IEC 61850 Edition 2.1 of Core Documents Published

The other day IEC TC 57 has published five more parts as Edition 2.1 - it took several years to get there! But finally it was successful.

I would call these Edition 2.1 documents simply the real Edition 2 documents.

First of all, what does Edition 2.1 mean?

The original edition 2 documents needed some corrections and updates. All crucial corrections et cetera have been documented in the Tissue Database (https://iec61850.tissue-db.com/default.mspx). The solutions provided on the Tissue Database have been used as input to the standardization process and led to amendments number 1 of the corresponding parts. These amendments have been commented and balloted officially by the members of TC 57. These amendments 1 are now the official documents that are amending the edition 2 documents (both are valid for the next years).

In order to make the "edition 2.1" more readable and understandable, there are other documents available: The consolidated parts 2.1 ... comprising the "old" stuff, the fixes and the extensions.




Consolidated Version of part 7-2: https://webstore.iec.ch/publication/66525 :



So: This consolidated version consists of the second edition (2010) and its amendment 1 (2020). Therefore, no need to order the amendment in addition to this publication.

Note: The first Tissues for edition 2.1 have already be posted, e.g., for part 7-2 Edition 2.1:



The following Previews for edition 2.1 consolidated versions are available:

Preview IEC 61850-6 Edition 2.1
Preview IEC 61850-7-2 Edition 2.1
Preview IEC 61850-7-3 Edition 2.1
Preview IEC 61850-7-4 Edition 2.1
Preview IEC 61850-8-1 Edition 2.1
Preview IEC 61850-9-2 Edition 2.1

Note: The name spaces (code components) for the edition 2.1 parts will be available soon - I hope:
Click HERE for the list of available name spaces (code components).

How many employees will drive an electric vehicle?

A German manager recently said that 500 employees of his company drive by car to the company every workday. He expects that in the future 250 will use electric cars and will charge their cars within the first hour after they arrived. The company would need 10 times more power than today!
Ok! Hm!?
What do you think about these assumptions? 250 EVs charging in the first hour!?
As an engineer I am wondering that experts come up with such examples. First of all, I do not expect that 50 per cent of the car owners will buy an electric car in the next years. Even if they would do, why do 250 car drivers want to charge at the companies car park in the morning when they arrive?
He concludes that "we engineers have not yet thought through to the end".
I guess a lot of engineers have thought through to the end - but not many engineers or politicians are listening!

Click HERE for the report "Netzstabilität braucht Digitalisierung und Automatisierung" in the vdi nachrichten (German).

These discussions remind me of the situation in the early 80s when we had the discussion on CSMA/CD (Ethernet, IEEE 802.3) versus Token Passing (IEEE 802.4). Under the assumption that we have a shower of messages to be sent by all attached devices at the same time, we found that Ethernet could not efficiently manage the communication due to many collisions. Token Passing was understood to manage such a situation very well. Ok.
Another assumption, high load from one device only, could easily be managed by CSMA/CD - but Token Passing would end up in very low throughput ... many other assumptions could be made.
So, what is the realistic assumption for communication? Nobody knows - it all depends.
Finally Switched Ethernet (a major new development) solved the collision problem ... and Token Passing more or less became obsolete in the automation world.

In the energy domain we need first to find the future new mix of power generation and how to store, transmit, distribute, and use the power - then we can think about automation and communication. The most crucial issue may be: Who is paying for all the changes?

By the way: We (many engineers) know how to communicate: IEC 61850 is one of the most crucial solution ... and how (not yet what) to automate.

Comparison of IEC 60870-5-10x, DNP3, and IEC 60870-6-TASE.2 with IEC 61850

In 2008 I published the 3rd version of the document:

Comparison of IEC 60870-5-101/-103/-104, DNP3, and IEC 60870-6-TASE.2 with IEC 61850

This is really the most downloaded document since then - and still in 2017!

