Preface

Table of Contents

Product Overview 1
SICAM First Steps 2
Navigator
Configuring the Grid 3
V3.02
Substation Information 4

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Preface

Purpose of the Manual

This manual describes the application SICAM Navigator used for monitoring and analytics of energy distribu-
tion grids covering various primary and secondary substations and low-voltage distribution components.

Scope
This manual covers the description of the user interface, the configuration, and the operation of the applica-
tion SICAM Navigator.

Target Audience
This manual is intended for operating personnel in electrical distribution grid substations, project engineers
and commissioning engineers.

Additional Support
For questions about the system, contact your Siemens sales partner.

Customer Support Center

Our Customer Support Center provides a 24-hour service.
Siemens AG
Smart Infrastructure – Protection Automation Tel.: +49 911 2155 4466
Customer Support Center E-Mail: energy.automation@siemens.com

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Notes on Safety
This document is not a complete index of all safety measures required for operation of the equipment (module
or device). However, it comprises important information that must be followed for personal safety, as well
as to avoid material damage. Information is highlighted and illustrated as follows according to the degree of
danger:

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! DANGER
DANGER means that death or severe injury will result if the measures specified are not taken.
² Comply with all instructions, in order to avoid death or severe injuries.

! WARNING
WARNING means that death or severe injury may result if the measures specified are not taken.
² Comply with all instructions, in order to avoid death or severe injuries.

! CAUTION
CAUTION means that medium-severe or slight injuries can occur if the specified measures are not taken.
² Comply with all instructions, in order to avoid moderate or minor injuries.

NOTICE
NOTICE means that property damage can result if the measures specified are not taken.
² Comply with all instructions, in order to avoid property damage.

NOTE

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which must be given attention.

OpenSSL
This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in OpenSSL Toolkit (http://
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This product includes software written by Tim Hudson (tjh@cryptsoft.com).
This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com).

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Preface.......................................................................................................................................................... 3

1 Product Overview......................................................................................................................................... 6

2 First Steps..................................................................................................................................................... 7
2.1 Getting to Know the User Interface......................................................................................8
2.2 Logging On and Off............................................................................................................ 8
2.3 Adjusting the Display Settings............................................................................................. 9
2.4 Configuring Notifications.................................................................................................... 9

3 Configuring the Grid...................................................................................................................................11

3.1 Configuring Substations.................................................................................................... 12
3.2 Importing and Deleting Signal Assignments ......................................................................12
3.3 Importing and Deleting SVG Graphics................................................................................ 13
3.4 Configuring Limit Supervisions.......................................................................................... 14

4 Substation Information.............................................................................................................................. 16
4.1 Health Status of a Substation............................................................................................ 17
4.2 Investigating Alarms......................................................................................................... 17
4.3 Displaying Substation Details and Graphics........................................................................ 18
4.4 Displaying Measured Values.............................................................................................. 19
4.5 Displaying Load Profiles and Heatmaps..............................................................................20
4.6 Executing Commands....................................................................................................... 21

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SICAM Navigator is a time-series based visualization tool that assists you in gaining insights into your power
distribution system and how devices and grid components are performing. Once started, you can get an
overview of your connected transformer substation or charging infrastructure data, which allows you to
conduct root-cause analysis.
To avoid downtimes, monitoring functions send warnings and alarms in case operating components are out
of range. If activated, a control function can be used to switch on or off grid components for energy and load
management.
SICAM Navigator is completely integrated into Insight HUB without the need of preceding data preparation.
SICAM Navigator is designed to be used on a PC and on mobile devices, for example tablets or smartphones.

Software Requirements
Siemens recommends the following to run SICAM Navigator properly:

• Stationary devices
– Google Chrome

• Mobile devices
– Android: Google Chrome
– Apple iOS: Safari

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2.1 Getting to Know the User Interface 8

2.2 Logging On and Off 8
2.3 Adjusting the Display Settings 9
2.4 Configuring Notifications 9

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2.1 Getting to Know the User Interface

2.1 Getting to Know the User Interface

General UI Layout

[nav_ui, 1, --_--]

Figure 2-1 Start Page

(1) Side menu

(2) Launchpad information
For more information, refer to MindSphere - First Steps (https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/
products?search=109765571&mfn=ps&o=DefaultRankingDesc&lc=en-US).
(3) Main view (for example, Map view)

2.2 Logging On and Off

To log on to the application, you must fulfill these requirements:

• Your Insight HUB tenant must be configured.

