5-108 D30 Line Distance Protection System GE Multilin5.6 GROUPED ELEMENTS 5 SETTINGS55.6GROUPED ELEMENTS 5.6.1 OVERVIEWEach protection element can be assigned up to six different sets of settings according to setting group designations 1 to 6.The performance of these elements is defined by the active setting group at a given time. Multiple setting groups allow theuser to conveniently change protection settings for different operating situations (for example, altered power system config-uration, season of the year, etc.). The active setting group can be preset or selected via the SETTING GROUPS menu (see theControl elements section later in this chapter). See also the Introduction to elements section at the beginning of this chap-ter.5.6.2 SETTING GROUPPATH: SETTINGS GROUPED ELEMENTS SETTING GROUP 1(6)Each of the six setting group menus is identical. Setting group 1 (the default active group) automatically becomes active ifno other group is active (see the Control elements section for additional details). SETTING GROUP 1 LINE PICKUP See page 5-109.MESSAGE DISTANCE See page 5-111.MESSAGE POWER SWING DETECT See page 5-126.MESSAGE LOAD ENCROACHMENT See page 5-134.MESSAGE PHASE CURRENT See page 5-136.MESSAGE NEUTRAL CURRENT See page 5-147.MESSAGE GROUND CURRENT See page 5-154.MESSAGE NEGATIVE SEQUENCE CURRENT See page 5-157.MESSAGE VOLTAGE ELEMENTS See page 5-164.