Click HERE for getting a copy.

It is interesting that so many people are still interested to see the difference between IEC 61850 and the other IEC TC 57 standard series.

Now, in 2017 we have learned that IEC 61850 goes far beyond the other standard series.

The RTU standards like 104 or DNP3 are still in widespread use. Utilities are expecting that many vendors of RTUs will start to discontinue to supporting these standards.
That is one of many reasons why more utilities are starting to get involved in understanding IEC 61850.

Draft IEC 62351-90-2 Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) of encrypted communications

IEC TC 57 just published a very crucial draft document proposing a new topic to the security of communication in power delivery systems applicable to DNP3, IEC 60870-5-104, IEC 60870-6 (TASE.2), IEC 61850 and the like:
57/1792/DC
Proposed draft for IEC TR 62351-90-2, Power systems management and associated information exchange – Data and communications security –
Part 90-2 Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) of encrypted communications

The standard series IEC 62351 comprises methods to secure communication channels between IEDs and between IEDs and SCADA systems. Complex communication networks have to be monitored and health-checked properly, both from an operational and from a security perspective.
The monitoring process used is called Deep Packet Inspection (DPI), and relies on the availability of the whole payload for inspection. The need for DPI on communication channels between IEDs and SCADA and/or between IEDs by an independent third party is really important.
This report serves as a guide for the implementation of DPI in encrypted communications. It is intended as an overview of existing and possible new solutions for DPI, analyzing the impact on several factors, including security, performance and cost.

The Complete Content of the IEC 61850 News Blog is now Available as Single PDF Document

For those readers of this IEC 61850, IEC 60870-5/6, DNP3, … news blog that want to get the complete content as a single pdf document, it is just a click away … it contains 1000+ posts from 2008 until 2015-04-28. Once you have downloaded the file you can easily browse the content … search … mark … copy … You will find useful information about the standards, vendors like ABB, HMS, Siemens, or utilities …

Click HERE to download all posts of the IEC 61850 blog in a single pdf [11.3 MB, 766 pages DIN A4]

Enjoy.

In case you have a question, drop us an EMAIL.

Standard IEC 62351-3 “Communication network and system security - Profiles including TCP/IP” published

IEC TC 57 has published the crucial standard for security:

Standard IEC 62351-3
Power systems management and associated information exchange - Data and communications security -
Part 3: Communication network and system security - Profiles including TCP/IP

Partie 3: Sécurité des réseaux et des systèmes de communication – Profils comprenant TCP/IP

This part of IEC 62351 specifies how to secure TCP/IP-based protocols through constraints on the specification of the messages, procedures, and algorithms of Transport Layer Security (TLS) (defined in RFC 5246) so that they are applicable to the telecontrol environment of the IEC. TLS is applied to protect the TCP communication. It is intended that this standard be referenced as a normative part of other IEC standards (e.g., IEC 60870-5, IEC 60870-6, IEC 61850, IEC 61400-25, …) that have the need for providing security for their TCP/IP-based protocol.

Now it is up to the vendors and users to implement this standard or require it, respectively.

There is no accuse anymore that IEC 61850 has no security measures defined in form of a standard that can officially be referenced.

Click HERE for the preview of the new standard.

IEC Smart Grid Standards Map

IEC has spent some time to list the relevant standards for the many areas of Smart(er) Grids:

http://smartgridstandardsmap.com/

When you browse this site, you may wonder to see a list of 301 standards and other official specifications. There are many areas that are related to the 50 Hz or 60 Hz 3-phase electrical power systems:

• Advanced distribution management system
• Advanced metering infrastructure
• Asset management and condition monitoring system
• Blackout prevention system
• Clock reference system
• Communication network
• Communication network management system
• Data modelling
• Demand response / Load management
• Distributed energy resources operation system
• Distribution automation system
• E-mobility system
• EMC & Power quality
• Electric Storage system
• Energy management system
• FACTS for grids
• Generation management system
• Industrial automation system
• Market place systems
• Meter-related back-office systems
• Security
• Smart home and building automation system
• Substation automation system
• Weather forecast

The home page states: “Easily and instantly identify the standards that are needed for any part of the Smart Grid – no need to be a standards expert”. Hm, really? There may be no need to be an expert browsing the site – BUT if you are not an expert in standards like IEC 60870-5-10x, CIM, IEC 61400-25, IEC 61850,  IEC 62351, … then you need to talk an EXPERT. We are here to help you!

