9. Data Plotting (Save View): Defaulted the Save View path to be the path where the file is located.
10. Data Plotting (RMS Calibrated Channels): In RMS Calibrated Files added an option in the analog table
popup menu to remove the root 2 multiplier from all of the marked analog channels. In the
Channel display window added a * in front of each analog channel’s number to show the channel
is multiplied by root 2.
Wavewin H.M.4 - 05/20/2019
1. Data Plotting (Default.LNG): Added support for a Default Line Group to Process Template
files for same types of files that have the same analog channel layout but have
different station names, such as processing all SEL 311 files. Create a Line Group file
called Default.LNG and save the file to the path where all the same types of files are
located.
2. Data Plotting (Line Impedance Comtrade): When saving a file as Comtrade Wavewin will
save the line impedance values in the Comtrade header file. When the Comtrade file
is read it will pick up the Line Impedance values and use them in the Fault Location
Dialogs.
3. Data Plotting (Wave Driver): Updated the Wave Audio driver to support the latest
format.
4. Data Plotting (Circular Chart): Added support to show negative values in the
Circular Chart diagram. All negative values are marked with a small circular
at the negative value.
6. Data Plotting (Mark and Save): Added two new commands to the template file, + and -.
The + command writes the channels maximum value to the values files, and the -
command writes the channels minimum value to the values file. Also added the L and G
commands for the + and – command to indicate alarm or normal if the value following
the L or G is Less than or Greater than.
Example: [^1:+:7] for maximum values and [^1:-:7] for minimum values.
7. File Manager (Save As Comtrade): Corrected a problem saving a file from the
file manager as Comtrade. The CFG file information was missing the digital
channel information.
8. File Manager and Data Plotting (Save As Comtrade): Added support to remove all
commas from the Station and Device names before saving the information in the
first line in the Comtrade CFG file.
2. Data Plotting (Mark & Save): Added the Less than (L) and Greater than commands
for the new % operator.
2. Data Plotting (Digital Toggled Channels): Added support to show only the digital
channels that toggled state. In the Display Dialog off the File Manager's Option menu
there is a new option under the Data Plotting tab to turn on/off showing only the
digital channel's that toggled.
3. Data Plotting (Primary Values): Added support to always open waveform files with
Primary values. In the Display Dialog off the File Manager's Option menu there
is a new option under the Data Plotting tab to turn on/off showing Primary values
when a file is open.
4. Data Plotting (Mark & Save): Added two new template items: F for Harmonic data
and % for change in Nominal. Please refer to the help for specific details.
1. Data Plotting (Move Digital Channels): Added support to move the digital channels
using the plus (+) and minus (-) keys. To move digital channels first mark the
channels then use the plus key to move them up and the minus key to move them
down.
2. Data Plotting (Search Digital Channels): Added support to search for digital channels.
To search for certain digital channels select the Search Digital Channels option
under the Channel menu. For a single channel search enter the channel title in the
search box then press enter. If found the digital channel will be displayed.
To search for multiple digital channels enter the channel title in the search box
then press the Add button to add it to the Search List. Once all titles are entered
press Search. The star Wildcard (*) is accepted in each search.
1. File Manager (Auto Process Templates): Added the ability to process TIS files.
3. Data Plotting (Line Groups - Versioning): Added a new option in the File Manager's
Display dialog under the Data Plotting tab to turn On/Off creating a version
of the line group files when a file is opened. The default is Off.
1. File Manager/Data Plotting (Email): Added support to email files from Wavewin
using Outlook 2016.
1. Data Plotting (Adjust File Time): Added an option to adjust the displayed files
date to the existing Adjust File's Time dialog.
1. File Manager (SOE Manager): Add the path to filename column. Clear the SOE Manager
before a refresh if the SOEDTB.DTB file does not exist in the source path.
2. Data Plotting (Mark and Save): The last template and Values file is maintained in
the dialog if the Auto Process Template was processed or the Mark and Save dialog
is opened from the Data Plotting window.
1. Data Plotting (Single Ended FL - Multi-Phase): Added a new tab to the Single Ended
Fault Location Dialog to calculate a Multi-Phase Fault Location. The Multi-Phase
calculator requires 2 faulted voltage channels and 2 faulted current channels.
Select the faulted channels from the drop down lists and enter the positive line
impedance magnitude and angle. Click the Calculate button to see the result at
the data bar.
2. File Manager (Process Templates): Added a new dialog that allows for automatically
processing up to 5 templates. To open the new dialog open the File Manager's Option
menu and select the Auto Process Templates menu option. Select the templates to
process, enter or browse for the results path, select the files to process then
click the Run button to start the process. When a single ended fault location is
detected a PDF file will be created with the location results and a screen dump
of the faulted channels. A CSV file is created for each template file. The CSV
file is named the same name as the template file with a .DIG extension.
1. Data Plotting (Change Line Frequency): Added a new dialog to change the Line Frequency of
the active data plotting window. The new dialog is accessed from the Data menu under the
the Change Line Frequency menu option.
1. Data Display (Email File): Corrected emailing the wrong file when selecting the email file
option inside the data plotting window.
1. Batch Report (Data Bar): Set the data bar 1.5 cycles from the first RMS trigger in the
current channels.
Wavewin H.G.10 - 02/14/2017
1. Batch Report (/Template=): Added support for multiple Template files defined on
each line in a Batch Mode configuration file.
2. Batch DIG Report (Double Ended): Flipped the order of the Data Plotting Windows
when requesting a Double Ended Display.
1. Fault Report (Comma Delimited Table): Added specific functionality to the comma delimited
table to automatically open fault location reports that have the .DIG extension. The table
also allows for viewing a fault location report for each entry in the table. It also
allows for automatically opening both ends of a line and displaying the double ended
fault location dialog.
1. Data Plotting (Mark and Save): Added a new template command to calculate the maximum value
minus the minimum value divided by 2 ((max-min)\2), example <^3:M>. The new M command works
on the entire channel not on a sample bases. The <> or [] brackets can be used.
2. Data Plotting (Mark and Save): Improved the trigger capabilities for the :B, :M, :N and :S
commands. The trigger now requires a L or G before the value. L is for less than and G is
greater than, <^1,^2,^3:NG5000>. If the result of the :M, :B, :S or :N command is true then
Alarm is written to the Values file else Normal is written.
1. Data Plotting (Mark and Save): Added a new template command to calculate the negative sequence
magnitude of 3 analog channels, <^1,^2,^3:N>.
2. Data Plotting (Mark and Save): Added a new template command to set a trigger for the :B. :S and
:N commands, <^1,^2,^3:N5000>. If the result of the :B, :S or :N command is greater than the
trigger then Alarm is written to the Values file else Normal is written.
1. Data Plotting (Harmonics): Modified the Harmonics window to not show the mirrored Harmonics.
To display the mirrored harmonics open the properties dialog select the Display Settings
tab and select ON for the Mirrored Harms field.
1. Data Plotting (Line Groups): Added support to plot up to 10 Software Analog Channels (SAC)
per line group. The SAC channels are calculated when the line group is selected.
1. Data Plotting (Single Ended FL): Added support to select the values to plot in the Single
Ended Fault Location. A drop down list was added next to the Fault Location results to
select either the Fault Location values or Fault Impedance.
2. Data Plotting (Single Ended FL): Added support to always display the fault location results
in miles.
1. File Manager (Search File Contents): Added checks to make sure the Search Path
and Report Path exist before starting the search. Added status fields to show the progress
of the search. Also, added a new button to view the results of the search in a comma delimited
table.
1. File Manager (Search File Contents): Added a new menu option to the Device Manager's
Option menu and to the File Manager's File menu to Search the Contents of a File. The option
is also available under the Device Manager's right click popup menu. The Search File Contents
Dialog allows for defining the Search:
Start Date - Checks if the File's Save Date is equal to or greater then the Start Date.
End Date - Checks if the File's Save Date is equal to or less than then the End Date.
Search Path - Enter the search path.
Include Sub Folders - Check to include all sub folder under the Search Path.
Extensions - Enter the file extensions to search separated by commas.
Search String - Enter the search strings to search for separated by commas.
Report Path - Enter the Path where the results file will be saved. The results are saved
to a comma delimited CSV file.
Button Options:
Save - Save the entered search fields to a txt file.
Save As - Save the entered search fields to a new txt file.
Open - Open an existing txt file.
Search - Start the search. After the search is complete the search dialog is closed and the
results will be opened in a comma delimited table.
Close - Close the search dialog.
1. Data Plotting (LNG Line Groups): Removed the re-processing of the SAC channels when the Adjust Offset
is called in the line group .LNG that has the setting Offset=Y.
1. Data Plotting (LNG Line Groups): Removed the re-processing of the SAC channels when the Adjust Offset
is called in the line group .LNG that has the setting Offset=Y.
2. Data Plotting (LNG Line Groups): Added a new feature in the line group .LNG files called Offset=Y.
This new feature will automatically apply the adjust offset to the line group channels when the
line group is selected.
3. Data Plotting (Digital Channel Spacing): Added a new feature to allow for changing the spacing
between the digital channels. The new option is available in the data plotting properties dialog
under the Display Setting tab. To increase or decrease the spacing between the digital
channels select a number from the Digital Height drop down list.
