## File Transfer

The file transfer options are managed on the device - this being shown within the right-click context menu. The contents of this menu vary, depending on the software version used on the particular type of equipment.

For all devices with software versions lower than -650 (i.e. -601 to -649), the Read/Send Data Model options are displayed in the context menu.

For devices with software versions -650 or later they are hidden from the context menu.

For Px3x devices with software versions -650 or later, three menu options are inserted below the Extract All Configurations... option:

- Extract Default Files...
- Extract Customised Files
- Restart Devicegeneric name for any piece of equipment that can be communicated with using Courier.

Depending on the current active connection, the availability of some of the menu options will change as follows:

Menu Option | Active ConnectionAn active link between a computer and a device through which data can be sent. for Type
--- | ---
"Normal Serial" | "File Transfer"
Extract All Records... | Active (black) | Inactive (grey)
Extract All Configurations... | Active (black) | Inactive (grey)
Extract Default Files... | Inactive (grey) | Active (black)
Extract Customized Files... | Inactive (grey) | Active (black)
Restart Device | Inactive (grey) | Active (black)

Important

The Send menu option will send different types of data, depending on the context in which it is selected.
If you are in the File Transfer Mode, and you select the Send menu option in connection with a System/Substation/Voltage Level node, the Send command runs but is restricted to working at the device level, which means that the information from the child will not be sent.
Also, if you are in the File Transfer Mode, and the system object you are dealing with (e.g. System/Substation/Voltage Level) has one or more child nodes, the menu options will be changed to make Send..., Extract All Records... and Extract All Configurations... unavailable (i.e. greyed out)

Description of these menu options.

- "Send…" : with active file transmission connection
- "Extract Customized Files…"
- "Extract Default Files…": (only with active file transmission connection)
- “Restart device”

#### "Send…" : with active file transmission connection:

The active connection is checked to establish whether file transmission is possible.

- If the check is unsuccessful, an explanation of the reason (i.e. the device is not in file transfer mode) is shown in a dialog box.
- If the check is successful, a Send To Device Name window is opened, showing the selectable files for transfer.

In this window, all files from the folders “Settings” and “BTC” are shown, which have an appropriate extension ("*.bbt;*.bsf;*.bmf;*.bcs;*.6??").

Initially no files are selected, but you can select the files (and folder locations) you wish to send by using check boxes.

The Send button becomes activated as soon as one or more files are selected.

Clicking the Send button downloads the files one after the other to the device.

When the last file has been sent, a command file is transmitted to the device, which instructs the device to check the files and then to move them to its target fixed folders.

The window is closed on completion of the file Send operation.

#### "Extract Customized Files…" :

The active connection is checked to establish whether file transmission is possible.

- If the check is unsuccessful, an explanation of the reason (i.e. the device is not in file transfer mode) is shown in a dialog box.

- If check is successful, a window is opened, showing the accessible folders. The information about these folders is extracted from the device (using the communication library).

To see the contents of a folder, double-click on it. MiCOM S1 Studio then opens the folder and shows its contents in a new window. To select multiple files, use the mouse and/or the SHIFT/CONTROL buttons. You can also delete files using the Delete Selected Files button.

To extract the selected files, click the Extract Selected Files button.

The extracted files are put into the appropriate folder within the device structure in Studio:

- Data model file in the “Settings” folder
- Bay type/character set/macro files in the “BTC” folder.

If a file with the same name is already in the target folder, you are asked whether this file should be overwritten or whether the extracted file gets deleted.

#### "Extract Default Files…": (only with active file transmission connection)

The active connection is checked to establish whether file transmission is possible.

- If the check is unsuccessful, an explanation of the reason (i.e. the device is not in file transfer mode) is shown in a dialog box.

- If check is successful, a window is opened, showing the accessible folders. The information about these folders is extracted from the device (using the communication library).

To see the contents of a folder, double-click it. MiCOM S1 Studio then opens the folder and shows its contents in a new window. To select multiple files, use the mouse and/or the SHIFT/CONTROL buttons.

To extract the selected files, click the Extract Selected Files button.

The extracted files are put into the appropriate folder within the device structure in Studio:

- Datamodel file in “DMOD” folder (standard data model folder, assigned during installation)
- Baytype/characterset/macro file(s) in “BTC” folder within the device structure in Studio

If a file with the same name is already in the target folder, you are asked whether this file should be overwritten or whether the extracted file gets deleted.

#### “Restart device”

The Restart Device command (from the Device context menu) is used to do the following:

- Restarting device will apply the changes made by you.
- Change the device from file transfer mode back into normal operation mode.

#### Restart Conditions:

The restart is also initiated under these conditions/ actions:

- You leave the file transmission connection by setting another connection to default/active:
- You are prompted with a “Closing file transfer connection forces restart of the device.” message, and must either accept (click OK button) or reject (click CANCEL button).
- OK means that the restart command is send to the device and the file transfer connection gets inactive.
- CANCEL means that no restart command is send and the file transmission connection remains the active connection.
- You shut down MiCOM S1 Studio:
- You are prompted with a “File transfer connection of device … still active. Should restart of the device be initiated now?”, and must either click YES or NO:
- YES means that the restart command is send to the device (go through all of devices in the extended mode on S1 Studio close command)
- NO means that no restart is send, but Studio is shut down.