Fortunately, when it comes to information exchange, the many parts of IEC 61850 are the most crucial standards you will find in the list of the 301 standards:

IEC 61850-6 IEC 61850-7-1  IEC 61850-7-2 IEC 61850-7-3 IEC 61850-7-4 IEC 61850-7-410 IEC 61850-7-420 IEC 61850-8-1 IEC 61850-8-2 IEC 61850-80-1 IEC 61850-80-4 IEC 61850-9-2 IEC 61850-90-1 IEC 61850-90-10

IEC 61850-90-11 IEC 61850-90-12 IEC 61850-90-13 IEC 61850-90-14 IEC 61850-90-15 IEC 61850-90-2 IEC 61850-90-3 IEC 61850-90-4 IEC 61850-90-5 IEC 61850-90-6 IEC 61850-90-7 IEC 61850-90-8 IEC 61850-90-9

I guess, even IEC has not fully understood the impact of IEC 61850 on the power delivery system: So, why is IEC 61850-90-3 missing in the list of standards relevant for cable?

Here is an overview (from draft IEC 61850-90-3) on cable monitoring:

It is impossible to list IEC 61850 in any application domain. The model (LN – Logical Node) STMP (temperature supervision) could be used allover – where ever a temperature is measured. Modeling the temperature in a green house and communication the value with IEC 61850 does not require to list IEC 61850 as a standard for green houses … ;-)

IEC 61850 is a common standard that covers specific and general models and services.

To understand the impact of IEC 61850: you have to be an expert or you have to ask an expert.

New Editions for IEC 60870-6 TASE.2 (ICCP) Parts

IEC 60870-6 TASE.2 (ICCP) is a series of standards that are used for communication between control centers. The first parts have been published in the 90s. In the meantime a lot of experiences have been made. These experiences have issued the revision of the documents.

For the following three parts new Editions have been published:

IEC 60870-6-503:2014 Edition 3.0 (2014-07-15)

Telecontrol equipment and systems - Part 6-503: Telecontrol protocols compatible with ISO standards and ITU-T recommendations -
TASE.2 Services and protocol

IEC 60870-6-702:2014 Edition 2.0 (2014-07-15)

Telecontrol equipment and systems - Part 6-702: Telecontrol protocols compatible with ISO standards and ITU-T recommendations -
Functional profile for providing the TASE.2 application service in end systems

IEC 60870-6-802:2014 Edition 3.0 (2014-07-15)

Telecontrol equipment and systems - Part 6-802: Telecontrol protocols compatible with ISO standards and ITU-T recommendations -
TASE.2 Object models

Please note that the basic technology used for TASE.2 is the same as for IEC 61850:
MMS (ISO 9506).

Cyber Security in Industrial Control Systems – Is this enough?

Cyber security is more than a hype. Is this enough to reach a secure and stable power system? No!

I found a very good documentation on cyber security measure:

Since February 2013, industrial stakeholders (final users, vendors, integrators, professional organizations, etc.) and French governmental entities have been working together on elaborating concrete and practical proposals to improve the cyber security of critical infrastructures.

The first results of this working group are the following two documents:

• The first document describes a classification method for industrial control systems and the key measures to improve their cyber security.
• The second one gives a more in-depth description of applicable cyber security measures.

Click HERE for the website with the links to the two documents. Nice reading!