4. Data Plotting (Digital Channel Color): Added a new feature to allow for changing the triggered
color portion of the digital channels. The new option is available in the data plotting properties
dialog under the Colors tab. To change the color of the triggered portion of the digital
channels select a color from the Digital Triggers Colors drop down list.
1. Reports (SOE List): Added support to save the Trigger date and time fields as two separated columns
when using the Save and Save As menu options. The day, month, year, hour, minute, seconds and
milliseconds in the table are separated as single columns for easy search and sort.
1. Date Plotting (Adjust Offsets): Added a new menu option called Adjust Offsets under the Options menu.
The Adjust Offsets feature finds the maximum and minimum values between the data bar and RMS bar and
applies the following equation to each sample: (max-min)/2)+min. The adjust offsets is applied to the
marked analog channels. If no channels are marked then it is applied to all visible channels.
1. Date Plotting (Mark and Save: Unbalance): Added a new template command to calculate the unbalance of 3
analog channels using the DFT magnitude, <^1,^2,^3:B>. The unbalance command finds the largest and
smallest magnitude of the 3 channels, the result is the difference between the largest and smallest.
2. Date Plotting (Mark and Save: Skew): Added a new template command to calculate the skew of 3 analog
channels using the angles, <^1,^2,^3:S>. The skew command adds the angles for the 3 specified channels.
One of the 3 analog channels must be marked as a reference channel.
3. Date Plotting (Mark and Save: Header): Added a new template command to add a header to the Values file.
To add a header to the Values file, define the first line in the template file with <Header>= followed
by the header information. For example, the following two lines define the header and the data of the
Values file:
4. Date Plotting (Mark and Save: Use Default): Added a new check box in the template section to Use the
Default save. The Use Default check box will automatically write the visible analog channel columns
separated by commas for all visible analog channels in the Values notepad. The header for each column
is added to the values file on the first line.
1. Date Plotting (Passed Parameters-Prefault Report): Added two new passed parameters
/Line= and /Template="".
The /Line= parameter specifies what line group to apply when a file is open using the passed parameters.
/Line= can specify a specific line group or ALL which indicates to open all line groups. The
/Template="" specifies what template file to use when creating automatic reports.
The above example will open each file with an extension of .DAT, select the first line group then apply
the template. It then selects the next line group and applies the template and so on until all line
groups have been selected. After all line groups have been selected and the template applied to each
line group the software will close using the /Exit command.
The template report is saved to the same path where the template file is located.
2. Date Plotting (Passed Parameters-On Demand DEFL): Added a new passed parameter to automaically do a
double ended fault location. The new passed parameter is FLAuto.RUN. When the software sees the
FLAuto.RUN file it opens the file, reads the two fault files path and filename and line groups
(if needed). It opens the two files, applies the line groups, tile the two files, opens the double
ended fault location window, requests a report then closes Wavewin.
The fault report is saved to the same path where the near side file is located.
1. Date Plotting (Line Frequency): Allowed for the line frequency to be specified as a real number
with 2 decimal digits of accuracy.
2. Date Plotting (SAC Angle Calculations): Added phase angle conversion equations to mitigate discontinuity
in the plotted traces by ensuring that all angles are represented between -180 and 180 degrees.
1. Date Plotting (Edit Mark Analog Scans): Added a new dialog to edit the Marked Scans. The new dialog
is accessed from the Edit Marked Scans menu option under the Values menu. The Edit Marked Scans dialog
allows for adding comments to each scan and for deleting existing scans. Each comment has a maximum of
40 characters. To add a comment double click on the comment fields in the table, the editor will be
displayed. The up and down arrow keys will move the editor to the next or previous comment fields. To
exit the editor press the Escape key. To view the comments for each scan in the data plotting window
mouse over the marked scan tick marked displayed above each marked scan. To delete scans from the list
check the box next to the scans then click the Delete button.
2. Date Plotting (Double Ended Fault Location): Added a new button to view and save an ASCII report for the
fault location. The new button is called Report. The report button will save and display an ASCII report
for the current fault location. The report is saved to the same folder where the open files are located
and is named in the following format:
Current Date, Current Time, Near Side Station, Near Side Line, Far Side Station, Far Side Line,
Fault Location.TXT
After the file is saved the report is displayed in a rich text editor. The editor allows for adding
information to the report.
3. Date Plotting (Single Ended Fault Location): Added a button to view and save an ASCII report for the
fault location. The new button is called Report. The report button will save and display an ASCII report
for the current fault location.
The report is saved to the same folder where the open file is located and is named in the following
format:
Current Date, Current Time, Station, Line, Fault Location.TXT
After the file is saved the report is displayed in a rich text editor. The editor allows for adding
information to the report.
4. Date Plotting (Double Ended Fault Location): Added more logic to the units selection for the line length.
If the line length units are selected as percentage then the line length is automatically defaulted to
100.
5. Date Plotting (Sequence Components): Corrected the header information for the Sequence Components dialog.
1. Date Plotting (Mark Analog Scans): Added a menu option and shortcut key to easily mark Analog scans.
The new menu option is under the Values menu called Mark Scan. The shortcut key is Ctrl-S.
2. Date Plotting (Navigate to Marked Analog Scans): Added a menu option and shortcut key to easily
navigate to the marked Analog scans. The new menu option is under the Values menu called Next Mark Scan.
The shortcut key is Ctrl-X.
1. Date Plotting (Mark and Save): Improved the Mark and Save Sample date window. Below is a list of changes:
A. Changed the Mark and Save menu option under the Values menu to open the Mark and Save Window.
B. Added a Template Section to view the contents of the template and to select the active template
from a drop down menu. New Template files can be added to the drop down list by using the Browse
button.
C. Added a Mark button inside the Mark and Save window to add sample data to the Values window.
1. ASCII Editor (CR/LF): Added support to read ASCII file with any combination of the CG LF at the end of a line.
2. Data Plotting (Auto Scale ++ Mode): Added a new setting in the properties dialog to switch between Dynamic
mode and fixed mode for the ++ Auto Scale. Dynamic scales each channel to the maximum displayed are for
each channel. Fixed mode scales each channel to the average value for all displayed channels.
3. Data Plotting (Pick, Mark and Save): Added new fields that can be defined in the Format files.
The new fields are:
<Device> - Writes the Device name in the Values file.
<Cycles> - Writes the the number of cycles from the fault bar in the Values file.
<DeltaX> - Writes the the Deltax value from the fault bar in the Values file.
1. Data Plotting (Phasors): Updated the phasor scaling after isolating channels in a view.
2. Data Plotting (Double Ended Fault Location): Added Fault Resistance to the double ended calculator. Also
added the ability to select the units for the line length.
3. Data Plotting (Comtrade Driver): Added support to default the Scale Factor and B factor inside the CFG file
if there is no value defined. A message box is displayed indicating that the values have been defaulted.
4. Data Plotting (Single Ended FL): Added a check that prevents a division by zero when the Z1 and Z0 angles
are set to 0.
5. File Manager (ASCII Editor): Increased the buffer to support line lengths greater then 1024 characters.
1. File Manager (ASCII Editor): Added support to read the tab ($09) command in the ASCII editor.
1. Data Plotting (Double Ended Fault Location): Added a graphical interface to show the fault location
on the line from both the near and far ends of the line.
2. Data Plotting (Double Ended Fault Location): Create a text file report when the fault location is calculated.
The report file is saved to the Wavewin path and is called WAVEDEFL.DTB.
3. Data Plotting (SAC H=0): Added support to plot the DC Offset of a channel using the SACs. Example to plot
the DC Offset of Channel 3 enter +3/H=0/u=Amps/ or +3H=0/u=Amps/ in the Channels Operators field.
1. System (/Comtrade passed parameter): Added a new option to the /Comtrade passed parameter. The /Comtrade=3
option will open the specified event files, select the default view then save only the channels in
the default view to a Comtrade 1999 Binary file format.
Wavewin G.U - 12/29/2014
1. Data Plotting (SACs in Views): Added support to save SAC channel names and operators in a User
defined view. The SAC operator is saved next to the Channels name surrounded by brackets.
2. Data Plotting (Open View Automatically): Added an option to have a default view automatically
displayed when a specific file type is opened. To create a default view open the desired event file,
select the analog and digital channels for the view and press enter to show only the selected
channels. Next select the Save View menu option under the View menu. Enter the path where the
event is located. The View's file name is automatically defaulted to the extension of the displayed
file (keep the default name). Click OK to save the view. Close the data plotting window. In the
file manager select the Display menu option under the Options menu. Select yes for the Open View
field under the Data Plotting settings section. Click OK to save. Open one of the event files that
has the same extension as the view's filename. The view is saved with the .VIW extension.
3. System (/Comtrade passed parameter): Added a new option to the /Comtrade passed parameter. The /Comtrade=2
option will open the specified event files, select the default view then save only the channels in
the default view to a Comtrade file. The Comtrade file is in the 1991 ASCII format and is saved to
the same path where the event file is located and named using the same name as the event file.
1. Data Plotting (Save As Comtrade): Corrected a problem with Saving RMS calibrated data values when the
"Convert RMS calibrated date to peak type is set to yes. The conversion during saving to Comtrade will
be applied in the data plotting window only and the data type must be set to RMS Type.
1. Data Plotting (Harmonics Window): Display the percentage of DC Offset in a channel as Harmonic 0.
Harmonic 0 is displayed as the first harmonic in the table and in the histogram view.
