Which and how many IEC 61850 devices are successfully tested for conformance?

That's a good question ... that could easily be answered. Really! How? Let me explain:

The organization that is in charge for IEC 61850 conformance tests is the UCA International Usersgroup (UCAIUG). This organization has defined the test cases ... and issues certificates after a product has been positively tested by an authorized UCAIUG test lab like DNV.

The UCAIUG maintains a data base of certificates issued ... the data base has a lot of filter to search for some specific services a product supports. The following figure shows an excerpt of  a search for server devices that support IEC 61850-7-2 Setting Group Control services: 826 clients/server ... 656 server ...

Click HERE for the above search.

It takes some time to understand the filter and options ... it is a huge tool!!

Below is the filter for servers only (click on the link to the left):

To understand the details of the applied test cases, you have check with the UCAIUG test specifications ... example for Setting Group B4 and B4+ ...

1,682 devices (Client, Server, Merging Units, ...) have been tested positively ... they are listed in the data base.

Click HERE for the list of Testlabs for IEC 61850.

Perfect! Drop me an email or post a comment to this post.

Enjoy.

Boeing's 737 MAX - A True But Unbelievable Story Told In A New Report

The final 245 page committee report (September 2020) on the problems with the Boeing 737 MAX tells stories that we (as engineers) could not believe! Or?

There are are many very crucial details that have been reported. You have to read the report on your own ...

Click HERE for the report.

Here are two excerpts that made me very sad:

"The story of the Boeing 737 MAX was never expected to be associated with catastrophe. It was supposed to be a story of American ingenuity and technological success—a modern, more fuelefficient airplane that had already become the manufacturing giant’s best-selling jet in its storied history prior to the first MAX crash ..." ... Obviously it was too easy to cheat ... in order to make more sales ... to earn more money, to get richer ... to ... what ever.

"... FAA delegated some certification activities to Boeing that it should have retained. In the case of the 737 MAX, in 2013, the FAA originally delegated 28 of 87 tasks to Boeing. However, this number rose to 79 of 91 activities by November 2016, four months prior to final certification of the 737 MAX aircraft."

Be aware that is very common in the industry to allow self-certification ... so, the results may be similar as with the 737 MAX ... non-conformity of a protection relay may lead to severe blackouts and ...  

One obvious reason for these behavior of humans these days could be found in 

"And for this cause God sendeth them a working of error, that they should believe a lie: that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness."
Bible 2. Thessalonians 2:11-12 

List of some 700 IEC 61850 Certificates Issued by the UCAIUG

The UCAIUG group has issued almost 700 certificates for IEC 61850 implementations.

Click HERE to access the list of UCAIUG Certificates.

IEC 61850 Testlabs Accredited by the UCAIUG

As per October 2015 the following tester are offering Conformance Tests for products implementing IEC 61850:

For further details on the companies or on IEC 61850 testing capability visit:
www.ucaiug.org Testing/ UCAIug Testing Quality Assurance Program.
The approved testers are listed in the directory: UCAIug IEC 61850 Approved Testers

Almost 600 Certificates have been issued by the UCAIUG Users Group.

IEC 61850-9-2 Sampled Values In Use

Quite often people ask me about the application of sampled values according to IEC 61850-9-2 (9-2LE). The sampled values require very solid products (publisher, Ethernet Switches, and subscribers). The recent years have shown that the technology has matured to an extend that applications are already available or underway.

Please find useful links:

Click HERE for the paper:

Test and Evaluation of Non Conventional Instrument
Transformers and Sampled Value Process Bus on Powerlink’s
Transmission Network

Click HERE for a related publication:

Australia Leads With Process Bus

Click HERE for the 9-2LE guideline published by the IEC 61850 community.

More and more 9-2LE compliant IEDs are tested and certified.

There are more than 400 IEDs (Server, clients, publisher) that have been certified by the UCAIug:

Source: UCAIug

What’s about subscriber to sampled values?

Click HERE for various protection IEDs implementing the subscriber role for sampled values, e.g., Alstom Distance Protection Relay P446, …

More to come.

Are you looking for IEC 61850 TICS, PICS, PIXIT, … Documents?