These measures (comparable to those listed by many other organizations and groups) will help to improve the cyber security of critical infrastructures. No question.

Do these measures help to keep the power flowing, help to keep a stable and highly available power system? To some extend these measures solve mainly issues that are caused by new control system solutions based on standards like Ethernet and TCP/IP.

But: What’s about the power system stability? Let’s assume that we have a 100 per cent cyber secure ICS managing the power generation, transmission, distribution, storages, and loads. This “secure” systems may be used in many different ways – taking the physical laws seriously into account or ignoring some basic requirements to keep the power system stable.

One very critical impact on the electrical system is the change of power flow. Each change (more or less generation or load) has to be controlled in a bunch of close loop control systems. If the amount of change in a short time (within seconds) is too high, then the systems is likely to black-out.

A highly secure ICS may be used to configure schedules for feeding power into the power system (generator or storage) or drawing power from the system. The power flow change caused by schedules may exceed the maximum value that can be automatically managed by primary power control systems … risking a power outage.

Who is now responsible that the maximum allowable power flow change in an interconnected power system will be taken into account when we have millions of such schedules? Maybe too may schedules are configured to draw power or feed in starting at 14:00 h today. As a consequence the power flow change could be far beyond the maximum amount that can automatically be managed by the primary power control system (as we have them today in all systems).

Cyber security of ICS is one aspect – system stability of the power system is another. Secure ICS’s are important. A high level of power systems stability is more important and requires secure information and communication systems AND the need of understanding of the power system physics. 

We have to make sure that any new ICS approach does not allow a huge sudden power flow change! This is true also for all solutions based on standards like IEC 60870-5-10x, DNP3, IEC 61850, or …

These standards would allow to disseminate immediate control commands or specify schedules.

WHO is in charge to have the big picture in mind – to configure power systems in a way that they do not blackout because of commands and settings communicated by highly secure ICS’s? The power system could not differentiate if these commands or settings are intended or caused by hackers.

It is highly recommended to keep an eye on the power system physics and prevent any ICS action (secure or insecure) to danger the stability of the power system!

Deutsche Gasversorgung nutzt Profil für IEC 60870-6 TASE.2

20 Jahre nach der Veröffentlichung der Normenreihe IEC 60870-6 TASE.2 (ICCP) ist das Thema TASE.2 bei der deutschen Gasversorgung immer noch hochaktuell! Das wird sicher auch für die nächsten 20 und mehr Jahre so sein!

IEC 60870-6 TASE.2 basiert auf derselben Basistechnologie wie IEC 61850 und IEC 61400-25: MMS (Manufacturing Message Specification, ISO 9506). MMS ist aus dem MAP-Projekt Mitte der 80er Jahre hervorgegangen.

Der DVGW-Arbeitskreis „Standardisierung des Informationsaustausches zwischen Dispatchingzentralen“ empfiehlt für den Austausch von Prozessdaten den Einsatz des „Telecontrol Application Service Element Two“ (kurz TASE.2).

Die Spezifikation des TASE.2-Standards zum Einsatz zum Prozessdatenaustausch zwischen Leitzentralen der Gaswirtschaft sowie einen Leitfaden zur Anwendung finden Sie in der DVGW Gas-Information Nr. 18 "Prozessdatenaustausch zwischen Leitzentralen der Gaswirtschaft auf Basis von TASE.2" , Ausgabe Februar 2012.

Der Leitfaden gibt einen Überblick über die wichtigsten Merkmale und Funktionalitäten von TASE.2 und die konkrete Anwendung von TASE.2 im Extranet der Gaswirtschaft. Der Leitfaden kann auch als Profil verstanden werden. Von der Vielzahl der Möglichkeiten der TASE.2 werden die Definitionen ausgewählt, die für den Anwendungsbereich zu verwenden sind – um einen hohen Grad an Interoperabilität zu erreichen.