2. Data Plotting (Reference Vector): Added a new menu option under the View menu to display the phasor
vector at the Reference Bar to measure Neutral Shifts. The new menu option is called Reference Vector.
The new menu is an On/Off feature defined by a check next to the menu option. Checked equals display
vector and unchecked hides the vector.
3. Data Plotting (LPG and R Line Groups): Added support to read the channel colors from the line groups
defined in the Comtrade .DAT file corresponding .LPG files and from the R***.inf files.
4. Data Plotting (Set Data Bar): Added a new menu option under the View menu to automatically set the Data
Bar position to 2 cycles from the Fault bar. If this option is turned on the data bar is automatically
positioned 2 cycles from the fault bar when opening files. The new menu option is called Auto Set Data Bar.
The new menu is an On/Off feature defined by a check next to the menu option. Checked equals automatically
set the data bar to 2 cycles from the fault bar and unchecked sets the data bar one cycle from the
first sample.
5. Data Plotting (Single Ended FL): Added support to automatically fill in the V,I and N channels drop
down list from the first 3 marked channels in the active data plotting window.
6. Data Plotting (Double Ended FL): Added support to automatically reference Va as the referenced channel
for both near end and far end windows if no analog channels are marked in the displayed windows.
1. Data Plotting (Scale by Units): Made the Auto Scale default setting to Units for new installations.
2. Data Plotting (Scale by Units): Added a new Auto Scale mode to Scale channels according to the
channel units. Current channels are scaled with respect to each other and Voltage channels
are scaled with respect to each other.
3. Data Plotting (Super Impose): Added support to have multiple super imposes in the analog channel
plot screen.
4. Data Plotting (Plot Single Ended FL): Added support to plot the Single Ended Fault Location in the
Data Plotting window. A new button was added to the Single Ended Radial and Reactance tabs to
plot the FL for the whole record or between bars.
5. Data Plotting (Plot Double Ended FL): Added support to plot the Double Ended Fault Location in the
Data Plotting window. A new button was added to the Double Ended dialog to plot the FL for the whole
record or between bars.
6. Data Plotting (Plot FL): Corrected a problem with the Fault Location's dialog Plot drop down menu
buttons text being displayed in the same color as the button's color in version Window's 7 or greater.
1. Data Plotting (Y Scale Table Column): Added support to increase or decrease the Scale column value
when a channels Amplitude is increased or decreased.
Wavewin G.M - 04/16/2014
1. Data Display (Menu Options): Corrected a problem with menu options not showing due to translations missing.
1. Fault Data Manager (Device List): Added the polling status fields and Events Path to the Fault Data Manager's
device list. The device list is displayed from the Options menu.
1. Data Plotting (Y Scaling): Changed the PixDisp column to display the number of Volts or Amps per inch
in the current view/print according to the number of pixels per inch of the screen or printer.
1. Data Plotting (Comtrade 2013): Added support to read the new Comtrade 2013 format. Also added the save
as Comtrade to support the Comtrade 2013 format.
1. File Manager (Rename TIS Files): Added the TIS fault information to the IEEE long file name format.
The faulted channel name is in Optional field # 1. The maximum magnitude is in Optional field # 2.
And the duration of the fault in milliseconds is in Optional field # 3. The sampling frequency is in
Optional field # 4.
2. File Manager (Passed File Parameter): When a file is passed as a passed parameter to Wavewin it use to
first open the file manager then open the passed file. It now just directly opens the file. Directories
that have thousands of file takes allot of time to load. This version speeds up the display of
passed files.
3. Data Plotting (Drag and Drop Analog Channels): Added the ability to drag and drop mark analog channels
to a new position in the analog trace section.
1. File Manager (Networked Drives): Improved the reading of the drive letter from the network drive
name. In previous versions the network drive was read from the information between the last ( )
symbols in the string. In some cases the information between last ( ) symbols is not the network
drive. It now looks for the ':' between the ( ). If not found then go to the next () symbols.
2. Data Plotting (Mark & Save): Corrected a problem with the mark and save not reading the selected
format file correctly from the menu option.
1. Data Plotting (Fast SACs): Added support to add new SAC header and operators to the Fast SAC file
by the users. The Fast SAC file (SacList.FMT) is not included with the downloaded zip file. When
the system is ran Wavewin will look for the SacList.FMT file if it is found it will read and bin
the contents into memory. If it is not found it will create it with the 16 default SAC header and
operators.
2. Data Plotting (Save As Comtrade): Added support to clean all illegal filename characters, carriage
return and line feeds from the station and device names before saving to Comtrade using the IEEE
long file naming format.
3. Windows 7 (Dialogs): Adjusted the dialog sizes to accommodate the screen size. If a dialog is
larger than the screen then scroll bars are displayed to scroll through the dialog. Also,
automatically size the dialog according to the dialog fields and not as default values.
4. Windows 7 (ASCII Editor): Adjusted the ASCII text marking to mark the text with reference to the
font character width and not the default width. Some Windows 7 systems have character sizes that
are different from the defined default width.
5. Windows 7 (Date and Time Blinking): Minimized the date and time blinking in the systems main menu
bar by turning off the Transparent field.
1. Data Plotting (Fast SACs): Added a drop down list to the SACs operator fields. The drop down list
allows for selecting predefined Fast SACs. The position of the channel number is replaced with
a pound sign #. If there are marked channels in the data plotting window then the pound sign is
replaced with the marked channels number. If no channels are marked the user will have to replace
the pound sign with the desired channel numbers. To have the Fast SAC header automatically copied
to the SAC title fields click on the check box located at the bottom of the Fast SAC drop down list.
1. Data Plotting (Reference Angles Across Windows): Allow for referencing angles across open windows when
not in Sync mode. In previous versions it was required to have sync mode on to see angles referenced
across windows. To reference angles across windows open the Windows Properties dialog click on the
"Display Settings" tab. The last field on this tab allows for activating referenced angles across
windows.
2. File Manager (Default Path): Added support to define the default path the file manager will always
open in. To define the file manager's default path, select the "Display" menu option under the
"Options" menu. Enter or browse to select the desired path in the "Default Path" field. When the
file manager is opened it will attempt to display the folders and files in the default path, if
it cannot connect to the default path then the Wavewin path is displayed.
3. Data Plotting (Sequence Calculator): Added the display of the phasor chart to the sequence calculator.
Also, added support to display the sequence calculator for a single end or if two files are open
display the sequence calculator for both end to end files. Also, added the selection drop down lists
to define the channels for VA, VB, VC, IA, IB and IC.
4. Data Plotting (Fault Calculator: Double Ended): Simplified the Double End Fault Calculator. The new
Double Ended Calculator displays the input fields: Z1 (Mag and Angle) and the Line Length on the left
side of the window and the Fault location Output fields (Zero Sequence - FL0, Positive Sequence -
FL1, Negative Sequence - FL2) in the middle of the window. To display more details such as the data
values, the channels for VA, VB, VC, IA, IB and IC and the sequence components magnitude and angles
click on the "Show Details" button.
1. Data Plotting (Merge Open Files): Corrected a scale factor conversion when merging open files that have
been converted from the original values to primary or secondary quantities.
3. Data Plotting (Save As): Corrected a typo in the Save As menu under the CSV menu.
1. Data Plotting (PNRF Driver): Converted checking recorder compatibility using strings instead of double
types. In previous versions the double types where not matching across recorders because of the significant
bit checks.
1. Data Plotting (Digital Channel Original State): Added the default view to view all digital channels
when there are no original state values defined in the Comtrade CFG file. Also, set the digital
channel state at the cursor position to a red "D" in the digital channel table to define that the
channels original states where defaulted to 0.
2. Data Plotting (Analog Channel Zero Axis Dotted Line): Corrected a problem when plotting the zero
x-axis dotted line. The previous version was plotting the zero x-axis as a solid line when in
a compressed view.
3. Data Plotting (Under and Over Triggers in SACs): Modified the way the under and over trigger checking
is performed in the SACs.
1. File Manager (Move Files): Added the ability to drag and drop files into the folder tree for moving
files to a new folder. Mark the files to move in the file table then drag them to the desired folder
displayed in the folder tree.
1. System (Passed Parameter): Added a new passed parameter to automatically convert a file to the
IEEE C37.111 Comtrade ASCII 1999 format. The new passed parameter is /Comtrade. To retain the
original file name of the source file use the /Comtrade passed parameter. To have the file
automatically named using the IEEE C37.232 file naming format use the /Comtrade=1 passed
parameter. The /Comtrade command line parameter can also be used in batch files. The converted
Comtrade files are saved in the same directory as the source file. The new passed parameter will
convert the source file to Comtrade then display the converted Comtrade file in the data plotting
window.
Examples:
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1. Data Plotting (Save Sample Values): Added a new menu option to the "Save As CVS" option. The new option
will Save the Vector values in RMS and Angle. The four Save As options are now:
1.) Save As CSV - RMS Values: Save the RMS Values in a comma delimited format.
2.) Save As CSV - Instantaneous Values: Save the Instantaneous Values in a comma delimited format.
3.) Save As CSV - Vector Values (Mag & Ang): Save the DFT Magnitude and Angle in a comma delimited format.
4.) Save As CSV - Vector Values (RMS & Ang): Save the RMS Value and Angle in a comma delimited format.
2. Data Plotting (Harmonics): Increased the number of harmonics displayed from Samples/Cycle div 2 to the
number of Samples/Cycle. Allows to see the mirror image of Nyquist harmonics.
