PMU Connection Tester

Updated GSF dependencies to latest build (includes SEL fix for 0xFF telnet duplications in stream) and updated version to 4.5.5

Fantastic. I have let it run about 10 minutes and only got one error (as opposed to 10+ per second before). The error was when the connection was first established and from the exception it looks like it is flagging the telnet connection handshake as ... [More] a bad C37 header, but that can be ignored and won't cause any real problems. Attempting connection to "ID 7218 using SEL Fast Message over Tcp" at 7/10/2014 10:27:21 AM using SEL Fast Message Connected to device "ID 7218 using SEL Fast Message over Tcp" at 7/10/2014 10:27:21 AM using SEL Fast Message Exception: Bad data stream, expected header bytes 0xA546 as first bytes in SEL Fast Message frame, got 0xFFFB Thanks a ton, this has been causing me grief off and on for a year! I would appreciate a beta release of openPDC with these updates whenever you get a chance. [Less]

FYI - I've compiled a fix - if you can test binary updates in PMU Connection Tester, that would be great. Fix can be downloaded from here: https://www.gridprotectionalliance.org/NightlyBuilds/Temp/SELPhasorUpdates.zip Note that this update will ... [More] only work using very latest version, v4.5.4. To apply to PMU Connection Tester, make sure application is not running and unzip contents to the installation folder (this will usually require admin rights, depending on installation location). I suggest backing-up old binaries in case this doesn't work - otherwise you may have to reinstall. Would rather not test on your openPDC just yet as there may be more binary changes needed that I provided in the zip update. If this works I will provide a new BETA build of the openPDC that includes this fix. Thanks, Ritchie [Less]

We've seen similar behavior in other protocols - should be easy enough to get the protocol parser to ignore duplicated 0xFF bytes. I will add this to the TO-DO list. Thanks! Ritchie

Ritchie, Yes this is still a problem with the most recent version of PMU connection tester ( 4.5.4.0). After consulting with SEL it turns out that when you transmit SEL-FM via the ethernet port it embeds it in a telnet stream, so all 0xFF bytes are ... [More] duplicated for telnet compliance. This is why there are checksum errors. If the packets are sent via serial link this problem does not exist. I verified that the problem could be fixed by writing a relay script to intercept the stream, search for consecutive 0xFF bytes, remove on of the 0xFF bytes and resend the packet. PMU connection tester and openPDC manager can both connect to the stream without errors now. [Less]

Fixed 32-bit installer

This is the current release build of the PMU Connection Tester, version 4.5.4 This version of the connection tester is to be released with openPDC 2.1. This application requires that .NET 4.5 already be installed on your system. Note this ... [More] release of the PMU Connection Tester is built on .NET 4.5 using the Grid Solutions Framework (GSF). If you want to use or browse protocol source code, please download the GSF source code and look for the GSF.PhasorProtocols project. Thanks! Ritchie [Less]

This is the current release build of the PMU Connection Tester, version 4.5.4 This version of the connection tester is to be released with openPDC 2.1.This application requires that .NET 4.5 already be installed on your system.Note this release of ... [More] the PMU Connection Tester is built on .NET 4.5 using the Grid Solutions Framework (GSF). If you want to use or browse protocol source code, please download the GSF source code and look for the GSF.PhasorProtocols project.Thanks!Ritchie [Less]

This is the current release build of the PMU Connection Tester, version 4.5.4 This version of the connection tester is to be released with openPDC 2.1. This application requires that .NET 4.5 already be installed on your system. Note this ... [More] release of the PMU Connection Tester is built on .NET 4.5 using the Grid Solutions Framework (GSF). If you want to use or browse protocol source code, please download the GSF source code and look for the GSF.PhasorProtocols project. Thanks! Ritchie [Less]

This is the current release build of the PMU Connection Tester, version 4.5 This version of the connection tester is to be released with openPDC 2.1. This application requires that .NET 4.5 already be installed on your system. Note this ... [More] release of the PMU Connection Tester is built on .NET 4.5 using the Grid Solutions Framework (GSF). If you want to use or browse protocol source code, please download the GSF source code and look for the GSF.PhasorProtocols project. Thanks! Ritchie [Less]