I talked the other day to experts of a big user. We shared our experience of increased “information hiding” when it comes to the availability and accessibility of the various documents like PICS, PIXIT, TICS, … Product handbooks, manuals, … When you checked websites of major vendors some years ago, you could find a bunch of technical material … I have figured out that these documents are quite often hidden … or not anymore available online.

I found still good examples for downloading many of the these crucial documents:

Click HERE for a Website of ABB to find PICS and other documents

Click HERE for a Website of Alstom Grid to find PICS …

Click HERE for a Website of Schneider Electric to find PICS and other documents.

Click HERE for a Website of Siemens to find some 30 PIXIT documents.
Click HERE to see a list of some 40 references to IEC 61850 Ethernet Module EN100.

Congratulation to the IEC 61850 Teams!

Enjoy the documents. Are you looking for help to understand these documents? Why do we need these at all? Isn’t IEC 61850 a standard? … and then all these documents …

Click HERE to get help!

Siemens Siprotec 5: IEC 61850 Edition 2 certified

The Siprotec 5 protection devices are the first devices of their kind on the market worldwide to be certified under IEC 61850, Edition 2. Thanks to the certification under IEC 61850, Edition 2, these Siemens products have the "future built right in," for long-term investment security.

All Siemens protection device series provide two new Ethernet redundancy protocols – HSR (high-availability seamless redundancy) and PRP (parallel redundancy protocol).

These new products prove that IEC 61850 is THE standard for energy delivery systems.

Click HERE for the press release.

More on Siprotec 5 could be found HERE.

Get ready for Edition 2 of IEC 61850 Core Standards - One Day Presentation

TÜV SÜD Embedded Systems (Munich) offers a one day presentation titled:

Get ready for Edition 2 of the IEC 61850 Core Standards

One Day Training on IEC 61850 includes a the visit to the TÜV SÜD Embedded Systems Level A Lab:

December 13th, 2012
Munich (Germany)

Edition 2 of the IEC 61850 Core Standards have been already published (part 4, 6, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, 7-4, 7-410, 8-1, 9-2) and part 10 (Conformance Testing) will be published by the end of 2012. Whether you have an already certified Device or you are planning to develop a new implementation, the new aspects of Edition 2 of the IEC 61850 Core Standards have to be considered, because it will soon become a major market differentiator.

Download program and registration information for the IEC 61850 training [pdf]

See you there soon.

IEC 61850 certified products as per June 2012

KEMA has recently published an updated Test Register (version 2012-
06-18). Since version 2011-11-28 the following IEDs have been tested:

2 new Clients and 40 new servers

Click HERE for the complete list [pdf]

TÜV SÜD lädt zur zweiten IEC61850-Laborbegehung ein

TÜV SÜD lädt zur zweiten IEC61850-Laborbegehung ein (Anmeldung bis Mittwoch, 12:00 Uhr möglich):

Interesse? Bitte kontaktieren Sie Frau Ana Dominguez

TÜV SÜD AG
Embedded Systems (V-INM)
Barthstr. 16
80339 München / Munich
Phone: +49 89 5791 2195 (Munich)
mailto: ana.dominguez@tuev-sued.de
http://www.tuev-sued.de/embedded

IEC 61850 conformance certificates

The UCAIUG (international UCA users group) manages the certification process for IEC 61850 conformance. With a guest login you can access the test requirement documents, authorized test labs and lists of conformance certificates.

The website shows 276 certificates for servers, 13 for clients, and 2 for merging units.

Access list of certificates of IEC 61850 conformance tested devices and other testing related documents.

Register of tested IEC 61850 devices

KEMA has recently published an updated Test Register (version 2011-11-28) for

• IEC 61850 Client Systems [8 clients successfully test]
• IEC 61850 Server Devices [total: 212 – 2011:42 / 2010:21 / 2009:34 /before:115]
• IEC 61850 Ethernet Switches [23]
• IEC 61850 Sampled Value Publishers (Merging Units) [2]

Click HERE for the complete list [pdf]

Click HERE for the IEC 61850 certificates; if you don’t have an UCAIUG login account you can apply for a free guest account.

