AUTO_SYNC
Automatic synchroniser: AVR and governor bias trimming, and a close permissive advanced by the breaker's own closing time.
When to use it
Use AUTO_SYNC when a generator has to be brought into step with a live bus without an operator on the synchroscope — the controller trims excitation and speed until the machine matches, then issues one close command timed so the machines are in phase when the contacts touch.
Interface
The published port signature. This is the whole of what the block exposes to your program — the implementation body is not shown here and ships with the download.
Inputs
| Port | Type | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| ENABLE | BOOL | — |
| REQ | BOOL | — |
| ABORT | BOOL | — |
| GEN_V | REAL | pu |
| GEN_F | REAL | Hz |
| GEN_ANG | REAL | deg |
| BUS_V | REAL | pu |
| BUS_F | REAL | Hz |
| BUS_ANG | REAL | deg |
| MEAS_OK | BOOL | — |
| DV_MAX | REAL | pu |
| SLIP_MAX | REAL | Hz |
| ANG_WIN | REAL | deg |
| TCB | TIME | — |
| LIVE_PU | REAL | pu |
| SLIP_TGT | REAL | Hz |
| KV | REAL | %/pu |
| KF | REAL | %/Hz |
| V_BIAS_MAX | REAL | % |
| F_BIAS_MAX | REAL | % |
| LOCK_T | TIME | — |
| CLOSE_PW | TIME | — |
| SYNC_TMO | TIME | — |
| ACK | BOOL | — |
Outputs
| Port | Type | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| V_BIAS | REAL | % |
| F_BIAS | REAL | % |
| LOCKED | BOOL | — |
| CLOSE_PERM | BOOL | — |
| SLIP | REAL | Hz |
| DANG | REAL | deg |
| DV | REAL | pu |
| ADV_DEG | REAL | deg |
| ANG_AT_CLOSE | REAL | deg |
| DV_OK | BOOL | — |
| SLIP_OK | BOOL | — |
| ANG_OK | BOOL | — |
| BOTH_LIVE | BOOL | — |
| VALID | BOOL | — |
| ALM_SYNC_FAIL | BOOL | — |
| ALM_MEAS_FAULT | BOOL | — |
| ALM_CFG_ERR | BOOL | — |
Supervised control write
AUTO_SYNC commands a real actuator. It is written to sit underneath your own interlock, permissive and protection logic — not to replace it. Commission it as you would any control block you wrote yourself.
Validation evidence
- Tests
- 12
- Simulated scans
- 229
- Simulator
- v0.1.0
Complete IEC 61131-3 implementation with a published test suite that runs on the vplant simulator. The counts above are that suite, executed on this build.
- Conforms to IEC 61131-3
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