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Approvals and the Energy log

What the Energy module asks you to confirm before it changes a file, a vendor project or an IED, what it records in the Energy log, and how its outputs support your organisation's issue process.

State: modelled. The confirmations are covered by Electron tests on Linux; the module's actions are not yet reported to Neural Inverse Govern.

What you confirm

ActionWhat happens first
An edit to an SCL file from a command or editorApplied to the editor's text as one Undo step and not saved: you review and save
Add IED from ICD/IID, Upgrade SCL EditionA preview of every change; nothing changes until you confirm
Writing a file (CID, records, reports, test set files, signal lists, COMTRADE exports)A save dialog; replacing an existing file asks first
Import SCD into PCM600 ProjectA confirmation naming the IED count and that no PCM600 command takes an import back
A write to an IEDA modal confirmation naming the IED, the attribute and the value. Only report control block attributes (RptEna, ResvTms, EntryID, GI, IntgPd, PurgeBuf) are written
Reconnect with reports enabledOne confirmation listing the writes
Deleting files on an IEDOffered only with neuralInverse.energy.records.allowDelete on; each delete asks, naming the IED and the files
Any agent change or connectionSee Agent tools: confirmed at every call, whatever auto-approval says

The module does not load configurations to an IED, operate a control, change a mode, test mode or simulation, or write a setting group to a relay. Those stay with the relay vendor's tool or the station HMI (see What's next).

Credentials

IED credentials are kept only in the Editor's secret storage, never in settings or the workspace, and no agent tool can read them. See MMS over TLS and credentials.

The Energy log

The Energy output channel (View > Output, then pick Energy) records:

  • the schema editions loaded;
  • the changes of Update IED from IID, Add IED from ICD/IID and edition upgrades, with line numbers;
  • vendor tool command lines and their output;
  • online associations (with the TLS details and the IED's certificate fingerprint), browses with their requests and time, confirmed writes and disconnections;
  • live capture command lines.

Its file is logs/<window>/neuralInverse.energy.log. It is the local log of the Editor window, for the engineer and for troubleshooting. It is not a tamper-evident audit trail.

Support for your issue process

Before a file leaves for site, the module gives you:

These are inputs to your review. Approval to issue, and the record of who issued what to site, stay with your organisation's process. Who may hold which IED credential, role policies, and the audit and evidence of credential use belong to Neural Inverse Govern.

Last reviewed 18 October 2026View as Markdown

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