1. Data Plotting (Save Sample Values): Added a new menu option "Save As" to the "File" menu. There are
two sub-menus under the "Save As" option: "Comtrade" and "CSV Format". The "Comtrade" option saves the
displayed channels in either the ASCII or Binary format. The "CSV Format" will save the RMS, Instantaneous
or Vector (Magnitude and Angle) values to comma delimited text file. The first line in the CSV file
is the header information for each channel. All the analog channels that can be displayed in the active
data plotting are saved. A dialog box is displayed to enter the destination path and the filename. The
destination path is automatically defaulted to the active path in the file manager. The filename can be
directly entered into the "File Name" field or the file can be automatically named using the IEEE long
file naming format. To have the file automatically named click on the "ComNames" check box. If the
"ComNames" check box is checked then the File Name field will be disabled. To enter a file name make
sure the "ComNames" check box is unchecked.
1. Data Plotting (Sequence Calculator): Added a Sequence Components calculator. The sequence calculator works off
the active (highlighted) data plotting record. The channels in the active record must be organized as follows:
The first 3 visible channels are the Voltage channels, VA, VB and VC. The next 3 visible channels are the
Current channels, IA, IB and IC. To reposition the analog channels first mark the channels then use the plus
key to move the channels up one position and the minus key to move the channels down one position.
The values populated in the dialog are read at the data bar position in the active record. The sequence
calculator dialog is a stay on top window. This allows for repositioning the data bars without closing the
dialog. To refresh the Voltage and Current values in the dialog use the Refresh button. Use the Calculate
button to calculate the sequence components.
To increment the voltage and current angles enter an increment value in the Angle Rotation fields and click
on the Rotate button.
To open the sequence calculator dialog select the "Sequence Calculator" menu option under the "Data" menu.
2. Data Plotting (Primary/Secondary Ratios): Added the ability to change the primary and secondary ratio values
for the analog channels in the open record. To change the ratio values open the "Window's Properties" dialog
by selecting the "Window's Properties" menu option under the "File" menu. Click on the "Driver Data Type"
tab then click on the "Edit Ratio Values" button under the "Analog Values" section. In the Ratio Values
dialog move the cursor to the specific Primary/Secondary values and change the displayed value. To apply
the modified ratios click on the "OK" button. The modified ratio values are Not saved to the original file
on disk. To save the ratios values to disk use the "Save As Comtrade" option listed under the "File" menu.
3. Data Plotting (Peak/RMS Type): All analog channels displayed are viewed as Peak type. To change the type of
values displayed, open the "Window's Properties" dialog by selecting the "Window's Properties" menu option
under the "File" menu. Click on the "Driver Data Type" tab then select the Data Multiplier type from the
drop down list under the Analog Data Type section. To always have the driver specific files displayed as
RMS type (Root 2 Multiplier) open the "Driver Configuration" dialog from the File Manager's "Option" menu.
The Driver Configuration dialog lists all display drivers supported, click on the driver in the "Drivers"
list then change the Driver's Data Type to RMS calibrated.
4. Data Plotting (Data Cursors): Corrected a problem with displaying the data bar in non-active data windows.
1. Data Plotting (View Profile): Restored the display of all view profiles when passing a file through the
command line parameters without the /PROFILE command line parameter.
1. System Tables (Mark Files): Removed the new single click marking. This feature is now an option in the
"Display" dialog. The default is the Window's marking convention. To set the marking/unmarking using a
single mouse click open the "Display" dialog under the table's option menu and select "Single Mark Click"
in the "File Marking" drop down list.
1. System Tables (Mark Files): Changed the way files are marked in the system tables. A single click on a row
will mark the row. To unmark the row click on the row again. The single click now works as a toggle between
marked and unmarked.
1. Data Plotting (Print Profile): Added the ability to save a print profile file when saving a view file.
The print profile fields where added to the "Save View" dialog. The "Save View" dialog is a menu option
under the "View" menu. The "Save View" dialog now has the ability to manipulate the channels in the view
and to specify the print orientation and the type of ASCII Summary information to print Short=General
Information, Advanced=General Information plus Channel Information.
1. System (System): Allow strings with 10 characters to be converted to an integer value. In previous version
the conversion to integer allowed only 9 character strings.
1. Data Plotting (Phasors): Added support to display the phasors using a common convention for showing polarity.
2. System (Data Plotting Print): Added support to print a file using a specific user defined view via the
command line parameters.
To print a view use the /PROFILE= "File path and name" along with the /PRINT command line parameter. Example:
"c:\faultlib\comtrade\em files\DR1_0006.DAT" /Print /Profile= "c:\faultlib\comtrade\em files\Average Channels-
D.VIWD"
3. Data Plotting (SACs): Added 2 new SAC operators: "s" (Sin) & "c" (Cos). The "s" operator is used to compute the
sin "c" is cos. These two new operators allow for calculating Power factor, Active and Reactive Power.
Refer to the SAC help window for application examples.
4. Data Plotting (Harmonics): Added a white background behind the harmonic values in the histogram display. This
make the numbers more readable.
1. Data Plotting (Change Frequency): Added support for Changing the Frequency for Comtrade files that have a zero
defined as the Sampling Rate. The change frequency engine calculates the fractional difference between the
old frequency and new frequency once before performing the change frequency for each sample. Added the
fractional difference for each sample.
2. Data Plotting (Primary/Secondary): Added resizing to the analog table column's width when changing the type
of data displayed, primary and secondary.
3. Data Plotting (Save As Comtrade): Corrected a problem Saving a File As Comtrade from the data window when
the File Manager table is closed. The Save As Comtrade engine was trying to access the File Manager's
translate strings.
4. Data Plotting (Phase Angles): Added an option to toggle between showing the Cos Convention (0 Deg at Positive
Peak) and the Sin Convention (0 Deg at Zero Crossing) for the phase angles. The new option is in the Window
Properties dialog under the Display Settings tab.
2. Data Plotting (Syncrophasor Support): Modified the phasor displays to follow the syncrophasor convention
(+Peak=0 Degrees).
3. Data Plotting (SACS): Added a set of fast recursive engines for calculating RMS, Phase, Magnitude, Real,
Imaginary and frequency components for each channel.
4. Data Plotting (SACS): Added 8 new SAC operators using the values calculated from the recursive engines.
The new SACS operators are:
5. Data Plotting (SACS): Added a number of examples in the SAC help window describing how to use the new
and existing operators.
6. Data Plotting (Time Discontinuity): Added a new engine to detect discontinuities in time. If a time
discontinuity is encountered then a green dotted line is displayed at the sample where the discontinuity
occurred. A mouse over the small gray triangle displayed at the bottom of the green line will show the
duration. To turn off this feature set the "Show Event Separator Bars" field to "No" (in the properties
dialog).
7. Data Plotting (Harmonics): Changed the displayed Total Harmonic Distortion value from RMS to Instantaneous
(for compliance with IEEE notation).
8. Data Plotting (Summary): Revised the Summary Window to show: Max, Min & Max Min Difference for both
Instantaneous and RMS values.
9. Data Plotting (Navigate Peaks): Revised navigate peaks to navigate the DFT peaks instead of the instantaneous
peaks.
10. Data Plotting (Append Files): Corrected a problem appending log files. The time difference between the
selected append files was being calculated to the microsecond. It is now calculating the difference according
to seconds.
2. Data Plotting (Fault Calculator): Added a new method to the fault calculator. The new method is the Reactance
Method. To switch between the 2 methods click on the tabs at the top of the window.
1. Data Plotting (Ruler): Corrected a problem with parsing the integer portion from a real value in French.
The previous versions where always looking for a "." it now includes the ",".
2. Data Plotting (Views): Added resizing to the Select View dialog for different languages.
3. Data Plotting (Views): Allows for views that do not fully match the displayed file.
4. Data Plotting (Complex Calculator): Added a new dialog to perform complex mathematics calculations.
The new dialog is accessed from the "Data" menu.
5. Data Plotting (Fault Calculator): Added a new dialog to compute the fault location using a single ended
algorithm. The new dialog is accessed from the "Data" menu.
6. Data Plotting (Timeline): Corrected a problem with resetting a flag with switching between the time line
and the ruler.
7. Data Plotting (Views): Added more view information to the Select View dialog.
9. Data Plotting (Views): Changed the way the view channels are check against the displayed file when opening
a view. In previous versions the channel titles in the view had to match the channel titles in the file,
now if only checks if the channel numbers in the view exists in the selected displayed file.
1. Data Plotting (Timeline/Ruler): Added a new time bar measuring the time distance from the first sample
displayed. The new time bar is called the Ruler. The time bar is displayed between the analog traces and
the digital traces. The default time bar displays the current fault reference bar measuring time in cycles
from the fault position. All previous versions displayed the fault reference bar. To switch between the new
Ruler display and the fault reference bar right click on the time bar and select the desired menu option
under the popup menu.
2. Data Plotting (Analog Channels): Increased the number of analog channels read and displayed from 256 to 512.
3. Data Plotting (SACs): Added a new command to perform SAC calculation only between the Reference Bar and Data
Bar. The B command will perform the specified SAC command for the samples between the two bars. The B command
is not case sensitive.