• Your user account must be assigned to at least the user group User.
For more information on these requirements, refer to MindSphere - First Steps (https://
support.industry.siemens.com/cs/products?search=109765571&mfn=ps&o=DefaultRankingDesc&lc=en-US).

Logging On
² Log on to your Insight HUB account.
The launchpad page is displayed. You only see applications in accordance with the rights assigned to your user
account.
² Select the tile SICAM Navigator.
The start page of the application is displayed.

Logging Off
²
Select the icon in the upper right corner.

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You are logged off.

2.3 Adjusting the Display Settings

Changing the Language
You can choose between the English and the German language.
² Select the menu icon in the upper left corner.
² Select Settings from the side menu.
² In the tile Language, select your desired language.
The language is changed accordingly.

Changing the Theme

You can choose between a dark theme and a light theme.
² Select the menu icon in the upper left corner.
² Select Settings from the side menu.
² In the tile Theme, select your desired theme.
The theme is changed accordingly.

2.4 Configuring Notifications

You can provide your contact information to receive information regarding events and alarms regarding your
grid.
To receive information via SMS, you need to purchase the notification package.
² Select the menu icon in the upper left corner.
² Select Settings from the side menu.
² In the section Notifications, select Manage.
² To receive e-mails, enable E-mail and enter your e-mail address.
² To receive SMS, enable SMS and enter your phone number.
² To receive push notifications in your browser, enable Web push notification.
² To unregister from notifications, disable E-mail, SMS and Web push notification.
² Select Save.

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NOTE

i • After activating the Web push notification in the Notification dialog, a browser notification pop-up
window opens on the top left side below the address bar. You have to select Allow in this pop-up
window. Afterwards the button Save in the dialog Notification is enabled. You can then save your
choice as usual.

• If the browser setting for quiet notifications is enabled, notifications are automatically rejected. To
allow notifications, select the notification icon in the address bar and select Allow.

• Web push notifications do not work in incognito mode.

• Web push notifications are browser dependent. If you clear your browser cache and cookies, your
active subscription will be lost. To receive push notifications, you will need to subscribe again.

• To allow web push notifications in iOS, activate Notification and Push API in the menu Experimental
Features of the Safari browser settings. Additionaly add the website to the home screen.

• If the website is deleted from the home screen without deactivating web push notifications, the active
subscription is not cleared automatically.

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3.1 Configuring Substations 12

3.2 Importing and Deleting Signal Assignments 12
3.3 Importing and Deleting SVG Graphics 13
3.4 Configuring Limit Supervisions 14

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3.1 Configuring Substations

3.1 Configuring Substations

Via the Insight HUB, connected substations are onboarded with their name and geolocation - if the parameters
are set with, for example, the SICAM Device Manager for the SICAM A8000. If no geocoordinates are set, the
location of the substation is set based on the coordinates configured for the Insight HUB tenant.

Adding Non-Digitalized Substations Manually

² Select the menu icon in the upper left corner.
² Select Map from the side menu.
² On the map, navigate to the geolocation of the substation you want to add.
² Select and hold or right-click the geolocation on the map.

[sc_add_station, 1, en_US]

² Select the substation type.

² Enter the name of the substation.
² Enter and select the neighbor stations.
² To specify the geolocation, enter the desired latitude and longitude.
² Select Add substation.
The substation is added to the map.

Editing Substations
² Select the menu icon in the upper left corner.
² Select Map from the side menu.
² On the map, select and hold or right-click the substation you want to edit.
² To configure the logical grid structure, enter and select the neighbor stations.
² To change the geolocation of the substation, enter the desired latitude and longitude.
² Select Save.
The substation data are changed accordingly.
The substation is integrated in the grid structure accordingly.

3.2 Importing and Deleting Signal Assignments

Signals sent to SICAM Navigator can be flexibly assigned to, for example, the view Measurements, the alarm
list or to graphic elements in the SVG graphics. This assignment of signals is done via a CSV file.

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NOTE

i To create a signal assignment, Siemens recommends using the Microsoft Excel Engineering Sheet for
SICAM Navigator. To receive this template, contact your Siemens sales partner.
Detailed instructions how to use the template are included in the engineering sheet itself.

With the graphic configuration, the name of the SVG graphic is assigned to the station in the view Map.

Creating a Signal Assignment

² Export the signal assignment from your SICAM Device Manager or SICAM TOOLBOX II in the CSV format.
² Open the Microsoft Excel Engineering Sheet for SICAM Navigator.
² Copy the signal assignment to the engineering sheet.
² Configure the signal assignment as needed.
² Save the engineering sheet in the CSV format.

