" U" {7 W8 F0 D" k( j; `Important Compatibility Notes ' D+ _3 x8 G% m ~ PSS®E-31 SAV files are not compatible with pre-31 versions of PSS®E. 5 K8 K J! Z- U; @; k
 PSS®E-31 SNP files are not compatible with pre-31 versions of PSS®E. 4 ]9 H. r( _5 w2 M
 PSS®E-31 SLD files are not compatible with pre-31 versions of PSS®E. 6 D$ X' n6 O+ t" U, a8 B! zAs always, data files are always forward compatible. The above items deal with issues of 2 t* G9 o4 U( a- \9 Bbackwards compatibility. t- b, W0 ~, PProgram Enhancements 2 W9 s6 B" M. e# s+ S5 ^5 o& QThe following program enhancements appear in PSS®E-31.1.0: 6 r# ? a% O; _1 h6 F Addition of the remaining three Generic Wind model types. PSS®E now has support for all 9 P* U6 [9 |9 Y$ k& J
four industry-defined Generic Wind Models. Please review additional documentation l& _/ [* S1 y9 L7 y
delivered with this release on these models. 7 T- W# k8 |+ d( G* [ Revised IEC test network sample files names from 60609 to 60909. " W: d) R6 F: o Additional messages from DYRE clarifying when compilation of models is needed. + t, ~3 T9 W+ e) @ V7 w- J6 H Added additional Dynamics models in the PSLF->PSS®E Dynamics converter program. $ X' i/ v, M- g7 d( T y2 b& g0 \ Added “dyntools” Python module to post process Dynamics simulation channel file output # B2 l7 A: I: ]' _9 H
(*.out). Details of available functions can be accessed using help(dyntools) in the Command 9 k3 ?' a: D/ N. G1 b& r) ELine Input dialog. 5 M: d, j/ X' w3 k! f
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The following program errors have been detected and corrected in PSS®E-31.1.0: . v- s9 ]" S! e( ~1 A Improved handling of Line Relay models in the GUI. + t+ Q u; \$ Q! e0 X9 h/ S
 Fixed general issues with bus subsystem definition. . ?# w2 L9 D+ {
 Fixed an issue where Diagram items weren’t being properly identified. 9 \- M3 j: |. Q6 m
 Fixed an error in the two-winding transformer spreadsheet where the Auto-Adjust flag was 0 L$ r! }1 O' ~: b$ J
being set inadvertently. . K5 R% [0 a- h2 n$ |, M Fixed an issue where the program would crash if the user attempted to define a bus * |3 n! }& G# u# X2 F" z1 ]0 ^subsystem from a context-click in the Diagram. : M3 m& \# o1 [% Y Fixed an issue where the program would crash if the user selected two knee-points in the " {5 f0 \) p# w) X- b* HDiagram and then did a context-click. ' F$ g/ g% g9 k0 V2 e Various other corrections. Siemens Energy, Inc. ! x% C, g1 q6 I7 E1 a5 y/ LRelease Notes for PSS®E-31.1.0 Siemens Power Technologies International 7 P4 M) d: x0 M! C; b, H/ Z
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! O* e3 Y: B! y2 1/9/2009 " C. Y8 H& {# ^6 t0 K/ eCompiler Information # d: l E1 y+ } tGeneral Information 5 P( W) M y1 M) U- P5 U9 W
PSS®E-31 and all future planned releases use the Intel Visual FORTRAN (IVF) compiler. 2 v9 g z6 F6 v! NUser-written software used with PSS®E-31 (e.g. Conec, Conet, user-written dynamics models, or . ?3 r. D! v, d* B" n
programs that call USRCAS) must be compiled with Intel Visual FORTRAN (IVF) 9.1 or later (the - j) V9 y5 j* N7 a( d8 o. ]
10.1 compiler is recommended). PTI cannot provide support for problems that arise when mixing @2 _9 W' W7 i0 Z3 [$ b
code from different compiler versions. * p/ O9 P% e7 L1 i( Y% |0 B9 Q
Additional Notes 3 D+ q% Z6 @& Z3 s0 `& Z- k** Please note that purchase of the compilers is not necessary to run PSS®E. The FORTRAN and & Q' \! o7 F/ g$ a" J4 G3 I# E
C run-time libraries will continue to be included with PSS®E, as in the past. The purchase of a . Z' I8 }' I0 m/ lcompiler is required only if you are compiling Conec and/or Conet, user-written dynamics models, 3 W0 b/ B' E3 I* A# ^( e
or programs that call USRCAS. k0 @0 ~$ x5 ~: i9 p% V; h7 g
Intel has offered a special discounted upgrade fee to Siemens PTI customers. In order to take ; a4 }. u K6 X% {2 J
advantage of this offer, you will need to provide proof of your Compaq Visual FORTRAN compiler " c5 V+ ^/ L* C" U0 x1 S! Q8 hlicense. To purchase either the upgrade or a new license of Intel Visual FORTRAN compiler under ) F# ^3 ?, t5 B- I; cthis offer, you must contact Frankie Terlecki at frank.terlecki@intel.com. Please be sure that & y7 A' ~, J. m D"Siemens PTI customer" is stated in the subject line. 5 I! E* H, e% Q9 \9 m. N* q0 I: GUser-Written Model Notes : E' c: I8 `6 W7 ^# _PSS®E-31 DC line and FACTS devices are now identified by 12-character devices names instead ; @. V1 m2 M# s) Bof numbers. To retain backward compatibility of old Saved Case files, device names are now set to 6 r r; K! I3 R, |% y3 i- hthe old device number, left justified. For example, 1 becomes “1 “. However, User-Written 4 M! b: H( `7 n8 ^9 Mmodels of these devices that are called in conec.flx and conet.flx will have to be modified to map ; m7 P" Z+ f0 V# t+ [* X; wthe old device number to its corresponding new internal device index. Please contact PSS®E 4 R0 `% i+ H$ _. X& D, v" I
support if you have any questions on how to proceed with this. # {' {2 ]+ F. p+ P4 v9 `, q6 gIn addition, during the course of our in-house development and testing, we have noticed that the 3 _, J) [# ?: G! w# aIVF compiler is a lot less forgiving in the area of un-initialized variables. Many times code that ran " \0 W4 C& i2 J6 O
when compiled with the CVF compiler would crash when compiled with the IVF compiler. When 3 S9 r i; j! G5 s* J: m; a$ @compiling your models with the IVF compiler for use with PSS®E-31, please be aware of this issue, 1 _8 C# P+ Z) s6 `! z+ x; T, Y) xand consider compiling your code with some of the more advanced debugging and verification ( Q4 F& T8 v3 s0 J( Xfeatures of the IVF compiler.