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System requirements

Web application​

Supported browsers:

  • Chrome (recommended)
  • Edge
  • Firefox

Engine​

Operating systems​

Supported operating systems:

  • Windows 10 (64-bit) & Windows Server 2019
  • Windows 11 (64-bit) & Windows Server 2022
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A Windows OS machine is also required to run typical power systems software such as PSS®E, PSCAD™ and PowerFactory.

Hardware​

Minimum hardware to install the Engine:

  • 100MB of hard drive space for the Engine executable
  • Modern CPU

The Engine requires an internet connection and the application must remain open to receive simulation instructions.

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Simulation speed is dictated by the number and performance of logical processors on your hardware. To increase performance, we recommended installing the Engine on a dedicated, high performance machine. Specifically, we have recommended the following hardware to multiple companies - hardware which can fit in a desktop tower and provides great performance relative to cost:

  • AMD Ryzen™ 9 9950X
  • 64GB DDR5 RAM
  • 1TB SSD
  • DeepCool AK620 Air Cooler

If you would like to learn more about this recommended hardware configuration and where it can be ordered, please contact us.

Power systems software licences​

PSS®E​

The following PSS®E versions are currently supported:

  • PSS®E v34.5+
  • PSS®E v35
  • PSS®E v36
Recommended Codemeter settings for "standard network licences", as opposed to "borrowable network licences"

The following settings should reduce the licence checking load on the Codemeter application which is running on the machine which is hosting the Codemeter server licence:

  • Ensure you are running the latest version of the Codemeter software.
  • Delete "Automatic server search" via Configuration -> Basic -> Server Search List -> Automatic server search. The only IP address listed should be the machine which is hosting the Codemeter server licence.
    PSSE Codemeter licence recommendations
  • Increase the licence check waiting time to 1000ms via Configuration -> Advanced -> Extra -> Network Advanced -> UDP Waiting Time.
    PSSE Codemeter licence recommendations
  • Block licence transfer via Configuration -> Server -> License Transfer Configuration -> Configuration -> License Transfer blocked.
    PSSE Codemeter licence recommendations

PSCAD™​

The following PSCAD™ versions are currently supported:

  • PSCAD™ v5.0.1+

The Licence mode must be Certificate License.

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v.5.0.0 (Build 337) and v5.0.0 (Build 338) have a known issue which prevents launching PSCAD™ via the automation library. Therefore, gridmo is not compatible with these versions of PSCAD™.

PowerFactory​

The following PowerFactory versions are currently supported:

  • PowerFactory 2021 (Requires Windows 10)
  • PowerFactory 2022
  • PowerFactory 2023
  • PowerFactory 2024

The Licence must include the "Scripting and Automation" package.