Digital Substation

Digital Substation is an engineering publication focused on IEC 61850 automation, protection systems, and digital grid intelligence.

IEC 61850 (Standard)

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How to monitor IEC 61850 traffic?

There are several applications that can be used for monitoring IEC 61850 traffic in the Ethernet network. But there is one free-of-charge option everyone should know about.

ABB introduced MMS support for AFS series Ethernet switches

The number of Ethernet switches with integrated IEC 61850-8-1 server increases. Manufacturers do not only implement standard logical node classes according to IEC 61850-7-4 but also those ones introduced by IEC 61850-90-4 technical report. These switches do also support buffered and unbuffered reporting mechanisms. Seems like the closest future is the one where IEC 61850-8-1 (MMS) communications will replace communications over SNMP (being widely used at the moment). This will allow for integration of Ethernet switches in process control systems the same way as it is done with IEC 61850-8-1 pr

MOXA presented industrial computer with native PRP and HSR support

In Electric Power Networks of Russia-2014 exhibition MOXA presented DA-820 industrial computer which supports PRP and HSR redundancy protocols. Now process control systems manufacturers and suppliers can use this platform to offer workstations for integration in IEC 61850 station bus networks without redundancy boxes.

New CIGRE working group in B5 committee

CIGRE announced the establishment of new working group as a part of B5 technical committee (Relay protection and automation). New working group will be established in 2014.

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