ABB PCM600

N640 – ABB PCM600 Training

Master ABB Relays with Confidence

Learn how to configure, manage, troubleshoot, and commission ABB protection relays using PCM600 through practical, step-by-step demonstrations and real engineering projects.

Whether you are a protection engineer, commissioning engineer, automation engineer, or maintenance specialist, this course will help you gain confidence in working with ABB IEDs, IEC 61850 configurations, application logic, protection functions, and relay communication.

Course Code: N640
Course Type: Video-Based (Pre-Recorded)
Trainer: Dr. Saeed Roostaee
Language: English
Course Creation: November 2019
Last Updated: December 2025
Training Duration: 12.5+ Hours
Access: Lifetime Access + Future Updates
Certificate: Included
Technical Support: Included


Why Take This Course?

ABB PCM600 is one of the most widely used engineering tools for configuring and managing ABB protection and control relays.

Many engineers struggle with:

  • Installing PCM600 and connectivity packages
  • Creating and managing projects
  • Configuring protection functions
  • IEC 61850 integration
  • Disturbance records and event analysis
  • Application configuration and logic design
  • Commissioning and troubleshooting ABB relays

This course provides practical guidance and real-world examples to help you perform these tasks efficiently and confidently.


What You Will Learn

By the end of this training, you will be able to:

✔ Install PCM600 and Connectivity Packages

✔ Create and manage ABB relay projects

✔ Configure ABB protection relays

✔ Build IEC 61850-based plant structures

✔ Configure hardware and analog inputs

✔ Configure protection functions

✔ Work with Application Configuration Tool

✔ Configure Signal Matrix and Logic

✔ Configure GOOSE Messaging

✔ Configure IEC 61850 Reports (Client-Server)

✔ Manage firmware and software packages

✔ Analyze disturbance records

✔ Monitor relay signals and events

✔ Upload and download configurations

✔ Work online with ABB IEDs

✔ Use XRIO files and parameter settings

✔ Configure distance protection functions

✔ Configure earth fault and directional protection

✔ Perform maintenance and troubleshooting activities


Who Should Attend?

This course is ideal for:

  • Protection Engineers
  • Commissioning Engineers
  • Testing Engineers
  • Substation Automation Engineers
  • Utility Engineers
  • Maintenance Engineers
  • IEC 61850 Engineers
  • Power System Consultants
  • EPC Engineers
  • Electrical Engineering Students
  • ABB Relay Users

Course Structure

Prerequisite Training A (55 Minutes)

Before starting the main training, participants receive introductory lessons covering:

  • PCM600 overview
  • Software installation
  • Communication setup
  • Project creation
  • Hardware configuration
  • Application Configuration Tool
  • Signal Matrix Editor
  • Parameter Setting Tool
  • Online monitoring
  • Disturbance handling
  • User management

Prerequisite Training B (80 Minutes)

Practical PCM600 workflow demonstrations:

  • Update Manager
  • Project creation
  • Reading configuration from IED
  • User management
  • Configuration migration
  • Hardware comparison
  • Writing configuration to IED
  • Signal Matrix
  • Parameter settings
  • Graphical displays
  • Disturbance handling
  • Scheduler
  • IED comparison
  • Technical Keys
  • IEC 61850 GOOSE
  • IEC 61850 Reports
  • IEC 61850 Edition 1 & Edition 2

Main Training Program

Part 1 – Introduction & Project Creation

  • ABB relay history
  • PCM600 installation
  • Connectivity packages
  • Creating IEC 61850 project structures
  • Adding ABB and non-ABB IEDs
  • Configuration workflows
  • XRIO file usage

Part 2 – Hardware Configuration & Logic Design

  • Hardware configuration
  • Current and voltage inputs
  • Function blocks
  • IEC 61850 naming conventions
  • ANSI device functions
  • Simple overcurrent protection configuration

Part 3 – Distance Protection Configuration

  • Distance protection fundamentals
  • SMAI
  • SMBI
  • SMBO
  • ZMMAPDIS
  • ZMMPDIS
  • FUFSPVC
  • Sample signal configuration
  • Practical examples

Part 4 – Earth Fault Protection & Disturbance Reports

  • Directional Earth Fault (67N)
  • Disturbance Recorder configuration
  • ARDAR
  • BRDAR
  • LED configuration

Part 5 – Parameter Setting & XRIO

  • Parameter settings
  • XRIO export and import
  • Settings management
  • Configuration verification

Part 6 – Working with Preconfigured Distance Relays

  • Product Guide overview
  • Ordering structure
  • Modifying existing templates
  • Analog inputs
  • Communication logic
  • Distance protection functions

Part 7 – Advanced Protection & Logic Functions

  • Current protection
  • Voltage protection
  • Earth fault protection
  • Communication logic
  • Autoreclose logic
  • Tripping logic
  • Virtual binary inputs and outputs
  • General IED functions
  • Disturbance report configuration

Bonus Updates Included

March 2022 Update

Working Online with ABB Relays

  • Online relay communication
  • Testing protection functions
  • Practical demonstrations

August 2023 Update

Additional PCM600 Tutorials:

  • Getting Started with PCM600
  • Plant Structure Creation
  • Parameter Setting Tool
  • Application Configuration Tool
  • Graphical Display Editor
  • Disturbance Handling Editor
  • IEC 61850 Configuration
  • REX640 Software Packages
  • Hardware Modules
  • Relay Communication
  • Firmware Updates
  • License Update Tool

Supplementary Files Included

This course includes a large collection of practical resources:

  • PCM600 Software
  • Connectivity Packages
  • ABB Manuals
  • Product Guides
  • Application Examples
  • Project Files
  • Configuration Examples
  • Connection Diagrams
  • Videos
  • Technical PDFs
  • Engineering References

These resources are designed to support both learning and real project implementation.


Benefits You’ll Gain

✔ Reduce commissioning time

✔ Improve relay configuration accuracy

✔ Learn proven engineering workflows

✔ Gain confidence working with ABB IEDs

✔ Improve troubleshooting skills

✔ Better understanding of IEC 61850 integration

✔ Access practical examples and reusable project resources

✔ Lifetime access to future course updates


Certificate of Completion

Participants who complete the training will receive a Certificate of Completion.


Technical Support

Questions don’t stop when the course ends.

Students receive technical support and can ask questions related to the course content and practical implementation.


Continuous Improvements

This course is continuously updated to reflect the latest ABB relay technologies, software releases, and engineering practices.

Your feedback helps shape future improvements and new content.


Enroll Today

Take your ABB relay engineering skills to the next level with one of the most comprehensive PCM600 training programs available online.

Lifetime Access • Practical Examples • Technical Support • Future Updates Included

Learn ABB PCM600 from installation to advanced relay configuration. Master IEC 61850, GOOSE, reports, disturbance records, protection functions, and ABB IED engineering with practical hands-on training.