Thursday, November 21, 2013

Reduced the Complexity of IEC 61850 to a Beautiful Simplicity

One of the crucial challenges using IEC 61850 is the complexity of IEC 61850 – maybe you have made this experience. There is a beautiful way to simplify. Interested to learn about this way? Read this post.

  • IEC 61850 and IEC 60870-5-104 (DNP3) are well known and used standards for many application domains all over.
  • IEC 60870-5-104 and DNP3 are the preferred solutions for Tele-Control and Tele-Monitoring. They provide simple exchange of status, measurements, counters, and control commands.
  • These protocols are implemented in most control centers and SCADA systems.
  • IEC 61850 is the preferred solution for information management for substation protection, monitoring, and automation.
  • The need for collecting more condition monitoring information from process equipment like transformers, switch gears, cable, … is preferably implemented by IEC 61850.
  • One crucial challenge is: How can the huge amount of IEC 61850 based information easily be carried by IEC 60870-5-104 (DNP3)?
  • A set of slides shows the beauty of a very simple and powerful gateway.

Want to see a live demo? Visit us at the SPS/IPC/Drives Fair in Nuremberg (Germany) on November 28-29, 2013, hall 9 / booth 341.

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Click HERE for a free ticket. I look forward to meeting you there.
Click HERE for the complete slide set on the Beautiful Simplicity [68 pages, pdf, 3.9 MB].

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The solution is based on the Beck IPC@CHIP solution:

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The core component is a WEB-PLC that is used to graphically program your Gateway based on Input and Output signals:

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(almost) all you need to do is to connect graphically Inputs and Outputs with each other or other logic (AND, OR, …):

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Use the WEB-PLC for binary inputs and outputs or for reporting of measured values:

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