RTDS Simulation has two main software elements:
RSCAD provides the ability to set up simulations, control, and modify system parameters during a simulation, data acquisition, and result analysis. The modules of the RSCAD Software Suite include: FileManager, Draft, Tline, Cable, RunTime, MultiPlot and ComponentBuilder.
The RTDS software also includes a multitude of power system, control system and protection & automation component models, which can be used to create simulation cases. These models have been designed and tested by our research team at RTDS Technologies and have been validated and refined by our clients during their daily work with the Simulator.
The component libraries are provided as an integral part of RSCAD. RSCAD allows the user to select the component icons from the library in order to build the desired circuit. Once the system has been drawn and the parameters entered the compiler automatically generates the low-level code necessary to perform the simulation Therefore, it is the software that determines the function of each processor card during a simulation.