Importing Signal Assignments

² Select the menu icon in the upper left corner.
² Select Configuration from the side menu.
² Select the tile Signal Assignment.
² Select Import new assignment.
² Choose your engineering sheet with the signal assignment and select Open.
The assignment is uploaded and added to the list of available files.
If inconsistencies are detected, detailed information are provided via a downloadable text file.

Deleting Signal Assignments

² Select the menu icon in the upper left corner.
² Select Configuration from the side menu.
² Select the tile Signal Assignment.
²
Select the icon next to the assignment you want to delete in the list of available files.

The assignment is deleted.

NOTE

i In case of inconsistencies between stations, signal assignments or missing SVG graphics, a yellow informa-
tion bar is displayed.

3.3 Importing and Deleting SVG Graphics

You can import SVG graphics to visualize your substations or grid. You are free regarding the design of the
graphics. However, some technical requirements must be fulfilled for the SVG graphics to work correctly. For
more information on these requirements and the general creation of the SVG graphics, refer to the SICAM 8
Visualization & Operation manual.
You can create the SVG graphics with a third-party software (for example, Inkscape).

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NOTE

i Siemens offers a library of SVG elements and graphics. For access, contact your Siemens sales partner.

The SVG graphics are assigned to the substations using the same CSV file as for signal assignment.

Importing SVG Graphics

² Select the menu icon in the upper left corner.
² Select Configuration from the side menu.
² Select the tile SVG Graphics.
² Select Import graphic.
² Choose your SVG graphic and select Open.
The SVG graphic is uploaded and added to the list of available files.

Deleting SVG Graphics

² Select the menu icon in the upper left corner.
² Select Configuration from the side menu.
² Select the tile SVG Graphics.
²
Select the icon next to the SVG graphic you want to delete in the list of available files.

The SVG graphic is deleted.

3.4 Configuring Limit Supervisions

Displaying Limit Supervisions
² Select the menu icon in the upper left corner.
² Select Configuration from the side menu.
² Select the tile Limit Supervision.
A list of the substations is displayed. In this view, you can assign templates for limit supervisions.

Creating and Assigning a Template

² Select the menu icon in the upper left corner.
² Select Configuration from the side menu.
² Select the tile Limit Supervision.
² Select Configure templates.
² Enter the name of the template.

NOTE

i You can leave not needed text boxes empty.

² In the section Limit configuration, enter an upper and lower warning limit.
² Enter an upper and lower alarm limit.

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² To create an entry in the event list in case of a warning or an alarm, enable the respective toggle button
Alarm & Event list.
² In the section General configuration, define the duration until a warning or an alarm is triggered.
² To receive an e-mail notification in case of a warning or an alarm, enable the respective toggle button.
² Select Save as....
You return to the page Limit Supervision.
² In the column Template, select a template for a substation.
² To configure ratings (for example, the maximum load of cables or transformers), enter the desired value
in the column Rated value.
- or -
² Use the filter function to only display relevant signals.
²
To assign a template to all visible signals, select the icon .

²
To configure ratings for all visible signals, select the icon .

² Select Save.

Editing Templates
² Select the menu icon in the upper left corner.
² Select Configuration from the side menu.
² Select the tile Limit Supervision.
² Select Configure templates.
² Edit the template as needed.
² Select Save.

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4.1 Health Status of a Substation 17

4.2 Investigating Alarms 17
4.3 Displaying Substation Details and Graphics 18
4.4 Displaying Measured Values 19
4.5 Displaying Load Profiles and Heatmaps 20
4.6 Executing Commands 21

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4.1 Health Status of a Substation

4.1 Health Status of a Substation

In the view Map, all configured substations are displayed via pins. The color of the pins represents the health
status of the substation.

[sc_health, 1, en_US]

Figure 4-1 Health Status of Substations

Pin Explanation
A green pin displays a healthy substation.

A yellow pin displays a substation with a pending warning.

The warning can be triggered from the process or by a signal within the configured
violation warning level.
A red pin displays a substation with a pending alarm.
The alarm can be triggered from the process or by a signal within the limit violation
alarm level.
A blue pin displays a substation that lost connection.

A gray pin displays a secondary transformer substation that is not connected.

A gray pin with dots inside displays a primary substation that is not connected.

All unacknowledged alarms of all substations are displayed on the right-hand side of the view Map.

4.2 Investigating Alarms

Getting Notified
² Make sure to configure notifications so that you are informed about warning and alarms (refer to
2.4 Configuring Notifications).
Depending on your configuration, you receive a notification.
² Select the menu icon in the upper left corner.

