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Features• CoresetofIEC61850clientcapabilitiesforHMI/SCADAoperation

• FileretrievalfromIEC61850devices

• IEC61850DataModelbrowsing

• SCLfileimport

• DeviceSourcedTimestampsand dataquality

• NativesupportforProficyHMI/SCADA-CIMPLICITY8.1+

• Supportfordatasetswith unsolicitedreporting

• Fullsupportforall61850Controloperations

• OPC-DAinterfaceforotherProficymodulesand/orthird-partyapplications

Benefits:

• Timesavingswithfastandeasy devicecommunicationandapplicationdevelopment

• Lowertotalcostofownership

• Increasedconsistencyand informationquality

• Reducedtimetosolutiondueto easeofconfiguration

TheProficy*IEC61850ClientfromGEIntel-ligentPlatformsisanobject-orientedmodelthatenablespowerfulsubstationdataandconfigurationconnectionstoyourdevicesforlocalsubstationand/orcentralizedlevelcontrol,dataacquisition,reporting,andvisualizationapplications.

BasedonourProficyDriverServer,theIEC61850ClientisastandardforthedesignofelectricalsubstationautomationandpartoftheInternationalElectrotechnical Commission’s(IEC)TechnicalCommittee 57(TC57)referencearchitectureforelectricpowersystems.

Reduced costs for configuration and maintenance TheIEC61850Clientallowsforinteroperabilityofdevicesfromdifferentvendors,akeyadvantagetousersofsubstationautomationdevicesthatenablesreducedcostsforconfigurationandmaintenance.Itiscriticalbecausemultipleprotocolsexistforsubstationautomation,whichincludemanyproprietaryprotocolswithcustomcommunicationlinks.

TheIEC61850Clientleveragesmoderncomputerandnetworkingtechnologytomaximizereliabilityandperformancewhileminimizingdesign,installation,andcom-missioningcosts;traditionalsubstationcommunicationscanonlyutilizelowbandwidthserial-basedRTUprotocols.

Inaddition,theIEC61850-basedmodelsareseparatelydefinedandcontrolledfromtheprotocolssofuturenetworkingtechnologycanbeadoptedwhenavailablewithoutbreakingthemodelandforcingreconfigurationoftheapplications.

ProficyIEC61850ClientStandardelectricalsubstationconnectivitythatlowerstotalcostofownershipandcomplexity

The Proficy Advantage TheIEC61850Clientdeliversenhancedabilitiesandgoesbeyondbeingaclientconnectivitysolutionfordatacollection. Itintegrateswiththe61850standarddeviceandobjectmodelsthatautomaticallyassigntagnamesinapowersystemcontexttotheProficyHMI/SCADAapplication.

Native and OPC-DA Interfaces Therearetwooptionsforconnectedapplica-tionsovertheTCP/IPtransportprofile:nativeProficyCIMPLICITY*8.1+andOPC-DA.

ThenativeCIMPLICITY8.1clientcapabili-tiesdeliverautomaticHMI/SCADAlayerconfiguration,fulldatasetcommunications,fileretrieval,datamodelbrowsing,sourcedtimestampsandSCLfileimport.TheOPC-DAinterfacedeliverstheabilitytoreadandwritedatavaluesfromtheconnectedsubstations.

 

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ProficyIEC61850Client

Specifications

Dataset Communications• Supportforconnectingtoexistingdatasetsdefinedon61850Serverdevices(IEDs)

• Supportforclientsidedefineddatasets• Unsoliciteddatasetcommunicationsusingbuffered(BRCB)andun-buffered(URCB)reportcontrolblocks

• Polleddatasetcommunications• ImportofdatasetsfromSCLfiletypes

61850 Data Model Support• BrowsingofIEC61850Datamodelon61850Serverdevices(IEDs)

• Fileretrievalfrom61850ServerDevices(e.g.COMTRADEfiles).

• Abilitytocombineandreturnqualityinformationandcontroloperationresultsinoneoperationtouserbits(Nativeonly)

• 61850systemvariables• BufferOverflowdetection• Identity• Status

Control Operations• SupportforallControlOperationsecuritymodels.• StatusOnly• DirectOperation&SelectBeforeOperate(SBO)• DirectEnhanced• SelectBeforeOperateEnhanced(SBOEnhanced)

Proficy Driver Server Capabilities• Extensivesystemandstatisticvariablesfromcommu-nicationstatustooptimization.

• Devicesourcedtimestampsandquality.• Cableredundancysupport.• Secondaryredundantserversetupthatmaintainsunbrokencommunicationwiththedevice.

Figure 1

Lower total cost of ownership with single source of configurationat the device level

Figure 1outlinesthecomponentsofanIEC61850Clientnetworkwitheachelementoutlinedbelow.

1.IEC61850devices,relays,circuitbreakers2.IEC61850standard3.ProficyDriverServerNote:TheProficyDriverServercanbearedundantsystem.4.ProficyHMI/SCADANote:ProficyHMI/SCADAcanbearedundantsystem.5.OPCClient