Examples:
a) Multiply Channel 8 by 2 between the bars: +8/*^2b/
b) Divide Channel 7 by Channel 2 between the bars: +7/:2B/
c) 2nd Harmonic of Channel 3 between the bars: +3h=2b/
1. File Manager (Show/Hide Channel Titles): Added a new dialog to give the ability to show/hide analog and
digital channels via the channel title. To open the dialog select the "Show/Hide Channel Titles" option
under the "Options" menu. All titles listed that have a check in the checkbox are automatically hidden
when the file is displayed. To show the title uncheck the checkbox next to the title. To remove a title
from the list use the "Remove" button. To add a new title type the new title in the edit box and click the
"Add" button. The new title is automatically added to the end of the list and the checkbox is defaulted to
checked.
1. Data Plotting (Print Window): Added a new print option to print the contents of the window. The new option
is called "Window" and is located under the "Print" submenu.
1. Data Plotting (User Views): Added a new feature to automatically open all user views in a separate window when
a request is made to open a data plotting file. A maximum of 10 views/windows can be displayed at one time.
1. Data Plotting (Print): Included the Waveform Summary as part of the data plotting print.
2. Data Plotting (Analog Table): Added automatic column sizing according to the largest max & min values. Previous
versions were using a fixed size which was causing values to overlap into neighboring columns.
1. Data Plotting (User Views): Improved the user views by allocating separate extensions for each type of file.
WR files have a ".VIW" extension, DR files have a ".VIWD" extension and TR files have a ".VIWT" extension. The
extension is automatically added to the view filename when saving the view.
2. Data Plotting (User Views): Defaulted the save view and select view directory to be the directory where the
currently displayed file is located. The default directory will change when the user either selects a different
directory in Save View dialog or if the directory is changed in the Select View dialog.
1. Data Plotting (User Views): Improved the user views by including the following information in the view:
sampling frequency, time scale, sliding window size, phasor window size, table window size, red fault bar,
auto scale and phasor or circular chart displayed.
1. Data Plotting (Digital Channels): Increased the number of digital channel title characters displayed
from 40 to 80.
1. Data Plotting: Added the trigger information from the 1st line in the Comtrade HDR file to the data plotting
window in the Phasor display section. The TRIGGER= is no longer needed to be defined. If TRIGGER= exists then
TRIGGER= will be deleted.
1. Data Plotting: Added the trigger information from the 1st line in the Comtrade HDR file to the data plotting
window in the Phasor display section. The trigger information is displayed if there is TRIGGER= on the first
line in the HDR file.
1. Data Plotting (Save Views): Added a new option to save analog and digital channel views to an ASCII text
file. To save a view mark the desired analog and digital channels and press <enter>. Select the "Save View"
menu option under the "View" menu. Enter the views filename and path and press enter. The saved view will be
added to the views drop down list on the menu button bar. The views drop down menu list displays the last 15
saved or selected views.
2. Data Plotting (Select Views): Added a new option to select saved views. To display a saved view select the
view file from the "Views" drop down list displayed in the menu button bar. If the desired view is not
displayed in the drop down menu list select more views to navigate to the saved view. Views can also be
selected using the "Select Views" menu option under the "View" menu. The "Select Views" dialog list all
the view files in the active view path. To change the view path select a path from the "View Path:" drop
down list or use the browse button to select a new path. The analog and digital table displays the
properties of the selected view.
1. Data Plotting: Fixed a problem with the Primary and Secondary values not being added to the Comtrade files
Created during a command line merge operation. The primary and secondary values are now added to the Comtrade
.CFG files.
2. File Manager: Fixed a problem in the file tree when directory names are 1 character only. Previous version
was causing an access violation error when a directory was 1 character in length.
3. Data Plotting: Corrected a problem when using the command line to merge trend files.
4. Data Plotting: Fixed a problem with updating the file's date and time in the window's header when the
automatic Adjust Files Time is implemented. The files time was adjusted after the window's header was
updated.
5. Data Plotting: Upgraded all of the time calculations from the old 32 bit, integer infrastructure to a
new 64 bit, floating point structure. This upgrade has eliminated the errors that were caused by
accumulated truncations.
1. System: Added support to always save the Comtrade file in the 1999 format for merge via the command
line parameters.
1. System: Added support to merge files via the command line parameters.
2. System: Added support for more than 4 languages. Increased the number of languages to 20.
2. System: Added the advanced captions, hint and strings to the translation files.
1. Fault Location: Rearranged the fault location dialog according to Pete Vivers email dated 01/24/2007. Added
an Advanced button to allow users to change the Phase Selection mode and for editing the Z1 and Z2 % of line,
R0 and Rg division factors and the threshold fields.
2. Fault location: Added the automatic display of the change frequency dialog box when the file's current
sampling frequency is not set to 24 samples/cycle.
3. Data Plotting: Fixed an error in the change frequency engine when changing from a high frequency to a low
frequency. The previous algorithm was not taken the fraction portion of the difference between the old and
new frequencies. This has been corrected and is now working.
4. Data Plotting: Added support to handle the comma as a decimal separator in the fault location dialog and
in the change frequency dialog.
1. System: Added resizing to a number of dialogs and windows to handle the Microsoft Monitor 120 DPI setting.
1. Data Plotting: Fixed a problem with calculating the total number of samples sent to the
SingleEndFaultLocation.dll. The previous version was using the fault trigger position defined in the
Comtrade CFG file to calculate the total number of samples to send to the DLL. This problem has been
corrected, it now uses the reference bar position to calculate the total samples.
2. Data Plotting: Included all Fault location message strings to the SIL & SIB files.
3. Data Plotting: Added a call to Get Last Error for all function calls in the fault location dialog. Also
increased the length of the output fields to fit the Fault time information.
4. Data Plotting: Changed the fault reference position to the Reference bar (blue dotted line). This allows
the user to change the fault position by right clicking in the trace window.
5. Data Plotting: Added a print button to screen dump the contents of the fault location dialog.
Wavewin C.N - 12/20/2006
1. Data Plotting: Added a Fault Location dialog to interface to the SingleEndFaultLocation.dll. To open
the new dialog select the Fault Location menu option under the Data menu. Before opening change the sampling
frequency to insure 24 samples per cycle. Enter all of the Input fields in secondary quantities. An error
message will be displayed if there is a problem with the input settings. Select the proper channels in the
Analog Channel section then press the Start button. The results will be displayed in Output section. Any
errors or warnings will be displayed in the Errors & Warning text box. The fault location dialog sends all
samples values in secondary quantities. The number of samples sent depends on the values defined in the
pre and post reference bar fields in the Analog Channels section. The start sample and the number of samples
sent is displayed in the status bar.
2. Data Plotting: Added support to read Comtrade ASCII *.DAT files that include blanks between the data values
and the comma separator. The complier method used for converting the string to integer values was returning
an error because of the included blanks. Added support to delete all blanks before converting the string
to an integer.
3. Data Plotting (Properties Dialog): Added a new button in the "Windows Properties" dialog under the "Driver
Data Type" tab. The "Analog Values" section allows for viewing each channels Primary & Secondary ratio
values. Click on the "View Ratio Values" button to display all of the analog channels Primary & Secondary
values.
1. Data Plotting: Added a new selection option to switch between Primary and Secondary values. The following
drivers supply the CT and PT ratio values in the files to perform the calculation from Primary to Secondary
and from Secondary to Primary: Comtrade, Transcan DFR, Faxtrax/Director DFRs, SEL Relays & DLP Relays.
To change the analog values open the Windows Properties dialog by clicking on the "P" menu button, or
select the "Window Properties" menu option from the "File" menu. Click on the "Driver Data Type"
tab and select Primary or Secondary from the "Analog Values" section then press <Enter> or click OK.
The type of analog values displayed is defined in the Data Plotting's Window header after the Fault Date
& Time.
2. Data Plotting (Printing): Fixed a problem with the print engine. When an ASCII Comtrade text file uses a
Line feed (OA) only for the line separator the Comtrade ASCII read engine was not reading the last sample
in the file. The number of samples plotted did not equal the total number of samples defined in the
Comtrade CFG file. This was causing the print engine to issue an endless number of blank pages because
it was never getting to the total number of samples defined in the CFG file.