Hier klicken, um die DVGW Gas-Information Nr 18 herunterzuladen [pdf, nur lesbar]. Eine druckbare Pdf-Version kann erworben werden.

Vor 15 Jahren haben die an der Normung beteiligten Experten den folgenden Report veröffentlicht:

etz-Report 32
Open communication plattforms for telecontrol applications:
benefits from the new standard IEC 60870-6 TASE.2 (ICCP)

Einige Exemplare des etz-Reports 32 stehen noch zur Verfügung und werden kostenlos abgegeben.

Die hier beschriebene Profil-Bildung sollte auch für IEC 61850 in anderen Anwendungsbereichen zum Vorbild dienen! Dafür werde ich mich verstärkt einsetzen.

Draft Version 3.0 of NIST Smart Grid Framework

NIST just published the draft version of the “NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 3.0” and asks for review.

Click HERE to visit the page with the link to download the draft [pdf, 6.4 MB]

The standard series IEC 61850 is a very crucial standard referred to throughout the document!

Check also the SGIP Catalog of Standards Information Library.

Is IEC 61850 creating Opportunities for a Revolution?

Don’t ask for it – you may get it!

I read the other day a paper on IEC 61850 (written by known experts) that summarizes in the opening sentence: “IEC 61850 is an approved international standard for communications in substations that is creating opportunities for a revolution in the world of electric power systems protection and control.”

According to Wikipedia “A revolution (from the Latin revolutio, "a turn around") is a fundamental change in power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively short period of time.”

The core parts of the standard have been published some 10 years ago. The crucial underlying technology is even older. I have not yet seen many opportunities for a revolution in the communication – yes, some new communication possibilities have been implemented. The introduction of the standard is more a marathon than a sprint! There are very good new features related to engineering and configuration (SCL) – their application will even take much longer then the use of Ethernet, TCP/IP, MMS, ACSI, … Anyway, the standard communication defined in IEC 61850-7-2 and –8-1 are excellent.

Let’s have a look on the communication “revolution”. The first figure depicts a very traditional way to exchange status changes, measurements and calculated analogue values, counted values, and so on: The destination (master or client) sends request messages to the source (slave, server) and receives the requested values. The request may be sent cyclically or at any time. The rate of these request-response transactions (controlled by the caller) has a crucial impact on the bandwidth use and real-time behavior.

Depending on the needs there could be a huge difference in sending requests more or less often. Read some hints on reporting versus polling.

Now let’s have a look at the telecontrol protocols IEC 60870-5-104 and DNP3 (as well known and used examples). They offer additional possibilities: receiving cyclic reports from the source, receiving event driven reports (!) and cyclic reports of analogue values initiated by the source.

Finally we check the standard communication defined in IEC 61850. IEC 61850 offers all the above discussed possibilities – it has some optimization build in: DataSets (referring to a list of values). The crucial add-on is the GOOSE messaging and Sampled Value exchange:

GOOSE is a combination of event-driven information exchange (event will be sent immediately) and cyclic transmission (event will be repeated immediately, a little bit later, … any finally in a long cycle). Sampled values comprise an exchange of values that are taken in a time-synchronized fashion. The communication does not need to transmit cyclically – the values taken at the same instance of time are used for calculation.

So, the most crucial new communication services defined in IEC 61850 are GOOSE and Sampled Values – and the possibility to configure the behavior of reporting, GOOSE and sampled values through SCL and by online services.

There is one additional service in IEC 61850 that is quite new: Logging.

In many applications where IEC 61850 is used we see more of a slow evolution – not a revolution. I guess the power industry can not easily be revolutionized. That is a good situation – without that we would have to sit more often in the dark.

Smart Grids is a 19th century invention. The evolution that happened during this very long period of time is what has brought us today’s secure and safe electric power delivery. Note: Haste produces Waste! Take your time … and use IEC 61850 when it’s time to do so … not earlier! The evolution has to start in the heads by good education provided by people that understand that utilities don’t want to get a revolution at all.

