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Various possibilities exist to interface the power system model and simulation engine of PowerFactory. These interfaces open applications for co-simulation, real-time simulation for controller hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) set-ups or automation and control of simulation. This chapter gives a comprehensive overview of the various interfaces PowerFactory provides—namely to MATLAB, external C++ functions, OPC, RCOM, API and DGS—as well as typical applications for their use. An example for connecting to an external controller for automated voltage control of an on load tap changer using common TCP/IP connections is elaborated in detail.
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Matrikon provides a free OPC server, which has been used in this example. The 32-bit version cannot be used with 64-bit version of PowerFactory.
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In case you might still use your A: floppy drive (e.g. doing the PowerFactory database backup regularly on 1.44-MB floppy disks), you might consider to dismount the 5.25″ floppy drive, backup the 360 kB data to your 3.5″ floppy disks in drive A: and use the drive letter B: for the network mapped folder.
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Stifter, M., Andrén, F., Schwalbe, R., Tremmel, W. (2014). Interfacing PowerFactory: Co-simulation, Real-Time Simulation and Controller Hardware-in-the-Loop Applications. In: Gonzalez-Longatt, F., Luis Rueda, J. (eds) PowerFactory Applications for Power System Analysis. Power Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12958-7_15
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