Printing:
"c:\program files\MiCom S1 Studio\Storage\M571 - Ied 3 67.137.195.220\Waveform\WR1_000004.dat" /print /exit
"c:\program files\MiCom S1 Studio\Storage\M571 - Ied 3 67.137.195.220\Waveform\WR1_000007.dat" /print /exit
"c:\program files\MiCom S1 Studio\Storage\M571 - Ied 3 67.137.195.220\Waveform\WR1_000009.dat" /print /exit
"c:\program files\MiCom S1 Studio\Storage\M571 - Ied 3 67.137.195.220\Waveform\WV006.dat" /print /exit
"c:\program files\MiCom S1 Studio\Storage\M571 - Ied 3 67.137.195.220\SOE\084873_2954.txt" /print /exit
"c:\program files\MiCom S1 Studio\Storage\M571 - Ied 3 67.137.195.220\SOE\162407_2950.txt" /print /exit
"c:\program files\MiCom S1 Studio\Storage\M571 - Ied 3 67.137.195.220\Disturbance\DR1_000003.dat" /print
/exit
"c:\program files\MiCom S1 Studio\Storage\M571 - Ied 3 67.137.195.220\Disturbance\DR1_0008.dat" /print
/exit
"c:\program files\MiCom S1 Studio\Storage\M571 - Ied 3 67.137.195.220\Disturbance\DR1_0009.dat" /print
/exit
"c:\program files\MiCom S1 Studio\Storage\M571 - Ied 3 67.137.195.220\Disturbance\DR1_0010.dat" /print
/exit
"c:\program files\MiCom S1 Studio\Storage\M571 - Ied 3 67.137.195.220\Trend\TR1_a.DAT" /print /exit
"c:\program files\MiCom S1 Studio\Storage\M571 - Ied 3 67.137.195.220\Trend\TR1_b.DAT" /print /exit
"c:\program files\MiCom S1 Studio\Storage\M571 - Ied 3 67.137.195.220\Trend\TR1_000001.DAT" /print /exit
"c:\program files\MiCom S1 Studio\Storage\M571 - Ied 3 67.137.195.220\Trend\TR1_000002.DAT" /print /exit
"c:\program files\MiCom S1 Studio\Storage\M571 - Ied 3 67.137.195.220\SOE\SOE_000001.txt" /print /exit
"c:\program files\MiCom S1 Studio\Storage\M571 - Ied 3 67.137.195.220\SOE\SOE_000007.txt" /print /exit
Viewing:
"c:\program files\MiCom S1 Studio\Storage\M571 - Ied 3 67.137.195.220\Waveform\WR1_000004.dat"
"c:\program files\MiCom S1 Studio\Storage\M571 - Ied 3 67.137.195.220\Waveform\WR1_000007.dat"
"c:\program files\MiCom S1 Studio\Storage\M571 - Ied 3 67.137.195.220\Waveform\WR1_000009.dat"
"c:\program files\MiCom S1 Studio\Storage\M571 - Ied 3 67.137.195.220\Waveform\WV006.dat"
"c:\program files\MiCom S1 Studio\Storage\M571 - Ied 3 67.137.195.220\SOE\162407_2950.txt"
"c:\program files\MiCom S1 Studio\Storage\M571 - Ied 3 67.137.195.220\Disturbance\DR1_000003.dat"
"c:\program files\MiCom S1 Studio\Storage\M571 - Ied 3 67.137.195.220\Disturbance\DR1_0010.dat"
"c:\program files\MiCom S1 Studio\Storage\M571 - Ied 3 67.137.195.220\Trend\TR1_a.DAT"
"c:\program files\MiCom S1 Studio\Storage\M571 - Ied 3 67.137.195.220\Trend\TR1_b.DAT"
"c:\program files\MiCom S1 Studio\Storage\M571 - Ied 3 67.137.195.220\Trend\TR1_000001.DAT"
"c:\program files\MiCom S1 Studio\Storage\M571 - Ied 3 67.137.195.220\Trend\TR1_000002.DAT"
"c:\program files\MiCom S1 Studio\Storage\M571 - Ied 3 67.137.195.220\SOE\SOE_000001.txt"
"c:\program files\MiCom S1 Studio\Storage\M571 - Ied 3 67.137.195.220\SOE\SOE_000007.txt"
2. Data Plotting (SACs): Added more protection to avoid Access Violation Errors when improper information
is entered in the operator fields.
3. File Manager: Fixed a problem when trying to access directories using networked computer names:
\\other machine\fault files.
1. Data Plotting: Fixed a problem with the F9 function key for files with digital channels only. Made
available on the beta page.
2. Data Plotting (SAC Window): Added 4 new buttons in the SAC window to save / open SAC files. The new "Save"
and "Save As" buttons allow for saving the current SAC information into an ASCII text file. The new "Open"
button allows for reloading previously saved SAC files. The "New" button allows for creating new SAC files.
1. System: Fixed a problem with the /print passed parameter. In previous versions it was required that
the contents of the window be fully painted on screen before the print occurred. When too many prints
were issued close together a range check error was generated because the screen information was not
fully painted. We modified the print to work with a virtual graphics handle instead of using the
window's graphics handle.
2. File Manager: Corrected a problem with the unzip components used to unzip the .ZAT files. Frederic reported
that a message box was displayed from the ZipTV components stating that the components were not
registered. We corresponded with ZipTV and have corrected the problem. The components on Softstuf's
development stations were not properly registered.
3. Data Plotting: Harmonics, added a check to avoid the bar width going under 1.
1. System: Fixed a number of problems and made some changes to the passed parameters:
a. Changed the /X1 and /Y1 passed parameters to /X and /Y. There was no need for the 1 indicator since
we changed /X2 and
/Y2 to /W and /H.
b. Fixed a problem with the /Print passed parameters on slower machines. The print function was being
called before the
the paint method for the window.
c. Corrected a problem with viewing files.
d. Corrected a problem with the /TopMost passed parameter.
2. Data Plotting: Added an option in the Harmonics window to change the bar size to show as many harmonics
as possible in one screen.
3. Data Plotting: Changed the units for the time bar and Delta X status bar to show time in a readable format.
We also added a unit and color indicator according to the time displayed.
1. System: Added more resizing for the dialogs to support the Spanish and German languages.
2. System: Added Frederics suggestions for passed parameters and also fixed a few problems with the new
passed parameters.
3. Data Plotting: Added a fixed dotted light red fault bar, also added an option in the properties dialog to
show or hide the fault bar.
4. Data Plotting: Added resizing to the harmonics window to view as much information as needed.
1. System: Added support to view Wavewin in different languages. First language added was French. All
remaining languages can be added to the SIL and SIB files without further coding in the software. Also all
menu items have been added to the SIL and SIB files. To change the active language select the "Display"
option under the "Options" menu in the File Manager. Select the desired language from the "Languages"
drop down list.
2. File Manager: Moved the last active directory to the Wavewin.ini File. In previous versions the last active
directory was saved to the Template database that has a limit of 80 characters. The Wavewin.ini eliminates
the 80 character limit.
3. Data Display: For files that have digital channels only made sure that all digital channels are displayed
if there are no triggered channels in the file.
2. File Manager: Always open Wavewin's folder tree to the last active directory.
3. Data Plotting: Fixed a problem with the boundary check for Comtrade ASCII digital channels.
4. Data Plotting: Fixed a problem with calculating the sampling frequency for Comtrade files that define
a zero for the sampling frequency.
5. Data Plotting: Increased the maximum number of harmonics displayed in the harmonics table from 100 to 200.
Wavewin C.7 09/12/2005
1. Data Plotting: Added a histogram view in the harmonics window. Click the change view button in the upper
right corner of the window to toggle between the table and the histogram. The histogram view allows for
selecting the column of data to show. Click on the "Select Bar Values" drop down menu to change the
values displayed. The "% of Fundamental" is the default view.
1. Data Plotting: Improved the Harmonics window to display the number of harmonics according to the number
of samples per cycle for the open file.
2. Data Plotting: Fixed a problem with the Comtrade read engine. The last analog channel's data values were
not being read therefore the sample values were defaulted to zero. The Comtrade engine was modified so
that a maximum of 255 analog channels can be displayed in the data plotting window. The maximum analog
channel boundary was not being checked properly and the last analog channel was not being read.
1. Data Plotting: Added two new columns to the Analog table. DFTMag = Displays the DFT Magnitude calculated
between the RMS bar (black dotted line) and the data bar (solid data bar). Crest = Displays the DFTMag
column divided by the RMS column.
2. Data Plotting: Added a new field in the harmonics dialog called "Total Harmonic Distortion". The "Total
Harmonic Distortion" field displays the ((square root of the summation of the squares of DFT Magnitudes
from harmonics 2 to 7) divided by square root of 2) and that quantity divided by the DFT Magnitude of the
Fundamental.
3. File Manager: Fixed a problem with the status bar fields not updating when navigating via the tree.
4. File Manager: Modified the table sort engine to always sort the columns in upper case. The previous
sort engine was sorting the column data as is. This was causing a problem when files are named with upper
case and lower case.
5. Data Plotting: Fixed a problem with reading multiple binary Comtrade files. The Comtrade binary read
multiple files was not reading the files in proper sequence.
6. Data Plotting (SACS): Fixed a problem with the SACS returning an error when calculating an Envelope using the
"A" and "E" script commands.
7. Data Plotting: A number of requests have been made to change the way the expand and condense time displays
the waveform signals. In versions previous to C.3 the expand and condense would display the first
sample out of the group of samples to condense or expand. To better show the peaks we changed that
functionality in version C.3 to pick the highest value in the group of samples to condense/expand.
This still did not show all the information. In this version Wavewin now displays all of the samples in
the file. When the signals are condensed the samples are plotted over each other.
8. Data Plotting: Added a feature to hop the data bar by one cycle for waveform files and one day for load
files. This feature is keyboard activated, use the Shift+Ctrl+Right/Left Arrows to move the data bar one
cycle/day from the previous position.
9. File Manager: Added Cut, Copy and Paste to easily move files from one directory to another. The new Cut,
Copy and Paste features work in the same fashion as Window's Explorer. Use the following menu items or
short-cut keys to activate the added file features: Cut:(Edit Menu: Cut Option, Ctrl+X, Shift+Del),
Copy:(Edit Menu: Copy Option, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+Ins), Paste:(Edit Menu: Paste Option, Ctrl+V, Shift+Ins).
10. File Manager: Added shortcuts in the file table right click pop-up menu for Cut, Copy and Paste files and for
the Zip, Email and Refresh features.