I hope we will not get a revolution!

End-to-end quality codes for SADA Signals

IEC TC 57 has published the 49 page final draft standard IEC 62361-2 (57/1374/FDIS):
Power systems management and associated information exchange –
Interoperability in the long term –
Part 2: End-to-end quality codes for supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA)

The ballot closes 2013-08-09.

What does this FDIS provide?

It lists the quality codes of the following standards and provides a mapping between them:

• IEC 61850
• IEC 60870-5-101/104
• IEC 60870-6 TASE.2
• DAIS DA
• OPC DA

There could be the following series of standards involved from IEDs to a CC:

IEC 61805 –> IEC 60870-5-104 –> IEC 61970 -> IEC 60870-6 –> IEC 61970

Good luck!

This standard will help to reach a standardized mapping!

Security Standard IEC 62351-3 on its way

The Technical Specification IEC TS 62351-3, First edition, 2007-06 is underway to become an International Standard (57/1319/CDV):

Power systems management and associated information exchange –
Data and communications security –
Part 3: Communication network and system security – Profiles including TCP/IP

The CVD is out for ballot until 2013-07-05.

IEC 62351-3 specifies how to secure TCP/IP-based protocols through constraints on the
specification of the messages, procedures, and algorithms of Transport Layer Security (TLS)
(defined in RFC 5246) so that they are applicable to the telecontrol environment of IEC TC57. It is intended that this standard be referenced as a normative part of other IEC TC57 standards that have the need for providing security for their TCP/IP-based protocol.

The conformance is very strict:

8 Conformance
Conformance to this part shall be determined by the implementation of all parts of clause 5.

The definition of clause 5 could be implemented today already: the content is available in the Technical Specification IEC TS 62351-3.

There is no (and never was an) excuse to not implement quite secure communication.

Familiar with IEC 61850, ICCP, and DNP3: Southern California Edison (SCE) is looking for you

Southern California Edison (SCE) is hiring an expert for SCADA maintenance of their Centralized Remedial Action Scheme (CRAS).

Job requirements lists among others: Demonstrated experience of

• IEC 61850,
• ICCP (IEC 60870-6; Inter-Control Center Communications protocols), and
• DNP (Distributed Network Protocol).

Candidate must be familiar with Common Information Model IEC 61970 standard and harmonization effort between IEC 61850 and IEC 61970.

Click here to get the complete job description.

List of all job description in the USA that require one way or the other IEC 61850 [78 as per 2013-02-23].

Download IEC 61850 Blog Content as single PDF Document (Oct. 02, 2012)

For those readers of the blog that want to get the complete content as a single pdf document, it is just a click away … it contains the 710 posts from 2008 until 2012-10-02. Once you have downloaded the file you can easily browse the content … search

Download all posts of the IEC 61850 blog in a single pdf [16.8 MB, 510+ pages DIN A4]

Enjoy!

Four additional IEC TC 57 Standards recommended for inclusion into the SGIP Catalog of Standards

Four additional IEC TC 57 Standards have been recommended for inclusion into the SGIP Catalog of Standards:

1. IEC 60870-6-503: Telecontrol protocols compatible with ISO standards and ITU-T recommendations - TASE.2 Services and protocol

2. IEC 60870-6-702: Telecontrol protocols compatible with ISO standards and ITU-T recommendations - Functional profile for providing the TASE.2 application service in end systems

3. IEC 60870-6-802: Telecontrol equipment and systems - Part 6-802: Telecontrol protocols compatible with ISO standards and ITU-T recommendations - TASE.2 Object models

4. IEC/TR 61850-90-5: Communication networks and systems for power utility automation - Part 90-5: Use of IEC 61850 to transmit synchrophasor information according to IEEE C37.118

The IEC 60870-6 TASE.2 Series is also know as ICCP (Inter Control-center Communication Protocol). It could be understood (to some extent) as the predecessor of IEC 61850. According to the experts in SGIP “This standard likely represents the greatest standards success story in the industry.” Why? Because it is the first IEC TC 57 standard that is applied all over in the communication between control centers of the electrical power delivery system as well as in many other domains like the gas delivery system.

A comprehensive Report introduces into TASE.2.

Comparison of IEC 60870-5-101/-103/-104, DNP3, and IEC 60870-6-TASE.2 with IEC 61850

The German Gas Association DVGW recommends TASE.2 in a requirement document published in February 2012. [pdf, German only]

Powerful Arm and Freescale Platforms with IEC 61850 Stack and API at Hanover Fair 2012

SystemCorp and TQ offer the easy to use and powerful IEC 61850 stack and API running on two Mini modules:

1. TQMa28 is based on the i.MX28 pro­cessor (ARM926 core with up to 450 MHz)

2. TQMa35 is based on the Freescale i.MX35 processor (ARM 11 core with up to 532 MHz)

The platforms will be presented during the Hanover Fair:

Hall 13, Stand C45
Co-exhibitor with: TQ-Systems
23-27 April 2012 - daily, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Karlheinz Schwarz will also be present at the booth – offering training services and answering questions related to IEC 61850, IEC 61400-25, IEC 60870-5/6, IEC 61968/70 CIM, DNP3, …

Check for more details on the ARM 9 and ARM 11 platforms offering IEC 61850.

Read the experience and CV of Karlheinz Schwarz.

Smart Grid Last Mile Infrastructure

20 experts from 15 companies have drafted an architecture for “A Standardized and Flexible IPv6 Architecture for Field Area Networks”.

The “paper is intended to provide a synthetic and holistic view of open standards Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) based architecture for Smart Grid Last Mile Infrastructures in support of a number of advanced Smart Grid
applications (meter readout, demand-response, telemetry, and grid monitoring and automation) and its benefit as a true Multi-Services platform. … provide an efficient, flexible, secure, and multi-service network based on open standards.”

IEC TC 57 standards like CIM, IEC 61850, and IEC 610870, as well as DNP3, IEEE 1888, and Modbus are understood as crucial application standards.

Click HERE for the above architecture.

What is IEEE 1888? A new IEEE project …

Standard for Ubiquitous Green Community Control Network Protocol

Click HERE for some background information
Click HERE for the PAR
Click HERE to visit the project website.

I hope that the experts involved in the project IEEE 1888 will rely on standards like CIM, IEC 61850, and IEC 610870, … Hope that the energy automation market is smarter than the industrial automation market: keeping the number of protocol solutions very low!! The industrial automation domain has a lot of headaches with the proliferation of the many many protocols (100+)!!

IEC 60870-6 TASE.2 (ICCP) - New Editions

IEC TC 57 has published three Committee Drafts (CD) that are intended to provide new editions of the popular standards for control center to control center communication.

IEC 60870 defines a mechanism for exchanging time-critical data between control centres. It defines a standardized method of using the ISO 9506 Manufacturing Message Specification (MMS) services to implement the exchange of data.

Closing date for comments: 2012-05-04

57/1213/CD
IEC 60870-6-503 Ed.3: Telecontrol equipment and systems - Part 6-503: Telecontrol protocols compatible with ISO standards and ITU-T recommendations - TASE.2 Services and protocol

57/1214/CD
IEC 60870-6-702 Ed.2: Telecontrol equipment and systems - Part 6-702: Telecontrol protocols compatible with ISO standards and ITU-T recommendations - Functional profile for providing the TASE.2 application service in end systems

57/1215/CD
IEC 60870-6-802 Ed.3: Telecontrol equipment and systems - Part 6-802: Telecontrol protocols compatible with ISO standards and ITU-T recommendations - TASE.2 Object models

Contact your National Committee for a copy.