New Version of SystemCorp’s IEC 61850 Software

After the first certified IED using the SystemCORP Embedded Technology IEC61580 Library (PIS10) SystemCorp has published information and documentation about the latest Version (1.36.02) today. This version comprises all modifications, fixes and extensions that take many experiences and the successful conformance test at KEMA into account.

A comprehensive set of easy to browse web html pages are available.

Click HERE for more details on the updated stack software and documentation of version 1.36.02.

More details can be found HERE and HERE.

This new version runs smoothly on the Beck IPC Chip and other embedded controllers on LINUX, …

The interest in IEC 61850 Chips is growing very fast – all over.

Certified IEC 61850 compliant IEDs

KEMA has published a Test Register for conformance tested IEDs:

• IEC 61850 Client Systems
• IEC 61850 Server Devices
• IEC 61850 Ethernet Switches
• IEC 61850 Sampled Value Publishers (Merging Units)

Click HERE to access the test register dated 2011-01-27

IEC 61850 Certificate issued

SystemCorp's IEC 61850 device has successfully been conformance tested. The SystemCorp device was based upon SystemCorp's independently developed IEC 61850 source code and was implemented on the Beck IPC Chip SC143.

Click HERE for a copy of the certificate [PDF, 1MB].

Conformance Certificate for SystemCorp's IEC 61850 Device using Stack PIS-10 on Beck IPC Chip

SystemCorp has implemented their stack software on the Beck IPC Chip SC143 in their IED "IEC 61850 WebCAN Substation Monitoring & Control System". The IED is a multifunctional monitoring and control system.

KEMA (Arnhem, Netherlands) tested the IEC 61850 conformance successfully:

Click HERE for a copy of the certificate [PDF, 1MB].

Test has been conducted according to the PICS, PIXIT, TICS, and MICS Documents that can be accessed through:

http://www.systemcorp.com.au/component/content/article/24-user-manuals/63-iec-61850-pics-pixit-tics-mics.html

Details of the IED can be found here:

http://www.systemcorp.com.au/component/content/article/24/74-webcan-rtu-system-description.html

This is a major step towards the widespread use of the IEC 61850 stack from SystemCorp for small devices. The IEC 61850 software and the IEC 61850 communication behavior is almost completely implemented on the Beck IPC Chip SC143. Products that use the same chip with the software used for the conformance test would - by default - pass most crucial parts of the IEC 61850 conformance test.

This allows a short time-to-market IED development for all devices that apply the Beck IPC Chip.

Please contact SystemCorp for more details.

A flyer on the Beck Chips can be found here:

http://nettedautomation.com/download/IEC61850Li.pdf

IEC 61850 certificate for ABB's 800xA Automation System

ABB's 800xA Automation System has been successfully tested for compliance with IEC 61850 recently. Bringing the world of process and power automation together is more than just a "nice to have". It is key to cost saving.

"The IEC 61850 standard ... has lowered the investment barrier for customers to integrate the process and power devices on their plant floors. The demand for integrated process and power automation is growing in traditional markets that are heavy energy users, such as Oil and Gas, Power Generation, Pulp and Paper, Minerals and Metals industries.

By integrating power and process systems on the common 800xA platform, customers optimize the design and performance of their electrical and automation systems and see additional benefits in reduced maintenance, engineering and overall lifecycle costs. According to ARC, typical savings can result in a 20% reduction in CAPEX (capital expenditures) and OPEX (operating expenditures) by integrating these two, usually separate, automation infrastructures."

IEC 61850 is THE crucial "link" within power automation systems and between power automation systems and any other automation system - it is likely that it will impact the whole process automation world. Why? Because it meets many crucial requirements in the cooperation of automation and SCADA devices by defining information objects like "circuit Breaker, XCBR" or "electrical measurement of 3-phase system, MMXU", a system configuration language (SCL) and information exchange services (read/write, reporting and logging events, control, real-time exchange, file transfer, ...). And it's based on native protocols like Ethernet, TC/IP, MMS, ... Any device that has Ethernet and TC/IP connectivity could use IEC 61850.

Click HERE for the ABB press release.