11. File Manager (Save As Comtrade): Fixed a problem with Save As Comtrade for the 1991 and 1999 formats.
The 1991 format was defining 3 fields (substation,device ID,version #) for the first line in the CFG file.
The proper format is substation,version #. Wavewin now puts the substation - Device ID,version#. For the
1999 format the last line in the CFG file is the time multiplier for the sample times in the .DAT file.
Wavewin was only adding the time multiplier field to the CFG if it was greater than 1. Now it always
adds the time multiplier field.
12. File Manager: Fixed a problem with reading the line frequency from the Comtrade ".CFG" file. The line
frequency was always defaulting to 60.
13. File Manager: Fixed a problem with the list of child windows being displayed under the wrong menu item.
14. Data Display: Added a medium display to the Auto Scale (F6, Alt-D, A) toggle feature. Auto Scale toggles
Between (Off, On and ++). ++ plots the signal using the number of maximum pixels allowed for the channel.
The highest value is plotted at the maximum position allowed and the smallest value is plotted at the
lowest position allowed. This feature was added to clearly show the profile of frequency, Vdc and load
data channels.
15. Data Display: Added a new option in the properties dialog under the Comtrade tab called: "Show Date
in (US/European/Japan) Format. This new option allows for selecting a fixed date format for the Comtrade
files.
16. Data Display: Fixed a problem with the fault timeline when calculating if the time is greater then a k.
18. File Manager (Delete Files): Changed the way the delete files engine works. It will now send files that reside
on the computer to the Recycle Bin all others are permanently deleted.
19. File Manager (Rename Files/Folders): To rename a folder in the tree click on the folder name twice
to display the edit box. To rename files select the rename option from the Files menu.
20. File Manager: Added the ability to email marked files directly from the file table.
Click on the email menu button to activate. All support files are automatically attached to the
email message.
21. File Manager: Added the ability to zip marked files directly from the file table. To activate, open
the "File" menu and select "Zip Marked Files" option. All support files are automatically added to the
zip file upon confirmation.
22. Data Plotting: Added the ability to email the active event file. All support files are automatically
attached to the email message. To activate, click on the Email menu button.
23. Data Display: Added "Analog Input" & "External Input" as a non-used channel. Wavewin does not show analog
and digital channels that contain the following strings:
UNUSE
UNDEF
NOT D
NOT U
NOT I
NOT A
{
N/A
ANALOG INPUT
ANALOG CHANNEL
EXTERNAL INPUT
EVENT CHANNEL
CHANNEL:
DIGITAL TRACE #
SPARE
24. Data Display: Fixed the data display in the Windows XP display mode. The last digital channel was being
overwritten by the window's border. Also fixed the sizing of the Wavewin main application window to size
around the desk top toolbars.
1. Data Plotting: Increased the number of analog channels per window from 128 to 256.
2. Data Plotting (Load Files): Added a new column "AvgWin" to the Analog Table located between the traces
and the circular chart. The "AvgWin" column averages all the sample values between the RMS bar (black
dotted vertical bar) and the data bar (black solid vertical bar).
3. Data Plotting: Added a new option to resize the RMS sliding window (area between the black dotted vertical bar
and the black solid bar). The size of the sliding window can be changed by clicking on the resize sliding
window menu speed button to bring up a dialog or by selecting a fixed number from the drop down menu list.
The window in Load files is changed according to hours or days and in transient files according to cycles.
To bring up the resize dialog from the menu select the "View" menu then select the "Set Sliding Window"
option.
4. System Speed Bar Menu: Added a new "Back" button to go back to the previous window.
5. File Manager: Added a new feature to save summary files. The "Waveform Summaries" submenu option under
the "Options" menu has a new item called "Save summaries". Save Summaries generates a summary file for
each marked or selected file and saves it as an ASCII text file to the specified destination path. The
file is named with the filename specified or by using the IEEE PSRC long file naming convention. The
summary file extensions are "*.txt".
6. Data Plotting: Added 2 new buttons to the phasor/circular chart window (up arrow/down arrow). The new
up arrow and down arrow buttons allow for increasing/decreasing the phasor/circular chart scale independent
of the traces.
7. Data Plotting: Added 2 new buttons to the trace window (up arrow/down arrow). The new up arrow and down arrow
buttons allow for increasing/decreasing the trace's amplitude independent of the phasor/circular chart.
8. Data Plotting: Added 2 new buttons to the trace window (left arrows). The left arrow to the left of the
scrollbar shifts the sample at the data bar (vertical solid black line) to the beginning of the window.
The left arrow to the right of the scrollbar shifts the separator bar between the traces and the analog
table to the data bar.
9. Data Plotting: Corrected a problem in the "Save As Comtrade" feature when saving the sampling rate
information to the ".CFG" File. The problem was occurring after a displayed file was modified by, Change
Frequency, Truncate Cycles, Duplicate Cycles, Append and Merge. Older versions wrote the original sample
rate information to the new Comtrade file.
10. Data Plotting: Added a feature that will not display a phase angle in the analog table or in the phasor
diagram if the channel is DC or Frequency (Hertz).
11. Data Plotting: Added a limit for analog channels (256 analog channels/display) for the Waveform Merge
& Append features. Cannot Append/Merge waveforms if the combined exceeds 256 analog channels or exceeds
1024 digital channels.
12. Data Plotting: Fixed a problem with reading load data times from a Comtrade file that specifies the data
in seconds.
2. Data Plotting: Fixed a problem with the DC units in a Comtrade File not showing up in the Analog Table.
3. Data Plotting: Took out the display of the phasors in the phasor diagram for analog channels that are not
Volts, Amps, Watts, and Vars. Also, now displays "N/A" in the Phasor Analog table column for channels that
are not Volts, Amps, Watts, and Vars.
1. Data Plotting: Upgraded the "Save As Comtrade" engine to handle the older 1991 version and the newer 1999
version.
2. Data Plotting: Added a new field in the "Properties" dialog to select the Comtrade version for the "Save As
Comtrade" engine. The new field is in the "Comtrade" tab and is called "Save Using Comtrade Version:".
Select 1991 for the older version and 1999 for the newer version. The default version is the newer 1999
version.
1. File Manager: Added a new feature to open multiple waveform files from the file table. Mark the files
desired and select the "Open Marked Files" menu option under the Options/Waveform File(s) menu. The
files will be tiled horizontally, and the file manage will be minimized.
2. File Manager: Append Waveform Files: The two features available under the Options/Waveform File(s)/Append
menu will append all the marked waveform files in time either by deleting the common times between files
(Discard Common Times) or appending all marked files back to back (Back to Back), sorted oldest to latest.
3. File Manager: Merge Waveform Files: The two features available under the Options/Waveform File(s)/Merge
menu will merge different types of files into one display.
By Time: Merge channel samples if they have a common time segment. The reference time is from the file
with latest start date and time. The file with the least number of samples determined the length
of the new merged file.
By Sample: Merge regardless of time stamps. The reference time is from the first marked file. And the
file with the least number of samples determines the length of the file.
When files with different sampling frequencies are merged a dialog will be displayed. The dialog contains
a list of all the sampling frequencies in the marked files. Select the frequency for the merged file or
enter a new frequency.
To identify the merged channels the station name for each file is added to the beginning of the analog and
digital channel names. To turn off this feature open the Properties dialog in the data-plotting window.
Click on the Append/Merge tab and uncheck the “Add the File’s Station Name to Beginning of the
Analog/Digital Channels” field.
4. Data Plotting: Added a new feature Append Open Files. There are two options available under the Append
Open Files Menu (same feature as the file manager’s Append):
Discard Common Times: Any common times found in the open files will be deleted from the oldest file.
Back to Back: The files are appended back to back. No samples are deleted.
5. Data Plotting: Added a new feature Merge Open Waveform Files. There are three options available under the
Merge Open Files Menu:
By Time: Merge channel samples if they have a common time segment. The reference time is from the file
with latest start date and time. The file with the least amount of samples determined the
length of the new merged file.
Manually: Use the data bars to highlight where the common sample time is in each window. Merge manually
will then line up the data bars and adjust the time stamps accordingly. This option is used when
the file times are not synchronized. The active window determines the time stamp of the new
merged file and the open window with smallest number of samples determines the length of the
new merged file.
By Sample: Merge regardless of time stamps and/or data bar positions. The reference time is from the
active window. And the file with the least amount of samples determines the length of the file.
When files with different sampling frequencies are merged a dialog will be displayed. The dialog contains
a list of all the sampling frequencies in the opened files. Select the frequency for the merged file or
enter a new frequency.
Merging Open Files allows for flexibility of what channels are merged. Merge Open Files will merge either
the marked channels only or if there are no marked channels then it will merge the visible channels.
To identify the merged channels the station name for each file is added to the beginning of the analog and
digital channel names. To turn off this feature open the Properties dialog. Click on the Append/Merge
tab and uncheck the “Add the File’s Station Name to Beginning of the Analog/Digital Channels” field.
6. Data Plotting: Added a menu button to gain easy access to the driver’s data type setting. The data type
setting specifies if the samples for the active driver are saved in RMS values or in instantaneous values.
7. Data Plotting: Modified setting the sample time stamps in the Comtrade reader. If the sampling frequency
is set in the .CFG file then the time stamp is calculated from the sampling frequency. If the sampling
frequency is 0 then the time stamp is set from the time stamp in the .DAT file.
