## Quick Connect Guide

Before using this functionality, please read the Extended Platform Devices topic, as this explains the differences between the two types of protocols for the extraction of data.

Quick Connect lets you make a direct connection to a specific IEDIntelligent Electronic Device. A device that initiates the disconnection of part of an electrical installation, and / or operates a warning signal when a fault or abnormal condition occurs, with minimum disruption of service. May also be known as a Relay., without the need to browse all the available data models which have been installed on your computer. Quick Connect identifies the model number and the software version. The availability of data models is also shown during quick connect operations, for example to send configuration parameters to an IED or perform commissioning tests. This may be a connection to the front or rear port of a single device, or a link to a drop-down list of many devices.

1. Click on the Quick Connect button at the top left of the MiCOM S1 Studio application.
2. Select a device type from the presented options.
3. Select a port from the presented options.
4. Upon a successful connection a dialog will be displayed showing device type, model number and plant reference. Options for language, device name and comment are also available.
5. The device will be displayed in the Studio Explorer pane.

#### See Also:

- Edit a connection
- Extended Platform Devices
- Enabling Extended Platform Mode
- Establishing a Connection
- File Transfer