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² Select Map from the side menu.

The view Map is displayed.
The substation pin is red.
The current alarm is displayed in Latest Unacknowledged Alarms.

Displaying the Alarm History

² In Latest Unacknowledged Alarms, select the 3 dots at the right-hand side for the alarm you want to
investigate.
² Select Alarm history.
The view Events is displayed for the selected substation.
² To display the alarm-related substation, select Station in map.

Acknowledging Alarms
² In Latest Unacknowledged Alarms, select the 3 dots at the right-hand side for the alarm you want to
acknowledge.
² Select Acknowledge.
The alarm is cleared from the list.

NOTE

i You can find further substation information in the corresponding menus (refer to, for example,
4.3 Displaying Substation Details and Graphics or 4.4 Displaying Measured Values).

4.3 Displaying Substation Details and Graphics

² Select the menu icon in the upper left corner.
² Select Map from the side menu.
² On the map, select the substation for which you want to display information.
The detailed view for this substation is displayed.

[sc_station_details, 1, en_US]

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Your uploaded SVG graphics and the following tiles are displayed:
² -Events
-Measurements
-Load Profile
² When you select one of the tiles, the corresponding information is shown only for the selected substa-
tion.
² To display only specific events in the tile Events, use the filter functions.

4.4 Displaying Measured Values

The view Measurements provides detailed information about measured values of a substation.
² Select the menu icon in the upper left corner.
² Select Measurements from the side menu.
The view Measurements is displayed.
² On the right-hand side, select the time range for which you want to display the measured values.
² Select Add measured value.
² Enter the name of the substation in the text box Select station.
² Select all measured values you want to display from the list box. If needed, use the filter functionality.
² Select Apply.
The selected measured values are displayed in different colors.

[sc_measurements, 1, en_US]

The configured limits for warnings and alarms are displayed (refer to 3.4 Configuring Limit Supervisions).
² To hide specific measured values, select the name of the measured value at the bottom of the view.
To display these values again, select the name a second time.
² To display specific information about a measured value, hover over the value.

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² To zoom in and display more detailed information within a specific time range, select and hover over the
desired time range.
To zoom back out to the preconfigured time range, select Reset zoom.
² To hide limits for warnings and alarms, disable Show/hide all limits.
² To download the measured values as a CSV file, select Actions.

4.5 Displaying Load Profiles and Heatmaps

The view Load Profile provides information about the load distribution of a substation branch, for example,
the low-voltage distribution.
² Select the menu icon in the upper left corner.
² Select Load Profile from the side menu.
The view Load Profile is displayed.
² On the right-hand side, select the time range for which you want to display the load profile.
² Enter the name of the substation in the text box Select station.
² Select the branch you want to display from the list box Select branch.
² Select Calculate.
The values of the selected branch are displayed in several ways:
- A colored heatmap. The meaning of the colors is displayed below the heatmap.

[sc_heatmap, 1, en_US]

- A load profile divided in workdays and Saturday and Sunday

- A chronological load profile for each day of the configured time range
In the load profiles, the average of the measured values is displayed via a graph. The colored are underneath
the graph displays the minimum and maximum of the values.

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[sc_load_profile, 1, en_US]

² To display specific information about a value, hover over the value.

² To zoom in and display more detailed information within a specific time range, select and hover over the
desired time range.
² To download the load profile or heatmap as a CSV file, select Actions.

4.6 Executing Commands

NOTE

i You can only execute commands if you use the Mindconnect extension and a specific firmware in SIMARIS
Control and SICAM A8000 for MQTT.

NOTE

i You can only execute commands if you have the necessary user rights.

You must have created and imported an SVG graphic. For those SVG elements for which you want to execute
commands (for example, low-voltage switches), you must have configured input fields (refer to 3.3 Importing
and Deleting SVG Graphics).
² Select the menu icon in the upper left corner.
² Select Map from the side menu.
² On the map, select the substation for which you want to execute a command.
² Select the imported SVG graphic with your preconfigured input fields.
² In the SVG graphic, select the element (for example, a low-voltage switch) for which you want to execute
a command.
The dialog Execute command is displayed.

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[sc_execute_command, 1, en_US]

² Select the operation you want to execute for the element.

² Confirm that you are aware of the impact of executing that command.
² Select Execute.
² Select Yes.
The command is sent to the device.
A bar displays the status of the command execution. When the command is executed, the information
Command executed is displayed.
² Select Close.
² The new status of the element is displayed in the SVG graphic.

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