8. Data Plotting: Fixed a problem with displaying the waveform data and analog table when switching between
open windows. The system was losing the window handles when a left mouse click was encountered.
9. File Manager: Added a new feature in the File Menu called "ComName(s) Rename". This feature will rename
All the marked waveform files (file entries displayed in red) using the IEEE long file naming convention
(ComNames).
The format for the ComName Files are:
fault date,fault time,time code,station,device,company,duration,type,latitude,longitude,user field.ext
All files associated with the marked waveform files will be renamed.
Comtrade files: the ".CFG", ".INF", ".HDR", ".DAT" and "*.D##" files will be renamed.
10. File Manager: Added a new feature in the File Menu called "ComName Properties". There are 4 fields in the
ComName format that can not be extracted from the waveform files: "Company Name", "Time Code", "Latitude" and
"Longitude". The "ComName Properties" allows for entering these fields prior to renaming.
11. File Manager & Data Plotting: Added a new feature in the "Save As Comtrade" option to use the ComNames long
file naming convention for the Comtrade Name. There is a new check box inside the "Save As Comtrade" dialog
called: "Use the ComNames Naming Convention to Name the Comtrade File(s)".
If checked the system will automatically assign a ComName filename to all Comtrade files saved.
If unchecked then the files will be named using the name entered into the "File Name" field.
1. Data Plotting: Added support to read Comtrade files that are distributed into multiple data files.
2. Data Plotting: Fixed a problem with displaying SAC values when operating with RMS calibrated data.
3. File Manager: Added a new feature to Append like waveform files in time. A new sub menu
has been added to the "Options" menu called "Waveform File(s)". Use the "Open Selected Waveform
File" option to display the traces in the selected file. Use the "Append Marked Waveform Files"
option to append like waveform files in time. The marked file's analog and digital channels must match.
4. File Manager: Added a new feature to set up certain parameters for the append feature. Select the
"Waveform Properties" option under the "Waveform File(s)" menu option. To throw out samples with common times
check the "Discard Common Times" option. Next, select what file will have the times discarded from:
the new file being created or the files being appended.
5. Data Plotting: Added a new setting to set the Opening frequency for each supported driver.
To setup this parameter open the desired waveform file, next select the "Change Frequency" option from
the "Data" menu and check the "Always Open" box. The frequency entered into the New Frequency" field
will be the frequency displayed for all the files for the active driver.
6. Data Plotting: Added a new feature to Show/Hide the event separator bars for multiple event files. The
new field is in the "Properties" dialog under the "Display Settings" tab.
7. Data Plotting: Fixed a problem with displaying leading zeros for the fault time in the Waveform
Summary window.
8. Data Plotting: Added a new feature to the data plotting's "Data" menu to Truncate cycles.
Truncate can be applied to remove cycles from the beginning of the data, the end of the data
and from the middle of the data.
9. Data Plotting: Added a new feature to the data plotting's "Data" menu to Duplicate the cycle
of data between the RMS bar and the data bar. A dialog box allows for specifying the number of
cycles to add.
10. Data Plotting: Added two new features to the data plotting's "Data" menu to change and restore the
sampling frequency.
a.) Change sampling frequency: This feature allows for changing the sampling frequency of the
displayed record. If Sync mode is active then Change Sampling Frequency will change all open
windows to the entered frequency.
b.) Restore Original Data: This feature is active only after the sampling frequency is changed.
It allows for restoring the original raw data of the displayed record. If Sync mode is active
then Restore Original will restore all the open windows to their original raw data.
a.) Mark Raw Samples - Draws a small circle at all the original raw samples.
b.) Mark Peak Values - Draws a small square at all the peaks.
c.) Mark Change in Sign Values - Draw a small triangle at all samples where a change in sign occurs.
12. Data Plotting: Modified the Channel Information, Summary and Raw Data menu buttons to indicate an ASCII
display with the corresponding character signifying the type of data.
13. Data Plotting: Added a new menu button to open new files or to open one of the last 14 files opened.
14. Data Plotting: The data plotting window's menu has been arranged to be more windows compliant.
A large number of requests from Wavewin users asked to improve the menu.
Below are the additions:
- Added a new "File" menu. The "File" menu handles all commands directly related to the waveform file.
- Added a new "Open" command under the "File" menu to open new waveform files.
- The "Data" menu handles all commands relating to the data such as: Expand & Contract Time, Increase
& Decrease amplitude, auto scale...
- Added a new "Channel" menu. The "Channel" menu handles all commands directly related to the
Analog and Digital channels.
15. Data Plotting: The "Display" dialog used for setting up the properties of the window has been moved to the
new "File" menu and is now called "Properties".
16. Data Plotting: The "Displayed Device's Data Type" field in the "Properties" dialog (formally the
"Display" dialog) has been moved from the "General" tab to the "Display Settings" tab.
17. File Manager: Improved the speed of read engine for the File manager. Enhanced the way
the memory is allocated when reading the file allocation table.
1. Data Plotting: Fixed a problem reading the sampling frequency in the Comtrade driver.
The driver was defaulting the sampling frequency to 0 if it was >32768 or <32768. Took
out the limit and open ended the sampling frequency value.
2. Data Plotting: Added a new feature to save RMS Calibrated data as Peak data for the
Save As Comtrade option. This feature is optional. Change the "Convert RMS Calibrated
Data" field in the "General" tab of the "Display dialog" to "Yes" to activate.
3. Data Plotting: Fixed a problem with the "Software Analog Channel" menu disappearing.
4. Data Plotting: Took out the gray background for the digital channels in the print outs.
1. Data Plotting: Allowed for Comtrade Files to be displayed if the digital channels have
no original states set.
2. Data Plotting: Added two new buttons in the phasor/circular chart window title:
"P" to display the phasors at the data bar and "C" to display the circular chart.
3. Data Plotting: Fixed a problem reading Comtrade CFG files that use a line feed only as
an end-of-line marker.
4. Data Plotting: Added support to display Comtrade files that have digital channels only.
5. Data Plotting: Modified the equation for the fault time bar to have more resolution.
1. Data Plotting: Took out multiplying the sample values by -1 in the ABB TPU Cap files.
2. Data Plotting: Increased maximum zoom factor for auto-scale mode from 99999 to 999999999 to allow
for further magnification.
3. Data Plotting: Fixed a problem with the auto scale feature for Log files.
4. Data Plotting (Save Displayed Values): Added a new extension "*.mac" for the Save Displayed Values Feature.
5. Data Plotting (Save Displayed Values): Allowed for the Display Save Values File and Format File Window to
be independent of the data plotting window. Does not close the Save Values File and Format File Window
when closing the data plotting window.
6. Data Plotting: Enhanced the Fault time bar locator to look for the closes match defined by the
selected format.
Prior versions looked for an exact match.
7. Data Plotting: Enhanced the Sync Time feature to look for the closes match. Previous versions looked for
an exact match.
8. Data Plotting: Corrected the Sampling Frequency for Comtrade Files that specify a time scale multiplier.
9. Data Plotting: Enhanced the Sync Manual Mouse Click to displace the mouse according to time difference.
Previous versions displaced according to click position.
10. Data Plotting: Corrected the Fault Time displayed in the Waveform Summary Window.
11. Data Plotting: Added a Prompt to ask to overwrite existing Comtrade files for the Save As Comtrade feature.
12. Data Plotting: Corrected the Save As Comtrade feature to save only the digital channels that are visible.
Previous versions were saving the digital channels when the digital section was hidden using the drag mouse.
Wavewin B.6
1. Data Plotting: Fixed a problem with the scale factors for the print engine.
Wavewin B.5
1. Data Plotting: Advanced the Save Display Values option. Added user defined Templates.
Refer to the Data Plotting help window "Save Displayed Values" section for more information.
2. Data Plotting: Added and new menu option "Values". Allows for saving Values displayed
in the Analog Table to a text file (Mark & Save) in the default format or in the format
defined in the selected Template file. Provides "Open", "New" and "Clear" features for
the active Values file and provides "New" and "Open" features for the Template Files.
Refer to the Data Plotting help window "Save Displayed Values" section for more information.
4. Data Plotting: Fixed a time scale problem with Comtrade files that specify a time scale multiplier.
Wavewin B.4
1. Data Plotting: New time based display. New field "Trace Display Type" added to the "Display"
dialog under the "General" tab. Allows for toggling between a sample base display and the time
based display.
2. Data Plotting: New Fault reference time bar. Shows the time difference from the fault time.
3. Data Plotting: New Close button for the Phasor/Circular Chart window.
4. Data Plotting: New Close button for the Channel Information Table.
Wavewin B.3
1. File Manager: Fixed a problem with the SOE table when displaying files with SACs defined.
2. Data Plotting: Fixed a problem with scaling the harmonic values in the Harmonics window.
Wavewin B.2
1. Data Plotting: Allowed for the Constants in the SACs to be real values.
2. Data Plotting: Changed the way the digital bits are displayed: a value of 1 = thick green line,
a values of 0 = thin black line. The A and N status next to the digital titles stay
the same. They are set according to the bit compared to the original state,
A = different then original state, N = same as original state.
3. Data Plotting: Added in the SAC window divide and multiply operators:
division = ':'
multiplication = '*'
4. Data Plotting: Added in the SAC window the ability to use a constant value for the "+", "-",":" and "*"
operators.
5. Data Plotting: Added phase shifts to the SAC operators mainly for + and - sequence components: